Carnival of Crime
1.Conscience
2.Rate of growth
3.His Aunt
4.Death
5.Life without a conscience
Young Goodman Brown
1."Faith"
2.The snake staff
3.The pink ribbon
4.The gathering
5.Browns life before he dies
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Summery
The story starts off with Brown leaving his wife Faith to into the woods. In the woods he encounters the Devil who invites him to journey with him. Brown being always fearful continues along with him. A women appears in the woods and where the Devil continues towards her he turns away. As he watches the women calls him the Devil and the mans staff turns into a snake. He starts to run away when he hears voices singing and sees his wife's pink ribbon in the trees and turns around to find her. He see people assembling in the center of the woods. He notices people from his town and clergy members from his church. He sees his dead father beckoning him towards the fire in the center but also sees his mother telling him to stay away. Without thought he is pulled in the group. Here hears every ones sin and secret evil. Then his wife Faith joins him and he wishes her to look up to heaven. The next day he gets up and hurries back to town where he is embraced by his wife. He wonders if it had all been a dream, but the next time he attends church he hears it. Like little wipers he hears every ones sins that are pouring to him. From that day further he lost his faith and died a sad and gloomy man.
Comment
I think that the story is all about him losing his faith. When he goes into the woods he is terrified of all the evil that by be hiding in the woods. When he goes to leave the woods he sees his wife's ribbon and that is symbolic to me to represent not only him losing his wife but that is the point where he returns and learns that evil is all around him even in his town and at church. That is when he truly loses his faith.
The story starts off with Brown leaving his wife Faith to into the woods. In the woods he encounters the Devil who invites him to journey with him. Brown being always fearful continues along with him. A women appears in the woods and where the Devil continues towards her he turns away. As he watches the women calls him the Devil and the mans staff turns into a snake. He starts to run away when he hears voices singing and sees his wife's pink ribbon in the trees and turns around to find her. He see people assembling in the center of the woods. He notices people from his town and clergy members from his church. He sees his dead father beckoning him towards the fire in the center but also sees his mother telling him to stay away. Without thought he is pulled in the group. Here hears every ones sin and secret evil. Then his wife Faith joins him and he wishes her to look up to heaven. The next day he gets up and hurries back to town where he is embraced by his wife. He wonders if it had all been a dream, but the next time he attends church he hears it. Like little wipers he hears every ones sins that are pouring to him. From that day further he lost his faith and died a sad and gloomy man.
Comment
I think that the story is all about him losing his faith. When he goes into the woods he is terrified of all the evil that by be hiding in the woods. When he goes to leave the woods he sees his wife's ribbon and that is symbolic to me to represent not only him losing his wife but that is the point where he returns and learns that evil is all around him even in his town and at church. That is when he truly loses his faith.
Monday, January 22, 2007
"The Facts Concerning a Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut"
Summary
"The Facts Concerning a Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut" is a story about a man who is confronted by his conscience. He feels that he needs to kill his conscience in order to be free of its power. In his attempts he learns the life of a conscience, and how the effects their person makes effects their health. His aunt comes to visit and tells him that the person a few houses down, who he promised to visit, died alone and friendless. His conscience cant take the pain anymore and falls to the feet of his human. In rage he kills his conscience and his aunt fled the house with fear. In conclusion he killed over 30 people with in the first weeks, burned a house, and other things. With out a conscience he ran amok with no vengeance.
Conclusion
The story seemed to me to represent government and society. The government is represents society. When the society is unified and together, the government looks good, when the society is a mess and in shambles, the government is a mess. Then when you get rid of the government the whole society goes crazy and to dismay.
"The Facts Concerning a Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut" is a story about a man who is confronted by his conscience. He feels that he needs to kill his conscience in order to be free of its power. In his attempts he learns the life of a conscience, and how the effects their person makes effects their health. His aunt comes to visit and tells him that the person a few houses down, who he promised to visit, died alone and friendless. His conscience cant take the pain anymore and falls to the feet of his human. In rage he kills his conscience and his aunt fled the house with fear. In conclusion he killed over 30 people with in the first weeks, burned a house, and other things. With out a conscience he ran amok with no vengeance.
Conclusion
The story seemed to me to represent government and society. The government is represents society. When the society is unified and together, the government looks good, when the society is a mess and in shambles, the government is a mess. Then when you get rid of the government the whole society goes crazy and to dismay.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
"Shades"- by Boleslaw Prus
"Summary"
"Shades" tells the story about how there is a constant battle with night and day. How night hides during the day and is free to roam when the sun goes down. During the night though there is one man with a flame comes lights the lamps then disappears. One day the narrator goes to see the man, because he wants to learn about him. When he arrives the man is not there and no one knew about him. The narrator returns a year later and finds out that the man is dead. Still wondering about him, he tries to find his grave and yet again no one can give him the information.
"Comment"
In the story "Shades", to me, the old man represented everyone and the flame represented hope. When the darkness covered all and crime and fear ran amok the man brought the light to dispel the darkness so people would not be afraid. Then when he died it symbolized the start of a new. With every death someone is born to take that place. There would be a new lamp lighter, someone to bring hope to the night
"Shades" tells the story about how there is a constant battle with night and day. How night hides during the day and is free to roam when the sun goes down. During the night though there is one man with a flame comes lights the lamps then disappears. One day the narrator goes to see the man, because he wants to learn about him. When he arrives the man is not there and no one knew about him. The narrator returns a year later and finds out that the man is dead. Still wondering about him, he tries to find his grave and yet again no one can give him the information.
"Comment"
In the story "Shades", to me, the old man represented everyone and the flame represented hope. When the darkness covered all and crime and fear ran amok the man brought the light to dispel the darkness so people would not be afraid. Then when he died it symbolized the start of a new. With every death someone is born to take that place. There would be a new lamp lighter, someone to bring hope to the night
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