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.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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.
Friday, October 19, 2007
"Detailed representation of 'real' world."
Realists often related to the everyday person and not just the upper class. They would usually write about problems that affected everyone during everyday life such as social problems and politics. In addition, realists would criticize the upper class and how they dressed and the lavish lifestyle that they lived. Therefore they could relate to the lower class since they didn't approve of the upper class and would somewhat mock them.
"'We began to wonder whether... in a country without caste or legal aristocracy, the sufferings of the poor and humble could touch our interest, our pity, our emotions, as sharply as the sufferings of the rich and mighty...'"
This quote was written by realists by the name of Jules and Edmond Concourt. They dictates how he feels that people are more interested in the lives of the rich compared to the lives or the poor or everyday people. Some people could view this as disturbing since the majority of Subsequently that's why they feel that this is considered disturbing due to fact that people don't care about themselves, but care about the lives of those considered better than them.
Realists often related to the everyday person and not just the upper class. They would usually write about problems that affected everyone during everyday life such as social problems and politics. In addition, realists would criticize the upper class and how they dressed and the lavish lifestyle that they lived. Therefore they could relate to the lower class since they didn't approve of the upper class and would somewhat mock them.
"'We began to wonder whether... in a country without caste or legal aristocracy, the sufferings of the poor and humble could touch our interest, our pity, our emotions, as sharply as the sufferings of the rich and mighty...'"
This quote was written by realists by the name of Jules and Edmond Concourt. They dictates how he feels that people are more interested in the lives of the rich compared to the lives or the poor or everyday people. Some people could view this as disturbing since the majority of Subsequently that's why they feel that this is considered disturbing due to fact that people don't care about themselves, but care about the lives of those considered better than them.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Dickenson…transcendentalist?
Emily Dickinson could be considered a transcendentalist. She was very closely connected with nature, which happens to be a big transcendentalist quality. She refers to the Earth as if it were alive; “When it comes, the landscape listens…” Also, to agree with Emerson, she talks about how she is in the woods she is reminded of childhood and can relate to one, with the feeling of virginity all around her. In addition, Dickinson states that she has never conversed with God which demonstrates that she was not a believer of any specific religion, showing that no idea controls her thoughts, she thinks for herself; self-reliance (Thoreau).
Emily Dickinson could be considered a transcendentalist. She was very closely connected with nature, which happens to be a big transcendentalist quality. She refers to the Earth as if it were alive; “When it comes, the landscape listens…” Also, to agree with Emerson, she talks about how she is in the woods she is reminded of childhood and can relate to one, with the feeling of virginity all around her. In addition, Dickinson states that she has never conversed with God which demonstrates that she was not a believer of any specific religion, showing that no idea controls her thoughts, she thinks for herself; self-reliance (Thoreau).
Song of Myself: Quote response
“And of these one and all I weave the song of myself.”
Earlier in the passage, Walt Whitman was describing the routine that people go through daily. Generally it is the occupation of that person and what they do everyday and for their job. In this quote, he is stating that he has a routine too. The “song” or process that he goes through everyday fits in with all these other people. Everyone makes their own song. No one has to participate in the occupation they have or the actions that they chose, but they do and that’s why they are labeled and have a “song.”
“The past and present wilt – I have fill’d them, emptied them. And proceed to fill my next fold of the future.”
Whitman describes how he has used the past and the present. He got everything he can out of both, therefore they’re wilted, like a salad; old and used. He goes on to state that he can only hope for the future and what it holds for him. That is the only thing that he can look forward to and employ in his actions. Overall, that’s not the best way for one to go through life, since one would only be living for the future and not the present, now is what one should be living for since it affects you at that very moment in time.
“And of these one and all I weave the song of myself.”
Earlier in the passage, Walt Whitman was describing the routine that people go through daily. Generally it is the occupation of that person and what they do everyday and for their job. In this quote, he is stating that he has a routine too. The “song” or process that he goes through everyday fits in with all these other people. Everyone makes their own song. No one has to participate in the occupation they have or the actions that they chose, but they do and that’s why they are labeled and have a “song.”
“The past and present wilt – I have fill’d them, emptied them. And proceed to fill my next fold of the future.”
Whitman describes how he has used the past and the present. He got everything he can out of both, therefore they’re wilted, like a salad; old and used. He goes on to state that he can only hope for the future and what it holds for him. That is the only thing that he can look forward to and employ in his actions. Overall, that’s not the best way for one to go through life, since one would only be living for the future and not the present, now is what one should be living for since it affects you at that very moment in time.
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