http://nshan.edublogs.org All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. - Albert Camus Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:02:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This poem by Davis Matlock reminded me a lot of the Cooper one about the tub. Cooper says that people are essentially trapped in their own tub, and they need to look above the rim and see the world. Matlock, like Cooper, is telling all the people to “live it ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2009/01/12/suppose-it-is-nothing-but-the-hive/ I really liked the poem by The Unknown, because it was about redemption, which a lot of people can relate to. This person (presumably a man, since they were hunting), shot a hawk and wounded him. He put him in a cage, maybe to be kept as a prize. But ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2009/01/10/ye-aspiring-ones-listen-to-the-story-of-the-unknown/ I really liked the poem by Thomas Ross, Jr., when he describes the event of the mother swallow and the snake. When the snake tries to harm her nest, the swallow kills him, and only an hour after, she is killed. Ross connected this to his own life, saying that ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2009/01/08/only-to-be-destroyed-by-my-brothers-ambition/ We discussed the poem by Aner Clute a little bit in class today, and I really liked it. First of all, when she talks about the boy and the stealing of the apple, she says that everyone labels him a thief. Therefore, he becomes a thief because that’s what everyone ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/and-then-i-knew-i-was-one-of-lifes-fools/ One thing I noticed while reading these poems is that a lot of the characters have had good lives, and then have tragically lost it. For example, the poem by Doctor Meyers starts out telling of his life when he was respected and wealthy. He had a wife and children ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2009/01/05/where-are-those-laughing-comrades/ The ending was not at all what I had expected. I thought all the rumors were true, and that Tea Cake would take Janie’s money and run off with another woman. I still don’t like his character very much, but he did prove his love to Janie when he saved ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/ch-18-20/ In class the other day, we talked about how Janie might be taking a step back, instead of making progress, when she went from Jody to Tea Cake. She had many suitors after Jody’s death, but she chose to run off with Tea Cake and move to the muck. It ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/ch-14-17/ These next chapters really show the transformation that Janie goes through, and we can see that it’s a big difference. Janie doesn’t care what the townspeople think of her anymore, and she openly has a relationship with Tea Cake. Even though the town gossips about it, she doesn’t care anymore. ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2008/12/13/ch-11-13/ It seems like his book is going by pretty fast… Jody is dead, and within two chapters, we meet the infamous Tea Cake. But before that, we see the power being transferred to Janie. With Jody gone, she is able to, in a sense, free herself and express her emotions. ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2008/12/11/ch-8-10/ In these chapters, we see a little compassion on Jody’s part. He buys the mule from Matt (1) to free the animal from cruelty and (2) to make Janie happy. I think this shows that he really does care about her, even though he may not admit it. He’s not ... http://nshan.edublogs.org/2008/12/10/ch-6-7/