The history of Michael Jackson as a monster!

I love Michael Jackson very much.  Today, I'd like to introduce the history of MJ as a monster to you.  Surprisingly, MJ has many songs about monsters.

Firstly, I'm sure that everyone knows the most famous his song, "Thriller."  He is made up as a zombie in the music video.  Not only he, but also many zombies appear in the music video.  They dance, and sing in an awful way.  However, the dance and song are still attractive so much.

Secondly, he made a short movie called "Ghost."  This short movie is the music video of his song, "Ghost."  However, this video contains a kind of story, so this is close to movie.  This short movie is high-quality.  Special makeup and CG technologies are used in this short movie.

Lastly, there is the song named "Monster."  This song is in the MJ's last album, "MICHAEL."  MJ sings

 "Everywhere you seem to turn there's a monster
when you look up in the air, there's a monster
Paparazzi got you scared like a monster"

in this song.

So, maybe he wanted to tell us that paparazzi are more horrible and terrible than any monsters.

              I post a picture of the short movie "Ghost."

About Neal Stephenson

I read the novels of Neal Stephenson in a class. I'd like to introduce him. Firstly, I found his home page. I noticed that he has bearded chin ,but he has bald head...However, actually, his looks has nothing to do with his works. Second, I found the thickness of his books is quite thick. I mean, his works have plenty of volume. It seems to be difficult for me to read all of his works. Third, there are some pictures of his handwritten manuscript. These were changed by him again and again. I feel his passion for novels.

I read two works of him in a class. The one is “Anathem,” and the other is “Quicksilver.” The former is a kind of SF story. The later is one of the series of historical epic. However, these two works have a common point.

The former has a lot of difficult metaphors. For example, the story says that “'When a child gets sick, do you pray? Sacrifice to a pained stick? Or blame it an old lady?'” This story might be difficult to understand. However, there is a key of this story; religion. So, “sacrifice to a painted stick” has a religious meaning, and “an old lady” means a witch.

The later is story about witch trial. So, this story also has a religious meaning.

Metaphor

I learned about the difference between metaphor and simile in the class. Actually, I like reading both of metaphor and simile! These expressions stir my imaginations. These words remind me a writer. He is Haruki Murakami.

Firstly, Haruki Murakami is famous for metaphor. He uses many metaphors in his novels. I think his novels are metaphor itself. I mean, almost all parts of his novels are metaphors. I like the way he compares something to something. For examples, here is the book which I love the best; “Sputnik Sweetheart.”

This book starts with a long part of metaphor.

“In the spring of her 22nd year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life. An intense love, a veritable tornado sweeping across the plains - flattening everything in its path, tossing things up in the air, ripping them to shreds, crushing them to bits. The tornado's intensity doesn't abate for a second as it blasts across the ocean, laying waste to Angkor Wat, incinerating an Indian jungle, tigers and all, transforming itself into a Persian desert sandstorm, burying an exotic fortress city under a sea of sand. In short, a love of truly monumental proportions.”

What do you think about it? Maybe he uses metaphors too much? However, this part is interesting, so, we will find that the rest of this book would be interesting.

In conclusion, I found that metaphor is used to make us understand easily. However, it is also used to make the text more interesting.