Quote 1
"You don't have to pretend to love me" (31)
Catherine is talking to Frederick after he has been away for three days. He didn't write to her while he was gone. When she asks him if he said he loved her before he left, he lied and said "yes". Catherine says that Frederick doesn't have to pretend to love her because she knows he's playing a game with her. Frederick denies this by saying that he truly loves her but Catherine just dismisses him. I chose this quote because Catherine actually knows what Frederick is doing to her. He sleeps with woman on his trips and goes to the prostitution houses. Because this story is told from a first person narration, we know what Frederick is thinking. Within the text, he says "I lied... I had not said it before...I did not love Catherine Barkley nor had any idea of loving her. This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards" (30). Frederick doesn't actually love Catherine, and like he said, he's just playing a game. Because this story is a memory of Frederick, we see that in the beginning, he is just playing with Catherine. There may be a development or change in their relationship further in the story.
Quote 2
"They are not organized to stop things and when they get organized their leaders sell them out" (71).
Hemingway implies that society functions like an inescapable war. We can see the complications of war through Frederick's conversations with multiple people in the war zone. Because the priest tells Frederick that the war won't stop for a long time, Frederick gets even more tired from the war. All of his conversations with people about war is about how bad it is and how much he wants the war to end. War is portrayed as something chaotic, hurtful, and harmful. Hemingway makes the connection between war and society when he states that, "There are people who would make war. In this country there are many like that" (71). Society in general, make this chaotic and messy war that inflects upon itself. The priest says that this war is inescapable because the soldiers are not ordered to stop and the leaders have total control over them. If the leaders, the people who "make war", do not want to end it, then the war will carry on.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings Log
Quote 1
"Sea and sky were a single ash-gray thing and the sands of the beach, which on March nights glimmered like powered light, had become a stew of mud and rotten shellfish"
A man, Pelayo, and his wife, Elisenda, are taking care of their sick child by sweeping up the crabs that have gotten in their house. They think that their child is sick because of the stench created by the crabs. This quote is a description of the third day of rain where the sand, sky, and sea all fused into a murky gray. I chose this quote because I really liked how the author described how the environment was impacted by the rain because it implies that it rained really hard without bluntly stating it in the text. The sand that "glimmered like powered light" on a March night turned into the same ash-gray color as the sea and sky. I also really like the concept of the sea and sky being one. I think this quote sets the scene of a colorless place that foreshadows a dream-like experience. This is the setting where the the couple discovers the fallen angel.
Quote 2
""Those consolation miracles, which were more like mocking fun, had already ruined the angel's reputation when the woman who had been changed into a spider finally crushed him completely"
The center of attention will shift when people are tired of it or when something triumphs it. When the old man fell to earth in the beginning, word spread quickly about him being an angel. The fallen angel was the center of attention when they were deciding what to do with him, "...they did not have the heart to club him to death...decided to put the angel on a raft with fresh water and provisions for three days and leave him to his fate on the high seas". The angel was a new and extraordinary thing so everybody was worked up about him. There wasn't another angel or out-of-the-norm person at this moment, so the old angel was in the spotlight. Many people came to see the angel; however, the angel did not care to be seen, "[t]he angel was the only one who took no part in his own act". Because the angel had been in Pelayo's chicken coop for an extended amount of time, many people have already visited him. When Pelayo and his wife first encounters the angel, they stared at him for so long that they "very soon overcame their surprise and in the end found him familiar". Even over that short period of time, the couple adapted to the fallen angel. Society tires of things very quickly due to their skill of adjustment. The people felt no need to visit him anymore because he was not responsive to people. When the spider-lady arrived at the town, everybody left the fallen angel to see the spider-lady. The spider-lady told the tale of her becoming a spider while the old angel did not announce to the public anything. Essentially, the spider-lady stole the old angel's spotlight that was already fading due to the time factor.
"Sea and sky were a single ash-gray thing and the sands of the beach, which on March nights glimmered like powered light, had become a stew of mud and rotten shellfish"
A man, Pelayo, and his wife, Elisenda, are taking care of their sick child by sweeping up the crabs that have gotten in their house. They think that their child is sick because of the stench created by the crabs. This quote is a description of the third day of rain where the sand, sky, and sea all fused into a murky gray. I chose this quote because I really liked how the author described how the environment was impacted by the rain because it implies that it rained really hard without bluntly stating it in the text. The sand that "glimmered like powered light" on a March night turned into the same ash-gray color as the sea and sky. I also really like the concept of the sea and sky being one. I think this quote sets the scene of a colorless place that foreshadows a dream-like experience. This is the setting where the the couple discovers the fallen angel.
Quote 2
""Those consolation miracles, which were more like mocking fun, had already ruined the angel's reputation when the woman who had been changed into a spider finally crushed him completely"
The center of attention will shift when people are tired of it or when something triumphs it. When the old man fell to earth in the beginning, word spread quickly about him being an angel. The fallen angel was the center of attention when they were deciding what to do with him, "...they did not have the heart to club him to death...decided to put the angel on a raft with fresh water and provisions for three days and leave him to his fate on the high seas". The angel was a new and extraordinary thing so everybody was worked up about him. There wasn't another angel or out-of-the-norm person at this moment, so the old angel was in the spotlight. Many people came to see the angel; however, the angel did not care to be seen, "[t]he angel was the only one who took no part in his own act". Because the angel had been in Pelayo's chicken coop for an extended amount of time, many people have already visited him. When Pelayo and his wife first encounters the angel, they stared at him for so long that they "very soon overcame their surprise and in the end found him familiar". Even over that short period of time, the couple adapted to the fallen angel. Society tires of things very quickly due to their skill of adjustment. The people felt no need to visit him anymore because he was not responsive to people. When the spider-lady arrived at the town, everybody left the fallen angel to see the spider-lady. The spider-lady told the tale of her becoming a spider while the old angel did not announce to the public anything. Essentially, the spider-lady stole the old angel's spotlight that was already fading due to the time factor.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
The Ballad of Plastic Fred Log
Quote 1
"The anonymous plastic Indian sat casually on the back seat"
After Kay, the narrator's sister, hit the mailbox, she went and bought the boy and his friend, Innis, their plastic Indian doll. The narrator wanted "Fred", the Indian doll they usually play with, but after the run-in with the mailbox, Kay did not care if the Indian doll was Fred or not. Because there is a dent in the car, the narrator and Innis wanted to find a dead cat to tell Kay's mom that the dent was because of the cat. The plastic Indian sat in their back seat. I chose this quote because I thought it was interesting why the author included this in the text. The little boy thought about the Indian figurine when he should have been thinking about how they should cover the dent on the car. He also later refers to the Indian figure when his mom drives Fred's parents to the airport to get Fred's body. The Indian Chief experiences death because he was sitting in the back seat when Innis killed the cat and when the boy's mom declares Fred dead.
Quote 2
"Maybe he just couldn't find someone to stomp on his throat"
In the real world, death is not something that is exciting; rather, it is just part of life. In the beginning, the narrator and his friends would find elaborate ways to "kill" the plastic Fred. They found it humorous and a fun way to pass time. When the narrator's sister, Kay, placed a dent in the car, they went to find a dead cat to cover the deed up. Kay, the boy, and his friend, Innis, found a cat, they saw it barely alive. Kay and the boy were not going to kill it but Innis did by stomping on the cat's throat. The deed was done but the children did not experience its death like the way they set up Plastic Fred's death. It was uneventful and they had to deal with the body. When they hear the news of Fred Howkowski's suicide, the boy wondered why Fred killed himself. Fred always played the character with dramatic deaths and yet he took his life in an uneventful way. The narrator questions Fred's way of death because he thinks that dying by someone stomping on another's throat is more exciting than just taking away their own life. We see the narrator grow as he encounters death in real life. Instead of the Hollywood-coated, action-packed deaths, he faced the reality of death. Death takes place of a matter-of-fact form where someone can even take their own life.
"The anonymous plastic Indian sat casually on the back seat"
After Kay, the narrator's sister, hit the mailbox, she went and bought the boy and his friend, Innis, their plastic Indian doll. The narrator wanted "Fred", the Indian doll they usually play with, but after the run-in with the mailbox, Kay did not care if the Indian doll was Fred or not. Because there is a dent in the car, the narrator and Innis wanted to find a dead cat to tell Kay's mom that the dent was because of the cat. The plastic Indian sat in their back seat. I chose this quote because I thought it was interesting why the author included this in the text. The little boy thought about the Indian figurine when he should have been thinking about how they should cover the dent on the car. He also later refers to the Indian figure when his mom drives Fred's parents to the airport to get Fred's body. The Indian Chief experiences death because he was sitting in the back seat when Innis killed the cat and when the boy's mom declares Fred dead.
Quote 2
"Maybe he just couldn't find someone to stomp on his throat"
In the real world, death is not something that is exciting; rather, it is just part of life. In the beginning, the narrator and his friends would find elaborate ways to "kill" the plastic Fred. They found it humorous and a fun way to pass time. When the narrator's sister, Kay, placed a dent in the car, they went to find a dead cat to cover the deed up. Kay, the boy, and his friend, Innis, found a cat, they saw it barely alive. Kay and the boy were not going to kill it but Innis did by stomping on the cat's throat. The deed was done but the children did not experience its death like the way they set up Plastic Fred's death. It was uneventful and they had to deal with the body. When they hear the news of Fred Howkowski's suicide, the boy wondered why Fred killed himself. Fred always played the character with dramatic deaths and yet he took his life in an uneventful way. The narrator questions Fred's way of death because he thinks that dying by someone stomping on another's throat is more exciting than just taking away their own life. We see the narrator grow as he encounters death in real life. Instead of the Hollywood-coated, action-packed deaths, he faced the reality of death. Death takes place of a matter-of-fact form where someone can even take their own life.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Work sited
Scott Fitzgerald, F. Tender is the Night. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. 1934.
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. 1929.
Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury 1929. New York: Vintage International, 1984. Print.
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. 1929.
Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury 1929. New York: Vintage International, 1984. Print.
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