Reflect on the impact of setting on the characters and plot in "Christmas 1910". (Use quote(s) to back up your claims.)
The story's setting is a rural area in 1910. The narrator of the story seems as if she is living on a farm with her family. "...my saddle horse, go up on his back and ride off a ways..." and "...from Nebraska when Papa got our homestead." Both quotes reveal exactly where she may live (the type of living area).
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Short Story Blog Question
To what extent do concepts of honor and tradition to influence the action in "A Rose for Emily"?
Honor and tradition influence the action in the story because Emily has a motive to keep her the black man with her. The honor influenced people to look up to her and respect her to a certain level. The tradition influenced her to want to keep the man by her side even if it meant killing him. I guess she felt like she couldn't by lonely at all, or die lonely.
Honor and tradition influence the action in the story because Emily has a motive to keep her the black man with her. The honor influenced people to look up to her and respect her to a certain level. The tradition influenced her to want to keep the man by her side even if it meant killing him. I guess she felt like she couldn't by lonely at all, or die lonely.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Illustrated Man: Entry 10
Quote:
"...married to a woman who overdoes it. I mean, after all, when you've been married ten years, you don't expect a woman to sit on your lap for two hours every evening, call you at work twelve times a day and talk baby talk. And it seems to me that in the last month she's gotten worse."
Pg. 157
Comment:
(E) This short story starts with two men talking to each other about their wives. This guy tells the other guy that his wife is annoying with her lovey dovey stuff. To me, the lady probably does need to slow down on that. Her husband might be in the mood to be all lovey dovey and stuff. He might just need to relax...he needs to tell her.
"...married to a woman who overdoes it. I mean, after all, when you've been married ten years, you don't expect a woman to sit on your lap for two hours every evening, call you at work twelve times a day and talk baby talk. And it seems to me that in the last month she's gotten worse."
Pg. 157
Comment:
(E) This short story starts with two men talking to each other about their wives. This guy tells the other guy that his wife is annoying with her lovey dovey stuff. To me, the lady probably does need to slow down on that. Her husband might be in the mood to be all lovey dovey and stuff. He might just need to relax...he needs to tell her.
The Illustrated Man: Entry 9
Quote:
"Outside, a banging, crashing boom, a surge of brass, a drum, a cry, marching feet, pennants and songs. Through the stone streets the army, fire weapons to shoulder, stamped. Children skipped after. Old women waved dirty flags."
Pg. 139
Comment:
(E) This short story is about a particular person named Ettil in Mars. I like this part of the book because it sounds like patriotism, but it also sounds like an uprising. All of the elements in this quote/excerpts, contribute to my assumption.
"Outside, a banging, crashing boom, a surge of brass, a drum, a cry, marching feet, pennants and songs. Through the stone streets the army, fire weapons to shoulder, stamped. Children skipped after. Old women waved dirty flags."
Pg. 139
Comment:
(E) This short story is about a particular person named Ettil in Mars. I like this part of the book because it sounds like patriotism, but it also sounds like an uprising. All of the elements in this quote/excerpts, contribute to my assumption.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The Illustrated Man: Entry 8
Quote:
"My name is Ann Kristen; my husband's name is Roger. We were born in the year 2155 A.D. And we lived in a world that was evil. A world that was like a great black ship pulling away from the shore of sanity and civilization, roaring its black horn in the night, taking two billion people with it, whether they wanted to go or not, to death, to fall over the edge of the earth and the sea into radioactive flame and madness."
Pg. 116
Comment:
(E) This short story is about a couple who escaped the year 2155 through time travel. They are now in 1938 in Mexico partying. The couple are M.I.A. and are trying to be tracked down by, I want to say, agents from 2155. I really like this quote because it shows that entertainment (books, television, etc.) really do make the future seem so horrid. What if all of this stuff, in this excerpt, really happens in the future, besides the time traveling??? We wouldn't be able to handle that at all. It sounds really scary.
"My name is Ann Kristen; my husband's name is Roger. We were born in the year 2155 A.D. And we lived in a world that was evil. A world that was like a great black ship pulling away from the shore of sanity and civilization, roaring its black horn in the night, taking two billion people with it, whether they wanted to go or not, to death, to fall over the edge of the earth and the sea into radioactive flame and madness."
Pg. 116
Comment:
(E) This short story is about a couple who escaped the year 2155 through time travel. They are now in 1938 in Mexico partying. The couple are M.I.A. and are trying to be tracked down by, I want to say, agents from 2155. I really like this quote because it shows that entertainment (books, television, etc.) really do make the future seem so horrid. What if all of this stuff, in this excerpt, really happens in the future, besides the time traveling??? We wouldn't be able to handle that at all. It sounds really scary.
The Illustrated Man: Entry 7
Quote:
"A billion miles from where?" said Hitchcock.
"It all depends," said Clemens..."A billion miles from home, you might say."
"Then say it."
"Home. Earth. New York. Chicago. Wherever you were from."
"I don't even remember," said Hitchcock. "I don't even believe there is an Earth now, do you?"
"Yes," said Clemens. "I dreamt about it this morning."
"There is no morning in space."
"During the night then."
"It's always night," said Hitchcock quietly. "Which night do you mean?"
"Shut up," said Clemens irritably. "Let me finish."
Pg. 106
Comments:
(E) This short story in the book displays two men having a conversation in outer space. The reason why I like this dialogue is because I could probably have the same conversation but as Hitchcock. I love getting on people's nerves like that, it's funny to me. If I was in Hitchcock's position, I probably wouldn't change the dialogue at all.
"A billion miles from where?" said Hitchcock.
"It all depends," said Clemens..."A billion miles from home, you might say."
"Then say it."
"Home. Earth. New York. Chicago. Wherever you were from."
"I don't even remember," said Hitchcock. "I don't even believe there is an Earth now, do you?"
"Yes," said Clemens. "I dreamt about it this morning."
"There is no morning in space."
"During the night then."
"It's always night," said Hitchcock quietly. "Which night do you mean?"
"Shut up," said Clemens irritably. "Let me finish."
Pg. 106
Comments:
(E) This short story in the book displays two men having a conversation in outer space. The reason why I like this dialogue is because I could probably have the same conversation but as Hitchcock. I love getting on people's nerves like that, it's funny to me. If I was in Hitchcock's position, I probably wouldn't change the dialogue at all.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
The Illustrated Man: Entry 6
Quote:
"And they all had dreamed?"
"All of them. The same dream, with no difference."
"Do you believe in it?"
"Yes. I've never been more certain."
"And when will it stop? The world, I mean."
"Sometime during the night for us, and then as the night goes on around the world, that'll go too. It'll take twenty-four hours for it all to go."
Pg. 92
Comment:
(E) In this dialogue of a short story, a married couple is talking about how the world is going to end. I really liked this story because it was mysterious and cute (at the end), but it was also a cliff-hanger. I don't know if the world really did end or not. This dialogue shows that many people had the same dream as the husband of the world ending. It's really phenomenal how one person can have the same dream as many others. That'd be interesting if that actually happened, the dream thing not the world ending.
"And they all had dreamed?"
"All of them. The same dream, with no difference."
"Do you believe in it?"
"Yes. I've never been more certain."
"And when will it stop? The world, I mean."
"Sometime during the night for us, and then as the night goes on around the world, that'll go too. It'll take twenty-four hours for it all to go."
Pg. 92
Comment:
(E) In this dialogue of a short story, a married couple is talking about how the world is going to end. I really liked this story because it was mysterious and cute (at the end), but it was also a cliff-hanger. I don't know if the world really did end or not. This dialogue shows that many people had the same dream as the husband of the world ending. It's really phenomenal how one person can have the same dream as many others. That'd be interesting if that actually happened, the dream thing not the world ending.
The Illustrated Man: Entry 5
Quote:
"But perhaps a Martian sin might inform the subconscious of its evil, telepathically, leaving the conscious mind of man free to act, seemingly without malice!"
Pg. 76
Comments:
(E) In this short story in the book, there are two priest talking to each other about Martian and their sin. I find this part of the book really interesting because if aliens were real, would they be able to have sin? Would they be treated as humans or animals biblically? Humans get punished for the things they do but animals don't really get punished like we would see it. Aliens wouldn't be necessarily human, so they probably couldn't get the same punishment as a human...but this is just biblically.
"But perhaps a Martian sin might inform the subconscious of its evil, telepathically, leaving the conscious mind of man free to act, seemingly without malice!"
Pg. 76
Comments:
(E) In this short story in the book, there are two priest talking to each other about Martian and their sin. I find this part of the book really interesting because if aliens were real, would they be able to have sin? Would they be treated as humans or animals biblically? Humans get punished for the things they do but animals don't really get punished like we would see it. Aliens wouldn't be necessarily human, so they probably couldn't get the same punishment as a human...but this is just biblically.
Friday, February 1, 2013
The Illustrated Man: Entry 4
Quote:
"The rain continued. It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a mizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping at the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains."
Pg. 53
Comments:
(E) This story in the book is about a group of army men. Their plane/shuttle/ship/whatever you want to call it crashes on Venus where it never stops raining. They are one their way to a place called the Sun Doom, I guess that that's a place wear it never rains. The thing I like about this quote is how the author presents the rain pouring in different ways. It gives the beginning of the story more zest. It could've been boring with just "it was raining". This quote also shows that the rain was very heavy.
"The rain continued. It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a mizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping at the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains."
Pg. 53
Comments:
(E) This story in the book is about a group of army men. Their plane/shuttle/ship/whatever you want to call it crashes on Venus where it never stops raining. They are one their way to a place called the Sun Doom, I guess that that's a place wear it never rains. The thing I like about this quote is how the author presents the rain pouring in different ways. It gives the beginning of the story more zest. It could've been boring with just "it was raining". This quote also shows that the rain was very heavy.
The Illustrated Man: Entry 3
Quote:
"Hernando stood waiting for the rain to cease so he might take the wooden plow into the field again...His wife spoke. "Something is wrong, Hernando?" "Sí. The road. Something big has happened. Something big to make the road so empty this way."
Pg. 39
Comments:
(E) In this part of the book, there is a couple that seems to be waiting on the rain to stop, well at least the husband is. The thing that made me use this quote and part of the book was that the couple is Latino. I really wasn't expecting that; I thought it would've only been Caucasians and African Americans, because that is usually how it is in most books, unless it is announced as a more diverse or predominately Latino book. The presence of the Latinos add more diversity to this book. Also, this might be a Mexico or a Central or South American setting. I'm not trying to be racist; it's just a guess.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Illustrated Man: Entry 2
Quote:
"He may have got into the machinery and fixed something."
"Peter doesn't know machinery."
"He's a wise one for ten. That I.Q. of his---"
Pg. 12
Comment:
(E) In this part of the book, the parents of the Hadley household are trying to figure out why the 'Nursery' won't change from the veldtand to anything else. They have to wait until there children come back from a fair. As they wait, the mother, Lydia, thinks that Peter changed the room settings. But the father, George, thinks it's impossible for him to do that. Lydia insists that it's possible because Peter is very smart for his age. Now that I think about it, it's kind of interesting of how his mother thinks he's above average but his father doesn't.
"He may have got into the machinery and fixed something."
"Peter doesn't know machinery."
"He's a wise one for ten. That I.Q. of his---"
Pg. 12
Comment:
(E) In this part of the book, the parents of the Hadley household are trying to figure out why the 'Nursery' won't change from the veldtand to anything else. They have to wait until there children come back from a fair. As they wait, the mother, Lydia, thinks that Peter changed the room settings. But the father, George, thinks it's impossible for him to do that. Lydia insists that it's possible because Peter is very smart for his age. Now that I think about it, it's kind of interesting of how his mother thinks he's above average but his father doesn't.
The Illustrated Man: Entry 1
Quote:
"The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air. And now the sounds: the thump of distant antelope feet on grassy sod, the papery rustling of vultures. A shadow passed through the sky."
Pg. 8
Comment:
(Imagery) This quote is obviously in the beginning of the book, where the author paints a picture of a room in a family's house. The house is a smart house; it does everything for them. This particular room displayed in the beginning of the book is a somewhat four dimensional and mostly three dimensional type room called the 'Nursey'. The quote above describes the realistic smell, sounds, and sights of the room as a veldtland in Africa. The room is very detailed and imaginative.
"The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air. And now the sounds: the thump of distant antelope feet on grassy sod, the papery rustling of vultures. A shadow passed through the sky."
Pg. 8
Comment:
(Imagery) This quote is obviously in the beginning of the book, where the author paints a picture of a room in a family's house. The house is a smart house; it does everything for them. This particular room displayed in the beginning of the book is a somewhat four dimensional and mostly three dimensional type room called the 'Nursey'. The quote above describes the realistic smell, sounds, and sights of the room as a veldtland in Africa. The room is very detailed and imaginative.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 41
Quote:
"Our opposites are always robed in sexual sin, and it is from this unconscious conviction that demonology gains both its attractive sensuality and its capacity to infuriate and frighten."
Pg. 34
Comment:
(E) This quote from the book seems very wise. To me, I think it explains that non-Christians, or the "opposites"are not pure but the Christians (most of the citizens of the town) are pure. This has something to do with the witchcraft because the Christians don't participate in witchcraft. It also says that this is where demons come in because the unpureness is attractive to them; but when the demon or demonic entity enters the situation, it's not a pretty site to see. Everything will most likely be destroyed by the "demonology", or the demon.
"Our opposites are always robed in sexual sin, and it is from this unconscious conviction that demonology gains both its attractive sensuality and its capacity to infuriate and frighten."
Pg. 34
Comment:
(E) This quote from the book seems very wise. To me, I think it explains that non-Christians, or the "opposites"are not pure but the Christians (most of the citizens of the town) are pure. This has something to do with the witchcraft because the Christians don't participate in witchcraft. It also says that this is where demons come in because the unpureness is attractive to them; but when the demon or demonic entity enters the situation, it's not a pretty site to see. Everything will most likely be destroyed by the "demonology", or the demon.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 40
Quote:
"She heard you singin' and suddenly she's up and screamin'."
"The psalm! The psalm! She cannot bear to hear the Lord's name!"
"That is a notorious sign of witchcraft…"
"My mother told me that! When they cannot bear to hear the name of--- "
"… She suddenly cannot bear to hear the Lord's---"
Pg. 23
Comment:
(E) This part of the book confirms that Betty is actually hexed because of the witchcraft. It is explained that hearing the Lord's name will make her scream and cover her ears. The way this started was because someone in the room was singing a psalm. Hexed victims can't stand to hear the Lord's name.
"She heard you singin' and suddenly she's up and screamin'."
"The psalm! The psalm! She cannot bear to hear the Lord's name!"
"That is a notorious sign of witchcraft…"
"My mother told me that! When they cannot bear to hear the name of--- "
"… She suddenly cannot bear to hear the Lord's---"
Pg. 23
Comment:
(E) This part of the book confirms that Betty is actually hexed because of the witchcraft. It is explained that hearing the Lord's name will make her scream and cover her ears. The way this started was because someone in the room was singing a psalm. Hexed victims can't stand to hear the Lord's name.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 39
Quote:
"John--- I am waitin' for you every night."
"Abby, I never give you hope to wait for me...Abby, you'll put it out of mind. I'll not be comin' for you more."
"You're surely sportin' with me."
"You know me better."
Pg. 21
Comment:
(E) This part of the book reveals why Abby wanted to participate in the witchcraft to kill Goody Proctor, John Proctor's wife. Abby and John Proctor had an affair. Now Abby us thinking he'll mess around with her again. Abby seems very hurt that he doesn't want her anymore. I'd be hurt also if I was in that situation, but then again she shouldn't gotten involved with a grown, married man. John Proctor just seems heartless, like he can't understand why she still wants him. His feelings are gone.
"John--- I am waitin' for you every night."
"Abby, I never give you hope to wait for me...Abby, you'll put it out of mind. I'll not be comin' for you more."
"You're surely sportin' with me."
"You know me better."
Pg. 21
Comment:
(E) This part of the book reveals why Abby wanted to participate in the witchcraft to kill Goody Proctor, John Proctor's wife. Abby and John Proctor had an affair. Now Abby us thinking he'll mess around with her again. Abby seems very hurt that he doesn't want her anymore. I'd be hurt also if I was in that situation, but then again she shouldn't gotten involved with a grown, married man. John Proctor just seems heartless, like he can't understand why she still wants him. His feelings are gone.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 38
Quote:
"Betty?...It's Abigail. My, you seem improving. I talked to your papa and I told him everything..."
"I want my mama!"
"...Your mama's dead and buried."
"You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him what!...You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to oil Goody Proctor!"
Pg. 18
Comment:
(E) This part of the book explains how Betty might've gotten hexed. It could've been because she was in the midst of the witchcraft. It seems as if Betty was in the wrong place at the wrong time, because it seems like all of it was Abby's idea. She might've wanted John Proctor all to herself. This is crazy and selfish, but he could've had an affair with her. This would make the book more scandalous.
"Betty?...It's Abigail. My, you seem improving. I talked to your papa and I told him everything..."
"I want my mama!"
"...Your mama's dead and buried."
"You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him what!...You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to oil Goody Proctor!"
Pg. 18
Comment:
(E) This part of the book explains how Betty might've gotten hexed. It could've been because she was in the midst of the witchcraft. It seems as if Betty was in the wrong place at the wrong time, because it seems like all of it was Abby's idea. She might've wanted John Proctor all to herself. This is crazy and selfish, but he could've had an affair with her. This would make the book more scandalous.
Friday, November 23, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 37
Quote:
"Have you tried beatin' her?...Here, let me have her."
"No, he'll be comin' up. Listen, now; if they be questioning us, tell them we danced--- I told him as much already...He knows Tituba conjured Ruth's sisters to come out of the grave...He saw you naked."
"Oh Jesus!"
"...The village is out!...the whole country's talkin' witchcraft! They'll be callin' us witches, Abby!"
Pg. 17
Comment:
(E) This part of the book is when it's revealed why Betty is unresponsive in her bed. She might've been hexed. I also discovered that their African servant and a few other girls have something to do with it. (P) Maybe Tituba, Mercy, Betty, Abigail (Abby), and Mary Warren will be charged as witches and hanged. Also, maybe it was all Tituba's fault.
"Have you tried beatin' her?...Here, let me have her."
"No, he'll be comin' up. Listen, now; if they be questioning us, tell them we danced--- I told him as much already...He knows Tituba conjured Ruth's sisters to come out of the grave...He saw you naked."
"Oh Jesus!"
"...The village is out!...the whole country's talkin' witchcraft! They'll be callin' us witches, Abby!"
Pg. 17
Comment:
(E) This part of the book is when it's revealed why Betty is unresponsive in her bed. She might've been hexed. I also discovered that their African servant and a few other girls have something to do with it. (P) Maybe Tituba, Mercy, Betty, Abigail (Abby), and Mary Warren will be charged as witches and hanged. Also, maybe it was all Tituba's fault.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 36
Quote:
"Your Ruth is sick?"
"I'd not call it sick; the Devil's touch is heavier than sick. It's death, y'know, it's death drivin' into them, forked and hoofed."
"...they only thought that were a witch, and I am certain there be no element of witchcraft here."
Pg. 13
Comment:
(E) This part of the book is when Reverend Parris has some visitors. They ask about his ailed daughter and they talk to him, mainly, about witchcraft. His visitors think that his daughter, Betty, is unresponsive because of witchcraft. This dialogue describes how death and witchcraft play into this scene. The second quote dialogue is from one of the visitors, who suggests that witchcraft is Betty's reason for not responding. The third quoted dialogue is from Reverend Parris; he is skeptical about the witchcraft. Sadly, he is most likely wrong about his idea.
"Your Ruth is sick?"
"I'd not call it sick; the Devil's touch is heavier than sick. It's death, y'know, it's death drivin' into them, forked and hoofed."
"...they only thought that were a witch, and I am certain there be no element of witchcraft here."
Pg. 13
Comment:
(E) This part of the book is when Reverend Parris has some visitors. They ask about his ailed daughter and they talk to him, mainly, about witchcraft. His visitors think that his daughter, Betty, is unresponsive because of witchcraft. This dialogue describes how death and witchcraft play into this scene. The second quote dialogue is from one of the visitors, who suggests that witchcraft is Betty's reason for not responding. The third quoted dialogue is from Reverend Parris; he is skeptical about the witchcraft. Sadly, he is most likely wrong about his idea.
Friday, November 16, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 35
Quote:
"...Martha Corey had come into his bedroom at night, and that, while his wife was sleeping at his side, Martha laid herself down on his chest and "nearly suffocated him." Of course it was her spirit only, but his satisfaction at confessing himself was no lighter than if it had been Martha herself."
Pg. 7
Comment:
(E) This part is also still in the introduction. This passage shows how a woman named Martha Corey kind of almost killed Reverend Parris. When I first read this, it kind of shocking, because this woman was in his room while his wife was in there. But I read more of it, and realized that it was actually a ghost; which is really interesting. Also, this man must have disrespected or done something wrong to her for her to come back as a spirit and try to kill him in such a subtle way.
"...Martha Corey had come into his bedroom at night, and that, while his wife was sleeping at his side, Martha laid herself down on his chest and "nearly suffocated him." Of course it was her spirit only, but his satisfaction at confessing himself was no lighter than if it had been Martha herself."
Pg. 7
Comment:
(E) This part is also still in the introduction. This passage shows how a woman named Martha Corey kind of almost killed Reverend Parris. When I first read this, it kind of shocking, because this woman was in his room while his wife was in there. But I read more of it, and realized that it was actually a ghost; which is really interesting. Also, this man must have disrespected or done something wrong to her for her to come back as a spirit and try to kill him in such a subtle way.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
The Crucible: Entry 34Protestants
Quote:
"Their creed forbade anything resembling a theater or "vain enjoyment." They did not celebrate Christmas, and a holiday from work meant only that they must concentrate even more upon prayer."
Pg. 4
Comment:
(E) This quote is from the introduction from before. I cannot believe that the people in Salem, Massachusetts cannot enjoy an form of entertainment. Also, assuming that these are Protestants, because they live in the north (Massachusetts) and their ancestors broke away from the Catholic church in Europe, why aren't they celebrating Christmas? Most Protestant religions celebrate Christmas. And they SHOULD always pray but that's a lot of praying to make you not celebrate Christmas; which is a very sacred day to most Protestant religions.
"Their creed forbade anything resembling a theater or "vain enjoyment." They did not celebrate Christmas, and a holiday from work meant only that they must concentrate even more upon prayer."
Pg. 4
Comment:
(E) This quote is from the introduction from before. I cannot believe that the people in Salem, Massachusetts cannot enjoy an form of entertainment. Also, assuming that these are Protestants, because they live in the north (Massachusetts) and their ancestors broke away from the Catholic church in Europe, why aren't they celebrating Christmas? Most Protestant religions celebrate Christmas. And they SHOULD always pray but that's a lot of praying to make you not celebrate Christmas; which is a very sacred day to most Protestant religions.
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