All of the Blogs listen underneath show my coverage in blogging about each reading. Every blog was posted in a timely manner and there are a few that were not because of illness-this is noted inside of those individual blogs. Most of the blogging I did after the first portfolio was in much more detail and shows my improvement in my critical thinking and communicating those thoughts.
A Good Man is Hard to Find
The River
The Life you Save May be your Own
Roberts Chapter 18
A Stroke of Good Fortune
Demonstrative Essay
Temple of the Holy Ghost
The Artifical Nigger
Appendix A
A Circle in the FIre
A Late Encounter with the Enemy
Good Country People
The Displaced Person
Frost and Hughes
Roberts Chapter 12
Roberts Chapter 17
Ressurection Blues
Blogging in Depth
A Good Man is Hard to Find
The River
A Stroke of Good Fortune
Temple of the Holy Ghost
Interaction/ Discussion Blogging
Comment to Brenda about A Stroke of Good Fortune
Comment to Chris about A stroke of Good Fortune
Comment to Brenda on Temple of the Holy Ghost
Xenoblogging
Comment to Brenda on the Temple of the Holy Ghost
This is a blog that I mist have missed. I am taking this quote from A late Encounter with the Enemy, because it shows a little sight into what may happen next within the story. General Sash's granddaughter wants so much to be recognized and recognized well by her grandfather that when she graduates at 62 years of age she has him dress in his uniform and then he dies. I remember in our class discussion that students were talking about O'Connor could have made it more shocking by having him Die on stage at graduation or not giving the grandaughter what she wanted by having him die before her graduation.
]]>Chapter 19 by Roberts explains the importance in reading, re-reading and the techniques of studying for an exam on literature pieces. I chose this quote because it is a technique that I have found to help me the most throughout my education with test taking. If you practice writing your answers out, then you get the chance to organize your thoughts and make changes to what you are writing before there are any time restrictions or points deducted. Roberts gives a systematic approach to studying for an exam on literature that I believe will help everyone prepare for the final in this course if they listen to his advice he has given in chapter 19.
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The two poems that stuck out for me by Hughes were the "Bad Luck Card " and "Lover's Return." Both of these poems speak of love. The bad luck card is comical to me because it is like the person is having their palms read about their life and love. The Lover's return is sad to me because it speaks of a father/daughter relationship that was lost and is only brought back together because of sickness/death.
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Ha. Good because I do not like math! Anyways, this is a good quote from Roberts chapter 12 because it makes you realize that when coming up with a good problem to write about does not mean that you have to proove or correctly answer your problem. You do however have to put up a good argument followed by supporting information somewhat like in science when trying to support a hypothesis. The stratigies given in chapter 12 on how to write about a problem give an author different options to choose from in presenting a problem in writing. I do not think that I am very fond of strategy two because it seems like it would be a redudant form of writing that would bore me after a while. Strategy one seems to be the strategy that I would use if writing a paper focused around a problem. It iseems like it s a more conventional style of writing like I am used to.
It really is a culture shock to me when I read O'Connors works in dealing with african americans. Obviously that is how they talked in the south in those days and she wouldnt be painting the historically correct picture if she changed the dialouge, but even when I know that she isnt using the words in her writing just in the characters voices and minds, I cant help to imagine what it was like back then and how much things have changed to where I get offended by the text in some of O'Connors literature. I chose this quote from the story because I thought it was ironic that she is plainly stating her racial remarks to these polish people. Hello! They are considered to be different and a minority also, but she is acting as if they are just like them to their faces, but behind their backs making remarks like calling them "Gooblehooks." The introduction of the polish people also remind O'Connor's readers that racism exsisted among all different types of races, at this time, dominatley blacks in the south of USA, but still of many others also.
]]>O'Connor's funniest writing yet! Seriously, this quote says it all. Hulga/Joy, is a bitter person because of her hanidcap. Of course it is normal to want to be normal, but plenty of people make the best out of what they have by considering what they could not have. It's my opinion that this girl who is in fact a woman, needed to learn a good lesson and if it was the twisted bible salesman who taught her it, then so be it. he quote prooves that Hulga/Joy thinks highly of herself when it comes to intellect. She presents herself in such an ugly way, with her manners and such, that she only has her intelligence to rely on. BUT...apparently she is not as smart as she thinks! She thinks that she is going to take advantage of this boy in the barn and that he is so innocent he has no idea what is going on...when she is the one who is in the dark. I wonder what smart Hulga/Joy thought to do without her leg while she was stuck in the loft? I bet she would have some explaining to do once her mother and Mrs. Freeman finally found her. I cant imagine her ignoring that topic!
]]>I chose this quote from O'COnnor's "A Circle of Fire" because I love the character of Mrs. Cope. She 100% reminds me of my mother. Anytime I would be down about something or feeling sorry for myself, she woul always make some type of remark about how things could be worse or about people who were worse off. It annoyed me so much, when I was younger...but, now I realize that when I am down or feeling sorry about myself, I always think about how it can be worse or people I know who are worse off...and I dont feel that sorry for myself anymore and I am annoyed because my mother rubbed off on me...hehe...But Mrs. Cope handles everything like it could be worse and she is thankful for everything that she has, not sorry for what she doesnt. That's a good lesson in life.
]]>The pscyhological/psychoanalytic approach is the approach that I cn most relate to myself. Being a psychology major, I really understand what Roberts is decribing about this approach. The approach deals with questioning about the past, present and future and how they all connect, like a therapist would do in a session. It also looks closley at life experiences of not only a described character in the literature but also of the author who wrote the piece. The authors life, past, present and future, could have a major impact on the type and topic of the literature.
]]>I have not yet read this whole reading, but I loved how O'Conner started this story with so much detail. It paints the perfect picture for me in my mind and I see what this scene with Mr. Head awakening from his sleep looks like through his eyes. I am looking forward to seeing if O'Connor continues describing the scenes and characers in this story as detailed as the beginning!
]]>This line comes from the child after susan and joanne question how well she knows wendell and cory. In the child's mind she says to herself (the entire paragraph before this line) that they had fought in the world war together and she saved them 5 times from japanese suicide bombers...I enjoyed this entire story but I really dont understand why a little girl would think this? Was she being sly and trying to think about how much more intelligent she was than the two girls or was it all her great imagination? Then why doesnt she share it with the two girls...possibly because they would think her remarks were childish because they obviously are not true.
"It spit them out of its mouth," she said, "Six of them."
This little girl is smart and sly but I also like how O'Connor shows that she does not know everything unlike how her character acts. The child acts so grown up and she tricks the girls into telling her about the fair freak which is sly but when she has to dish out her story you see that even though she has not seen a rabbit give birth, she does not know how it happens either. Obviously neither do twiddle de and twiddle dum because they except her answer. This little part was comical!
]]>Out of all of the O'Connor tales so far this is my favorite. I laughed the entire time I read it! "Well, he had about as much get as a floor mop...And him turned out to have no more charge than a dish rag." Poor Rufus! Haha...I mean the poor man is getting blamed for pushin his mother more into her grave all the long being compared to cleaning utensils!
"I don't need no doctor," Ruby muttered. "I can take care of myself. I haven't done bad at it all this time." Honestly, Does Ruby seriously consider herself that much better than everyone...Even a Doctor? This lady cracks me up. She does not need a doctor, but she has no idea why she is "sick," but just by the symptoms that were being described in the story even before she spoke with her friend...I am saying to myself, "She is not sick, She is pregnant!" Obviously she is not that much smarter than the average Joe if she does not even figure that one out. I could give her some credit and blame it on her denial, but truthfully, can you really deny something so very obvious? And if you are doing so then that is a sign of stupidity!
]]>"For Such assignments, it is helpful to know the types of research essays you might find most congenial. Here are some possibilities."
Then after this quote it lists five different types of essays that could be used for a research essay. I found this to e very helpful because the different ideas give you a better idea on how exactly to go about writing your research essay and what different ways you could do so. It took the way I was thinking about hte research essay "out of the box" and explored different ways of writing it rather than just about an author.
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"The film does not explore the 'greatness' of the hero, however, but rather exposes him as a misquided, unhappy person who tries to buy love and manipulate reality. All aspects of this picture-characterization, structure, and technique- are focused on this goal."
This essay in Roberts provides a good example to follow when writing our 2nd paper. I like how the author states his central idea and thesis in a very detailed and specific manner. The rest of the essay then follows up on supporting his main idea. The essay is constructed in an excellent organized structure and each paragraph begins with a topic sentence that ties the paragraph into the paper while highlighting the whole purpose of the work. This is going to be a good help during my journey of writing paper 2!
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