Mans Nature is Good

The philosopher Mencius wrote the article of Man’s Nature is Good. It mainly talks about the capability of man and how if they chose to be good they can.  He talks about how we are born with the capability of being able to choose right from wrong and sometimes we do choose right while others decide to choose wrong. Which in some case that leads towards negativity. His belief in how humanity has good nature is something that I like. I see humanity as capable of being good natured. I have seen it happen certain people just decide to not be good. I honestly don’t consider myself as evil. I always have good intentions in what I do for myself and other people. But being evil make come to some as natural as being good comes to others and that is the sad part. One of my favorite quotes from this article is: “ We are by constitution , capable of being good.”. I like the way it is stated because it shows that we all, no matter who you are can be a person of good. Another quote was: “ In good years, young men are mostly fine. In bad years, they’re mostly cruel and violent.” I like this quote because it is true, when things are going good, but when they are not oh how hell breaks loose and we are not the people that were doing good anymore. Well in some cases, some regardless of the circumstance find a way to be good.

Man's Nature is Evil

Man’s nature is evil is based on a philosophe r, Hsun-tzu, that believe that human nature was unavoidably evil. He mainly talks about how men, are born with evil, the desire to be and the wanted to do evil. But throughout our life we should change and be, in a way molded into become a better person. He then goes on talking about how a man cannot change if not by the instruction of a teacher or a group. How could a man change if he has no instruction to show what is right from wrong. I think that tit is very true. If my parents wouldn’t have told me that stealing was bad I would have probably gotten in trouble for stealing, but since they told me I was wise enough to start from that. One of my favorite quotes from this passage had to be: “ It is man’s emotional nature to love profit and desire gain.” This is actually very true because as humans who doesn’t love money and who doesn’t enjoy gaining more and more of anything, well except of negative things. Another quote is : Man’s emotions, ,am’s emotions –they are very unlovely things indeed.” This quote is actually kind of calling people out and saying that our emotions don’t always consist of love, they can be very hateful at time. This article is very confusing to me but yet it is good, it makes very good points of how mans nature is evil.

Campus Space

The article Campus Space focuses on how important design can be to a certain area. It starts off with a student going to a college, to see if he would want to go there. The article talks about how his experience, on how things went and how things seen. From the campus to the offices, they are talked about how the design within each part plays a huge role. The article goes on talking about how space can influence the way that people think of a certain place or their feelings towards something. Most of what is talked about is how space affect the area you are in it could be in any way meaning physical or mental. Even when it is work related or any other type of leisure activity. The space you are in causes a difference in the way that it is made.

“The appearance of the campus is, by far the most influential characteristic during campus visits.

I like this quote and I definitely agree with it. That is why I chose CSUN. I saw the campus and I liked the feel it had to, I liked the view, the way the campus was laid out and the way the students were around the campus.

People move in a certain direction, sit at one end of a room, and exit a building in a predictable pattern presumably because the physical structure and design allows few other options.

I like this quote because it is true, I walk certain ways in a building because it is designed that way to lead you to certain areas, and go to certain areas that will you to other places.

A comic in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a place where comic books aren’t really seen. It would be kind of difficult to see a comic setting in L.A.  The way I see it, since there are a lot of residential areas in L.A then we would see a lot of the heroes’ actions within the community. I would say it would be 50/50 in downtown and more populated business areas, and in the community.  Also, most of the comic would portray the heroes overlooking the city from the Hollywood hills or maybe from the skyscrapers in downtown. Spatially represented this comic would be divided in both the downtown and the community and would have a lot of citizens and families involved.  The super Heroes’ would have to have a L.A look. Meaning a very muscular guy or very beautiful woman.  They would probably wear the colors that represent L.A meaning Purple and Yellow (Lakers) or blue and white (dodgers). This is quite obvious since these colors are really seen and supported in L.A. I think the costume for either would not have a cape he might be like Spiderman, or the X-men who don’t wear capes. I think they would mainly be like Batman; the super heroes would be vigilante. They would be heroes that the police wouldn’t want since it would cause destruction due to him having to save people or things. It would probably be the same story like Batman which the police want him caught but want him to still help which is something that would happen in Los Angeles. L.A would be quite a setting for a super hero’s comic book.

Comic Book Space

Comic Book Space talks about what it is titled, the space in which comic books are in.  It talks about how comics were born in New York with the writer Stan Lee being one of the most famous, with his comics of Marvel.  It talked about how most of the super heroes revolved somehow around New York City. Such heroes include The X-Men, The Fantastic 4, and the always spectacular Spiderman. When people do think of New York it is seen as a place that is made for comics since it is seen as a dark place in which your wildest dreams could come true. It has every type of person, so why wouldn’t super heroes be included in this mash up.  Regardless of what you are doing space matters a lot. Even when it comes down to super heroes a good setting just like new York is the central for comic books, it makes it that much more realistic and better for the fans.

“So clearly I was not bitten by a radioactive poet”

I like what is said because it is very comical; since most super heroes become something since in Spiderman’s case he was bitten by a radioactive snake.

“If you grow up in a city and see the city… you’ll get a city as it really is”

This is one of my favorite quotes from the entire article since it shows how important a place can actually be to something, and how much it actually affects what it is.

My Popular Place.

A popular place in my neighborhood is a place called Plaza Mexico. It is a place full of rich Mexican culture and very full of music and dancing and different things you would and could see in Mexico. It is very beautiful with its paintings; the towers and the structure of the place make it look so much like an actual place in Mexico. Most of the people that go there of course are of Hispanic culture, throughout the years I have seen it change from Hispanic families to African Americans to even Asian. I enjoy that about Plaza Mexico because it shows that it is diverse and wants more than just one culture there. It shows how inviting the place really is. Another really good aspect that this place has is the location; it is in the middle of a huge intersection so it is very noticeable. There are plenty of places to eat there including tio’s tacos, hometown buffet, subway, and many more. There are also clothing stores and small grocery stores within the building itself, it is very nice. Another very good aspect that Plaza Mexico has to offer is the live music that it has, it has Rancheras, and a lot of Mexican type music the best thing most of the time this music is live and is very good quality. However they do get radio stations to go play at their events or on the weekends to promote certain thing. Plaza Mexico has a rich culture to give out.

There are certain aspects of Plaza Mexico that should be changed. One of them could be the clowns; I know it might seem like something kids like, but a lot of the children there get freaked out by what the children see meaning the clowns. Most of the people there even though they are friendly they don’t have such a friendly face. Another aspect that I would change would be the restrooms. Making them more available in places that people didn’t have to go crazy to look for them would help out a lot. Something else that I would renovate would be the bathrooms, they are very old and really do need to be fixed or put in new ones. Other things that would need to be renovated would be the arcade the places to eat and the little shops, other than that I think that plaza Mexico is very good in what it does and makes sure to have a Mexican experience whenever you go since you always get a little bit of mexico. If not by the food, or the music or event he feel of the place.