Aristotle

Aristotle was a repected man that wrote many theories. The effects of Aristotle’s work still remain in a lot of our industries today, e.g. film making industry. There are two ways of looking at Aritotle’s theories. On the other hand, I think that he had a major impact in the beginning when they started studying narrative even though it doesn’t apply as much as it did a long time ago. He started us thinking in a structural manner and gave us a way of looking at things for what they are. He gave us this way of thinking that we can apply when looking at certain things.

The two things that I decided to use are ‘Need For Speed; Most Wanted(NFS)” and “Transformers”. In the game NFS the plot of this game is that in order to get your car back from Razor you have to work your way up a list of the best drivers in town by beating them in order to race Razor. The story is a man named Razor robbed your car and you have to get it back. This is “Reversal” as Aristotle talks about, when the hero’s (you) fortune goes from good to bad. This could fall under Aristotle’s purification theory, not exactly but it is a journey of self discovery and a realisation that you can be the best driver in the game.

In the film Transformers the story is that there enormous robots on earth looking for a cube and a boy named sam has it. Whereas the plot of the film is that there is a cube on earth that these massive transforming robots are looking for. There is good robots and their leader is called optimus prime, they are trying to protect sam from the bad robots, until he destroy’s it. In my opinion this film relates a lot back to Aristotle’s purification theory, again; it is not exactly as Aristotle wrote it but I think this because Sam has to rise above himself to desroy this cube.

The First Hole In Co. Meath Golf Club

The First tee box in Co. Meath Golf Club is a raised square patch of shortly cut grass with two cylindrical pieces of wood set 10 foot apart. The grass in between the two pieces of wood has plenty of pitch marks that are repaired with sand. These pitch marks are scatterred all over the tee box giving a dolmation effect, a rich gold against a lively green. There are loads of colourful bushes and plants surrounding the box. These flowers make the tee box extremely attractive on the eye. There is a bench, bin and ball cleaner all as one unit. The bench is constructed out of wood causing it blend into its natural wooden background.

Standing from the tee box, looking down the finely cut fairway, through the entrance to the green is an incredible sight. The grass on the fairway(Short cut grass in the middle) is a pale green as opposed to the grass in the ruff, which is an extremely vibrant green. Early in the morning it is exceptionally beautiful sight to look from the tee box down to the green because of the morning due. There are countless amounts of bushes and trees all along each side of the fairway. There is a cross wind from right to left across the fairway which carries the smell of freshly cut grass. There is a small lake/ pond, which is located on the left handside of the fairway. It is about 30m² and has many beautiful eye-catching features. For example; It has a water fountain in the middle and 6 plastic ducks floating around it. The ducks and fountain add to the scenery of the Fairway.

Once you’ve walked to the end of the fairway you come to an incredible green. This green has two enormous sand bunkers, one on each side. The sand is exeptionally fine and has a very rich golden colour, the sand comes from a St. Margarets Golf Club in Dublin. The grass on the green has a very pale green colour because it is precisely and thinly cut. The area around the green however, is a slightly darker green, this area is known as the fringe of the green. The grass here is somewhat longer, but still keeps the spongy property. The flag is in the center of the green and is slowly fluttering in the wind. It has the number “1” perfectly stitched into it with an extremely pulsating white against a vibrant red background.

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