1. Honestly if I would be in love with a man to the extent that Jane loves Rochester, I don't think I would be able to leave. The stubbornness of Jane astounds me, because Rochester tells Jane the story about his wife and it's not his fault. I feel like if it was a different situation like if 1) he wasn't tricked into marrying her and 2) the wife is some hyena like creature... so how could he continue a marriage like that. I can see where Jane could be mad at Rochester, because he didn't tell her he was married. But would Jane have even considered him them????? Who knows...
2. I really want to finish the book and I have enjoyed reading Jane Eyre. I like the old english style of writing and even though Charlotte Bronte uses a ton of detail in her writing and with that she includes a ton of motifs as well. I like how the motifs aren't easily known, you really have to think about it critically in order to get more out of the text.
3. I think that this book should be taught in college lit. cause it's totally opposite from Catcher in the Rye. Mr. Kunkle said that in college we are going to have to learn to read all types of text and I think Jane Eyre in particular is a challenging one with different themes. I also think that it corresponds with the theme of the class of "coming of age" well too.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Black Vs. White
In Jane Eyre we pointed out how she only mentions three colors repeatedly through the book. Black, white, and red are mentioned so much that there has to be a more thoughtful meaning to them. One thing I have noticed is that whenever she is describing something as "white" she usually is uncomfortable in the scene, or something is bad. For example, when Mr. R has guests staying at the house Jane mentions all of the women in white that end up being very unpleasant towards her (like Miss Ingram and others...). Also when she goes back to see her dying Aunt Reed she describes many things as being white.
Now the things she describes as being black she is usually in a comfortable position and I would say the word "nice" is a good word to put with that color. The women at the party that arn't harsh towards her she descibes in a black dresses. When she goes back to see her Aunt Reed she describes Georgeiana's dress as being black. This could be maybe because she is in a familiar place, where she isn't scared being in that home anymore. However, to refute this she descibes the whole house using the color white so I don't know then about that hypothesis... Also when she descibes Mr. R's eyes and I think Mrs. Fairfax's eyes too as being black. These are people she likes, and she mentions when she is drawing a picture of Mr. R that the eyes are the most important part of the entire portrait.
I also find it odd that she uses the colors in the oppsite ways most authors do. When using a word like white, they usually are describing something as pure, clean, luminesce, bright, holly, angle(esque)... And I feel like she uses those words for the color black.
Now the things she describes as being black she is usually in a comfortable position and I would say the word "nice" is a good word to put with that color. The women at the party that arn't harsh towards her she descibes in a black dresses. When she goes back to see her Aunt Reed she describes Georgeiana's dress as being black. This could be maybe because she is in a familiar place, where she isn't scared being in that home anymore. However, to refute this she descibes the whole house using the color white so I don't know then about that hypothesis... Also when she descibes Mr. R's eyes and I think Mrs. Fairfax's eyes too as being black. These are people she likes, and she mentions when she is drawing a picture of Mr. R that the eyes are the most important part of the entire portrait.
I also find it odd that she uses the colors in the oppsite ways most authors do. When using a word like white, they usually are describing something as pure, clean, luminesce, bright, holly, angle(esque)... And I feel like she uses those words for the color black.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
American Teen
In class we watched a documentary of four teenagers going through high school in Indiana. At first I thought it was going to be dumb, not really realistic I guess. However as the movie went on I could totally relate McFarland to the high school. There is definetly the social group aspect. There were also a lot of awkward moments (that were hilarious), and I think that made the movie relatable too, because high school can be very awkward at times. All of the drama I thought was a little over the top, but high school drama can be over the top too. I liked how each high schooler had a specific problem that they were going through, and all of them were different. The popular girl went through the pressure of getting into Notre Dame like the rest of her family, and that can be so stressful. The band geek was going through, I would say a self-esteem problem, especially after he figured out his girlfriend was cheating on him. There was a girl that wasn't really in one of the social groups and she was going through self-iussues and also trying to figure out how she was going to be successful in the future. The basketball star was going through the pressures of getting recruited, which I could relate to a ton. His story kind of hit home to me, because there is so much pressure in sports alone, and then when you have to preform knowing that someone is watching...whewwphh it's a lot to go through. So far I like the documentary.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Free Blog
13 Ways to Look at a Blackbird:
This poem is one of those poems where you just keep looking at it and you still don't know what to think about it. I guess reading between the lines (or not looking at it literally) really helps to understand the poem. At first I thought I thought that the poem maybe had something to do with war, but I couldn't really back it up. Then someone in the class thought it was like the circle of life and she explained it and if you re-read it with that in mind it does kind of make sense. I really liked how it was broken down into 13 stanzas, I thought that was really effective to make the reader think about eachone as its self.
This poem is one of those poems where you just keep looking at it and you still don't know what to think about it. I guess reading between the lines (or not looking at it literally) really helps to understand the poem. At first I thought I thought that the poem maybe had something to do with war, but I couldn't really back it up. Then someone in the class thought it was like the circle of life and she explained it and if you re-read it with that in mind it does kind of make sense. I really liked how it was broken down into 13 stanzas, I thought that was really effective to make the reader think about eachone as its self.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
"When I really worry about something, I don't fool around. I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something. Only I don't go..."
I chose to right about the scene where Holten is really getting frustrated with the idea that Stradlater and Jane are going on a date. The reason I picked this scence is because I think we can all realate to Holeten's jealousy. Everybody has had crushes or past boyfriends/girlfriends and the way Holten explains his feelings is relatable.
The question I have after reading this is why Holten just didn't go say hi to Jane. He kept saying yes he's going to and then he would almost talk himself out of it. If he cares about her so much then why didn't he just go talk to her? Salinger I believe is maybe trying to get at the otherside of Holten. Because after this scene and Stradlater is back Holten just goes through this rage of anger, so maybe he's getting at the two different sides of people.
I chose to right about the scene where Holten is really getting frustrated with the idea that Stradlater and Jane are going on a date. The reason I picked this scence is because I think we can all realate to Holeten's jealousy. Everybody has had crushes or past boyfriends/girlfriends and the way Holten explains his feelings is relatable.
The question I have after reading this is why Holten just didn't go say hi to Jane. He kept saying yes he's going to and then he would almost talk himself out of it. If he cares about her so much then why didn't he just go talk to her? Salinger I believe is maybe trying to get at the otherside of Holten. Because after this scene and Stradlater is back Holten just goes through this rage of anger, so maybe he's getting at the two different sides of people.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
1)
In the Sutton Pie Safe childhood is dipicted in a way that isn't shown in the actions of the characters, but more of the dialogue of the character. I think that the main theme of this story was said in one of the quotes that the father said to the little boy. In the story the father says first to the Mrs. Hanson that "you ought not try to buy what hasn't been put up for sale." Or in other words how I took it was you shouldn't want what isn't yours. When he says a line to the boy he says, "You think about that (as in the snake belt) the next time you want something." To me this means that you should think about who is going to be affected (the snake in this case) by your decisions/wants.
In Every Little Hurricane I think the childhood is dipicted in a very blunt way. In this case Victor has an awful expierence as a child, and I don't know if you could really call him a child. He sees things that arn't at all what people would want a child to see. Also the fact that his culture is slowly "sickening" with the alcohol and drugs that the native americans are known to have a sterotype to abuse these things. Victor didn't have a childhood and I believe that's what this story is getting at.
Probably the most creepy story I have ever read and about a situation that could happen to anyone is Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been. This story I feel, is more about adolesence than childhood, but some would argue that adolescence is just another part of childhood, so whatever... I feel that this story trys to dipict the message of being careful. Sometimes as children (or teenagers) we can feel invincible and nothing is going to happen to us. So I think this story reiterates the fact that we have to still at least think about the bad and not ignore it. Also if there is a creepy guy in your drive way telling you not to call the cops or else... don't believe him call the damn cops and don't think a screen door is going to protect you either.
Bottle Caps was a short story that honestly I thought was just kind of weird. I really didn't get much from the story just that younger siblings can be a pain sometimes. However I'm the youngest child in my family so I guess I can relate more to the weird little brother with the insect graveyard :o
I really enjoy J.D. Salinger's writing style. With Love and Squalor I think that childhood was dipicted from the chacracter of Esme. She was a brilliant teenager with an ego. Her parents are both dead, and she pretty much looks after her younger brother becasue he doesn't listen to anyone else. She has what I would call a little crush on Sergeant X. Just knowing that J.D. Salinger's writing has been known to be kind of "squalor" so maybe they did have an inappropriate relationship, becasue why would she give her father's (whom she obviously adored because she talked about him non-stop) watch to a complete stranger. Plus why would she then invite a complete stranger to her wedding. And throughout the story I really didn't see any squalid lines, so maybe we have to think outside the box for the squalor. I think this story relates to growing up in away that when you grow up you also start new relationships. Not always "right" in this case if they did have an affair, but relationships that become more serious as you grow up.
2)
The movie that comes to my mind when I think of childhood is the Sandlot. It's a movie with a group of young boys that are all friends that get together to play baseball a lot. In this movie being a kid just means doing what you enjoy to do, and for the boys they all love to play baseball. Only one of the boys makes it to the majors, but in the end all of them grow up. At the end of the movie it tells you where all of them are and are currently doing in their lives. They do lots of goofey things in the movie like the little brother does in Bottle Caps. And one of them even goes through a major crush (that he ends up marrying) kind of like Esme goes through possibly... All in all the movie is great because it reminds me of my childhood. Not really having to worry about much and just doing what you love to do.
In the Sutton Pie Safe childhood is dipicted in a way that isn't shown in the actions of the characters, but more of the dialogue of the character. I think that the main theme of this story was said in one of the quotes that the father said to the little boy. In the story the father says first to the Mrs. Hanson that "you ought not try to buy what hasn't been put up for sale." Or in other words how I took it was you shouldn't want what isn't yours. When he says a line to the boy he says, "You think about that (as in the snake belt) the next time you want something." To me this means that you should think about who is going to be affected (the snake in this case) by your decisions/wants.
In Every Little Hurricane I think the childhood is dipicted in a very blunt way. In this case Victor has an awful expierence as a child, and I don't know if you could really call him a child. He sees things that arn't at all what people would want a child to see. Also the fact that his culture is slowly "sickening" with the alcohol and drugs that the native americans are known to have a sterotype to abuse these things. Victor didn't have a childhood and I believe that's what this story is getting at.
Probably the most creepy story I have ever read and about a situation that could happen to anyone is Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been. This story I feel, is more about adolesence than childhood, but some would argue that adolescence is just another part of childhood, so whatever... I feel that this story trys to dipict the message of being careful. Sometimes as children (or teenagers) we can feel invincible and nothing is going to happen to us. So I think this story reiterates the fact that we have to still at least think about the bad and not ignore it. Also if there is a creepy guy in your drive way telling you not to call the cops or else... don't believe him call the damn cops and don't think a screen door is going to protect you either.
Bottle Caps was a short story that honestly I thought was just kind of weird. I really didn't get much from the story just that younger siblings can be a pain sometimes. However I'm the youngest child in my family so I guess I can relate more to the weird little brother with the insect graveyard :o
I really enjoy J.D. Salinger's writing style. With Love and Squalor I think that childhood was dipicted from the chacracter of Esme. She was a brilliant teenager with an ego. Her parents are both dead, and she pretty much looks after her younger brother becasue he doesn't listen to anyone else. She has what I would call a little crush on Sergeant X. Just knowing that J.D. Salinger's writing has been known to be kind of "squalor" so maybe they did have an inappropriate relationship, becasue why would she give her father's (whom she obviously adored because she talked about him non-stop) watch to a complete stranger. Plus why would she then invite a complete stranger to her wedding. And throughout the story I really didn't see any squalid lines, so maybe we have to think outside the box for the squalor. I think this story relates to growing up in away that when you grow up you also start new relationships. Not always "right" in this case if they did have an affair, but relationships that become more serious as you grow up.
2)
The movie that comes to my mind when I think of childhood is the Sandlot. It's a movie with a group of young boys that are all friends that get together to play baseball a lot. In this movie being a kid just means doing what you enjoy to do, and for the boys they all love to play baseball. Only one of the boys makes it to the majors, but in the end all of them grow up. At the end of the movie it tells you where all of them are and are currently doing in their lives. They do lots of goofey things in the movie like the little brother does in Bottle Caps. And one of them even goes through a major crush (that he ends up marrying) kind of like Esme goes through possibly... All in all the movie is great because it reminds me of my childhood. Not really having to worry about much and just doing what you love to do.
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