I wanted to save my last blog so I could comment on the book. I actually really enjoyed it, and I found it a lot easier to follow than some of the other works we have been reading. I can't believe it is almost all over, i've been through two semesters of blogging every week, I think i'm going to miss it!
I looked up a plot summary on Jane Eyre and I ( Read more... )

Professional Foul, I found, dealt with a lot of moral issues. Should he take the thesis? Should he not? Should he help the family? Should he hide the thesis?
After digging into the play a little bit I found that there was one person that really inspired Stoppard in his writing, and I think possibly inspired part of Anderson's character. This person ( Read more... )

Part One
"The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter was a very well written short story that I found to be full of description and it really kept my attention. (I think it was one of my favorite readings this semester). I had never read Bluebeard before and I had no idea that the short story was basically modelled after this fable by Perrault. There were ( Read more... )

I almost forgot part two!

I remember reading Wordworth's Daffodils and I loved the light and airy tone of the poem. It was something I could actually grasp when I finished reading it.
It is funny to read Hughes poem as well, with the same title but a completely different tone and really enjoy it. I thought the images were great, although it was a ( Read more... )

This is a tough one to wrap my mind around! Lets see if I got it . . .

Many Countries in the 20th Century had colonies in which they had complete power over resources, and sometimes over governing (Canada for example-a colony of Britain). Post Colonialism theory reminds me of assimilation, although the attempt to assimilate people, and help them to ( Read more... )

"Though our longest sun sets at right declensions
and makes but winter arches,
it cannot be long before we lie down in darkness and have our light in ashes"
Browne

After following the link that Debbie gave us, I found one line in particular that seemed to stand out.
"Darkness and light divide the course of time"
Just as we have been talking about the ( Read more... )

Wow, was I glad to hear Debbie say.. catch up! The last couple weeks with midterms have tired me right out!
So onto Blog number 5 (half way there)

History, time, past, present all seem to be VERY relevent themes.. in pretty much everything we have read. I have really enjoyed the imagery in the poetry we have been reading, but I am very lost as well. ( Read more... )

Daedalus nightmare history

So Daedalus is a person? His full name being Stephen Daedalus.
And actually, he is not even a person but a character at that, a character written into a few of James Joyce's famous works. A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Stephen Hero.
Daedalus is actually a greek character, and there is a famous myth ( Read more... )

Well well well, what a fascinating yet extremely complex novel!
The question really is, what's it all about?
But after reading and re reading and seeing common threads bringing each character together it starts to become clear, that ultimately the story is about the effects that each person has on one another. Whether they feel lost, confused, or ( Read more... )

The book is finally starting to make sense to me! YES! And I must admit, I am enjoying it!

I must say I have never studied binaries before and it seems to be very evident in many works, I guess I just never had a name for it.
In Mrs. Dalloway, binaries are reoccuring throughout the novel. One of the main deconstructions that I have come across in ( Read more... )