After reading "The Lame Shall Enter First” and From “The Fiction Writer and His Country”(1957) I feel that it has one common similarity between the two stories. “The Lame Shall Enter First” is a about a man who finds an old friend, that none of the family has either seen in a while or don’t really remember, His name is Rufus Johnson. In this story the man wants to go find were Rufus in living on the street and take him in and try to help him get back on his feet. Which I believe is a very kind thing to do for anyone whether they are a new or an old friend.
On the other hand the first entry in the Passages from Essays and Letters entitled, “The Fiction Writer and His Country, I believe can relate to the story “The Lame Shall Enter First” because the writer is talking about writing about poor people. Even though it doesn’t come right out and say that Rufus was poor it does say he dug through garbage cans to be able to eat on a daily basis. There is a defiant correlation between this story and this letter and one that would nice to have a little more information about.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The Lame Shall Enter First and From "The Fiction Writer and His Country"
Monday, January 28, 2008
A rose for Emily
1856- Miss Emily was born
1894- Remission of Miss Emily's taxes by Colonel Sartoris and China Painting when Miss Emily was about 40 years old. Miss Emily's father died
1896- Miss Emily buys some poison
1930- "A Rose for Emily" was published
1938- Miss Emily died
After reading "A Rose for Emily" and "Of time and its Mathematical Progression: Problems of Chrology in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily", I thought that even though the story had one initial date mentions it did mention a few other things so, I was thinking to make ti easier to read I would make a little time-line of events but, in the progress of doing so, I discovered that it was not an east task. Above is what I could kind of piece together by what some people had already had figured out but, as Gene M. Moore mentions, "the original manuscript Faulkner assigned a different date to the remission of Miss Emily's taxes and a specific date of her father's death: that date ub 1904 when Colonel Sartoris...remitted her taxes dating from the death of her father 16 years back, on into perpetuity" (Horton pg. 497). After reading this passage it makes it hard to figure out who is actully giving the informaiton in the order that it was actually done. But, if this information is right the remitted was in 1904 which was 16 years after the death of her father in 1888. This is all very confusing but, can also have some meaning to what exactly happened in Miss Emily's life.
1894- Remission of Miss Emily's taxes by Colonel Sartoris and China Painting when Miss Emily was about 40 years old. Miss Emily's father died
1896- Miss Emily buys some poison
1930- "A Rose for Emily" was published
1938- Miss Emily died
After reading "A Rose for Emily" and "Of time and its Mathematical Progression: Problems of Chrology in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily", I thought that even though the story had one initial date mentions it did mention a few other things so, I was thinking to make ti easier to read I would make a little time-line of events but, in the progress of doing so, I discovered that it was not an east task. Above is what I could kind of piece together by what some people had already had figured out but, as Gene M. Moore mentions, "the original manuscript Faulkner assigned a different date to the remission of Miss Emily's taxes and a specific date of her father's death: that date ub 1904 when Colonel Sartoris...remitted her taxes dating from the death of her father 16 years back, on into perpetuity" (Horton pg. 497). After reading this passage it makes it hard to figure out who is actully giving the informaiton in the order that it was actually done. But, if this information is right the remitted was in 1904 which was 16 years after the death of her father in 1888. This is all very confusing but, can also have some meaning to what exactly happened in Miss Emily's life.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
An obiturary for Characters in "The Management of Grief"
The Kutty brothers and their father died Tuesday June 12 in a plane crash on their way back to their home town of Toronto, Canada. The boys were in their late teens early twenties and their father was in his early fifties. They all leave behind their wife and mother Mrs. Bhave and a couple of sisters and daughters. The father (Vikrom) Mrs. Bhave says, was a saver and a careful investor (pg 282). Even though Mrs. Bhave didn’t have anything to say about their son’s, all three guys will be missed for sure. Mrs. Bhave knows that one day they will be all together again in heaven.
About Me
Hi My Name is Lauren Harkness
I am 22 years old
I am from the small town of Mattawan about 20 minute west of campus.
This is my third year at Western. I am an elementary education major.
After graduating from Mattawan High School in the spring of 2003 I started my college career at Kalamazoo Valley Community College where I started working towards an elementary education degree and after two and a half years discovered I was closer to a Assoc. degree in Special Education. So, last fall I switched my major their and graduated in Dec of last years with an Assoc. degree in Special Education.
I lived in Smith Burnham Hall on campus for the last two years and then this fall decided to move into an apartment with a friend of mine.
I am 22 years old
I am from the small town of Mattawan about 20 minute west of campus.
This is my third year at Western. I am an elementary education major.
After graduating from Mattawan High School in the spring of 2003 I started my college career at Kalamazoo Valley Community College where I started working towards an elementary education degree and after two and a half years discovered I was closer to a Assoc. degree in Special Education. So, last fall I switched my major their and graduated in Dec of last years with an Assoc. degree in Special Education.
I lived in Smith Burnham Hall on campus for the last two years and then this fall decided to move into an apartment with a friend of mine.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Accessible6
How to drive a car without the use of my legs.
I have to use hand contorls which is a control that is attached to the steering wheel. Their is a control on the left side that I push in for the break and push down on it for the gas.
I also have a knob that can help me turn corners.
This is what I use to help me drive a car!
I have to use hand contorls which is a control that is attached to the steering wheel. Their is a control on the left side that I push in for the break and push down on it for the gas.
I also have a knob that can help me turn corners.
This is what I use to help me drive a car!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Accessible6
The Story Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte is set in a house that is, “The most beautiful place! It is quiet alone, standing well back from the road, quite three miles from the village.” “There is a delicious garden! I never saw such a garden- large and shady, full of box- bordered paths, and lined with long grape-covered arbors with seats under them”. “There were also greenhouses” (pg. 514).
The lady in the story seems to be getting sick. After talking a little bit about the location of the house that her and her husband lives in she moved onto talking about their bedroom which seems to be a room the she spend a lot of time in because all John her husband will let her do is sleep. She seems to have a lot a time looking at what the bedroom looked like because she never likes to sleep. She starts to explain one night what the old yellow wallpaper looks like on the wall when she couldn’t sleep one night. “It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore. It was a nursery first, and then a playroom and then a gymnasium, I should judge; for the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls”. The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight” (pg.514).
The lady in the story seems to be getting sick. After talking a little bit about the location of the house that her and her husband lives in she moved onto talking about their bedroom which seems to be a room the she spend a lot of time in because all John her husband will let her do is sleep. She seems to have a lot a time looking at what the bedroom looked like because she never likes to sleep. She starts to explain one night what the old yellow wallpaper looks like on the wall when she couldn’t sleep one night. “It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore. It was a nursery first, and then a playroom and then a gymnasium, I should judge; for the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls”. The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight” (pg.514).
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Accessible6
In the story,” Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton, Mrs. Slade who is one of the main characters of this story sat down and started thinking about how past generations, present generations and future generations would characterize the city of Rome, Italy. She thought that her grandmother’s generation would characterize Rome as, “Rome Fever” while her daughter’s generations would characterize Rome as, no more dangers than the middle of Main Street.
First of all, Mrs. Slade says her grandmother’s generation would describe Rome as “Rome Fever”, which in my opinion means they had a love for the city. They loved the people, the atmosphere and the culture around them. They appreciated what the city had to offer them.
On the other hand, Mrs. Slade says her daughter’s generation would describe Rome as, “No more dangers than the middle of Main Street”. This in my opinion means there is no dangers around them expect for if anyone were to play in the middle of Main Street.
Finally I believe that while Mrs. Slade’s grandmothers generation didn’t seem to have to many worries in their life from the beginning. Her daughter’s generation seemed to have a few problems but, as long as they paid attention to what they were doing that generation to could lead a happy and healthy lifestyle as well. All and all I think even though both generations were characterized differently at the same time they are the same and could in the end be characterized the same way.
First of all, Mrs. Slade says her grandmother’s generation would describe Rome as “Rome Fever”, which in my opinion means they had a love for the city. They loved the people, the atmosphere and the culture around them. They appreciated what the city had to offer them.
On the other hand, Mrs. Slade says her daughter’s generation would describe Rome as, “No more dangers than the middle of Main Street”. This in my opinion means there is no dangers around them expect for if anyone were to play in the middle of Main Street.
Finally I believe that while Mrs. Slade’s grandmothers generation didn’t seem to have to many worries in their life from the beginning. Her daughter’s generation seemed to have a few problems but, as long as they paid attention to what they were doing that generation to could lead a happy and healthy lifestyle as well. All and all I think even though both generations were characterized differently at the same time they are the same and could in the end be characterized the same way.
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