Sunday, November 15, 2009
“Reflection on A Worn Path”
The point of view in the story and the point of view in the movie are different in a lot of ways. In the story you are obviously left to make your own images of the story, but in the movie, it helps to paint a picture of symbolism. In the story, the point of view seems to focus on the old woman. In the movie, however, it seems to reinforce the points of view of all the other people that the old woman comes across.
“Fan of Public Health Care”
Does anyone notice how ridiculous health care is today? It seems like if you get hurt nowadays you are screwed if you don’t have insurance. I have seen many cases where hospitals have simply let people die because they wouldn’t be able to pay their bills. Even if you do apply for health insurance, most agencies will look for every reason not to insure you. There is no need to worry, however; the government has come with an ingenious plan-make having health insurance the law. If someone refuses to get health insurance, they go to jail...where they get health insurance is free.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Questions for Tuesday
“A Rose for Emily”
1. The meaning of the hair being gray is that Miss Emily had to have had slept with the corpse recently.
2. The unnamed narrator is an unnamed townsman who is speaking for the entire town.
3. “A Rose for Emily” seems better told from the narrator’s point of view rather than the main character’s point of view because if it was told from Emily’s point of view, there would be no mystery.
4. When Emily bought the arsenic, it foreshadowed that she killed Homer because of his disappearance shortly after. It seemed a little obvious and therefore somewhat gave away the ending.
5. The narrator shows the contrast between a changing reality and Emily’s refusal to recognize change by sharing the time that she kept her father dead in the house for three days and her killing Homer so she wouldn’t leave her. She also refused to pay taxes.
6. The difference in the character and background of Emily and Homer is that Emily is from a high society background and Homer is a more laid back person.
7. I find the story to be grim and a little creepy since there was an old woman sleeping with a dead man.
8. I believe that Faulkner saw Emily as a sad old woman. He uses Homer as a symbol as Emily’s rose since she somewhat had him on display like a rose.
1. The meaning of the hair being gray is that Miss Emily had to have had slept with the corpse recently.
2. The unnamed narrator is an unnamed townsman who is speaking for the entire town.
3. “A Rose for Emily” seems better told from the narrator’s point of view rather than the main character’s point of view because if it was told from Emily’s point of view, there would be no mystery.
4. When Emily bought the arsenic, it foreshadowed that she killed Homer because of his disappearance shortly after. It seemed a little obvious and therefore somewhat gave away the ending.
5. The narrator shows the contrast between a changing reality and Emily’s refusal to recognize change by sharing the time that she kept her father dead in the house for three days and her killing Homer so she wouldn’t leave her. She also refused to pay taxes.
6. The difference in the character and background of Emily and Homer is that Emily is from a high society background and Homer is a more laid back person.
7. I find the story to be grim and a little creepy since there was an old woman sleeping with a dead man.
8. I believe that Faulkner saw Emily as a sad old woman. He uses Homer as a symbol as Emily’s rose since she somewhat had him on display like a rose.
“Teenage Wasteland”
1. The story is from third person limited omniscient point of view.
2. The opening paragraph of the story signifies not only the physical but in internal changes taking place in Donnie as he grows up.
3. It leads her to let make decisions for her regarding her children and their discipline because she trusts others more than she trusts herself.
4. Daisy goes from being skeptical of Kyle to completely relying on him to being jealous to being suspicious of him and in the end she question whether the reason why Donnie left or if he is the reason the he stayed as long as he did.
5. It shows that her parents are more concerned with Donnie.
6. I would describe Tyler’s presentation of Daisy as both satirical and sympathetic. He seems sympathetic with her struggle with parenting Donnie but satirical towards her personality and self-consciousness.
2. The opening paragraph of the story signifies not only the physical but in internal changes taking place in Donnie as he grows up.
3. It leads her to let make decisions for her regarding her children and their discipline because she trusts others more than she trusts herself.
4. Daisy goes from being skeptical of Kyle to completely relying on him to being jealous to being suspicious of him and in the end she question whether the reason why Donnie left or if he is the reason the he stayed as long as he did.
5. It shows that her parents are more concerned with Donnie.
6. I would describe Tyler’s presentation of Daisy as both satirical and sympathetic. He seems sympathetic with her struggle with parenting Donnie but satirical towards her personality and self-consciousness.
Favorite Movie
Does anyone have a favorite movie? Among the top of my list would have to be “The Lord of the Rings” Series. Tolkien work on the books was possibly some of the greatest novels ever written and the movies weren’t far behind in greatness. Not only were they filled with a lot of action, but they were also filled with all kinds of themes from literature such as Good vs. Evil along with others. The movies also fit well with the theme of our class: heroes vs. monsters. The action, themes, and accuracy of the movies make the books come alive.
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