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Thesis : The grandmother had no clue they were going to run into the misfit, making her not accountable for the events that took place when they crossed paths.
ReplyDeleteDejavu is known as a phenomenon that only few chosen individuals are able to experience. It is incredibly ironic when you run into the person you least expect. In the article, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” is exactly what happens. The grandmother refuses to travel to Florida because of a criminal at large who she has been informed through the news. Bailey, her son and his family came to the conclusion of continuing the trip to Florida. Unexpectedly they had an accident which caused their car to turn on its side. Before they knew it there was a car approaching them with three individuals. The grandmother recognized one of them as being the famous criminal, misfit, which has been at large for some time. The grandmother had no clue they were going to run into the misfit, making her not accountable for the events that took place when they crossed paths.
Ivan Lara
1)In Cathedral, Carver develops the characters through the use of dialogue, plot and images.
ReplyDelete2)In Cathedral by Carver, the characters are static characters because they are plain and boring. The characters in Cathedral start of the story with narrow views of the world and narrow goals and are only focused on one thing. The blind man is focused on his wife’s passing, the wife is focused on reuniting with the blind man and the husband is focused on doing is own thing. However, as the story continues the characters are developed into dynamic characters through the use dialogue between the characters, the insight into the plot and the images described in the story.
-Erick Soto-Sanchez
thesis:
ReplyDeleteAn analysis of Emily Dickinson’s poems, Because I Could Not Stop for Death and I Heard a Fly buzz reveals her comfortable views with death as well as her own death.
First paragraph:
Dickinson’s first poem Because I Could Not Stop for Death consists of five stanzas of four lines and in each stanza, which contain a different view or process of death. The first stanza displays how death kindly stopped for her because she could not handle it. In second “he” or death put away all her worries to observe death as a person instead of an act. Following the second stanza she is taken through a series of steps a person would do during their passage of life. Next Dickinson brings forth the image of her paused in front of a grave that is impossible to miss because of the “swelling of the ground” beneath a house. In the last stanza she views what existence would without time or what her heaven would be like as she moves toward eternity. The way Dickinson’s poem is written gives readers a sense of clam to distract them from seeing death as a burden instead of its beauty.
-- Jordan Wilson
Tahir Aimaq
ReplyDelete1. Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" is about religious transformation and all evidence proving this theme is taken from biblical references.
2.Some stories are written so that each word, phrase, sentence, character, and event is significant on a deeper level. Raymond Carver's “Cathedral” is a story about the narrator's spiritual transformation that results in his new relationship with a blind man. This religious transformation is indirectly supported by allusions hidden behind each character and their physical traits and behaviors. The blind man's physical traits as well as the tapes he receives are references to him being as Jesus and the tapes being “prayers” that are heard. The televised program about cathedrals that the blind man and narrator watch is an allusion to the majestic qualities religion holds and its following across a massive population. Each of these indirect references support and help the narrator achieve spiritual transformation.
ROBERT MORAN
ReplyDelete1. Langston Hughes recurring themes in his work are equality, segregation, struggle, perseverance, and freedom which are seen in his poems "Themes for English B," "Dreams," "Mother to Son," and "The Negro Mother."
2. As the twentieth century began, the question of whether or not African Americans were truly "free" and "accepted" arose. Thus in order to prove and or test their freedom, many African Americans did many scholarly things to prove their intelligence during the Harlem Renaissance, such as Langston Hughes did with his poetic skills. Like many African Americans, he too experienced segregation and knew that equality amongst blacks and whites was still not fully visible in America. Thus a huge almost full percentage were dedicated to overthrow the stereotypes of African Americans and to bring forth the concept of equality amongst the whites and blacks. His recurring themes in his work are equality, segregation, struggle, perseverance, and freedom which are seen in his poems "Themes for English B," "Dreams," "Mother to Son," and "The Negro Mother."
Gary Aragon
ReplyDelete1. Is the Grandmother a good person, a bad person, or something in between? The Grandmother in the story is in between good and bad because she does good things that cause bad things to happen. Is the Misfit purely evil? The Misfit would not be considered pure evil because he is innocent and is just going against the societies system of operation.
2. What defines a person as good or bad in the society that we live in today? Usually, good people do things that contribute to the society and change it in some way. Bad people change things around other people and make the world a worst place, either small or big. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor illustrates two characters, the Grandmother and the Misfit, that are questioned to whether they are good or bad or evil. Is the Grandmother a good person, a bad person, or something in between? The Grandmother in the story is in between good and bad because she does good things that cause bad things to happen. Is the Misfit purely evil? The Misfit would not be considered pure evil because he is innocent and is just going against the societies system of operation. They both portray the bad side that has turned both of them to think that the new world is bad and both are stuck in the past and are preventing them from being good/bad or anything else.
1. Langston Hughes talks about slaves that want equality, justice and their spirit grows stronger as time passes.
ReplyDelete2. Langston Hughes has written many poems over his lifetime. Hughes wrote poems in a time when colored people were separated from white people. Even though he faced hardships, Hughes wrote poems, some about the hardships that African Americans slaves had to go through. The poems that will be presented are about slaves wanting equality, justice, and that as time passes, their spirit grows stronger.
Eduardo Urbina
ROBERT MORAN
ReplyDelete1. Langston Hughes recurring themes in his literary work are equality, segregation, struggle, perseverance, and freedom which are seen in his poems "Themes for English B," "Dreams," "Mother to Son," and "The Negro Mother."
2. As the twentieth century arose, many African Americans questioned whether or not they were truly accepted into white America. Many whites continued to not see themselves as remotely the same to African Americans. Thus in the Harlem Renaissance, many African Americans proved to the rest of America that they too had intellectual skills and hope that this movement would inspire and uplift the whole African American community. Langston Hughes, like many African Americans still experienced segregation and knew that the concept of "equality" amongst the races was still not visible. Thus many of Langston Hughes recurring themes in his literary work are equality, segregation, struggle, perseverance, and freedom which are seen in his poems "Themes for English B," "Dreams," "Mother to Son," and "The Negro Mother."
Spencer Watson
ReplyDeleteMy working thesis is enclosed in brackets below:
Appearances can often be deceiving. “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” a 1953 short story by Flannery O’Connor, tells the tale of family, consisting of a two children, a baby, their parents and grandmother, and how they come to meet their fates at the mercy of a clan of three lawless bandits. While the family appears quite innocent at first glance, it becomes apparent as the tale unfolds the name of the story holds a deep ironical value, as no one in the story, neither the bandits nor the family, could be considered “good” people. Their actions reveal deep selfishness and carelessness for each other, and ultimately this self-serving behavior leads them to their demise. The only character, it could be argued, who is deserving of reprieve for her actions, is the grandmother, as her senility and/or apparent dementia seem to negate her flaws in character. While the grandmother has difficulty with memory loss, and appears disconnected from any mental filter in respects to her words and actions, she reveals deep-seeded flaws to her character. [The grandmother’s mental ailments in effect serve the story to show her “true” self: a bigotrous, ignorant, selfish woman bitter with life and her family, obsessed with maintaining the façade of her sheltered life, ultimately leading her family to their tragic deaths.]
1)“Cathedral” is about a man’s mental growth and changes towards a blind man, as seen through a description of a German Cathedral, drawing interaction, and his perspective through closing his eyes.
ReplyDelete2)Public speakers job is to inspire and change lives of others that are alone and need orientation. Not only speakers can bring a change on one’s life, but occasionally unexpected people come into one’s life that make rearrange in the way one thinks. It is possible to experience such a phenomenon, but one must keep all his or her senses open to this people that are trying to connect to one. In “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, is a short story about a man that is depresses and has no connection to his wife. His wife however, has a connection with an old blind man that she worked with over the summer many years ago. Though, they have not seen each other in a long time they keep connected with tapes, and she invites him over to stay a couple of days. Her husband is not so happy at this idea and finds that he does not like blind people. As the story progresses, one notices the changes that the man goes through to connect with the old blind man. “Cathedral” is about a man’s mental growth and changes towards a blind man, as seen through a description of a German Cathedral, drawing interaction, and his perspective through closing his eyes.
-Brenda Luisjuan
Thesis: The theme of “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor is that life has no meaning and that no one is innocent.
ReplyDeleteFirst Paragraph: The author, Flannery O’Connor, develops the themes of the story through the characters actions and thoughts. The themes are that life has no meaning and that there is no innocent person. Life has no meaning is developed by the Misfit killing people and saying that it doesn’t matter since he will get punished for doing or not doing the crime and because he will forget who he killed later on. Since the old south was bad and they are now in the new south it makes no difference in which time of the south they live in, so it has no meaning in life either. The Misfit is not innocent even though he says he came from really nice parents and he also kills Bailey and his family, along with the grandma, even after she tries helping him out. The kids are also another example of how they are also not innocent or good people even though they are small; by the way they are and talk to their grandmother. So if the kids are not good people, it is even harder to find a good man.
1. Working thesis:
ReplyDeleteThroughout Langston Hughes's poems, his major themes are equality and segregation as seen in two of his poems: "I, too, sing America", and "Theme for English B".
2. One of Americans greatest poets of the beginning of the 20th century was Langston Hughes. His poems have been read throughout the world as he talks about the injustices and segregation he faced as an African American man in the beginning 1900's. Two of his famous poems are "I, too, Sing America" and "Theme for English B", show his unequal rights he has as opposed to white people and also the segregation that was "seperate but equal", which was never equal. He shows his emotional feeling throughout his poems and his hope for justice someday.
Janette
First Paragraph Draft - Emily Dickinson, one of the most famous American authors, isolated herself for the majority of her life to the premises of her home. Her seclusion to the world led to a intricate reoccurring tone in her poetry focused primarily on death and immortality. Dickinson’s moral demise, a clear outcome of her peculiar lifestyle, accounts for her powerful, thought-provoking poems. Furthermore, the fact that most of her poems are relatively brief epitomizes her talent as a poet. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “The Words the Happy Say” are two poems that exemplify her style of poetry. The powerful, yet composed of only four verses, “The Words the Happy Say,” and the dismal “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” are quintessential examples of Dickinson’s poems that demonstrate her reoccurring themes and writing styles.
ReplyDeleteThesis: The powerful, yet composed of only four verses, “The Words the Happy Say,” and the dismal “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” are quintessential examples of Dickinson’s poems that demonstrate her reoccurring themes and writing styles.
Gustavo Diaz
ERIKA SIXTOS
ReplyDelete1. The theme in Langston Hughes' poems is equality, using a variety of approaches, as seen in the poems: "I, Too,Sing America," "Theme for English B.," and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
2. Through the years, art has taken different aspects. A form that is often underestimated is poetry, but in terms of analyzing, it can be puzzling without guidelines. Poetry, like everything else, has a set of rules and standards to follow. However, there were some brave souls who dared to challenge this policy. Among these poets was Langston Hughes, who was an African American, and wrote about struggles he and his culture faced during times of slavery. The theme in Langston Hughes' poems is equality, using a variety of approaches, as seen in the poems: "I, Too,Sing America," "Theme for English B.," and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."