Thursday, January 31, 2008
Walking to class today, I was in a pretty calm mood. I have a class right before this one in 006 Gambrell so it was literally walking next door. I'm not sleepy anymore since I've been awake since 6:40. If I were to paint a color to describe my mood, it would probably be a royal blue. Not much drama but serene in the same sense.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Question 6
In how he talks about Indians not living in the city and basically only on the reservation is his way of saying that they seclude themselves from the rest of society in a way. I think this kind of situation is very common especially in areas where the minority feels pushed away and not accepted. It also makes the reader think about the insecurities and hardships groups sometimes face. That they are more comfortable with people similar to themselves than possibly branching out and being part of the rest of society.
Hills Like White Elephants
Question 5
I think that Hemington is slightly biased in his writing that deals with women. He makes them seem inferior and at times, stupid. In this particular story, his characters talk about a subject that in no means should be taken lightly although the male speaker does exactly that. He tries to convince the woman to have an abortion without even considering her say. In fact, the woman hardly spoke up about the matter and basically just agreed with what the man said or changed the subject. I can’t see how he would be standing up for women at all in this story.
Girl
Question 3
The mother says a lot in this story because she is lecturing the daughter on how to become a proper young lady. It really deals with the fact that the mother wanted her daughter to grow up and know how to handle herself in the correct way. The daughter doesn’t say much because it usually isn’t the child’s place to talk back and disagree. When the daughter does say something, it is usually something that she feels pretty strongly about and something that actually mattered to her. Even if the statement was long over due, it still had some substance in how she went about in saying it.
Question 6
In how he talks about Indians not living in the city and basically only on the reservation is his way of saying that they seclude themselves from the rest of society in a way. I think this kind of situation is very common especially in areas where the minority feels pushed away and not accepted. It also makes the reader think about the insecurities and hardships groups sometimes face. That they are more comfortable with people similar to themselves than possibly branching out and being part of the rest of society.
Hills Like White Elephants
Question 5
I think that Hemington is slightly biased in his writing that deals with women. He makes them seem inferior and at times, stupid. In this particular story, his characters talk about a subject that in no means should be taken lightly although the male speaker does exactly that. He tries to convince the woman to have an abortion without even considering her say. In fact, the woman hardly spoke up about the matter and basically just agreed with what the man said or changed the subject. I can’t see how he would be standing up for women at all in this story.
Girl
Question 3
The mother says a lot in this story because she is lecturing the daughter on how to become a proper young lady. It really deals with the fact that the mother wanted her daughter to grow up and know how to handle herself in the correct way. The daughter doesn’t say much because it usually isn’t the child’s place to talk back and disagree. When the daughter does say something, it is usually something that she feels pretty strongly about and something that actually mattered to her. Even if the statement was long over due, it still had some substance in how she went about in saying it.
Monday, January 28, 2008
In the translations of the Golden Grone, I thought it was easier to understand the second one. The wording in the second one was less complicated and in general, I was able to comprehend what the author was trying to say. They both basically said the same thing but in the second one, the message is more straightforward.
The Girl poem was really moving. It made me think about a lot of things involving how women are being preserved and life in general. The speaker was writing to her daughter with what she thought would be good advice for her future. Some of the advice seemed very biased and written in a subservient manner. It wasn't very woman empowering but then again, it didn't seem like it came for a feminist time period. In some parts, the speaker was actually putting her daughter down by referring to her as a slut.
With Earnest Hermings "Hills Like White Elephants" the couple was on vacation. They were in Barcelona enjoying life and drinking alcohol. The author suggests that the wife has something wrong with her and that her husband is urging her to go through with something. It seems like this vacation that they are on is sort of like the last thing they do together before what ever happens. The wife also talked a lot about landscape and how they reflected shapes of elephants.
The Girl poem was really moving. It made me think about a lot of things involving how women are being preserved and life in general. The speaker was writing to her daughter with what she thought would be good advice for her future. Some of the advice seemed very biased and written in a subservient manner. It wasn't very woman empowering but then again, it didn't seem like it came for a feminist time period. In some parts, the speaker was actually putting her daughter down by referring to her as a slut.
With Earnest Hermings "Hills Like White Elephants" the couple was on vacation. They were in Barcelona enjoying life and drinking alcohol. The author suggests that the wife has something wrong with her and that her husband is urging her to go through with something. It seems like this vacation that they are on is sort of like the last thing they do together before what ever happens. The wife also talked a lot about landscape and how they reflected shapes of elephants.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Warm-up and Freewrite
Close Reading is paying specific attention to the text when you're reading a passage. It means analyzing words as if they mean more than just the actual text that is on the page. When reading closely, technique and sentence order becomes more important than it would have been if not for reading closely.
Pastoral refers to the life and description of those involved in countryside life.
OED Definitions
Universe-movie, world, large, green, blue, continents, planets, darkness, stars, cold, earth, gases, beatles, starwars, many different ones.
Pastoral refers to the life and description of those involved in countryside life.
OED Definitions
- A person or thing associated with spiritual care.
- A rural and idyllic scene or picture.
- Pastoral poetry as a form or style of literary composition.
- Relating to the tending of livestock.
[<>PASTURAL adj. and n.) <>PASTOR n. + -lis -AL suffix1. Cf. Old French, Middle French, French pastoral, adjective (c1200-96 with reference to spiritual leaders, 1247-96 with reference to shepherds), Italian pastorale, adjective (a1243-96 with reference to bishops, a1375-96 with reference to shepherds), Spanish pastoral, noun (1376-96 with reference to St Gregory's work) and adjective (1350-1450 in an ecclesiastical context, 1490 in cantico pastoral). With senses at branch A. II. cf. PASTORALE n., PASTOREL n., PASTORELLA n., PASTORETA n., PASTOURELLE n., and foreign-language parallels and models cited s.vv. With sense B. I. cf. also PASTURAL adj.
My definition compared to the OED definition were fairly similar. They both concerned a type of writing and they both envoked a sense of countryside.
Mistress is a woman, leader of a household. I usually associate the word in a negative manner to describe an adulterous woman.
A Shepherd, religious, livestock, leader, Jesus, poor, spiritual, english, old, traditional, countryside, green, Ireland, England, storybook, content, leading sheep, outdoors, farming, dog
desert-dry, sandy, no water, hot, sun, religous, not much life, void of emotions, lonely, oasisUniverse-movie, world, large, green, blue, continents, planets, darkness, stars, cold, earth, gases, beatles, starwars, many different ones.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Thursday 1-24
In the poem, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, the shepherd is the main speaker of the poem. He is addressing the matter of a proposal to a woman that he loves. In the first stanza, he basically comes out and asks for her love and marriage, in return she would receive all the pleasures and desires that she could ever want. He goes through the poem advertising the things that he would adorn her with including, the finest cloth, jewelry, flowers, not having to work. After all the descriptive wording, he says that she would make him the happiest man alive if she would accept his hand. This poem is a love poem that was meant to court a woman.
For the response to the poem, The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd, the woman basically expresses why she thinks all he said was very unrealistic. She does in fact say that she could love him but what he says just isn't true. In the beginning she talks about how if they lived in an ideal world, he promises could happen. Although, since this is not the case, typical life situations would have to happen, they would not be able to go without working since he was just a poor shepherd, his love for her would run dry like everything else in the world, and all the valuable and pretty things that he offered her would break and go out of fashion. The Nymph also replies with that even with all the beautiful things in the world, they are still not a substitute for love. At the end, she says that even without these things, if he really did love her and didn't try to marry her with these promises, she could love him back.
In the poem To His Coy Mistress, the author is very much in love with a woman. From line to line, he starts out saying that she could play games with him forever if times was not an issue. They could spend lazy days together and he would appreciate her more and more every day. His love for her would grow and be so present that he compared it to be larger than an empire. After this, he starts describing how he'd spend so much time admiring her beauty, timing in the years. And although no other woman could dare tempt him, if he should slip up and be unfaithful, he would never be good enough for her again and not bother to dare dishonor her. Since they are both young, the author suggests that they seize the day and make the most of it with their love. Especially after this, they need to be able to appreciate each other so that their love would last a lifetime.
6-D
Names such as "Black Elvis", "June Star", and "Red Sammy" seem the most metaphoric. Black Elvis is a contradictory metaphor since Elvis was far from being black. Also with this name, we are given an insight on what the story has in store for us. We are able to figure out aspects that this will be dealing with African Americans and music. With "A Good Man is Hard to Find", these names describe important things. Stars in June are similar to a good man by meaning that good men are very special. Also with Red Sammy, I think of baseball and all things related. The names give us a hint that this story will in a way be quite juvenile in comparison to the impression that the name gives.
6-E
Grandmother, in literal terms, manes your mothers mother. It also gives me the sense of someone that cares for you, loves you, and spoils you. Grandmother can also describe a strong backbone in a family.
For the response to the poem, The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd, the woman basically expresses why she thinks all he said was very unrealistic. She does in fact say that she could love him but what he says just isn't true. In the beginning she talks about how if they lived in an ideal world, he promises could happen. Although, since this is not the case, typical life situations would have to happen, they would not be able to go without working since he was just a poor shepherd, his love for her would run dry like everything else in the world, and all the valuable and pretty things that he offered her would break and go out of fashion. The Nymph also replies with that even with all the beautiful things in the world, they are still not a substitute for love. At the end, she says that even without these things, if he really did love her and didn't try to marry her with these promises, she could love him back.
In the poem To His Coy Mistress, the author is very much in love with a woman. From line to line, he starts out saying that she could play games with him forever if times was not an issue. They could spend lazy days together and he would appreciate her more and more every day. His love for her would grow and be so present that he compared it to be larger than an empire. After this, he starts describing how he'd spend so much time admiring her beauty, timing in the years. And although no other woman could dare tempt him, if he should slip up and be unfaithful, he would never be good enough for her again and not bother to dare dishonor her. Since they are both young, the author suggests that they seize the day and make the most of it with their love. Especially after this, they need to be able to appreciate each other so that their love would last a lifetime.
6-D
Names such as "Black Elvis", "June Star", and "Red Sammy" seem the most metaphoric. Black Elvis is a contradictory metaphor since Elvis was far from being black. Also with this name, we are given an insight on what the story has in store for us. We are able to figure out aspects that this will be dealing with African Americans and music. With "A Good Man is Hard to Find", these names describe important things. Stars in June are similar to a good man by meaning that good men are very special. Also with Red Sammy, I think of baseball and all things related. The names give us a hint that this story will in a way be quite juvenile in comparison to the impression that the name gives.
6-E
Grandmother, in literal terms, manes your mothers mother. It also gives me the sense of someone that cares for you, loves you, and spoils you. Grandmother can also describe a strong backbone in a family.
Strategies:
I really thought that these examples were very helpful. I have always had trouble with academic reading, especially when the reading was long and detailed. In the past, I have always used the skeleton outlining method and the annotation method but I had never really thought of a collage to describe the context of a academic passage.
3. The focal point is what the author wants to convey to their readers. It is the topic sentence and what is meant to be discussed.
4. A genre is a category used to place and name texts that have similar features and commonalities.
12. Context is what is found within the text. It is also the who, what, when, where, and why that is found in the text.
13. People approach text differently because not everyone looks at the same thing when reading. Some people look at the length, context, or actual structure of the passage.
15. Details are important in texts because they add depth and interest to the text.
I really thought that these examples were very helpful. I have always had trouble with academic reading, especially when the reading was long and detailed. In the past, I have always used the skeleton outlining method and the annotation method but I had never really thought of a collage to describe the context of a academic passage.
3. The focal point is what the author wants to convey to their readers. It is the topic sentence and what is meant to be discussed.
4. A genre is a category used to place and name texts that have similar features and commonalities.
12. Context is what is found within the text. It is also the who, what, when, where, and why that is found in the text.
13. People approach text differently because not everyone looks at the same thing when reading. Some people look at the length, context, or actual structure of the passage.
15. Details are important in texts because they add depth and interest to the text.
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