tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42552187605751146652024-03-13T20:02:19.239-07:00ENGL 2200Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-9420459571966606612011-12-13T06:56:00.000-08:002011-12-13T06:56:21.857-08:00exam study guide part 3<strong>Harrison Bergeron-Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.-</strong> Themes: government control, american identity, conformity, total equality<br />
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This story is set in the future. Every one looks the same and has the same intelligence level. This society is controlled by the government. This story plays with the idea of total physical and mental equality. Harrison Bergeron is determined not to conform and he gets killed for it. <br />
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"George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains."<br />
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"She must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous."<br />
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These two sections of the story shows you how the government was controlling people. George is Harrisons father. The second quote is talking about the ballerina. <br />
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<strong>Allen Ginsberg- Howl</strong>- themes- Mental illness, american identity, alienation/isolation<br />
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this poem is very dark. Electrotherapy was mentioned specifically. the poem talks about how patients were tortured using electrotherapy. the first line of the poem reads:<br />
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"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by <br />
madness, starving hysterical naked, <br />
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn <br />
looking for an angry fix"<br />
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This poem is about a mental hospital. Ginsberg says in the first line that the he saw the best minds of his generation destroyed by madness. I think he is saying that the people in the mental hospital are smarter than everybody else. <br />
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"who cowered in unshaven rooms in underwear, burning their money in wastebaskets and listening to the Terror through the wall"<br />
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this quote gives you a negative image in your head. I got the idea that someone was going crazy because why would you burn your own money in wastebaskets. Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-53014152254473312982011-12-09T08:15:00.000-08:002011-12-09T08:15:28.380-08:00exam study guide part 2<strong>Langston Hughes-Theme for English B- Themes: </strong>American identity, education, aleination/isolation<br />
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"I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem. <br />
I went to school there, then Durham, then here <br />
to this college on the hill above Harlem. <br />
I am the only colored student in my class".<br />
this section of the poem says that he is 22 years old , goes to college above Harlem and the only colored person in his class. Going to college on the hill literaly means he has to walk up that hill to get to their. This symbolizes that college is above or better than Harlem. Being the only black guy in his class was probably not uncommon at this time but this section of the poem gives me a sence of a young, black man experiancing the world. <br />
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"You are white--- <br />
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. <br />
That's American".<br />
These 3 lines are probably the most important part of the poem. It talks about american identity. I am a part of you as you are a part of me. It does not matter what skin color you have in america. <br />
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<strong>Langston Hughes-Harlem- Themes: </strong>Dreams, Racism <br />
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"What happens to a dream deferred?"<br />
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this is the first line of the poem. It's a good question that tells you what the rest of poem is about.<br />
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"Does it dry up <br />
like a raisin in the sun? <br />
Or fester like a sore— <br />
And then run? <br />
Does it stink like rotten meat?"<br />
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Langston Hughes puts negative images in your mind. He uses images like rotton meat and a festering sore to describe a dream deferred. Since Hughes is a black man during this time period, I would guess that he had a dream that was crushed by a racist society.<br />
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<strong>Flannery O'Connor- A Good Man is Hard to Find</strong>- Themes: Alienation/isolation, traditional family roles<br />
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This short story just makes you want to kill the grandmother. Throughout the story the grandma hides the cat from everyone in the car which causes Bailey to wreck the car and the shortcut she tells everyone to take leads them to their graves. Blurting out the misfits real name is got to be the biggest mistake. In this story the children are protrayed as brats. They always fight, yell and show no respect. This goes against the traditional family roles.<br />
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"The children were thrown to the floor and their mother, clutching the baby, was thrown out the door onto the ground; the old lady was thrown into the front seat. The car turned over once and landed right-side-up in a gulch off the side of the road. Bailey remained in the driver's seat with the cat gray-striped with a broad white face and an orange nose clinging to his neck like a caterpillar. <br />
As soon as the children saw they could move their arms and legs, they scrambled out of the car, shouting, We've had an ACCIDENT!"<br />
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this section is when the cat scared everyone, causing the accident. Then the Misfit and his friends arrived with guns. They started bossing the family around. I think the grandmother is in denial because she says "Listen," the grandmother almost screamed, "I know you're a good man. You don't look a bit like you have common blood. I know you must come from nice people!". Just another reason to root for the gun shots. <br />
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"His voice seemed about to crack and the grandmother's head cleared for an instant. She saw the man's face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured, "Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children !" She reached out and touched him on the shoulder. The Misfit sprang back as if a snake had bitten him and shot her three times through the chest. Then he put his gun down on the ground and took off his glasses and began to clean them".<br />
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this section shows you alienation/isolation. When the grandmother finally has her moment of clariety, she reaches out and touches the misfits shoulder. The first sign of human connection in this entire story and the grandmother is killed for it. <br />
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The entire family goes along with whatever the grandmother says. No one stands up for what they think is right. They should have told the grandmother to shut up a long time ago. <br />
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<strong>Ernest Hemmingway-Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber</strong>- themes: Death, betrayel, cowardness, alienation/isolation, Power<br />
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This story is about Macomber and his wife Margot on an african safari to rekindle their marriage. you find out that they are both very rich. Their safari guide, Robert Wilson, is protrayed as a manly hunter. Macomber shows his cowardness and unmasculine side when Margot kisses Wilson right in front of Macomber. another way Macomber shows his cowardness is when he wounded a lion while hunting. Macomber is "trembling . . . a pitiful look on his face." It was clear that Macomber did not want to kill anything. Throughout the story Macomber changes into a dominant hunter without fear. Towards the end of the story, Macomber sees a water buffalo and without fear, he gets a fine kill. Macomber describes the felling "like a dam bursting . . . pure excitement." He is called a "ruddy fire eater" in the story. Margot is the one who is "very afraid of something." She is losing psychological control over Macomber and she values that power. Margot is so afraid of losing this power that she shoots and kills Macomber. Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-68242214673779752912011-12-08T13:25:00.000-08:002011-12-08T13:25:58.834-08:00exam final study guide part 1This posts is a review for the final exam:<br />
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<strong>T.S Eliot- The Waste Land-</strong> Major theme: alienation/isolation, chaos/absuridty, Multiple sexual encounters, and death. Very depressing poem. this poem was written during a time of war.<br />
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alienation/isolation- line 140-170- A man is coming home from war and he gave his wife money to fix her teeth but she spent the money on an aborsion instead. This is a married women hanging out in a bar at night. This section tells you that a womans job back then was to look good for her man.<br />
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"What you get married for if you don’t want children?" this quote tells me that women were only meant to have children and nothing else.<br />
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<strong>T.S Eliot-The love song of Alfred J Prufrock-</strong> themes: mental health of society, enviornment, <br />
this was written during the industrial revolution and this time period was suppose to be a great time in american history. Eliot tells us otherwise. Line 15-22, Eliot talks about yellow smoke rubbing the windows and slides along the streets. The yellow smoke is pollution in his society. <br />
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<strong>Countee Colleen- Heritage- </strong>Conformity is a big theme- Colleen starts out by questioning what africa looks like. She says "three generations removed" which tells me that she has never been to Africa but her heritage is from Africa. Colleen is caught between two cultures. the culture she lives in currently is forcing her to conform and go against her african heritage. <br />
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Line 16-20- Colleen is saying that she this culture she lives in was forced upon her and she feels trapted in a net. Her African heritage is pulsing in her blood. <br />
"With the dark blood damned within <br />
Like great pulsing tides of wine<br />
That, I fear, must burst the fine<br />
channels of the chafing net<br />
Where they surge and foam and fret".<br />
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<strong>Countee Colleen- Yet Do I Marvel</strong>- Colleen expresses doubt in god for making him black and a poet. Look at the end of the poem. <br />
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"What awful brain compels His awful hand. <br />
<div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;">Yet do I marvel at this curious thing: </div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;">To make a poet black, and bid him sing!"</div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;"> </div><div style="padding-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em;">Colleen uses the word "awful" to describe his brain and hand. </div>Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-40153526000631072142011-12-06T08:50:00.000-08:002011-12-06T08:50:39.512-08:00Black eye peasI know we did not spend time talking about this in class but at least we listened to it. I thought it described our generation very well. I hated the song itself but if you think about it, this song was perfect for our generation. The "now generation". We don't like to wait for anything. We gotta have it now. I thought of myself as a fairly patient person, but this song made me think about it and I realized that I'm not patient at all. I won't wait more than 5 seconds for a webpage to load before I close it out. If I was not able to blog using my Iphone then I probably would not have half as many posts because my phone is more conveinent. Our generation is all about easy, conveinence, and quick. Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-40863406851433170082011-11-28T17:05:00.000-08:002011-11-28T17:05:41.241-08:00Feed- after classDuring class, in our discussion groups, we discussed the themes within this book such as conformity, education, alienation/ isolation and many more. <br />
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Alienation/isolation was a very important theme seen in "Feed". The way people talk to each other is a good example. The dialect used by the characters shows that they have a hard time communicating. The feed implanted in there brain Controls there thoughts and feelings so when the hacker sets Titus free he does not know how to tell violet how he feels. <br />
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Education was also a big theme. It goes with government control. The feed in there brain does everything for them so writing and reading books are not a necessity in this society. Dumb people are easier to control.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-32892280958292354602011-11-28T16:36:00.001-08:002011-11-28T16:36:42.357-08:00Feed- after classFletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-27271598453893977182011-11-22T09:08:00.000-08:002011-11-22T09:08:03.618-08:00Feed- M.T. Andersonthis story takes place in the future, within a society just like our own in many ways. There society is dominated by advertisments and technology telling people to buy, buy and buy. Wheather they need anything or not is irrelavaunt. Our society and Feed's society is consumer based. Advertisments run constantly on the T.V, Newspaper, internet, magazines, ect. telling people to spend money. The only difference is that in our society we don't have a chip implanted in our brains when we are born so the government can't monitor our thoughts and force us to do anything. We still have a choice to get away from technology. It's kinda scary how much our society resembles "Feed's". <br />
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In my opinion we should get away from technology more often. We depend on technology so much its unbelievable. When I'm walking to class I see more people with their head buried in a phone then actually paying attention to where they are going. Whats the point of having a beautiful, clean campus. I admit, I like to check emails or text while walking from place to place but we are too dependent on techology and we need to fix that. Try leaving your cell phone at home one day and pay attention to all the things you have forgotten about. Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-5063615190103371292011-11-15T04:50:00.000-08:002011-11-15T04:50:04.265-08:00The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (poetry)This poem is about the author standing in the woods at a fork in the road. He is deciding what path to take. He mentions that each path is equally worn and "grassy". Also he mentions the fact that no step leads back once you start down a path. Then the author chooses a path and hopes to have the oppertunity to come back and try the other path one day. The author knows he probably won't be able to because he says "I doubted if I should ever come back". The last two lines were my favorite part of this poem. The author says he took the path less traveled by and that made all the difference.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-28524382568471026352011-11-14T04:45:00.000-08:002011-11-14T04:45:56.228-08:00Flash fictionThe flash fiction I found was titled "ghost Bike" by Thomas Cooper. It's about a guy working on his bike in the garage while his wife is upstairs in the bedroom. After he finishes the bike he stumbles up stairs because it would have been time to put his Daughter to sleep. Once his wife see's the paint in his hands she gets dressed and they head to a diner. I get a sence that he has lost his daughter or his whole family in some accident. Maybe he is just imagining his wife. This story just seems dark to me.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-14732391512270635402011-11-10T08:20:00.000-08:002011-11-10T08:20:55.526-08:00 Louise Erdrich “The Red Convertible”This short story was not one of my favorites. It's a narrative by Lyman, who is a member of the Chippewa tribe. The story takes place in 1974. Lyman and his brother buy a red convertible and decide to drive around the world with no specific place in mind. They come across a hitchhiker who is heading to her home in Alaska. They all share some good times together before Henery, the older brother, Has to report for his military duties. <br />
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The main theme I got from this story was brotherhood. It's clear that both brothers have a close relationship with each other and there actions prove it. Before Henery left for the war he wanted to give Lyman the red convertible. <br />
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Since this story is from Lyman's point of view, why would he want to share this story? I think it's because he Cared for his brother. Maybe he wants to Perserve his brothers memory.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-17843528041586459142011-11-08T06:16:00.000-08:002011-11-08T06:16:19.300-08:00Charlottes webThis was one of my favorite movies growing up. I remember watching it in school a few times as well. This is a story of friendship between a pig and a spider. Charlotte, the spider, is very ill and can't hang on very long. Wilbur, the pig, wants to help charlotte but does not know how to save her so he decides to save her children. Wilbur makes a deal with a rat who is a friend of his, and they are able to bring charlottes babies back to the farm. The ending was my favorite part of this story because it gives me a peaceful feeling. How the author reflects on Wilbur's triumph, and mentions that Wilbur was "well taken care of" proves this.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-14059749123973563142011-11-07T04:47:00.000-08:002011-11-07T04:47:16.452-08:00Li-Young Lee “From BlossomsThis was a very short poem but I had trouble analyzing what the author was trying to say. By looking at the first stanza it seems like the author is buying peaches from a boy. The next stanza I got the idea that the author was eating the peaches because she say "peaches we devour, dusty skin and all". The third stanza I think the author is comparing summer to eating peaches. Im probably wrong on that one but what else could the peach stand for?Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-69161598868177861662011-11-03T06:11:00.000-07:002011-11-03T06:11:14.163-07:00 Donald Barthelme “The School”This is the weirdest story I've ever read. Everything from parents to puppies to salamanders all died and I don't know why. The end of the story when the class ask the teacher to make love with Helen, I did not see that coming. But afterwards a gerbil walked in so maybe the idea is that showing love can create life. If someone undrstands this story please feel free to tell me.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-4676022241069484302011-11-01T06:23:00.000-07:002011-11-01T06:23:04.578-07:00 “A Silver Dish” by Saul BellowThe first thing I notice is that death seems to be his favorite subject weather it's The death of a father fighting old age or terriorist excuting prisoners. The author mentions that "the papers give it to you". He means all of the fighting and Murdurs that occur in the world are brought to you by newspaper and television. It usually becomes a Dinner conversation later. That is very true about today's society as well. I would even say that there is a bigger influence of death in the news today. I can't remember the last time I turned on the news or read a paper with no killing or hostile situations. Can anyone else remember?Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-70996665244622131562011-10-31T05:20:00.000-07:002011-10-31T05:20:51.101-07:00HowlThis poem was very hard to understand. I noticed a lot of drug references and psychology. It purposes this in a negative way. The imagery is very dark in my opinion. I got the idea that mental illnesses were a big discussion topic. Electrotherapy was talked about specifically. The author is clearly against it but this topic is very interesting to me. The way this was written I think this Poem was meant for a select group of people and not the general public. <br />
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I do have questions, one being, what does "Moloch" mean? It is mentioned in the second section before every line.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-84810217950061294752011-10-28T06:27:00.000-07:002011-10-28T06:27:07.266-07:00Harrison after classIn class we talked about how much control should the government have. This writing made me think about what kind of rules the government has put in place to promote total equality. Is that even possiable? Do we want total equality? I think it is not possiable because everyone is different. I may be more athletic than some people but there is always someone else who is faster or stronger than me. The quote that we talked about "everyone makes the team" is a bad thing in my opinion. If everyone gets a metal for participating then what's the point of working hard to win. Treating everyone equal kills the desire to workhard and goes against what being an American is all about. America is suppose to be the land of oppertunity. In todays society they tell you if you work hard you will be successful and achieve your goals. But does the government really believe that? I don't think they do. Look at our educational system.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-69665831788330074912011-10-27T07:59:00.000-07:002011-10-27T07:59:44.048-07:00Harrison Bergerson by Kurt Vonnegut jr.This story was extremly interesting to read in my opinion. the first paragraph caught my attention when I read that everybody looked the same and no one was smarter than anyone else. In this story Harrison represents the part of america that still wants trys hard, flaunt his talents, and show what he can do. I imagine I'd do the same if I was a 7 foot tall, 14 year old with unbelievable strength. However, the america of 2081 is not a pleasent place to flaunt your talents. The government tries everything to knock Harrison down like making him wear headphones to so he can't think, glasses so he can't see, 300 pounds of metal to weigh him down. Not even jail time can stop Harrison because his will to live as a full human being is too strong. Harrison wants to overthrow the government and live free. He plans on fathering many superior children. When Harrison was dancing and managed to defy gravit by jumping 30 feet to the ceiling, where he kisses her. I think the author is trying to say that Harrison is kinda like a sexual superman. Before Harrison can overthrow the government he is murdured which shows that anyone brave enough to show off there talents and be different will not be allowed to live or have kids. Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-24583256728846919392011-10-26T04:56:00.000-07:002011-10-26T04:56:26.750-07:00Hemingway- short happy life of MacomberThis story is based on these main characters: Macomber, Margot and Wilson Macomber and his wife are trying to rekindle there marriage by going on a African safari. This story reminded me of the last story we read because both characters had a moment of clarity. Hemingway protrays Margot as a necessary evil. She is cruel, unfaithful, and possible murderous. Why does Macomber put up with her. The only question I have is did Margot want to kill Macomber?Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-51273926372656248002011-10-25T06:26:00.001-07:002011-10-25T06:26:50.308-07:00O'conner (after class)From our class disscussion I learned a few thing about what was going on in 1955 when this was published. Traditional roles of the family were dominant. The mom cooks and cleans, the dad works and the son is a momma's boy. It's the idea of a perfect family. O'conner displays the kids as brats that makes you root for the gun shots which goes against the "perfect family". No one stood up to the grandma and told her to shut up like they should have. The idea of isolation plays a big role in this story. Towards the end of the story when the grandma has her moment of clearity the misfit shot her because she reached out to him and touched his shoulder. That's kinda the reaction we have in today's society.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-34688645516658652362011-10-23T13:26:00.000-07:002011-10-23T13:26:14.159-07:00O'conner- good man is hard to findIn this short story an escaped convict Murdurs a family because of a lot of mistakes by the grandmother. The escaped convict in this story is called "misfit". I'm guessing it's because he doesent really fit in with society but I could be wrong. The way the "misfit" talks its obvious that he is uneducated. Why does the grandmother blurt out the "misfits" real name? That has got to be the biggest mistake she made. What was the point of the grandmother hiding the cat from everyone? Baily drove off the road because the cat scared him. The detour the grandmother says to take lead everyone to there graves. As you can see I think the grandmother is pretty dumb.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-37986037290225153712011-10-19T15:42:00.000-07:002011-10-19T15:42:16.741-07:00Langston Hughes- Harlem (after class)In class we mentioned that the poem "Harlem" was written about the Harlem renaissance. The first line says "what happens to dreams deferred". When you read the rest of Langstons poem he talks about festering wounds which was common back then but it gives you a nasty image in your head. Langston is comparing this festering wound to a dream defferred. It constantly eats at you and bothers you to have a dream crushed.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-89204928158422835822011-10-18T12:47:00.000-07:002011-10-18T12:47:40.176-07:00Lagston Hughes- English BThis poem, titled English B, was interesting to say the least. I had to read it several times before I got an idea of what the author is saying. <br />
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Hughes tells you that He is 22 years old, attending college in Harlem above the hill and the only colored person in her class. This tells me that during this time period college students were dominatly white. Then he talks about Harlem. "Harlem, I hear you". This is when I started getting confused. Towards the end of the poem, line 31-32, caught my attention. It sounded very powerful to me. I doubt that this kind of thinking was really accepted back then.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-14786785423308506332011-10-17T15:35:00.000-07:002011-10-17T15:35:51.413-07:00Countee Cullen poems after classAfter discussing both of these poems in class I discovered that I completely misunderstood what Cullen was saying. <br />
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In "yet do I Marvel" the beginning of the poem should show that cullen has doubt in god. the words that Cullen choose tells you this. Cullens ideas are very suddle. The author also compares being a black poet to eternal torture. I don't fully understand why but it was mentioned in class. If someone could explain that to me I'd appreciate it. <br />
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The poem "heritage" starts out by Cullen questioning what Africa looks like. Cullen says "3 generations removed" in the first stanza which should be a clue. This poem does remind me a lot of t.s Eliot because the poem gave me a sence of absurdity and chaos.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-70079226097402482882011-10-16T17:12:00.000-07:002011-10-16T17:12:27.283-07:00Culleen- heritageThis poem was much more interesting to read than "yet do I marvel". Colleen explains what Africa means to her and I think it's a great poem. From her writing I can get a sence of what Africa is like. The 6th stanza was my favorite to read. It reminded me of "yet do I marvel" because she talks about god. The very last line when she mentions human greed asks god to forgive her caught my attention. She seems to be comparing a good and evil part of herself throughout the stanza.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255218760575114665.post-89137221143024457012011-10-16T16:44:00.000-07:002011-10-16T16:44:19.980-07:00Yet do I marvel- culleenThe first thing that came to my mind when I read this poem Was the fact that it was very religious. The first line mentions that god is "good, well meanany, kind". The author did confuse me when she mentioned "tortured Tantalus" but I can assume it is biblical reference. I am also confused about the awful brain that compels an awful hand.Fletcherr09http://www.blogger.com/profile/05278719067786466712noreply@blogger.com0