#2.13.14

[lovedove21314-blog]

I Miss You

I miss all the fun times we had together. I miss when we would hold hands. I miss our first kiss. I miss your smile. I miss your laugh. I miss everything about you. But the only problem is that you don’t miss me. 

[aliteraturemajor]

In Class Notes, Thursday February 13, 2014, American Literature

Social Darwinism: Society progresses at the cost to the common man.

Evolutionary Ideology

Puritanism

Callvinistic Predestination

Rationalism

American Revolution => 19th century

Associated with the Enlightenment

John Locke – most famous for Tabula Rosa

everyone is born with a clean slate

We have the ability to use our free will to positively effect society.

Embraced by American Revolutionaries

Emergence of a new nation.

Romanticism

Whitman – Stresses how the individual has the ability to improve

connection to other living beings

Emerson Over-soul (individual)

Individual & the whole

Naturalists

(Off shoot from realism, sort of)

Heredity and environment takes the place of fate

Anti-Enlightenment in a way

The individual is reduced

Fatalism => Justifies imperialism, eugenics, pseudoscience, racism

Is it purely Aesthetic?

Is it just art for the sake of art?

Do they have an overarching social purpose?

Moral implications?

Is it a problem is it’s just art for art’s sake

ú  Quentin Terrentino (?) Naturalist movies

The Open Boat

At the mercy of the sea

Reference to ocean as "she"

**Relationship of gendering the ocean**

Fate and the environment came together as one => Ultimate test

randomness

illusion

All four had a title, but only one had a name

Why does only the oiler have a name?

The only one that dies

(Foreshadowing?)

Represents the working class

Shipwrecks are apropos of nothing –

Women influence men

Refrain of the same line more than once in the story (leit motif)

Nature doesn’t care

It’s not in the will of the ocean, the ocean is indifferent

Men against women, men against the ocean

Dichotomies

What is the effect of the repeating line

Quote on 1212

Personification of the ocean

Ironic

A Mystery of Heroism

Water is used as a symbol for life

Indifferent universe

Heroic displacement

Ironic ending is a feature of naturalist stories

Why would be not make a good description at the end of what happened.

His way of making social commentary – How careless are those of the upper ranks with those in the lower ranks.

Employs the use of “we” often – keeps the reader from feeling too detached.

How does Crane create distance?

Bride Comes to Yellow Sky

Rank (People on the train)

Entire story is told through the observation of the couple.

You never know what the Point of View is of the characters.

Story is an observation told by an outsider.

Distancing of the reader

[365days-of-thoughts]

February 13, 2014

Another snow day.... lool so did nothing at home and then N came over and we watched Frozen together and just chilled for a little bit. Did my lab report and stuff and then tried to study a little bit but really just got nothing done...

[honey-and-sting]

17

If your affection is a noose, I'll gladly take the bullet. I can't stand having that expectation around my neck.

[honey-and-sting]

Greedy Love

Early this morning the moon called. She said, "Darling, some man will always get it into his mind that he can lasso you and pull you into his bed. His inability to possess you will drive him mad, so shine just outside his bedroom window, smile down mockingly in front of the bar he is leaving alone. You are distant and beautiful, too bright to ignore but too far away to be covered by his greedy little fingerprints. Just because he can see you doesn't mean he can own you. Tell him. You are your own."

[kris10mae]

Still can’t process what happened yesterday…We were supposed to go to the DrakexYG shoot but I chickened out bc I would not fit in lmao good thing we didn’t

I met Little Mix OMG Jade called me pretty and I complimented Jesy’s tatttoos and she was like thank yuuuu all british and shit and I didn’t rly talk to Leigh Anne bc I gave them the glasses and Perrie PUT THEM ON and I took a selfie with her lol so booyah

James is like a dad and just watches from the side like “Just have fun…I’ll be here” LOL

We didn’t know what to do so we parked across from the Honda Center and ended up getting tickets to the concert about an hour before……how do I manage to pull shit like this

I LOVE FIFTH HARMONY I WISH WE COULD’VE GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO MEET THEM BUT THEY WERE IN THE VENUE LIKE….ALL DAY S’ALL GOOD I GOT MY LITTLE MIX SELFIES

5H sang Independent Women and LM sang No Scrubs ayyyyy

ZAYN FUCKING MALIK WAS AT THE CONCERT LIKE ON THE WAY I WAS LIKE “WOW HOW COOL WOULD IT BE IF WE RAN INTO HIM RANDOMLY DUDE IS LIKE A POKEMON” AND IN BETWEEN SETS EVERYONE WENT CRAZY CAUSE ZAYN CAME OUT FOR LIKE A MINUTE LOL I WAS IN THE SAME ROOM AS HIM AGAIN….WOW AMAZING HES AMAZING

Demi was SO GOOD and Nick Jonas came out too I fangirled so hard it was gr8

After the concert we ran into Stalker Sarah and Colton Rudloff… Colton was so happy that we recognized him and he asked for my name omg I was hella blushin

Seeing Demi for the 4th time was cool as fuck yesterday was cool as fuck like it could not have been any better 

A lot of things can happen when you ditch school for a day to go to LA LOL