p. # 184
"All you have is this steely gray ache, spread out in a star shape-"
This is Bobo talking about what I interperet as finally getting what you have been waiting to get. You are so exited and so happy when you get it, and you feel like you have everything. However, when all is said and done, you really have nothing, and you just have this empty spot inside you.
p. #175
"That's when I noticed the tiny mustache on George."
This is talking about George Washington on the $1 bill. It is in the poem Juantoomany which I think is talking about a drinking problem. What he is saying is that his drinking problem is so bad that Juan from the phrase Juantoomany is on his money and that he is seeing things.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Chile Verde Quote Response #7
p. #165
"You must remember, it wasn't that long ago we stopped cooking with Crisco."
I found this quote to be very interesting. Throughout this story he repeatedly says you must remember. I believe that keeps saying it because the things he talks about are things commonly forgotten or not realized. The Crisco thing I found interesting too because it is one of those things he uses that has no connection with the story at all. I think he is stating that whatever he is talking about is something new to them.
p. #163
"or like when I stood up at St. Anthony's and my pantalones had eaten themselves into my cuchi-cuchi and everyone in the back rows, especially Dona Aguado, La Catolica, looked at it. Like that."
This whole segment was interesting because it took past experiences that were embarassing or bad, and made light of him. What he is saying is that in the end, you will laugh at it, even if it seems awful when it happens. The continual use of spanish throughout his poems is also interesting.
"You must remember, it wasn't that long ago we stopped cooking with Crisco."
I found this quote to be very interesting. Throughout this story he repeatedly says you must remember. I believe that keeps saying it because the things he talks about are things commonly forgotten or not realized. The Crisco thing I found interesting too because it is one of those things he uses that has no connection with the story at all. I think he is stating that whatever he is talking about is something new to them.
p. #163
"or like when I stood up at St. Anthony's and my pantalones had eaten themselves into my cuchi-cuchi and everyone in the back rows, especially Dona Aguado, La Catolica, looked at it. Like that."
This whole segment was interesting because it took past experiences that were embarassing or bad, and made light of him. What he is saying is that in the end, you will laugh at it, even if it seems awful when it happens. The continual use of spanish throughout his poems is also interesting.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Chile Verde Quote Response #6
p. #135
"Can you alter its passage through my city, this umbral specter of sleeping moth figures."
This quote is talking about some sort of machine, but I am not sure what. I believe that it is saying that something terrible has gone through his city, or maybe he is just froma poor neighborhood. He wants to know if the mans machine can fix the city and make it so it never happened.
p. #136
"We've conned ourselves into a crazier gear than the one we were living in."
He is saying that when they finally got some money, they realized that they did not need it. They conned themselves into thinking that they did. They were perfectly happy finding entertainment watching people get on buses, and the money is not important to them anymore.
"Can you alter its passage through my city, this umbral specter of sleeping moth figures."
This quote is talking about some sort of machine, but I am not sure what. I believe that it is saying that something terrible has gone through his city, or maybe he is just froma poor neighborhood. He wants to know if the mans machine can fix the city and make it so it never happened.
p. #136
"We've conned ourselves into a crazier gear than the one we were living in."
He is saying that when they finally got some money, they realized that they did not need it. They conned themselves into thinking that they did. They were perfectly happy finding entertainment watching people get on buses, and the money is not important to them anymore.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Chile Verde Quote Response #5
p. #124
"or she finds his torn fingers at the bottom of a cup of coffee."
This quote is speaking of the woman whse brother was murdered on the streets. It is significant because it is stating that she still remebers her brothers death, and can still picture the incident even though it happened 13 years later. She still horrors over it, and 'sees his fingers in her coffee' which is a metaphor for her still remembering what happened.
p. #119
"For years, in that wild shadow, she smoked and kissed a stray that crossed our window."
I do not understand why she kisses the stray every night. Her husband died, and I think that she kisses the stray because she needs something to be there and to love to replace what she lost. Also, she smokes because it is a way to relieve her stress from her husband dying, and it is addictive so she continues to do it.
"or she finds his torn fingers at the bottom of a cup of coffee."
This quote is speaking of the woman whse brother was murdered on the streets. It is significant because it is stating that she still remebers her brothers death, and can still picture the incident even though it happened 13 years later. She still horrors over it, and 'sees his fingers in her coffee' which is a metaphor for her still remembering what happened.
p. #119
"For years, in that wild shadow, she smoked and kissed a stray that crossed our window."
I do not understand why she kisses the stray every night. Her husband died, and I think that she kisses the stray because she needs something to be there and to love to replace what she lost. Also, she smokes because it is a way to relieve her stress from her husband dying, and it is addictive so she continues to do it.
Thesis
There have been many great American novels written in it’s very short history. Some of the most famous include Gone With the Wind, The Grapes of Wrath, and Of Mice and Men. While these books are all classics, there are only two books that have incorporated the most moral issues of their time period into a well thought out plot. These two books are Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, and The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. These books are so different in the morals they incorporate, but have had such similar effects on America.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Chile Verde Quote Response #4
p. #85
"Are we are the letters, Mamita?"
I found this quote to be interesting because of the manner in which it was stated. It taskes a simple phrase and idea that would be in the first paragraph of the story, and contorts them to give it a different twist. It also steers away from the conventiaonal.
p. #91
"No Bible in the tribe keep the culture alive. While dreaming, eyebrows float as sheep grazing on cinammon cliff."
This quote is important because it is criticizing American culture today. He is saying that we are drifting away from religion, and that it is seen as uncultured. The second half of the quote I do not really understand, I believe that it is saying that when we dream we still exist and are still functional, we just don't realize it.
"Are we are the letters, Mamita?"
I found this quote to be interesting because of the manner in which it was stated. It taskes a simple phrase and idea that would be in the first paragraph of the story, and contorts them to give it a different twist. It also steers away from the conventiaonal.
p. #91
"No Bible in the tribe keep the culture alive. While dreaming, eyebrows float as sheep grazing on cinammon cliff."
This quote is important because it is criticizing American culture today. He is saying that we are drifting away from religion, and that it is seen as uncultured. The second half of the quote I do not really understand, I believe that it is saying that when we dream we still exist and are still functional, we just don't realize it.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Chile Verde Quote Response #3
p. #79
"And maybe, if we are here, unshackled, in this aura of the awakened present and its chambers of gnashing trade systems, global and virulent, in every maquila shoe, aesthete cafe cup and Madras shirt, we can now ask ourselves, well, what is foreign and distant?"
This is a very important quote because it takes into perspective, Western ideals. The most important part is the question of what is foreign and distant. This could have multiple conotations. I believe that it is talking about how the U.S. and other countires see eachother as foreign countires, and completely different from themselves, but really, they are neighbors and the universe aroud them is foreign.
p. #76
"If you throw a chicken bone over your shoulder, he'll call
If you spit into his black olive twice, he'll choke on your name
If you memorize a license plate a day, you won't crash
If you wrap a green tie around your ankle, he'll give you the money"
I am confused about whether or not this poem has any religious conotation. I believe that it does because it is entitled, It Is Said, and it keep mentioning "he", but doesn't explain who "he" is. I believe that he is referring to God, and the poem is stating that there are so many new rediculous things being mentioned about the Bible and religion that make absolutely no sense, and that people should just interperet things how they feel and not allow people to do it for them.
"And maybe, if we are here, unshackled, in this aura of the awakened present and its chambers of gnashing trade systems, global and virulent, in every maquila shoe, aesthete cafe cup and Madras shirt, we can now ask ourselves, well, what is foreign and distant?"
This is a very important quote because it takes into perspective, Western ideals. The most important part is the question of what is foreign and distant. This could have multiple conotations. I believe that it is talking about how the U.S. and other countires see eachother as foreign countires, and completely different from themselves, but really, they are neighbors and the universe aroud them is foreign.
p. #76
"If you throw a chicken bone over your shoulder, he'll call
If you spit into his black olive twice, he'll choke on your name
If you memorize a license plate a day, you won't crash
If you wrap a green tie around your ankle, he'll give you the money"
I am confused about whether or not this poem has any religious conotation. I believe that it does because it is entitled, It Is Said, and it keep mentioning "he", but doesn't explain who "he" is. I believe that he is referring to God, and the poem is stating that there are so many new rediculous things being mentioned about the Bible and religion that make absolutely no sense, and that people should just interperet things how they feel and not allow people to do it for them.
Chile Verde Quote Response #3
p. #79
"And maybe, if we are here, unshackled, in this aura of the awakened present and its chambers of gnashing trade systems, global and virulent, in every maquila shoe, aesthete cafe cup and Madras shirt, we can now ask ourselves, well, what is foreign and distant?"
This is a very important quote because it takes into perspective, Western ideals. The most important part is the question of what is foreign and distant. This could have multiple conotations. I believe that it is talking about how the U.S. and other countires see eachother as foreign countires, and completely different from themselves, but really, they are neighbors and the universe aroud them is foreign.
p. #76
"If you throw a chicken bone over your shoulder, he'll call
If you spit into his black olive twice, he'll choke on your name
If you memorize a license plate a day, you won't crash
If you wrap a green tie around your ankle, he'll give you the money"
I am confused about whether or not this poem has any religious conotation. I believe that it does because it is entitled, It Is Said, and it keep mentioning "he", but doesn't explain who "he" is. I believe that he is referring to God, and the poem is stating that there are so many new rediculous things being mentioned about the Bible and religion that make absolutely no sense, and that people should just interperet things how they feel and not allow people to do it for them.
"And maybe, if we are here, unshackled, in this aura of the awakened present and its chambers of gnashing trade systems, global and virulent, in every maquila shoe, aesthete cafe cup and Madras shirt, we can now ask ourselves, well, what is foreign and distant?"
This is a very important quote because it takes into perspective, Western ideals. The most important part is the question of what is foreign and distant. This could have multiple conotations. I believe that it is talking about how the U.S. and other countires see eachother as foreign countires, and completely different from themselves, but really, they are neighbors and the universe aroud them is foreign.
p. #76
"If you throw a chicken bone over your shoulder, he'll call
If you spit into his black olive twice, he'll choke on your name
If you memorize a license plate a day, you won't crash
If you wrap a green tie around your ankle, he'll give you the money"
I am confused about whether or not this poem has any religious conotation. I believe that it does because it is entitled, It Is Said, and it keep mentioning "he", but doesn't explain who "he" is. I believe that he is referring to God, and the poem is stating that there are so many new rediculous things being mentioned about the Bible and religion that make absolutely no sense, and that people should just interperet things how they feel and not allow people to do it for them.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Chile Verde Quote Response #2
p. #49
"Redwwods rolling over Universal Studios
Shoe salami sandwich,
A grizzly making porno faces on Wall Street
White Owl cigar"
This selection comes from the segment talking about "Events and Found Objects After The Blast." This title is referring to what is going to happen when nuclear war happens all around the world, and there is just one big blast. It is not important for the things he describes, but the message he conveys in that nuclear weapons are dangerous and are going to destroy everything.
p. #54
"When he ordrs a filafel and calls it Phil
When he comes home and cleans his lips
When he refers to his socks during an interview"
This selection comes from the segment "Man Goes Woman." What it is saying is that every day, men are becoming more efeminate. That the two sexes are blending together, and you are losing the most iportant attributes from both sides that set them apart, and soon there will be no difference between the two.
"Redwwods rolling over Universal Studios
Shoe salami sandwich,
A grizzly making porno faces on Wall Street
White Owl cigar"
This selection comes from the segment talking about "Events and Found Objects After The Blast." This title is referring to what is going to happen when nuclear war happens all around the world, and there is just one big blast. It is not important for the things he describes, but the message he conveys in that nuclear weapons are dangerous and are going to destroy everything.
p. #54
"When he ordrs a filafel and calls it Phil
When he comes home and cleans his lips
When he refers to his socks during an interview"
This selection comes from the segment "Man Goes Woman." What it is saying is that every day, men are becoming more efeminate. That the two sexes are blending together, and you are losing the most iportant attributes from both sides that set them apart, and soon there will be no difference between the two.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
CCC Interview
What is your normal daily routine on a weekday?
"The men get up at 4 o’clock in the morning to go outside and do farm work. This includes milking cows, planting in the fields, harvesting crops, feeding chickens, or running their business. The women and children will stay at home and do housework, cleaning, cooking, and sewing quilts. Sometimes young boys will go out to work with their fathers in the fields if they are old enough and strong enough.”
On a Sunday?
“Every other Sunday, the Amish worship, and after the three hour service, they will go back to their homes for a small meal. They will then go out in the fields and work, while the women do housework. Sometimes they will go visit friends or family."
Why is it that the Amish remain almost colonial in their way of life?
“When they came over from Europe, they did not have tractors, telephones, or any type of technology, and they choose to stay away from becoming worldly. They try to live life the same ways that their ancestors did.”
Why are certain forms of technology forbidden in Amish communities?
“The government would not take milk from their cows because it wasn’t cooled, so they had to begin using refrigerators. They also have computers if they own a business so they can keep track of things, and contact other businesses or suppliers.”
Do the Amish pay taxes?
“Many people believe that the Amish do not pay taxes, but that is incorrect. They pay all of the taxes that everyone else does. However, if they are self-employed, they do not pay Social Security, or receive it when they retire.”
Do the Amish participate in Presidential elections?
“The Amish are very politically active, especially if someone they like is running. I say politically active meaning they will go vote, not that they attempt to run for any sort of government (local or national) positions. They participate in local and presidential elections very often. They were very supportive of President Bush the last two elections.”
Are there any people in your community who have left their families and gone to live in a city, or anywhere outside of an Amish community?
Yes, but it is a very rare occurrence. 92% of their children maintain in the church, and with their families, while only 8% move on to live a mainstream life.”
Do children attend public schools, or do you have schools in town designated completely to Amish children?
“They have their own schools, and have to be 15 when they graduate the eighth grade. This is the only restriction placed on the Amish educationally by the government. They must go to school at least until the 8th grade, and if they are not fifteen when they graduate, they must attend Saturday school until they are fifteen.”
Why is it forbidden for the Amish to enter the military?
“It is set down in the Mennonite religion that they are forbidden to kill, and that they shall love their enemies. Therefore, they are just exempted from entering into action in the military, although they have served in other ways in the past, such as during WWII.”
Are they exempt from the draft?
“Our country maintains provisions for the Amish, and it is law that the Amish cannot be drafted into the Army or any other combat involved division of the military. However, they can still be drafted and placed in non-violent positions.”
"The men get up at 4 o’clock in the morning to go outside and do farm work. This includes milking cows, planting in the fields, harvesting crops, feeding chickens, or running their business. The women and children will stay at home and do housework, cleaning, cooking, and sewing quilts. Sometimes young boys will go out to work with their fathers in the fields if they are old enough and strong enough.”
On a Sunday?
“Every other Sunday, the Amish worship, and after the three hour service, they will go back to their homes for a small meal. They will then go out in the fields and work, while the women do housework. Sometimes they will go visit friends or family."
Why is it that the Amish remain almost colonial in their way of life?
“When they came over from Europe, they did not have tractors, telephones, or any type of technology, and they choose to stay away from becoming worldly. They try to live life the same ways that their ancestors did.”
Why are certain forms of technology forbidden in Amish communities?
“The government would not take milk from their cows because it wasn’t cooled, so they had to begin using refrigerators. They also have computers if they own a business so they can keep track of things, and contact other businesses or suppliers.”
Do the Amish pay taxes?
“Many people believe that the Amish do not pay taxes, but that is incorrect. They pay all of the taxes that everyone else does. However, if they are self-employed, they do not pay Social Security, or receive it when they retire.”
Do the Amish participate in Presidential elections?
“The Amish are very politically active, especially if someone they like is running. I say politically active meaning they will go vote, not that they attempt to run for any sort of government (local or national) positions. They participate in local and presidential elections very often. They were very supportive of President Bush the last two elections.”
Are there any people in your community who have left their families and gone to live in a city, or anywhere outside of an Amish community?
Yes, but it is a very rare occurrence. 92% of their children maintain in the church, and with their families, while only 8% move on to live a mainstream life.”
Do children attend public schools, or do you have schools in town designated completely to Amish children?
“They have their own schools, and have to be 15 when they graduate the eighth grade. This is the only restriction placed on the Amish educationally by the government. They must go to school at least until the 8th grade, and if they are not fifteen when they graduate, they must attend Saturday school until they are fifteen.”
Why is it forbidden for the Amish to enter the military?
“It is set down in the Mennonite religion that they are forbidden to kill, and that they shall love their enemies. Therefore, they are just exempted from entering into action in the military, although they have served in other ways in the past, such as during WWII.”
Are they exempt from the draft?
“Our country maintains provisions for the Amish, and it is law that the Amish cannot be drafted into the Army or any other combat involved division of the military. However, they can still be drafted and placed in non-violent positions.”
Friday, May 11, 2007
Chile Verde Quote Response
pg. # 9
"Toss out your old coins, your mama ashes, your papa whips, yo bad boyh lover pill-poppin games an mos of all your fast talkin total whack communicating genius girl self out the door!"
This is a very meaningful quote because it doesn't up front tell you what it means. It is very simple, it means to start your life over. However, it puts it in a way that makes the reader think about the meaning of it. It says to throw away all the bad things you've done and start over in life, leaving it all behind.
pg. # 24
"Eat Union strawberries. Eat Union grapes. Fondle your water."
This is also a very meaningful quote. It tells you to be average, and to do the normal American things, enjoy life, and don't be bothered about doing things that arte mainstream. But also to cherish it which is the meaning of fondling the water.
"Toss out your old coins, your mama ashes, your papa whips, yo bad boyh lover pill-poppin games an mos of all your fast talkin total whack communicating genius girl self out the door!"
This is a very meaningful quote because it doesn't up front tell you what it means. It is very simple, it means to start your life over. However, it puts it in a way that makes the reader think about the meaning of it. It says to throw away all the bad things you've done and start over in life, leaving it all behind.
pg. # 24
"Eat Union strawberries. Eat Union grapes. Fondle your water."
This is also a very meaningful quote. It tells you to be average, and to do the normal American things, enjoy life, and don't be bothered about doing things that arte mainstream. But also to cherish it which is the meaning of fondling the water.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
CCC Interview
Daniel Esh
What is your normal daily routine on a weekday?
On a Sunday?
Why is it that the Amish remain almost colonial in their way of life?
Why are certain forms of technology forbidden in Amish communities?
Do the Amish pay taxes?
Do the Amish participate in Presidential elections?
Are there any people in your community who have left their families and gone to live in a city, or anywhere outside of an Amish community?
Do children attend public schools, or do you have schools in town designated completely to Amish children?
Does anyone you know ever talk about what’s going on in Iraq, or about a big event that has happened in the U.S.?
Why is it forbidden for the Amish to enter the military, and are the Amish as people exempted from the draft?
What is your normal daily routine on a weekday?
On a Sunday?
Why is it that the Amish remain almost colonial in their way of life?
Why are certain forms of technology forbidden in Amish communities?
Do the Amish pay taxes?
Do the Amish participate in Presidential elections?
Are there any people in your community who have left their families and gone to live in a city, or anywhere outside of an Amish community?
Do children attend public schools, or do you have schools in town designated completely to Amish children?
Does anyone you know ever talk about what’s going on in Iraq, or about a big event that has happened in the U.S.?
Why is it forbidden for the Amish to enter the military, and are the Amish as people exempted from the draft?
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
paper topic # 2
comparing and contasting the arguabley two greatest books in American history Huck Finn, and The Great Gatsby
paper topic # 2
comparing and contasting the arguabley two greatest books in American history Huck Finn, and The Great Gatsby
Monday, May 7, 2007
House on Mango Street
p. # 748
"The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded."
This quote is important because it explains how the narrator feels about the homes that she has lived in. It seems like she is so upset that she is living in these dilapitated houses, not even realizing that she could have it worse. She doesn't realize that she could not even have enough. Who cares if people criticize you for living in a shack.
p. # 749
"Only a house quiet as snow, a space for myself to go, clean as paper before the poem."
This is a very poetic line. It is saying that the only house, the only place that the narrator wants to be is in a quiet place, that is in solitude. The paper before the poem is saying that before a poem is written, there is only paper, and that's what she wants, the paper not the poem.
"The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded."
This quote is important because it explains how the narrator feels about the homes that she has lived in. It seems like she is so upset that she is living in these dilapitated houses, not even realizing that she could have it worse. She doesn't realize that she could not even have enough. Who cares if people criticize you for living in a shack.
p. # 749
"Only a house quiet as snow, a space for myself to go, clean as paper before the poem."
This is a very poetic line. It is saying that the only house, the only place that the narrator wants to be is in a quiet place, that is in solitude. The paper before the poem is saying that before a poem is written, there is only paper, and that's what she wants, the paper not the poem.
Seeing Quote Response #2
Dillard, Seeing
p. # 702
"He dresses up, grooms himself, and tries to make a good impression. When he was blind he was indifferent to objects unless they were edible"
This quote is important because it shows how something like being able to see affects a persons behaviors. When he couldn't see, he did not care about his appearance because he could not see himself. When he finally saw himself, he tried to clean up. this is true in normal life too, when we do something but can't see what we did, we generally do not care until we realize what we did.
p. # 701
"It oppresses them to realize, if they ever do at all, the tremendous size of the world, which they had previously concieved as something touchingly manageable."
This quote is another one of those true to scenario and life quotes. It deals with life in general because when a person has a life-altering revelation, they realize something they didn't know before and have this new thing to look forward to or awe over. It also works in the context of this story.
p. # 702
"He dresses up, grooms himself, and tries to make a good impression. When he was blind he was indifferent to objects unless they were edible"
This quote is important because it shows how something like being able to see affects a persons behaviors. When he couldn't see, he did not care about his appearance because he could not see himself. When he finally saw himself, he tried to clean up. this is true in normal life too, when we do something but can't see what we did, we generally do not care until we realize what we did.
p. # 701
"It oppresses them to realize, if they ever do at all, the tremendous size of the world, which they had previously concieved as something touchingly manageable."
This quote is another one of those true to scenario and life quotes. It deals with life in general because when a person has a life-altering revelation, they realize something they didn't know before and have this new thing to look forward to or awe over. It also works in the context of this story.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Seeing Quote Response
Dillard, Seeing
p. #693
"But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days."
This is a very meaningful quote. What it is saying is that if you make it so finding a penny makes your day, you can have a great day every day because there are pennies all over the place. In larger context, if you make the simple everyday things in life make you happy, you will always be happy, and sometimes that's all you can do.
Dillard, Seeing
p. #694
"These appearances catch at my throat; they are the free gifts, the bright coppers at the roots of trees."
She is speaking of the birds she sees flying around. What she is saying is that being able to see these birds fly is a gift of nature, and a great treasure. The bright copper may mean that there is still beauty at the bottom of the tree, or for those who experience poverty.
p. #693
"But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days."
This is a very meaningful quote. What it is saying is that if you make it so finding a penny makes your day, you can have a great day every day because there are pennies all over the place. In larger context, if you make the simple everyday things in life make you happy, you will always be happy, and sometimes that's all you can do.
Dillard, Seeing
p. #694
"These appearances catch at my throat; they are the free gifts, the bright coppers at the roots of trees."
She is speaking of the birds she sees flying around. What she is saying is that being able to see these birds fly is a gift of nature, and a great treasure. The bright copper may mean that there is still beauty at the bottom of the tree, or for those who experience poverty.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Dharma Bums Quote Response 223-end
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #226
"When I went back in the moonlight to my same old tree stump the world was like a dream, like a phantom, like a bubble, like a shadow, like a vanishing dew, like a lightning's flash."
I have no clue what this quote means or why he said it. It just interested me because I didn't what is incentive was for saying this quote. Was he drunk, tired and weary for rest and the stump was like a safe haven?
p. #244
"'I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other.'"
Once again, Ray resorts back to talking to God and talking about God. His claim to be a Buddhist continues to be less convincing throughout the story. One of his last quotes in the book proves to me that he is indeed a Christian and not a Buddhist as he claims to be.
p. #226
"When I went back in the moonlight to my same old tree stump the world was like a dream, like a phantom, like a bubble, like a shadow, like a vanishing dew, like a lightning's flash."
I have no clue what this quote means or why he said it. It just interested me because I didn't what is incentive was for saying this quote. Was he drunk, tired and weary for rest and the stump was like a safe haven?
p. #244
"'I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other.'"
Once again, Ray resorts back to talking to God and talking about God. His claim to be a Buddhist continues to be less convincing throughout the story. One of his last quotes in the book proves to me that he is indeed a Christian and not a Buddhist as he claims to be.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Dharma Bums Quote Response 199-223
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #201
"Japhy, do you think God made the world to amuse himself because he was bored?"
This quote made me believe that Ray really isn't a Buddhist, he is just pretending to be around Japhy. He states that he is a Buddhist, but when he is not thinking, and just talking, he asks about God. Then hen tries to cover it up and replaces God with a Buddhist god's name. He is trying to be someone he is not, I don't like him for this.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #202
"Oh, don't start preaching Christianity to me, I can just see you on your deathbed kissing the cross like some old Karamazov or like our old friend Dwight Goddard who spent his life as a Buddhist and suddenly returned to Christianity in his last days."
This quote just proves my point that Japhy has no respect for anyones ideas but his own. If you don't think the same things that he thinks you are ignorant and he doesn't want to listen to you. However, if you differ in beliefs he can preach to you all day about Buddhism and nature. It is extremely ignorant, arrogant, and closed-minded.
p. #201
"Japhy, do you think God made the world to amuse himself because he was bored?"
This quote made me believe that Ray really isn't a Buddhist, he is just pretending to be around Japhy. He states that he is a Buddhist, but when he is not thinking, and just talking, he asks about God. Then hen tries to cover it up and replaces God with a Buddhist god's name. He is trying to be someone he is not, I don't like him for this.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #202
"Oh, don't start preaching Christianity to me, I can just see you on your deathbed kissing the cross like some old Karamazov or like our old friend Dwight Goddard who spent his life as a Buddhist and suddenly returned to Christianity in his last days."
This quote just proves my point that Japhy has no respect for anyones ideas but his own. If you don't think the same things that he thinks you are ignorant and he doesn't want to listen to you. However, if you differ in beliefs he can preach to you all day about Buddhism and nature. It is extremely ignorant, arrogant, and closed-minded.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
1st Paragraph
Buddhists are people who are very peaceful and accepting of others. They devote almost all of their lives to religion. In the book The Dharma Bums, the main characters claim to be Buddhists and stick to their morals. However, they are very intolerant to other people’s beliefs in a very hypocritical way. Instead of just trying to live their own life without being bothered or bothering anyone else, they try to spread their enlightenment onto others. If these other people do not want to be, “enlightened,” they are seen as ignorant.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Dharma Bums Quote Response 171-199
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. # 181
"Psyche, this world is the movie of what everything is, it is one movie, made of the same stuff throughout, belonging to nobody, which is what everything is."
This is a very meaningful quote. the meaning is completely underlying. What Ray is saying is that life is one big movie, that is the same thing all the way through, and that nobody owns it because nobody owns anything.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #192
"You were right! It doesn't make any difference! We all got drunk and discussed prajna! It was great!"
After Japhy criticizes Ray for getting drunk to read poetry, he realizes that everyone does it and tries it. He said that it was great and apoligizes to Ray. This quote in a way tells the reader not to judge things before you try them, and to try new things.
p. # 181
"Psyche, this world is the movie of what everything is, it is one movie, made of the same stuff throughout, belonging to nobody, which is what everything is."
This is a very meaningful quote. the meaning is completely underlying. What Ray is saying is that life is one big movie, that is the same thing all the way through, and that nobody owns it because nobody owns anything.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #192
"You were right! It doesn't make any difference! We all got drunk and discussed prajna! It was great!"
After Japhy criticizes Ray for getting drunk to read poetry, he realizes that everyone does it and tries it. He said that it was great and apoligizes to Ray. This quote in a way tells the reader not to judge things before you try them, and to try new things.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Dharma Bums Quote Response 149-171
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #167
"Fine . . . that'll buy a lotta pork and beans and wine."
I thought this was an important quote because it shows how Ray has no real want or need for money. He does not want to buy anything fancy or save up for his future. He simply makes money so he can eat and get drunk.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #170
"Well I ain't happy little sage no mo' and I'm tired."
As thie cahpter moves on it appears as if Japhy is changing. He seems to be growing tired of the life of a Dharma, and is becoming more depressed everyday. His change from being extermely happy, to being depressed happens very suddenly and unexpectedly. Ray even see's his change and prays for him.
p. #167
"Fine . . . that'll buy a lotta pork and beans and wine."
I thought this was an important quote because it shows how Ray has no real want or need for money. He does not want to buy anything fancy or save up for his future. He simply makes money so he can eat and get drunk.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #170
"Well I ain't happy little sage no mo' and I'm tired."
As thie cahpter moves on it appears as if Japhy is changing. He seems to be growing tired of the life of a Dharma, and is becoming more depressed everyday. His change from being extermely happy, to being depressed happens very suddenly and unexpectedly. Ray even see's his change and prays for him.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Dharma Bums Quote Response 120-149
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #122
"After all a homeless person has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him."
This quote angered me. It is not like it is not Ray's fault that he is homeless. He doesn't work because he doesn't want to. If he worked hard and tried, he could have a job and a steady source of income, and not be homeless. He chooses to be homeless, and therefore cannot say that everything in the world is pointed against him.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #129
"It shore is, but I'll tell you sumpthin, after this steak you made for me, even though I paid for it, but you cooked it and here you are washin your dishes in sand, I'll just have to tell them to stick the job up their ass because now you're my friend and I got a right to give my friend a ride."
This shows the morality of the truck driver, and his sense of life (how he puts friendship over money). He treasures his friendship with Ray and believes that it is more important for him to help Ray than his job. It shows his true colors.
p. #122
"After all a homeless person has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him."
This quote angered me. It is not like it is not Ray's fault that he is homeless. He doesn't work because he doesn't want to. If he worked hard and tried, he could have a job and a steady source of income, and not be homeless. He chooses to be homeless, and therefore cannot say that everything in the world is pointed against him.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #129
"It shore is, but I'll tell you sumpthin, after this steak you made for me, even though I paid for it, but you cooked it and here you are washin your dishes in sand, I'll just have to tell them to stick the job up their ass because now you're my friend and I got a right to give my friend a ride."
This shows the morality of the truck driver, and his sense of life (how he puts friendship over money). He treasures his friendship with Ray and believes that it is more important for him to help Ray than his job. It shows his true colors.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Th Amish
-The Amish are Mennonites, a religion named after Menno Simons, an Anabaptist
-one of the shun religions, where people are shunned if they to not repent their sins
-came to PA in the 1720's, because of William Penn, lancaster county
-farmers
-lack a lot of technology
-try to stay away from society and practice their religion and farm as if it were still the 1700's
http://www.800padutch.com/amishhistory.shtml
http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm
-one of the shun religions, where people are shunned if they to not repent their sins
-came to PA in the 1720's, because of William Penn, lancaster county
-farmers
-lack a lot of technology
-try to stay away from society and practice their religion and farm as if it were still the 1700's
http://www.800padutch.com/amishhistory.shtml
http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm
Dharma Bums Quote Response 94-120
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #101
"'You can't live in this world but there's nowhere else to go.'"
This quote has a very deep meaning. He is saying that everyone in this world is sort of out of place, and that they have to live that way. They can't find somewhere else to go to get away from things, everything is everywhere.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #109
"'Fun isn't everything. You've got some responsibilities sometimes, you know.'"
This is a very important quote because it reminds the main character that life isn't just a big game. That seems to be a theme in this book, that you don't have to work or have structure in your life, you just have fun. However, you can't live like that, you have to be responsible.
p. #101
"'You can't live in this world but there's nowhere else to go.'"
This quote has a very deep meaning. He is saying that everyone in this world is sort of out of place, and that they have to live that way. They can't find somewhere else to go to get away from things, everything is everywhere.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #109
"'Fun isn't everything. You've got some responsibilities sometimes, you know.'"
This is a very important quote because it reminds the main character that life isn't just a big game. That seems to be a theme in this book, that you don't have to work or have structure in your life, you just have fun. However, you can't live like that, you have to be responsible.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Dharma Bums Quote Response 72-94
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. # 83
"Oh what a life this is, why do we have to be born in the first place, and only so we can have our poor gentle flesh laid out to such impossible horrors as huge mountains and rock and empty space,"
Ray Smith is the person who says this. I felt that this was kind of contradictory to all of his views on life, and Buddhism. Buddhists threasure life, and being outdoors, and trying to stay in touch with nature, but at this point in the story that is not what he feels.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #83
"'When you get to the top of a mountain, keep climbing.'"
This was not so much a quote from the book, as it is an ancient Buddhist saying. What it means is that do not stop when you think you have reached the top. You will never reach the top, you have to keep climbing even if it seems that you can't.
p. # 83
"Oh what a life this is, why do we have to be born in the first place, and only so we can have our poor gentle flesh laid out to such impossible horrors as huge mountains and rock and empty space,"
Ray Smith is the person who says this. I felt that this was kind of contradictory to all of his views on life, and Buddhism. Buddhists threasure life, and being outdoors, and trying to stay in touch with nature, but at this point in the story that is not what he feels.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #83
"'When you get to the top of a mountain, keep climbing.'"
This was not so much a quote from the book, as it is an ancient Buddhist saying. What it means is that do not stop when you think you have reached the top. You will never reach the top, you have to keep climbing even if it seems that you can't.
Monday, April 9, 2007
Dharma Bums Quote Response 49-72
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #50
"Japhy answered back with a simple "Hoo" which he said was the Indian way to call in the mountains and much nicer. So I began to yell "Hoo" myself."
This quote shows how the narrator idolizes Japhy. He believes everything that he says, and does evrything that he wants him to do. He believes that Japhy is right about almost everything, and that he is everything that the narrator wants to be. He tries to become a carbon-copy of Japhy, instead of doing things his own way.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #63
"You know the snow's about to come here any time now. If it comes tonight it's goodbye me and you."
This quote shows how far Japhy and the narrator are willing to go to have some exitement in their life, and to be in nature. They run a risk of dying, but just laugh in the face of the danger. They see it as something that would'nt really matter, as long as they were climbing the mountain.
p. #50
"Japhy answered back with a simple "Hoo" which he said was the Indian way to call in the mountains and much nicer. So I began to yell "Hoo" myself."
This quote shows how the narrator idolizes Japhy. He believes everything that he says, and does evrything that he wants him to do. He believes that Japhy is right about almost everything, and that he is everything that the narrator wants to be. He tries to become a carbon-copy of Japhy, instead of doing things his own way.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #63
"You know the snow's about to come here any time now. If it comes tonight it's goodbye me and you."
This quote shows how far Japhy and the narrator are willing to go to have some exitement in their life, and to be in nature. They run a risk of dying, but just laugh in the face of the danger. They see it as something that would'nt really matter, as long as they were climbing the mountain.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Dharma Bums Quote Response 25-49
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #27
"But we'd made him miss his evening of study and I felt bad about that, till the following night when he suddenly appeared at our little cottage with a pretty girl and came in and told her to take her clothes off, which she did at one."
This quote really sums up life in this time period. Drinking and sex are being taken as priorities over work. Also, it shows womens compliance to mens demands. They are shown as though their wants and feelings are unimportant.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #27
" 'Shore, come on with us and we'll all screw ya at ten thousand feet.' "
A continuation of what is shon in the previous quote. Japhy continues his inconsiderate nature towards women. He sees them as sex toys and not fellow human beings. Still the woman complies.
p. #27
"But we'd made him miss his evening of study and I felt bad about that, till the following night when he suddenly appeared at our little cottage with a pretty girl and came in and told her to take her clothes off, which she did at one."
This quote really sums up life in this time period. Drinking and sex are being taken as priorities over work. Also, it shows womens compliance to mens demands. They are shown as though their wants and feelings are unimportant.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #27
" 'Shore, come on with us and we'll all screw ya at ten thousand feet.' "
A continuation of what is shon in the previous quote. Japhy continues his inconsiderate nature towards women. He sees them as sex toys and not fellow human beings. Still the woman complies.
Dharma Bums Quote Response 1-24
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #4
"How about a little wine to warm you up? Maybe you'd like some bread and cheese with your sardines."
This quote shows that the main character is an affectionate person. He thinks about the needs and wants of others, even if he doesn't know them. He is a very warmhearted person.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #8
"How many human beings have there been, in fact how many living creatures have there been, since before the less part of beginningless time?"
This shows the the main character is a very inquisitve person. He thinks about these unanswerable questions to try and think and expand his mind. It is a further description of the character.
p. #4
"How about a little wine to warm you up? Maybe you'd like some bread and cheese with your sardines."
This quote shows that the main character is an affectionate person. He thinks about the needs and wants of others, even if he doesn't know them. He is a very warmhearted person.
Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
p. #8
"How many human beings have there been, in fact how many living creatures have there been, since before the less part of beginningless time?"
This shows the the main character is a very inquisitve person. He thinks about these unanswerable questions to try and think and expand his mind. It is a further description of the character.
Friday, April 6, 2007
Contemporary Counter-Culture Project
Arnold Schwarzenegger
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98631,00.html
http://german.about.com/library/blaschwarz.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98631,00.html
http://german.about.com/library/blaschwarz.htm
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Are These Actual Miles? Quote Response
Carver, Are These Actual Miles?
page # 584
1) "Once, last winter, during the holidays when Toni and the kids were visiting his mother's, Leo brought a woman home."
This quote is important to the story in many ways. It shows Leo's character, and how he is not satisfied with his relationship or just life in general. That maybe he needs more excitement in his life. It also conforms to the same aspects of the fifties that other authors have shown, the classic affair
2) "He listens to the traffic on the highway and considers whether he should go to the basement, stand on the utility sink, and hang himself with his belt."
Leo has gone bankrupt, and his life is spiraling downward fast. This quote shows the general attitude toward life in the 50's, and the regular life in the 50's. People were having monetary problems, relationship problems, and some had drinking problems. Leo has all three of these in this story, and he expresses his feelings by contemplating suicide.
page # 584
1) "Once, last winter, during the holidays when Toni and the kids were visiting his mother's, Leo brought a woman home."
This quote is important to the story in many ways. It shows Leo's character, and how he is not satisfied with his relationship or just life in general. That maybe he needs more excitement in his life. It also conforms to the same aspects of the fifties that other authors have shown, the classic affair
2) "He listens to the traffic on the highway and considers whether he should go to the basement, stand on the utility sink, and hang himself with his belt."
Leo has gone bankrupt, and his life is spiraling downward fast. This quote shows the general attitude toward life in the 50's, and the regular life in the 50's. People were having monetary problems, relationship problems, and some had drinking problems. Leo has all three of these in this story, and he expresses his feelings by contemplating suicide.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
The Persistence Of Desire Quote Response
Updike, The Persistence of Desire
page # 566
1) "It was Pennypacker's method to fill his little rooms with waiting patients and wander from one to another like a dungeon-keeper."
The narrator compares the doctor, Pennypacker, to a dungeon-keeper. He says this of him because he enjoys seeing his waiting room full. You know this because later in the book, when Clyde returns to the examination room, Pennypacker is happy because the waiting room is full. It tells you a little about his personality.
Updike, The Persistence od Desire
page # 570
2) "This glimpse, through the skin of the paper, of her plain self quickened and sweetened his desire more than touching her had."
Throughout the story, Clyde attempts to flirt with Janet, but he is unsuccessful. It is not working as well as he had thought. When he touches her, it is not what he thinks it is. However, when he recieves his note from her, he feels her true personality and feelings in the paper.
page # 566
1) "It was Pennypacker's method to fill his little rooms with waiting patients and wander from one to another like a dungeon-keeper."
The narrator compares the doctor, Pennypacker, to a dungeon-keeper. He says this of him because he enjoys seeing his waiting room full. You know this because later in the book, when Clyde returns to the examination room, Pennypacker is happy because the waiting room is full. It tells you a little about his personality.
Updike, The Persistence od Desire
page # 570
2) "This glimpse, through the skin of the paper, of her plain self quickened and sweetened his desire more than touching her had."
Throughout the story, Clyde attempts to flirt with Janet, but he is unsuccessful. It is not working as well as he had thought. When he touches her, it is not what he thinks it is. However, when he recieves his note from her, he feels her true personality and feelings in the paper.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The Swimmer Quote Response
Cheever, The Swimmer
page # 1490
1) "Making his way home by an uncommon route gave him the feeling that he was a pilgrim, an explorer, a man with a destiny, and he knew that he would find friends all along the way, friends would line the banks of the Lucinda River."
It can be perceived from this quote that Neddy is an imaginative, adventurous person. He is willing to try something new and difficult because he loves to swim and believes that it will be fun. He is excited about the task ahead. He compares himself to a pilgrim, which shows that he has a great imagination. He feels like a pilgrim because he is doing something different, in a way he is entering a new world.
Cheever, The Swimmer
page, # 1497
2) "He shouted, pounded on the door, tried to force it with his shpulder, and then, looking in the windows, saw that the place was empty."
This is the last sentence of the story. Neddy finishes his cross-country swim, and arrives at his home. Over the course of his journey, he finds that people are angry at him, or sorry about his misfortunes, but he has no clue what they are talking about. This quote is important because he realizes that he has lost his home, money, and everything else.
page # 1490
1) "Making his way home by an uncommon route gave him the feeling that he was a pilgrim, an explorer, a man with a destiny, and he knew that he would find friends all along the way, friends would line the banks of the Lucinda River."
It can be perceived from this quote that Neddy is an imaginative, adventurous person. He is willing to try something new and difficult because he loves to swim and believes that it will be fun. He is excited about the task ahead. He compares himself to a pilgrim, which shows that he has a great imagination. He feels like a pilgrim because he is doing something different, in a way he is entering a new world.
Cheever, The Swimmer
page, # 1497
2) "He shouted, pounded on the door, tried to force it with his shpulder, and then, looking in the windows, saw that the place was empty."
This is the last sentence of the story. Neddy finishes his cross-country swim, and arrives at his home. Over the course of his journey, he finds that people are angry at him, or sorry about his misfortunes, but he has no clue what they are talking about. This quote is important because he realizes that he has lost his home, money, and everything else.
Monday, March 26, 2007
The Death of Justina Quote Response
Cheever, The Death Of Justina
page #544
1) "I must pretend, I must, like an actor, study and improve on my pretension, to have nothing to do with his triumphs and I must bow my head gracefully in shame when we have both failed."
This quote occurs while Moses is talking to his boss MacPherson. What he is saying is even though he is the one who is writing all of the speeches, MacPherson gets all the credit. However, if the speech is bad, Moses is blamed and scolded. He begins to realize how life is and how it may not always be fair.
Cheever, The Death Of Justina
page #548
2) "Then I suppose Cousin Justina will have to gracefully decompose in my parlor until Jack comes back from Paris."
Moses' character is revealed in this quote. He is tired of everything that is happening in his life, and he is full of stress. It causes him to speak with sarchastic anger, such as above. He is upset that he cannot have his cousin buried because she died in the "wrong zone." The manner in which he chose to expalin his annoyance about this expresses his general irritation of life.
page #544
1) "I must pretend, I must, like an actor, study and improve on my pretension, to have nothing to do with his triumphs and I must bow my head gracefully in shame when we have both failed."
This quote occurs while Moses is talking to his boss MacPherson. What he is saying is even though he is the one who is writing all of the speeches, MacPherson gets all the credit. However, if the speech is bad, Moses is blamed and scolded. He begins to realize how life is and how it may not always be fair.
Cheever, The Death Of Justina
page #548
2) "Then I suppose Cousin Justina will have to gracefully decompose in my parlor until Jack comes back from Paris."
Moses' character is revealed in this quote. He is tired of everything that is happening in his life, and he is full of stress. It causes him to speak with sarchastic anger, such as above. He is upset that he cannot have his cousin buried because she died in the "wrong zone." The manner in which he chose to expalin his annoyance about this expresses his general irritation of life.
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