I chose Harlem Renaissance because i feel that this is a popular subject of African Americans. I think that it's cool to see that black people were succeeding in a way that people never thought possible. During this time frame black people or should i say African Americans progressed as artists and showed the world that they had plenty of talent and that they knew how to use it. Having a little knowledge of the Harlem Renaissance makes me proud of my Culture.
In the story "Sweat", the character Delia was in an abusive marriage. She did everything she could to keep her husband happy. She cleaned for white people just to keep a roof over her head and food on her table. She was a really good woman from my interpretation but it seemed nothing she could do was good enough for her selfish husband. He was evil and in my opinion he needed to die. I can feel why this story is called sweat. she worked so hard and seemed like she was the only one holding them together and keeping things in check. She slaved just to make ends meet and i can appreciate where Ms Zora comes from because i have seen how that is like first hand. 1. She saw that Sykes had kicked all of the clothes together again, and now stood in her way truculently, his whole manner hoping, praying for an argument. But she walked calmly around him and commenced to re-sort the things.
2. He stepped roughly upon the whitest pile of things, kicking them helter-skelter as he crossed the room. His wife gave a little scream of dismay, and quickly gathered them together again.
3. Ah don't keer if you never git through. Anyhow, Ah done promised gawd and a couple of other men, Ah aint gointer have it in ah house. Don't gimme no lip neither, else Ah'll throw'em out and put mah fist up side yo' head to boot.'
These 3 examples are of the abuse that Delia husband gave her.
1."Looka heah, Sykes, you done gone too fur. Ah been married to you fur fifteen years, and Ah been takin' in washin' for fifteen years. Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!"
2. She seized the iron skillet from the stove and struck a defensive pose.
This is an example of her standing up for herself
Which was even more surprising to me was how bad he treated her but in return needed her
"Delia. Delia!" She could hear Sykes callin in a most despairing tone one who expected no answer. The sun crept on up, and he called. Delia could not move-- her legs were gone flabby. She never moved, he called and the sun kept rising.
"Mah Gawd!" She heard him moan, "Mah Gawd fum Heben!" She heard him stumbling about and got up from her flower-bed. The sun was growing warm. As she approached the door she heard him call out hopefully, "Delia, is dat you Ah heah?"
POEMS
1. Richard Coey
This poem talks about a guy who is rich, however he is really unhappy with himself, he is very friendly but he just isn't happy with himself
"Went home and put a bullet through his head"
He killed himself which is an example of disallusionment. Money is a very important aspect in life but it cant buy you happiness, an to be successful you have to have happiness as part of your list.
2. Mending wall
This one is about a guy who likes his privacy but he also wants to befriend his neighbor.
"I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;
"And on the day we meet to walk to line
He only says, "Good fences make a good neighbor."
3. Dream Defeered
This one is asking a question, " What happens to a dream deffered?" ~ Harlem Renaissance~
4. The Negro Speaks of Rivers
What a name, this is about a man who is talking about the rivers that he has seen. over his time as an example how things grow old well he compares his self to a river that has grown old. I think this is an example of Harlem Renaissance.
5. Incident
this poem is about a child who visited Baltimore he was eight years old and he couldn't remember much of the visit other than being called a "Nigger". And so i smiled, but he poked out his tongue and called me, "NIGGER". that word speaks out, he really didn't have a full understanding on the N word yet. I also think that this would fall under Harlem Renaissance.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Realism
1. a) Mrs Mallard is described to have heart trouble. She seems like the type of person who does everything her husband asks of her. She receives bad news that her husband dies but in a weird way its good news to her. "She said it over and over under her breath! "Free, Free, Free! The vacant stare and and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body." To me this showed that she felt that she was held down for a while and now that her husband was dead she was finally able to live life for herself. "Free body, Soul Free." this means that shes happy. Her husbands walks in the home and she drops dead because it was described as a joy that kills.
b) the social issue to me would be freedom and happiness. She wants to show the way women feel like slaves to their husbands. Its kind of like she is showing behind the scene of marriage.
2. a) In the story, " The battle with Mr. Covey" he talks about how hard Mr. Covey work them in his quote," It was never too hot or too cold, it could never rain, blow, hail, or snow too hard for us to work in the field. Work, Work, Work was scarcely more the order of day than of the night." this shows how hard he was on his slaves. When Mr. Covey got into an argument with Mr. Douglass changes his whole outlook on him. the fight he had made him never hit Fredrick again. When he quoted, "You have seen a man made a slave, you shall see a slave made man." I think that he stood up for himself and showed Mr. Covey that he wasn't afraid anymore.
b) The social issue would be slavery, he is showing the way that slaves were treated, unfairly and tortured everyday of their life.
the purpose.....
Fredrick Douglass unlike most slaves had a little education. He wanted others to see what he went through on a daily basis let alone what others did also. "This battle with Mr. Covey was the turning-point in my career as a slave. It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom and revived within me a sense of my own man hood." That showed that standing up and being a man fighting for what he knew was right made him feel good about his self.
3.In this book i read called Ghetto Heaven it showed how the streets of Brooklyn are how bad the neighbor hoods can be and etc... However this would be realism because as i read on into the story it told how drug dealers would shoot people, and how people struggled everyday just to survive even if it meant doing disgusting things just to make it in the hood.
b) the social issue to me would be freedom and happiness. She wants to show the way women feel like slaves to their husbands. Its kind of like she is showing behind the scene of marriage.
2. a) In the story, " The battle with Mr. Covey" he talks about how hard Mr. Covey work them in his quote," It was never too hot or too cold, it could never rain, blow, hail, or snow too hard for us to work in the field. Work, Work, Work was scarcely more the order of day than of the night." this shows how hard he was on his slaves. When Mr. Covey got into an argument with Mr. Douglass changes his whole outlook on him. the fight he had made him never hit Fredrick again. When he quoted, "You have seen a man made a slave, you shall see a slave made man." I think that he stood up for himself and showed Mr. Covey that he wasn't afraid anymore.
b) The social issue would be slavery, he is showing the way that slaves were treated, unfairly and tortured everyday of their life.
the purpose.....
Fredrick Douglass unlike most slaves had a little education. He wanted others to see what he went through on a daily basis let alone what others did also. "This battle with Mr. Covey was the turning-point in my career as a slave. It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom and revived within me a sense of my own man hood." That showed that standing up and being a man fighting for what he knew was right made him feel good about his self.
3.In this book i read called Ghetto Heaven it showed how the streets of Brooklyn are how bad the neighbor hoods can be and etc... However this would be realism because as i read on into the story it told how drug dealers would shoot people, and how people struggled everyday just to survive even if it meant doing disgusting things just to make it in the hood.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Do you take this woman? By: RM Johnson pages 1-321
This book was a really good book its about two guys by the name of Pete and Wayne. Pete's mom leaves him when he was ten years old and Wayne parents took him in so automatically they became brothers in there eyes. They both are in love with this girl name Carla but Pete had her first when they were in college. Wayne somehow managed to get her to leave Pete and odd months later he was engaged and ready to marry. Wayne decided he wanted to sleep around on Carla before the big day. Pete was totally against the idea and told him not to do it. About a week later Wayne told Pete that he had done it and Pete ran straight to Carla with the new. He knew h was wrong but he was looking out for her thinking he was being a good friend. about a year or two later Pete married Carla, and Wayne was there to be his best man even though it hurt him to see his brother marrying the girl of his dreams....well the book goes on to say that Carla and Wayne all of a sudden starts seeing each other behinds Pete back. Pete was always trying to make his relationship work. But Carla was pulling away from him this went on for 2 months until Pete said he was tired of her excuses about why she was treating him the way that she was. So being upset and neglected he went out to the bar found a woman and took her back to the hotel for an night cap. He was man enough to tell Carla what he did and she didn't take it lightly even though she was the one that caused everything. so she told him that she was going to sleep with another man just to make it even because although she was seeing Wayne she wasn't sleeping with him she was just having dinner and talking as they put it. So Pete says he wants to choose the person that she sleeps with although he really didn't want to. Pete chose Wayne although he knew it would change things with all three. But Wayne and Carla made a promise not to do anything with each other just to make him think she did so he can carry the feeling of being cheated on. Wayne was engaged to a girl by the name of Michele she went along with the idea only because he said nothing was going to happen. well Wayne went ahead and told Pete about the plan without Carla knowing. Wayne an Carla ended up sleeping together anyway and they realized that they still had feelings for one another. so Carla told her husband that she had planed on seeing Wayne to see if he had any ties still connected. Pete was hurt and he went to his job which was a practice that him and Wayne share and beat Wayne up. He warned him to stay away from Carla although he didn't listen. When he found out that Wayne was still seeing his wife he called the police and they went and picked him up because he was committing adultery. Carla bailed him out and Wayne went to fight him again only this time he had hatred in his eyes and a look of kill Carla informed him that she was pregnant and he asked if it was his. she said she wasn't sure and that made him go off the wall he rushed over to Wayne's and they fought for a minute then Wayne fell hard and busted his head on a fire place i think it was. Carla came rushing over and called the police the ambulance came an being that Pete was a doctor he tried everything he could to save his brother and he hated Carla for making him choose between her and his brother who took him in. Wayne died but Pete got out of jail and Carla was still wanting to be there with him but at Wayne's funeral Pete arrived before everyone and talked to him and Carla showed up and Pete told her he didn't want to be with her but his child or his nephew would be taken care of.
Dark Romanticism
1.* Nathaniel Hawthorne would be against transcendentalism because he believed that part of his family was evil. he disclaimed his family and knew all people weren't good and pure. his family was his living proof.
* Herman Melville would not be considered pure or good he witnessed cannibals and knew that the world held hatred and unruly people. He wrote a book about a shark eating a sailor's leg completely off called "Moby Dick". It shows that his mind held evil and that would not be God's thought. i say it holds evil because a clean minded person in other words a pure minded person wouldn't have evil thoughts about eating someone or harming them.
* Edgar Allen Poe is completely weird and crazy; he would have disagreed totally with Transcendentalist because of what happened in his life. This author wrote about terrifying events that happened when the character was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The stories he has written are really disturbing and proves that he needs help.
2. Different personalities have different reactions. When it comes to evil thoughts i would disagree. I don't think this would or the people in it would be considered pure based on what is happening around us everyday and the different events that take place. I think i would be Dark Romantic because nothing/no one is pure in my eyes except GOD.
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4. "The Black Cat" was scary and it made him look weird. When i first started reading i got the impression that he loved pets. "I was especially fond of animals, and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets" His cat was named Pluto he really seemed to love this cat. "Pluto was my favorite pet and playmate" He then says that he becomes moody and irritated with the cat and looses his mind. "I seized him when in his fright at my violence he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth. The fury of a demon instantly possessed e. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed at once to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, grin nurtured thrilled every fiber of my frame. I took then from my coat pocket a pin knife opened it grasped the poor beast by the throat, and cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder while pen the damnable atrocity." This story was crazy and shows the difference between Transcendentalist and Dark Romantics. Poe really should have gotten himself help. Transcendentalists are wrong because again no one is pure by a long shot. what really stood out to me in this story was how evil and aggressive Poe became in let me realize that everyone has an evil thought every now and then.
5. I really can feel what he is feeling when i read this and it some how depresses my mood. I can imagine how angry he was with the raven for not really giving him a full answer and that ticked him off even further and dug deep into his skin.
I would say that this describes a Transcendental idea because it shows how upset the bird make Mr. Poe. The bird represented evil and pain and it hurt the author to reveal the answers to his questions. Every single question was complied with "Nevermore".
6. Poe's parents died at his birth. He was taken in by a guy named John Allen. He was a drug addict and he often would write about his addiction. Every last on of Edgar's wives died and at each occurrence he got crazier. He was a smart man but he drove himself insane.
* Herman Melville would not be considered pure or good he witnessed cannibals and knew that the world held hatred and unruly people. He wrote a book about a shark eating a sailor's leg completely off called "Moby Dick". It shows that his mind held evil and that would not be God's thought. i say it holds evil because a clean minded person in other words a pure minded person wouldn't have evil thoughts about eating someone or harming them.
* Edgar Allen Poe is completely weird and crazy; he would have disagreed totally with Transcendentalist because of what happened in his life. This author wrote about terrifying events that happened when the character was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The stories he has written are really disturbing and proves that he needs help.
2. Different personalities have different reactions. When it comes to evil thoughts i would disagree. I don't think this would or the people in it would be considered pure based on what is happening around us everyday and the different events that take place. I think i would be Dark Romantic because nothing/no one is pure in my eyes except GOD.
3.~~~~~~~~~~~~READ THE EXPERT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4. "The Black Cat" was scary and it made him look weird. When i first started reading i got the impression that he loved pets. "I was especially fond of animals, and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets" His cat was named Pluto he really seemed to love this cat. "Pluto was my favorite pet and playmate" He then says that he becomes moody and irritated with the cat and looses his mind. "I seized him when in his fright at my violence he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth. The fury of a demon instantly possessed e. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed at once to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, grin nurtured thrilled every fiber of my frame. I took then from my coat pocket a pin knife opened it grasped the poor beast by the throat, and cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder while pen the damnable atrocity." This story was crazy and shows the difference between Transcendentalist and Dark Romantics. Poe really should have gotten himself help. Transcendentalists are wrong because again no one is pure by a long shot. what really stood out to me in this story was how evil and aggressive Poe became in let me realize that everyone has an evil thought every now and then.
5. I really can feel what he is feeling when i read this and it some how depresses my mood. I can imagine how angry he was with the raven for not really giving him a full answer and that ticked him off even further and dug deep into his skin.
I would say that this describes a Transcendental idea because it shows how upset the bird make Mr. Poe. The bird represented evil and pain and it hurt the author to reveal the answers to his questions. Every single question was complied with "Nevermore".
6. Poe's parents died at his birth. He was taken in by a guy named John Allen. He was a drug addict and he often would write about his addiction. Every last on of Edgar's wives died and at each occurrence he got crazier. He was a smart man but he drove himself insane.
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