A Person like a character in Cyclops

I visited one of my friends from the summer camp I go to. His name is Brad and I hung out with him for a weekend in the town he lives in southwest of the city. While i was there his Mom was always asking him to do errands for her when we went out or when we were at his house to do favors for her like take out the trash or help her pick up after his siblings. But the way she went about asking is what reminds me of Cyclops but instead of scaring him into doing these things, she guilted him into it or shamed him into it by bringing out things she did for him or that she works really hard and that he doesnt do much and that he needs to help her. It seems to me like a similar tactic that the father uses in Cyclops.

Regarding the Problem and Dancing for Mao Connection

After I finished reading this article and this story I feel like the both accentuate the work ethic and how close knit and effective the way the country of China is run. The story of Regarding the Pigs is all about something that seems somewhat mundane but really important that must be passed on through all these people to finally get to the person that it needs to get to, and this message goes through all 7 locations to finally reach the family that cares for the litter. In the article it is talking about this little girl that is singing the words to the loyalty dance simply because she is obligated to and she doesnt even know what it means, it shows the mechanical nature of the loyalty and work in china. This story shows how mechanical it is.

Global Narratives in Pigeons at Daybreak

In the short story Pigeons at Daybreak the idea and over arching theme of the global narrative aspect of our English class this year is shown through the characters and the setting in the story. The characters in this story have parts of their make up that show that this is a global narrative, or a narrative from another country. The first is that the husband in the story is unable to read, he is a grown man who is illiterate. For people in the united states, being able to read is something so simple and basic that it is very uncommon to meet someone who doesn't have this skill in the united states, but in other countries it isn't as uncommon as one would think. Also, the way that Mr. Basu complains about the heat shows how the heat in India is a real problem, especially when he is supposed to try and sleep in the heat when he couldn't.The heat in India actually a problem and is a big deal, showing how the climate and setting is different. And on top of that there is the fact that they have to rely on a single fan in their bedroom for cooling, as opposed to the AC all of us have in our houses that are just simply for our own comfort, a comfort which these people in india also dont have. And finally there is the fact that they had to have their electricity turned off to go so that maintenance could be performed, something that I have never had happen to me, so i feel as though it would be a rare occurrence. These things that seem simple and familiar to the people of india to us seem backward and odd.

Questions for Harkness Table: Collector of Treasures

What is the significance of the "Treasures" that Dikeledi "collects" during the story?
How come the story begins, in the middle so when we go back in time to the actual murder, we already know what is going to happen and it doesnt seem as exciting?
How come Paul decides to help Dikeledi at the end of the story?

Thesis for Collector of Treasures

Dikeledi and Kenalepe in Collector of Treasures are foils for each other, representing the women of the area but both being in opposite situations in terms of the people that are most closely observing, men.

questions for the Bluest Eye Harkness Table

1. Who is Pecola talking to when she is talking about her Blue Eyes
2. Why does whoever Pecola is talking to have to leave
3. Why does Pecola thing she has Blue Eyes when she doesnt?

Color and Sequences in The Bluest Eye

After reading The Bluest Eye for a while, one might comment of the sequencing the events and histories of the characters and why they are placed in the order they are. For example, one is aware of Cholly Breedlove early in the story, and are told about what he will end up doing to his own daughter, but Morrison decides to tell us the story of Cholly's upbringing and humiliation after. Similarly, Polly Breedlove's story is presented in a similar way, first she is introduced as an adult, then we learn the story of her upbringing. The reason why Morrison does this is to introduce us to the characters and then have us develop an opinion or prejudice about that character, and then show us why they are like that, and even change our opinion of that character. It ties back to the "single story" motif. The first time we meet that character, the single story is what is presented to the reader. For Cholly, its that he raped his daughter and then got her pregnant. Then the reader is taken back in time to figure out what made him the abusive drunkard he is, and it is used as a vehicle to change one's opinion. Instead of hating him as a character because of what he did, the reader may pity him after learning of his upbringing and how upsetting it was. Morrison is using the sequencing to show that the single story of a person is never ever the whole story, and that reevaluation is important. Much like the race issue in the book, the fact that some people are back and others are white brings up the conflict of race that permeates through the novel.

Another aspect of the novel that is repeated and is an interesting aspect of it is the uses of color that are used to describe various things in the novel besides skin color. For example, Polly associates pleasure and happiness with 3 colors "that streak of green from the june bug light, the purple from the berries trickling along my thighs, Mama's lemonade yellow runs sweet in me" (131) Other instances of color being used to describe things are the "black and red words"(77) that are used to describe the Maginot Line and the "light-green" words that Mr. Henry uses to Frieda and Claudia. These uses of color are a means of getting across the theme of beauty. In this world where there is black and white, other colors seem to symbolize beauty and pleasure and happiness, especially in the case of Polly and her 3 colors. The other colors that are brought up are brought up as describing words to describe the "beauty" of other people. What makes the more than just "black" or "white"