chapter 6

Sam, Matt and Lige are talking about Matt's mule and joking about how skinny it is and Janie wants to join in and make jokes and stories but Joe says no your the mayors wife you cant be interested in those kind of things it below us they don't even own there own house. this shows that janie is a very down to earth girl who likes to be social with anyone and enjoys a laugh but joe is very pompous and thinks he is above everyone and thinks his reputation is more important than his wife's happiness

there eyes..........

1. "Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly." (page 1).

i think this is saying that mens dreams can come to them or sail away and only land when the person has given up hope and its to late this would refer to the time aspect of it the dreams die over time but women stay focused and keep the dreams alive and wait patiently for the dream to come to them

2. "[Janie] was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage! She had been summoned to behold a revelation. Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid." (page 11).

this is romanticism it gives a lot of detail to each different object such as the bee and the blossom and it is all about marraige and love and realization

paper 3

2. Journal Paper. This paper will be comprised of 4 – 6 journal entries. These entries should be written “in the field” and then brought back indoors, typed up, and edited.

The purpose of this paper is to combine close observation of our natural world with some reflections on your world. The goal is to observe and describe some of the natural world around the Proctor campus while mirroring Thoreau’s journals.

- record any observations of nature
- write how you or people "should" live to improve their lives – reflections on society
- explore what happens to you & your thoughts when you slow down
- digress and let your mind wander

Requirements: You need to include FOUR specific elements of nature in DETAIL. This might be the wind, the light, a type of bug, the look of a group of trees, the signs of autumn, a close up description of a spot in the woods. This shows your ability to “see” closely. Use sensory details. Also, include FOUR thoughts on society, your life, human nature.

emily dickinson

i would not call emily dickinson a transendentalist although she shows a few qualitys such as the mention of nature in a few poems it is not for nature but against she is more for the material things she says "i dreaded that first robin so, but he is mastered now, and i'm accustomed to him grown, he hurts a little though this isnt so much about the robin but what it symbolises which is the coming of winter which emily dickinson obviuosly didnt like but emmerson would look at winter as a challenge and a chance to better yourself. she also hates bees where as emmerson loves all life

paper topic 2

3. Look closely at either “Young Goodman Brown” or “The Minister’s Black Veil” and identify the dominant tone (the author’s attitude) of the short story. Then set about answering how Hawthorne goes about achieving this tone. When writing this paper, you may find it helpful to discuss literary devices and techniques such as foreshadowing, irony, figurative language, narrative pace, etc. Please include a number of quotations to back up your answer.

the minister's black vail

1)such was the effect of this simple piece of crape, that more than one woman of delicate nerves was forced to leave the meeting-house. yet perhaps the pale-faced congregation was almost as fearful a sight to the minister, as his black veil to them.
i really likr this short couple of sentances because it shows how such a simple thinng such as a black veil can have such a big effect.

2)"i cant really feel as if good Mr. Hooper's face was behind that piece of crape," said the sexton
this shows how a simple covering of the face can change how you are persevied by other people and that people think it is somebody else who has inhabited your body almost.

young goodman brown

1)"friend" he said stubbornly,"my mind is made up. not another step will i budge on this errand.what if a wretched old woman do choose to go to the devil when i thought sje was going to heaven: is that any reason why i should quit my dear faith and go after her?"
this is basically saying why should i do something and follow you just because they are doing it and also the word faith could have a double meaning because of the fact his wife was called faith or it could mean faith in god he wants to know why he should follow the devil to hell.

2)"let us hear which will laugh loudest.think not to frighten me with your deviltry. come witch, come indian powwow, come devil himself, and here comes Goodman Brown. you may as well fear him as he fear you."
he is challenging the devil after thinking he has lost his wife and is showing that the devil sholud be as scared of him as he is of the devil he also challenges the witch and the indian powwow which are worshippers of the devil.

thoreau's journals

1) the world is a fit theatre today in which any part may be acted. there is this moment proposed to me every kind of life that men lead anywhere, or that imagination can paint.
i think this is trying to say that there are so many possibilities in life and you could be anything in todays world if only you set your mind to it and try instead of just sitting there

2) a man may gather his limbs snugly within the shell of a mammoth squash, with his back to the northeastern boundry, and not be unusually straightened after all. our limbs, indeed, have room enough, but it is our souls that rust.
i think this is a great quote and it is trying to say that yes you can stay in one place and do the same thing every day and continue to live but only to some extent of the word where as it is much better for mind body and soul to get out of a routine and try new things and experiance the whole of life to its fullest.

what i want out of class

i want to become a better speller and get to know more about the works of american writers

hwk for 9/18/07

1)"they do not seem to me to be such; but if i am a Devil's child, i will live then from the Devil. no law can be sacred to me but that of my nature."
i think this means that you shouldent do something just because everyone thinks it right you do but you should do whats natural to you and what you believe is right.

2)Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
i think this means that even if you lose everything you have it doesnt matter if you still have your thoughts and your own mind is still intact

3)If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of god which had been shown.
i think this is trying to point out that just because that something is there all the time we take it for granted but if the same thing only appered every so often then we would be amazed by it and preserve it for generations

4)i am glad to the brink of fear. in the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. in the woods, is perpetual youth.
i think this is trying to say that the woods and being out in nature is good for the soul because it gets rid of the distractions of the city and breaks down life to the simpilest form and it is also trying to say that it makes the writer feel younger and replenished and it says that the youth could last forever.

henry david thoreau where i lived and what i lived for

1) to him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning

i think this is trying to say that he who rises early and by his own means will benifit more and get more done in the day and enjoy the day more than someone who sleep most of the day and dosent really wake up at all and it will always seem like morning because the day will go so fast.

2)the millions are awake for physical labour; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a hundred millionsto a poetic or divine life.

i think this is trying to say that anyone can simply wake up and go 2 work and watch there life go bye but only a few people think about their lives and what they are doing and have a efective take on life and do something with their time on even fewer people can be poetic about life or live the divine life.

my choosen assigment

2. Comparison. Emerson and Thoreau are the most recognizable proponents of Transcendentalism, but each emphasized different features of the movement. Take some aspect of their thought or writing and explore the similarities and differences their works exhibit. In the process, you should arrive at a clearer understanding of Transcendentalism in general and these two writers in particular. Topics to consider include self-reliance, individualism, and the importance of nature.

first blog

this is my first blog for american literature the first of many