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Journal #12

One set of conflicting ideas is yes vs. no. This conflict can be seen when Antigone asks Ismene to help her bury their brother Polynices. Ismene is conflicted between helping her and not. She knows that if she does do it she will be going against the king and society. She also knows that she owes it to her brother to give him a proper burial. She decides not to go against society from fear of what could happen if they get caught. She creates this tension in order to show how there are conflicts that are involved in life. Some may not be as big or have as big of consequences as this but there are still conflicts that will be a part of life. I think Anouilh is trying to say how people will be faced with conflicts regarding what to do and that people need to make a decision about them. People shouldn't be indecisive, they should at least pick a side and stick with it.

Journal #11

The chorus no longer is giving background or informing the audience about what is going to happen or what is happening. The chorus essentially explains what a tragedy is. The chorus explains things in a deeper way. What he says is less direct. The chorus creates a sense of what a tragedy is which reflects the tone. The chorus says that a tragedy is clean, it is restful, it is flawless. The chorus talks in an indifferent manner, which adds to the definition of a tragedy because it is inevitable. In tragedy there is no temptation to try and escape your fate because you already know what it is. This is what makes it a tragedy. This can be seen in Antigone regarding the fact that she knows that she is going to die for her actions and does them anyway.

Journal #10

Timeline

• Oedipus dies
• His two sons were supposed to both be kings.
• Eteocles refuses to give up his power and the brothers go to war
• Polynices and Eteocles kill each other and Creon becomes king
• Haemon asks Antigone to marry him and she says yes
• Antigone is destined to die though.
• Creon issues a solemn edict that Eteocles shall be buried and recieve the highest of honors and Polynices will not be buried or honored

Reflection
Anouilh expresses these events that happened through the chorus. The chorus describes all the events that have happened and has an insight into what has happened. It allows the audience to have a better grasp of what is happening and why. The characters are all described and their role in the play is told. It gives the audience a feel that the chorus is a part of them and able to relate to the audience. This makes the audience trust what the chorus is saying and take it in with deeper consideration and get them drawn into the play more.

Topic Sentence

Federico Garcia Lorca uses the woodcutters to show that they are against Leonardo and Bride being together. He shows this through them acutally being woodcutters and the way they talk about Leonardo and the Bride.

Blood Wedding- #9

• Not everything ends up perfectly/the way you expect no matter how much you try.
• Wealth and social status does not necessarily mean you are happy.
• Marriage should take place when two people are in love not based off of benefits that come with the marriage.
• don't force the relationship
• Internal conflicts are hard to deal with-We should consult others or think before making rash decisions.
• don't affect others with your own problems
• Put other's interests before your own

Blood Wedding- #8

The set changes constantly through out the play. At the beginning it takes place at the mother's home. It seems like a nice and peaceful place. Leonardo's home seems rather nice as well. Then the setting changes to the bride's home which is described as a cave which changes the atmosphere of the play turns rather dark and dreary. Then later the play takes place in a dark forest which adds to the dark and dreary atmosphere of the play which adds to the effect created by the plot. The plot is thickening and a lot of foreshadowing of what is about to happen happens in the forest. Then after the deaths of Leonardo and the bridegroom the setting returns to the mother's house which is a less intense and dark setting. The setting parallels the intensity of the play.

Blood Wedding- #7

I think Lorca breaks the fourth wall in Act two scene two with the use of the maid. The maid says her lines poetically and wit pathos and is addressing no one. Her lines give more insight into the play and what is happening and what will happen later in the play. The effect created from doing this lets the audience see that the play is not real and pulls them away from the plot and the story and allows them to consider what the play is actually about and try and interpret what Lorca is trying to say. It also takes away from the serious and depressing mood of the play and allows the audience time to collect themselves for the rest of the play.

Blood Wedding-#6

I think that the most miserable character in the story is the mother. She has to spend all her time basically alone besides her son. Her other son and husband were both killed and she has to deal with them being gone. Her son is also moving on and getting married and she will soon have no one with her. She wants a daughter because then she would have someone that would be safe and be able to always be with her. She expresses her misery very openly with her son whenever a knife is brought up and constantly worries about her son and tries to protect him and keep him safe. She wants to keep her son to herself so she won't be alone, but has to put her happiness aside in order for him to be happy.

Blood Wedding-#5

One large archetype that I saw in the play was a necessity to be wealthy and from that wealth you are able to be married. This is shown through the bridegroom. He had to save up money for several years before he could purchase the vineyard. The vineyard is a way to show his social status and that he is capable of getting married and supporting a wife. Leonardo and the bride have really strong feelings for each other and had strong feelings for each other but they didn't get married. The bride needed someone with a higher social status. I don't think Lorca supports the idea that status is necessary in order to be married. Lorca is advocating that people should get married out of love and not because of what one has to offer.

Blood Wedding-#4

The knife is a very obvious symbol that is used in the Blood Wedding. The mother rants about how much she hates knives and how bad they are. She says "Damn all of them!" and later talking about knives says "Anything that can cut into a man's body!" (6) From this quote I think the knife can be an actual thing but I think it can also be something emotional. Like the issues with Leonardo and the groom. Another symbol that I saw was water. Water gives life to everything especially their land. "The children who take water out to the reapers are black from the sun" (16). Water is vital to survival and ultimately your social status. The more water you have the better your land is and the more money you have.

Wild Duck #3

I think Gregers, Gina, and Werle are at fault for what happens. Gregers is the instigator in the story and causes all the events that transpire. He uncovers the truth and makes it his mission to let everyone know and has no regard for the consequences that could later happen. Gina and Werle are also to blame because they both knew everything that was happening and never took it upon themselves to tell Hjalmar or anyone else the truth. They kept everything a secret for far too long. If they told the truth from the start the following events like Hedvig's death may not have occured. I think Hedvig and Hjalmar are without blame. Hjalmar never really knew about the lies and was unaware of what had happened. He could have also been more perceptive and noticed that things added up. Hedvig should have no blame because it was about her and she couldn't have known anything about what was happening. Gregers deserves to take responsibility for almost all of the problems because he is the one that starts all the drama and problems that happen in the play. It is possible that none of the events would have happened if Gregers did nothing about what he learned. Gregers is the only character that takes responsibility for the blame because at the end of the story he accepts that he is the 13th man at the table showing that he is the one who is not a part of the group and caused all the problems.

Wild Duck #2

Ibsen uses the motif to show how lies are a sickness that damages your body and mind. Characters are seen as sick by Gregers if they are unaware of the truth. Relling views people as sick if they try to tell others the truth. “Beg pardon—but it wouldn’t be you who brought that stench in with you from the mines up there?” (174) This could be because it isn't Gregers place to tell or because Gregers is doing it for personal reasons. “No, worse luck. He’s no crazier that most people. But he’s got a disease in his system all the same.” (177) Gregers makes it his life mission to reveal all the secrets that are hidden from Hjalmar. He is only doing this because it is a way for him to get back at his father. Werle and Gregers have problems that started when Gregers was a kid. People with the disease also drink alcohol like Hjalmar and Molvik. “And demonic natures aren’t made to go through life on the straight and narrow; they’ve got to take detours every so often. Well—and you’re still sticking it out there at that dark, hideous mill.” (172) Relling acknowledges the disease and the people that have them and knows how to help them. He is also a doctor which supports this claim.Gregers on the other hand does not but is committed to his ways of helping Hjalmar which only makes things worse.

Wild Duck #1

Greggers has false conceptions about himself. He thinks he is a righteous guy who is on a life mission and will do anything to accomplish it even if it means hurting people. Greggers views himself as a high and mighty person for being on his life mission. He also believes in some religion about the "summons of the ideals". From what other characters said about it it seems bad but he thinks he's good for worshiping it. Hjalmar seems to have misconceptions about everybody. He doesn't really know the truth about anyone and blindly accepts what he is told. He views Old Werle as a good man who helped him out, and Greggers is his good old friend who only has his best interests at heart. When in reality Greggers is trying to be helpful but all he ends up doing is hurting him in the end. Hjalmar embraces the facades of the other characters because he is unaware that the other characters have facades. Relling clearly sees Greggers' facade and will constantly confront it. He will call Greggers out on the things he says and does to Hjalmar and his family.

We #3

Motif- The same motifs that were discussed in the first two journals are still being used in the last part of the book. The primary concept that comes from a lot of the motifs in the story is a soul. The soul is referenced through the use of mirrors, imaginary numbers, and fog. All of these obscure what something truly is, isn't tangible, or is a reflection showing the real you. The soul can also be linked to imagination. An imagination pulls away from logical and clear thinking. That is why the government considers an imagination to be a disease and comes up with the Great Operation which cuts out the part of the brain dealing with imagination. "On the following day, I, D-503, went to the benefactor and told him everything I knew about the enemies of happiness. How could it have seemed so difficult before? Incredible. The only explanation I can think of is my former sickness (the soul)" (232). The government is able to gain complete control of the society through this operation and D is ultimately subjected to this operation and follows the government blindly. Zamyatin is trying to show that if the government suppresses ones imagination there is no way to revolt and overthrow the government.

Setting- The setting is still the same. There is a place outside the Green Wall that is more known now. On the outside there are people unlike those on the inside. They are covered in fur and have adapted to living outside the wall. "All this was so incredible, so unexpected, that I stood calmly (yes, calmly!) and looked" (156). D is able to see that they are the people that have the imagination and might be possible of overthrowing the government. Outside the walls there is no influence of the government. This makes them the best possible way for the society to be changed into something better.

Language- As D's "disease" worsens he doesn't finish his thoughts more frequently and also begins to drift away from his logical point of views. "And the same within me: I must not think, I must not think, I must not think, or ..." (226). D tries to not think about what he should do and commits himself to an idea without even thinking it through. This shows how his soul affects him. But after he undergoes the Great Operation he goes back to his logical flow that he wrote in during the first journal entries. "And i hope that we shall conquer. More than that--I am certain we shall conquer. Because Reason must prevail" (232). D is back to his logical way of thinking following Reason. After his imagination is taken out he reverts back to his normal way of thinking which is beneficial to the One State. Zamyatin is showing that an imagination should go together with logic or else you will blindly follow what you are told.

We #2

Motif- The imaginary number comes up again and I believe it is associated with the "soul" that D now has. The square root of -1 is an imaginary number. It is something that is not tangible, much like the soul that D has. "It seemed to me that I was seeing through thick glass something infinitely huge and at the same time infinitely small, scorpionlike, with a hidden yet constantly sensed sting-the (square root of -1)" (102). I think these also relate to the motifs of a mirror and shadows. Mirrors are a way of looking at yourself. You are able to see yourself in the reflection. D sees "two" of him in a mirror. I believe he is seeing who he is in the society and also a person with a soul. I think your shadow could also be related to your soul. It is something that constantly follows you and is a part of you. You can never get away from your shadow.

Setting- The Green Wall that surrounds the city and keeps out foreign animals and nature that the government can not control. Walls are able to keep the equation of the society simple by keeping out uncontrolable variables. This makes the control the society has over the people much more easy to monitor and makes it less to worry about. There are people outside the city that the government is unaware of. These people might eventually come into the city and destroy the control that the government possess. "Man ceased to be a savage only when we had built the Green Wall, when we had isolated our perfect mechanical world from the irrational, hideous world of trees, birds, animals..." (93). Although the Wall is able to keep the outside not part of the equation they maintain their control. But even though the government ignores the outside it doesn't mean that it can't affect the equation.

Language- D's journals make it difficult to come to complete conclusions because not all details can be accounted for in his journals. He says that he tries to write down everything that happens in the journals without leaving anything out, but it is incredibly difficult for him because of what he is experiencing. "I have not written anything for several days, I don't know how many. All the days are one day" (85). Also D leaves ideas that he is talking about unanswered. He will be talking about something and just suddenly stop leaving the idea incomplete and unfinished.

We #1

Motifs- I found a repetition of the colors blue and pink. Pink is used to describe the character O-90 and blue is used when describing D-503. Blue and pink are both gender specific colors so I think Zamyatin did this to highlight the difference between men and women in the society. There is also constant use of the letter X. X is a variable commonly used to solve algebraic equations and is the "unknown". X is used to show the unknowns or problems that D faces. This helps show how the society is based around logic to solve all problems. Even in a world based on logic there are still unknowns. Another math concept that is used in the book is the square root of -1. The square root of -1 is known as an imaginary number. "This irrational number had grown into me like something foreign, alien, terrifying" (39). It is very difficult for D to understand the concept of an imaginary number because it is not tangible. This imaginary number can be linked to the imagination that the people in the society lack.

Setting-All of the apartments are made of glass. Anyone can see into the apartments, except when the shades are down. No one has any secrets or privacy. There are also Guardians who has the job of watching everyone and making sure they follow the rules. These things help show what the society is. The people living there have no privacy and are under constant surveillance and under some control. The entire city is surrounded by the Green Wall. "Then, in the distance, blurred by green spots-out there, behind the Wall" (25). This is a wall that surrounds the city and keeps the outside from effecting the city. This being animals and nature. Nature must be damaging to the control the government can keep on the people.

Language- The narrator speaks in a very mathematical way. "Is it not clear, however, that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction called happiness" (21)? He uses math terms and writes explaining the logic he uses to understand things. D also seems to lose his train of thought at times. He will be writing in his journal and then cut off on some tangent. This helps show how in this society the people are very logical and think things through, but also when something doesn't make sense they struggle with finding a solution and look at multiple different views to solve it like an equation. The book is also written in the form of journals. This makes it difficult to know what is happening through out the story. The reader is only aware of what D writes in his journal.

Journal #5

My philosophy is called Reedism
Princilples
1. Put your heart in everything you do. Everything you do is important and matters. Do not do something half way. Put everything you have in whatever you do and be proud of what you do.
2. Peolple's lives will be based on bettering the lives of others and the lives of future generations. You should live your life thinking how you can make someone else's life better and easier.
3. Everyone does their part. If eveyone does their part the world will be a much better place. The life for everyone will be better.
4. Everyone is part of a team. We are all linked together and part of a team. Everything we do is for the better of the team as a whole. Do not be selfish and look for personal gain.
5. No quitters. Do not quit on anything. Do not be weak. If you start something you need to finish it. If you are not able to do it you have a team that will help you as well. We are all in this world together.
6. Do what intersts you. We are all a team but we can have different interests. Some will excell at certain things and that's good. Be the best at whatever it is you are good at.
7. Don't tear anyone down. We are all part of a team and in the world together. We will get through the world together. There is no reason to hurt another team mate. Do not tear a team mate down.

Where and why these principles are important.
These principles came from the greatest athelete in NFL histroy, Ed Reed. He is an outstanding role model and should be followed by everyone. These principles are the way Ed Reed is seen and the way others should live. I believe that if everyone followed these rules the world would be a much better place for everyone.

Journal #4

Meursault comes to the conclusion that life is worth living. Living is reason enough to live. Meursault looks at the life of Maman and sees that she started doing the things that she wanted to at the end of her life. This is seen when she takes up a "fiancée" at her retirement home and begins taking an interest in religion. Maman takes an interest in things even near the end of her life. Meursault sees this and comes to the conclusion that we will all eventually die and that we need to enjoy the time that we have. I think Camus wants us to come to the same conclusions that Meursault comes to.

Journal #3

I think Camus wrote the story in two parts to show how Meursault changes as a character. At the beginning of the story he doesn't seem to care about much and thinks things have no meaning. Then after the big event of him killing someone everything changes. Meursault's character changes. He begins thinking about life with a different perspective. He eventually realizes that life has meaning.The difference is shown obviously through syntax. In the beginning Camus uses short sentences with conveys simple thoughts and ideas whereas in the second part the sentences are longer and more complex which shows deeper thought and shows that more is going on with Meursault

Journal #2

Option 1
The sun and light in a sense symbolizes the his ID. The sun was the force that caused him to kill the Arab. The sun and brightness is what causes Meursault to do bad things. The sun causes Meursault to do things that go against society's views of what is good and what is bad. The sun is constant through out the story and is present when Meursault is faced with decisions that society views and acceptable or not acceptable. Meursault is constantly struggling with this through out the story as the sun is a constant present. This symbolism can develop a theme of struggles that are created from society's views on what is acceptable and what is not acceptable for others in the society making them become strangers to the society. Camus also tries to express the theme that people need to conform to society's views in order to be accepted and without that acceptance their life will be difficult.

Journal #1

Marie Cardona
She was a former typist in his office. He had a thing for her when she worked with him. He thought she had a thing for him also. But nothing happened because she left and they didn't have time to do anything about it. She is described as laughing a lot. I think Camus tries to reveal that life is meant to be enjoyed and have fun and shows that through Marie.

Raymond Sintes
He is Meursault's neighbor. They are "pals". His character is described as an angry person. If something wrong happens he is one that will want to get revenge and make that person feel terrible. He is the person that Meursault listens to because what he talks about is interesting. He wants to get revenge on his mistress. Camus tries to reveal a problem with human nature. Sintes isn't able to differentiate between right and wrong and Camus shows this through Sintes.

old Salamano
He is an old man that lives in Meursault's building. He is an angry old man and beats his dog frequently for doing wrong things. He and his dog look a lot alike. Their life is similar day to day. Their life isn't switched up and they follow a certain schedule. Camus is trying to show another problem with human nature. Humans take their problems out on others or animals that they care about because they can't handle it any other way.

Journal #8

1. I think Hurston chose the title Their Eyes Were Watching God becuase of the effect it creates. It makes it seem like everyone watches God, but can't do anything about the things he does. God has ultimate power over everyone in the world. It seems to give the effect of God having power over the people in the world. It can change how you read by noticing the constant struggles with God through out the story.
2. I think she could have used the title God and His People. This title has a better feeling between God and everyone he rules over. It seems less like God is a bad person and instead is a fair God. Which is what Hurston tries to show through Janie as she develops through the story.
3. My pastiche is called "The Ways of the Game". I think this is the strongest title because it is about children playing kickball. There are two different captains for the teams and one is focused and the other is care free and has fun. One of the characters finds that the fun team is what she truly wants over winning.

Journal #7

Foil
“Somebody wanted her to play. Somebody thought it natural for her to play. That was even nice” (96).
This quote shows that Tea Cake and Joe are opposite characters. Joe had never let her play checkers or give speeches. He wouldn't let her do anything that the common people would do. Tea Cake on the other hand wanted her to play. It wasn't a bad thing. This feeling made Janie feel almost equal something she has wanted for a very long time.
Contrast
"You reckon so? Jody useter tell me Ah never would learn. It wuz too heavy fuh mah brains." (96).
This quote shows how Joe and Tea Cake differ as characters. Joe had always talked down about Janie saying she was never good enough or smart enough. Tea Cake on the other hand lets her try new things and experience things she was never allowed to with Joe. This makes the reader feel more connected with Tea Cake and like him more as a character.
Symbol
“Folkses, de sun is goin’ down. De Sun-maker brings it up in de mornin’, and de Sun-Maker sends it tuh bed at night. Us Poor weak humans can’t do nothin’ tuh hurry it up nor to slow it down. All we can do, if we want any light after settin’ or befo’ de risin’, is tuh make some light ourselves.” (45).
This quote uses the symbol of the sun to be God. God has the power to make night and day. Humans lack that power so the only way for them to get power is to make it themselves. This is shown with the use of the lamp. This quote shows humans need to constantly obtain more power even power that might not be ours for the taking.

Journal #6

I primarily focused on what my partner said from the pastiche editing we did on Friday. I tried to incorporate Hurston's techniques more effectively. The theme that I was trying to show was not very clear so I tried to make it more obvious through the techniques. I developed the characters more which hopefully made the contrast between them clearer. I incorporated a motif that I believe helps express the theme I chose. I think my revisions made the theme more clear and obvious and Hurston's techniques are clearer and add to the understanding of the theme.

Journal #5

Then John started to focus on Trust. Trust, the exclusive castle with high surrounding walls that never seem to peak. The ruler safe and protected in the thick barrier. What need does Trust have for such high walls, and who can ever climb them? He sits in his secluded room alone and isolated from the world. Sitting by himself with only His thoughts, waiting for the walls to be scaled. Been sitting there for all time; past, present and future. John was likely to find the high walls of Sarah's castle soon. He was confident but also a little scared. My best friend Sarah! She ought not be alone, 'specially at a time lik dis. John sent some of her closest friends to be with her, but she said she wasn't in the mood. Her family was ok with normal problems, but they couldn't help with this. She'd be fine once she allowed someone into the castle. She wasn't going to allow that to happen. There was no point she thought. But her friends told John that she needed somebody, so he was aware. And even if he wasn't it would become quite obvious the next few days because she hardly talked or let anyone help her. Even her best friends were hardly seen with her. They seemed to be pushed away and weren't let in. Fear, the unseen terror, had caused her lock herself in.

I tried to mimic Hurston completely in the passage on page 84. I changed the idea of death to trust and rumor to fear. I made trust a castle with high walls because that is what trust is like. It's not really a monster but a grand place to get to. I made up characters that had a problem with trust and that there were people that tried to help like in the passage. I tried to add in her use of diction but I didn't know of other types so I mimicked hers. I didn't see a connection of rumor to death in the passage but I made fear be the reason there is a problem with trust.

Journal #4

The passage is the long paragraph on page 84.

Hurston uses short, simple sentences in the beginning of the passage. This syntax shows that death is simple, easy, and unavoidable. She also uses certain words that give the passage a deeper meaning. Hurston capitalizes Death which gives it more power and meaning. Death is this all powerful being that can not be stopped. "He stands in his high house that overlooks the world. Stands watchful and motionless all day with his sword drawn back, waiting for the messenger to bid him come."(84). Hurston uses "high" and "overlooks" to show that he is more powerful than everyone else. She also uses "sword drawn back" to give Death more power. The tone is the passage is upset and afraid. Janie is worried that Jody is dying. She remains hopeful that he will live but knows that he will not make it. This makes the reader feel simpathetic towards Janie and her situation and makes the reader like Jody more. Before it seemed that she didn't want us to like Jody but now she writes his name as Jody instead of Joe to give him a more familiar connection with the reader. She does this to show that people near death should be treated well. Hurston uses alliteration when she writes "He stands in his high house that overlooks the world" (84). The repitition of "h" really close together seems sharp which gives Death a view of being hard and powerful.

Journal #3

1. "Dis town needs some light right now." foreshadow/symbol pg. 44
2. "Joe spoke out without giving her a chance to say anything one way or another that took the bloom off of things." Motif of tree pg. 43
3. "De Sun-maker brings it up in de mornin', and de Sun-maker sends it tug bed at night. Us poor weak humans can't do nothing' tuh hurry it up nor to slow it down. All we can do, if we want any light after de settin' or befo' de risin', is tuh make some light ourselves." Allusion to God pg. 45
4. "Something else made men give way before him. He had a bow-down command in his face, and every step he took made the thing more tangible." Characterization pg. 47
5. "They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down." Paradox pg. 50

Analysis

1. The light foreshadows that the town needs light. Which evetually happens, but it is also a symbol. The town needs this light to help make the town strong and grow and that light is Joe Starks. Later in the novel when the lamp post is being put in Starks gives this speech about God and how he creates the light, but humans are now able to make their own light and this could lead to humans thinking they are more god like then they truly are. They have this idea of power and the light is one way to obtain it.

2. This quote relates to the tree that is talked about in chapter two. Janie's blossom tree which is what she wants with her life and in a man. She was with her first husband and she knew that he was not what she wanted, but she thought she had found it with Joe Starks because of the strong first impression he had on her. But at this moment she begins to see that he is not what she wanted. The blooms were being taken off of her tree.

Journal #2

Irish Dialect

Rules
1. Call everyone thou except the monarch
2. Everything is a story include lots of "Well thens" and "nows"
3. Irish use "lad" and "lass" often regardless of age
4. 'ah' sounds are stretched out
5. 'a' softens almost to an 'ah' sound
6. 'oi' moves more towards a long 'i'
7.'uh' becomes a short 'oo'
8. 'ow' becomes rounded
9. 'l' is always very strongly articulated
10. 'r' has a hard quality to it
11. 'g' is dropped at words ending in 'ing'

Dialect Practice

It was a dark and stormy night in a small town in Ireland. Sean had finally finished a long day of work and was headed home. There was little visibility and the rain seemed to be coming down sideways. Sean got home and checked his mail. Everything seemed normal except for a letter. Curious, Sean opened the letter and saw that it was from an old friend of his named Jack. Jack had sent him the letter saying that he would like to catch up with Sean. The letter said that he would be at the local inn for the next week. Sean hesitantly goes to the inn to meet up with an old friend.

"Lad! I wasn't sure you'd be showin up. Now how have you been?" says Jack with relief.

At first glance Jack was very dirty, and hadn't shaved in several weeks. Sean was beginning to regret his decision. He knew that Jack was having troubles. It wasn't the first time he asked for help. But Sean thought he owed it to Jack because they had been such good friends.

"Hi Jack, well I've been doin alright. What have you been up to?" says Sean. Creating conversation with little interest except to what Jack wants.

"Oh you know, I've been here and there doin what I can to get by," says Jack.

Sean tired and just wanting to get home asks, "What is it that you want lad?"

Jack somewhat upset says, "Nothing, I just wanted to thank you for all the help you've given me and would like to pay you back."

Jack hands Sean the money that he owed him and begins to leave the table. Sean completely stunned apologizes for the way he was acting and thanks Jack for paying him back.

"I never thought you would ever pay me back. How did you get this money lad?" asks Sean curiously.

"Don't worry lad, I didn't do anythin bad. I found a good job. I've been savin money for a while now and have been waitin until I had the money to meet up with you," says Jack.

"Wow lad, I am so very proud of you. Will you be in town for long? I'd like to get a beer with you and catch up. It could be like old times," says Sean.

"No lad, I'm actually leavin tomorrow morning. It's a good thing you came when you did. I didn't want to leave things the way they were between us," says Jack somewhat relieved.

"Oh, well I'm glad you have things figured out. Thanks for seein me. Look me up next time your in town would ya?" asked Sean.

"Oh sure" says Jack looking forward to their next meeting.

Sean returns home and falls asleep that night very easily.

Journal #1-Their Eyes were Watching God

Janie is a very strong woman. She is able to deal with all the things the other women in her town say and think about her. She is also able to deal with Tea Cake's death surprisingly well being that Tea Cake was her life. She also has nothing to hide from anyone as long as they are willing to ask. She also enjoys living life to the most she possibly can. "Ah been a delegate to de big 'ssociation of life... de big convention of livin' is just where Ah been" This quote shows directly Janie's personality of living life.  The narrator seems to have a strong opinion about women and what they are like. It seems that she doesn't think women are capable of doing anything but judging others. "It was a weapon against her strength and if it turned out of no significance, still it was a hope that she might fall to their level some day." This shows that the women only look to tear Janie, or others that aren't the same, down. They do this through what they say. "They made burning statements with questions, and killing tools out of laughs. It was mass cruelty." The narrator has this strong view against women and how they are against each other and only concerned with problems and bad things.

Post 4 - Mini Test

1. "Come tuh see 'bout you and how you wuz makin' out." (Janie, Their Eyes were Watching God)
2. Winston is the _________ in 1984
3. The events in The Stranger follow this order.
4. "Then she'd lie awake in bed asking lonesomeness some questions." (Their Eyes were Watching God)
5."Several times during the night Janie heard the snort of big animals like deer. Once the muted voice of a panther. Going east and east." (Their Eyes were Watching Gods)
The animals moving east is a __________.

Post #3 - Protagonist

The protagonist is the main character that a novel or story focuses on the most. This character is well developed. The reader is able to connect and understand the protagonist on a deeper level. The protagonist is who the author uses to help convey a message. The protagonist in 1984 is Winston and the protagonist in Their Eyes were Watching God is Janie and in The Stranger it is Meursault. The protagonist can also in some cases be considered the hero.

Ralph from Lord of the Flies

Post #2 - Apostrophe

Apostrophe is dialogue that isn't addressing any human person. The character is talking to no one. This allows the character to express their thoughts which might normally not be revealed.

A good example of this is in Romeo and Juliet when Romeo is talking about Juliet when she is thought to be dead.

Post #1

1. The book I enjoyed the most was 1984. I liked reading about a different society. I enjoyed that it was so different from how we live. I thought it was very interesting to see how people interacted with each other and the relationships that could develop. I also thought it was interesting when Winston was put really close to the mask thing that had a rat in it and he told them everything they wanted and sold the person he loved away. It made me think a lot about what I would do in that situation. It was rather depressing that it seemed like there was no hope for a better life in the end. But, I still found this to be the most interesting to read.

2. The book that I enjoyed the least was Their Eyes were Watching God. I didn't care for it first because of the language. I found it harder to through the text and made it harder to understand what was happening at times. I didn't really enjoy the story or get a lot out of the text. Although I did notice multiple times when Janie would pray to God that everything would be fine and I could relate to that when I'm worried a lot. I thought it was boring at times to read and not particularly interesting enough.

3.  I did not read The Strangers. I planned on reading it last weekend but I got sick making it very difficult to read. I only managed to finish Their Eyes were Watching God.