January Blog
Sophia LaMarca
As Bigger falls into his destiny of murdering a white woman as a black man, the psychology of Biggers murder is unfolded. First off, Biggers interactions with Mary and the murder of her can not simply be told as just a murder in this time and society. As Bigger is a black man, it is assumed by the public that he did not only just murder Mary but rape her. Biggers downfall did not occur due to his own wrongful decision, but a harsh mistake. After acting like a "white" with Mary and walker her into a forbidden place, such as her room, and being caught, he only had one choice but to end the situation. Being in a position of weakness in the room with Mary, Bigger came to the realization that he either would have to accept the current position of Ms. Dalton catching him in the act and throwing away his possible job, or somehow cover his tracks. With this, Bigger fell to Marys unplanned murder. As time went on throughout the novel, Biggers true destiny was revealed. As a black man, Bigger was said to be nothing but harm and danger in society. Bigger could have fell into a different pathway such as one small act, but due to his wrongful mistake, heavier issues arrived and more occurred due to his wrongs. He initially began off as being on the correct path and proving society wrong. Bigger begins to enjoy the feeling and thrill of his wrong doings. This is mainly because he has a sense of power for the first time in society. Bigger now has something over the white people and feels as though if he continues to do this wrong things, such as raping Bessie and killing her, he feels more power over others. This psychological aspect of Bigger creates him into a "bigger" criminal than he primarily was. His one mistake formed him into who he was destined to be. His first murder caused a chain reaction that created Bigger into a monster. White and blacks roles in society begin to unfold as Biggers murder is released. Bigger is belittled by whites and becomes nothing more to the world than just a black man. As Bigger is thrown down by the supreme of society and put into jail, his societal fate has been met. With the psychology of Bigger, it is seen that he has the mentality of a murderer. Bigger does not only enjoy the mentality, but rising above those who are said to be better than him. Bigger falls into his proposed part in society and seems to somehow enjoy it. The author uses these societal standards throughout the book to not only emphasis Biggers role in society but the social taboo between the two races. Bigger allows these standards to be put in motion. This also shows his fear of whites. Throughout the book he has a large fear of fear itself, and has the desire to kill the fear off whenever it is put in place, literally and figuratively. He uses this fear to fall into his societal role and become the man he was destined to be.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Monday, November 30, 2015
November blog
November Blog Post
Sophia LaMarca
AP Lit P2
The two novels, The Bonesetters Daughter and The Art of Hearing Heartbeats compare instinctively. The two novels greatly deal with the rise and fall of the relationships between the parents and the relationship they have with their child. Along with this, the background and the importance placed on the family and their family history is emphasized on greatly in both of these books.
Both of the novels went through the travel of different time periods and different generations. Throughout The Bonesetters Daughter, the setting traveled through time to entail a better understanding of the family and it meaning. Through the travel of the time periods, we also began to see the different generations, traditions, and events that occurred throughout these times. For example, the discovery of who the daughter is and what the bones and ink represented back many years ago. In parallel, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats did the same as The Bonesetters Daughter. The travel of time and the introduction of the parents life through their point of view portrayed more information and left great detail into the other characters and their feelings. Both of these books stress and put great detail on the ancestors of the main characters. Along with this, the time periods that these novels took place in were weighed heavily, showing the manors, etiquette and the way the young ones of the family were supposed to talk and act towards the elders. Along with this, culture was entailed greatly with each family.
In addition, both novels have strong woman characters as the main focus, with a parent being descriptive as well. In both books, the main characters are headstrong independent women. Julia and Ruth are extremely similar in the way in which they think and present themselves as strong women. Julia is a city girl with no desire of being in this small quiet third world country except for the fact of her father. We hear her thoughts thoroughly and the ideas that go in her mind. We learn that she is independent and a list maker. Much like Julia, Ruth is a hardworking woman as well. She works for herself and does not rely on her man Art to keep her safe and comfortable. Both characters were made as independent women to discover their family secrets and travel. Both Julia and Ruth also had to deal with multiple people to get to their final destination of knowledge about their families secret stories.
As well, both novels have a great mystery that must be unfolded. Throughout the mystery you not only learn about the main characters, but their families and histories as well. I enjoyed this quite a lot due to the shift between time periods and the emotions and stories being told. These shifts allowed me to be more interested in the novel to see what will happen next, and learn more about each family and their secrets. Through the authors use of different time changes and different details, I enjoyed the novels and their secrets and details.
Sophia LaMarca
AP Lit P2
Comparison of The Bonesetters Daughter and The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Both of the novels went through the travel of different time periods and different generations. Throughout The Bonesetters Daughter, the setting traveled through time to entail a better understanding of the family and it meaning. Through the travel of the time periods, we also began to see the different generations, traditions, and events that occurred throughout these times. For example, the discovery of who the daughter is and what the bones and ink represented back many years ago. In parallel, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats did the same as The Bonesetters Daughter. The travel of time and the introduction of the parents life through their point of view portrayed more information and left great detail into the other characters and their feelings. Both of these books stress and put great detail on the ancestors of the main characters. Along with this, the time periods that these novels took place in were weighed heavily, showing the manors, etiquette and the way the young ones of the family were supposed to talk and act towards the elders. Along with this, culture was entailed greatly with each family.
In addition, both novels have strong woman characters as the main focus, with a parent being descriptive as well. In both books, the main characters are headstrong independent women. Julia and Ruth are extremely similar in the way in which they think and present themselves as strong women. Julia is a city girl with no desire of being in this small quiet third world country except for the fact of her father. We hear her thoughts thoroughly and the ideas that go in her mind. We learn that she is independent and a list maker. Much like Julia, Ruth is a hardworking woman as well. She works for herself and does not rely on her man Art to keep her safe and comfortable. Both characters were made as independent women to discover their family secrets and travel. Both Julia and Ruth also had to deal with multiple people to get to their final destination of knowledge about their families secret stories.
As well, both novels have a great mystery that must be unfolded. Throughout the mystery you not only learn about the main characters, but their families and histories as well. I enjoyed this quite a lot due to the shift between time periods and the emotions and stories being told. These shifts allowed me to be more interested in the novel to see what will happen next, and learn more about each family and their secrets. Through the authors use of different time changes and different details, I enjoyed the novels and their secrets and details.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
blog post: September
SOPHIA LAMARCA P2
As we have been reading Winsburg Ohio, my mind has been flourished and non stop running reviewing each symbol, motif, and theme over and over throughout my mind. In my opinion, this novella is fabulously written and amazes me in every aspect. The fact that we read the book out of order, and it still made sense was amazing to me. The fact that this novel can be interpreted in a different way for each person makes me love this book even more.
George Willard continuously came up and from the introduction of this character, I pieced together the idea that George Willard was in fact the writer of the Grotesques. Within each chapter, each new and introduced character would spill their life story and most important details to George, making me think he was the writer of these grotesque truths.
Reading more into the novella, facts began to pop up taking away the mystery and my justification of George Willard being the writer of the Grotesques. Facts were introduced such as the writer was a civil war veteran. With this said, it is absolutely impossible for George Willard, a boy of age 18, to be a civil war veteran. With this halt to my creation from this mystery, George Willard is proven to in fact, NOT be the writer of the Grotesques. With this in mind, then who else would fit this mystery writer persona so perfectly? George Willard was all things the writer seemed to be. He was a writer in fact, and flawed learning throughout life who he was, maturing and learning through the influence of others. The fact that he is flawed by others and their truths contributed more to my original belief system about George Willards identity.
My latest conclusion is that there is in fact no right answer to who the writer of the Grotesques is. Maybe it is George, maybe it is Wash, maybe it is the reader. Maybe the reader hearing all of these stories makes them act upon these truths and learn and write up an idea creating the reader to in fact be the writer. Maybe Wash in fact was the writer of the Grotesques, being a telephone operator and having the secreted knowledge of everyone throughout the novella.
Throughout all of the books that I have read throughout high school, this happens to be my favorite one. I loved how each character can portray something that seems absurd to one person but completely true to the next, and the idea not be completely wrong. The ideas are endless and the different ways to see this book intrigue me to it even more. The fact that the meaning of everything is seen so differently and interpreted differently by each person amazes me, and proves just how amazing Sherwood Anderson. Throughout the rest of the year I hope that we can continue to read and touch on books that are so interchangeable, as they provide for a desire to uncover ones personal opinion of truth on the novellas purpose.
As we have been reading Winsburg Ohio, my mind has been flourished and non stop running reviewing each symbol, motif, and theme over and over throughout my mind. In my opinion, this novella is fabulously written and amazes me in every aspect. The fact that we read the book out of order, and it still made sense was amazing to me. The fact that this novel can be interpreted in a different way for each person makes me love this book even more.
George Willard continuously came up and from the introduction of this character, I pieced together the idea that George Willard was in fact the writer of the Grotesques. Within each chapter, each new and introduced character would spill their life story and most important details to George, making me think he was the writer of these grotesque truths.
Reading more into the novella, facts began to pop up taking away the mystery and my justification of George Willard being the writer of the Grotesques. Facts were introduced such as the writer was a civil war veteran. With this said, it is absolutely impossible for George Willard, a boy of age 18, to be a civil war veteran. With this halt to my creation from this mystery, George Willard is proven to in fact, NOT be the writer of the Grotesques. With this in mind, then who else would fit this mystery writer persona so perfectly? George Willard was all things the writer seemed to be. He was a writer in fact, and flawed learning throughout life who he was, maturing and learning through the influence of others. The fact that he is flawed by others and their truths contributed more to my original belief system about George Willards identity.
My latest conclusion is that there is in fact no right answer to who the writer of the Grotesques is. Maybe it is George, maybe it is Wash, maybe it is the reader. Maybe the reader hearing all of these stories makes them act upon these truths and learn and write up an idea creating the reader to in fact be the writer. Maybe Wash in fact was the writer of the Grotesques, being a telephone operator and having the secreted knowledge of everyone throughout the novella.
Throughout all of the books that I have read throughout high school, this happens to be my favorite one. I loved how each character can portray something that seems absurd to one person but completely true to the next, and the idea not be completely wrong. The ideas are endless and the different ways to see this book intrigue me to it even more. The fact that the meaning of everything is seen so differently and interpreted differently by each person amazes me, and proves just how amazing Sherwood Anderson. Throughout the rest of the year I hope that we can continue to read and touch on books that are so interchangeable, as they provide for a desire to uncover ones personal opinion of truth on the novellas purpose.
Monday, August 31, 2015
blog post 1
Throughout the classroom discussion on A Streetcar Named Desire, I drew many conclusions and metaphoric connections that were and were not talked about throughout class. In scene one, Blanche is introduced as a rather ironic character in my opinion. Blanche is thrown into Elysian Fields, by travel of a streetcar named Desire. "They told me to take a street-car named Desire", she replies almost disgusted with where she is. Right off the bat, we see Blanche's first response in the play as one of disorientation and confusion. This is a place where she described it as not what she expected it to be, and we draw the same conclusions with Blanche herself. Any student who has studied deeper into metaphoric and analytical deep read connections, would read out Blanche to be an innocent incoming introduced character. In fact, we the readers get to see Blanche, meaning white in French, concludes an ironic viewpoint. Due to the fact Blanche is portrayed as the actual opposite of all things white, such as purity, we the readers get to draw out a new viewpoint on her. Throughout this short read, men and women are portrayed as their stereotypical placement in society during that time. Men like Stanley are shown to be masculine, and women like Stella shown to be submissive, but Blanche is shown as exactly the opposite, drinking and sleeping around, all masculine things to do in this time period.
Blanche represents the new modern day women throughout A Streetcar Named Desire. In the novel, Blanche is known for doing things such as closet drinking and sleeping around, and although the common women does not do those exact things, it introduces the new women bringing on masculine qualities in a harsh way. In my opinion, Blanche had to be given these intense qualities to prove the realness and richness of the switch over to equality between men and women in current society. While Blanche uses sex to feel better and stronger with who she is as a person, the mere fact she is sleeping with more than one man shows the changes in time. Along with drinking alcohol, Blanche is the mere adapter to the common women.
Although Blanche shows the masculine characteristics, they are all in private. The approach of Blanche representing the common women must be taken into the fact that what she is doing is taken to extremes and thrown into private. On the surface, Blanche is shown as a prim and proper women, which brings in another point from the play. Blanche and Stanley are so attracted to each other because of the fact they are complete opposites of each other. Blanche being prim and proper (on the surface), and Stanley being masculine and assertive. What we get to see throughout the play is each character is not all we think they are, and each character relates and connects to the next in many different ways. Each character has a different dynamic trait, and each character brings it out in another.
Blanche represents the new modern day women throughout A Streetcar Named Desire. In the novel, Blanche is known for doing things such as closet drinking and sleeping around, and although the common women does not do those exact things, it introduces the new women bringing on masculine qualities in a harsh way. In my opinion, Blanche had to be given these intense qualities to prove the realness and richness of the switch over to equality between men and women in current society. While Blanche uses sex to feel better and stronger with who she is as a person, the mere fact she is sleeping with more than one man shows the changes in time. Along with drinking alcohol, Blanche is the mere adapter to the common women.
Although Blanche shows the masculine characteristics, they are all in private. The approach of Blanche representing the common women must be taken into the fact that what she is doing is taken to extremes and thrown into private. On the surface, Blanche is shown as a prim and proper women, which brings in another point from the play. Blanche and Stanley are so attracted to each other because of the fact they are complete opposites of each other. Blanche being prim and proper (on the surface), and Stanley being masculine and assertive. What we get to see throughout the play is each character is not all we think they are, and each character relates and connects to the next in many different ways. Each character has a different dynamic trait, and each character brings it out in another.
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