Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Why get Married in Vegas?
At the beginning this reading starts out very cold, the author starts out by informing us about what the price is, and all the things you need. At the same time the author is ironical to what Mr. James A Brennan says, "I could have married them en masse, but they're people, not cattle. People expect more when they get married." In my opinion this is totally ironical because they only had 3 to 5 minutes in the altar and the one bride lent her veil to 6 other. And you say people aren't been treated like cattle here? It is a less expensive wedding to those who like close by. Because as a Floridian for me that would be vacation place, not the sort of place you get married at. Am not saying it would be nice to there and get married and have that little funny experience but that would never count as a wedding for me. The other bad thing about it is that people that this affects people in a way. Let me explain two people who haven't seen each other in a really long time meet up in Vegas get very drunk and then they decided to get married the next day they are getting a divorce. In a way this is good but at the same time is bad. She lets us know that in her opinion a Vegas wedding is not the way to go. She sees this as inhuman and uses irony throughout the whole essay.
The moth and it's tricky author...
Although it's a nice day outside and everything seems sort of lazy, there something happening in the inside of a writer's office. A moth is trapped in the author's office trying to get out through the window. At the same time it's hurting itself, because it keeps throwing it's body towards the window. Although it's kind of ironical the fact that the author doesn't just get up to open the window for the moth to get out. Brings us to the point that the author may be writing in a metaphysical way. At the same time the author shows admiration towards the moth, " What he could do he did. Watching him, it seemed as if a fibre, very thin but pure, of the enormous energy of the world had been thrust into his frail and diminutive body." As i read this i came to a conclusion she may not only be talking about the moth at this time, but about everyone who at sometime in life has gone through a troubles and although they have had to hit the glass many times they reach outside. Also for those who try really hard but never have the chance to make, like the moth. The author keeps trying to get to the reader throughout the whole writing showing us how we aren't very different from the moth, most of us always trying to reach a certain place and some not even reaching it. At the end she shocks us because as she sees the moth kind of dying, she touches the moth with a pencil. Who then responds by flipping itself up, using the last bit of of energy it had. Having a kind of dignified death, who in the reading is her opponent, although at the end she is accepts death. The author is also talking about herself, since we have background to her committing suicide.
The Way to Rainy Mountain
This descriptive essay called my attention because, How many of us have left our cultures behind and started new one? Well in my opinion is a new culture because we don't completely comply with the culture that we have arrived to which is the American, but we don't keep doing the same things we used to do while we were in our own country. This essay is written in way that the reader can familiarize with it and at the same time the person can feel everything he is writing because he is describing everything he wants you to feel.
Note: This is just someting i wanted to write, not for credit.
Note: This is just someting i wanted to write, not for credit.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Why i liked the chase!
In class we read three narrations. The Chase, Salvation, and The hanging, all of them teaching different things about different stages in life. Although the hanging called my attention since it's more in depth than the other two, I preferred The Chase. This narration shows two very different stages of human growth, but demonstrates that in the end either young or old we all certainly have a hunger to fulfill goals. In this story the man chasing the kids sets one goal to catch them, which also brings out his kid side. Then there's also the controversy that women or the girl in the case is as competitive as the boy and the man. This taking us back to what she demonstrates throughout the whole story, "It's all or nothing." Setting high expectations is one of the most dominant themes in the narration because not only was the man determined not to lose the kids, the kids were determined to escape from him by jumping fences, going through thorny hedges, between houses, and around garbage cans. The man continued to fallow the kids, silently surpassing every obstacle put in his way. I liked this story because it teaches not to give up, no matter what position you are in.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
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