From Nature:
My outlook on this story was both positive and negative. I agree that a lot of people can just go out into nature like in the story and sit down, chill out and try to approach talking to God or relaxing and waiting until he speaks to you through you mind. Personally, I saw a negative look on the story because, I don't think you should have to go out into nature for God to speak to you. If God felt like he needed to speak to you there is many ways he can do that without waiting on you to come talk to him. I believe if God needs to speak to you or he wants something to happen, it will be whether you come fourth or not. God can speak to you by mind but he can also make things happen or play out like he wants them to.
The reason I thought this story was an example of Transcendentalism was because in the story he said " Standing on the bare ground-my head bathed in blithe air, and up lifted into infinite space-all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God." What that mean is he is going out into nature and he is relaxing feeling the air and he is trying to approach God to talk to him, then he feels like he is becoming part of God or he is god. Transcendentalist believed if you go to approach god he will speak to you through nature or your mind, that's why they thought the mind was the most powerful thing, and that's why this is an example of Transcendentalism.
From Self-Reliance:
To me this story was positive because I agree that in the story he is talking about how you should try to be different and not like others and how you should do your own thing and not copy others or go with the group. So the reason i agree with this story is because I don't think you should follow a crowd I think you should walk alone and share your own ideas even though it might hurt you or it may seem bad, it will be good in the end.
A quote that stood out to me was " A man is relieved gay when he has put his heart into his word and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace." and " Envy is ignorance, and imitation is suicide." The first quote talks about how a man is relieved and happy when he is doing his own hard work, but when he is doing someone else's work he will have no peace and it will not bring him anything good. I chose that quote because transcendentalist did not believe in doing someone else's work because they believed god spoke to them through the mind and if they are doing someone else's work then they are not doing what god wanted them to do, they are doing what god wanted someone else to do. The second quote is saying pretty much the same thing.
Resistance to Civil Government:
To me this story had not a negative but sort of a positive message to me. The reason I felt it was positive was because its not that I don't believe in government its just I don't believe in the way they make the dumbest laws sometimes and do really stupid stuff that gets us into wars that cost us billions of dollars. I also believe that if we didn't have some sort of outline of how to do and what not to do things life would be crazy because society would go insane.
The example from the story that I chose was " That government is best which governs least." because I think if we have a government we should have some kind of freedom. America is a place that is supposed to be free and it is for the most part, but I believe the government stays in peoples home lives to much. The reason Transcendentalist did not like to much government is because they believed in god speaking to you and whatever he says to you is what you should do. If they had to much government they didn't want to do what god told someone else to do, only what he told them to do.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
American Romanticism
Rip Van Winkle:
I read Rip Van Winkle and what I saw was romantic about it was How he drank liquor with mythical creatures and fell asleep for 20 years, but when he woke up his and went back to the village everyone from back then remembered him once he told his story. What I though about this story was anyone can't read it and just like it an order to like this type of story you have to be able to use your imagination when you're reading it, that's what makes it a romantic story and the fact that when he found out that this girl was his daughter then it says "He caught his daughter and her child in his arms. “I am your father!” cried he—“Young Rip Van Winkle once—
old Rip Van Winkle now!" By this you know it is a romantic.
Thanatopsis:
First of all, Romanticism focuses on a couple of things that other poems don't like using your imagination. In this poem you have to imagine mother earth speaking to you and telling you things will turn out okay. Romanticism also focuses on the love of nature. This poem talks about how great nature and beautiful nature is and how when you die you will be at peace and death is not anything to fear, in the last stanza it says "By unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lie down to pleasant dreams." What that is basically saying is don't worry about dying, don't fear it, go to death like your laying down to take a nap and having sweet dreams. Bryant believed once you passed away you were as equal as a king or queen. He talks about not worrying about approaching a dungeon like a slave, approach it as if you were going to be at peace.
The Ropewalk:
This poem is a good example of Romanticism because you have to really use your imagination to know what it's talking about, it also uses beauty of nature. This poem is about a guy that works in a rope factory and gets bored with his job so he imagines all of the many ways people could use the rope that he makes everyday like girls swinging and a woman using a rope to lure a bucket into a well, or a small boy on a breezy day flying a kite with a rope. This poem uses different examples of ways people that buy his rope use it everyday in each stanza.
Romantic Painting:
The painting is romantic because it shows the great beauty of nature using a sunset and how the colors all evenly collide together and how the land is reflected in the water. It's also a good romantic painting because it gets you thinking and using your imagination to try to figure out whats going on and what its like on that land in this type of painting I could see myself just chilling under the tree by the water enjoying the sunset.
My example of a romantic painting:
When I look at my example of romanticism painting above I think of it as a romantic painting because it also shows the beauty of nature and makes you use your imagination to think about what is going on in the picture. This picture shows beauty of nature because you can see a beautiful sunset and it sort of looks like a beach with mountains around it. When I look at this paining I imagine what it would feel like to have a breeze on my face looking over the ocean and at the colors of the sunset.
I read Rip Van Winkle and what I saw was romantic about it was How he drank liquor with mythical creatures and fell asleep for 20 years, but when he woke up his and went back to the village everyone from back then remembered him once he told his story. What I though about this story was anyone can't read it and just like it an order to like this type of story you have to be able to use your imagination when you're reading it, that's what makes it a romantic story and the fact that when he found out that this girl was his daughter then it says "He caught his daughter and her child in his arms. “I am your father!” cried he—“Young Rip Van Winkle once—
old Rip Van Winkle now!" By this you know it is a romantic.
Thanatopsis:
First of all, Romanticism focuses on a couple of things that other poems don't like using your imagination. In this poem you have to imagine mother earth speaking to you and telling you things will turn out okay. Romanticism also focuses on the love of nature. This poem talks about how great nature and beautiful nature is and how when you die you will be at peace and death is not anything to fear, in the last stanza it says "By unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lie down to pleasant dreams." What that is basically saying is don't worry about dying, don't fear it, go to death like your laying down to take a nap and having sweet dreams. Bryant believed once you passed away you were as equal as a king or queen. He talks about not worrying about approaching a dungeon like a slave, approach it as if you were going to be at peace.
The Ropewalk:
This poem is a good example of Romanticism because you have to really use your imagination to know what it's talking about, it also uses beauty of nature. This poem is about a guy that works in a rope factory and gets bored with his job so he imagines all of the many ways people could use the rope that he makes everyday like girls swinging and a woman using a rope to lure a bucket into a well, or a small boy on a breezy day flying a kite with a rope. This poem uses different examples of ways people that buy his rope use it everyday in each stanza.
Romantic Painting:
The painting is romantic because it shows the great beauty of nature using a sunset and how the colors all evenly collide together and how the land is reflected in the water. It's also a good romantic painting because it gets you thinking and using your imagination to try to figure out whats going on and what its like on that land in this type of painting I could see myself just chilling under the tree by the water enjoying the sunset.
My example of a romantic painting:
When I look at my example of romanticism painting above I think of it as a romantic painting because it also shows the beauty of nature and makes you use your imagination to think about what is going on in the picture. This picture shows beauty of nature because you can see a beautiful sunset and it sort of looks like a beach with mountains around it. When I look at this paining I imagine what it would feel like to have a breeze on my face looking over the ocean and at the colors of the sunset.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The Rationalist
The Puritans and the Rationalists were different in many ways. The puritans believed that everything happened because of god and nobody could stop it from happening. The rationalists believed that a scientific approach to everything was more appropriate.
Benjamin Franklin was a Rationalist because he could not accept that god made lightening he thought there had to be a more scientific explanation for why it happened, so he drug a key tied to a kite in a lightening storm to see what happened.
1.)Live for yourself not for others.
2.)Have a healthy relationship with everyone.
3.)Respect everyone, despite their past.
4.)Live for today not tomorrow.
5.)Don't cheat in life.
6.)Respect and obey the rules, they are there for good reason.
7.)Enjoy every detail of your life, don't dwell on what you don't have.
8.)Don't hurt the people around you, love them.
9.)Treat others like tomorrow was their last day.
10.)Don't waste what others could have.
11.)Let everything play out in its own way, no matter how long it takes.
12.)Take a chance you would have never taken before.
13.)Always have a smile on your face.
I believe no one is perfect and could ever be perfect so i don't believe that if i changed one thing in my life or many things in my life that i could ever be perfect.
Benjamin Franklin was a Rationalist because he could not accept that god made lightening he thought there had to be a more scientific explanation for why it happened, so he drug a key tied to a kite in a lightening storm to see what happened.
1.)Live for yourself not for others.
2.)Have a healthy relationship with everyone.
3.)Respect everyone, despite their past.
4.)Live for today not tomorrow.
5.)Don't cheat in life.
6.)Respect and obey the rules, they are there for good reason.
7.)Enjoy every detail of your life, don't dwell on what you don't have.
8.)Don't hurt the people around you, love them.
9.)Treat others like tomorrow was their last day.
10.)Don't waste what others could have.
11.)Let everything play out in its own way, no matter how long it takes.
12.)Take a chance you would have never taken before.
13.)Always have a smile on your face.
I believe no one is perfect and could ever be perfect so i don't believe that if i changed one thing in my life or many things in my life that i could ever be perfect.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Puritans
The Puritans were very different than the rationalist in many ways. The Puritans beliefs were God had a reason for everything that ever happened or was going to happen. Nobody was should come in the way of what he was doing or they would be sent to hell immediately! They thought because of Adam and Eve's sin they were all going to be born sinners. No matter what anyone did, everyone is going to hell. They also believed Jesus didn't die for everyone he only died for some because only some were worthy enough.God's Grace is given freely to whomever he chooses, it can not be earned.
The pilgrims that came over on the mayflower were also known as puritans. When the puritans came over on the mayflower they thought of it as a great gift from god. They had just been given this beautiful land from god. On that land they made friends with the natives, also know as the Indians. They shared food with the Indians, such as corn, carrots, rice, peas...they even shared their first thanksgiving meal together.
The puitans beliefs were "Everyone is a sinner." They believed that John Edwards was a saint and that he had the grace of god and other saints were the only ones to have the grace of god. Saints were what they called people that told the word of god. They believed John was a saint because he wrote a very famous sermon called "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." When anyone read this sermon it was believed to take away evil or protect from evil. what I mean by protect from evil is, the sermon says that god is the only reason we are going strait to hell, he is the one that is holding us from burning in the firey pits of hell even though we deserve to go to hell. I'm not sure why the man that wrote this John Edwards was so crazy, but he must have been insane to scare people like this and tell everyone they need to beg for their lives because god wants to send them all to hell. I don't believe that the saints were telling these people the truth and I think its crazy that all of these people believed this and led terrible lives because they were always waiting on god to strike them to hell.
The pilgrims that came over on the mayflower were also known as puritans. When the puritans came over on the mayflower they thought of it as a great gift from god. They had just been given this beautiful land from god. On that land they made friends with the natives, also know as the Indians. They shared food with the Indians, such as corn, carrots, rice, peas...they even shared their first thanksgiving meal together.
The puitans beliefs were "Everyone is a sinner." They believed that John Edwards was a saint and that he had the grace of god and other saints were the only ones to have the grace of god. Saints were what they called people that told the word of god. They believed John was a saint because he wrote a very famous sermon called "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." When anyone read this sermon it was believed to take away evil or protect from evil. what I mean by protect from evil is, the sermon says that god is the only reason we are going strait to hell, he is the one that is holding us from burning in the firey pits of hell even though we deserve to go to hell. I'm not sure why the man that wrote this John Edwards was so crazy, but he must have been insane to scare people like this and tell everyone they need to beg for their lives because god wants to send them all to hell. I don't believe that the saints were telling these people the truth and I think its crazy that all of these people believed this and led terrible lives because they were always waiting on god to strike them to hell.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Deffinitions
Simile- Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, are, resemble, or than.
Ex.)Chocolate is sweet like candy.
Metaphor- Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of words like, as, than, or resembles.
Ex.)Chocolate and candy are both very sweet.
Personification- Special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.
Allusion- Reference to a statement, a person, or an event from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.
Irony- Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality-between what is said and what is meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true.
Ex.)Chocolate is sweet like candy.
Metaphor- Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of words like, as, than, or resembles.
Ex.)Chocolate and candy are both very sweet.
Personification- Special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.
Allusion- Reference to a statement, a person, or an event from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.
Irony- Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality-between what is said and what is meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Short Story 3
For my short story 3 I chose the story "American History" by Judith Ortiz Cofer. To my suprisment this story was actually pretty good. It started out kind of boring, but then it quickly became interesting. I felt disappointed when I finished this book though, I didn't understand why they author didn't write more and it's almost like she didn't finish her story. The subject is American History. The theme was life in a poor neighborhood. I agree with the author. I think she was trying to reveal that life isn't always easy and kids get picked on.
This story is about a little Puerto Rico girl that is not very popular and get called "skinny bones" all the time and lives in an apartment building always looking down upon a house next to her paying attention to whom lives there and what they do in their lifestyle.
After a Jewish family moving out a white family moves in and she really pays attention to this one since the son, Eugene sits at the kitchen table for most of his time reading and this is something she enjoys to do in her free time. Later they become friends, but one day when he asks her to come over and study his parents refuse to let him be involved with her and that very same day president Kennedy is shot she was at school when it happened so they sent all the students home. The whole town is really heartbroken about it.
I thought this story was sad but also disappointing because I was looking forward to knowing how things turned up and turned out to be for everyone. I wanted to know how the boy reacted about his mom treating that girl(his friend). I wanted to know how she and her family turned out, if the mom was okay or not and this story did not end with any of these it just stopped all of a sudden and did not explain things very well.
I thought she showed how she felt about that girls lifestyle and how hard it must be by the way she showed sympathy towards the girl getting picked on.
A movie I liked would be saw. The theme is giving people a dose of their own medicine. the subject is they have to escape before time runs out.
This story is about a little Puerto Rico girl that is not very popular and get called "skinny bones" all the time and lives in an apartment building always looking down upon a house next to her paying attention to whom lives there and what they do in their lifestyle.
After a Jewish family moving out a white family moves in and she really pays attention to this one since the son, Eugene sits at the kitchen table for most of his time reading and this is something she enjoys to do in her free time. Later they become friends, but one day when he asks her to come over and study his parents refuse to let him be involved with her and that very same day president Kennedy is shot she was at school when it happened so they sent all the students home. The whole town is really heartbroken about it.
I thought this story was sad but also disappointing because I was looking forward to knowing how things turned up and turned out to be for everyone. I wanted to know how the boy reacted about his mom treating that girl(his friend). I wanted to know how she and her family turned out, if the mom was okay or not and this story did not end with any of these it just stopped all of a sudden and did not explain things very well.
I thought she showed how she felt about that girls lifestyle and how hard it must be by the way she showed sympathy towards the girl getting picked on.
A movie I liked would be saw. The theme is giving people a dose of their own medicine. the subject is they have to escape before time runs out.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Short story two(nonfiction)
For my nonfiction short story 2 I chose "When I Lay My Burden Down." by Maya Angelou. This story was short of confusing to me. From what I can understand this is a story about how it was to live in the older days with a African family and how they discipline.
The way they discipline their family seems really harsh to me. One thing that they do is their mom would tell them that "keeping clean is second next to god" and made them wash their selves every night. After they fell asleep the book said "she was famous for lifting up the covers and checking their feet for dirt" "for if they weren't clean enough for her she would grab the switch that she kept behind the door for emergencies and give the offender a burning." it was an interesting story.
I thought this was a harsher way of doing things and getting them done, but I guess you just have to see what works. I think maybe she wrote this because this is how she felt at home in her younger days, maybe this is what it was like for her and her brothers and sisters. This story kinda gets you thinking about how things use to be in the older days and how much better things have gotten for everyone. I think the reason she wrote this story is to show people that you should respect everyone not just a certain type of people. She wants you to she how everyone has feelings and not only some. I think to her cleanliness is a really big deal to the author.
The reason people like to read stories like this is because it's about someone Else's life and there are lots of people that are more interested in other peoples lives than they are their own. Some reason are because they are just nosey and other may just want to know how to handle a situation if they may come in contact with the same one as another. Stories like this show readers how other people have life and how they live it. It gives you an example of what others do in situations.
The way they discipline their family seems really harsh to me. One thing that they do is their mom would tell them that "keeping clean is second next to god" and made them wash their selves every night. After they fell asleep the book said "she was famous for lifting up the covers and checking their feet for dirt" "for if they weren't clean enough for her she would grab the switch that she kept behind the door for emergencies and give the offender a burning." it was an interesting story.
I thought this was a harsher way of doing things and getting them done, but I guess you just have to see what works. I think maybe she wrote this because this is how she felt at home in her younger days, maybe this is what it was like for her and her brothers and sisters. This story kinda gets you thinking about how things use to be in the older days and how much better things have gotten for everyone. I think the reason she wrote this story is to show people that you should respect everyone not just a certain type of people. She wants you to she how everyone has feelings and not only some. I think to her cleanliness is a really big deal to the author.
The reason people like to read stories like this is because it's about someone Else's life and there are lots of people that are more interested in other peoples lives than they are their own. Some reason are because they are just nosey and other may just want to know how to handle a situation if they may come in contact with the same one as another. Stories like this show readers how other people have life and how they live it. It gives you an example of what others do in situations.
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