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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.