December 07, 2005
Cover Entry Portfolio 3
Well there wasn't much to go on for this portfolio, but I think that I held up my end of the work pretty good.
I liked my blog for The Girl of the Golden West the best out of all my entries for this round. It showed timeliness, depth, coverage, and discussions.
I also liked my blog for DuBois's thoughts. Alhtough nobody commented on my blog it was done in timeliness and I questioned his ideas about getting over racism.
On Stacy's blog I asked her to clarify her ideas and argue her point.
I always keep my mind rolling when I read Erin's blog and this was an example when she got me thinking.
Started the conversation rolling on Valerie's blog for Girl of the Golden West.
I linked Stacy to another blog for some interesting thoughts from another student.
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December 03, 2005
Girl of the Golden West
This was quite a different read than usual and I enjoyed it...surprisingly since I am not much for romance stories.
Thing first interesting thing that I found was the final ending of starting over and beggining a new life. "A new day...trust me. Trust me...A new life!" Both Johnson and Minnie were living lives of the unpure. There was drinking, gambeling, and robing. Even though Minnie seemed like a good girl she was still a participant in the bad deeds. The ending was one of hope. Since they were leaving the west and heading towards the east I wonder if this is some kind of message that the only people out west are ones of sinful living? I don't know....when I think of the west back then I think of shootings, robing, ect ect...What do you guys think?
Also the role of being a female and male was shown throughout the story. Even though Minnie was a strong woman she still showed signs of the way a typical woman should act. The scenes where she tears up, says she will wait for her man, and strong religious beliefs to stay pure show this type of sterotyping women. This can be compared to the men in the story who are shown jealous, tempermental, and hard-workers. Although Johnson is still shown emotional sometimes.
I also enjoyed the scene when Johnson first comes to the cabin and it is storming greatly outside and all the sudden when they finally get together the scene is filled with drama. The wind is knocking stuff all around and Johnson and Minnie are completely involved with each other that they don't notice. It is a great scene with a build up of emotions and then everything does wild. It made me laugh when I read it because it is so melodramtic. But I enjoyed it...don't get me wrong!
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