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19:25 Fri -- Derek Tickle updated DerekTickle
Use Some Positive Judgement
"An environmental leader said, 'Bad behavior is rewarded because what gets reported is the most outrageous statement made.' For every reader who thought the press was guilty of showing a political or ideological bias in the news columns, there were many more who complained about what they called 'negative' bias"... ... (257 more words, 0 comments)

14:06 Fri -- MichellePolly updated MichellePolly
John Henry Part One
There is so much meaning behind it, and we all know that makes for a great story. The more meaning and background and sincerity shown in a story, the more you are able to relate to the readers and grab their attention and reel them in and lock them... ... (177 more words, 0 comments)

14:06 Fri -- MichelleTantlinger updated MichelleTantlinger
Article I Referred To In Class...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/06/fort-hood-shooter-alive I accessed this through the BBC news site. Upon reflection, it isn't a well written article. ... ... (0 more words, 0 comments)

13:32 Fri -- CarissaAltizer updated CarissaAltizer
I Have a Theory and I Want to Know Yours!
I miss reading modern books. I must admit, I was upset over the Editorial assignment for this class because I haven't read anything newer than Paradise Lost all semester. I used to read for fun all the time, but now I am basically only reading to keep up with classes.... ... (660 more words, 0 comments)

13:13 Fri -- HeatherMourick updated HeatherMourick
Lost
"First, it is the duty of black men to judge the South discriminatingly" (3,22). "Ever-recurring query of the ages, Is not life more than meat, and the body more than raiment" (6,11). Alright, so W.E.B.DuBois makes almost no sense to me at all. I found these selections to be... ... (84 more words, 0 comments)

13:01 Fri -- HeatherMourick updated HeatherMourick
Whistle While You Work
"Any one who is willing to work ten hours a day at the brick-yard... in order that he or she may have the privilege of studying academic branches for two hours in the evening, has enough bottom to warrant being further educated" (13,3). I kind of wish that this... ... (336 more words, 0 comments)

09:53 Fri -- Kayla Lesko updated KaylaLesko
Left with a Sense of... Something
John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead is certainly... interesting. At least it has a plot... to some extent. The jumping around to different characters was a bit annoying at first, but neccesary. And I have to say that the characters are actually tolerable. "J. experiences an involuntary physical response to... ... (126 more words, 1 comments)

09:36 Fri -- Kayla Lesko updated KaylaLesko
I Heart You
Ch.23-24 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor. "Aside from being the pump that keeps us alive, the heart is also, and has been since ancient times, the symbolic repository of emotion" (208). Amazing how this hasn't changed. I don't think I'd ever be able to associate the heart... ... (51 more words, 0 comments)

09:36 Fri -- JessieKrehlik updated JessicaKrehlik
Yay for another book about a Journalist!
The final event of John Henry Days was her first assignment, it turned out differently than expected, and she remembers instructions from last semester's Intro Journalism class....She approaches an older couple dressed in identical green and red jogging suits. She identifies herself as a writer for Charleston Daily Mail and asks... ... (362 more words, 0 comments)

09:18 Fri -- CodyNaylor updated CodyNaylor
J. Better Come Through...
"This is some far-out shit, this is a fucking ironic way to" (76). I would like to start out that, though I am thus far unsure whether or not I am going to like this book, I really appreciate it when authors do not shy away from the nitty-gritty language... ... (303 more words, 1 comments)

Recent Comments

21:53 Fri
Josie Rush: Dr. Jerz, at first when I was looking at your comment, I saw "Homer" and thought we were going to get a very in depth, complicated definition of tragedy. And then I saw "the Simpsons" and actually ap
(on JosieRush's How to Die Laughing)

21:48 Fri
Josie Rush: Cody- We can make a club or something. lol. Irony is one of those things that I think I know, but I'm sure I've misused on more than one occassion. And, as you will see if you follow my link in this
(on JosieRush's How to Die Laughing)

19:35 Fri
Dennis G. Jerz: Cody: Having a bug in your drink or bad weather on a day you hope will be perfect is just disappointing. The specific, literary definition of "dramatic irony" means that the audience/reader knows mo
(on JosieRush's How to Die Laughing)

16:44 Fri
Josie Rush: I think being a successful freelancer and getting paid like a successful worker are two very different things. I guess since freelancing is such an unreliable source of income, even if J's establishe
(on KaryssaBlair's Whitehead's Writing is a River... )

14:35 Fri
Shellie Polly: see, I think I disagree, I don't think I like J. I'm not 100% as to why, but I don't get a good vibe from him. Lol, getting any vibe from a character in a book is pretty...idk anyway, lol, I think he
(on JosieRush's How to Die Laughing)

13:27 Fri
Carissa Altizer: In the first few chapters I was a little lost, mostly, I think, because of the extended metaphors. After I continued reading I started to pick up on them and pay more attention. I did a little bit o
(on KaryssaBlair's Whitehead's Writing is a River... )

11:45 Fri
Melissa Schwenk: I love Whitehead's style of writing. He really puts the reader into the character to the point where you really feel J.'s hunger. I thought the red light was a nice touch to show how hungry J. was. I
(on Kayla Lesko's Left with a Sense of... Something)

11:43 Fri
Kayla Lesko: Yeah, this is a late comment but anyhoo... I agree with you that Uncle Tom's character gets the reader more involved with the story. Without Jim, AHF would even more random than it already was. Jim m
(on MeaganGemperlein's So Maybe That's Why We Read Uncle Tom's Cabin...)

11:40 Fri
Melissa Schwenk: Cody, I think that J. will definitely grow as a character throughout the book. So far we see him already going with the changes by deciding to get his articles published online and working with Time W
(on CodyNaylor's J. Better Come Through...)

11:37 Fri
Kayla Lesko: At this point, I think this book better than Quick and the Dead. But I'm not really sure whether or not I like it. Yeah, I think Whitehead over did it a little bit.
(on KaryssaBlair's Whitehead's Writing is a River... )

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