American Literature: "A Rose for Emily" Insight: "A Rose for Emily" Insight From your first-draft and second-draft reading, you jotted down questions, connections, ideas, and more that y...
The assignment is to pick an idea or question from your reading bookmark or second draft and really go in depth to discover and disclose the real information behind the comment.
To be fair, I did not really follow these directions. I wrote down the events in order to see the time frame these events fell under.
However, off the top of my mind, One thing I want to go a little further in depth on would be in the comment made by the author about her rather loose minded aunt. "People in our town, remembering how old lady Wyatt, her great-aunt, had gone completely crazy at last," (519). I believe the reason he put this comment in the story, was so that a little doubt would linger in your mind as you read. Even as you read, you would see ulterior motives that may or may not be present. The author cares to mention the relationship between her father and Miss Emily in the story as well, though perhaps not the way you'd normally see a father-daughter relationship. "Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled silhouette in the forefront, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip..."(519 to 520). So when Miss Emily dies, and they have firmly buried her, the curious townsfolk decide to break open the enclosed upstairs. In the bed they find her 'boyfriend' Homer, the gay construction foreman, and a single silver hair on the indented pillow next to his long dead body.
I believe Miss Emily was as crazy as her great-aunt. And the body is the dead cold truth.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
American Literature: Aging Gracefully: prepping for Hawthorne
American Literature: Aging Gracefully: prepping for Hawthorne: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" written by Nathaniel Hawthorne What do you like most about being the age you are right now? What as...
Monday, January 14, 2013
American Literature: Aging Gracefully: prepping for Hawthorne
American Literature: Aging Gracefully: prepping for Hawthorne: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" written by Nathaniel Hawthorne What do you like most about being the age you are right now? What as...
What I like most about being my age? I like the ease of life. Having a house and food that I have a direct right to. Despite the fact that I have to work to pay for some of the food, and that I have to maintain the house I live it. What I am looking forward to as I get older is having a full time job where I can earn a quality amount of money and I can see how I handle the challenges of life that every adult has to accept in order to live. What I am not looking forward to is the inconvieniences of less free time and a lot more sleepless nights worrying over the said challenges in ever adults life. How should age be measured? I don't quite see the point in this question . . . age does not have anything to do with life other than the age you can accept responsibility. You are as old as you want to be. Id have to say behavior.
Tori Hermsen
What I like most about being my age? I like the ease of life. Having a house and food that I have a direct right to. Despite the fact that I have to work to pay for some of the food, and that I have to maintain the house I live it. What I am looking forward to as I get older is having a full time job where I can earn a quality amount of money and I can see how I handle the challenges of life that every adult has to accept in order to live. What I am not looking forward to is the inconvieniences of less free time and a lot more sleepless nights worrying over the said challenges in ever adults life. How should age be measured? I don't quite see the point in this question . . . age does not have anything to do with life other than the age you can accept responsibility. You are as old as you want to be. Id have to say behavior.
Tori Hermsen
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
American Literature: "I Hear America Singing"
American Literature: "I Hear America Singing": Mash It Up! We read and discussed Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" as well as Langston Hughes's "I, Too." Type your modern vers...
I hear the farmer, running his plow, singing in tune to the beating machine.
I hear the teacher guiding young minds, leading a chorus of youthful exuberance.
I hear the mechanic, doing his work, singing alone, happy and free.
I hear the fireman, saving a life, breathing his words in hopes of survival
I hear the judge, staying true, staying right, sing to America
I hear the daughter, a families reason to be, sing a song quite out of key.
I hear the son, protector and heir, singing his song for all to hear.
I hear the mother, leader and lover, singing and quaint peace.
I hear the father, supporter and true, singing for pride.
I hear the guard, hiding an endangered light, singing in sacrifice.
I hear the policeman, cleaning the street, singing his prisoners to sleep
I hear the star, modeling young lives, singing for cause,
I hear the student, learning for life, singing for a future
I hear America, strong and true singing her song in different colors and hues.
The poems each have their own spin, and while I had to use Whit's as a reference mine still has a little bit of Langston's message inside. They all have America included, and they both talk about how the country either sees or shows or speaks her opinion.
The poems differ by the way they are put together, and the final message behind them. Whit talked about how the country was put together. Langston talked about his treatment and his hope for the future, and I talked about the different personalities inside America and their contribution to the future.
I hear the farmer, running his plow, singing in tune to the beating machine.
I hear the teacher guiding young minds, leading a chorus of youthful exuberance.
I hear the mechanic, doing his work, singing alone, happy and free.
I hear the fireman, saving a life, breathing his words in hopes of survival
I hear the judge, staying true, staying right, sing to America
I hear the daughter, a families reason to be, sing a song quite out of key.
I hear the son, protector and heir, singing his song for all to hear.
I hear the mother, leader and lover, singing and quaint peace.
I hear the father, supporter and true, singing for pride.
I hear the guard, hiding an endangered light, singing in sacrifice.
I hear the policeman, cleaning the street, singing his prisoners to sleep
I hear the star, modeling young lives, singing for cause,
I hear the student, learning for life, singing for a future
I hear America, strong and true singing her song in different colors and hues.
The poems each have their own spin, and while I had to use Whit's as a reference mine still has a little bit of Langston's message inside. They all have America included, and they both talk about how the country either sees or shows or speaks her opinion.
The poems differ by the way they are put together, and the final message behind them. Whit talked about how the country was put together. Langston talked about his treatment and his hope for the future, and I talked about the different personalities inside America and their contribution to the future.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
American Literature: Unit 1: Creation Story You've completed your read...
American Literature: Unit 1: Creation Story
You've completed your read...: Unit 1: Creation Story You've completed your reading of the Iroquois's myth "The World on the Turtle's Back." Choose one of the two opt...
You've completed your read...: Unit 1: Creation Story You've completed your reading of the Iroquois's myth "The World on the Turtle's Back." Choose one of the two opt...
Monday, August 27, 2012
American Literature: Unit 1: Creation Story You've completed your read...
Tori Hermsen
American Literature: Unit 1: Creation Story
You've completed your read...: Unit 1: Creation Story You've completed your reading of the Iroquois's myth "The World on the Turtle's Back." Choose one of the two opt...
2. The twins in this myth represent "two ways of the world which are in all people" - the "straight mind" and the "crooked mind." Write your reflection in which you agree or disagree with this view of human character. Support your opinion with examples.
In this story the two twin do represent different types of mental statuses. Such as a normal person like you or I could have a stray thought to cause some minor damage to a person we don't particularly care for. Like say, one of my old babysitters; but we are typically a good natured type of person. Then you have the truly twisted people who think of nothing but revenge and how to get the upper hand. Like say, the Left handed Twin.
The Right Handed Twin did have a slightly twisted side, because if he had been true to himself, he wouldn't have lied about his one weakness, it would have remained a fair fight throughout the rest of eternity between the twins.
The Left Handed Twin did do some real good, making sure to keep the population down of the animals his brother had created, and then telling the truth. In my own opinion, I don't honestly believe he had been as truly evil as the rest of my classmates believe him to be. Honestly, the Grandmother wouldn't have favored an evil child over a truly good one, so I do think some of this story is left out, or meant to be left to the imagination of the reader, in either case, this story does have some complex thought and some inner soul searching if you think about this story in the correct way.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Unexpected Latin Remix
The other day I was downloading a music on my iPod and I came across a song that I wanted so clicked download with out looking at the words in parenthesis. I continued browsing for more songs while it downloaded. When it was finally finished I went and listened to it and it was in English so I figured it was all in English. I continued browsing for more songs and about half way through the song a guy jumped in and started seeing in Spanish. Confused I went and looked at the name and it said "Official Latin Remix" so I kept it.
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