English so far

So far this semester, Intro Lit has gone very well.  It is a lot of hard work, which is not a compliant.  I actually like it.  It has helped me apply myself to the best of my abilities.  When I get something accomplished it makes me feel good about myself.  I feel like I am getting a lot out of this course than I intended and I am getting a lot out of this class then a lot of the classes I took last semester.  In the beginning of the semester, i thought all of the work was kind of annoying, and still do sometimes, but once I get it done it is not as bad as I thought it was originally.  I am enjoying this class this semester.

The Little Mermaid

Omniscient narrator is the point of view in the Little Mermaid, meaning the narrator takes us inside all of the characters thoughts and what happens to them.  The setting, of course, is under the ocean and on land.

Comparing and Contrasting

The stories the Birthmark and Bartleby have many similarities when it comes to the characters.  Each story have a diverse character that changes through out the story. The diverse character in the Birthmark would be the wife, Georgina, because she goes through a change.  The diverse character in the story Bartleby, I believe is Bartleby himself, because he originally was  hard worker and then he just stopped working hard and ended up just doing nothing.  As for a foil character, I feel that in the Birthmark it was Aminadab because he gave a different perspective of Georgina than her husband.  In Bartleby, he too is the  foil character because he brings so many different perspectives to people with out even talking to them.  He does this by his presence.

In Class Discussion

Yesterday's discussion really made me think and question if I am racist.  I feel that every one is a little bit racist, if not racist, at least stereotypical.  After all, that is where racism comes from, stereotypes.  During the discussion I was using to stereotypes to decide whether Twyla or Roberta was black.  I did not know that I was one to use stereotypes.  I am a very friendly person and will talk to absolutely any body, not matter what race.  All of them are the same to me.  After all, I am very firm to the belief that it matters what is on the inside.  I do not use stereotypes in my daily life when I see people from other races, but I am aware of the stereotypes, which was shown yesterday in class.  I am not trying to defend myself by any means.  After class I thought about the discussion and I was kind of ashamed of the way I acted.  I was not purposefully being stereotypical, but I was indeed using stereotypes.  Stereotypes happen every day.  I do not like racism it angers me and what people do not really know is that racism is just ignorance.  People need to become educated.  People have tried educating others about racism a lot, but if they are ignorant, they are probably also stubborn and will not listen.

Fake Twitter Accounts

This article was interesting to me.  If somebody can make a fake twitter account and have people believe that it is the person they are portraying to be, just think of all of the other types of fraud that are more serious.  It is not just twitter where people are making fake accounts, but face book and myspace too.  It is something that we cannot really control or prevent.  But if fake twitter accounts scare people, then they should be focusing on the real problem; fraud.

First Paper

I feel relieved now that my first paper in this class is done.  It was a long and tedious process, but I hope, will all work out in my favor.  I was absent for the peer review so I did not have a chance to experience what it was like.  I did like, however, the conference with you.  It really help me figure out my priorities with my paper and what went with the thesis and what did not.  I tried to get as much feedback from others as possible to make my paper the best it could be!  After, the conference I was very disappointed in my paper, but with help from you and from friends, I feel way better with how my paper turned out!

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis is  a short story by Franz Kafka.  Kafka is from Germany and uses a lot of twists in his writing.  This was my third time reading this story after rereading it for this class.  I read this story in my German class my senior year.  I had to read it essentially in German.  In the original language I noticed that there was a little more detail shown in the story than when it was translated into English.  I did understand it more in English though.

This story, though weird, has a good meaning behind it.  Basically, the meaning is you should not take things for granted.  His parents took Gregor for granted and when he was turned into a bug his parents could not handle it and ended up resenting him for it.

Citations

Novel:
Zamyatin, Yevgeny. We, 1884-1937. New York: Modern Library, 2006. Print.


Source One:
George, Robert. "What Marriage Is- And What It Isn't." First Things 195 (2009): 35-38. ProQuest. Web. 30     January 2011.


Source Two:
Myers, Alan. "Zamiatin in Newcastle: The Greenwall and The Pink Ticket." The Slavonic and East European Review 71 (1993): 417-427. JSTOR. Web. 30 January 2011.