By the end of the novel, Mrs. Compson has forbidden the mention of Caddy's name. What is significant about the fact that Caddy does not have her own chapter (and that she is nameless by the end of the novel)?
Caddy remains ever present throughout the entire book with her name being strongest in Benjy's chapter, the innocent's chapter. Quentin also has a strong infatuation with Caddy, but her name actually starts to be replaced by shes and hers instead of Caddy; the name starts to fade. When Caddy is mentioned in Jason's chapter, she is always connected with money, Jason's main infatuation. The relationship between the two remains small; they seem to only be connected by their infatuations and not an actual relationship or the relationship is their infatuations. By not having a chapter and living through other chapters, Caddy remains distant and forgotten. She is a big part of the past and shapes others' lives through their experiences with her. Quentin and Benjy live in the past and so therefore Caddy a member of the past but not the present is mentioned. Jason only connects and mentions Caddy when money is involved and Dilsey never really mentions Caddy. Dilsey is the only person who remains completely in the present and in the present Caddy's name is never to be mentioned. The slow fading out of Caddy's name also ties in with the fading of Miss Quentin and her disappearance from the family's lives.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Benjy represents Caddy's innocence by his reaction to her maturing and becoming more promiscuous. When Caddy puts on the perfume for the first time, Benjy freaks out. He does not like this change in Caddy. He is used to her smelling like trees. He is used to her smelling green. The perfume hides that smell. The reaction to Charlie kissing Caddy is even stronger. He tries to hurt Charlie as a result and cries loudly. Caddy as a result also freaks out. she does not know what to do with Benjy, so she takes him inside to hide him from Charlie and hush him up. The strongest reaction comes from Caddy's loss of her virginity. Caddy can not even talk to Benjy. She feels that she has betrayed him in a way. She can not look at Benjy and runs from him. Benjy is the ultimate role of innocence. The morning that Miss Quentin has run away Benjy cries. Luster does not know what has happened, but Benjy in some way seems to know that something bad has happened. Furthermore, something bad has happened to Caddy's daughter. Benjy has some sort of deep connection with Caddy. She is the only person in the family that he was ever able to connect with and they still seem to be connect even through the distance.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
By Tuesday night, you should post a blog that draws some comparisons between the movie and the novella. Put some thought into it. This is a graded assignment and doesn't fit into the overall blog grade. It might be good to start with a passage from the text that can get your muse engaged. Below, I ve written my own to give you a guide line for length, depth and one way to compare. There are many way to compare them to one another. Make sure you give your blog a title.
Both Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness discuss the darkness of the mind. Kurtz in both represents the dark, maddened mind and in Apocalypse Now Captain Willard is also just as insane when he enters the jungle; anything goes to survive and end the mission. The insanity drawls out a side of the character that is real, but normally suppressed in civilized society. When these two characters, Kurtz and Willard, enter the uncivilized society where anything goes, their minds are released from the normal, civilized restraints; they let the wild take over and are now just as uncivilized as the people around them.
As Apocalypse Now continues and gets deeper into the story and deeper into the jungle, Willard becomes more and more insane. He kills almost at random and is on his toes constantly; he will not let his guard down but by not letting his guard down he becomes more insane. He is becoming more and more paranoid, until he kills a defenseless girl. The jungle seems to be sucking the sanity out of him, becoming more wild and unpredictable as he travels deeper into the wild.
In the book Heart of Darkness Marlow does not seem to go insane as he travels into the jungle. He keeps his sanity and civility about him. He still however feels the need and want to meet Kurtz; he wants to meet this man that is said to be insane. Marlow feels a pull toward Kurtz and so does Captain Willard. They along with the many others that know Kurtz are drawn to him. He has a pull; his insanity pulls people in to him. His wild, uncivilized thoughts pull in his followers, maybe because they want to experience something different or meet someone who has leash holding him back from doing what he wants to do or maybe the darkness has covered their minds too; maybe these men that follow are just as insane as Kurtz. Marlow is drawn to Kurtz like the others, but he does not ever seem to completely loose it. He gets close to wanting to stay with Kurtz, but overcomes this drawl. He overcomes the darkness and insanity. He wants to live through this experience and does not want to become darkened like the rest.
The darkness of the mind in both the movie and the book comes from the loss of civility and the development of the mindset that anything goes that the world is in the palm of your hand and you can do whatever you please with it and its people. There seem to be no morals or guidance. Everything seems to be lost and the mind is no longer functioning at a normal, civilized level.
Both Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness discuss the darkness of the mind. Kurtz in both represents the dark, maddened mind and in Apocalypse Now Captain Willard is also just as insane when he enters the jungle; anything goes to survive and end the mission. The insanity drawls out a side of the character that is real, but normally suppressed in civilized society. When these two characters, Kurtz and Willard, enter the uncivilized society where anything goes, their minds are released from the normal, civilized restraints; they let the wild take over and are now just as uncivilized as the people around them.
As Apocalypse Now continues and gets deeper into the story and deeper into the jungle, Willard becomes more and more insane. He kills almost at random and is on his toes constantly; he will not let his guard down but by not letting his guard down he becomes more insane. He is becoming more and more paranoid, until he kills a defenseless girl. The jungle seems to be sucking the sanity out of him, becoming more wild and unpredictable as he travels deeper into the wild.
In the book Heart of Darkness Marlow does not seem to go insane as he travels into the jungle. He keeps his sanity and civility about him. He still however feels the need and want to meet Kurtz; he wants to meet this man that is said to be insane. Marlow feels a pull toward Kurtz and so does Captain Willard. They along with the many others that know Kurtz are drawn to him. He has a pull; his insanity pulls people in to him. His wild, uncivilized thoughts pull in his followers, maybe because they want to experience something different or meet someone who has leash holding him back from doing what he wants to do or maybe the darkness has covered their minds too; maybe these men that follow are just as insane as Kurtz. Marlow is drawn to Kurtz like the others, but he does not ever seem to completely loose it. He gets close to wanting to stay with Kurtz, but overcomes this drawl. He overcomes the darkness and insanity. He wants to live through this experience and does not want to become darkened like the rest.
The darkness of the mind in both the movie and the book comes from the loss of civility and the development of the mindset that anything goes that the world is in the palm of your hand and you can do whatever you please with it and its people. There seem to be no morals or guidance. Everything seems to be lost and the mind is no longer functioning at a normal, civilized level.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Blog #4
If these stories are "art," what makes them a creative activity both for the reader and the writer? Choose a story and discuss its creative aspects and what is available for interpretation.
In Metamorphosis, the reader has to imagine Gregor as a bug. The mind has to work up an image of a human sized bug trying to perform an everyday activity like getting out of the bed or turning the door knob. For the writer this an even harder challenge, because the writer must write the story in a creative, out side of the box way so that the reader can imagine this bug. The words have to be perfectly descriptive, and yet leave enough room for interpretation of the image that is being pictured so that the writer can engage the reader's creative, imaginative side. By making the story creative and unheard of, the writer forces the reader to make up an image in his or her mind about what the situation looks like. He or she must imagine the room and the characters and the activities that the characters perform. It is like having a piece of art described to you without the piece of art in front of you. The description must be precise so that the image can form in the mind, but as in art there is room for interpretation about why the artist positioned certain objects or as in Metamorphosis why Gregor turned into a bug.
In Metamorphosis, the reader has to imagine Gregor as a bug. The mind has to work up an image of a human sized bug trying to perform an everyday activity like getting out of the bed or turning the door knob. For the writer this an even harder challenge, because the writer must write the story in a creative, out side of the box way so that the reader can imagine this bug. The words have to be perfectly descriptive, and yet leave enough room for interpretation of the image that is being pictured so that the writer can engage the reader's creative, imaginative side. By making the story creative and unheard of, the writer forces the reader to make up an image in his or her mind about what the situation looks like. He or she must imagine the room and the characters and the activities that the characters perform. It is like having a piece of art described to you without the piece of art in front of you. The description must be precise so that the image can form in the mind, but as in art there is room for interpretation about why the artist positioned certain objects or as in Metamorphosis why Gregor turned into a bug.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Blog # 3
"Iago, as Harold Goddard finely remarked, is always at war; he is a moral pyromaniac setting fire to all of reality.......In Iago, what was the religion of war, when he worshiped Othello as its god, has now become the game of war, to be played everywhere except upon the battlefield."
--Harold Bloom
To respond to this passage, one should mostly focus on the shift from a religion to a game. How would you prove that this insightful comment is true? Of course, in order to prove this idea is true, do not fail to incorporate the excellent idea of "a moral pyromaniac" in this shift.
Iago burns all things moral and good alive. He is crazed about the fire that comes from his actions and utterly fascinated by the power that he has over mankind. For them to do just as he wishes without question or suspicion drives him absolutely insane with lust over his own creativity. His desire to kill and destroy everything that Othello cared about started off as a religion. It was carefully planned and he followed his plans like a ritual, but the more he burned and watched his fire decimate the more his mind turned over the thought of utter war with Othello. Iago started to think of all the things that Othello had supposedly done to him and all that he could gain from Othello's death and destruction. His mind started to fill with lust for his own creativity and the war was started. The careful planning of the religion was gone in his mind; he started to think on whim and as a result Cassio was not killed, but Roderigo was. He had missed a small detail of Roderigo not being completely and totally willing to kill Cassio. There was some doubt in Roderigo's mind, for if there had not been any doubt the plan would have carried out just as the religion had planned. Something held Roderigo back. Iago had let the pyromaniac side take over and had let all religion go. It was the RISK and he was determined to take over all morality.
--Harold Bloom
To respond to this passage, one should mostly focus on the shift from a religion to a game. How would you prove that this insightful comment is true? Of course, in order to prove this idea is true, do not fail to incorporate the excellent idea of "a moral pyromaniac" in this shift.
Iago burns all things moral and good alive. He is crazed about the fire that comes from his actions and utterly fascinated by the power that he has over mankind. For them to do just as he wishes without question or suspicion drives him absolutely insane with lust over his own creativity. His desire to kill and destroy everything that Othello cared about started off as a religion. It was carefully planned and he followed his plans like a ritual, but the more he burned and watched his fire decimate the more his mind turned over the thought of utter war with Othello. Iago started to think of all the things that Othello had supposedly done to him and all that he could gain from Othello's death and destruction. His mind started to fill with lust for his own creativity and the war was started. The careful planning of the religion was gone in his mind; he started to think on whim and as a result Cassio was not killed, but Roderigo was. He had missed a small detail of Roderigo not being completely and totally willing to kill Cassio. There was some doubt in Roderigo's mind, for if there had not been any doubt the plan would have carried out just as the religion had planned. Something held Roderigo back. Iago had let the pyromaniac side take over and had let all religion go. It was the RISK and he was determined to take over all morality.
Friday, January 11, 2008
I Love Paris
"Ella Fitzgerald-I Love Paris lyrics"
Every time I look down on this timeless town,Whether blue or gray be her skies,
Whether loud be her cheers,
Or whether soft be her tears,
More and more do I realize that...
I love Paris in the spring time,
I love Paris in the fall,
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles,
I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles,
I love Paris every moment
Every moment of the year
I love Paris, why oh why do I love Paris
Because my love is near.
Blog Post Two- FATE
After I read Oedipus Rex, I came out with a new understanding of fate. I always thought that no responsibility came with your fate, but after reading and discussing the story I now understand that responsibility comes with any action that you do. Even if it is predetermined by fate. No matter what you do you must take responsibility for your actions. Fate has a way of always circling back to haunt you no matter what you do to avoid it. If it is destined to happen it will. Like anything that you do, your fate must be taken into account as one of your actions too.
Oedipus shows this noble quality in Oedipus Rex by gouging out his eyes and banishing himself at the end of the play. He finds out that his prophecy had come true and followed the rules that he had given for his fathers murderer. He banished himself from the city to die in the wilderness a blind man by his own will. If Oedipus had not been as noble a character would he have taken care of his responsibility of his fate?
Oedipus shows this noble quality in Oedipus Rex by gouging out his eyes and banishing himself at the end of the play. He finds out that his prophecy had come true and followed the rules that he had given for his fathers murderer. He banished himself from the city to die in the wilderness a blind man by his own will. If Oedipus had not been as noble a character would he have taken care of his responsibility of his fate?
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