Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2009 No Comments »
To begin my research, I first looked up images of grecian urns. They are depicted as having several different deities all around them, and they are made of marble. So right away I knew that this would be a large part of the poem, this motif of Greece and coldness. Then I thought it would [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2009 No Comments »
If I had the opportunity to redo my timed write on the poem entitled “Evening Hawk”, there are several things I would change. First of all, I would read the poem itself much more carefully and pay more attention to the pronouns being used. For example, in the fourth stanza the prounoun “he” is used, and it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
2. Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
3. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
I’ve decided to go with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
On the first page of “War Dances”, by Sherman Alexie, a prominent symbol is established. “…I unpacked my bag and found a dead cockroach, shrouded by a dirty sock, in a corner.” Then later, after the speaker lists all of the side effects of a disorder he has called phenobarbital, he says, “How do you like [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Willa Cather’s short story entitled “Paul’s Case” explores the thought that we as humans are born into a certain standing in the world, and that no matter how hard we may try, there is no way that can be changed.
