Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2010 4 Comments »
Melville’s story is about a Lawyer who hires a scrivener by the name of Bartleby. As one reads the story, Bartleby comes across as a very strange character. He is so “peculiar”, that he is able to grab the Lawyer’s attention to the point that the Lawyer deems himself the responsibility to disclose readers about […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2010 Comments Off on “Bartelby, the Scrivener”
Melville uses a strong sense of description making us, as readers, feel as if we are actually watching the events of his novel. Throughout the story “Bartelby, the Scrivener,” not only do the employees who work for Melville develop as their own distinctive characters, but the narrator himself shows the development of his moral fiber […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2010 2 Comments »
My blogpost was to be based on the story of Bartleby by Melville Harman. When I began to read it, I expected it to be long and boring. But, now, if I had to describe Melville Harman’s story, Bartleby, the scrivener – a story of Wall street, I would use the word queer. It’s a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2010 3 Comments »
Sorry for posting this so late, I had problems posting this blog. I was unsure of what message he is trying to get across, but I think I am somewhat correct. If I understood the poem correctly, it seems like Walt Whitman is confused about whom he is, and he is undergoing some identity crisis. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2010 2 Comments »
Well, I thought that title would qualify as a valid title for Whitman’s poem. Despite the fact that he continually refers to himself throughout this poem, I feel like the reader, or any individual, can be placed in his shoes. In fact, the introduction suggests this very idea, where he says “For every atom belonging […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2010 1 Comment »
For Tuesday, please read (and print out): Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California” http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/supermarket.html **note that this is in addition to the Whitman assigned on the syllabus** For Thursday, please read (and print out): Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” http://www.bartleby.com/129/
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2010 2 Comments »
Before I get into the second part of the book, I would like to talk about what I think about Frederick Douglass. If I had to sum up the life of Frederick Douglass with one word, the word would be inspiring. In the beginning of the book, Frederick Douglass struggled to find his own identity. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2010 Comments Off on Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass
After living in the city Frederick Douglass experienced how it felt like to learn how to read and write just like the Whites. He started to think about his future and how he doesn’t want to be a slave all his life, the thing that Mr. Auld was afraid of might come true where he […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2010 Comments Off on Music
This is the song that we were supposed to listen to in class… It’s about working at the gap… I guess that’s kinda like slavery
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 4th, 2010 1 Comment »
education is the key “Whilst I was saddened by the thought of losing the aid of my kind mistress, I was gladdened by the invaluable instruction which, by the merest accident, I had gained from my master. Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a […]