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.

Assignment #10

All of a sudden the walls coming at me retreat. Am I saved again? Or is there another awful way of torture coming for me now? Then, I see that sudden flash of light. The one that lets me know that someone is watching me. Except this time it is just a sudden flash. They have kept the door open. I see a man start down a ladder towards me. He is coming to save me at last! I yell out for him but there is no response. He must just be in my imagination. The people in charge of this have just drugged me again. Then I look closer. He has an ax with him. I start to panic and he is almost and the ground level that I am at. I run but trip and fall. They had to have drugged me again, I know it now. He comes towards me as I lay on the ground, unable to move. He takes the ax and swings at me. I feel a sharp pain and my stomach but then I am gone. Finally, the torture is over. I may have died but it is better then being in that awful cell. I'm better off this way anyway.

Assignment #9

I am team Poe. Not only do I like his writing but after the video we watched on him I feel like I know so much more about him. I thought the video was very interesting and it really made me have sympathy for Poe and make sense of more of his writings. I think he has a more direct and emotional effect to his stories. They interest me not just because of the story line but also because I am curious on why he wrote what he wrote and what he was thinking about while writing.

Assignment #8

The poem we read call 'the Tide Rises, the Tide Falls' was very interesting to me. I loved how secretly he direct his was with the meaning of the poem. It was one of those poems where you don't really know the message but once you figure it out, the poem all comes together. That is what makes many poems exciting for me to read. I get really happy when I can figure out the symbolism and descriptive language that the author is using.