What the Prufrock?!

Soo, as you can tell along with almost everyone else in the class that im going back into previous stories and poems that we've read in order to catch up with my blog entries. After rereading T.S. Eliot's poem " The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," I still would have to say that its an interesting read, i enjoy the up beat tone; yet im still confused on what exactly the author is trying to say. It sounds like to me that the author is speaking to or about someone whom he'd like to be with but is too nervous to talk to, which is a feeling many men can relate to; being intimidated by some women. And for that reason, i would have to say that i enjoy the poem and would recommend it to someone with a better vocabulary than my own.

Let America Be America Again says Mr. Hughes

I really love Langston Hughes' poem Let America Be America Again written in 1938, for a number of reasons. The feeling of America not truly being " the land of the free" is one that is all too common even to this day by all of its citizens. In the poem Hughes states," it was never America to me," Hughes is expressing the way he feels that the idea of "America" where people could come to start a new life and live as free men, was untrue in his eyes and the eyes of minorities; and expresses how he wants to see America the way it was intended to be. These thought Hughes is expressing in his poem are ones felt by almost every man regardless of race even to this day, which is one of the reasons that makes this poem so great; people still relate to the poem after so many years. It seems that compared to the days when the poem was written, that we have come a long way in our progress toward equality among men, though we still have a long way to go.

Writting My Research Paper

Well being that I took English 121 to get here, I have written research papers before; not to say they were very good but nonetheless, I have written a research paper before. And it’s pretty easy to tell that research papers aren’t my favorite things in the world, but this one (though I’m still working on it) has proven to be much easier to get into, once I have the time to work on it. Although it’s not necessarily the most important or interesting of topics (Illegal Immigration), I found that because I have personal experience and events that relate to the topic it’s made it much easier for me to get into and get more interested in my topic and learn as much as possible on the subject; and write what I’m really trying to say, rather than rambling on and on, constantly repeating myself and turning in a decent paper rather than a good or great one. Also, I’m not so sure I had never heard of a “nay- sayer” but incorporating them in my work so far has proven successful in supporting some of my details about my subject. I like the way I can think of ways people will disagree with what I’m saying in my paper, and give a rebuttal to whatever their argument might be. I think that they are making a difference turning a bland, one-sided view on a topic and making it into a well thought –out argument on my position on Illegal Immigration.

What's Love? Got to do, Got to do Wit' it Babe'? (haha)

After reading What we Talk About When we Talk About Love, by Raymond Carver it made me think about what my beliefs on the subject were. Basically all four characters had different, yet pretty similar thoughts. However, Terri's views about her ex who had killed himself for her out of love is commonly debated; and honestly it can go either way. There is no exact answer to the question of, what is love? And adding the, man-killing-himself-for-his-wife factor, definatly seems to complicate the situation a little more. But I suppose I personally wouldn't deny Terri of the thought as her husband did, because I definatly know first hand that love will make you crazy sometimes (lol). I enjoyed the read, it was interesting and made me think about the subject. I also enjoyed the in-class discussion about the story, everyone had pretty different things to say about the Terri's ex and I thought it was a pretty interesting discussion as well.

Two Kinds

Amy Tan's poem Two Kinds had to with a a pretty common conflict bewtween parent-offspring relationships; which made it so easy to relate to. The mother wanted her daughter to become sucessful and pushed her daughter to the point where she wanted to rebel. Almost anyone could relate with this story but the question is who are we the readers supposed to sympathize with? I personally don't have an opinion but people sympathize for each for many reasons. The mother had a rough time trying to make a better life for the daughter; she only wanted the best for her daughter and to be sucessful,etc. Many say that the girl was pushed too hard and that the mother was to blame. So read it and you can tell me how you feel guys, I guess I would say I feel for both of them, it was an equal effort. But I enjoyed the read, it was an interesting story which personally got me thinking about the relationships between me and my own parents; I would reccomend it.

I Love Snow too Mr.Frost

I'm not sure if anyones noticed the slight irony between Robert Frost and his poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Anyway, I liked this poem a lot; like almost anyone I love snow and there aren't many things as pretty I guess you could say. I thought it was a well thought out and great way to describe the beauty of the snow covered woods so vividly. Some people feel that the ending where Frost twice says," And miles to go before I sleep," that it feels negative as if he doesn't want to leave. But I think that because in the line before these two he states that he has promises to keep, he is honoring the promise with dignity and is looking at the road home in a head first additude; as if he were about to start running on foot, leaving the horse behind screaming to his wife whom he promised he wouldn't be home late, " I'ma comin' home babay!" ( lol )

Tom Cruise and Brook Shields are Annoying.

So i just read Keith Alexander's paper on , What the Arguement between Tom Cruise and Brook Sheilds Demonstrated about the Media and I have mixed feelings. He had a decent arguement saying that the media was making diagnoseson on "postpardum depression," and it was interesting how he was relating the situation to Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper. However, I guess that the arguement jus wasn't, in my opinion, interesting; and therefore it made the paper difficult to read and I found myself pretty much questioning everything that was said. I personally didn't care for the paper; I suppose it's just the matter of, " I don't care about Tom Cruise's and Brook Sheilds' opinions on " postpardum depression." Although Sheild's apparently suffers from the condition, neither her or Tom Cruise are experts on the subject and neither are the writters for what ever "media" forms Keith is refering to. Therefore, I could personally careless. .... : /