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If I could bring any fictional character to prom, it would probably have to be Margaery Tyrell from the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin. Not only is she badass and witty, but she also comes from a powerful and rich family so, like Anna was saying, no need to pay for prom tickets.
Research/Writing
I have no idea how to even start writing this thing. I have a blank word document open and minimized. Every time I open it, I stare at the white screen and then remember the more important things in my life like Pinterest and my refrigerator. I have very little motivation to do this project. I can feel the pressure building up. This project is as irritating as a mosquito bite in the middle of your back and no matter how far you stretch, for the life of you, you can’t reach it. So instead you distract yourself just like I am doing now. Really I could have been done with a lot by this time but instead I am ranting on Tumblr and making weird analogies/similes. Although…this feels a little productive because it is part of the assignment. That means I deserve another 50 minute break.
This is me like every day. The worst thing is when you know what you want to say, but you just can't word it right, and you spend like an hour trying to get a nice sentence but nothing is working.
Done w/ Annotations
Finally! Done with writing, revising, and rewriting my annotations.
Much like I thought the abstracts were going to be the most difficult things I've ever had to write ever, I thought the annotations were going to be awful and impossible to finish. Fortunately for both abstracts and annotations, the writing experience wasn’t as bad as I predicted, and I was able to finish in a shorter period of time than I expected.
Now to actually finish the rest of the project...
Really interesting.
I love this so so much- especially the part where she talks about why she doesn't leave, because I know my parents still have regrets leaving Iran even all these years later.
As I’m reading some of my literary criticisms, it seems like I missed a bunch when I was reading. For example, a motif throughout Faust, is weaving. It’s an extended metaphor throughout the novel. It’s a metaphor for life. One’s life cannot be viewed as a single strand or choice. It has...
When I read my first criticism, I realized I missed a lot of the themes and overall concepts of the book, too. Which was part of the reason why I enjoyed reading the criticism so much; I learned all this new stuff about my book’s themes and moves the author made. For example, one of my criticisms talked about epistolary writing in my book, which is just a fancy word for “letter-format” in mostly fiction books. The criticism opened up this whole new thing about the themes of education and instruction based off of the epistolary format Walker chose to put her book in. When I first read the book, before reading the criticisms, I thought about none of those themes and ideas. But now that I’ve learned about them through this criticism, when I re-read parts of the book, I see what the criticism mentioned popping up everywhere.
Abstracts Part Deux
I’ve finally broken through the writers block and rough drafted my first abstract, which makes me feel better about not only the rest of the abstracts to follow but also makes me feel better about my chances of graduating. I found that it was easier to start out brainstorming the abstracts on a piece of paper instead of on the computer (the blank screen just psyches me out for some reason). Having to type up the abstract is pretty time-consuming, but the transfer of the words on page to the words on screen is a way for me to edit my writing and look over it a second time, so I wouldn’t consider it a waste of my time. Hopefully, the rest of the abstracts will go smoother now that I got the first one done.
I wrote my first abstract today and boy was it hard. Not because writing an abstract is hard, its hard because I’m on my computer and the temptation to go on Facebook or youtube or listen to spotify is so strong. I told my self i would start abstracts 3 days ago but i finally started my first one...
Right! I actually really like reading my criticisms because they always give me a new perspective into my book. I find that annotating the criticisms isn't hard at all, but actually writing the abstracts is a new kind of hell.
Abstract Numero Uno
Writing an abstract is harder than I thought it would be. It doesn't help that my criticism (although short) is hard as hell to read. I had no idea what half the words in the criticism meant. I would have given up altogether and found a easier-to-read criticism, but, once I actually had some semblance over what was being said, this criticism turned out to be really interesting and had well-supported arguments.
However, now that I need to start writing the actual abstract, I'm at a loss. Where do you even start? Seriously, people who've completed an abstract, help me out. Because I've been staring at a blinking cursor over a blank page for the past hour, and I'm seriously re-evaluating my goals to pass this class.
Happy International Women’s Day!
In honor, here’s a round-up of some of Book Riot’s feminist book lists so you can build up your bookshelves with the best of feminist reading:
- How to Be a Modern Feminist
- 5 Favorite Feminist Books
- 2015 Is The Year of The Feminist YA Novel
- The Best Feminist Picture Books
- Where to Start with Feminist Genre Fiction
- Forget #SpeakBeautiful, Speak Your Mind: A Reading List
- The Best Feminist Books for Younger Readers
Macy Gray is a singer that I see as hugely influenced and inspired by Billie Holiday. My favorite song by Macy Gray is "Stoned" (seriously, please go check this song out).
One of Billie Holiday's most popular songs is "Strange Fruit", which has a completely different meaning than "Stoned," but the common factor that connects both these songs is the raw passion and depth I hear in the voices of these amazing women.
At first I really didn’t like the book because it was really hard for me to follow along with the dialogue without reading it allowed, so I kind of just skimmed it over. It was confusing and I was really lost. After discussing the first few chapters in our little groups, we concluded a lot of...
I totally see where you're coming with this, Alexandra. Even though I complain about the harknesses and group discussions, they really help me see this book from different perspectives and help me understand it better.
Throughout the first chunk that we’ve read the main thing I noticed was the idea of independence. To me, I saw that Janie grew up very independent. She had her Nanny who raised her but she was very independent and had to grow up very fast. When she marries Logan I think she almost looses a piece...
Allison was talking about balance, as well, and relating it back to the tree metaphor in the beginning of the book. I definitely think that as we go through this book, we will see Janie struggle with trying to create balance in her life. Even the book's structure is structured as a balance between two narrators, Janie's voice and a third-person omniscient presence. Whether it will be balance in relationships, balance between independence and dependence, or balance between real life and Janie's dreams, I think balance is going to be a theme that appears a lot throughout the book.
Their Eyes Were Watching God Harkness
What stuck with me in our harkness today was our discussion of Janie's dreams and fantasies. When we are first introduced to Janie, she is laying underneath a pear tree dreaming of future romances and her own sexual awakening. She is immediately characterized as a dreamer; a girl who has very idealistic visions of the future. I think Nanny saw this in her and, because of Nanny's own experiences as an African America woman, became scared of what trouble Janie could get into. So she tried to protect Janie by giving her security through marriage to a reasonably successful man. Ultimately, I think Nanny had to make a choice between Janie's freedom and her safety, and Nanny chose Janie's safety over a chance for Janie to become her own independent women.
But what also spoke miles about Janie's character was the way she still retained her original dream of romance and love even after she acknowledged her dream was dead with marriage with Killick. She left with Jody because he fit the original dream she had under the pear tree. She doesn't just chase love or chase someone who will love her, she chases her ideal of love, and she follows someone who she believes will love her in the way she dreamed to be loved in. In a way, she is always comparing her life to her dream, adjusting and changing one or the other until her life finally becomes the fantasy she wanted while under the pear tree. As Hurston states in the beginning of the book, "the dream is the truth. Then they [women] act and do things accordingly."
I have just finished chapter 15. Currently, Thorn has rejected the proposal of the elves and the Lake men and the castle is under siege. Bilbo is very distraught over this because he wants the...
Even though I love the Hobbit movies, I have to agree with you. This book, I feel, has a much more simpler, storytale-esque feel to it. For example, other than Bilbo and Thorin, the other characters in the book do not really go through much of a character arc. Usually, this makes the story static and uninteresting, but I think it works with what this book was meant for- a story to read out-loud for kids. Something you would tell around the campfire. By making this book into three movies (especially using the CGI they did), it lost the simple, light-hearted, adventure feel to it and became very hollywood-ified (if that makes sense).
clairewilliams2:“Starting off The Scarlet Letter I was getting really confused. The language is hard to understand and it takes a lot of effort to understand what exactly is going on. I like it...
I had the same exact problem with my book. The language that one of the main characters used was very colloquial- like the language we're encountering right now reading Their Eyes Were Watching God. I would often have to read the book out loud to understand what was being said. Fortunately, in my book, the language added to the characterization of the protagonist, and after a while, I got used to the way she spoke.
Reading The Color Purple Part VI
I finished this book, and it was amazing and all, but oh my god. Celie's friendship with her abusive ex-husband Mr.______ (who she now has the strength to call by his first name, Albert) is something I never thought I would see coming. It obviously shows her growth, not only can she call him by his first name instead of not being able to call his name at all (like she is beneath him), but she can also hold her own in a civil conversation with him, a far cry from the Celie that was scared to say anything in opposition to him. But can a person like Albert really change? Or a more important question, should Celie forgive him enough to pursue a friendship with him? He committed horrible acts against her, from physical and mental abuse to hiding her sister's letters so she will think her sister is dead. Is being able to forgive Albert another landmark to show how far Celie's come, or is it a mistake on her part, because he does not deserve to be forgiven?
I'm on the fence about this. When Celie began to first talk to him, I was almost screaming at her to get the hell out of dodge. Then I came across this line, "then the old devil put his arms around me and just stood there on the porch with me real quiet. Way after while I bent my stiff neck onto his shoulder. Here us is, I thought, two old fools left over from love, keeping each other company under the stars."
Both Celie and Albert loved, truly loved, Shug. It kind of all came down to Shug, in the end. She's the one who separated them, helped Celie escape, but she's also the one who brought them closer together, in the end.
I'm also so happy that the last image we get from the book is Nellie and Celie reuniting at last. The last scene, with Nellie and Celie and Shug and Albert and Samuel and Sofia and Harpo and all the other characters we've met throughout this book, stresses the main theme of the book, in my opinion: never underestimate the strength we can find in other people, in family, because, especially for these people of color in the 1980s, their roots and family was the only thing that was left to them to draw strength from.
Three chapters in, and things are already getting weird. The narrator, Laura, begins describing the strange habits of the girl, whose name we learn is Carmilla. “In some respects her habits were odd....
I don't know if you've read the criticisms of this book yet, but if you have do you know if there is any controversy over the nature of Carmilla's and Laura's relationship? Because when I read some of the criticisms of my book, there was a lot of discussion over if Celie was in love with Shug. Many people stated that Celie's sexuality wasn't the point of the book, and Shug merely taught Celie how to love herself again (to that I say look at the literal pages of them making out with each other but whatever). I was just wondering if there was anything of this nature in relation to Carmilla. In general, I've found female relationships in media have a hard time as being viewed as romantic, even if it is fairly obvious that they have blatant feelings for each other.
