Friday, December 7, 2007
Janie has so many dreams, she, herself, doesn't even know what they are; this shows through all her different journeys in life with her three very different husbands, and her relationship with them. She can never be happy without fulfilling her imaginary dream. Her dream of perfect love. Janie never brings up the mistakes she's made with her former husbands; never even thinks about them let alone mention them, she just keeps on living, waiting for "happiness".
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Jody starts getting old and is extremely self-conscious about it. Janie knows that he is getting old and it makes her sick to look at him. However, Janie observes that she herself is not getting old and still looks quites young. With his new self-consciousness, Jody starts to become more controlling than ever constantly yelling at Janie. One day, in the store, Jody yells at Janie for the littlest thing and Janie lashes out at him in front of a customer subsequently telling him how old and fat he looks. Jody responds by striking her in the face after an urging from the customer. Jody and Janie now sleep in separate rooms in the house and Jody will no longer eat Janie's cooking, due to a rumor in the town that she is trying to poison him. At the same time Jody's health is deteriorating and a doctor tells him that he is close to death . When he is on his death bed, Janie just yells at him about all the horrible turmoils he has put her through, but Jody doesn't want to hear it. Janie isn't sad or remorseful when Jody dies.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
When Jody becomes mayor, Janie's whole life changes. When Jody came to Eatonville his expectations are very high, yet when he sees the town he is greatly disappoint with the conditions that its in. therefore, he organizes everything and builds a store, a post office, and other important buildings. Due to there things, the people elect him mayor of the town making him some what of a noble. At first, Janie didn't think that this new position would change her life. However, Jody started to be more controlling of her and where she went, how she dressed, and he tried to control her actions and emotions. Yet, Janie didn't like this form of control, that was one of the reasons why she left Logan; she now had to run the store and was not allowed to fraternize with the everyday people. She wasn't allowed to attend certain events of go certain places. Such as the time when Jody holds the funeral for the mule, she was not allowed to attend since a lady of her status was too good for it. Also, she had to wear a bonnet to cover her long hair, so that the men don't look at he. Overall, Jody becomes much more controlling now that he is mayor and Janie doesn't necessarily approve of this drastic change; Jody went from being this free-spirited guy to now this controlling monster ta ht she had already lived with before, he had changed a great deal.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
2. "[Janie] was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage! She had been summoned to behold a revelation. Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid." (page 11).
During this time under the pear tree Janie started to experience loving feeling. She was dazed and confused with no real idea in what she was doing and where she was going; she was blissful. She starts noticing the little things around her and relates them to love and marriage and what not. She then later goes on an expresses these feelings to a young boy known as Johnny Taylor. These feelings of love and lust overcame Janie to the point that she had to kiss this boy. The tree and all of nature symbolizes what she was feeling in this passage, yet Janie could not control it. Ordinarily she would have no kissed this boy, but the tree mad her feel this way.
During this time under the pear tree Janie started to experience loving feeling. She was dazed and confused with no real idea in what she was doing and where she was going; she was blissful. She starts noticing the little things around her and relates them to love and marriage and what not. She then later goes on an expresses these feelings to a young boy known as Johnny Taylor. These feelings of love and lust overcame Janie to the point that she had to kiss this boy. The tree and all of nature symbolizes what she was feeling in this passage, yet Janie could not control it. Ordinarily she would have no kissed this boy, but the tree mad her feel this way.
Friday, November 2, 2007
pg 197-214
"Set her loose, Jim! we're all right now!"
The "duke" and the "dauphin" get into a fight. Therefore, Huck took he opportunity to run away from the two men who were holding him hostage. He runs down the road to get Jim from their wigwam. To his surprise, no one came out. Huck realizes that Jim must of escaped! However, he wasn't too happy about this. this was because no he was all alone, him and Jim had become pretty close. So he asks a young boy if he has seen a slave running down the street. The boy responds that he has and that the slave, Jim, has been captured.
"It's Tom Sawyer!"
When Tom goes to the Silas's farm to free Jim, he got lucky. Sally, the mistress of the house mistaked him for her nephew named Tom. Little did Huck realize that it was his best friend, Tom Sawyer. However, when Huck's grandfather came in, and was like who the hell is that, Sally answered Tom Sawyer. Tom was so surprised at this information. He felt that being Tom Sawyer was easy and very comfortable. however, to his dismay he hears the steamboat coming up the river and is afraid that Tom Sawyer would get off that boat.
"Set her loose, Jim! we're all right now!"
The "duke" and the "dauphin" get into a fight. Therefore, Huck took he opportunity to run away from the two men who were holding him hostage. He runs down the road to get Jim from their wigwam. To his surprise, no one came out. Huck realizes that Jim must of escaped! However, he wasn't too happy about this. this was because no he was all alone, him and Jim had become pretty close. So he asks a young boy if he has seen a slave running down the street. The boy responds that he has and that the slave, Jim, has been captured.
"It's Tom Sawyer!"
When Tom goes to the Silas's farm to free Jim, he got lucky. Sally, the mistress of the house mistaked him for her nephew named Tom. Little did Huck realize that it was his best friend, Tom Sawyer. However, when Huck's grandfather came in, and was like who the hell is that, Sally answered Tom Sawyer. Tom was so surprised at this information. He felt that being Tom Sawyer was easy and very comfortable. however, to his dismay he hears the steamboat coming up the river and is afraid that Tom Sawyer would get off that boat.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Huck Finn pages 71 – 91
When Huck and Jim vowed to “give things back” by dumping them in the river.
Huck’s dad had always said that it was ok to borrow things as long as one planned on returning them one day or giving them back. On the other hand, the widow said that stealing was horrible and that “no decent body should do it.” They decided to drop crabapples and “p’simmons”. After they performed this task they felt better since before they were feeling a bit uneasy.
After Huck and Jim get separated, Huck reunites with Jim.
Huck finds Jim asleep when he returns to the raft. Jim wakes up and is thrilled to see that Huck is alive and all well. Huck tries to convince Jim that they were never separated at all and that it was all a dream and that he was imagining the whole thing. Then Jim recited to Huck everything that has happened. All Huck could do was laugh and Jim realized that Huck had fooled him and scolded him for making an idiot out of him.
When Huck and Jim vowed to “give things back” by dumping them in the river.
Huck’s dad had always said that it was ok to borrow things as long as one planned on returning them one day or giving them back. On the other hand, the widow said that stealing was horrible and that “no decent body should do it.” They decided to drop crabapples and “p’simmons”. After they performed this task they felt better since before they were feeling a bit uneasy.
After Huck and Jim get separated, Huck reunites with Jim.
Huck finds Jim asleep when he returns to the raft. Jim wakes up and is thrilled to see that Huck is alive and all well. Huck tries to convince Jim that they were never separated at all and that it was all a dream and that he was imagining the whole thing. Then Jim recited to Huck everything that has happened. All Huck could do was laugh and Jim realized that Huck had fooled him and scolded him for making an idiot out of him.
Huck Finn pages 5 – 34
When Jim talks about the witches taking his hat.
One morning when Jim wakes up, he finds his hate was put in the tree over night. He starts telling stories by telling everyone that a witch put it there and what not. Soon, he had people from all over coming to listen to his story. Due to this new variable, he starts to elaborate on the story saying that he flew all over the world in one night and what not.
When Tom Sawyer makes up his club.
Tom Sawyer makes up a club of bandits, including Huckleberry. The club is based off of all the books and the wild imagination of Tom Sawyer. He makes up all these crazy rules about killing and kidnapping people that the reader knows is just purely illogical. In addition, he then claims that they will rob people and carriages yet the farthest they’ve gotten in taking food off of women’s carts.
When Jim talks about the witches taking his hat.
One morning when Jim wakes up, he finds his hate was put in the tree over night. He starts telling stories by telling everyone that a witch put it there and what not. Soon, he had people from all over coming to listen to his story. Due to this new variable, he starts to elaborate on the story saying that he flew all over the world in one night and what not.
When Tom Sawyer makes up his club.
Tom Sawyer makes up a club of bandits, including Huckleberry. The club is based off of all the books and the wild imagination of Tom Sawyer. He makes up all these crazy rules about killing and kidnapping people that the reader knows is just purely illogical. In addition, he then claims that they will rob people and carriages yet the farthest they’ve gotten in taking food off of women’s carts.
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