Assignment #15

This picture is very emotional. It shows a bunch of parts of a man who is enslaved. I love how it is an beautifully artistic way of showing something horrible. It captures the man's pain and terror perfectly.
This really shows how badly the slaves of the time were treated.

Assignment #14

I feel very strongly about the quote "envy is ignorance." It is very true. People may think they are envious of someone else's life but they don't know that actually that person also wants to be someone else. I don't like that people feel that way though. It is kinda like the saying that everyone wants what they can't have and is an unending circle of envy. People should be happy with what they have which I know is harder said then day.

Assignment #13

This poem explains how Whitman thinks that children are. They blend into their surroundings. This is similar to how I was as a child. I always wanted to fit in to the things around me and wanted to be like everyone else. This is a naive way to look at life... which explains why this poem is about children.

Assignment #12

I hide myself within my flower


I hide myself within my flower,
That fading from your Vase,
You, unsuspecting, feel for me—
Almost a loneliness. 

The poem is about the way Emily felt about people around her. From far away you can see how beautiful a flower is just like she wanted people to see her. She never wanted to be close enough to show the real her, like if she was in a vase. 

Assignment #11

I prefer transcendentalist because they are for sure the more optimistic group. I don't really like to read so when I have to I enjoy the more upbeat stories much more. Anti-transcendentalist may be more real to what life actually is but I would rather read about the happy side of life.