pg 209
"As a general thing it makes a body wish he was dead."
The reason why I chose this quote is because it seems so powerful. Something so general and normal, can make someone think that they wish they were dead. It gives a lot of character to the general thing that they are talking about. I dont know how this quotation will affect or be used anywhere else in the poem.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Huck and Finn Quotation Response 5
pg 199
"So the king sneaked into the wigwam and took to his bottle for comforyt, and before long the duke tackled HIS bottle;"
The reason why I chose this quotation is because to me it shows a lot of emotion of different sorts. The KING has to sneak around, when does a King have to sneak around to do or look for something, hes the most powerful person, he doesnt have to sneak anything, he can do what ever he wants. Another is the word his is capatilized showing that the bottle is his own and nobody elses like someone is going to take it. This shows so demanding type of emotion. This might cause some sort of conflict more into the story because of this.
"So the king sneaked into the wigwam and took to his bottle for comforyt, and before long the duke tackled HIS bottle;"
The reason why I chose this quotation is because to me it shows a lot of emotion of different sorts. The KING has to sneak around, when does a King have to sneak around to do or look for something, hes the most powerful person, he doesnt have to sneak anything, he can do what ever he wants. Another is the word his is capatilized showing that the bottle is his own and nobody elses like someone is going to take it. This shows so demanding type of emotion. This might cause some sort of conflict more into the story because of this.
Huck and Finn Quotation Response 4
pg 89
"It was a monstrous big river here, with the tallest and the thickest kind of timber on both banks; just a solid wall, as well as I could see by the stars."
This quotation is a great description of what the character is looking at at the time. It gives specific information and also describes the surroundings of it. The reason why I chose the quotation is becasue the character makes something that is actually small in life seem so big because of the description of it. It also includes the stars and I really like the stars and space.
"It was a monstrous big river here, with the tallest and the thickest kind of timber on both banks; just a solid wall, as well as I could see by the stars."
This quotation is a great description of what the character is looking at at the time. It gives specific information and also describes the surroundings of it. The reason why I chose the quotation is becasue the character makes something that is actually small in life seem so big because of the description of it. It also includes the stars and I really like the stars and space.
Huck and Finn Quotation Response 3
pg 71
"A towhead is a sandbar that has cottonwoods on it as thick as harrow-teeth."
The reason why I chose this quote is because in the book there is a quote as a definition which is rarely ever seen. I also picked this quote because this is about the 6th time in the book I have seen use of personification. In one of my last quotation responses there was a use of personification. This quote describes what a towhead is. If the book gives the definition of the word, I think its going to be used throughout the rest of the book.
"A towhead is a sandbar that has cottonwoods on it as thick as harrow-teeth."
The reason why I chose this quote is because in the book there is a quote as a definition which is rarely ever seen. I also picked this quote because this is about the 6th time in the book I have seen use of personification. In one of my last quotation responses there was a use of personification. This quote describes what a towhead is. If the book gives the definition of the word, I think its going to be used throughout the rest of the book.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Paper Topic 3
The paper topic I have chosen is Paper Topic number 1. This is called writing a wrong. The reason why I chose this paper topic is because I would like to learn about a situation at Proctor Academy that could have been handled better and why.
Huck Finn Quotation Response 2
pg 25
"Why, a magician could call up a lot of genies, and they would hash you up like nothing before you could say Jack Robinson."
The reason why I chose this quote is because it is comparing something that is not real to something that is real. Although we cannot see the whole situation, judging by this quotation this is telling me that there is a comparison being talked about. It is hard to compare something that is real and not realy because the thing that is not real, will never happen because its fiction, so it could be true or false. This quotation is just giving back up to a statement that is brought up back in the story. This quote has nothing to do with the rest of the story at all but convicing something.
"Why, a magician could call up a lot of genies, and they would hash you up like nothing before you could say Jack Robinson."
The reason why I chose this quote is because it is comparing something that is not real to something that is real. Although we cannot see the whole situation, judging by this quotation this is telling me that there is a comparison being talked about. It is hard to compare something that is real and not realy because the thing that is not real, will never happen because its fiction, so it could be true or false. This quotation is just giving back up to a statement that is brought up back in the story. This quote has nothing to do with the rest of the story at all but convicing something.
Huck Finn Quotation Response 1
pg 15
"I set down again, a shaking all over, and got out my pipe for a smoke, for the house was all as still as death now, and so tthe widow wouldnt know."
The reason why I have chosen this quotation is because Huck uses personification in this statement. He gives a house human qaulities by saying it is still and almost like someone who is dead cause they will never move again. Another reason why I chose this quote is because Huck is going against the widow's orders of not smoking when he actually is. This quote is important because it shows that Huck will almost never listen even in a important situation like being healthy and clean. This tells us that in the rest of the story he will be smoking sometimes.
"I set down again, a shaking all over, and got out my pipe for a smoke, for the house was all as still as death now, and so tthe widow wouldnt know."
The reason why I have chosen this quotation is because Huck uses personification in this statement. He gives a house human qaulities by saying it is still and almost like someone who is dead cause they will never move again. Another reason why I chose this quote is because Huck is going against the widow's orders of not smoking when he actually is. This quote is important because it shows that Huck will almost never listen even in a important situation like being healthy and clean. This tells us that in the rest of the story he will be smoking sometimes.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Would I label Dickinson as a Transcendentalist?
I would absolutely label Emily Dickinson as a transcendentalist. He speaks of nature numorous times. He also does not care of what people think of him as a individual, like for instance on pg 86 XX, Dickinson speaks of drinking and getting drunk and not caring about what people think of him. He also compares heaven, shadows, and nature together in the reading XXXI in Day 1. But the whole point of Emersons and Thoreaus thoughts were individualism and nature, and Dickinson definatetly uses nature and indivdualism in his entries.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Paper Topic 2
The paper topic I have chosen was Paper Topic number 1. The reason why I chose this is because I would like to find out who most resembles or follows Emersons teachings the most.
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman Quotation Response 2
pg 83
"The past and present wilt."
This quotation is very short and thats one reason why I chose thuis quote. Another is because it seems like a very strong saying. Giving to different parts of time a comment is very weird to me. I dont understant why Whitman uses this quote as his first sentence. I believe it should be around the end. But it does somewhat explain the story to us. He now talks about his future and what he plans to do and gets away from the past and present.
"The past and present wilt."
This quotation is very short and thats one reason why I chose thuis quote. Another is because it seems like a very strong saying. Giving to different parts of time a comment is very weird to me. I dont understant why Whitman uses this quote as his first sentence. I believe it should be around the end. But it does somewhat explain the story to us. He now talks about his future and what he plans to do and gets away from the past and present.
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman Quotation Response 1
pg 83
"And such as it is to be of these more or less I am, And of these one and all I weave the song of myself."
The reason why I chose this quotation is because it explains everything that he is talkuing about in this story. It also sums up everything whitman is talking about. This quotation means that Whitman does his daily routine just like everyone else. This also explains the whole story. The reason why Whitman keeps on giving examples of these different things and what people do is because it explains there lives.
"And such as it is to be of these more or less I am, And of these one and all I weave the song of myself."
The reason why I chose this quotation is because it explains everything that he is talkuing about in this story. It also sums up everything whitman is talking about. This quotation means that Whitman does his daily routine just like everyone else. This also explains the whole story. The reason why Whitman keeps on giving examples of these different things and what people do is because it explains there lives.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
The Ministers Black Veil a Parable Quotation Response 2
pg 56
At that instant, catching a glimpse of his figure in the looking-glass, the black veil involved his own spirit in the horror with which it overwhelmed all others.
The reason why I chose this statement is because it shows how Hooper feels about himself after he has realized what he looks like to everyone else. This statement means that Hoopers has seen the fear that he has caused everyone else to feel. He sees how everyone feels. Hoopers becomes scared of what he has seen. He has seen himself in a horrible version and never wants to see that. This statement is very important to the story because it tells us how Hoopers has felt about himself after looking at himself through everyone elses perspective.
At that instant, catching a glimpse of his figure in the looking-glass, the black veil involved his own spirit in the horror with which it overwhelmed all others.
The reason why I chose this statement is because it shows how Hooper feels about himself after he has realized what he looks like to everyone else. This statement means that Hoopers has seen the fear that he has caused everyone else to feel. He sees how everyone feels. Hoopers becomes scared of what he has seen. He has seen himself in a horrible version and never wants to see that. This statement is very important to the story because it tells us how Hoopers has felt about himself after looking at himself through everyone elses perspective.
The Ministers Black Veil a Parable Quotation Response
pg 55
The black veil, though it only covers our pastor's face, throws its influence over his whole person, and makes him ghostlike from head to foot.
The reason why I chose this statement is because it gives us information about what the black veil means. The black veil means that it hides his dark side. It hides a face that has done something wrong or evil. The influence that made him do this has captured him and taken him away from society. This statement helps us know what the black veil means and also gives us a reason on why Hooper is wearing the black veil.
The black veil, though it only covers our pastor's face, throws its influence over his whole person, and makes him ghostlike from head to foot.
The reason why I chose this statement is because it gives us information about what the black veil means. The black veil means that it hides his dark side. It hides a face that has done something wrong or evil. The influence that made him do this has captured him and taken him away from society. This statement helps us know what the black veil means and also gives us a reason on why Hooper is wearing the black veil.
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