Final Narrative Post

Eveline had it hard growing up. Her mother died, she has an abusive father, and she’s in love with a man she is forbidden to see. All this pain takes a toll on Eveline. To be without the ones you love (in love, or having love for). Her father is violent with her and tells her he would go farther if it wasn’t for her mother’s death, she is in constant reminder of the pain of death and loneliness. Eveline decided to run off with Frank but at the last minute changes her mind.
No matter the circumstance, family will always be there for you, although you may have differences and go through difficulties, blood is thicker than water, and unless you lived a torturous life, which Eveline is not living, then you will constantly find love for your family. Eveline made a promise to her mother saying she will keep the family together as long as she can. She becomes the primary caregiver of the family and gets to a certain point where she’s just tired of everything. Frank is seen as her savior, the man who will take her away from all the responsibility. As much as she wanted to run off with him, she still had the responsibility of the family, promise to her mother and a self realization on her back. She does not leave with Frank, nor does she return to her family (it does not clearly state weather she went back or not)
Eveline’s epiphany is that even if she does go off with Frank, she will not live the life she wanted, because she only causes one more burden on her back, guilt, which can be a terrible burden to bear. She realizes that moving off with Frank can make her happy for a limited amount of time. Refusing Frank means that change will happen, that if she does eventually make it back to her father house, she will be a little happier and tae charge of her life. The constant reference to her child hood gives me hope that she might relive that happiness one day.

Sympathy for a monstrous vermin?

We should be sympathetic towards Gregor. If I worked hard, day in and day out and one day I turn into a bug and my family does nothing but lock me up in a room I would be upset! Poor Gregor is taking over his father’s debts, and yet all the family does is throw apples at him and starve him to death. It is understandable that the family reacts this way, yet we must think of it through Gregor’s eyes. One morning you wake up as a bug and you’re late for work! Thoughts start running through your head. “Oh no I’m going to be fired...I missed my train!!...Oh my goodness I’m a bug!” Your superior comes to the door and your own family doesn’t know what’s happened to you, then you come out as a giant roach. It’s a horrible feeling to be stared at. Gregor is unable to move around normally, he now has to adapt to this new life of 6 to 8 legs, blurry vision, and sticky guck coming out of his leg. His new life seems so cruel. Gregor was nothing but a good son, he worked off the debt of his father, rarely leaving the house unless he had to, and always on time to work, doing everything asked of him. It is unfair that he should be turned into a bug so that his family can change. Why should bad things happen to good people? I don’t think we were created on this earth to die for someone else’s change of lifestyle. We should be sympathetic towards Gregor

thesis statement

Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado”, the narrator shows that pride and will always lead to ruin, whether it be your life, the others, or both parties.

Evil in "Young Goodman Brown"

Young Goodman Brown is a tale about a man named Goodman Brown who decided to go on a "journey" one night. His wife warns him off saying Pray tarry with me this night, dear husband, of all nights in the year.” It is obvious later that Faith knows that something is going on and she does not want her husband out in it. Goodman Brown doesn’t listen to his wife saying that he loves her but he has to go and he will be back by sunrise. She tells him go and prays for him.
Goodman Brown leaves off on his journey. He meets a man, who ends up being the Devil, deep in the woods where they end up at a worship service. At one point on their walk through the woods, Brown's guide says, "Evil is the nature of mankind." He is referring to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Adam wanted the forbidden knowledge, as does Brown who wants the knowledge of what will be going on that night. The staff reminds the reader of Moses turning the staff into a snake. The serpent is almost always used in reference to the devil. The Devil in the woods is enticing brown to come out join him in the communion. Faith is Eve, since she too falls under the temptation for knowledge.
I don’t think the story is saying that it is, but more like defending the story of Adam and Eve in a modern context. He talks of the Salem witch trials, a fact in our American history. It was so easy for Brown to fall under the temptation of the devil, as it was for Adam. At one point in the woods, Brown stops and says he doesn’t want to go farther in straying away from heaven and into hell. This shows that he knew what might be happening is wrong and would like to stop before the damage stops, but of course the devil is cunning and convinces him to move forward. He comes back as a sad man, never living a normal life again. Adam lived a life of bliss in Eden, then a hard/sad life on earth.

Kafka-esque Citations

The hero of "The Metamorphosis" is Gregor Samsa (pronounced Zamza), who is the son of middle-class parents in Prague, Flaubertian philistines, people interested only in the material side of life and vulgarians in their tastes. Some five years before, old Samsa lost most of his money, whereupon his son Gregor took a job with one of his father's creditors and became a traveling salesman in cloth. His father then stopped working altogether, his sister Grete was too young to work, his mother was ill with asthma; thus young Gregor not only supported the whole family but also found for them the apartment they are now living in. One morning he wakes up to discover that during the night he has been transformed into a "monstrous vermin" or insect. At first he is preoccupied with practical, everyday concerns: How to get out of bed and walk with his numerous legs? Can he still make it to the office on time? Gregor’s bizarre new state is not the central transformation in the novel. Instead, Kafka uses Gregor’s surreal change as a catalyst for an almost more shocking metamorphosis: that of Gregor’s family, as they move from helplessness and sympathetic fear to emancipation and hostile rejection.Gregor's family see his predicament as an affront to them (after all, they expect Gregor to support the family). They withdraw from him, try to contain the damage, but in the process begin to change their own life stories as well--Gregor's father, who had been disabled, mobilizes and goes back to work; he changes from being an "old man" to a bank official "holding himself very erect." Gregor's sister also gets a job and seems on the verge of a new life.
Gregor’s change is superficial, since he resists adapting to his new physical identity. Kafka’s choice to portray Gregor as a “vermin” (in some editions, this is translated as “cockroach”) implies a useless and parasitic nature that clashes with his personality. On the other hand, Gregor’s “disappearance” forces his parents and sister out of their own parasitic existence, leading them to a much deeper transformation at the end. Even the dying Gregor recognizes this, as he realizes that “[h]is conviction that he had to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister’sIn a psychoanalytic interpretation, The Metamorphosis prevents the imminent rebellion of the son against the father. Gregor had become strong as a result of his father's failure. He crippled his father's self-esteem and took over the father's position in the family. After the catastrophe, the same sequence takes place in reverse: son becomes weak, and father kills him.












http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/metamorphosis/

Miss Emily facebook

Miss Emily’s facebook would most likely not have many friends. But if it did, if we were lucky enough to be able to see her world, this is what would be in it.

Her default picture would probably be of her and Homer. Her display name would be Emily G. Because she likes to keep information to herself, I wouldn't be surprised if she has her last name shortened to just the single letter G. In her favorite quotes we would see "For rats."

BASIC INFORMATION:

Networks: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi

Sex: Female

Birthday: The day I was born

Hometown: Yoknapatawpha

Relationship Status: Married-To the corpse of Homer B.

MISS EMILY'S WALL:

Her wall would be private. She did not want people knowing who she speaks with. Most people would probably just write "Hey miss Emily, how've you been its been a while," the standard comment people get when they rarely see/speak with anyone.

Emily G's Wall-to-Wall with Colonel Sartoris.

Emily G wrote on colonel Sartoris wall at 9:43am:
"Excuse me Colonel Sartoris but your men keep coming over and asking me to pay taxes, when you yourself have waved them, I’m not paying them!!"

Colonel Sartoris Wrote on Emily G's Wall at 10:23am:
" Good morning Miss Emily, I don’t think I can be of help, you see, I’ve been dead for a number of years and it’s under new management now. Tell them that I said it has been waved due to your father's (May he rest in peace) service to the town."

Emily G wrote on colonel Sartoris wall at 11:03am:
"YOU’RE NOT DEAD!! MY FATHERS NOT DEAD!!! I’m not paying the taxes, that it!!!!!"



FAVORITE TV SHOWS/ MUSIC/ BOOKS:

Her favorite show would be anything of Disney, Nick Jr. She sees herself as a small child, and these are the channels that most kids watch (and even some adults). Her favorite movie would be Avenger, a movie about a psycho killer who chops off people's heads and mails them to Scotland Yard. Her favorite book is Dr. Seuss the Cat in the Hat, because after a long day of poisoning your ex-lover, it’s kind of nice to read a nice book with short words that tell a funny story of a cat who wears the most interesting hat.