1. William Dean Howells- I talk of dreams
2. I believe the writer used a vivid description to describe the first paragraph. BUT it is mostly my own dreams I talk of, and that will somewhat excuse me for talking of dreams at all. Everyone knows how delightful the dreams are that one dreams one’s self, and how insipid the dreams of others are. I had an illustration of the fact, not many evenings ago, when a company of us got telling dreams. I had by far the best dreams of any; to be quite frank, mine were the only dreams worth listening to; they were richly imaginative, delicately fantastic, exquisitely whimsical, and humorous in the last degree; and I wondered that when the rest could have listened to them they were always eager to cut in with some silly, senseless, tasteless thing that made me sorry and ashamed for them. I shall not be going too far if I say that it was on their part the grossest betrayal of vanity that I ever witnessed.
3.But the egotism of some people concerning their dreams is almost incredible
4. The writer speaks about how egotistic persons talk about their dreams and the vanity it produces. He then goes on to talk about his dreams about school and God , Adam and Eve. The whole story was a confusing one at that so I did not fully understand the whole concept that the writer was trying to produce. He jumped around from subject to subject and , like a dream was not clear and cannot remember what he was talking about by the end of the essay.
5. I am rather proud of that dream; it is really my battlehorse among dreams, and I think I will ride away on it. The author used a quotation to finish his story.
6. The conclusion was like the story, very confusing and tough to decifer for anyone reading this. I tried to take my time to understand what he was trying to point out but its very complex for me. For exampl this was said:"Then, suddenly, I was not consul at Venice, and had not been, but consul at Delhi, in India; and the distress I felt would all end in a splendid Oriental phantasmagory of elephants and native princes, with their retinues in procession, which I suppose was mostly out of my reading of De Quincey. This dream, with no variation that I can recall, persisted till I broke it up by saying, in the morning after it had recurred, that I had dreamed that dream again; and so it began to fade away, coming less and less frequently, and at last ceasing altogether.
Monday, November 24, 2008
First three essays- Edward Sandford Martin- The Tyranny of Things
1. Edward Sandford Martin- The Tyranny of Things
2. The writer uses an anecdote to tell his story. For example,
A TRAVELER newly returned from the Pacific Ocean tells pleasant stories of the Patagonians. As the steamer he was in was passing through Magellan’s Straits some natives came out to her in boats. They wore no clothes at all, though there was snow in the air.
3. To many of us, groaning under the oppression of modern conveniences, it seems lamentably meddlesome to undermine the simplicity of such people, and enervate them with the luxuries of civilization. To be able to sleep out-o-doors, and go naked, and take sea-baths on wintry days with impunity, would seem a most alluring emancipation. No rent to pay, no tailor, no plumber, no newspaper to be read on pain of getting behind the times; no regularity in anything, not even meals; nothing to do except to find food, and no expense for undertakers or physicians, even if we fail; what a fine, untrammeled life it would be!
4. Yes I believe that the introductory paragraph was effective for the reader because of the value of background and general information it provided to the reader. Again imagery was used to provide a good visual to the reader so as for that person to become hooked in the story.
5. The writer gives out a suggestion for his conclusion.
6. The conclusion was effective in my opinion. The last paragraph summerized what the writer was trying to get across and helped his work with the strong summerization of his totality of his essay. Charming and likeable as they are, and good to know, it must be admitted that there is a superior convenience about associating most of the time with people who want to do about what we want to do at about the same time, and whose abilities to do what they wish approximate to ours. It is not so much a matter of persons as of times and means. You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours. When you play together it is at a sacrifice, and one which you have to make. Solomon was right. To associate with very rich people involves sacrifices. You cannot even be rich yourself without expense, and you may just as well give over trying. Count it, then, among the costs of a considerable income that in enlarging the range of your sports it inevitably contracts the circle of those who will find it profitable to share them.
2. The writer uses an anecdote to tell his story. For example,
A TRAVELER newly returned from the Pacific Ocean tells pleasant stories of the Patagonians. As the steamer he was in was passing through Magellan’s Straits some natives came out to her in boats. They wore no clothes at all, though there was snow in the air.
3. To many of us, groaning under the oppression of modern conveniences, it seems lamentably meddlesome to undermine the simplicity of such people, and enervate them with the luxuries of civilization. To be able to sleep out-o-doors, and go naked, and take sea-baths on wintry days with impunity, would seem a most alluring emancipation. No rent to pay, no tailor, no plumber, no newspaper to be read on pain of getting behind the times; no regularity in anything, not even meals; nothing to do except to find food, and no expense for undertakers or physicians, even if we fail; what a fine, untrammeled life it would be!
4. Yes I believe that the introductory paragraph was effective for the reader because of the value of background and general information it provided to the reader. Again imagery was used to provide a good visual to the reader so as for that person to become hooked in the story.
5. The writer gives out a suggestion for his conclusion.
6. The conclusion was effective in my opinion. The last paragraph summerized what the writer was trying to get across and helped his work with the strong summerization of his totality of his essay. Charming and likeable as they are, and good to know, it must be admitted that there is a superior convenience about associating most of the time with people who want to do about what we want to do at about the same time, and whose abilities to do what they wish approximate to ours. It is not so much a matter of persons as of times and means. You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours. When you play together it is at a sacrifice, and one which you have to make. Solomon was right. To associate with very rich people involves sacrifices. You cannot even be rich yourself without expense, and you may just as well give over trying. Count it, then, among the costs of a considerable income that in enlarging the range of your sports it inevitably contracts the circle of those who will find it profitable to share them.
First three essays- Theodore Roosevelt-Dante and the Bowery
1. Dante and the Bowery by Theodore Roosevelt.
2. The Author used the general or historical background information to illustrate to the reader of the difference of the past and present."It must be the Florentine market-place of the thirteenth century—not Fulton Market of to-day. What infinite use Dante would have made of the Bowery!" and "The nineteenth century was more apt than the thirteenth to boast of itself as being the greatest of the centuries; but, save as regards purely material objects, ranging from locomotives to bank buildings, it did not wholly believe in its boasting", are examples given.
3."A thirteenth-century poet was not in the least troubled by any such misgivings, and quite simply illustrated his point by allusions to any character in history or romance, ancient or contemporary, that happened to occur to him". The author is trying to catch the reader into believing the differences of 13th century poets and 19 century poets.
4. The begining of the first paragraph had a lot of imagery that would help capture the reader so that he or she can become more interested in the story. It is important that the author set up ealry and often to capture the reader, if not, the reader will become bored and will not be of interest to the person.
5. The author used suggestion to conclude the paragraph. "Dante’s masterpiece is one of the supreme works of art that the ages have witnessed; but he would have been the last to wish that it should be treated only as a work of art, or worshiped only for art’s sake, without reference to the dread lessons it teaches mankind".
6. The conclusion was a bit short but clear and concise words for the reader. One age expresses itself naturally in a form that would be unnatural, and therefore undesirable, in another age. We do not express ourselves nowadays in epics at all; and we keep the emotions aroused in us by what is good or evil in the men of the present in a totally different compartment from that which holds our emotions concerning what was good or evil in the men of the past.
2. The Author used the general or historical background information to illustrate to the reader of the difference of the past and present."It must be the Florentine market-place of the thirteenth century—not Fulton Market of to-day. What infinite use Dante would have made of the Bowery!" and "The nineteenth century was more apt than the thirteenth to boast of itself as being the greatest of the centuries; but, save as regards purely material objects, ranging from locomotives to bank buildings, it did not wholly believe in its boasting", are examples given.
3."A thirteenth-century poet was not in the least troubled by any such misgivings, and quite simply illustrated his point by allusions to any character in history or romance, ancient or contemporary, that happened to occur to him". The author is trying to catch the reader into believing the differences of 13th century poets and 19 century poets.
4. The begining of the first paragraph had a lot of imagery that would help capture the reader so that he or she can become more interested in the story. It is important that the author set up ealry and often to capture the reader, if not, the reader will become bored and will not be of interest to the person.
5. The author used suggestion to conclude the paragraph. "Dante’s masterpiece is one of the supreme works of art that the ages have witnessed; but he would have been the last to wish that it should be treated only as a work of art, or worshiped only for art’s sake, without reference to the dread lessons it teaches mankind".
6. The conclusion was a bit short but clear and concise words for the reader. One age expresses itself naturally in a form that would be unnatural, and therefore undesirable, in another age. We do not express ourselves nowadays in epics at all; and we keep the emotions aroused in us by what is good or evil in the men of the present in a totally different compartment from that which holds our emotions concerning what was good or evil in the men of the past.
First three essays- Number one- Edgar Allen Poe
1. The Philosophy of Composition by Edgar Allen Poe
2. The writer used quotes for the introductory paragraph. The first part of the essay used this quote:"By the way, are you aware that Godwin wrote his Caleb Williams backwards? He first involved his hero in a web of difficulties, forming the second volume, and then, for the first, cast about him for some mode of accounting for what had been done.”
3. There is a radical error, I think, in the usual mode of constructing a story. Either history affords a thesis—or one is suggested by an incident of the day—or, at best, the author sets himself to work in the combination of striking events to form merely the basis of his narrative—designing, generally, to fill in with description, dialogue, or autorial comment, whatever crevices of fact, or action, may, from page to page, render themselves apparent.
4. The introduction was effective in the sense that it helped set the mode of the rest of the essay from the begining. If you start out strong in your paragraph from the principle words, then you can create a more effective and interesting story for your reader.
5. A quotation is used for this material. Out of four possible methods he choose to use quotations to finish out his essay
6. The use of quotations at the end of a essay could help or hurt you. In most cases it will probably help you out because it solidifies your essay and gives the reader an understanding of the story. It is a bit difficult to try to get your whole paragraph to describe itself in one quote.
2. The writer used quotes for the introductory paragraph. The first part of the essay used this quote:"By the way, are you aware that Godwin wrote his Caleb Williams backwards? He first involved his hero in a web of difficulties, forming the second volume, and then, for the first, cast about him for some mode of accounting for what had been done.”
3. There is a radical error, I think, in the usual mode of constructing a story. Either history affords a thesis—or one is suggested by an incident of the day—or, at best, the author sets himself to work in the combination of striking events to form merely the basis of his narrative—designing, generally, to fill in with description, dialogue, or autorial comment, whatever crevices of fact, or action, may, from page to page, render themselves apparent.
4. The introduction was effective in the sense that it helped set the mode of the rest of the essay from the begining. If you start out strong in your paragraph from the principle words, then you can create a more effective and interesting story for your reader.
5. A quotation is used for this material. Out of four possible methods he choose to use quotations to finish out his essay
6. The use of quotations at the end of a essay could help or hurt you. In most cases it will probably help you out because it solidifies your essay and gives the reader an understanding of the story. It is a bit difficult to try to get your whole paragraph to describe itself in one quote.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Five word of the week
1.Bitch-a female dog- That Bitch is a good breed.
2.Lucid Dream-a dream state in which one is conscious enough to recognize that one is in the dream state and which stays in one's memory- The other night I had a Lucid Dream that felt almost too real.
3.Holy Grail-Grail A cup or plate that, according to medieval legend, was used by Jesus at the Last Supper and that later became the object of many chivalrous quests. - Jesus served his diciples in a Holy Grail
4.Purgatory-a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.- Not having a job and having a lot of bills feels like being in Purgatory.
5.Prophet-A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed- Joan of Arc claimed to be a Prophet of God, but was burned when no one believed her.
2.Lucid Dream-a dream state in which one is conscious enough to recognize that one is in the dream state and which stays in one's memory- The other night I had a Lucid Dream that felt almost too real.
3.Holy Grail-Grail A cup or plate that, according to medieval legend, was used by Jesus at the Last Supper and that later became the object of many chivalrous quests. - Jesus served his diciples in a Holy Grail
4.Purgatory-a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.- Not having a job and having a lot of bills feels like being in Purgatory.
5.Prophet-A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed- Joan of Arc claimed to be a Prophet of God, but was burned when no one believed her.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Annoying
I thought most of the articles were annoying because I just didnt like the information it had to give me. I think I already read or heard most of the material that was on the article. I have nothing to input at this time but I really dont have nothing much to say but it is annoying
1. Plethora-overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.- The USA has a plethora of food.
2. latulence- generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.- That man had a lot of flatulence
3. Imp- a little devil or demon; an evil spirit- That child is a little Imp
4. Quantum- a large quantity; bulk.- Costco has a quantum of food in thier store.
5. C0nsigliere- a member of a criminal organization or syndicate who serves as an adviser to the leader.- In the movie "The Godfather" the role of consigliere was played by Robert Duvall, or "Tom" in the movie, he was an advisor for the crime family of Corleone
2. latulence- generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.- That man had a lot of flatulence
3. Imp- a little devil or demon; an evil spirit- That child is a little Imp
4. Quantum- a large quantity; bulk.- Costco has a quantum of food in thier store.
5. C0nsigliere- a member of a criminal organization or syndicate who serves as an adviser to the leader.- In the movie "The Godfather" the role of consigliere was played by Robert Duvall, or "Tom" in the movie, he was an advisor for the crime family of Corleone
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