1. The setting of the story is in a clean well lighted cafe, the time is not really stated well. the idea of a well lighted place in this story is that the old man just wanted to be with people and in the light, hes lonely and sad and the light probably conforts him and being around people makes him feel less lonely.
2. the characters are nameless because it is not important in the story to know names. it explains about an older waiter and the young waiter and that shows us more about them then if we knew their names.
3. the connection between the older waiter and the old man is they both don't have any confidence they are both not young anymore and they like to stay at places at night so they don't have to be alone and in the dark.
4. Exposition: they are in a cafe, there is two waiters left working and an old man that doesn't want to leave, the younger waiter wants to go home but cant until the old man leaves.
Rising action: the waiters talking about the old man and judging him when they do not know the whole story.
Climax: when the old man finally leaves.
Falling action: the two waiters having the conversation as they are closing up
Resolution: the older waiter realizing why the old man wants to be there and noticing how alike they are.
5. The theme of the story is don't hurry through life take it slower and appreciate things because some people have it worse then you.
6. Ernest Hemingway: he seemed a little lost in the beginning of his life not knowing what he wanted to do he changed activities and jobs more then once. he got married 4 times which some people think is because he fell out of love easy. he was very difficult to live with which probably contributed to his marriage problems. he was a drunk and needed someone to watch him everyday because of his issues. you can see the resemblance between the old man and him because both loved to get drunk and needed constant care.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
everyday use
Everyday use
1. The term "everyday use" could mean something about the quilts or the churn top or dasher. dee's mom uses them for normal things and for the things that they are meant for but dee just wants them to be set out to look at.
2. Dee thinks of heritage as just things that happened but doesn't really mean anything, its over and done with and now the stuff from back then is worth more. Maggie and mama think of it as so much more then that. they want to keep using the stuff and not just look at it. Alice wants us to side with Maggie and mama.
3. the setting is at a farm that has everything from cows to pigs getting slaughtered. this affects the characters by making Dee come off as spoiled and rich when now mama and Maggie come across as living not as well off.
4. its ironic that her name was changed because it is a name that is similar to her new husbands and changed it probably to make him happy, or make her sound more sophisticated.
5. the significance of those items are that they are the things that were made by their family members that have passed. there very old and have meaning to them.
6. The story would have changed because we would have gotten a different point of view and that could have changed our opinion of the characters and could have made us changed which character we sided with.
7. in the final scenes the narrator changes because before she was in shock by her daughter coming home and how much she had changed that she really couldn't state her opinion of her and would have let her do anything, but by the end she realized what was going on and that her daughter was being greedy with the items and didn't let Dee walk all over her.
1. The term "everyday use" could mean something about the quilts or the churn top or dasher. dee's mom uses them for normal things and for the things that they are meant for but dee just wants them to be set out to look at.
2. Dee thinks of heritage as just things that happened but doesn't really mean anything, its over and done with and now the stuff from back then is worth more. Maggie and mama think of it as so much more then that. they want to keep using the stuff and not just look at it. Alice wants us to side with Maggie and mama.
3. the setting is at a farm that has everything from cows to pigs getting slaughtered. this affects the characters by making Dee come off as spoiled and rich when now mama and Maggie come across as living not as well off.
4. its ironic that her name was changed because it is a name that is similar to her new husbands and changed it probably to make him happy, or make her sound more sophisticated.
5. the significance of those items are that they are the things that were made by their family members that have passed. there very old and have meaning to them.
6. The story would have changed because we would have gotten a different point of view and that could have changed our opinion of the characters and could have made us changed which character we sided with.
7. in the final scenes the narrator changes because before she was in shock by her daughter coming home and how much she had changed that she really couldn't state her opinion of her and would have let her do anything, but by the end she realized what was going on and that her daughter was being greedy with the items and didn't let Dee walk all over her.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Sonnys Blues
1. The reason that Harlem was so vulnerable to drugs in the 1950's was because around that time blacks did not have many rights and therefore didn't have many jobs besides for being musicians and entertainers. This led to lack of money coming into the community. The lack of money forced people find other means of getting it and because everyone was being told not to do drugs there was a higher demand for it. The blacks in the community started selling heroin and because they were around it so much they started doing drugs.
(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070726080849AA9nAW4)
This affects Sonny's character in the way of making him an easy target to start drugs. He did’t not finish school, he didn't want to do anything besides music so he didn't have another job or a way of getting money. This creates conflict by getting sonny into drugs and then getting him into trouble.
2. during the war they got little to no respect from white men. they still got discriminated against and had no rights. officers often didn't talk to them or tell them what to do, they had to do it without instruction. They still got beat up and had violent attacks on them.
http://www.ask.com/bar?q=african+american+men+in+the+military+pre+civil+rights&page=1&qsrc=2417&ab=4&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.redstone.army.mil%2Fhistory%2Fintegrate%2FCHRON3.html
Its ironic that sonny wants to join because it doesn't make sense that he would choose to go into this situation when he had a place to live and people who love him. at least not to our knowledge was getting beat up or had issues around where he lived. his brother specifically told him not to do that and that he should finish school and get a real job.
3. Solitude
In my solitudeYou haunt meWith dreadful easeOf days gone byIn my solitudeYou taunt meWith memoriesThat never dieI sit in my chairAnd filled with despairThere's no one could be so sadWith gloom everywhereI sit and I stareI know that I'll soon go madIn my solitudeI'm afraidDear Lord aboveSend back my loveI sit in my chairAnd filled with despairThere's no one could be so sadWith gloom everywhereI sit and I stareI know that I'll soon go madIn my solitudeI'm afraidDear Lord aboveSend me back my love
http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/billie-holiday-lyrics/solitude-lyrics.html
I think that this explains him really well becasue he remembers the drugs he did and he remembers the things that happened. his parents dying and his mom being sad for a while and talking about the lord and how he wants to hear it. his brother him always says that he has theblues which could mean he is sad.
4. Bebop is a type of jazz music that started in the 1940's with a smaller number of players then in other bands, which means that it is more focused on the individuals as well as the band as a whole. alot of the songs had different lyrics then some songs which made it difficult for people to dance to and is more aimed at listening to.
http://www.hypermusic.ca/jazz/bop.html
The music represents everything that sonny went throiugh he can express his feeling through the music even with just the instruments and not lyrics. It reminds him of what his dad listened to. the music doesnt mean as much to sonnys brother besides for the music that sonny enjoys and plays and that is the only reason that he listens to it.
(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070726080849AA9nAW4)
This affects Sonny's character in the way of making him an easy target to start drugs. He did’t not finish school, he didn't want to do anything besides music so he didn't have another job or a way of getting money. This creates conflict by getting sonny into drugs and then getting him into trouble.
2. during the war they got little to no respect from white men. they still got discriminated against and had no rights. officers often didn't talk to them or tell them what to do, they had to do it without instruction. They still got beat up and had violent attacks on them.
http://www.ask.com/bar?q=african+american+men+in+the+military+pre+civil+rights&page=1&qsrc=2417&ab=4&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.redstone.army.mil%2Fhistory%2Fintegrate%2FCHRON3.html
Its ironic that sonny wants to join because it doesn't make sense that he would choose to go into this situation when he had a place to live and people who love him. at least not to our knowledge was getting beat up or had issues around where he lived. his brother specifically told him not to do that and that he should finish school and get a real job.
3. Solitude
In my solitudeYou haunt meWith dreadful easeOf days gone byIn my solitudeYou taunt meWith memoriesThat never dieI sit in my chairAnd filled with despairThere's no one could be so sadWith gloom everywhereI sit and I stareI know that I'll soon go madIn my solitudeI'm afraidDear Lord aboveSend back my loveI sit in my chairAnd filled with despairThere's no one could be so sadWith gloom everywhereI sit and I stareI know that I'll soon go madIn my solitudeI'm afraidDear Lord aboveSend me back my love
http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/billie-holiday-lyrics/solitude-lyrics.html
I think that this explains him really well becasue he remembers the drugs he did and he remembers the things that happened. his parents dying and his mom being sad for a while and talking about the lord and how he wants to hear it. his brother him always says that he has theblues which could mean he is sad.
4. Bebop is a type of jazz music that started in the 1940's with a smaller number of players then in other bands, which means that it is more focused on the individuals as well as the band as a whole. alot of the songs had different lyrics then some songs which made it difficult for people to dance to and is more aimed at listening to.
http://www.hypermusic.ca/jazz/bop.html
The music represents everything that sonny went throiugh he can express his feeling through the music even with just the instruments and not lyrics. It reminds him of what his dad listened to. the music doesnt mean as much to sonnys brother besides for the music that sonny enjoys and plays and that is the only reason that he listens to it.
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