Research paper

I am doing my research paper on the Chimmey Sweeper because I found that poem real good and cute

The wheels on the bus go round and round round and......flat -______________-

Hello people!!! I would like to inform you that the poem I will be doing my essay in is Clocks and lovers. why? I chose this poem because I actually understand this poem because we discussed it in class. I really like it but then the ending still confuses me because the clocks stopped chiming and the lovers left but the river kept on running. So then what is the river??? I guess i just need to figure it out. Oh and the author is W.H Auden.

Lalala...

The poem I chose to do my research paper on is ABC by Robert Pinsky (pg. 866). I chose this poem because it's short lol. No but forreal tho, I chose it because it's unique and clever to me in some way. I don't know, I just like it. As of now, I don't have any questions about the poem or the author. My poem was hard to understand at first, but I read it over and over and got help from one of my classmates. So now I'm good, I'm gucci.

Ciera.

Shakespeare :)

"Let me not to the marriage of minds" by shakespeare is the poem i want to do a research paper on. It took me a while to figure out what poem I wanted to do. I finally figured it out, it was a tough decisions. They are so many great poem in our Lit book. This poem is on page 587. This poem talks about the ups and downs about love. I choose this poem because a little piece of me is a "hopeless romantic". Plus i love Shakespeare because his words go sooo well with each other and he makes thinks about what he is talking about and once you figure it out it's jaw dropping!

BOo~! Muhahaha

i think im doing the broken heart by john Donne, because it was pretty good and his always comparing his heart to broken glass.. that's deep. i think it means that love has no mercy for anyone and consumes people in a matter of seconds. Also that love will leave you with a broken heart after it gets you, but even though its broken it can still love wish and hope, the only thing is its hard to love again.

Ask Me by William Stafford

The i have decided is the name of my poem. Its called Ask Me written by that man above^^^^(William Stafford). When i read it it seemed interesting and i think i can connect it to today's life and show how lit can still be alive and relate to us. I dont have any questions yet. The page number is 672.

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Q:Which poem have you decided on for your research paper? Why have you chosen that poem? What specific questions do you have about the poem and/or the poet? Include the title, poet, and page number.
A:
I've been having some trouble picking out a poem, I looked through the Lit Book and I have a couple of options I would like to choose

A)A Dream Within A dream By Edgar allan Poe;
Why I like it: It reminds me of thoughts in my head.
Questions about the poem: Why did he choose to right this poem? Was it meant for someone? Did he have a different meaning to it than I did.

B) The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe

C) Anorexic By Eavan Boland; page 1088
Why I like it: I like the authors choice in diction and her use of imagery.
Questions: Dont really know what  to ask.

Oh no! A Research paper on poems

The poem that im doing for my research paper is Swan and Shadow by Jon Hollander on page 885. I chose this poem because not only the poem was shape as two swans but I really like this poem because it was interesting and sweet at the same time. I don't really have any questions about the poem or poet.

The Broken Heart by John Donne

I picked the poem "The Broken Heart" by John Donne because it talks about his feelings which guys are not capable of talking about. I like how he uses first person point of view, verbal irony, and imagery to express his feelings. In my opinion the meaning of this poem is that love can hurt. Some questions I have are did John Donne wrote this poem about someone? Did John Donne love again?

Research papers and poems...not the best!

For my research paper I'm going to write about " Shall I compare thee to a summers day" ny William Shakespeare on page 767. I chose this poem becaus it's the only one that I kinda like. Also because I like the title. I dont have any questions at the moment.

It seems that I can't comment because I'm not a member!!!!!!!!neeed help!

Shakespear! even though he's not real.

I chose to write about the poem "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" by Shakespear on page 767. I chose this poem because it is the only poem that i really like, and also because I used to think it was about romance, but it turns out that it wasn't about romance. I figured that many people see it as a romantic poem just like me and then feel dumb when they find out that the poem is about literature. I really don't think I have any questions about this yet, I'll go up to Noonan when I get stuck. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, this is where my love for clouds comes in..

I picked the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth for my research paper. Not only did i love the fact that this guy has a love for clouds as I do, but I could relate to the clouds just like the guy in the poem does. He explains the scenery of the surroundings of the clouds and how beautiful they are, but they remain lonely and spacious. He feels the same way and somehow their beauty replaces his loneliness and sadness. The clouds make everything happy and as he says, they make him "wealthy." He might just be sitting on the couch pondering and spacing out into his thoughts, but the clouds come out of nowhere, from the corner of his eye, and just through their appearance they can change his mood completely.

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A Valediction: Forbidding Mouring

Well I want to write my research paper on this poem because it is such a lovely poem that completely amazed me with the way John Donne decided to write it. I have also read other poems from John Donne and i believe he is a great writer, he was also a very religious person and I want to be able to research him and find out more about his life and go deeper into what his life was like. I have no questions yet about him and his work but maybe later as I get the chance to learn more about him, maybe some questions will come to mind. I just hope I find enough information to write and entire eight page research paper on him.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, October 30, you must post a response to the following question:

Which poem have you decided on for your research paper? Why have you chosen that poem? What specific questions do you have about the poem and/or the poet? Include the title, poet, and page number.

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' posts.

Clocks and Lovers

I LOVED this poem! It was a quatrain and i dont remember the rhyme scheme. I loved this poem because it showed the differences of how the clock felt and how lovers feel when they are in love. We should read more poems this cleaver. I enjyed this poem so much i told my friends and family about it. The fact that the clock was so lliteral and the Lovers were just so much in love that they didnt care what the clock thought. Many people are either like the clock when it comes to love or like Lovers when it comes to love. This poem is the best so far! I enjoyed it much!

LET'S BE REAL YOU CAN NOT CONQUER TIME:BEST POEM EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clocks and Lovers was the best poem. It was a quatrain and the over all meaning of the poem was to aware the lovers that noone can ever conquer time. Its a match you can not defeat. In the poem was personafication, and hybole. It was a good poem but you had to take it step by step and read it over and over inorder to understand it. It also taked about their age and how nomatter how old they get they will always be lovers and she will always be beautiful in his eys. Then time passed by and the lovers began to see their real age and the last stanza talked about the spirit, so the overall message was to learn YOU CAN NEVER CONQUER TIME.

"Death be not proud"

In Death be not proud by John Donne the poems rhyme scheme is ABBA ABBA CDD CAA the last six line was hard to figure out but I eventually got it. It is a 14 line poem. The poem is mocking death and because of the rhyme scheme we are capable to see that in the end it does not have the same rhyme to show that death does not win because the soul lives on. Since it rhymes in the beginning we see that humans are scared of death and fear it. The rhyme scheme is the most important because we how the poem begins and how it ends.

Lord Randall

In Lord Randall the poem is organized as a quatrain which is a 4 line stanza. The rhyme scheme is abcd. The length of the poem is long but not really because it goes by fast. The meaning of this poem is lord randall has been poison this girl he had fell in love with and he is trying to tell his mother to get his bed ready so he can lay on his death bed.

The Cruel Mother is one of my favorite poems. i like it because it shows how women didnt notice about their mental health after birth. The rhyme scheme is A B A B C B C B D B D B E B F B G B G B H B H B I B J B. The lenght of the poem is not very long, but once a person reads the poem it ends fast. The meaning of the this poem is that a mother killed her baby. The two lines that are in each stanza makes the poem the opposite of what the meaning is. many poems can trick a person thoughts.

...Vanessa...

Anonymous

The cruel mother is a very tricky poem. This poem has two lines in each stanza, that makes the poem a very happy poem. About the rhyme scheme I'm not sure if the lines that are repeated is the same letter as the first stanza.The length of the poem is not very long but once a person reads it, it catches your attention. basiccally the meaning of the poem is thata a mother killed her baby.The two lines that are repeated in each stanza makes the total oppoiste of the poem.

*crickets*

I'm picking Lord Randall since that's the one I remember the most, well kinda. This poem is a quatrain and it was pretty long. I don't remember the rhyme scheme but I know it rhymed haha. The first two lines were always repeated as well as the second two lines. The very last line changed though towards the middle. These ideas contribute to the meaning of a poem because they all go back to those poems we read in groups.

Ciera.

The Three Ravens

Even though I hate poetry the poem of "The Three Ravens" written by an anonymous author was one of my favorite poems we have read so far. Even though when I began to read it I did not understand the entire meaning of the poem I still think it is a creative one. The rhyme scheme that I have found in this poem is A,B,A,B,A,A,B,C,C,D,D,E,F,F,G, G,H,H,I,J,J,K,K, I believe that any rhyme scheme in any poem has alot to do with the meaning. It allows the reader to feel what the author wants its reader to feel. I was confused by the fact that the fist stanza was different from the rest. probably that stanza means something but we will never know what the author meant by doing that. The rest of the poem is just two lines. "The Three Ravens" in my opinion was also a well organized poem next to a well organized meaning.

Noonan i want my cookie

Clocks and Lovers ABCB its only every second and fourth line. Its a quatrain and the meaning is time is eternal  and love is temporary. that the lovers think time is stopping for them because there so in love but time is like nope you guys cant conquer time, time conquers you. Time will always be there no matter you like it or not. And that thier love they are talking about are fairy tales, which are not real.

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Choose one of the poems we've read this week and analyze its structure. How is the poem organized? What about the rhyme scheme? What about its length? How do all of these ideas contribute to the meaning of the poem?
The Poem I chose to do the post on was "The Three Ravens.The first to stanzas are complicated, I couldn't tell if it was just one stanza of seven lines or one stanza of four lines and another of three and then the rest were two line stanzas. The rhyme scheme was a b a b a a b c c d d e e f f g g h h i i j j k k, Or at least thats what I think it is and in total the whole poem was 25 lines and I guess in a way the first two stanzas were longer because it was a way to introduce the story. The two line stanzas were made to put emphasis on each of the sentences because if it was all put into a paragraph or wouldn't sound important.

"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"

This poem is my favorite. By the way, I did think that the poem was a romantic poem.

This poem by Shakespear is a sonnet, 14-line poem.

The rhyme scheme is: ABABCDCDEFEFGG.

All these ideas contribute to the meaning that a poem can live for ever. In this poem Shakespear tells us that the literature, poems can live forever, but I don't believe so. I think as long as people like his poems, literature and don't get new ideas that will replace literature, they could live for some period of time not for ever.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day is a Shakesperean sonnet. A 14 line poem. It's not long and I wouldnt say boring. The first time I read it, it was confusing. I didn't know what it was talking about. I kinda have a sence if what it's saying. He wouldnt compare his love to summer because eventually it will end. But to him love will last forever. Its rhyme scheme is like a,b,a,b,c,d,c,d,e,f,e,f,g,g I think that's how it goes. These ideas contribute because it's comparing a lover to a season. Meaning that love doesn't have to end just because the season did. Love can always go on and wouldn't die. At least that's what I think.

"Clocks and Lovers" :)

I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally loved "Clocks and Lovers" because it is just a beautiful poem. The structure and connecting time and love made me feel all gooey inside. hahahaha.

The rhyme scheme is abcb and it is written in four line stanzas.

The poem talks about how eternal love can feel and how cheesy lovers are. Then time speaks and tells about how fast the time passes us by and can ruin a perfect moment or situation just by going to quickly for us to even enjoy it. In the end we cannot beat time, it always beats us and controls our lives.

I really liked this poem i thought it was nice and deep. The whole thing is the clocks proving the lovers wrong using personification. I think the fact that the clocks are talking ads more meaning to the poem because who else would know more about time then clocks. The lover uses hyperbole to show his love to emphasis love. But then again, the twist to this poem is that at the end only the river keeps flowing. The lovers leave and the clocks stop chiming. I don't think this poem has much of a rhyme scheme only the even numbered lines actually kind of have a rhyme scheme which goes like AABBCC and so on.

Q: Choose one of the poems we've read this week and analyze its structure. How is the poem organized? What about the rhyme scheme? What about its length? How do all of these ideas contribute to the meaning of the poem?

A: Clocks and Lovers one of the poems I now like. The rhyme scheme to this poem would be ABCB and it is very long. They all contribute to the meaning of the poem because it is easier to understand when the clock is speaking and when the lover is speaking. The length also helps for the reader to visualize everything through the imagery being used.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, October 23, you must post a response to the following question:

Choose one of the poems we've read this week and analyze its structure. How is the poem organized? What about the rhyme scheme? What about its length? How do all of these ideas contribute to the meaning of the poem?

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

I love Pppppppppppppooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsssssssssss

I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee poems. I don't its just something about the way the authors expresses his or her self that draws my attention. I enjoy it. I guess because it sometimes can be personal, or just because it romantice. Some poems relate to me which make me attracted even more. As many know i love music and music is nothing more than poems. Its the exact same thing, which make me like it even more. I can't wait to begin this quater.
This is my favorite poem: by Maya Angeloue
Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's sizeBut when I start to tell them,They think I'm telling lies.I say,It's in the reach of my armsThe span of my hips,The stride of my step,The curl of my lips.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.I walk into a roomJust as cool as you please,And to a man,The fellows stand orFall down on their knees.Then they swarm around me,A hive of honey bees.I say,It's the fire in my eyes,And the flash of my teeth,The swing in my waist,And the joy in my feet.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.Men themselves have wonderedWhat they see in me.They try so muchBut they can't touchMy inner mystery.When I try to show themThey say they still can't see.I say,It's in the arch of my back,The sun of my smile,The ride of my breasts,The grace of my style.I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.Now you understandJust why my head's not bowed.I don't shout or jump aboutOr have to talk real loud.When you see me passingIt ought to make you proud.I say,It's in the click of my heels,The bend of my hair,the palm of my hand,The need of my care,'Cause I'm a womanPhenomenally.Phenomenal woman,That's me.

Yess, we starting poetry :)

I love poetry because poetry is another way to show and explain how you feel about many things whether its love or even the economy. One of favorite poems is Still I Rise by Maya Angelou:
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

That was just half of the poem because its quite long. I enjoy this poem because it is telling women stand strong and believe in yourself don't let nobody put you down because of the way you look because you are beautiful. I can't wait to start poetry in class and I hope we read some good poems.

Poems (:

Poetry is great. Some poems can be beautiful and enduring while some can make you think and try and figure out what the writer is trying to say. Most poems have many meanings behind it, it is a great feeling when you understand what is going on. Anybody can write poetry. It is just a group of emotions that a person puts into words. I enjoy poetry because anybody can write it and many people can enjoy it. In some ways poetry can branch off to a lot of things, like stories and even songs. Poetry isnt that bad, you just have to think sometimes but at the end of the day the poem can possible change your life. (:

I prefer numbers than POEMS!!!!!!!

I strongly HATE poems. Ms. Noonan, you could call me a hater, I don't CARE!!! I never liked them because ther is toooooo much analysing, and I am NOT good at that. It gets me so irritated how the authors have "secret messages" on their poems, and WE have to figure them out. I mean poetry could be romantic, and I really like romantic stuff, but not in letters or words. I prefer the Southern Gothic stories Ms. Noonan makes us read rather than these poems coming up! Ugh! I HAVE TO ENDURE THE PUNISHMENT!!!!

I HATE POETRY WITH ALL OF MY HEART!!!!

ut my fave poem is the Shakespare's one about floweres and colors and stuff, it's cute and romantic, even though i could barely get it... -___-

Thoughts on poetry...

Yeaaa, I'm not a big fan of poetry. On a scale from 1-10 (10 being love it 1 being hate it), I give poetry a 3. The main reason I don't like poetry is because a lot of it is hard to understand. The rhymes and stuff is nice, but there's always a message that we have to detect and most of the time it's hard trying to "find the mushrooms". Some poems are interesting. Some are boring. I just don't understand most, which makes me not like poetry.

Ciera.

poems to like or not to like

Poetry: love it or hate it? Explain. What's your favorite poem? If possible, copy and paste it into your entry. Why do you enjoy that poem? Any other thoughts on poetry?

i dont hate it i just dont like having to read poems that have a wierd wording. I like poems that ryhm and poems of love and poems of life but i dont think im a good poem writter not even free write poems. I liked it this one time were my english teacher was talking about how song lyrics were poems and she made us do a poem out of which ever song we liked. bad part of this i kinda lost that poem when they had to reformat my computer so thats sad :( but yeah it was from a song and we had to insert song lyrics and our own wording to the poem. i think that that was the only poem i put some thougt in to and that i liked doing. I remeber that it had light pink and purple letters thats all i remember about that poem. butas i said im not a very good poem writter im ok with reading them as long as they dont have some weird way of witting them.

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Poetry: love it or hate it? Explain. What's your favorite poem? If possible, copy and paste it into your entry. Why do you enjoy that poem? Any other thoughts on poetry?
I don't really read poetry. Out of my own memory the only poem that I can remember was Naked And The Nude. I liked that one because of the fact that it seemed like a puzzle and I like to solve puzzles. And when I figured out the point of it I got excited. It was awesome. But then again... I get tired of puzzles once in a while so then I just don't care, then I really don't care too the point where it actually annoys me. That's how I feel right now, and we only read two poems...and when it comes to writing them, that's where I just don't like them. I'm not really poetic, I stutter and misplace my words a lot, then I lose track of what I'm saying and it just gets confusing.
Another poem that I liked was:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Your name is crystal
And I hate you.

Poems...ummm....hate them!

To start of I HATE POETRY!!! Here are my reasons: i never understood it, it was always boring to me, and there were to many terms to remember. Poetry has never caught my attention. Every time we studied poetry i hated being in English class, honestly i would rather do a research paper then sit and study "the wonders of poetry" as Ms.Noonan says. Most poems are about love and death like cant they be about something else. Reading a poem is not the part i hate, its understanding it and since there so many types of poems it just confuses me!>.< Like there's sonnets, limericks, Haiku's and many more that i hate hate hate..did i say hate?..hate hate hate:) Well now you know why i have a big dislike of poetry:)

Poems= BORING!

I do not like poems. They make me fall asleep. I do like some just that others are boring and long. I hate long poems. I do not have a favorite one but one that I always here is the phenomenal women. but other than that i don't like them.
For some reason poems do not excite me. I'm not saying that I hate them i just dislike them.

Rutabegas

I think poems are fine as long as i understand it ms Noonan-"what is it trying to say?!!" me-->*throws pebble*. I like limericks :D like this one i just invented:

There once was a man named tom
he was a really stinky old bum
one day he cries and then he died
and that was the end of old tom

some poems are really hard to figure out what they mean and then all the class and I will go crazy and die. maybe some freaky scary poems would be cool no lovely dovey ones yuck... Even some poem's words use these complicated words to say something even though there's some easier words to use booooo.

Poems Ewwwwwwww -

Q: Poetry: love it or hate it? Explain. What's your favorite poem? If possible, copy and paste it into your entry. Why do you enjoy that poem? Any other thoughts on poetry?

A: I dislike poetry because I think its so hard to write and understand it. I mean I know that the words don't have to rhyme in order for it to be a poem, but its still difficult to write it. Understanding poems is also difficult because to me its hard to understand some of the metaphors being used or the way the poet expresses their feelings its just so hard to understand. I don't have a favorite poem because I really don't read any. Maybe by the end of the school year I'll be able to like poetry and I might even have a favorite poem.

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, October 16, you must post a response to the following question:

Poetry: love it or hate it? Explain. What's your favorite poem? If possible, copy and paste it into your entry. Why do you enjoy that poem? Any other thoughts on poetry?

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

MY FAVORITE STORY..

my favorite shorty is the yellow wallpaper because that story had sort of a mysteries vibe and a creep atmosphere. I liked how the lady stated to see things , little in the beginning and then she went nuts at the end. those kinds of stories are interesting because they give a good imagery to give us a mental picture.

MY FAVORITE STORY IS........

My favorite story we've read this quarter is The Lottery. This is my favorite because it's suspenseful and scary. It's also very misleading. First of all, the title. When you think of the lottery, you think of competing against a million other people to win some money. I would've never thought of a lottery equaling death. That's just crazy. An example of suspense in the story would be the part where the names are being called and you're just waiting to see who won and how much they're going to win The scary part about is that the winner didn't win money; they won hand fulls of stones thrown at him or her until he or she died. Oh how nice. So I definitely agree with whoever said it should be banned.

Ciera.

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I like almost all of the stories That we read throughout the first quarter, as long as I didn't get mad at the actions of the characters in the story.
If I had to choose one story I guess it would have to be "The Yellow Wallpaper" Its  a story that I can actually relate too. My Parents and family members Used to think that I had issues when I was a kid and their version of getting me help was not letting me see the light of day again because they would be afraid that I got hurt which seems like the same type of situation that the main characters husband did to her.
In the end I turned out pretty messed up and "Crazy" I guess is a way that you could put it, just like she ended up in the end of the story.

My Favorite is...................

My favorite story I read would have to be "Where have you been, where are you going?". This story was the most interesting out of all of the other stories we have read this quarter. I love the drama in the book how connie was so hard head that she didn't have any respect for herself or the people around her. She should have listen to her parents then she would of known the possbile things that could of happen to her for lying and sneaking out. Aronld Friend is also wrong too because he didn't have the right to come to connie house and force her to come with him. Therefore this story was crazy and it made me want to find out what happen after she listen to Aronld and left.

The YEllow Wallpaper

Don't open the door to anyone!!

My favorite story is where have you been and where are you going. It caught my attention when it talked about a girl who pretty much did whatever she wanted. At a teenage year we all want to do whatever we want. The part that was crazy was when Arnold went to her house and told her everything he knew about her family. If I wA her I would have not opened the door. That was always the rule when my dad would leave us home alone. Never open the door to anyone unless it's family. I would have been terrified and would have killed myself rather than going with a stranger!

I'd say "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

I think this is my favorite story for a long list of reasons. One of the reasons is because the whole story could be taken as a realistic story, which people can connect to. It is a wonderful story that shows how weak, confused, and carzy one could be at some point of our lives. The main reason is because of the connection there was bewtween the story and my sister and I. I could connect to it from beginning to the end. It gives a normal story of our teenage years of how crazy it was, of how crazy we were.

A good man is hard to find:DDDD!!

Out of all the stories we have read so far, my favorite one is "A good man is hard to find"! AGHHHH!! I gotta say it was the best story so far that I've read. I really liked it because they way all the events happened and some were to blame because of the grandmother.

In the beginning of the story the grandmother didn't want to go to Florida, she wanted to go to Tennessee. Her grand children were really snobby kids so they complained about every little thing. She and her son didnt have a great relationship so there wasn't a lot of communication. Now the family ends up riding to Tennessee after all but on the way there they end up getting into an accident. The grandmother was to blame for this because while they rode in the car she started to tell the kids the story of house that had a secret panel. The problem to this was that when the grandmother told the story she didn't remember that the house was located in Tennessee and they were barely in Georgia:O she had gotten those two places confused! so the whole accident was her fault. Now this brought them into a bigger mess that in the end the whole family died!!! A criminal was on the lose and to their dismay he ended up passing where they were. He was known as the "misfit" and the grandmother recognized him, beacause of this she ends up calling him out and sadly he couldn't let them go knowing who he was. So he kills them all! The ending really sucked but i just loved how the author put this all together!!:DDD best story ever! I also like the part in the end that had to do with religion and how one of Jesus disciples ends up denying him 3 times just like the Misfit shot her 3 times:O

Teenage Wasteland

Q: Of all the short stories we've read this quarter, which is your favorite? Why?
Make your reasons as descriptive as possible. Don't just write, for example, "I like the story because it was crazy." BE SPECIFIC. WHY is it crazy???

A: My favorite story from all the stories we've read is Teenage Wasteland, beside it being a great song it is also a great story. I like the story because it talks from the mother's perspective and what she thinks of Donny and his actions. It makes me think about my actions and how my mom feels. I think that Daisy did a good job raising Donny but she shouldn't of left his tutor take complete control over the school situation. If she saw that her son was improving when she was helping him then she should hired the tutor but continued to be involved with the studies. Overall the story was good because of the structure it has, makes you want to continue reading the story.

Trapped inside

My favorite story so far was    "The Yellow Wallpaper" because it messed with my head. It makes me think of how easy it is to fool everyone into believing that you are fine but yet you are worst then ever before. I think its weird how when she sees the wall paper she really sees herself trapped inside. Its like she needed to find a way to be free because she felt trapped between her sickness and her husband telling her what she can do and what she can't. She just wanted to be free from the oppressor. It is like the pattern in the wallpaper that made up the prison bars was her husband and her sickness while the lady trapped inside was her hopelessly trying to escape but she couldn't.  Then when she tore the wallpaper its like she liberated herself from her husband and sickness. She wont get trapped again because the wallpaper is gone and so are her chains even if it seems that she is more trapped then before inside her head still she feels free. That's all she wanted to be free.

Favorite story o.O

My favorite story was "where are you, where have you been?"

It was so creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy and it caught my attention more than any other story. I could probably relate to connie a little bit because of the way she is with her parents. Also, its just a teen drama. What teen doesn't go through the phase of rebellion and no caring about the rest of the world? I know i sure have. I'm not really sure why else it caught my attention. I was more curious to read this story than the other ones because there was so much suspense on what Arnold was going to do to connie. Overall, this was the only not boring story :D

This Week's Assignment

By 6 P.M. on Sunday, October 9, you must post a response to the following question:

Of all the short stories we've read this quarter, which is your favorite? Why?

Make your reasons as descriptive as possible. Don't just write, for example, "I like the story because it was crazy." BE SPECIFIC. WHY is it crazy???

In addition, you must comment on two of your classmates' entries.

Reading/Homework Schedule

Here's the tentative plan for the next couple weeks:
Due Tuesday, 10/4: Revision Assignment, Vocab Unit 3
Due Wednesday, 10/5: Read "The Story of an Hour"
Due Friday, 10/7: Essay: Florence Nightingale
Due Monday, 10/11: Read "Happy Endings"
Due Tuesday, 10/12: Vocab Quiz

FRIDAY, 10/14: QUARTER EXAM

title of the one below

it was about how the stories used symbolism to show how women back then use to be locked behind walls. Since back then women couldn't do much because men were mostly looked at women felt like they were in jail.  Some didn't want to try getting evolved with the outside world because they were scared they might be looked down at. i agreed because the only wall to free themselves from their room was to make themselves known to the outside and not be scared of what people might say.

Imprisionment and Escape: The Physchology of Confinement

It talks about women during the nineteen century. It tells us that he was a famous nerve spealist and he didnt allow Gillam to write. When Gillam got well then he'll let her write but until then she didnt have permission to write. Its just like the Yellow wallpeper, the husband was being control but it was for her better. We look at and get offened but its the truth and inorder for her to be okay it was needed. It also talked about how after the Yellow Wallaper the who treated Gillman had read it. Then soon he noticed he was wrong so he changed his tratement for the better of his patients. So i agree to a certain extent but i think that they believed it was for the good and if they didnt know better they couldnt change. Like the man in the Yellow wallpaper didnt know better he honestly beleived he helped but the doctor realized so he fixed it.

Gender and Pathology in 'The Yellow Wallpaper

Symbolism is what Fleenor talks in The Yellow Wallpaper. Their prison was their home and also their tomb. Men worked together, while women worked ALONE stuck in the four walls. Women denied the opportunity to work, and that they were prisoners in the room. The narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper is punish by not seeing her baby and being lock in the room. It symbolizes that women did not have many rights, were not able to write and speak up. I agree that women were not as equal as men. Women were afeected physically but also mentally because being lock in a room with nothing to do, a women back in those times can think of the people she loved. also of being back with the poeple she needs. Women did not wanted to be prisioners for life and speak up for their rights as men.

...Vanessa... :)

Imprisonment and Escape: The Psychology of Confinement

This critisism talks about how durring the 19 century women would use symboles like houses to represent their imprisonment.This critism talks about how Gillman was teated by S. Weir Michell who wasa a famouse nerve specialist. The critisim talks about how he treated Gillam and the way he did it was by not letting her write untlill she was well again. The same happend in the yellow wall paper. It talks about if Gillman were able to write she would be able to relese some stress or things she had been holding in for a long time. Then it also talks about how after the short story of the yellow wall paper was published that same docter who treated Gillman read it. After reading the story of the yellow wall paper Gillmans docter realized that he was doing his patients wrong insted of good. After he realized this he changes his treatment. When this happend Gillmans says that she had not lived in vane because she was able to change the treatment and be able to help other paitents who were suffering the same thing she was.

Gender and Pathology in "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Juliann Fleenor talks about how all three stories by Gilman connect with theme in each story. So all three stories is talking about how women are confined in four walls. Saying that females isolate themselves from the public world not getting invovled with the outside work. Also Gilman is comparing these stories to her own life which she is saying that it is punishment for women being left alone with taking care of their child. I agree with the part that women should not be left alone especially after having a child because the mother goes through all like with depression and feeling they not going to be a good parent to their child.

Gender and Pathology in "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Fleenor talks about the symbolism in The Yellow Wallpaper it is more than confinement, victimization, and the inability to write. It shows us that the women being trapped in the room was a symbols for women not being able to write because it was wrong. In the story one theme is punishment for becoming a mother or in another view punishment for being female. The narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper is punish for being a mother by not been able to see her baby. The narrator is punished for been a female by having to stay in the room and not been able to write. I agree with it because women are being lock down not physically but mentally women are seen as less than men. The women need to escape that room and fight for their rights.

-Mariana Diaz

Biographical Echoes in "The Yellow Wallpaper"

I totally agree with this. Even though i said that her husband loved her in class, I could see the woman's point of view. I could see that John having his wife locked alone meant that he didn't want to be with her, meaning not loving her. The connection between the wife and John's wife is obvious. Gilman's mom loved her husband, but apparently he didn't, and this affected Gilman so much, that she wrote this story reflecting her childhood.

Gender and Pathology in "The Yellow Wallpaper"

In this Literary criticism Fleenor talks about how the story is mainly talking about women being confined into their homes. How Gilman Perkins stories relate back to each other in some kind of way. She compares a lot to the isolation of her life. She also states how the Yellow Wallpaper symbolizes many things. I agree with the criticism because she makes valid points about how she says one of the symbols is punishment for being a women let alone a mother because the child in the Yellow Wallpaper is not brought up often because the baby was token away from the mother. The tried to leave the narrator in a room as if it was a punishment.