Blogs

When we first started the blogs I was so confused at how to run them, but after i got the hang of it i enjoyed it so much more than writing journals. It is a lot faster than writing a journal and so much more fun. I actually found myself going to other people's blogs and reading theirs, it almost became more addicting than facebook!

Revisions

This revisions did not help me as much as the other ones. I think our papers have gotten to the point that it is hard for students to pick out problems with them and we need help from people who know a little more about English. That's why I am planning on taking all my papers to the writing center before handing in my final portfolio. I have taken papers there before for other classes and they always do a good job of helping me find and fix my errors.

Thanksgiving!

I am so excited for Thanksgiving. I am a little disappointed that half of my family will not be there but it will still be fun. Me and my family have this tradition where after we get done eating we all sit around in the living room looking at the black Friday ads and pick out what we want for Christmas. Its so much fun! I am also excited to see all my friends from high school I miss them so much!!

Literary Analysis Outline

I like filling out this outline it made writing the paper so much easier. Filling it out was not even too tricky the hardest part was the conclusion. I like that you knew exactly what to write about. Like starting you intro out with a broad topic, instead of just diving into it without a clue. It help a lot with the intro and conclusion since those are not just stating your three main points and backing them up, they take a little more thought. 

Thesis on "The Yellow Wall-Paper"

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper" the woman in the story shows symptoms of having postpartum depression, despite the common belief that she is being driven crazy by her controlling husband.

What I want my three main points to be in the paper are:
1. Use example from text to show how she could have had postpartum.
2. Show how her husband and the people around her did not help her get over her depression.
3. Then I want to show how some people do no agree with this and say the story is about men controlling women, (feminist approach).

Is this a good thesis for what i want to write about?

Critical Reading

Going through and highlighting and thinking about each sentence critical did take a lot more time than just going through and reading it, but I did understand the story better. There were certain parts in the story that i never noticed before. Like in "The Yellow Wall-Paper" she at the end says she is the women in the wallpaper and she has finally been let free, where the first time i read that i did not catch that. I was hard picking out symbols though. There would be certain things that i would know where a symbol but i couldn't figure out how.

Symbolism in "A White Heron" and "The Yellow Wall-Paper"

In "A White Heron" both the cow and the while heron are a symbol of innocence. The cow is like a child itself running away and playing games of hide-n-seek. The heron of course is white a color associated being pure and innocent. The bush in this story is a symbol of Sylvia likes to be hidden and alone, the same reason why she likes the country better than the city. The hunter and his gun are symbols of being mature and not innocent. The bird are symbols in the way that they are just like Sylvia, they are small and helpless. The toad that Sylvia watches is a symbol for herself. The toad wants to get into his hole but can't because of the visitors, just as Sylvia would like to be alone and get away from her unwanted guest. The tree is a symbol of wisdom and strength. The tree is old and sturdy, it is a place where Sylvia feels safe and while she is on it she can think better and understand things better. This is where she decides she can not tell the hunter where the herons nest is.

In "The Yellow Wall-Paper" the first symbol is the house itself. The house represents woman's roles during that time period, staying at the house the house all day and taking care or the duties there.  The color yellow is usually associated with being sick and febrile. Her husband making all the decisions and making her live in the nursery is a symbol of how women were looked upon the same a children. The bed being nailed down and the patches of wallpaper that are missing are symbols of a room in an insane asylum. The windows represent the boundary between her and the real world. The women trapped in the wallpaper represents the women in the story being trapped in that room.