Reading spark notes for Brother's K is like...

Leaving a party at 10:30

Closing your eyes in pitch darkness

Staying in your hotel room on vacation

Paying for the gym and watching buns of steal while eating

Washing your car in a rain storm

Found Poem...

I recently went to visit the pre school I used to be employed with and found lot's of cute little poems. Here are some of my favorites

When using glue: dot dot not a lot

When sitting down: sit down criss cross applesauce

When saying good morning: good morning to you

good morning to you

we're all in our places

with sun shining faces

good morning to you

Female Archetypes...

Archetypes are my favorite topic because every story contains archetypes that create conflict. It is just the characters that portray the different archetypes that change. My focus for analyzing stories was on analyzing the archetypes and how the characters portrayed them since that is consistent throughout literature. My favorite archetype is the heroine ( pretty obvious since I'm female). The heroine is brave and strong, she is the kind of badass chick that little tomboys idolize. Her fearlessness fills the reader with excitement and ambition. The sweet Sophia archetype protrays the damsel in distress whom the hero battles to save. She is a lovable character who makes the reader like her as much as the hero does. The temptress/ villain is a beautifully nasty person. Her physical looks are stunning and sexual, she entices the hero in hopes of his demise. She is either the villain herself or works directly with or for the villain. The reader feels uneasy whenever the temptress comes onto the scene.

Antigone...

I really don't know how I feel about Antigone as a story but I very much like and respect Antigone as a character. She is brave and bold and driven in her mission. I think she is a strong women but maybe a little too impulsive. If she would have thought things through and more carefully planned her execution of the burial, more lives could have probably been salvaged. The reason I did not like the story is because of all the pointless deaths and dying. Suicide to me is very selfish and when it is glorified in stories it makes me feel very uncomfortable.

OMELAS...

Could I remain in a city that is founded on a secret as well as the torture of an innocent child?

After repeatedly asking myself and pondering the question, I just can't decide. Of course I say that I would do anything in my power to endure a wonderful life for all the people that I love and care about. Keeping and living with a terrible secret would be an easy way to make this possible in the situation in OMELAS, however I have always thought it equally important to protect the inncoent and advocate for youth. After going around and around with this in my head, I came to the conclusion that I hope I would stand by if I ever really had to. I would NOT support the torturing of an innocent child. I would try to take care of and support the people I love without the unjust suffering of and horrible treatment of a child.

Tragic Sense of Life...

I have always tried to avoid obsessing over reasons and purpose in life. I personally believe that each person has a different purpose and are all after individual deeper meanings. What I personally feel is the purpose of life is to live comfortably, happily, and productively, I think I am meant to be a mother at some point and to teach. Whether I am teaching my own children or a class full of first graders I want to give knowledge. I also do not fear death I can only hope to fulfill my dreams and goals before it is my time.

Googled meaning: A new approach is based on a view of tragedy as a mod of expirience a particular way of viewing life.

My Dream...

My dream took place at my parents house where my younger sister and I grew up. I overheard a conversation between my mother and my grandma about getting me tested for the disease my sister had. I was very freaked out especially because I had woken up with a huge lump on my neck. My sister had a similar lump, when I got my X-Ray I could see what looked like a cobra snake fused to my spinal cord. I freaked out and looked to my younger sister for advice since she had the same problem. She told me that surgery to remove the snake was too dangerous until the snake head popped out of my neck. I was mortified and fought for the immediate removal of this horrible invertebrate taking over my spine. I pleaded and cried and when I woke up I still had damp cheeks from my eyes watering in real life.

Collective Unconscious...

When I googled I got: Term of analytical psychology coined by Carl Jung. It is part of the unconscious mind, expressed in humanity and all life forms with nervous systems, and describes how the structure for the psyche autonomously organizes experience.

What I think: This particular definition is pretty confusing to me. What I think Jung is talking about is human nature. Although what triggers us to feel a certain way as individuals is different, all humans are equipped to have the same emotions. It is normal to feel guilt, anger, sadness, excitement. The difference is purely what triggers it.

New posts...

Ok so after some serious tec problems I got it together and am now able to post my blogs. I have been writing all of these in hard copy so in no particular order here they are:

Araby

I thought Araby was a very sweet story. Mangan's sister portrays the sweet sophia archetype. She is also a little bit of a temptress because of her beauty and that she had the ability to turn our hero into a "fool" for her, but she didn't even know it. The story made me smile and brought back memories of young crushes and excitement of a new place. The young boy took quite a risk going out of his comfort zone for a young lady. Araby also reminds me of a young love story like Lady and the Tramp where a young man is so enamored with a young lady when he is a little out of his league.

A Good Man is Hard to Find

This story was not exactly what I expected, I could not get over the fact of what bratty children Bailey Boy had. I did not expect the family to all be murdered but I do agree with the title and the theme of the story. It seems like as generations pass,the world gets tougher and scarier for those living in it. Children are growing up faster and dealing with much more trauma and danger. the Misfit is a terrifying example fo what kind of people are out in this world. Good people are harder to find now then ever. It is sad that you have to be suspicious when a stranger shows you any attention . You would be pretty hard pressed to find someone who will help a stranger for a selfless reason.

In Just Spring

I liked the feel of the poem In Just Spring... It reminded me of being younger on the first warm day of the spring season. I couldn't wait to get home from school, get on my bike and go! I don't really relate to hopscotch or dancing around in the fresh air but I remember coming home those nights very exhausted and very happy. Days like that were the best time to play yourself to death and go home muddy, hungry, and excited!

My mood changed pretty dramatically when I switched my reading from In Just Spring to Because I Could Not Stop For Death. The line "Because I could not stop for death- He kindly stopped for me". It made me think about how death can " kindly" stop for someone and also if someone does not stop for death they can't stop the inevitable. I know there are more humane ways to die than others but if someone is not stopping for death then they are not gonna take to kindly to it.

Bibbidy Bobbidy Boo!

If I had to choose which one of the Cinderella stories I liked the most I would have to say that I really enjoyed the Chinese version of the story. I liked the story cause I felt like it had a lot more of the Chinese culture than the Disney version had American culture or the Grimm version had German culture. It was a story about magic and fantasy but the magic did not come from a fairy godmother or a dead mother but a fish from the natural world. I liked that the story showed how the fish and the natural world was still important. The Chinese calendar revolves around animals and their importance to humans and the story showed this. The thing I didn't really like about the Chinese version is the ending. It was not a fairytale in the end of the story. She did not become a royal princess and live happily ever after but it did teach a good lesson about greed.