Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
The Minister’s Black Veil
In the story of The Minister’s Black Veil, the writing theme is typical of any gothic short story. In each and everyone, there is always something that is out of the ordinary and eerie. Also, what I have noticed with the Gothic style of writing is that most things start out perfect: too perfect. Not only does this short story follow the guidelines for gothic themed stories, it also appeals to the rhetoric triangle.
The very first thing I noticed was the common characteristics of gothic themed stories. As stated above, gothic tales are eerie. Most are dark and evil filled. But in this short story, the environment is pleasantly happy: until the minister comes out one day in a black veil. Also another thing I noticed that I can compare too other gothic stories are that the main character dies. In almost all gothic stories, the main character dies or has to suffer with something.
Secondly, I noticed that in almost all gothic tales there is a sense of flaw and emotion. By flaw I mean that there is always someone or a group of people that has a great flaw. This reminds me of the constant tragic flaw that was always present in old day tragedies. In these stories the people are too weak minded, or too trusting, or in this case too judge mental. By emotion, I mean that there is always a set sense of uncomfortable ness. While reading, the writers of gothic tales hope for the reader to feel a certain emotion. Whether it is fear, anxiety, or reluctance.
Lastly, I noticed the logical-sarcasm behind this certain gothic tale. The logical part is that the Puritan church was not only unjust, but also unfair. This is also the sarcasm of this story. It is known that as the continuation of gothic tales went on, so did the ridicule of the old customs and beliefs, like Puritanism.
The story of The minister’s Black Veil dos not only appeal to the rhetoric triangle, but it makes common sense. It shows the darker side of the Romanticism era and show the feelings of this specific writer.
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Y0uNG G0OdM@N Br0Wn!
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
Young Goodman Brown
The story of Young Goodman Brown is one of many “gothic tales” in the late 17th century. Like most tales, it has a plot dealing with the devil and the deals that are made with him. Unlike most plots, it was not from the devil’s point of view, and, of course, the character didn’t follow through with anything. Also, in this literature, the writer appeals to some many concepts of the rhetoric triangle. These concepts help readers break down and interpret the writing.
The first concept of the rhetoric triangle that I noticed is that of appeals to emotion. This short story is completely dedicated to emotion. By the dark setting, it is suppose to set off fear and suspense, and the author succeeds. An example of this is, “It was now deep dusk in the forest, and deepest in that part of it where these two were journeying.” This direct quote only exemplifies the proof that the author’s intended purpose was to install some sort of anxiety or fear into the reader.
The diction within this short story really brings it all together. One main part of diction that stands out is the precise word choice. The author uses old English that uses words like: thou shalt, sayest, ‘t (it), etc. By using this sort of “slang”, the story and feeling of the time comes to life for the reader. It also helps the reader understand the type of people/ beings the characters were.
Lastly, is the great and dramatic irony of this short story, In the beginning, Young Goodman Brown comes off as this Christian man whom can do no wrong. But then he is seemingly trapped in this world so unknown to him. He is in a dark place that exhumes evilness. Another thing that is ironic is the part when he wife comes back in to the picture. This is something that is not expected because he is seemingly sneaking off from his wife, of three months, to do his “mission”.
In conclusion, the short narrative of Young Goodman Brown is once of pure excellence. This story is highly proclaimed as one of the best pieces of literature in American works. What makes this story stand out is for one: the author’s writing style. Unlike most gothic authors, he writes in the language that is expected of the characters to speak. Also, it is dark, without being horribly tarrying like Edgar Allan Poe for instance.
AP ENG III
Young Goodman Brown
The story of Young Goodman Brown is one of many “gothic tales” in the late 17th century. Like most tales, it has a plot dealing with the devil and the deals that are made with him. Unlike most plots, it was not from the devil’s point of view, and, of course, the character didn’t follow through with anything. Also, in this literature, the writer appeals to some many concepts of the rhetoric triangle. These concepts help readers break down and interpret the writing.
The first concept of the rhetoric triangle that I noticed is that of appeals to emotion. This short story is completely dedicated to emotion. By the dark setting, it is suppose to set off fear and suspense, and the author succeeds. An example of this is, “It was now deep dusk in the forest, and deepest in that part of it where these two were journeying.” This direct quote only exemplifies the proof that the author’s intended purpose was to install some sort of anxiety or fear into the reader.
The diction within this short story really brings it all together. One main part of diction that stands out is the precise word choice. The author uses old English that uses words like: thou shalt, sayest, ‘t (it), etc. By using this sort of “slang”, the story and feeling of the time comes to life for the reader. It also helps the reader understand the type of people/ beings the characters were.
Lastly, is the great and dramatic irony of this short story, In the beginning, Young Goodman Brown comes off as this Christian man whom can do no wrong. But then he is seemingly trapped in this world so unknown to him. He is in a dark place that exhumes evilness. Another thing that is ironic is the part when he wife comes back in to the picture. This is something that is not expected because he is seemingly sneaking off from his wife, of three months, to do his “mission”.
In conclusion, the short narrative of Young Goodman Brown is once of pure excellence. This story is highly proclaimed as one of the best pieces of literature in American works. What makes this story stand out is for one: the author’s writing style. Unlike most gothic authors, he writes in the language that is expected of the characters to speak. Also, it is dark, without being horribly tarrying like Edgar Allan Poe for instance.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Washinton Irving
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
The Devil and Tom Walker
In the particular short story, Irving uses the gothic theme of romanticism. Just like Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving’s thought process seems very sick and twisted. In this story, Irving uses the rhetoric triangle in almost all aspects.
Irving used many concepts of the rhetoric triangle. The one that stood out the most to me is imagery. Washington Irving was very detailed in what he wrote, just like most people that wrote back in Irving’s time. For example in the first paragraph, lines 1-7, the environment is being described beautifully. A minor quote for instance: “the land rises abruptly from the water’s edge, into a high ridge on which grow a few scattered oaks of great age and immense size.” This sentence is not only descriptive, but it gives to reader a visual image of what is going on.
“Had an air of starvation.” This is a quote that appeals directly to pathos and figurative language. The author does not literally mean that the environment smells of starvation. He means that the feeling of the environment is sickly like. Another example of figurative language in this short story is this quote: “were as articulate as the bars of a gridiron.” IN this quote the author is speaking of the starving horses and how potent their ribs are. These are prime examples of how talented the author was in using his diction to explain the information that is trying to be provided.
Lastly, is the setting and tone of the story. As we know, the theme is gothic. The setting appeals to the gothic by a mile, but also the tone. The way the words are phrased and the words are used compliments to theme. For example, all of the death in the story appeals to gothic. Also, the specific figurative he uses. It is all dark. For example the quote “looking like alligators, sleeping in the mire.” Alligators are dark: the opposite of happiness.
Irving is an awesome writer who vaguely uses the rhetoric triangle in almost each and every way. Unlike some authors, Irving’s writing was dark, yet hopeful. Also, the main character felt bad afterwards.
AP ENG III
The Devil and Tom Walker
In the particular short story, Irving uses the gothic theme of romanticism. Just like Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving’s thought process seems very sick and twisted. In this story, Irving uses the rhetoric triangle in almost all aspects.
Irving used many concepts of the rhetoric triangle. The one that stood out the most to me is imagery. Washington Irving was very detailed in what he wrote, just like most people that wrote back in Irving’s time. For example in the first paragraph, lines 1-7, the environment is being described beautifully. A minor quote for instance: “the land rises abruptly from the water’s edge, into a high ridge on which grow a few scattered oaks of great age and immense size.” This sentence is not only descriptive, but it gives to reader a visual image of what is going on.
“Had an air of starvation.” This is a quote that appeals directly to pathos and figurative language. The author does not literally mean that the environment smells of starvation. He means that the feeling of the environment is sickly like. Another example of figurative language in this short story is this quote: “were as articulate as the bars of a gridiron.” IN this quote the author is speaking of the starving horses and how potent their ribs are. These are prime examples of how talented the author was in using his diction to explain the information that is trying to be provided.
Lastly, is the setting and tone of the story. As we know, the theme is gothic. The setting appeals to the gothic by a mile, but also the tone. The way the words are phrased and the words are used compliments to theme. For example, all of the death in the story appeals to gothic. Also, the specific figurative he uses. It is all dark. For example the quote “looking like alligators, sleeping in the mire.” Alligators are dark: the opposite of happiness.
Irving is an awesome writer who vaguely uses the rhetoric triangle in almost each and every way. Unlike some authors, Irving’s writing was dark, yet hopeful. Also, the main character felt bad afterwards.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
T. J. !! Dec. of Indp.
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a man of many aspects. Not only did he write The Declaration of Independence, but he also served as our vice-president, president, and Governor of Virginia which is his home town. Most people Jefferson as a founding father of America. They should because if it was not for Jefferson, we may be back under the control of Britain, or worse.
In the particular work, I noticed that Jefferson appealed largely to the aspect of pathos. Throughout the whole passage, emotions and feeling are being told and expressed. Jefferson’s tone in the Declaration is filled with emotion. I almost sense hatred in his address to the “king”. Also, this passage influences emotional changes within its audience. As a reader, you emotion are probably intensifying as the writing does.
Thomas Jefferson also appeals to the concept of logos in this work. Logic is a hard concept to use in writing. Everything Jefferson said was logical, because it was absolutely true. When he spoke about the king and all the wrong things that he had done, it was logical.
Jefferson’s diction within this literature was perfect. When he spoke about the king, his words were strong and fierce. What I also noticed is that Jefferson continued to us pronouns like us and we. By using words as such, the reader now feels like you are on their level and vise versa. This also helps in making the king look bad. Jefferson refers to him as he, and not as a person almost.
In conclusion, T.J. was one of the most influential founding fathers ever. This is true because he was more than a one thing person. He did several things for America because he was a genuine man and loved his nation.
AP ENG III
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a man of many aspects. Not only did he write The Declaration of Independence, but he also served as our vice-president, president, and Governor of Virginia which is his home town. Most people Jefferson as a founding father of America. They should because if it was not for Jefferson, we may be back under the control of Britain, or worse.
In the particular work, I noticed that Jefferson appealed largely to the aspect of pathos. Throughout the whole passage, emotions and feeling are being told and expressed. Jefferson’s tone in the Declaration is filled with emotion. I almost sense hatred in his address to the “king”. Also, this passage influences emotional changes within its audience. As a reader, you emotion are probably intensifying as the writing does.
Thomas Jefferson also appeals to the concept of logos in this work. Logic is a hard concept to use in writing. Everything Jefferson said was logical, because it was absolutely true. When he spoke about the king and all the wrong things that he had done, it was logical.
Jefferson’s diction within this literature was perfect. When he spoke about the king, his words were strong and fierce. What I also noticed is that Jefferson continued to us pronouns like us and we. By using words as such, the reader now feels like you are on their level and vise versa. This also helps in making the king look bad. Jefferson refers to him as he, and not as a person almost.
In conclusion, T.J. was one of the most influential founding fathers ever. This is true because he was more than a one thing person. He did several things for America because he was a genuine man and loved his nation.
Incidents in the life of a SLAVE GIRL
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography inscribing the life of being a black woman in America at a specified time. Harriet Jacobs (or Lisa Brent), had to be persuaded it to publish this autobiography. All in all, throughout the rest of the story, many aspects of the rhetorical triangle are applied.
The first concept of this story is pathos, which is emotion. The prime example of this is the how she was raped and harassed. No one, men and women, both, dislike the fact of any one being violated. As of me, it sparked my interest because the author was very honest and straight forward. Another example of the emotional setting of the story was environment in which she hid for 7 years. That is an emotional quote. No one likes to watch their children from afar. This also heightened the anger.
The next concept of the autobiography is diction. In this story Jacob’s diction was normal. But I believe that was intentional. Jacobs wanted to appeal to all crowds. By her talking in the “white” man’s term, blacks might start to think that she believes she is just too raw. Also, look at it vise versa. If it was written in pure black lingo, whites most likely would not read, or even care.
In conclusion the story by Jacobs was a wonderful one. This novel is so different in many ways. You have emotion that is portrayed in the story. There is also happiness and despair. Emotions are the backbone to a good story.
AP ENG III
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography inscribing the life of being a black woman in America at a specified time. Harriet Jacobs (or Lisa Brent), had to be persuaded it to publish this autobiography. All in all, throughout the rest of the story, many aspects of the rhetorical triangle are applied.
The first concept of this story is pathos, which is emotion. The prime example of this is the how she was raped and harassed. No one, men and women, both, dislike the fact of any one being violated. As of me, it sparked my interest because the author was very honest and straight forward. Another example of the emotional setting of the story was environment in which she hid for 7 years. That is an emotional quote. No one likes to watch their children from afar. This also heightened the anger.
The next concept of the autobiography is diction. In this story Jacob’s diction was normal. But I believe that was intentional. Jacobs wanted to appeal to all crowds. By her talking in the “white” man’s term, blacks might start to think that she believes she is just too raw. Also, look at it vise versa. If it was written in pure black lingo, whites most likely would not read, or even care.
In conclusion the story by Jacobs was a wonderful one. This novel is so different in many ways. You have emotion that is portrayed in the story. There is also happiness and despair. Emotions are the backbone to a good story.
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography inscribing the life of being a black woman in America at a specified time. Harriet Jacobs (or Lisa Brent), had to be persuaded it to publish this autobiography. All in all, throughout the rest of the story, many aspects of the rhetorical triangle are applied.
The first concept of this story is pathos, which is emotion. The prime example of this is the how she was raped and harassed. No one, men and women, both, dislike the fact of any one being violated. As of me, it sparked my interest because the author was very honest and straight forward. Another example of the emotional setting of the story was environment in which she hid for 7 years. That is an emotional quote. No one likes to watch their children from afar. This also heightened the anger.
The next concept of the autobiography is diction. In this story Jacob’s diction was normal. But I believe that was intentional. Jacobs wanted to appeal to all crowds. By her talking in the “white” man’s term, blacks might start to think that she believes she is just too raw. Also, look at it vise versa. If it was written in pure black lingo, whites most likely would not read, or even care.
In conclusion the story by Jacobs was a wonderful one. This novel is so different in many ways. You have emotion that is portrayed in the story. There is also happiness and despair. Emotions are the backbone to a good story.
AP ENG III
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography inscribing the life of being a black woman in America at a specified time. Harriet Jacobs (or Lisa Brent), had to be persuaded it to publish this autobiography. All in all, throughout the rest of the story, many aspects of the rhetorical triangle are applied.
The first concept of this story is pathos, which is emotion. The prime example of this is the how she was raped and harassed. No one, men and women, both, dislike the fact of any one being violated. As of me, it sparked my interest because the author was very honest and straight forward. Another example of the emotional setting of the story was environment in which she hid for 7 years. That is an emotional quote. No one likes to watch their children from afar. This also heightened the anger.
The next concept of the autobiography is diction. In this story Jacob’s diction was normal. But I believe that was intentional. Jacobs wanted to appeal to all crowds. By her talking in the “white” man’s term, blacks might start to think that she believes she is just too raw. Also, look at it vise versa. If it was written in pure black lingo, whites most likely would not read, or even care.
In conclusion the story by Jacobs was a wonderful one. This novel is so different in many ways. You have emotion that is portrayed in the story. There is also happiness and despair. Emotions are the backbone to a good story.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
EdGAR ALLAN POE * TH3 FALl 0F TH3 H0uS3 0F U$H3R*
Rosie Charles
Edgar Allan Poe
The House of Usher
AP ENG II
The Fall of the House of Usher, written by Edgar Allan Poe, is one of the usual mysterious stories of this era. By usual I mean the writing style, which is Gothic. Edgar Allan Poe is infamous for he gory, scary, and evil filled stories. In this particular story, the theme definitely meets the status quote
As readers know very well, Poe is a very detailed writer. Not only detailed with diction, but detailed visually. In this short story, Poe uses the concept of imagery to demonstrate the environment of the story. For example: “the simple landscape features of the domain – upon the blank walls – upon the vacant eye-like windows – upon a few rank sedges – and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees”. In the preceding quote, the words reflect upon a deeper meaning of the place. I believe that it symbolizes the emptiness of the place, and how is it void.
Going along with being detailed, Poe’s diction plays a huge role in his writings. Poe is one of the many writers that use numerous amounts of adjectives to reel in readers. Besides adjectives and diction, pathos was used. This whole story consists of emotional. The emotions stream from worry to fear to confusion. The fear in this short story mainly takes place toward the end, where the sister was standing behind the door and ran in and killed her brother.
Edgar Allan Poe is a writer like no other. Even thought many people wrote “gothically” so to speak, Poe was different for many reasons. One, he was seemingly purely crazy. Everything, in almost all of his stories, end bad or with death. Another reason why Poe is like none other is because of his diction, not many author can pull of a page of adjectives and make it sound great.
Edgar Allan Poe
The House of Usher
AP ENG II
The Fall of the House of Usher, written by Edgar Allan Poe, is one of the usual mysterious stories of this era. By usual I mean the writing style, which is Gothic. Edgar Allan Poe is infamous for he gory, scary, and evil filled stories. In this particular story, the theme definitely meets the status quote
As readers know very well, Poe is a very detailed writer. Not only detailed with diction, but detailed visually. In this short story, Poe uses the concept of imagery to demonstrate the environment of the story. For example: “the simple landscape features of the domain – upon the blank walls – upon the vacant eye-like windows – upon a few rank sedges – and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees”. In the preceding quote, the words reflect upon a deeper meaning of the place. I believe that it symbolizes the emptiness of the place, and how is it void.
Going along with being detailed, Poe’s diction plays a huge role in his writings. Poe is one of the many writers that use numerous amounts of adjectives to reel in readers. Besides adjectives and diction, pathos was used. This whole story consists of emotional. The emotions stream from worry to fear to confusion. The fear in this short story mainly takes place toward the end, where the sister was standing behind the door and ran in and killed her brother.
Edgar Allan Poe is a writer like no other. Even thought many people wrote “gothically” so to speak, Poe was different for many reasons. One, he was seemingly purely crazy. Everything, in almost all of his stories, end bad or with death. Another reason why Poe is like none other is because of his diction, not many author can pull of a page of adjectives and make it sound great.
Monday, October 12, 2009
3DGAR AlLAN P03! PiT & THE PENDULUM !
Rosie Charles
Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit & the Pendulum
AP ENG III
The Pit & the Pendulum is the perfect name for this story. For one, those two items are the main aspects of the story. And two, with that title, readers don’t know what exactly to expect. This element of suspense and twist is the writing fashion of esteemed Edgar Allan Poe. But yet, in this particular story, Poe does something that is quite unusual in most of his other writings. While unusual, he strays toward the rhetoric triangle in a different type of way, while still using tactics that he always does.
The first thing I, as a reader, noticed was that the whole story was dark. This is exactly what I was expecting. Mostly all of Poe’s story are dark and evil, if I may say so myself. This type of writing is called Gothic writing. This was the exactly opposite side of the writing of the Romanticism era. I choose to characterize the story as gothic because, for one, the entire environment is inside an enclosed pit. The pit is dark, and dark! Also I choose gothic because of the sequence of events that took place in the story. Nothing about this story is happy, well besides the ending.
The ending! Edgar Allan Poe’s ending are always infamous. All his ending are sad, or evil. Mostly ending in death, or despair, or worse! This is where the appeal to pathos comes into play. In the story, the character/narrator lives. But before we find this out, he has hope. Hope is a quality in Poe’s writing that is basically non-existing. If the characters have hope, the narrator doesn’t, or vise versa. But since the narrator was the main character, readers are quite lost, as was I. Another appeal to pathos/emotion is this one particular quote: “And then I fell suddenly calm, and lay smiling at the glittering death,”. I classify this under emotion because emotion has to do with mentality. And in this quote it seems as thought his mentality was shot! I believe he went a little crazy before his burst of hope came skipping along.
All of Poe’s stories have amazing imagery. And almost all of the very visual effects are of gruesome details in the work. In The Pit & the Pendulum, the breath-taking imagery took place with the pendulum. For example: “was formed of a crescent glittering steel, about a foot in length from horn to horn; the horns upward, and the under edge evidently as keen of that of a razor.”. In this quote, a reader can see exactly what is being spoken of and exactly how it looks. Another example of imagery is this: “it swept so closely over me as to fan me with its acrid breath”. While also being figurative language, the reader can see how close the pendulum really is to cutting the narrator.
Edgar Allan Poe’s the Pit & the Pendulum is one of his very best, in my eyes. It has a twist, like his entire writings do, but yet not in the way familiar readers of Poe’s expects to be “twisted”.
Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit & the Pendulum
AP ENG III
The Pit & the Pendulum is the perfect name for this story. For one, those two items are the main aspects of the story. And two, with that title, readers don’t know what exactly to expect. This element of suspense and twist is the writing fashion of esteemed Edgar Allan Poe. But yet, in this particular story, Poe does something that is quite unusual in most of his other writings. While unusual, he strays toward the rhetoric triangle in a different type of way, while still using tactics that he always does.
The first thing I, as a reader, noticed was that the whole story was dark. This is exactly what I was expecting. Mostly all of Poe’s story are dark and evil, if I may say so myself. This type of writing is called Gothic writing. This was the exactly opposite side of the writing of the Romanticism era. I choose to characterize the story as gothic because, for one, the entire environment is inside an enclosed pit. The pit is dark, and dark! Also I choose gothic because of the sequence of events that took place in the story. Nothing about this story is happy, well besides the ending.
The ending! Edgar Allan Poe’s ending are always infamous. All his ending are sad, or evil. Mostly ending in death, or despair, or worse! This is where the appeal to pathos comes into play. In the story, the character/narrator lives. But before we find this out, he has hope. Hope is a quality in Poe’s writing that is basically non-existing. If the characters have hope, the narrator doesn’t, or vise versa. But since the narrator was the main character, readers are quite lost, as was I. Another appeal to pathos/emotion is this one particular quote: “And then I fell suddenly calm, and lay smiling at the glittering death,”. I classify this under emotion because emotion has to do with mentality. And in this quote it seems as thought his mentality was shot! I believe he went a little crazy before his burst of hope came skipping along.
All of Poe’s stories have amazing imagery. And almost all of the very visual effects are of gruesome details in the work. In The Pit & the Pendulum, the breath-taking imagery took place with the pendulum. For example: “was formed of a crescent glittering steel, about a foot in length from horn to horn; the horns upward, and the under edge evidently as keen of that of a razor.”. In this quote, a reader can see exactly what is being spoken of and exactly how it looks. Another example of imagery is this: “it swept so closely over me as to fan me with its acrid breath”. While also being figurative language, the reader can see how close the pendulum really is to cutting the narrator.
Edgar Allan Poe’s the Pit & the Pendulum is one of his very best, in my eyes. It has a twist, like his entire writings do, but yet not in the way familiar readers of Poe’s expects to be “twisted”.
Desiree's Baby ( its actually a 3 pg lit.. lol)
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
Desiree’s Baby
This story, Desiree’s Baby, was written by Kate Chopin on Nov. 24th in 1892. In this work, Chopin refers to race, gender, and discrimination as a whole. She is also writing off her own experience. Like many other families, Chopin’s family help slaves in the 1850’s. In this story, there are many aspects or the rhetoric triangle along with other concepts of literature, like irony.
The very first thing I noticed after reading this short story was that it was emotional, which appeals to pathos. This story was emotional in each and every way. From the love that Desiree gave her baby to the hatred that Armand now had for his baby. For example, “The blood turned like ice in her veins, and a clammy moisture gathered upon her face.”. In this sentence, emotional is most definitely present. The emotion here is panic and distress. In the sentence, ““Look at my hand; whiter than yours, Armand”, she laughed hysterically.”, the emotional boundaries are upon both panic and a slight hint of nervousness. Also, one of the most important quotes of this short story is: “She was like a stone image: silent, white, motionless after she placed it there.”. This is the most significant because after all the ups and downs she went through. This shows she has no emotion left to spare.
I believe that Chopin’s diction in this short story is what made the story a great one. Her diction leads us exactly where she wanted it to, but yet didn’t give away the twist until the very end. In the sentence, “He absented himself from the home; and when there, avoided her presence and that of her child, without excuse.” , take notice to the way the author uses the pronoun “her”. It shows exactly how Armand distanced himself from them and how he didn’t care anymore either. Also, when it says “her child”, the way he disowns the child is now exemplified. Another great example of the spectacular diction used in this here literature is the response to Desiree’s letter from her mother. It read: “My own Desiree: Come home to Val monde; back to your mother who loves you. Come with your child”. I believe that this was the strangest of all the quotes yet. The wording shows that the mother had no remorse, no sympathy, and did not care what was happening to her “dear child”. It also leaves the next step opened ended because by her saying bring your child in that sense, that does mean that he is going into slavery? Or even worse: the both of them?
The last main concept of this short story, besides slavery, is feminism. Yes, FEMINISM. The story is so against women in every particle of it’s sense. For one, when this story was written, and even now, women were more looked to as property and not human beings, like men. But what makes the whole work feminist is that the blame of someone being black went straight to Desiree, and not a speckle to Armand. As you know, in the end we find out that Armand’s mom could have been black also, and most likely she was: just lighter than most blacks. This is also the irony I brought up earlier in this paper. Women weren’t respected then and really aren’t now. So now that you know the message, what are you going to do to fix this problem?
AP ENG III
Desiree’s Baby
This story, Desiree’s Baby, was written by Kate Chopin on Nov. 24th in 1892. In this work, Chopin refers to race, gender, and discrimination as a whole. She is also writing off her own experience. Like many other families, Chopin’s family help slaves in the 1850’s. In this story, there are many aspects or the rhetoric triangle along with other concepts of literature, like irony.
The very first thing I noticed after reading this short story was that it was emotional, which appeals to pathos. This story was emotional in each and every way. From the love that Desiree gave her baby to the hatred that Armand now had for his baby. For example, “The blood turned like ice in her veins, and a clammy moisture gathered upon her face.”. In this sentence, emotional is most definitely present. The emotion here is panic and distress. In the sentence, ““Look at my hand; whiter than yours, Armand”, she laughed hysterically.”, the emotional boundaries are upon both panic and a slight hint of nervousness. Also, one of the most important quotes of this short story is: “She was like a stone image: silent, white, motionless after she placed it there.”. This is the most significant because after all the ups and downs she went through. This shows she has no emotion left to spare.
I believe that Chopin’s diction in this short story is what made the story a great one. Her diction leads us exactly where she wanted it to, but yet didn’t give away the twist until the very end. In the sentence, “He absented himself from the home; and when there, avoided her presence and that of her child, without excuse.” , take notice to the way the author uses the pronoun “her”. It shows exactly how Armand distanced himself from them and how he didn’t care anymore either. Also, when it says “her child”, the way he disowns the child is now exemplified. Another great example of the spectacular diction used in this here literature is the response to Desiree’s letter from her mother. It read: “My own Desiree: Come home to Val monde; back to your mother who loves you. Come with your child”. I believe that this was the strangest of all the quotes yet. The wording shows that the mother had no remorse, no sympathy, and did not care what was happening to her “dear child”. It also leaves the next step opened ended because by her saying bring your child in that sense, that does mean that he is going into slavery? Or even worse: the both of them?
The last main concept of this short story, besides slavery, is feminism. Yes, FEMINISM. The story is so against women in every particle of it’s sense. For one, when this story was written, and even now, women were more looked to as property and not human beings, like men. But what makes the whole work feminist is that the blame of someone being black went straight to Desiree, and not a speckle to Armand. As you know, in the end we find out that Armand’s mom could have been black also, and most likely she was: just lighter than most blacks. This is also the irony I brought up earlier in this paper. Women weren’t respected then and really aren’t now. So now that you know the message, what are you going to do to fix this problem?
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Spontaneous Me !
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
Spontaneous Me by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was known as the most famous American poet in the 19th century. Born May 31st of 1819, Whitman was also a man of many works. Not only was he an extraordinary writer/poet, he knew the trade of printing, was a teacher, and founder of the weekly newspaper Long-Islander. Walt Whitman is best known for his literature called Leaves of Grass. But the poem titled Spontaneous Me is what caught my eye. In this specific poem, I believe Whitman was at his best. It was deep in every which way. The most abrupt way is in the use of pathos that stems from the rhetoric triangle.
This poem reflects a man’s feelings. Whether sexual, sensual, or sensitive, Whitman has them expressed. One main point that stood out to me is the concept of imagery. With the help of Whitman’s expertise diction, the imagery literally comes to life. For example, “The hillside whiten'd with blossoms of the mountain ash,”. In this quote, reader’s can visualize a mountain draped with shades of white.
“The hairy wild-bee that murmurs and hankers up and down, that gripes the full-grown lady-flower, curves upon her with amorous firm legs, takes his will of her, and holds himself tremulous and tight till he is satisfied;”. This quote is a prime example of the figurative language used in Whitman’s wondrous poem. Also in this quote is a hidden meaning. The bee represents a man, while the flower represents a woman. I believe that the rest of the quote represents the sexual relationship between man and woman, or better yet, between him and his wife. This quote also reflects upon the story of the birds and the bees, ironically.
To conclude, Whitman is a great writer who has no fear to say what is on his mind, but in a writer’s fashion. I believe the purpose of this poem is to show the feeling of a man, and how men want what they want. Whether it is sex wise, or child wise.
AP ENG III
Spontaneous Me by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was known as the most famous American poet in the 19th century. Born May 31st of 1819, Whitman was also a man of many works. Not only was he an extraordinary writer/poet, he knew the trade of printing, was a teacher, and founder of the weekly newspaper Long-Islander. Walt Whitman is best known for his literature called Leaves of Grass. But the poem titled Spontaneous Me is what caught my eye. In this specific poem, I believe Whitman was at his best. It was deep in every which way. The most abrupt way is in the use of pathos that stems from the rhetoric triangle.
This poem reflects a man’s feelings. Whether sexual, sensual, or sensitive, Whitman has them expressed. One main point that stood out to me is the concept of imagery. With the help of Whitman’s expertise diction, the imagery literally comes to life. For example, “The hillside whiten'd with blossoms of the mountain ash,”. In this quote, reader’s can visualize a mountain draped with shades of white.
“The hairy wild-bee that murmurs and hankers up and down, that gripes the full-grown lady-flower, curves upon her with amorous firm legs, takes his will of her, and holds himself tremulous and tight till he is satisfied;”. This quote is a prime example of the figurative language used in Whitman’s wondrous poem. Also in this quote is a hidden meaning. The bee represents a man, while the flower represents a woman. I believe that the rest of the quote represents the sexual relationship between man and woman, or better yet, between him and his wife. This quote also reflects upon the story of the birds and the bees, ironically.
To conclude, Whitman is a great writer who has no fear to say what is on his mind, but in a writer’s fashion. I believe the purpose of this poem is to show the feeling of a man, and how men want what they want. Whether it is sex wise, or child wise.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
KAT3 CH0PiN TH3 STOrY 0F aN H0Ur
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin was born in 1851, in St. Louis. She always loved writing but her first novel wasn’t published until she was nearly forty-years old. This novel was called At Fault (1890). The story, The Story of an Hour, was written on April 19th 1894 and was published in Vogue on December 6th of that same year. In this piece of literature, Chopin appeals mainly to the pathos part of the rhetoric triangle.
The first concept of pathos is the most common: imagery. In this short story there are several references to the art of imagery. "The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." These above sentences portray imagery. By reading these sentences, the reading can better understand the character’s emotions. Also, the outside world is also captured within the emotions.
“As a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.”. This quote addresses the concept of a simile. Usually most similes have a similar thing and a contrasting thing. The crying child is compared to the crying adult. They are both crying/sobbing so hard that they are shaking themselves. That is the part that is similar. The contrast part is that the child cries it self to sleep and the fact that it is a child. This is an important figurative language because it make the scene more real and believable.
Lastly is the figurative language that exaggerates. This is called the hyperbole. In this piece of work, a hyperbole isn’t as common as most may think. The one that stood out to me, though, is “Her fancy was funning riot along those days ahead of her.”. This means that her imagination was thinking very quickly about the things she could now do in the later days to come. This is a hyperbole because no one’s fancy (imagination) runs any where. This is also personification because running is a human-like trait that thought cannot do.
I, as a reader, believe that the main purpose and/or message of this short story is to appreciate your freedom whether you are being held down or not. Because you will never know when that freedom may be taken away from you in any form.
AP ENG III
The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin was born in 1851, in St. Louis. She always loved writing but her first novel wasn’t published until she was nearly forty-years old. This novel was called At Fault (1890). The story, The Story of an Hour, was written on April 19th 1894 and was published in Vogue on December 6th of that same year. In this piece of literature, Chopin appeals mainly to the pathos part of the rhetoric triangle.
The first concept of pathos is the most common: imagery. In this short story there are several references to the art of imagery. "The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves." These above sentences portray imagery. By reading these sentences, the reading can better understand the character’s emotions. Also, the outside world is also captured within the emotions.
“As a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.”. This quote addresses the concept of a simile. Usually most similes have a similar thing and a contrasting thing. The crying child is compared to the crying adult. They are both crying/sobbing so hard that they are shaking themselves. That is the part that is similar. The contrast part is that the child cries it self to sleep and the fact that it is a child. This is an important figurative language because it make the scene more real and believable.
Lastly is the figurative language that exaggerates. This is called the hyperbole. In this piece of work, a hyperbole isn’t as common as most may think. The one that stood out to me, though, is “Her fancy was funning riot along those days ahead of her.”. This means that her imagination was thinking very quickly about the things she could now do in the later days to come. This is a hyperbole because no one’s fancy (imagination) runs any where. This is also personification because running is a human-like trait that thought cannot do.
I, as a reader, believe that the main purpose and/or message of this short story is to appreciate your freedom whether you are being held down or not. Because you will never know when that freedom may be taken away from you in any form.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Ms Turth "@iNT i @ W0M@N?"
Rosie Charles
AP English III
Aint I A Woman?!?
In the speech “Aint I a Woman”, there is a lot of controversy about who wrote certain versions and why it is written certain ways. In one version, the title is “Aint I a Woman by Frances Gage (or Sojourner Truth)” There are two different ones. One is written in standard/correct English, while the other is written in “black dialectic”. Diction played a very important role in both of these pieces of work.
In the version with “black dialectic”, the diction is what stand out to me the most. For example, there are words like: aint, chilren, dey, dat, eber, ober, da, and ‘cause. I believe that this specific diction is a major asset in this speech because it targets a certain audience. For one it would be more understood by people who actually speak this way. Also, it makes the speech more down to Earth than anything. When someone speaks the way you do, it comforts you/the audience. It also make the writer/speaker seem more sincere. With this diction, the writer isn’t speaking over anyone’s head.
In the version with the Standard English, it has its advantages also. With this type diction I believe the source of the audience changes. For instance, the audience is no longer the “black” community. It is now the upper class that speaks proper. To me this seems as if the version is now aimed towards white people. This is the problem though. In the passage, Truth says we and uses pronouns that relate to each other, so why would this be toward white people.
I believe that Sojourner Truth wrote this speech in black dialectic, but not because she wasn’t as smart as whites, but because she wanted to relate to her people and her audience. I believe Truth was smarter than people have perceived. I have a strong feeling that the Standard English one was re-written for the upper class, and not to show Truth’s intellect. Why would she need to show that when she recently critized it in her speech?
AP English III
Aint I A Woman?!?
In the speech “Aint I a Woman”, there is a lot of controversy about who wrote certain versions and why it is written certain ways. In one version, the title is “Aint I a Woman by Frances Gage (or Sojourner Truth)” There are two different ones. One is written in standard/correct English, while the other is written in “black dialectic”. Diction played a very important role in both of these pieces of work.
In the version with “black dialectic”, the diction is what stand out to me the most. For example, there are words like: aint, chilren, dey, dat, eber, ober, da, and ‘cause. I believe that this specific diction is a major asset in this speech because it targets a certain audience. For one it would be more understood by people who actually speak this way. Also, it makes the speech more down to Earth than anything. When someone speaks the way you do, it comforts you/the audience. It also make the writer/speaker seem more sincere. With this diction, the writer isn’t speaking over anyone’s head.
In the version with the Standard English, it has its advantages also. With this type diction I believe the source of the audience changes. For instance, the audience is no longer the “black” community. It is now the upper class that speaks proper. To me this seems as if the version is now aimed towards white people. This is the problem though. In the passage, Truth says we and uses pronouns that relate to each other, so why would this be toward white people.
I believe that Sojourner Truth wrote this speech in black dialectic, but not because she wasn’t as smart as whites, but because she wanted to relate to her people and her audience. I believe Truth was smarter than people have perceived. I have a strong feeling that the Standard English one was re-written for the upper class, and not to show Truth’s intellect. Why would she need to show that when she recently critized it in her speech?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Frederick Douglas
In the passage “Learning to Read and Write”, Frederick Douglas was a very determined young man. As explained, he was a slave that was to be enslaved for the rest of his life. Douglas was also on a mission: a mission to become literate. In this article, Douglas pertains to his audience at all times in several different ways.
One way in which Douglas focused on his audience is by the diction he has used. In the piece, the words used to explain are not complicated in so many different aspects. For example,” When I was sent of errands, I always took my book with me, and by going one part of my errand quickly, I found time to get a lesson before my return.” This sentence, even thought in modern English for that time, it is very understanding. It is also very simple.
Pathos is the appeal to emotion: according to the rhetoric triangle. Even though this piece of literature isn’t for the audience, it stills appeals to them emotionally. By Douglas being a slave that hits home right away. Many people, almost matter no culture, has ancestors who have been enslaved. Blacks, Native Americans, Germans, and even whites as indentured servants. By this being a fact, it draws the audience in because they have something to relate.
Douglas’s main purpose was to inform the audience, and that was achieved. In this work, audience was the main priority. Douglas made them his focus by his diction and by his simplicity.
One way in which Douglas focused on his audience is by the diction he has used. In the piece, the words used to explain are not complicated in so many different aspects. For example,” When I was sent of errands, I always took my book with me, and by going one part of my errand quickly, I found time to get a lesson before my return.” This sentence, even thought in modern English for that time, it is very understanding. It is also very simple.
Pathos is the appeal to emotion: according to the rhetoric triangle. Even though this piece of literature isn’t for the audience, it stills appeals to them emotionally. By Douglas being a slave that hits home right away. Many people, almost matter no culture, has ancestors who have been enslaved. Blacks, Native Americans, Germans, and even whites as indentured servants. By this being a fact, it draws the audience in because they have something to relate.
Douglas’s main purpose was to inform the audience, and that was achieved. In this work, audience was the main priority. Douglas made them his focus by his diction and by his simplicity.
Monday, September 28, 2009
mrs brown made an uh oh...
im real mad.. .. you know how me you and chelsey and the other nice girl were running our mouths today.. well when she took a piece of paper out of my notebook all of my papers fell out.. desirea's baby... aint i woman.. everything.. it should all be on your desk.. so tomorrow i will do 2! of them im real sorry.... i promise will do two... maybe three!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Phillis Wheatley
Rosie Charles
AP English III
9/15/09
Phillis Wheatley was a slave girl from Boston, who wrote and published her own book of poems. In the poem On Being Brought from Africa to America, Wheatley wrote amazingly. Her mood was calm, yet intense. The meaning was heartfelt, but still strong. The poem itself was simple in writing style, yet elegant in diction, like figurative language.
“Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land,” This is the first line in the poem written by Wheatley. If you break the sentence into modern day English, it might read “It was mercy that brought me from my pagan land”. In this quote, I believe Wheatley was trying to express that God’s mercy and grace brought her from where she once was. She also explains that where she once was, was a place that believed in many Gods (see pagan) The reason why I believe she is referring to God is because words in the poem signify this. Word like: God, Savior, Cain, and angelic train.
The word diabolic means: “in degree of wickedness or cruelty; characteristic of the devil; satanic”. In the quote “Their color is a diabolic dye”, Wheatley is expressing that race, color, and/or ethnicity is an evil covering of the true individual. I believe she brings this into her poem because, as most slaves have, Phillis has surely experienced discrimination. In Wheatley’s day, and modern day, the color of a person’s skin is the main reason why someone would be discriminated against, besides religion.
“May be refined, and join the angelic train. The people that the author is referring to are people of every race, color, and ethnicity. It seems, to me, that the main purpose of this poem is for the author to express their personal views. Her views are that all people, even people as black as Cain, may get into heaven. She uses “as black’, because she is referring to herself. Slaves were not considered worthy enough for basic moral rights, so I’m sure people believed that they didn’t deserve to go to heaven. I believe she uses Cain as the prime example because Cain, according to the bible, was suppose to behold the mark of the beast. Wheatley is trying to concur that anyone can make it to heaven, no matter what.
AP English III
9/15/09
Phillis Wheatley was a slave girl from Boston, who wrote and published her own book of poems. In the poem On Being Brought from Africa to America, Wheatley wrote amazingly. Her mood was calm, yet intense. The meaning was heartfelt, but still strong. The poem itself was simple in writing style, yet elegant in diction, like figurative language.
“Twas mercy brought me from my pagan land,” This is the first line in the poem written by Wheatley. If you break the sentence into modern day English, it might read “It was mercy that brought me from my pagan land”. In this quote, I believe Wheatley was trying to express that God’s mercy and grace brought her from where she once was. She also explains that where she once was, was a place that believed in many Gods (see pagan) The reason why I believe she is referring to God is because words in the poem signify this. Word like: God, Savior, Cain, and angelic train.
The word diabolic means: “in degree of wickedness or cruelty; characteristic of the devil; satanic”. In the quote “Their color is a diabolic dye”, Wheatley is expressing that race, color, and/or ethnicity is an evil covering of the true individual. I believe she brings this into her poem because, as most slaves have, Phillis has surely experienced discrimination. In Wheatley’s day, and modern day, the color of a person’s skin is the main reason why someone would be discriminated against, besides religion.
“May be refined, and join the angelic train. The people that the author is referring to are people of every race, color, and ethnicity. It seems, to me, that the main purpose of this poem is for the author to express their personal views. Her views are that all people, even people as black as Cain, may get into heaven. She uses “as black’, because she is referring to herself. Slaves were not considered worthy enough for basic moral rights, so I’m sure people believed that they didn’t deserve to go to heaven. I believe she uses Cain as the prime example because Cain, according to the bible, was suppose to behold the mark of the beast. Wheatley is trying to concur that anyone can make it to heaven, no matter what.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Huswifery
Rosie Charles
AP Eng III
09/09/09*
Huswifery
In the poem Huswifery, Edward Taylor is a man with many restrictions on his writing. As learned in class, everything but sermons had to be plain in some type of context. Yes, it is true; Taylor was very simple and straight forward. Yet, he still managed to use one specific rhetorical concept: figurative language. While still marinating its “plain-ness’, the poem also reflects upon pathos.
Figurative language is the use of words to describe, sometimes, a completely different meaning. One thing I must point out is that most figurative language can not be taken literally. Readers should not hold on to each and every word to analyze the phrase. “My Words and Actions, that their shine may fill My wayes with glory and thee glorify.” In this phrase, the author is explaining that with the help of his God, his ways and actions will be a positive resemblances of his true self. And he will be glorified by the Lord. Another example of Taylor’s plain yet sophisticated manor in rhetorics is this quote: “then mine apparel shall display before yee That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory.” What I understood from this phrase is that Taylor believes that with all this help from God, he can become saved and that his outside appearance will show that he is saved. This can also be worded more simply as He believes that he can be recognized as an “elect” person of the Puritan church.
This entire poem is related and dedicated to the rhetoric form of pathos. As we know pathos is emotions. As a Puritan writer, the purpose is “supposed” to be to influence others of the Puritan way. That is emotion. People are highly emotional about their religion. If they weren’t, Puritanism would have never been created. In this poem, emotions are meant to be set as humble yet intense. Humble because Puritans should be humble when speaking of God, or when Puritan. Intense because, well, its GOD! Puritans love their God with a love so fierce that they believe other religions do not compare.
I believe the poem Huswifery follows the Puritan rules to the teeth. The poem was, for one, about God. Their entire writings are supposed to be about God and God only. Also, the text isn’t too complicated. It is simple because the only complex writings are sermons because they are so intense and heartfelt. Lastly, he uses figurative language. Even though figurative language is a concept of rhetorics, Taylor kept it plain and simple while using metaphor like phrases.
AP Eng III
09/09/09*
Huswifery
In the poem Huswifery, Edward Taylor is a man with many restrictions on his writing. As learned in class, everything but sermons had to be plain in some type of context. Yes, it is true; Taylor was very simple and straight forward. Yet, he still managed to use one specific rhetorical concept: figurative language. While still marinating its “plain-ness’, the poem also reflects upon pathos.
Figurative language is the use of words to describe, sometimes, a completely different meaning. One thing I must point out is that most figurative language can not be taken literally. Readers should not hold on to each and every word to analyze the phrase. “My Words and Actions, that their shine may fill My wayes with glory and thee glorify.” In this phrase, the author is explaining that with the help of his God, his ways and actions will be a positive resemblances of his true self. And he will be glorified by the Lord. Another example of Taylor’s plain yet sophisticated manor in rhetorics is this quote: “then mine apparel shall display before yee That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory.” What I understood from this phrase is that Taylor believes that with all this help from God, he can become saved and that his outside appearance will show that he is saved. This can also be worded more simply as He believes that he can be recognized as an “elect” person of the Puritan church.
This entire poem is related and dedicated to the rhetoric form of pathos. As we know pathos is emotions. As a Puritan writer, the purpose is “supposed” to be to influence others of the Puritan way. That is emotion. People are highly emotional about their religion. If they weren’t, Puritanism would have never been created. In this poem, emotions are meant to be set as humble yet intense. Humble because Puritans should be humble when speaking of God, or when Puritan. Intense because, well, its GOD! Puritans love their God with a love so fierce that they believe other religions do not compare.
I believe the poem Huswifery follows the Puritan rules to the teeth. The poem was, for one, about God. Their entire writings are supposed to be about God and God only. Also, the text isn’t too complicated. It is simple because the only complex writings are sermons because they are so intense and heartfelt. Lastly, he uses figurative language. Even though figurative language is a concept of rhetorics, Taylor kept it plain and simple while using metaphor like phrases.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Anne Bradstreet: To My Dear && Loving Husband ^_^
Rosie Charles
To My Dear and Loving Husband
9/3/09
AP English III
In the sensual poem, To My Dear and Loving Husband, Anne Bradstreet is doing what no other woman in her time has. She was loving her husband…publicly. When this poem was written, women were supposed to be pure, sacred, and ultimately silenced. Not Bradstreet. She felt that there wasn’t a thing wrong with loving her “man”, and everyone knowing about it.
To start, Bradstreet was BOLD. Obviously, she did not care about what others thought and/or felt. Anne felt that love is an amazing thing, so why can’t it be shared with others? On this expression is something I do agree upon. Bradstreet’s boldness isn’t just cool though. It’s absolutely phenomenal. The hardest thing to do sometimes is the right thing. The right thing is this situation was to stand up and proclaim her rights as a human being, and a woman. In my opinion, if anyone should have rights it should be women, but that is beside the point. The point is that she did stand up. She was different. She was bold.
Secondly, this poems appeals the all the angles of the rhetoric triangle in different ways. The main point is the appeal to pathos. The whole science of poetry is based upon feelings and emotions: pathos. Anne expresses emotions of not only love, but of passion, which I’m sure is NOT allowed. I believe Anne’s purpose was to express her feelings, whether it was directly to her husband or to the public.
“Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. My love is such that rivers cannot quench.” This is a prime example of the figurative language used in this poem. Most of all poems have figurative language within them. Just as emotions were, figurative language is an important part of poetry. One thing I also noticed is that Bradstreet actually knew the correct way to write a poem. This gives me sense to believe that she had a purpose. She was not writing just to be writing.
To conclude, Anne Bradstreet isn't only an great example of women standing up for themselves, but she is an example of women with a purpose. Anne made herself stand out and made herself different. Not because she wanted to be a rebel though, but because she felt that she didn’t have limits and restraints. She also was just writing to her husband. Nothing is wrong with that.
To My Dear and Loving Husband
9/3/09
AP English III
In the sensual poem, To My Dear and Loving Husband, Anne Bradstreet is doing what no other woman in her time has. She was loving her husband…publicly. When this poem was written, women were supposed to be pure, sacred, and ultimately silenced. Not Bradstreet. She felt that there wasn’t a thing wrong with loving her “man”, and everyone knowing about it.
To start, Bradstreet was BOLD. Obviously, she did not care about what others thought and/or felt. Anne felt that love is an amazing thing, so why can’t it be shared with others? On this expression is something I do agree upon. Bradstreet’s boldness isn’t just cool though. It’s absolutely phenomenal. The hardest thing to do sometimes is the right thing. The right thing is this situation was to stand up and proclaim her rights as a human being, and a woman. In my opinion, if anyone should have rights it should be women, but that is beside the point. The point is that she did stand up. She was different. She was bold.
Secondly, this poems appeals the all the angles of the rhetoric triangle in different ways. The main point is the appeal to pathos. The whole science of poetry is based upon feelings and emotions: pathos. Anne expresses emotions of not only love, but of passion, which I’m sure is NOT allowed. I believe Anne’s purpose was to express her feelings, whether it was directly to her husband or to the public.
“Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. My love is such that rivers cannot quench.” This is a prime example of the figurative language used in this poem. Most of all poems have figurative language within them. Just as emotions were, figurative language is an important part of poetry. One thing I also noticed is that Bradstreet actually knew the correct way to write a poem. This gives me sense to believe that she had a purpose. She was not writing just to be writing.
To conclude, Anne Bradstreet isn't only an great example of women standing up for themselves, but she is an example of women with a purpose. Anne made herself stand out and made herself different. Not because she wanted to be a rebel though, but because she felt that she didn’t have limits and restraints. She also was just writing to her husband. Nothing is wrong with that.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
This article/passage, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, there is a complete and utter appeal to pathos, which is emotion. This whole article’s purpose, it seems, is to ignite emotions in people who reads and/or hears the speech/article. In this article, two different kinds of emotions seem to ignite. The emotions are both positive and negative. Certain things in this article, readers would totally agree upon. With other items in the piece of literature, most people would disagree.
There are some very positive things to this article. The most positive and repetitive piece of information was that God was “The Almighty”. Most people that believe in God and Jesus Christ know and believe that God is the one and only God. They know that God is like no other and that no other force and even challenge God. That is exactly what is expressed in this passage. For example, “…if your strength were ten thousand times greater that it is, yea, ten thousand times greater than the strength of the stoutest, sturdiest devil in hell, it would be nothing to withstand or endure it.” “It” meaning the power and grace of God.
“Whose wrath it is” it is the wrath of the infinite God.” This is a quote that myself, and other readers, would disagree about. In the passage, through everything God is angry. This seems very wrong because, according to the bible, God is a loving, caring, and forgiving God. Yes, he has a wrath. Yet, the wrath is only taken upon someone when God becomes angry. In this article God is mad at all times, it seems. Another thing that spikes up negative emotions is that the writer believes that God shall “laugh and mock.” This is very controversial for the same reasons as the fact above. My last example that the writer spikes bad emotions is that believing that God shows no mercy. That is not true. No one on the earth is perfect, which makes us all sinners. If God Almighty had no mercy, wouldn’t we all been in hell by time we sinned the very first time?
This article is a wonderful article for analysis and annotation. For one is it spikes a lot of emotion. But not just any kind of emotion. It brings out both agreement and disagreement. Even though I disagree, I admire the writer. Most writers can’t establish two completely opposite emotions in one passage. Yet, at the same time, I somewhat “despise” the writer because some information that was stated just contradicts itself, and doesn’t make since at all. So what side are you on?
AP ENG III
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
This article/passage, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, there is a complete and utter appeal to pathos, which is emotion. This whole article’s purpose, it seems, is to ignite emotions in people who reads and/or hears the speech/article. In this article, two different kinds of emotions seem to ignite. The emotions are both positive and negative. Certain things in this article, readers would totally agree upon. With other items in the piece of literature, most people would disagree.
There are some very positive things to this article. The most positive and repetitive piece of information was that God was “The Almighty”. Most people that believe in God and Jesus Christ know and believe that God is the one and only God. They know that God is like no other and that no other force and even challenge God. That is exactly what is expressed in this passage. For example, “…if your strength were ten thousand times greater that it is, yea, ten thousand times greater than the strength of the stoutest, sturdiest devil in hell, it would be nothing to withstand or endure it.” “It” meaning the power and grace of God.
“Whose wrath it is” it is the wrath of the infinite God.” This is a quote that myself, and other readers, would disagree about. In the passage, through everything God is angry. This seems very wrong because, according to the bible, God is a loving, caring, and forgiving God. Yes, he has a wrath. Yet, the wrath is only taken upon someone when God becomes angry. In this article God is mad at all times, it seems. Another thing that spikes up negative emotions is that the writer believes that God shall “laugh and mock.” This is very controversial for the same reasons as the fact above. My last example that the writer spikes bad emotions is that believing that God shows no mercy. That is not true. No one on the earth is perfect, which makes us all sinners. If God Almighty had no mercy, wouldn’t we all been in hell by time we sinned the very first time?
This article is a wonderful article for analysis and annotation. For one is it spikes a lot of emotion. But not just any kind of emotion. It brings out both agreement and disagreement. Even though I disagree, I admire the writer. Most writers can’t establish two completely opposite emotions in one passage. Yet, at the same time, I somewhat “despise” the writer because some information that was stated just contradicts itself, and doesn’t make since at all. So what side are you on?
Sunday, August 30, 2009
CaBeZa De vAcA
Rosie Charles
AP Eng III
Cabeza de Vaca
8/30/09
This piece of literature is based on Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Cabeza de Vaca. These are direct accountants, feelings, and emotions of Cabeza de Vaca on the “unknown”, so to speak. This article contains many rhetoric items yet, I should only examine three of them. For one, this article shows exceptional purpose. Also, the article conveys pathos and ethos.
The purpose of this article is not only to inform, but to help others understand. Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America informs us on exactly what Cabeza de Vaca went through and why. For example, the way he tells the reader about everything little and indirect thing that happened to him. Even though it may seem insignificant, it is still information. This article also helps others to understand. To understand why Cabeza de Vaca was the person he is. He also wanted readers to understand the cultures of the many different Indians tribes that he ran into. I believe that he did this to show who the real “bad guys” were.
In this excerpt, pathos is very much used. The whole article conveys emotion, because it is reality to Cabeza de Vaca. As you know, imagery is related to pathos. In this piece, there is a specific area that uses amazing imagery. Before the quote, Cabeza de Vaca is speaking about the hard labor and what the sun did to their skin since they were not use to the heat and conditions. “The region is so broken and so overgrown that often, when we gathered wood, blood flowed from us in many places where the thorns and shrubs tore our flesh.” While reading this, I can picture exactly what he was describing. I am sure other readers can also.
Most importantly, this article contains ethos. Ethos is the presence of credibility. Who else would be more credible to tell Cabeza de Vaca’s story than him? Exactly! By the story being written by him, readers have no doubt that every bit and piece of written material is the truth. Also, since the writer is Cabeza de Vaca, it bring a hint of life to everything that is said, done, and spoken.
This is an amazing article written with great passion. Cabeza de Vaca inspires me and I hope many with this article. It expresses great purpose and understanding. It also shows emotion and imagery through diction. Most importantly it express understanding, and credibility.
AP Eng III
Cabeza de Vaca
8/30/09
This piece of literature is based on Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Cabeza de Vaca. These are direct accountants, feelings, and emotions of Cabeza de Vaca on the “unknown”, so to speak. This article contains many rhetoric items yet, I should only examine three of them. For one, this article shows exceptional purpose. Also, the article conveys pathos and ethos.
The purpose of this article is not only to inform, but to help others understand. Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America informs us on exactly what Cabeza de Vaca went through and why. For example, the way he tells the reader about everything little and indirect thing that happened to him. Even though it may seem insignificant, it is still information. This article also helps others to understand. To understand why Cabeza de Vaca was the person he is. He also wanted readers to understand the cultures of the many different Indians tribes that he ran into. I believe that he did this to show who the real “bad guys” were.
In this excerpt, pathos is very much used. The whole article conveys emotion, because it is reality to Cabeza de Vaca. As you know, imagery is related to pathos. In this piece, there is a specific area that uses amazing imagery. Before the quote, Cabeza de Vaca is speaking about the hard labor and what the sun did to their skin since they were not use to the heat and conditions. “The region is so broken and so overgrown that often, when we gathered wood, blood flowed from us in many places where the thorns and shrubs tore our flesh.” While reading this, I can picture exactly what he was describing. I am sure other readers can also.
Most importantly, this article contains ethos. Ethos is the presence of credibility. Who else would be more credible to tell Cabeza de Vaca’s story than him? Exactly! By the story being written by him, readers have no doubt that every bit and piece of written material is the truth. Also, since the writer is Cabeza de Vaca, it bring a hint of life to everything that is said, done, and spoken.
This is an amazing article written with great passion. Cabeza de Vaca inspires me and I hope many with this article. It expresses great purpose and understanding. It also shows emotion and imagery through diction. Most importantly it express understanding, and credibility.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
The Iroquois Creation Story (is suppose to be double spaced)
Rosie Charles
AP ENG III
The Iroquois Creation Story
8/25/09
The Iroquois Creation Story is not only an interesting one, but to the people of that specific tribe, a true one also. This story uses many different rhetoric things and terms. For one, it most definitely uses logos. It also uses ethos, which is extremely important to any kind of document. Lastly and most outstandingly, this “myth” uses a heck of a lot of imagery.
The logos in this story have a lot to do with logic. To some readers, this myth, so to speak, may not have any kind of logic. But as stated before, this story is what the native people of that tribe believed and considered logical. To them The Iroquois Creation Story makes perfect sense and every bit of it is true. I, as a reader, have to put myself into the correct audience mode and not be too critical by comparing my beliefs to theirs.
This story has amazing credibility. Who better to read a Native American myth from than a Native American himself? David Cusick was the first Native American to record on his own the founding myths of his people (logos). Cusick actually lived in that time period. Also, which seems to me to be the most important, Cusick really believed in the myth that is told in this article. In most other articles or pieces, the author giving the information really has no real emotional, mental, or physical connections to the subject. By having someone who really relates to the subject, it makes reader more comfortable with the subject. Also it helps with paying attention also.
In this story imagery is what makes the myth distinct. While reading this story, the reader can actually visualize exactly what the author is portraying, and vividly too. For instance, when the author explains exactly how and why the “evil twin” decides to be birthed out off the underarm and not the womb. By the words that he uses (diction), and the way he places them, readers can picture exactly what is going on in the story.
As stated before, this story and/or “myth’, is not just interesting, but it serves a purpose. The purpose is to not only inform, as the author did. The purpose is to also relate and to give readers a better understanding of things that were, once, never understood.
AP ENG III
The Iroquois Creation Story
8/25/09
The Iroquois Creation Story is not only an interesting one, but to the people of that specific tribe, a true one also. This story uses many different rhetoric things and terms. For one, it most definitely uses logos. It also uses ethos, which is extremely important to any kind of document. Lastly and most outstandingly, this “myth” uses a heck of a lot of imagery.
The logos in this story have a lot to do with logic. To some readers, this myth, so to speak, may not have any kind of logic. But as stated before, this story is what the native people of that tribe believed and considered logical. To them The Iroquois Creation Story makes perfect sense and every bit of it is true. I, as a reader, have to put myself into the correct audience mode and not be too critical by comparing my beliefs to theirs.
This story has amazing credibility. Who better to read a Native American myth from than a Native American himself? David Cusick was the first Native American to record on his own the founding myths of his people (logos). Cusick actually lived in that time period. Also, which seems to me to be the most important, Cusick really believed in the myth that is told in this article. In most other articles or pieces, the author giving the information really has no real emotional, mental, or physical connections to the subject. By having someone who really relates to the subject, it makes reader more comfortable with the subject. Also it helps with paying attention also.
In this story imagery is what makes the myth distinct. While reading this story, the reader can actually visualize exactly what the author is portraying, and vividly too. For instance, when the author explains exactly how and why the “evil twin” decides to be birthed out off the underarm and not the womb. By the words that he uses (diction), and the way he places them, readers can picture exactly what is going on in the story.
As stated before, this story and/or “myth’, is not just interesting, but it serves a purpose. The purpose is to not only inform, as the author did. The purpose is to also relate and to give readers a better understanding of things that were, once, never understood.
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Rosie Charles
AP Eng III
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
08/24/09
The question is: is Google making us stupid? The answer to this question is in the article that I was required to read. In this article there are many major points that the author relates to the question. What the author does to prove his point is to use some of the rhetoric techniques that I have learned in class. He uses logos, ethos, great diction, and relates and recognizes his audience.
Logos is the use of logic to prove or explain a point. In this article, logos are most definitely used. Most of everything that the author puts into this speech is true. For instance, “The internet is subsuming most our other intellectual technologies. It’s becoming our map and clock, our printing press and our typewriter, our calculator and our telephone, and our radio and TV.” If you analyze this quote and pick it apart, there isn’t much, if anything, that you can say is not true. All the things listed are things that we do use on the computer. Even though we also use these things away from the computer, there seems like there is a slim possibility that these things aren’t really a necessity anymore. Another way the author uses logos is by having all the different quotes from different esteemed peoples, such as professor, doctors, writers, and even the distinctly known Socrates. Socrates was said to “fear that, as people came to rely on the written word as a substitute for the knowledge they used to carry inside their heads, they would, “cease to exercise their memory and become forgetful””. By having a quote such as this, it not only establishes logos as being logical, but it also establishes ethos.
As I was taught, ethos is the placement of credibility. Credibility in a speech and/or article is, in my eyes, very crucial. Not only does it help lengthen the time the article holds the readers attention, but it also gives a sense of truth to the matter or topic. As stated in the paragraph above, having someone as notable as Socrates relating to what the author is trying to represent is most incredibility establishing ethos. When most people hear the name Socrates, they think Aristotle or Plato. When they hear these names, they automatically think wisdom. Wisdom is always a message an author would want to send to the reader/audience. It let’s them know that the author has a feel for what he or she is writing or speaking about. Another example of ethos in this article is the many doctors and writers the author has quotes or excerpts from. This also makes a sense of comfort to the audience.
“Maybe I’m just a worrywart.” This is a perfect example of the type of great diction in this article. By saying the preceding quote, the author allows the audience to think for themselves. There is no longer a sense of urgency to understand and agree to what the author is portraying. This is a good thing. I know, as a reader, I never like to read something and feel like the author is too aggressive or not understanding enough of the opposite side of his or her argument. As like other things in the article, this type of diction gives the reader a sense of independence, and who doesn’t love that? I also picked up that the author uses the pronoun “I” a lot. I think this betters the article in two different ways. In one way, it relates the author to the subject and the audience. By using “I”, it lets the audience know that the author has noticed and been thru, so to speak, what he is speaking upon. Secondly, it gives a hint of pathos by relating to the audience.
In my opinion and perspective, relation and recognition of audience is the key to a good and well written article. In this article, the author has an amazing sense of audience. One way in which I can tell that the author’s primary focus was the audience is the way the article was written. Even though the article was written in first person, the diction of the article made seems as though the author was speaking directly to you with all his information. Also, all the stated above reasons in one way or another relate to audience. Diction, pathos, ethos, and logos, are all elements that hold a readers attention and all for different reasons.
Is Google making us stupid? That question is left for you to decide. Based on all the information and logic here in the awesomely written article, I say yes and no. Yes because the internet itself is taking away from people doing things for themselves, by themselves. The internet isn’t really leaving a sense of independence or self help. No because even though we are becoming lazy and way too comfortable, the last thing Google is doing is making us stupid. Google supplies people with everyday information that can help solve problems, answer questions, and who knows whatever else. What I hope you don’t fail to realize is that Google is still a source of information, and how can informative information ever be a “bad” thing?
AP Eng III
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
08/24/09
The question is: is Google making us stupid? The answer to this question is in the article that I was required to read. In this article there are many major points that the author relates to the question. What the author does to prove his point is to use some of the rhetoric techniques that I have learned in class. He uses logos, ethos, great diction, and relates and recognizes his audience.
Logos is the use of logic to prove or explain a point. In this article, logos are most definitely used. Most of everything that the author puts into this speech is true. For instance, “The internet is subsuming most our other intellectual technologies. It’s becoming our map and clock, our printing press and our typewriter, our calculator and our telephone, and our radio and TV.” If you analyze this quote and pick it apart, there isn’t much, if anything, that you can say is not true. All the things listed are things that we do use on the computer. Even though we also use these things away from the computer, there seems like there is a slim possibility that these things aren’t really a necessity anymore. Another way the author uses logos is by having all the different quotes from different esteemed peoples, such as professor, doctors, writers, and even the distinctly known Socrates. Socrates was said to “fear that, as people came to rely on the written word as a substitute for the knowledge they used to carry inside their heads, they would, “cease to exercise their memory and become forgetful””. By having a quote such as this, it not only establishes logos as being logical, but it also establishes ethos.
As I was taught, ethos is the placement of credibility. Credibility in a speech and/or article is, in my eyes, very crucial. Not only does it help lengthen the time the article holds the readers attention, but it also gives a sense of truth to the matter or topic. As stated in the paragraph above, having someone as notable as Socrates relating to what the author is trying to represent is most incredibility establishing ethos. When most people hear the name Socrates, they think Aristotle or Plato. When they hear these names, they automatically think wisdom. Wisdom is always a message an author would want to send to the reader/audience. It let’s them know that the author has a feel for what he or she is writing or speaking about. Another example of ethos in this article is the many doctors and writers the author has quotes or excerpts from. This also makes a sense of comfort to the audience.
“Maybe I’m just a worrywart.” This is a perfect example of the type of great diction in this article. By saying the preceding quote, the author allows the audience to think for themselves. There is no longer a sense of urgency to understand and agree to what the author is portraying. This is a good thing. I know, as a reader, I never like to read something and feel like the author is too aggressive or not understanding enough of the opposite side of his or her argument. As like other things in the article, this type of diction gives the reader a sense of independence, and who doesn’t love that? I also picked up that the author uses the pronoun “I” a lot. I think this betters the article in two different ways. In one way, it relates the author to the subject and the audience. By using “I”, it lets the audience know that the author has noticed and been thru, so to speak, what he is speaking upon. Secondly, it gives a hint of pathos by relating to the audience.
In my opinion and perspective, relation and recognition of audience is the key to a good and well written article. In this article, the author has an amazing sense of audience. One way in which I can tell that the author’s primary focus was the audience is the way the article was written. Even though the article was written in first person, the diction of the article made seems as though the author was speaking directly to you with all his information. Also, all the stated above reasons in one way or another relate to audience. Diction, pathos, ethos, and logos, are all elements that hold a readers attention and all for different reasons.
Is Google making us stupid? That question is left for you to decide. Based on all the information and logic here in the awesomely written article, I say yes and no. Yes because the internet itself is taking away from people doing things for themselves, by themselves. The internet isn’t really leaving a sense of independence or self help. No because even though we are becoming lazy and way too comfortable, the last thing Google is doing is making us stupid. Google supplies people with everyday information that can help solve problems, answer questions, and who knows whatever else. What I hope you don’t fail to realize is that Google is still a source of information, and how can informative information ever be a “bad” thing?
Thursday, August 20, 2009
DiCTi0N ASSiGNMENT
Write a simile comparing a tree to a domestic animal. Use a noun as an adj.
An oak tree like a pawed Pomeranian.
Rosie Charles
AP Eng III
8/20/09
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