TIRED SEX

Any times i read something that contains humor about sex in interested whether it is good sex or bad. In this case the title of this poem is tired sex. As i was reading the image that i got in my head was a couple trying to have sex after years of not being intimate with eachother. One partner is initiating sex but the other partner is bored with the sex. In fact so bored that they are not even paying attention to their partner. I chose this poem because alot of this happens in real life, but now people dont have to worry about that because they have KY INTENSE. LOL.

THE PIERCING CHILL I FEEL

Even though this is a short poem containing one or two sentenced: It means alot more. It's about the image that you grasp when reading it. The image i got was a man in his bedroom sitting on the bed looking ober at his wifes item on the dresser. I can tell that the man is grieving over his dead wife, and just the though of her sends chill down his spine. I chose this poem because in some sense everyone has to cope with their loved ones death and this feeling would come over anyone who is grieving the same way as he is in the poem.

THE VICTORY BY AMY STEVENSON

When i first read this poem my first thought was a pregnancy. This poem reminded me of when i was at the hospital having my baby. I mean seriously if you can not take pain its pretty known that the baby has won. The pain is like something is being ripped out of you. So in a way i had a good understanding with this poem and i could compare this poem to myself. I like it.

AFTERMATH BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

I think this poem simply means that everything that takes place, their is a change. Just like the plot they used in the poem about Fall. When the leaves fall and the snow comes in the trees grow more leaves after winter ends. I think the diction of the poem kind of threw me off a bit.

LONELY HEARTS BY WENDY COPE

This is my favorite poem out of chapter 15. Lonely hearts is about a woman looking for that special person, the one taht can meet all her needs. She ask's the question "Do you live in North London? Is it you?" alot so i suggest that this is where whe is from. The language in here was very simple and easy to understand. Even though this was written in 1986, this is how average women and men are now days. Looking for the one that has everythin they want. The most commone examples are match.com, eharmony, myspace, and other internet dating sites.

SPEEDING TICKET

It was last friday when i got off late at my job and had to be at school. I decided to take another way to the school instead of the way i usually go so that i could get their quicker. I was already upset. So yes i was speeding on the expressway but when i got off, i got off the wrong exit. I was getting more upset then i was. So when i got to the street way i slowed down. I didnt even know the neighborhood i was in. Shoot i couldve been in Mississippi for all i know. When i finally saw where i was i looked up and the police had his lights on pulling me over. I thought "DANG". I wasnt even doing nothing. So when he came to the car he said he pulled me over for speeding. He said i was going 40 in a 35 mph zone. I was like WHAT???. He gave me a ticket and then told me how to get to school. now i had to pay for the ticket. I thought it was going to be like 100 dollars or something but it was only $24. I was glad to even get that. I went ahead and payed the ticket. I know next time. If they pull me over for going slow. Im going to act a plump fool.

My car

I was driving down the street one day and suddenly i heard something pop under my hood. My speed started decreasing and it was struggling when i pressed the gas it barely moved. So i pulled on over as the speed was decreasing. i called DADDY. Although he's not a mechanic he managed to push my car down the street to the house. Thank God it was somewhere close. He had a guy look at it and the guy says i might need to get a transmission replacement. How am i going to get back and foward to school, and work? i thought. MAMA? So now mama is transporting me. She doesnt like it i can tell. And i dont like it either becuase now i cant get to where i want and need to go. I get paid today. So im going to have someone look at it and tell me what it is really. Im going to have it fixed becuase i cant go to long without my car. The good thing is i get to enjoy my time with my mom.

My Reflection of Hamlet

All i can say is wow!!! what a long play to read. Especially since i dont like to read. I thought that this play was going to be bery boring. This was my first time ever reading the play or even knowing what is was all about. When i got to reading it, i became very interested in it. The more i read the more excited i got about it. I was anxious to know what would happen next. Some things in the play i do not understand. I think if i read it again that maybe i could pick up on what i did not understand. When Wendy told us to do those questions, i really got worried becuase those where alot of freaking questions. I was trying to skim through it and just find out the answers. Then yesterday i got that email saying we didnt have to do all of them and i felt so relieved. I was really getting frustrated at first. So i do appreciate whoever asked about those questions. Overall Hamlet was good, it was so much going on mystery, romance, suspense and it all played in all so well.

Almost Over

Well the semester is almost over. It's been a long semester now that i think of it. It was a bit of an easy semester for me. My classes wasnt all that hard. It was me who lacked up a bit. Earlier in the semester i dropped an education course because the teacher would make us do alot of hard work that took time and she only would give us little time to do it. It was a mess. Im glad i dropped her class it mad it much easier on me. The classes i have now where fun. English for me was fun becuase Wendy let us watch films, and play games, and we actually did things. Im glad that she had us doing these blogs and made it easy for me. Although, i do not like reading, i had to push myself, especially when reading those long plays with about 50 pages to them. Now all i am worried about is finals. What type of final are we going to have for English? Im very nervous about that. I also have to worry about all the other finals i have to do for my other classes. Im just ready to get this all over with.

THANKSGIVING 2009

Wow thanksgiving was wonderful. At first i wasnt all that excited about it becaue i dont be aroung alot of my family members, just mostly the people in my household. Holidays for me are getting boring, i guess because im getting older and my parents are not all into the holidays like that. When i have children its going to be different, because we will value family and holidays. The best thing about thanksgiving is being with your family and letting them know everything that your thankful for, the second best thing is the food. Plenty of food, and desert. Especially, when your eating from the table of someone who can really cook. I guess it's alot of things that i am thankful for......
Im thankful for being alive, and that god is keeping me around.
Im thankful for my family, and my friends
Im thankful for being able to get around place to place in a car and not having to walk, catch bus
Im thankful for school, everything is going okay so far,
Im thankful for having a job, so that i can pay expenses, and have money left to spend
Im just so thankful for so many things, i cant even name them all. Im just thankful that god is blessing me with having all those things, being able to see, hear, taste, touch, and smell.

TEACHERS AT THE CENTER

The teachers at the center are just as bad as the parents. When are they going to realize that the parents are barely home with their own children. The parents send them to daycare without a hug, a kiss, or an "i'll see you later". Just because the children are young doesnt mean they dont fell lonely, it doesn't mean they dont feel sad, they have more sense then we think they have. So when they come to the daycare, they are looking for something different then what they have at home. But what do the teachers do? They ignore those facts, they talk about them to their other employee's, about how dirty they are, how trifling the parents are, and so on, some of the teachers are bold enough to talk about the parents in front of the child. I do not like it. Whenever i catch a teacher doing that, i immediately tell them what they are doing wrong and remind them of the policy. And then they correct themselves. We dont need teachers to be like that toward the children. Not only the teachers at the daycare but teachers everywhere. It's not our job to judge these children or put them down. It's our job to teach them, help them succeed and become better people than their parents. It's our natural duty.

PARENTS AT THE DAYCARE CENTER

I've talked about my job before earlier in the blog. I work at a daycare. Out of all the parents at the center, I can say about 5 of them really care about how their child is doing at the center. But the majority of the parents dont care. They dont ask about their child. They have any and everyone come and try to pick their child up from the daycare, or off the bus. I barely see who the real parents are. It's very hard to communicate with them like that. It's sad. When all these parents act like that, it's harder to work with the children, and it makes it harder on the teacher. I just hope that nothing bad ever happens to the parents or the child becuase someone will be without a loved one and they will regret not spending the quality time with their children.

BAD PARENTS

What is up with these parents these days. Everyday i'm hearing about these parents neglecting their children. Saleing their children to men, killing these babies, just commiting all types of horrible things to their own and/or someone else's child. What is going on these days. Especially these young parents. Whay are they doing these things? I think its because their too young, their under educated, they dont want to be parents, they dont care or love their own children, have no respect for themeselves. Or they may be on drugs. They disgust me. If you dont want the baby, dont have sex, use protection, do the birth control. Parents who are like this shouldnt have the title "Parents". Do they really have that much low self-esteem, anger, and bitterness in their hearts to commit such acts. Children dont have a chance these days. Most of them never even make it to kindergarten. It's sad, and the government really needs to do something about these parents. It needs to come to and end.

Tuesday's Game Reflection

I forgot the name of the game already but...It was fun. At first i when it got started i was like this is boring and ridiculous. I didnt know what to do or what was the point. Then finally, the teacher told us what was going on and i was like cool, i dig this. So when everyone got split into groups i was excited about acting out a scene and thinking of a good story. I had a great story but we went with the other students story which was good. i just dont think as we were making up the story that it mad a whole lot of sense. When it as our turn to act it out i think it went terrible. The music was okay though. Im not blaming our group but maybe if i would have stepped up and said that something wasnt right then it probably would have been changed. Everybody else's group did so good though. They really made me laugh and i was entertained. The best one i like was Kyle's group he did so good at inpersonating Wendy. I just had to laugh becuase it was all true. Overall the game was fun and it made the class fun. My teacher is cool, i adore her because i can get my a good laugh every once in a while. I wish we could watch more movies though. Like we did with that one story "Where are you going, Where have you been?". (HINT)

One Hell of a Literature Book Story!! "The Case of the Lost Text Book"

Once upon a time. last Thursday in class i ended up leaving my English Literature book. How? I dont know. I found out that it was missing over the weekend when i was about to do some work. All i could think of was that it was gone and that i was going to be sick if i didnt find it because we do so much work out of it that it not possible for me to make up or do if i didnt have the book. I was praying and hoping that it would still be in the class Monday when i went and looked. Monday came about, I went into the class and it was gone. I was about to get mad, but my second thought was to go upstairs to see if anyone had turned it in. So i went and there it was. I was so happy. So yesterday, i took it out thinking that we where going to use it but instead we played a game that took up most of the class time. So i got my things and left after class untill later that day i discovered that it was missing again. I got pissed off and said to myself "not again". So i didnt get to overpissed about it. I just hoped and prayed that it was still there. So i went in today early to see if it was there and a class was in session. I didnt know but i just walked in and it was gone till i just respectfully interupted the class and asked if someone had found a blue literature text book. Yes....that one guy who thought"wow i got me a book" raised his hand honestly and gave me my book. I was like thank you so much. Man, i have to get this book glued to my hand or something becaused i'll be ******(you know what) if i lost this book again. So, thats the case about the Lost Text Book. The End...

Raking Party!

Saturday, my church had a raking party. You know? Raking leaves. Well, that's what my pastor called it "a party". Yeah a party for him because he didnt have to do any work. The church yard is 2.5 acres. It as a lot of leaves i know that much. All of our members came together and brought rakes, leaf blowers, garbage bags ect.. and we also brought food. We had one of our members dad to barbeque for us while we raked the yard. Everybody was there and we had a great time raking those leaves, we fellowshiped, and we ate of course. On top of that it was a beautiful day. It was from 9-5. Afer all that hard work, and fellowshipping, you best believe we were sore all over. The kids where jumping in the leaves. It was hard to believe that they did all that work, but they sure know how to have fun doing it. Im glad we had that event, i felt good about it and im pretty sure the pastor was happy for everyone to be out there helping out. Well the leaves got up and when we were done there were about 300 bags of leaves on the sidewalk. Those garbage men are gonna be mad when they have to pick it up. The good news is raking party's are fun the bad news is the leaves fall all over again. Wowww..

A Worn Path "POV"

REFLECT ON THE WAY POINT OF VIEW IS CHANGED, REINFORCED, IN THE MOVIE VERSION OF THIS STORY. ALSO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS GAINED AND/OR LOST IN THE TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT INTO A MOVIE.

I think the best part of seeing a movie that was translated from a book is being able to visualize every thing that you read in the movie. Putting characters into action, putting words into affect, and most of all bring pictures to life. When i read the book "A Worn Path" it was slightly hard for me to actually picture the things that where going on in Phoenix Jackson's head. For example, the hallucinations she was having; the way they were set up in the book you would have to plant the image in your head by the words that describe it but you wouldnt know exactly how it is really pictured. I got confused at times because at some areas in the story it was hard for me to picture what was going on. It was hard for me to understand her Social Economic Status. I could picture an old woman, but i couldnt picture how old, or how poor, or how lonely, or how tired and dirty and slow.The way the book described Phoenix Jackson put the image in my head because i can just think of an old women but in the movie i think it really gave me a good image of Phoenix Jackson and then i understood how old she was, and how tired she must have been. It was really sad that she had to walk so far to go her grandson's medicine.

The movie really gave me that sad feeling, feeling sorry for her, feeling fearful for her being alone and walking during that time and coming across people who could do anything to her and even get away with it.
The book was written in third person limited, but i think the point of view is changed up just a little in the movie. I think the point of view now can be from the audiences prospective from being able to viualize and judge the book from the movie, rather than just trying to understand and visualize what's going on just from reading the text. Now the audience will be able to reiterate what the story is, who the main characters are, and what is taking place about this story and reflect on it the way they saw it.

Little is lost from the text, but much is gained from the movie through visual and cognitive views of the story.So after reading everything and after watching "A Worn Path" put into film, i can say that i really enjoyed it. The movie gave me a great image and a great idea about what the story is about. I think hearing the author talk about her book and answer questions about her story really helped out.

Teenage Wasteland

Tarlisha Crutcher
Nov 3, 2009
English 2201-Teenage Wasteland

1. The story is being told in the narrators point of view. The story I think is told in Limited Omniscient.
2. It is important because it’s tells you about Donny turning from a boy to a man
3. I think that daisy maybe sometimes wishes that her life was far better that it was.
4. Daisy’s feelings toward Cal is always changes. Sometimes she’s mad at him and sometimes she is not.
5. I think the portrayal of Donnys sister is concerning by her thinking that she will end up like her parents.
6. I think it is sympathetic because she is always busy with other stuff and is ignoring her daughter
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A rose for Emily

Tarlisha Crutcher
Nov, 3, 2009
English 2201- A Rose For Emily
(Questions)


1) I think that maybe it is an metaphor meaning that is was dirty, old. And that maybe she had been there for a while.
2) The name of the narrator isn’t mentioned, but I think that maybe it is someone who knows the characters.
3) . I think that if the story was told from anybody’s point of view it would be there way and not the way the narrator turned this story out to be
4) I think that the forshadowing came when Emily bought the Arsenic. But it did get my attention and I was interested in what would happen next.
5) I think that maybe Emily is unable to realize change because of her Father. “What you see is what you get”
6) Im thinking that maybe the Grierson family had a lot more money then the known family. From the portraits you can tell that Emily was proud of the family she had.
7) I don’t find any humor in it. I think that it’s crazy. Who could stand to sleep with a dead body.
8) I think that the aurthor is probably just relating to her. I don’t know why it is called a Rose for Emily.

A worn path

A WORN PATH
1. WHAT POINT OF VIEW IS USED IN THE STORY? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
The story is told in the third person point of view.
2. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OLD WOMAN BEING NAMED PHOENIX?
The name doesn’t fit her
3. WELTY PRESENTS PHOENIX;S DREAMS AND HALLUCINATIONS AS IF THEYR WERE AS REAL AS EVERYTHING ELSE SHE ENCOUNTERS. WHAT DOES THIS TECHNIQUE CONTRIBUTE TO THE STORYS EFFECT?
By using the technique readers are able to put themselves in the same position and make it more real
4. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE WAY PHONEX IS VIEWED AND TREATED BY THE WHIT PEOPLE SHE MEETS? DOES THEIR BEHAVIOR TOWARD HER GIVE YOU ANY INDICATION OF WHERE THE STORY IS SET AND WHEN IT TAKES PLACE
The white people treated her fair and nice because of her old age. The behavior show you when the story took place because of the behavior of the white people.
5. IN PARAGRAPH 52, PHOENIX LAUGHS AT THE BLACK DOG “AS IN ADMIRATION” WHAT DOES THE ATTIRUDE TELL US ABOUT HER?
The dog doesn’t bug. She laughs about it, she praises the fearlessness of the dog which shows that she is just like the dog.
6. WITH HER HANDS ON HER KNEWW, THE OLD WOMAN WAITED, SILENT, ERECT MOTIONLESS, JUST AS IF SHE WERE IN ARMOR. IS THE COMPARISON AR THE END TO THIS SENTENCE JUST A STRIKING VISUAL IMAGE, OR DOES IT HAVE A LARGER REVELANCE?
I think it means more. The way it is described in the story shows her position as a woman. She is fearless, putting on the whole armor. Not afraid. How stable she is.

Sonny's Blues

Tarlisha Crutcher
November 12, 2009
English 2201
Wendy Sumner-Winter

Questions
SONNY’S BLUES
1. FROM WHOSE POINT VIEW IS “SONNY’S BLUES” TOLD? HOW DO THE NARRATORS’S VALUES AND EXPERIENCES AFFECT HIS POINT OF VIEW OF THE STORY?
The story is told by Sonny’s older Brother his name isn’t mentioned because he is the narrator. By the brother being kin to Sonny you can really tell the connection and the relationship between him and the other characters.
2. WHAT IS ATHE OLDEST BROTHERS PROFESSION? DOES IT SUGGEST ANYTHING ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY?
The oldest brother’s occupation is a teacher. His profession shows how much he desires to work with other kids. It shows that he cares.
3. HOW WOULD THIS STORY CHANGE IF IT WERE TOLD BY SONNY?
If the story would have been told in Sonny’s point of view it would bring out the truth in Sonny. How he feels about everything. About the music and about his drug addiction.
4. WHAT EVENT PROMPTS THE NARRATOR TO WRITE HIS BROTHER?
When the oldest brothers daughter dies, he decides to write Sonny
5. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR’S MOTHER ASK HIM TO DO FOR SOMMY? DOES THE OLDEST BROTHER KEEP HIS PROMISE?
The mother asked him to look after Sonny. But he fails to so so because Sonny got on drugs. Toward the end I think he Finally keeps his promise
6. THE MAJOR CHARACTERS IN THE STORY ARE CALLED MAMA, DADDY, AND SONNY, THE OLDEST BROTHER IS NEVER MENTIONED. HOW DO THESE NAMES AFFECT OUR SENSE OF THE STORY?
Those names remind me of the closeness a real family has.
7. REREAD THE LAST FOUR PARAGRAPHS AND EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATEMENT “NOW THESE ARE SONNY’S BLUES,” HOW HAS SONNY MADE THE SONG HIS OWN?
Sonny makes this song his own because everyone has their own blues about life and what they went through but this is about Sonny life and what he went through.

My Job

I work for my step fathers daycare. The name of it is Healing Hands Christian Academy. It's located in Frayser. My mom is the director. I am a bus monitor. My job seems easy but really its not. I am to record the time a child gets on and off the bus, make sure no children are left behind on the bus, remind the driver if (s)he forgets what route we are on, and being that drivers second eyes.. I also am responsible for every child being buckled up, and help smaller children on and off the bus to keep from falling down the doorsteps. Last but not least keep the bus cleaned and the seats sanitized. Being a bus monitor is just as important as being a teacher on the inside. I like my job and i take my job serious. I am now being offered a promotion as lead teacher in the infant/toddler room. Only i would have to take night classes here at the University instead of Morning classes. Im still thinking about it.

O'Connors Short Stories

The three stories that Flannery O'Connor wrote, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find","Revelation", and "Parkers back" are all significant books. O'Connor ties the three stories in with Religion. All three books contain some type of religion or religious character. There is at least one main character in each story that is the religious one. That character is always telling the others whats right and whats wrong. Another theme O'Connor ties her stories with is Racism and/or Criticism. Each story displays the characters criticizing one another. By the stories had being written in the 60's they are attested with what was going on during that time like whites against blacks, segregation, and so on. The inequality in the stories and the verbal abuse towards the blacks. I think everything O'Connor ties in with her stories have something to do with things that are based on her background and her religion.

Flannery O'Connor Reaction

Reaction
What is the difference between a Catholic and a Southerner? A catholic is a type of faith, religion, and or denomination if you want to call it that. Southerner is a type of region like if you where from the north, you would be called a northerner. I don’t think that there is much of a big difference between the two though. Southerners have a long line of history like the importance of church. Especially by going through a lot of racial ordeals. After reading the critical analysis on Flannery O’Connor’s short stories, I felt that O’Connor being a Southerner and a Catholic had a great impact on how the stories played out and the language that was written in it.
All three of the short stories had a lot of racial acquisitions in them. Down in the south, well back in those days they were used to a lot of racial abuse. Southerners have developed that type of slang talk and grow up with it in the south. By me being a southerner myself, when I was reading O’Connors stories and I came across a racial statement I got offended. This was total honesty and I think anyone would feel different about it depending on where they were raised and how they where brought up.
One can tell that O’Connor is of the catholic faith because of the religiosity that is being portrayed in all three of the short stories. She is always talking about praying and about believing. This impacts her stories because her background and her religion play truthful roles in how the stories are being projected. It is your ethnicity and background that puts you in the position or makes you feel related to the story in general.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween
Halloween has never been a big scary day for me. To be honest the only thing I like about it is when we get to beg other people for candy and not even have to pay for it. Its so much better that paying for it at the candy lady. Another fun part is we you can scare the crap out of people. Let’s not forget about dressing up as any scary character we want. My mother said she wanted to be Beyonce (very scary to imagine this) but its kind of cool. Some people say Halloween is the devils night. I don’t believe that. I mean come on you get free candy. I never knew why Halloween came about, maybe I need to check more into that. If you find out let me know.
WARNING: IF YOU’RE GOING TRICK-OR-TREATING MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE CANDY FOR ANY UNKNOWN TAMPERING. OR IF ITS BEEN OPEN PRIOR TO YOU GETTING IT. SOME PEOPLE WILL TRY TO POISON YOU AND WILL IF YOU DON’T BE CAREFUL.

Living on Campus

Living on Campus
Last semester my freshman year I stayed on campus. I was pregnant at the time. So not living it up like I should. We had little meetings and we did certain floor events. I really didn’t like it or want to be involved much in the activities. I basically just wanted to get away from the house. I guess it would have been better if I wasn’t pregnant. My roommate was never there. She worked a lot and or was always sleeping when I came in the room. In my opinion, people who stay on campus are wild and do nothing but party. Every time I looked around someone was passing out a flyer to a party. I think I rather stay home. Gas is no joke these days.

Religion in School

Religion in School
Why is it that we are not allowed to have Religion, (God) in school? Why can’t we pray out loud or bring bibles?I think it’s because if they did a whole lot of riots and protesting will start. Some people are real heavy on religion. They take it very seriously and I f someone was of a different religion then they are then that person may get offended and end up saying or doing something to the other person. I think its good just allowing us to have a moment of silence and just leave it at that. That away we want have to worry about people getting offended or anything bad happening.

O'Connor Questions

O’CONNOR QUESTIONS


“A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
1) How early in the story does O’Connor foreshadow what will happen in the end? What further hints does she give us along the way? How does the scene at Red Sammy’s Barbeque advance the story toward its conclusion?

· O’Connor predicts what will happen in the future of the story by emphasizing the character Misfit in the story. Throughout the story the grandmother is always talking about Misfit and what he does. Even at Red Sammy’s place the grandmother has feelings of running into the bad guy misfit sooner or later.
2) When we first meet the grandmother what type of person is she? What do her various remarks reveal about her? Does she remain a static character or does she in any way change as the story goes on?
· The grandmothers is very observant, she talks a lot and thinks she knows it all. She makes a lot of remarks in the story about the misfit which tells that she has some type of concern about running into him.
3) When the grandmother’s head clear, what does she suddenly understand?
· The grandmother understands that her life is about to be taken from her and that the Misfit has no feeling.
4) What do we learn from the conversation between the misfit and the grandmother while the others go out to the woods? How do you describe the misfit outlook on the world?
· We learn that the misfit and the grandmother have a mutual type of respect for one another. The misfit is not religious, he blames God for how thing s are in the world.

“REVELATION”
5) When near the end of the story, Mrs. Turpin roars, “Who do you think you are?” and echo “returned to her clearly like an answer from beyond the wood” (Explain)
· At this point, I think Mrs. Turpin has lost it. In the paragraph I think Mrs. Turpin in letting out all of her anger. She seems to be questioning God at this point
6) What is the final revelation given to Mrs. Turpin? ( To state it is the theme of the story) What new attitude does the revelation impart? (How is Mrs. Turpin left with a new vision of humanity)
· The final revelation was about whites, blacks, and cripples descending into heaven together. I think it means every one is equal. It shows Mrs. Turpin that everyone is equal and that God loves everyone no matter what color , shape, or form.



“PARKER’S BACK”
5) “Long Views depressed parker. You look out into space like that and begin to feel as if someone were after you, the navy or the government or religion” What insight does this statement give us into Parkers character and consequently in his behavior?
· Maybe that he was running from himself. He is always running from church or from the navy.
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6) What motivates parker to get the tattoo on his back? How does he expect Sarah Ruth to respond to it?
· Parker is motivated to get the tattoo because Sarah is always talking about God and judgment. He wants Sarah to “heel”. He wants Sarah to respect his tattoos
7) While waiting for the artist to finish the tattoos Parker feels that his sensations of the day and night before were those of a crazy man and that he would return doing things according to his own sound judgment. How much self-awareness does this observation demonstrate?
8) When the artist asks him if his gone and got religion Parker says I ain’t got no use for none of that. A man can’t save his self from whatever it is he don’t deserve no of my sympathy. What does the attitude illustrate about parkers personality? By his own standards how much sympathy does he deserve?
· Parker does not seem to care. Judging by his own standards parkers deserves no sympathy at all.

9) Why does Sarah Ruth refuse to recognize Parker by his initials? What is the significance of his whispering his name through the keyhole and what effect does doing so have on him?She probably thought that it was someone else imposing Parkers name. She knew he was the only one that knew his own name. She was the only one he t

Fall Break

So, Im bout to go to bed from a wonderful Fall Break. I checks my email at 9:00pm and what do i see, an assignment that my teacher emailed to the class at 7:00 that night that is due the next day. I had a fit. What is the purpose of fall break? Its not like Christmas, or Thanksgiving. Is it to enjoy, get a break from school, catch up on your rest, or catch up on our work? Why do teachers give us work to do over our break? and then we have to spend time trying to get it all done. Just my opinion: I hate it, It should be for us to catch up on other work we already have, it should be for us to enjoy, to get a break from school. Teachers shouldnt give work over break especially if its last minute. How bout some extra credit?

Funerals

I dont like having to bury someone that is close to me. Over the break I went to a funeral, my parents went to a funeral, and my little sister also went to a funeral that Saturaday. It's sad,people are dying everyday 100 sometimes thousands in just months and within a year. Should Saturdays just be for funerals. Every Saturday someone is being buried. i get emotional at these funerals, it brings back the memory of me having to bury my daughter this past March. It reminds me of all the time people waste. Being mean to eachother, killing one another, hating one another. Its ridiculous. When will it stop?

My Biggest Fear

My biggest fear is of me dying,leaving this world without accomplishing anything that i am suppose to do. Not being able to fufull my purpose on this earth. Not being remembered a week after my funeral. I want to make a difference and change peoples lives. I want to change the views of the world. Im afraid that i will not conquer my fear of one day dying. I want to be able to overcome that.

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Oh my god!!! If i only knew that the story was going to end like that. It was good overall. I remember hearing about a movie called "A Good Man Is Hard to Find". The story weas definitely interesting; it had my attention. The title would make me to think that the story will be about relationships women having problems with finding a mate but it isnt.

Peer Review Reaction

Tuesday we did peer reviews. Usually i am not comfortable with allowing other students to read, check, and judge my work. I realized tuesday that it's not all about that its about allowing your peers to give there opinion about your paper and allow them to help you. Sometimes another classmate may know more or know what they are doing more than you do. I was actually kind of glad that my classmates Kelsey and Rebecca looked over my paper. I think it really helped me. Judging by there papers i think they did way better than i and i was anxious to get some truthful feedback. In the end i think they both helped me out alot and gave me a good idea of what i need to do and changes that i need to make with my paper. So yes, it was helpful.

Bilingual Education

I know this may or may not have anything to do with literature, but Im an education major and I think Bilingual eduacation is important. Here is why. Maybe someone can give me some feedback and let me know why or why not they think it is important or not. It would help.

Bilingual Education Should Be Continued

WHAT IS BILINGUAL EDUCATION?
Bilingual education is the presence of two languages in instruction for children whose native language is not English.

WHEN WAS IT DEVELOPED AND WHY?
IT was developed in 1968 by the Federal Government because services for limited-English proficient students were virtually non-existent.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING BILINGUAL?
· Access to two cultures
· Access to more information and resources
· More job opportunities
· Communication
· Good social skill
WHY IS BILINGUAL EDUCATION IMPORTANT?
It is important because immigrants need to be able to communicate with their teachers. They need to understand their lesson and explanations.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BEING BILINGUAL?
· Cognitive Benefits
· Character Benefits
· Curriculum Benefits
· Communication Advantages
· Cultural Advantages
· Employment Benefits

The "Last" Menagerie

When i first started reading this play in the first scene i stubled across the phrase Amanda was saying "We had to send some "nigger" over to bring in folding chairs from the parish house." I thought to myself, "I dont even want to read the play now. It had almost got to my spirit and then i realized this was way back and they were using the term "Nigger" which was very downgrading and offensive. But i looked over it and i kept on reading and i got interested in what i was reading. The play was going so well and then for some reason i looked to see when it was ever going to end. There were at least 8 more pages to go. I was like man, my freaking eyeballs are going to fall out, since i dont like reading that much anyway. I had to go bit by bit but i got through it. I dont ever want to do that again. Thats why im calling it The "Last" Menagerie.

English 2201 Blogs

Taking this course to me is not hard. It's just comfusing as h***. (Let me know if we cant be ourselves and type what really is crossing our minds) Sometimes i really dont understand the topics we discuss in class. It really doesnt clich in my head i guess. Am i interested?, Not really because im not into English and Literature like that. The blog post are easy now except does times i really had no clue what we were suppose to be posting and dropboxing. Now i think i have some sort of idea to what were suppose to be doing. i think that blogging is a good way for me to get familiar with the system. It allows me to ask questions and get responses from other people, and it keeps me updated on what my assignment are.

"A Street Car Named Desire"

I went to see this play October 11. It was completely sold out. Thank God i got that ticket just in time. This play by Tennessee Williams to me was kinda dramatic. The main characters where Stell and Stanley the married couple from Louisiana who stayed in a small ragedy apartment. Blanch, Stella's sister who lived on a plantation in Mississppi and Mitch, Stanleys best friend. In the play Blanch does not like her sisters husband. I dont blame her, his violent. I mean come on hitting on your pregnant wife. Overall the play was good, I liked it.

Movies

I like going to the movies. My stepday always buys those (bootlegs) which is fine, but im more interested into going out to see the movie. I like any movie that is good, action movie, horror movie, romance, drame, suspense. As long as there are good actors that star in them im good.

School

Last year i most definitely had a hard time. I was going through alot. I was pregnant and i pretty much had given up on school. I wouldnt go to class. After i had my baby, she died 4 hours later. She had no kidneys. It was hard for me but I knew that she would die. She past this last March. Ive been getting over it day by day. But i really miss her. Now im just looking forward to my future and pressing on. School for me now is going easy so far, Im not frustrated (as much). I try to keep myself busy.

IF I WAS A HERO.....

If I was a hero, I would have the ability to heal a person miracously. I say this becuase i am a very spiritual person. I went threw alot in the past and I've been hurt so many times before. I wish there was someone who could have been there to heal me at that present moment. Physically, Mentally, and Emotionally. I want to be able to be a great help to people in need, who are suffering and who needs to be helped.

Cigarrette Girl Reflection

Before i went to see cigarrette girl, my first thoughts were that it was going to be boring. A black and white film done by some idiot. Something i would probably fall asleep on. I mean after all, the preview shown in class was boring. Compared to that preview and the movie i saw at the Brooks Musuem, it was pretty good. Some of the parts of the movie was funny and yet it still contained alot of seriousness and action. It also had a mixture of suspense to it. The reason i say suspense is because alot of time in the movie, cigarrette girl had alot of illusions about the cowboy that always showed up after she had killed someone or whenever she had the urge to kill someone. The cowboy appeared and always tries to hurt her and then he would disappear. I can conclude that she must have been in an abusive relationship with this guy, her ex-lover. Maybe he could have been just an thought, and idea. I couldnt figure out who he was at first. I guess im still wondering. If i had the opportunity to, i would ask Mike McCarthy. I really did want things to turn out differently then they did at the end. Throughout the movie cigarrette girl wanted to fufill her grandmothers will and stay quit. It was very hard for her and the only thing that kept her from smoking, was killing people. I think she was finally able to stay quit and move on with her life after she left the smoking section. Overall this movie was interesting.

Assignment for Thursday 9/24

(Group 1) I think that the title, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, is in question form because noOne really knows where Connie and Arnorld Friend went, and I think it kind of left everyone guessing where they went. The Word "YOU" in the title is refering to Connie. It is a possibility that the story is dedicated to Bob Dylan because of his song "Where Are You Going Baby Blue". To other people it may seem like the main character is Connie, but I really think that the main character is Arnold friend.

(Group 2) The house seemed kind of empty so it kind of reminds me of Connies identity. Arnold Friend is a guy who is obviously older. NoOne really knows exactly who he is. He should have been named Arnold Friend, the guy is crazy. His car is very clean and unique. Its different from the other cars and the designs on the car are very artistic. He dressed decent and his language seemed very clear. I think that once Arnold Friend begin telling Connie things about her she starts to question who Arnold really is. She becomes confused and frightened because she see's Arnold as a crazy man. I guess at the time Connie's personality changed because of of strange feeling she was having. I think you can definietoy seperate Connies personality and her idenity in the story. Her identity was that she is this sad girl who wants to grow up and be popular and have everything and when she goes out away from the house she shows her personality which is outgoing and fun.
(Group 3) On Arnold Friends car in the story he has the numbers 33 19 and 17. The way he was approaching Connie and the way he was talking i thought that maybe it was the ages of the women he had done that to. On the class blog it tells us that the numbers are a chapter in the bible. I think that the aurthor didnt dispalay Connies family alot because it would have kind of changed the story and made it seem like at the time that she loved her family and it would of took the attention off connie. In the story i think Arnold takes connie to an open field and have sex with her, well thats what it looked like in the story.
(Group 4)  I think the tone was always low and calm at most tmes. This story could have took place anywhere. But the aurthor set in a small town.

Essay Introduction

When using the three components in English class; Ingredients, Process, and The made thing, I could easily tell how a story or a poem can unfold to make the made thing. The three main pieces that i am working on is "The one girl at the boys Party", Rites of Passage, and A&P..................

John Updikes Notes

• John Updike got story from experiencing seeing a girl at the supermarked wearing a bathing suit along time ago but never got a chance to write about it.
• Queenie was the one who cuaght Sammy's attention
• Sammy is poor, Queenie is Rich
• Nobody will like Sammy's decision
• Lengel was john Updikes mothers boss a long time ago
• Sammy looks for girls and cant find them after quitting his job
• Sees Sammy as a male trying to make his way through his environment.

Comparing Poems to A&P

The two poems, "Rights of Passage", and "The One Girl at the boys Party", were similiar to the story "A&P" in a few ways. Both poems were very discriptive meaning it put alot of emphasis on the main characters, describing how the looked, how they acted ect. The two poems start out with the characters entering the room just like A&P, so i would say the introduction is somewhat similar. In the story A&P Sammy and Queenie were different. According to John Updike, Sammy was poor and Queenie was rich. In Rights of Passage, the boys are different in age, and think their better than the other. In "The One Girl at the Boys Party", they were different because she was a girl and they were boys. So i would also say in both there is a Contrast in characters.

MY PERCEPTIONS OF A&P FROM JOHN UPDIKE

After watching the video clip featuring John Updike in class. I noticed alot of things that i imagined A&P to be where very different then John Updike imagined it. He was saying in the interview that Sammy was poor and Queenie was rich, but when i read the story i thought that they both were middle class because the story doesnt describe Queenie or the other girls as rich. When Updike read the story in the interview you could tell it was very short and quick but in the story there was so much more detail and description on how things went and how things were said.

WHAT IS A HERO TO ME?

WHAT IS A HERO TO ME?

Most people hears the word hero, and the first thing that comes to mind is saving someone's life. Whether its saving someone from death, embarrassment, or even saving someone of getting their feelings hurt; The word hero could mean so many different things.

To me a hero is someone you can always depend on to be there for you when you need them to be. No matter what time it is, or Where you are, or how small the situation is; they will be there. They will postpone all their plans just to be there for you.

A hero to me also means someone who listens to you and gives you good feed back. They listen to all our problems without cutting you off, without withholding information, and most certaintly without lying to you. They give you great advice, and tells you what you need to hear not what you want to hear.

When someone takes up for you, stands up for your principles, stands by your side, and tells the other person off, thats a hero to me. They are courageous and shows no cowardly action. A hero to me means putting someone else before yourself. Putting your own beliefs on the line to save that person some embarrassment.

A hero is a friend, someone who sticks with you through thick and thin. Someone that cares about you. Someone who loves you, and worries about how you are doing throughout the day. They are considerate of your feelings. They want to know your concerns and howd to help you. They are involved in your life, they make a big difference. Their your role model and can determine what kind of hero you will someday be to someone else.That is my kind of hero.

In the story A&P, the character Sammy potrays himself as a hero by quiting his job for the sake of the girls in the store to show his courageous efforts to be noticed. Sammy in some terms is an example of what a hero is to me. I wouldnt have quit my job over something so minor but love for someone to stand up for me in a situation like that.

Chapter 1 Questions Pg 6,8, & 19

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1)The North Wind was Forceful and the Sun was more Persuasive
2)The more wind tht the North Wind Blew the more the man held on to his cloak
3)The sun was successful because he was Gentle. He used his heat as a method of getting the man to take off his cloak
4)In the story the man serves as a test, the bait, the guinea pig if thats what you want to call it.
5)The moral is simply saying; if you force something upon a person, their more likely to fight back.

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1).The opening portion .Chuang tzu uses one sentene before setting up the dramatic situation
2)Because he does ot want to be bothered.
He was distracted, and did not want to respond the wrong way.
Yes
5)That he is very intelligent

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1) Sammy shows his interested in the girls. Lengel Shows powers
2)Sammy wants attention from the girls. He reacts through his feelings
3) The introduction. Queenie is the leader, She makes things harder in the story
4)No, Sammy's attention stays on the girls
5) When lengel notices the girls. Crisis-when lengel tells the girls off. Climax-Sammy quits his job for attention.
6) Sammy overprotected of the girls
7) Sammy feels sorry for the girls
8) Conclusion-sammy realizes, he cant quit just to gain attention from other people
9)"-But he concentrates on giving the girls that sad Sunday School superintendent stare" (The girls got alot of attention)