Emma,
You are opening up to this character so much that you are falling for him. You even said that you were repulsed with your husband. This is not good, it will only end up backfiring in your face. You were content with your husband before you started conversing with this random stranger. You should have taken more time to get to know your husband. What will happen if this man turns against you and John finds out about how close you two truly are? You will have no one to turn to. Society already looks down upon women as trophies. But I feel that what you and John have is unique. I question your behavior, why would you risk something that one can rarely find, for a few measly letters. Why not spend more time with John to develop the same kind of attraction as you already have with Chance? It wouldn't hurt to try. John deserves a chance to make it up to you, even though he didn't do anything to harm the relationship.
I geuss that all people's mentalities vary greatly. I know that no one person has the same ideas and thoughts as another, but still I didn't think that people could be that careless of other's feelings. My question is that do they even stop to think what they are doing? Or do they just hope they don't end up landing on thier face? Wouldn't they want they want someone to think about what they do if it affects them? Makes the world interesting.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Post A
Sardonic(73)-bitter or scornful.
sickle(75)-a tool for cutting grain.
"...different from my husband's, was like a sun shining down on the only cat left in the worl."(74)-This is a simile comparing her husband's attenticeness to her to the sun using the word like.
"...declaring the day too humid for clear thought."(79)- This is imagery because it hives the reader a sense of how truly hot it is.
"... one tired gray eye."(83)-This is personification because it gives eye the ability to have the characteristic of being tired.
"love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark."
I felt that this quote was important because it shows how willing the characters are to open to each other, even if it is a poem.
A theme that goes along with judgement of people also goes along with the need to be able to confide wholly in at least one person.
sickle(75)-a tool for cutting grain.
"...different from my husband's, was like a sun shining down on the only cat left in the worl."(74)-This is a simile comparing her husband's attenticeness to her to the sun using the word like.
"...declaring the day too humid for clear thought."(79)- This is imagery because it hives the reader a sense of how truly hot it is.
"... one tired gray eye."(83)-This is personification because it gives eye the ability to have the characteristic of being tired.
"love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark."
I felt that this quote was important because it shows how willing the characters are to open to each other, even if it is a poem.
A theme that goes along with judgement of people also goes along with the need to be able to confide wholly in at least one person.
Post B
Dear Emma,
How is it that you continue to be persistent in helping this man when all he gives you is a few words for your one paragraph letter. I understand that you are trying to become a better person but there comes a time when one should try a different option. I am not saying that you should give up on writing to prisoners, rather that you should try writing to a different prisoner. They might enjoy your letters more than Chance does. It seems to me that he is leading you on in a bad way. Rather than telling you or even suggesting topics to converse about, he lets you guess and tells you whether or not it is a suitable topic. The only somewhat deep answer he gave you is to be yourself. To me that sounds really creepy, seeing as how he has never met you, and was sent to prison for killing his wife. He may want more than a pen pal relationship and even if he isn't guilty for killing his wife, there was a reason that man was arrested. In his trial that John told you, there were more people rooting for him, rather than his dead wife. To me, that kind of behavior is not normal in an inappropriate kind of way. And you said that you feel safe talking to him because he is behind bars and can do nothing to you. What happens when he gets out? Or if he escapes? He would come looking for you. I don't understand why you aren't as comfortable talking to your husband as you are with Chance. Chance is a complete stranger and if you open up too much.... Well it can't be good.
~Lauren
How is it that you continue to be persistent in helping this man when all he gives you is a few words for your one paragraph letter. I understand that you are trying to become a better person but there comes a time when one should try a different option. I am not saying that you should give up on writing to prisoners, rather that you should try writing to a different prisoner. They might enjoy your letters more than Chance does. It seems to me that he is leading you on in a bad way. Rather than telling you or even suggesting topics to converse about, he lets you guess and tells you whether or not it is a suitable topic. The only somewhat deep answer he gave you is to be yourself. To me that sounds really creepy, seeing as how he has never met you, and was sent to prison for killing his wife. He may want more than a pen pal relationship and even if he isn't guilty for killing his wife, there was a reason that man was arrested. In his trial that John told you, there were more people rooting for him, rather than his dead wife. To me, that kind of behavior is not normal in an inappropriate kind of way. And you said that you feel safe talking to him because he is behind bars and can do nothing to you. What happens when he gets out? Or if he escapes? He would come looking for you. I don't understand why you aren't as comfortable talking to your husband as you are with Chance. Chance is a complete stranger and if you open up too much.... Well it can't be good.
~Lauren
Post A
baize(62)-a soft, usually green, woolen or cotton fabric.
altruistic(70)-to be devoted to the welfare of others.
"...another woman may have taken those three words, lined them up as they appeared on the page, and divined a second meaning from the constellation of them."-By comparing the alignment to constellations. Therefore I consider this a metaphor.
"Paul had conquered his New Year's demon as well."-This is personification because it is giving a new year's resloution the characteristics of a demon.
"...uncomfortable scrutiny, one that made me feel like one of the brightlycolored insects he collected..."- This is a simile because it is comparing a human to a fish using the word like.
"I suppose that, having had the disadvantage of Louisa's indifferent care in my youth, I did not want to expose Weston to the same."(67) This is a significant qoute because it describes how judgmental people were even back 100 years ago. How human thinking in terms of grudges hasn't changed.
A theme continuing to portray itself is prejudice, only these few chapters were how people can be prejudiced against own family members.
altruistic(70)-to be devoted to the welfare of others.
"...another woman may have taken those three words, lined them up as they appeared on the page, and divined a second meaning from the constellation of them."-By comparing the alignment to constellations. Therefore I consider this a metaphor.
"Paul had conquered his New Year's demon as well."-This is personification because it is giving a new year's resloution the characteristics of a demon.
"...uncomfortable scrutiny, one that made me feel like one of the brightlycolored insects he collected..."- This is a simile because it is comparing a human to a fish using the word like.
"I suppose that, having had the disadvantage of Louisa's indifferent care in my youth, I did not want to expose Weston to the same."(67) This is a significant qoute because it describes how judgmental people were even back 100 years ago. How human thinking in terms of grudges hasn't changed.
A theme continuing to portray itself is prejudice, only these few chapters were how people can be prejudiced against own family members.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Post B
"And, as sometimes happens with such acquired personality traits, each successive year saw a deepening of the quality in him.."(55) I think it is amazing how some people will seem like a particular way in their personality. Like annoying, or impatient, or even determined. Over time these qualities in one's personality can develop and shine even further ontu one's personality, or it can fade. Either way expierence will be the cause of these changes. That is why when people get older they start to change. They have had the chance to change. People learn really do learn from expierence. It is the ones who use that expierence to change for the better, that creates a brighter glow of one's personality traits. They learn what are attractive qualities, and what qualities that create alienment. If people learn that when they are more willing to do things, they will be invited to more, and various kinds of outings. Or if they complain, and demand to have thier way, one could possibly learn how this creates tension among relationships, and will eventually be ignored. If one chooses to ignore this lesson, it will continue to worsen as they get older. So I think that it is an amazing thing when people learn from their past mistakes, and are able to grow/transform in a positive way because of them. All it takes is that one expierence , and people will become more aware of thier personality. I hope that I will be able to realize when I make a mistake, and be able to change my behavior, at least before I get too old.
Post A
frisson-a sudden, passing sensation of excitement
banns-notice of an intended marriage
a silent laughing breeze- this is personification. Gives wind the ability to laugh.
And so it was, as John's sun rose, mine went into a slight slope of decline.- This is imagery, paints the idea of how opposite these two people were.
eyes glued to the stage- This is imagery, shows how attentive people were.
"It was good to know, whatever passed between us, there was no one for him to tell; there was no one who would ever know"(51) this is an important qoute because it gives the reader a strong sense of spooky foreshadowing.
A theme continuing to emerge is foreshadowing, as described in qoutes like the one above.
banns-notice of an intended marriage
a silent laughing breeze- this is personification. Gives wind the ability to laugh.
And so it was, as John's sun rose, mine went into a slight slope of decline.- This is imagery, paints the idea of how opposite these two people were.
eyes glued to the stage- This is imagery, shows how attentive people were.
"It was good to know, whatever passed between us, there was no one for him to tell; there was no one who would ever know"(51) this is an important qoute because it gives the reader a strong sense of spooky foreshadowing.
A theme continuing to emerge is foreshadowing, as described in qoutes like the one above.
Post B
"When was the last time you moved to meet a hand..?" This was one of the brief, and harsh reponses that Chance wood sent Emma Smith. As harsh as it may sound, it is a question that we could all find time to reflect upon. There are many outgoing people in the world, but there are also a lot of shy people as well. I think that when we finally move to meet the hand first, that is what separates the shy from the outgoing. Why do some take the risk, while others stand back and wait for the hand to meet them? How is it that some dive right in, while the rest of us are content with only our toes dipped in the water? I think that it takes the right motivation. Maybe one's friend will do something, and it will work out in their favor, so that gives one the confidence to reach out and take the first step. But what if one doesn't have friends to provide one with that kind of motivation? Is friends and the support of one's family contribute to being shy or outgoing? Having self-confidence definately contributes to this factor. Friends have a big impact on self-confidence. So then this means that depending oh how well one gets treated by family and friends affects the shy versus active factor. Or the fact that if one has any friends at all. So then this also means that if one is offered a hand by an outgoing person, one is likely reach out and take it. Or at least when they are young. The younger people are, the more they tend not to judge others, or jump to conclusions. She looks fun, why don't I ask her to be my friend, whether than why is she talking to me? I don't like her. If only the world could stay young.
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