Have you ever read a story that sound so familiar to you? Many authors write stories according to their life, own experiences, and events. Kate Chopin relayed her stories according to special events in her life. When she wrote, “The Awakening.” the story was a New Orleans woman who was infamous in the French Quarter. Death came through her family like water and how it flows in a river. She used these feelings and channeled them into stories of her own. This is because it was something she experienced by her and she knew all about that woman who lived there. Her life could have had an effect on, “The Story of An Hour”, because it talks about a future death verses her actual life and the deaths that occurred.
In “The Story of An Hour”, Mrs. Mallard was having a random moments about her soul being free. “Free! Body and soul free! She kept whispering.” She wanted her body and soul to be set free from any given emotions or extremities of the life with her and Mr. Mallard. This story could have been a great effect on her life. Kate Chopin’s husband adored her in everyway. Her intelligence started at a young age and continue to progress as she got older. “He adored his wife, admired her independence and intelligence, and “allowed” her unheard of freedom.” He did not stop her from doing anything during their marriage, but the difference is that she did not anticipate on her husband dying (in her biography). What should be compared is that, between the lines, she could have been struggling to cope with his death and could not live with it. Instead, she used her emotions for good and wrote on paper. She turned her life into a library of works to show that death will not keep her down.
Ever since birth, she has seen it all and heard it all. After birth, she has been seeing death like crazy. “Her sisters died in infancy and her brothers died in their early twenties.” (Wyatt) She was the only child from her mother to live past her twenties. She lost her husband of twelve years, her mother, and grandmother. She did not let this keep her grounded for long. The Story of an Hour did not convey ways of being an example of Cult of True Womanhood. Because Mr. Mallard did not hold her hostage from anything or anyone, he just simply was not around. In Chopin’s biography, her husband respected her and gave her the rights a woman should deserve. Being a woman, during these times, showed hate and made women feel less of them.
Chopin showed happiness throughout her life and did not let anything stop her. She stuck by her children’s side and held on. Even though the passage could be considered a contradiction of love and hated, they still exhibit the character she inherited. The life of Kate Chopin is very rare and you could never find an author to compare.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Disturbia Character Analysis
In the movie, "Disturbia”, starring Shia LeBeouf is about a teenager who thinks that he lives next door to a murderer. Shia’s character, Kale, plays teenager is put on house arrest, while in the meantime he has to find something constructive to do. His role was something every actor should portray… simplicity. He had added authencity to his role and it seems like that movie watchers would actually feel like their in a movie. His character was realistically because most roles for actors are to be themselves without overdoing it and bring the crowd in. Kale used a lot detail in the film to make it seem like he was a real person portraying himself. As everyone thinks, what is an actor actually thinking? He used a lot of stress when the girl moved in. People could see that is how he reacts to things like these things. Everyone can see that he is like your average teenager, but on TV.
Friday, October 24, 2008
"Aren't I A Woman" Comparison
When the 50 Essays book edits Sojourner Truth's essay, they take away from the original meaning from her actual speech. Although, the reading of her speech was easy, it still took away from its originality. The speech written in the book relayed her message, if you wanted the condensed version of the original speech. The original text expresses a deeper meaning of the speech. A lot of people may have edited how she spoke because it was hard to understand. In the original version, they had, in parenthesis, what and how the crowd reacted to her speech. A lot of them were cheering and a lot of their “jeers and sneers turned into cheers.” (Original Speech) They speech rewritten in 50 Essays looses it appeals to emotion with the audience because it leaves out the actual words used, one deleted paragraph and omitted lines which made her more credible. Her original words added meaning, character, and brought life to those sitting in the audience.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Sojourner Truth Questions (50 Essays)
1.) Sojourner Truth argued about the rights given to white women instead of black women and their inequality between men and women both. Truth was responding to a people who voiced their opinions in the crowd.
2.) Truth used many examples in her speech. One example is when she shows off her arms and shoulders. She was showing the crowd that she was a hard worker on the plantation fields and that any man or woman can do what she did. Another example is when she referred to the cup and how full it is. She was meaning that if I had more than a white person had in her cup than they would have a fit and get mad. Another example is if the first woman God ever made was strong enough, she could turn the world upside down.
4.) My perceptions of her would be that she stood up for our race as a black woman. If the audience was a black crowd then it would be different then everyone would be on the same page and understand rather than a diverse crowd. Things would be the same and nothing would be different.
2.) Truth used many examples in her speech. One example is when she shows off her arms and shoulders. She was showing the crowd that she was a hard worker on the plantation fields and that any man or woman can do what she did. Another example is when she referred to the cup and how full it is. She was meaning that if I had more than a white person had in her cup than they would have a fit and get mad. Another example is if the first woman God ever made was strong enough, she could turn the world upside down.
4.) My perceptions of her would be that she stood up for our race as a black woman. If the audience was a black crowd then it would be different then everyone would be on the same page and understand rather than a diverse crowd. Things would be the same and nothing would be different.
Sojourner Truth Response
Sojourner Truth was once a slave. Yet, until in 1827 in New York the law was emancipated all the slaves within its borders. “Aren’t I a Woman?” was her most well-known for her speech in 1851, and delivered at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention. The speech was later published. In her speech, she argued that before the Civil War, often placed white women upon a platform and gave them certain privileges. This attitude was not extended to black women.
In this essay, pathos was an appeal to the reader’s emotion. Being sympathetic does not involve tears, but it involves how some feels without the physical expression. “That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!”(Truth) this quote appeal to the readers emotion and she expresses a lot of emotion in this sentence, because this man is saying that a white woman needs these things, but she tells him, “I need them to” and ending with the quote, “Aren’t I a Woman?” She wanted to let them know if you treat one woman one way then you should treat me the same way. “I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me…” (Truth) In this quote, Truth is giving her explanation of that a woman could do anything better than a man can. In other words, this is not a man’s world. She has done it all and will continue to do what she need to.
When giving her explanation she explained herself, which made the crowd enjoy what she was saying. “Then they talk about this thing in the head—what’s this they call it? (Truth) She was referring to the word “intellect”. “What’s that got to do with woman’s rights or Negroes’ rights? (Truth) She was quoting that if someone has intellect, what does that have to do with their rights? “If my cup won’t hold but a pint and yours hold a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full? In this quote she used details and examples to explain that she has a little intellect and that it does not have anything to do with women’s and men's rights. The details were the last quote that explains the first two about having intellect. She had very weak diction in her speech. “‘Bilged to you for hearing on me..." When readers first hear this they stop and think that this sentence does not make any sense to the readers. She probably meant that she thanks the audience for listening.
Woman always had to fight for their rights, especially black women. It just takes at least for someone to step up and say something to defend our rights. It takes someone very strong to do this. Education has nothing to do with standing up for someone..
In this essay, pathos was an appeal to the reader’s emotion. Being sympathetic does not involve tears, but it involves how some feels without the physical expression. “That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!”(Truth) this quote appeal to the readers emotion and she expresses a lot of emotion in this sentence, because this man is saying that a white woman needs these things, but she tells him, “I need them to” and ending with the quote, “Aren’t I a Woman?” She wanted to let them know if you treat one woman one way then you should treat me the same way. “I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me…” (Truth) In this quote, Truth is giving her explanation of that a woman could do anything better than a man can. In other words, this is not a man’s world. She has done it all and will continue to do what she need to.
When giving her explanation she explained herself, which made the crowd enjoy what she was saying. “Then they talk about this thing in the head—what’s this they call it? (Truth) She was referring to the word “intellect”. “What’s that got to do with woman’s rights or Negroes’ rights? (Truth) She was quoting that if someone has intellect, what does that have to do with their rights? “If my cup won’t hold but a pint and yours hold a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full? In this quote she used details and examples to explain that she has a little intellect and that it does not have anything to do with women’s and men's rights. The details were the last quote that explains the first two about having intellect. She had very weak diction in her speech. “‘Bilged to you for hearing on me..." When readers first hear this they stop and think that this sentence does not make any sense to the readers. She probably meant that she thanks the audience for listening.
Woman always had to fight for their rights, especially black women. It just takes at least for someone to step up and say something to defend our rights. It takes someone very strong to do this. Education has nothing to do with standing up for someone..
Monday, October 20, 2008
Slave Comparisons
On the narratives written by Jacobs and Douglass both displayed their lives lived in the times of slavery. Readers could see that both writers had a lot in common. Like all, they both were victims of slavery and they wanted and wished for somewhere better to live. They knew that they were being mistreated like criminals. Jacobs and Douglass wanted to become better people, but why not tell others your story.
Pathos was expressed in both essays, because they wanted people to understand them. “Why does the slave ever love?” (Jacobs) Jacobs was trying to explain to readers through a rhetorical question stating that here’s my story and feel my pain. Your everyday person takes love very seriously and they show amounts of it. A person who is in captivity would be able to show the expression of love because that is the furthest thing from thought. The best quote that expressed pathos was “The white children could tell their ages. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege” (Douglass) That is a shame how white people had the privilege of knowing something that small, but someone of color could not even know their age.
Like all authors, everyone has a primary purpose, who are they writing to. Jacobs and Douglass primary audience was anyone who was interested in learning about how a slave lived their life. They are the primary audience because there is no selective audience; it is just people who want to here their stories. When writing, it is like a story written between you and your diary or another person rather.
Both parties were ones who expressed pathos and those who wanted to here to their stories. They wrote it with people with intelligent mindsets and make writers feel welcomed.
Pathos was expressed in both essays, because they wanted people to understand them. “Why does the slave ever love?” (Jacobs) Jacobs was trying to explain to readers through a rhetorical question stating that here’s my story and feel my pain. Your everyday person takes love very seriously and they show amounts of it. A person who is in captivity would be able to show the expression of love because that is the furthest thing from thought. The best quote that expressed pathos was “The white children could tell their ages. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege” (Douglass) That is a shame how white people had the privilege of knowing something that small, but someone of color could not even know their age.
Like all authors, everyone has a primary purpose, who are they writing to. Jacobs and Douglass primary audience was anyone who was interested in learning about how a slave lived their life. They are the primary audience because there is no selective audience; it is just people who want to here their stories. When writing, it is like a story written between you and your diary or another person rather.
Both parties were ones who expressed pathos and those who wanted to here to their stories. They wrote it with people with intelligent mindsets and make writers feel welcomed.
Negro Spirituals Remix
From Oh Happy Day
Oh Happy Day, Oh Happy Day
Oh Happy Day, Oh Happy Day
When Jesus prayed (Oh when He prayed)
When Jesus prayed (Oh when He prayed)
He kept my plantation owner away
My improvisiatiuon does not change the meaning of the song because the slaves wanted to stay happy on that day. when they thought about what Jesus did they rejoiced and felt safe in His arms. These statements just meant that when Jesus did what He did they felt happy.
Oh Happy Day, Oh Happy Day
Oh Happy Day, Oh Happy Day
When Jesus prayed (Oh when He prayed)
When Jesus prayed (Oh when He prayed)
He kept my plantation owner away
My improvisiatiuon does not change the meaning of the song because the slaves wanted to stay happy on that day. when they thought about what Jesus did they rejoiced and felt safe in His arms. These statements just meant that when Jesus did what He did they felt happy.
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