Thursday, April 7, 2011

April 11-15

Atwood's "February" 1. What are the strong images in the poem? Which of the senses are appealed to by these images? Did you like or dislike this poem? Explain/Discuss. Plath's "Mirror" 2. Discuss the imagery Plath uses in "Mirror." Can you relate to this poem? Explain/Discuss. O'Brien "How to Tell a True War Story" 3. Discuss how (according to O'Brien) a true war story can never by abstract; it is about details. Marquez's "One of These Days" 4. Discuss how the effects of violence and civil repression are handled in the story.
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  1. L_LeSueurApril 7, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    I am blogging about Flannery O'Connor. Her story of the deceptive bible selling man very interesting. There wasn't much action in the beginning though. I felt she should have added more of a plot in the beginning. The details leading up to the stealing of the prosthesis were descriptive and allowed me to picture the setting of the story and the characters appearances. This story was just weird. I don't know how she was able to come up with something so strange. I definitely did not predict the ending of the story. I was surprised with what happened. It sort of grossed me out though. This was a weird story.

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  2. L_LeSueurApril 7, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    I have always wanted to read Sylvia Plath's book The Bell Jar. After reading her poetry, which I found very interesting so I am going to start reading her book.
    The poem seems highly subjective because it could mean many different things. I think it is the transformation of herself and she sees the real her in the lake. Her past self was more youthful and happy. The terrible fish at the end is her image of herself rising to the surface of the lake like and ugly fish that swims by.
    I suppose I could relate. Someday when I'm older I will probably look back at my youth and miss it.

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  3. AnnieApril 14, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    February is a weird poem. I kind of like it because it does perfectly describe February, but February is the worst month so I don't like reading about it. The poem's most vivid image is the pink bumhole. Also the 'skewered heart' representing Valentine's Day. I like how the poem describes the dark and lethargic state of winter.

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  4. daneApril 14, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    HAHAHAH IMAGERY IN FEBRUARY.......BUMHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!........WHOA CAPS LOCK IS STUCK.......SORRRRRYYYYYY.........MY VISUAL SENSE IS APPEALED TO BY THE BUMHOLE.....I SERIOUSLY CANT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THAT POEM BUT THE BUMHOLE...I GUESS IM STILL A YOUNG TEENAGE BOY WHO STILL ENJOYS TOILET BOWL HUMOR.

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  5. AnnieApril 14, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    I really liked "How to Tell a True War Story." I liked all the different narratives and then O'Brien's inputs about a true war story. I thought it was interesting and disturbing in the best possible way. I loved the assertion that war has beauty, the way he explained was so fascinating and cool. I liked how it was unique and brutally honest.

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  6. daneApril 14, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    IN HOW TO TELL A TRUE WAR STORY I LIKED HOW VIVID AND UNREAL THE IMAGERY WAS. I ALSO LIKE HOW O'BRIEN DESCRIBES HOW TO TELL IF A STORY IS TRUE OR NOT. I HAVE NEVER REALLY QUESTIONED WAR STORIES BECAUSE IT IS A GRUESOME SAD SUBJECT. THE PART WITH THE BABY WATER BUFFALO IS SAD. IT ACTUALLY MADE ME FEEL SORRY FOR THE LITTLE ANIMAL.

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  7. AnnieApril 14, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    I do like how O'Brien says a war story can't be abstract. It's true because when describing war, making it abstract or changing how it really was makes it unwarlike. The beauty of war stories and books are their bluntness, tragedy, and violence. To romanticize or alter the image of war is sort of disrespectful to the soldiers.

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  8. daneApril 14, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    I LIKE TO PICTURE THE DENTIST IN MARQUEZ'S STORY AS A PATIENT HUNTER. HE REALLY DISLIKES THE MAYOR BUT KNOWS IF HE STRUCK EARLIER HE WOULD PROBABLY BE KILLED. FINALLY HIS PREY ARRIVED AND HE GOT TO INFLICT PAIN ON HIS ENEMY. IT IS SAD TO READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE THINGS LIKE THIS REALLY DO HAPPEN IN THE WORLD IN PLACES LIKE MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA.

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  9. AnnieApril 14, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    "One of These Days" was a really cool story of revenge. The way the dentist takes revenge on the mayor teaches a great moral. The apparent civil dishonesty the mayor acts on was revenged by a simple everyday citizen. I cannot imagine how painful that would be do have wisdom teeth without anesthesia. But the mayor must have deserved it. It's such a short story, but it says so much about respect, kindness, and honesty. It's also interesting because at the end the mayor just kind of takes it and doesn't change.

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  10. daneApril 14, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    IT IS KINDA SAD TO THINK ABOUT OLD AGE LIKE THE MIRROR STORY. I REALLY HOPE IM NOT MISERABLE WHEN I AM OLD. I ENVISION MYSELF WHEN I AM OLDER EITHER BEING THAT OLD GUY YELLING AT KIDS TO GET OFF MY LAWN, SPENDING MY LIFE OUT ON A LAKE OR POND FISHING AND REMINISCING ABOUT MY DECEASED WIFE, OR SPENDING MY RETIREMENT FUND IN A CASINO AND THEN GOING TO PRISON FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR ANYHTING AND THEN ILL BE JUST AN OLD COON IN THE SLAMMER TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM ALL THE BIG THUGS.

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  11. daneApril 29, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    THIS TOPIC IS NOW FRAAAANNKKKEEEENNNSTEEEEIIINNNN!!!!!!!!!!

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  12. daneApril 29, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    Well i really like the movie. It is very gory surprisingly and i like victor frankestein. It is kinda hard for me to like elizabeth because she plays that mean witch in Harry Potter.

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  13. daneApril 29, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Reading about everyone getting scarlet fever makes me thankful for modern medicine. I would hate to live back then and not be cured for a simple cough. It would also suck to be kissing people with nasty breath and icky teeth.....EW!!!

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  14. AnnieApril 29, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Frankenstein is actually pretty good. When we started the movie I thought it would be too revolting, but the book isn't at all. It's crazy how involved with his experiment Victor became. He was a mad-man!

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  15. AnnieApril 29, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    I agree with Dane, thank God for modern medicine. Also thank America for due process. I felt really bad for Justine when she died. It was sad that she had just become happy again and then was accused of a horrible murder of one of her loved ones.

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  16. daneApril 29, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    I think that Victor Frankenstein should have thought about how to restrain his creation before he made it. For being such a genius in science he didnt think this through too well. I think that if the creation would have been awoken in a room full of pink roses and good smells it would have a much nicer demeanor about it than it did being brought to life in a ugly lab.

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  17. daneApril 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    I find it very hard to read the book now that i watched the movie because im getting soo lazy with my senioritis that my imagination has stopped working. Reading is not as enjoyable as it was when i wasnt waiting to just get it over with. I dont think im allowed to go to Neverland with Peter anymore........imagination gone............

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  18. AnnieApril 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    Frankenstein definitely failed to think about the repercusions of his experiment. He seems like a very selfish man. I don't really care for him, but I don't hate him either. I think pink roses would have been a much better way to enter life. I sucks that he was created in a disgusting lab and abandoned. Poor guy.

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  19. AnnieApril 29, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    I do like the movie a lot. At first it was disgusting and I was worried the whole thing would be like that. Thank goodness it wasn't. The part with the monster helping the farm and then getting beat up was really sad. :(

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