Monday, May 14, 2012
Jelly Roll Morton
I envision it being something upbeat that they could dance to. I feel like it's fast paced and puts everyone in a good mood, as well as allows for dancing in singles or multiples. It was meant to lift peoples spirits.
Race for the Prize
The theme of Race for the Prize is that "regular" people are the ones that push themselves for a better world. The author states both that "two scientists were racing for the good of all mankind" and that "they're just humans with wives and children." The author pushes the fact that they're ordinary and like every day commoners but that "the pressure is too high" and that they're going to do anything to win even "if it kills them." Both are sacrificing their lives to better things for the human race and givings more than their ability to help all of us.
O.F.O.T.C.N S.S Questions
1) Why do you think Kesey made the decision to have Chief kill McMurphey?
I felt like having Chief kill McMurphey gave Chief a "last stand" before he left. I also felt that it showed that Big Nurse couldn't control everything that went on in the ward, and this was just another was McMurphey proved that to her, even if it wasn't him doing it himself.
2) Why do you think the Acutes chose to stay, even though they weren't committed?
I felt it to be sort of a security blanket. They had people of their own kind around them, just another way the conformity and collectivism in America was trapping the nation.
3) What was Chief's fog symbolic of?
I saw it as the revealing of his knowledge and progress. The more the fog went away, the clearer things became to him and the more he stood on his own two feet. He became his own man as the fog started becoming less dense and he could finally see the world with a real pair of eyes.
4) Is Chief reliable?
In my eyes, Chief's reliability is revealed throughout the story. He is continually observant and always listening. He pretends to be deaf and dumb so that people won't think anything of him and they'll say whatever they want about him. It's more than cunning the way he drains information out of people without trying. Based on this, I feel like Chief's "facts" are quite reliable.
I felt like having Chief kill McMurphey gave Chief a "last stand" before he left. I also felt that it showed that Big Nurse couldn't control everything that went on in the ward, and this was just another was McMurphey proved that to her, even if it wasn't him doing it himself.
2) Why do you think the Acutes chose to stay, even though they weren't committed?
I felt it to be sort of a security blanket. They had people of their own kind around them, just another way the conformity and collectivism in America was trapping the nation.
3) What was Chief's fog symbolic of?
I saw it as the revealing of his knowledge and progress. The more the fog went away, the clearer things became to him and the more he stood on his own two feet. He became his own man as the fog started becoming less dense and he could finally see the world with a real pair of eyes.
4) Is Chief reliable?
In my eyes, Chief's reliability is revealed throughout the story. He is continually observant and always listening. He pretends to be deaf and dumb so that people won't think anything of him and they'll say whatever they want about him. It's more than cunning the way he drains information out of people without trying. Based on this, I feel like Chief's "facts" are quite reliable.
Gatsby S.S. Questions
1) What was the purpose of the Eckleburg billboard?
I felt the billboard was to be used as a symbol that a higher power, whose abilities and control have worn away, sees all and does not hide the truth.
2) Which character is most important to the development of Gatsby's character, other than the obvious Nick Carraway?
I saw Tom as the most important because he shows up Gatsby with Daisy, and in showing him (Gatsby) how Daisy's character really is, Gatsby's true reactions and emotions begin flooding out of his mouth without a filter of any sort.
3) What is Nick's purpose in the story?
He's more of a bystander, in my opinion. His only real purpose is to show a close relationship to Gatsby so that we, as the audience, can sort of begin to root for him.
4) Do you think the reader is supposed to feel sympathy for Tom at the end of the story?
Personally, I do not, nor did I ever, feel any sympathy for Tom. I hated him from the beginning. Anyone who takes his course of action in flaunting his mistress in front of his wife's own face deserves what he gets. However, had it been me writing Gatsby, I would've made Tom suffer more. A LOT more.
I felt the billboard was to be used as a symbol that a higher power, whose abilities and control have worn away, sees all and does not hide the truth.
2) Which character is most important to the development of Gatsby's character, other than the obvious Nick Carraway?
I saw Tom as the most important because he shows up Gatsby with Daisy, and in showing him (Gatsby) how Daisy's character really is, Gatsby's true reactions and emotions begin flooding out of his mouth without a filter of any sort.
3) What is Nick's purpose in the story?
He's more of a bystander, in my opinion. His only real purpose is to show a close relationship to Gatsby so that we, as the audience, can sort of begin to root for him.
4) Do you think the reader is supposed to feel sympathy for Tom at the end of the story?
Personally, I do not, nor did I ever, feel any sympathy for Tom. I hated him from the beginning. Anyone who takes his course of action in flaunting his mistress in front of his wife's own face deserves what he gets. However, had it been me writing Gatsby, I would've made Tom suffer more. A LOT more.
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