"This place is only for the good ones" Pg (111)
Zero had done a crime by killing his boss and do believe his was guilty, but he worked all his life never took a day off, never got a raise, and i think he just had it with his job. They found him guilty and he went to heaven, where Daisy came to see him, she truly loved him but never knew how to tell him.
Encouraging Independent Learning with Tools and Methods that Students will Love
Okay, so all students won't love them all the time, but the reason I'm blogging this is because I noticed Gina Burgese was cited as an example of successful blogs in education.
Also featured are Mike Arnzen's Pedablogue and the website for last year's American Lit I course.
This was very interesting. I think it did a great job of comparing The Adding Machine and Machinal. I notice they were a little bit similar but this made it much clearer.
Our lives have become very easy due to science and inventions. Earlier in life people had to work so much harder just to live life. Now it is a breeze for us. But we still need to know what is the most important. It is to put our religious belief before science. If we would put science before our beliefs I think this world would be a crazy place.
I think this was a very hard story to read. It was very confusing. What I got from it was that the women seemed to be crazy. What was up with the hot dog?
Does anyone know? This is really confusing.
i stress the again part because i almost went crazy when i almost finished my entry and somehow my computer made the page go back. so now im typing it again. Lord knows what is preventing me from spouting words out of my mouth that only demons can decipher. Anyway, Bernice Bobs her hair is about social acceptance and female liberation. These themes appear at the beginning and end of the story respectively. She is tearning for acceptance from her peers after being portrayed as an "ugly duckling" by Fitzgerald. However, when she gets too much attention, her cousin Marjorie, gets jealous and insists that she bob her hair, which Bernice saw was a big mistake when it was too late. The liberation part of the story for me is when she takes her own revenge on Marjorie (LOL) and flees on the train. trully classic!!!
First of all I have to say that I really love Fitzgerald. I liked Bernice Bobs her Hair a lot and I also really got into this story. I love his use of language. It may seem a bit flowery but he chooses his words so well to describe the message he is trying to convey. I think I was supposed to read this story in high school but I must have been slacking off or something because I don't remember doing so but I am glad I finally have the chance to. For 12.95 I'm keeping this book!
Anyway, one of the things I noticed about the story was the symbolism of Daisy being a flower. This may seem really obvious but I honestly didn't catch it until i started reading the first chapter for the second time. He always describes her as "opening up again in a flower like way." Plus the obviousness of her name being Daisy. Daisies are simple flowers and I wonder if she is really as simpleminded as she appears. She talks about roses (possible a symbol of love) a lot, like at the Buchannans the porch is described as rosy and she tells Nick he is a rose. "I am not even faintly like a rose" I love that line. I dont think she is as ditsy as she seems to be. In fact she almost mocks her own husband's dull mindedness like when she is telling him that she and Nick were talking about the "Nordic race" and calling him a "hulking brute" I think she makes herself seem simple minded so she is no competition for her husband. The part about the night before the Buchannans wedding made me think that there is more to Daisy than what she lets on. She seems concerned about losing her husband I could be wrong. Please tell me if I am. I am kind of going out on a whim here. Maybe this is why Gatsby doesn't think things are the same between the two of them. Maybe she got too used to being the stupid one that she is no longer intriguing to him.
If a woman cries rape,she is asked who rape her, if a man cries rape, he is asked who did he rape. this is not to say females are necessarily inferior but, stereotype point a murder at a myterious man first, rather than the wife of a sheriff. The innocence and secondary role of women jumps out at me after reading they jury of her peer. snapping the neck of a canary doesnt equate the taking of a life.
If a woman cries rape,she is asked who rape her, if a man cries rape, he is asked who did he rape. this is not to say females are necessarily inferior but, stereotype point a murder at a myterious man first, rather than the wife of a sheriff. The innocence and secondary role of women jumps out at me after reading they jury of her peer. snapping the neck of a canary doesnt equate the taking of a life.
Maybe its because my Mondays and Fridays lately have resembled the Power Puff Girls with the intensity of girl power, but i was amazed at the author of the poem I selected. . . . (yes I know traditionally you only need 3 dots, however, i'm goin above and beyond)
At the risk of sounding like a airheaded 13 year old on her way out of the Gap, I thought the Poetry Slam was totally awesome.
As I mentioned in my EL 267 class last week, Dr. Droppa has agreed to cover for me on Thursday, while I am off at a conference. There will be a quiz on the material we have covered since the last quiz; that quiz will cover the whole of "Bees."
That novel is very popular with literature classes, and you'll find no shortage of online material to help you make sense of it. Particularly interesting to me is this weblog devoted to The Secret Life of Bees (you'll have to scroll down to the bottom to read the comments about the first chapters, of course) and the author's replies to questions from the same instructor's class.
(I'll follow up with more info on the poetry reading exercise shortly.)
If you're interested in seeing how to apply history and biography to understand an author's work (as my EL 150 students are), take a look at this book review. (Remember, quoting a book review of a book you haven't read is not good scholarship....)
LRB | David Edgar : Back to RealityWhat Death of a Salesman can't be is a play about whether reality is real. Willy Loman may well be - as Bigsby argues - a man 'finally unable to separate reality from appearance', but we only know that because we can. Miller found a highly original way of dramatising the gap between the American dream and its achievement, and did it so persuasively that when they made it as a film, Columbia felt obliged to shoot a 25-minute preface about the generally enviable life of the vast majority of American salesmen, to which Miller responded not by asserting that the play was really an epistemological speculation but by asking why the hell they were so ashamed of their picture.
I strongly recommend that students in my "Introduction to Literary Studies" and "Amercian lit 1915-Present" courses see the Seton Hill production of "Trifles," which is Susan Glaspell's one-act play that covers the same material as the short story "A Jury of Her Peers".
Setonian Online: McDonough presents Trifles as student directed play
"Trifles is a murder/mystery but with a twist. It has a nice build to the climax...it'll make people think," said McDonough. "Directing Trifles gave me a chance to go more in depth with the theories I learned...and this also helped me to develop my own directing style." Assistant stage manager Rose Marotta said, "This play is gender-geared. It examines female roles in a male dominated society of the early 1900s."
The free play runs Friday, March 12 to Sunday March 14 in St. Mary’s Hall.
Those who read "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" may find this book review interesting...
Unlike our other physical characteristics, most of which we can alter only through surgery, hair is a malleable feature. A woman can exert a certain power over her life by taking control of her hair. She can manipulate her appearance with hot comb and chemicals, ponytail or purple mohawk, in some cases to call attention to herself as a rebel, outside the mainstream. Or she may wish to be seen as belonging to a certain social class or cultural group. She may want others to see her as docile and well-bred or as a sensual vixen, flipping her long, tousled mane around those she wishes to entice. Hair comes into play in the corporate boardroom, where a power haircut may make a difference as far as promotions are concerned, but if it's too gorgeous it may also attract unwanted attention from male co-workers.
(Note that if you want to use this material in a paper, the book that is the subject of the review is the primary source. You wouldn't cite the review by itself -- though you could read the book, cite the book directly, and ALSO cite criticism voiced by the author of the review.)
Flashback to highschool and try to remember one of the literary masterpieces that you studied...
The answer to this question no! N-O with a capital N!
I just got done reading the Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald and I have to say that that was one of the best books that I have ever ready. I has all of the elements that a good story should have which are, comedy, tragedya nd the element of surprise. It just further advocates that idea that readers and people in our world today feed off drama, controversy and other people's problems. I have discussed this book with alot of me peers and they have said to me that despite the fact that it was written back back back in the day and some of the grammar is bit unfamiliar that book was "the bomb," meaning good.
If any of you haven't read T.S. Elliot's: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock then i highly suggest you do. It's a wonderful poem with a lot of symbolism. Here's your chance to read it if you haven't already....
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
In my opinion, this man is in a room looking for love. He watches the "women come and go talking of michelangelo." This man goes unnoticed by the women he is trying to get attention from. He feels very alone, and its making him numb and he wants to feel love. He wants to ask a woman to marry him, but he is afraid of being rejected. He is self concious of his baldness " with a bald spot in the middle of my hair -" By stating an insecurity, he shows that he fears rejection.
He has "measured out his life with coffee spoons;" I think this means that he spends his day contemplating what to do with his lonely life. He seems to be in conflict with time, and the last of his days because he's worried that a woman will not want him and he'll have to spend the rest of his life alone.
"Sprawling on a pin" I think is the same pin on his tie. He's stuck to his life like a fly would on fly paper. If he's not too careful he could get pricked.
Now, i know i usually have some kind of question after each of my entry, but after reading or experiencing something...how can i not?? haha, well anyway here's today's question(s). Why are men so afraid of rejection when it comes to women. The only way i can see that particular point of view is if the girl and guy have been friends for an extensive amount of time. In this case, i understand that friendship could be lost..but if this isn't the case, then what do you have to lose?
How does this apply to bernice bobs her hair? Was Warren afraid of losing the friendship between himself and marjorie? I think he felt that if he did everything that she asked him to, then she would see how much he cared for her...and then in turn fall madly in love with him. WHich is not the case, if a guy does this, it shows that the woman has power over the man. THe man in this sense is weak. I think marj used warren because she knew that she had power over him. In my opinion, the best thing to do is to talk about it, be upfront, and my reactions, mentally and physcially you should be able to tell the truth. Unless they are so unbelievably blind that... well it would be a lost cause.
Why is Gatsby so GREAT? Unfortunately, I think that Gatsby has more characteristics of a not so great person. When we were discussing our definitions of a great person, honest, loyal, successful, honorable, and understanding are the qualities that come to mind. Gatsby displays nothing but dishonesty, stalker qualtities, and fake identity. Although, he had his good points, they didn't stand out as much as the bad. Then again, it is always easier to pick out some ones bad qualities and focus on them, before noticing the good. Now what I want to ask is, why was Gatsby noticed as being the GREAT one, when Nick was one of the most honest characters (as Emily stated in class)?? Nick was a strong character, but didn't really have much going for himself, besides living through Gatsby. He stood there for Gatsby when he was yearning for his late love of Daisy, and stood by him when she hit Myrtle with the car, and stood through his death. Now that is a GREAT PERSON. My question is, did Nick gain something from learning the truth from Gatsby's past, and if so, what was it?
A lonely man looking for love and affection from a mystery woman... is my view on the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Elliot. The cutting words of Elliot describes any relationship. There are no perfect relationships but no relationship at all. There is alwaysa a conflict and disagreement in all relationships no matter how serious. When we talked in class we came up with the man talkin about many women " in the room women come and go talking of Michelangelo." Also, we mentioned that this symbolized the woman's higher class. I believe that it symbolized her clas status. With other cases this adds up to me. Simply the man being nervous to pop the question, the cheap hotels, and reference to Prince Hamlet are some of those clues. I feel that Elliot is talking about a lower class man attemption to talk to a higher class woman that he has fallen for but can't because of fear of rejection. Its such an appropriate time for this poem, considering Valentine's Day. How Ironic, HA!
"To Bernice the next week was a relevation. With the feeling that people really enjoyed loking at her and listening to her became the foundation of self confidence (Fitzgerald, 11)." Why is it that we rely on others opinions to feel self confident? In today's society we stress so much on being independant and original, but we contradict this by our own self esteem and confidence. It's crazy to say you don't care about what other think of you. You would be lieing- to a certain extent. Basing your whole life on what others think would lead you down the exact same path as the person beside you. America is the land of freedom and choice. Choose to be your own person!
With Bernice and Marjorie, Bernice being her own person wasn't good enough. She didn't fit the expectations of her selfish cousin, Marjorie. Therefore without Marjorie's approval, Bernice lacked confidence in herself. I believe that confidence comes from within. Your deepest desires drive you to reach toward your dreams. One small step toward each goal shows your confidence. You have to have confidence in yourself to get anwhere in life. Outside sources, life friends and family help to boost your confidence and encouragement but, by no means should they be the "foundation" of your confidence. Being your own person is stronger than what other people want you to be- so be true and be you!
One of the classics- THe GREAT GATSPY!!! Wow, I just finished the book for the first time, one that I actually liked. Unlike everyone else, I was neglected and didn't get to read the book through highschool. Therefore the past two nights of my life, I've been furiously reading to get it finished for our class on Thursday and TEST! I found the part at the end was built up throughout the book so much, and very mysterious, so I think it was expected. I found the book rather easy to read in the aspects of interest. Other than interest, Fitzgerald has a funny way of writing. He beats around the bush and isn't straight to the point. I'm the kind of person that needs the facts and then alittle fancy on the edges. Basically just give me the meat and forget the potatoes. Straight to the point, is my way to go, and Fitzgerald has other plans for the readers. Although, I enjoyed the book, with my first experience of it, and I'm sure I will read it again in the future.
IS there a such thing as a perfect marriage-UTOPIA? In my personal experiences throughtout my family, I don't really agree that there is a perfect couple, or commitment. Don't get me wrong there are people who can make things work and everything seems so perfect at one moment in time. The difficult part is to find that mate to connect with.
Sifting through many tabloids, internet sites, and different magazine clippings, you come across alot of the same material. I've recently been looking at racial and adoption topics. IS IT WRONG to bring a child of different culture/race into an American family? Better yet, is it harmful to bring that child into a single parented family? <--- CHECK THIS OUT and notice the great points about single parenting.
If only time could stand still. Life would be worth so much more. These are just random thoughts that I have been experiencing in the past couple of hours. Due to stress with reading and getting my work done, these questions pry at my brain.
I have a couple assignments for a seminar in thinking and writing and about three to do for this American Lit. class, which I have been doing, but it seems like it is taking forever. If only time would slow down and be on my side right now, life would be much less stressful.
I'm sure everyone has heard the phrase that "time will heal your pain." Life has many ways of challenging us, and I think that time is the biggest challenge of them all. There is always a limit, or a deadline to reach, which always relates back to time. We live our lives through deadlines and limitations, so we need time to carry us through.
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