This Butterfly is know as Queen Alexandra Birdwing Butterfly. It is the world' both largest and rarest butterfly. I hope one day, I will be able to see one of them. I think its average body length is 7.5 cm.
Amazing
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Passage Explication from the novel Krik? Krak! By Edwidge Danticat
Why must the life of a writer be hard and even harder if they are women? Why is that when you tell your mother that words would be your life’s work, like the kitchen has always being hers, she does not understands? Why being a nurse in more suitable than being a writer for women? In Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat suggests that writing is the most beautiful thing, because it is the remedy to a lonely little girl. Most importantly, Danticat shows the strength that a woman has for putting up with society despite their nonsense tradition which is encompass through her nine short stories from her novel. By being such a talented and a captive of a writer, Danticat expresses what it likes for her to play around with words and the joy that she gets from it. For her it’s just like braiding someone’s hair.Danticat’s tone change in this chapter which make the readers see how seriously does she takes her writing as she compare it, to something form her culture. “Writing is just like braiding your hair” (220) every times we take a “handful of coarse unruly strands” we attempt to do one thing which is “bring them unity.” In our world today, finding something that shows unity is very rare. Yet, Danticat in our chaotic world was able to find writing which a collection of sentence which is made up of words. Danticat word of choice a handful of coarse unruly strands shows that words is just as uncontrollable as someone hair under the obedience of a strong wind. It is up to us to take that handful of improper things to organize them, where it is then it can be united. One cannot take their dirty clothes and mix it up with their clean clothes. It only after some order are establish by doing something with those dirty clothes that they can be united with the clean clothes in the dresser.
Danticat continued as she shows the different kind of sentences that can be make a variety of words. She shows us even though those sentences are united, that does not mean they are the same because our “fingers have still not perfected” that task. This is the reason why “some of the braids are long, others are short. Some are thick, others are thin. Some are heavy. Others are light. Like the diverse women in your family” (220) those are the variety of sentence that can be found. All of them are here to stay, just like those diverse women in your family. It is those differences that make us stand out from the crowd. Those women who took a risk and fit you in the world problem as they say Krik? And you respond with that Krak? It is those women, people like your mother as you sat in front of her, between her legs and she starts braiding your hair.
It is only from those women who’s “fables and metaphors, whose similes, and soliloquies, whose diction and je ne sais quoi daily slip into your survival soup by ways of their fingers.” However, Danticat shows those are the same women that still resist taking a pen because they think that maybe others, but “no, women like you” meaning their kids “don’t write.” They are good at carving “onion sculptures and potatoes statues” As we sits “in dark corners and braiding and twisting your hair “in other to control the stiffness, the unruliness and the rebelliousness.”(221) where else can we control stiffness, the unruliness and the rebelliousness? Through writing but they do not know that braiding that they love so much require the same function as writing.
To conclude, writing is of the three things that a mother would tell their kids not to be involved in because not only it will stands in the way of that kid to learn how to cook but also, as Danticat reminded us they are “called lying whores, then raped and killed. If you write you are a politician and we all know what happens to politicians.”(221)
Summer Search
Dear Summer SearchNot so long time ago, I left my country to come America not knowing what to expect from a world that is different from my own; a world with different culture and language. However, in between that phase I went to a very challenging interview with you guys. Be that as it may, I knew the minute that I walk out of that I changed into a different person. I am gratified because after my interview, I feel that a weight was lifted from my shoulder. Owing to your support, I apprehend to open up to others. Before, I would participate in various activities however, because I am a taciturn person, I would not be notice by anyone. For instance, I could go volunteer somewhere, do whatever I was supposed to and later find my way out. Now, I take my time to interact with everyone. Now I am ask what happen to that shy and quiet girl. I became very sociable and such is life is my being part of the summer search program. What Summer Search make available for each of its student is like a dream come true. I think they have made me a better person by allowing me to see the different aspect of life.
Last year, I had the chance to go to
Coming back form this trip, I notice how I take a lot of things for granted such as the time that I spent with my family, the opportunity to make something of myself, lights, the water, and the Internet that we use everyday like crazy in my house. I see that I am pretty lucky because I have both my parents and summer search to be there for me whenever I fall which is pretty often and also they makes sure that I take the best path in my life
My College essay ( my favorite piece of writing)
Eight telephone lines per 1000 inhabitants, dilapidated ports and bridges, limited access to water, and low employment: this is life in Haiti. This reality, combined with my interest in math and architecture, has led me to pursue a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. At the age of eleven, I decided I wanted to be an engineer, wandering in a field, pencil behind my ear, watching my work being completed. My goal to improve the infrastructure of Haiti originates after being stuck beneath a bridge. That moment seemed like the end of my world, but the experience led to me realizing my goals.
This experience occurred during a visit to my grandparents’ home in the Haitian countryside. Many of the bridges we passed over throughout our journey were in bad condition. Despite that, many cars and trucks went over those bridges daily. The one bridge that I will never forget though is the one that my family chose not to cross. Instead we decided to cross the river underneath the bridge which resulted in us being stuck. As I looked up at the bridge above us, I noticed its rotten and moldy sections and was frightened by the possibility of it falling on us. After five minutes we were able to get out of the river but that experience showed me the work that needed to be done to bridges in Haiti.
In the weeks after this incident, I realized that I wanted to make a change. But how could I, when I had neither a wealthy family nor well-connected acquaintances. The only career available for a woman at the time was of a secretary, a seamstress, or a nurse. The thought of becoming an engineer was just a fantasy. However, my fantasy became more attainable once I got to taste this land of opportunity. In the U.S, I saw opportunity everywhere, even while sitting on the subway. I see advertisements for such things as colleges, job opportunities and free health care. As the train moved towards it destination I saw that the only one that could stop me from reaching my goal was me.
Thirty or forty years from now, I want to look back and see my contribution to society, especially in third world countries. I want to share my knowledge with future generations in a remarkable way. I have already begun building my own bridges to connect me to what I want to do in life. Every choice that I have made and will make in the future will benefit me in becoming the creative engineer that I have always wanted to be. Whether it’s from working hard in school to get good grades or taking a summer math class to improve in the subject, traveling to
Tom Philllip's Humument
Page 30
On page 30 of Tom Phillips' A Humument, Phillips compares our uncontrollable emotions that we expresses to the different seasons of life because both can be so unpredictable which sometimes leads to the regretful choices that we often make. With its uses of color, Phillips’s parallel work show the power of light and dark, summer and winter, the sun and the moon, sane and insane, and cold and hot. Phillips demonstrates it is only when an individual take his time to think, when he does not react by emotions that they can clearly see what the world has to offer.
To began, the first thing that struck me is the parallel style that exists in Phillips’ work. He diagonally divided his work by is uses of color. In the bright side, there are different uses of yellow which represent the color that is evoke by light, by the sun. From the right top to the bottom corner will be found Indian yellow, chrome yellow, gamboges, cadmium yellow, cadmium orange and rust. All of these lights, color represent different emotions that are not easily manage which make it extremely hard for individuals to use common sense. In the bright morning, Phillip’s explains that in a young man name
As I look closely at the shape of the right piece of Phillip work, I notice how unbalance, chaotic the outskirts of that side of his work. Many cuts and holes can be found which in other words explains what have become of men in distress. Their life has become disorderly, uncontrollable, and antisocial since they have became blinded by the light, the heat of the sun. In that period of time, the period of love, of emotions men have became weak.
To continue, the other side of piece of work, the color is very pale, the color gray represents tranquility, calm and stillness, the opposition of disorder. Comparing to the opposite work it is more clean, and pure. Phillip shows that the mind of the man has become saner for it is ability to control its thoughts. In other to control what is revolving around him he must behaves like a brick, or like a moon which is clarifying the way for the world but does not show any emotions. This kind of life is a balance life since gray is not either black or white but a shade between those two colors.
The Character is able to think more clearly about “stuff” and acting like a “love-poets”. By living this kind of life, one is able to process his or her thoughts. Viewers can see that the mind of the individual is more rested because they are able o reflect to their past and noticed that they are “tired of ming eyes glasses.” Phillip wants to show that it is it minds that plays an important role on the decision of men. The mind is the stream of consciousness and it is manifested as the combinations of ones thoughts, perception, emotions and imagination
The border of this work and as a whole demonstrates stability, contrary to the opposite side of the Phillip piece of work. Phillips through art and poetry is able to send a message to the world about the ability and the power of the mind of an individual. It is up to them to decide whether they will remains blinded or whether they will try to learn to control their life.
Plum Plum Picker
Many researchers try to characterize human being in term of physical, genetics, mental or characteristic. However, it is only throughout the Plum Plum Pickers by Raymond Barrio that we are enables to examine human in a different perspective. Throughout the story, we are force to notice what it is like to be a human being. All we do in life, whether it is our daily works, we must take pride in it. We want to be classify as someone with dignity. During our search for dignity, we notice how respect, pride and honor are all related. We see that we must be able to distinguish what is right from what is not. We must have moral values because it is through those values that we will be able to have dignity, take pride, honor in everything you do. It is by having those qualities we will believe just like Manuel that a man is counted for something. As Barrio stated, we found ourselves “trapped in an endless maze of apricot trees” which Barrio purposely chosen because apricot is one of the fruit that can be found world widely because of its ability to survive in the cold and tropical environment. By living in a maze of apricot where they are “neatly planted, row after row” shows us that the life that we live is constructed in a fashionable manner which perhaps can sometimes be boring. We will sometimes feel like as we are “trapped, locked” in a task that show no “way out“. We cannot risk doubting ourselves now. There must be a way out. That is when one starts to work harder day and night, like an animal, a beast, a savage. However, the day end, wreck, tired but that is nothing because we have a goal as Barrio shows us this is just the beginning.
Barrio let us meet Manuel, which name derives from Emmanuel meaning God is with us, at apricot picker whom works diligently at his task. Barrio makes the readers felt in love with him as he shows his leadership and his courage to protect his values. Manuel would not let Roberto Morales, his boss takes a portion of his work that he laboriously did. Manuel stood up for his right, he fought t for his dignity which encourages his fellow workers to do so. Manuel was proud because not only “he had salvaged his money savagely but also he had earned respect from his fellow slaves.” Not only did Manuel know right from wrong but also he had pride in his work. He wasn’t going to sit back and let Roberto takes advantage of him because he knew what types of individuals he really is. A Manuel stated: he was the worst kind. A real robber, a gentlemanly, friendly, polite , grinning, vicious, and brute. Roberto is someone that know about values but does not care of the values of others. He was the worst kind,
Roberto has no remorse, his only goal is fame which he will get as he stuck on his workers like a leech and take everything that they had earn for themselves. From Roberto, robot can be found which clearly describes Roberto personality. He is someone without a conscience; he has no feeling for other but himself. Is he still a human being? Yes, he is a human being but he is the worst kind will be found across the globe. This is why “whenever Roberto Morales spoke, Manuel had to force him not to answer. He had to keep his temper from flaring.” However, Manuel taught him a lesson by wrenched Morales’ greedy fingers.
For once in his life, Manuel feel like man is counted for something. This stepping forward was a step toward victory. Manuel has learned that men are created for something more important than laborious work. Man are built to experience a certain sense of pride and honor without that experience, a man is dead before they die. Mostly thrilled because the result of this incident have show him that he deserves better and it is up to him to take action.
Many researchers try to characterize human being in term of physical, genetics, mental or characteristic. However, it is only throughout the Plum Plum Pickers by Raymond Barrio that we are enables to examine human in a different perspective. Throughout the story, we are force to notice what it is like to be a human being. All we do in life, whether it is our daily works, we must take pride in it. We want to be classify as someone with dignity. During our search for dignity, we notice how respect, pride and honor are all related. We see that we must be able to distinguish what is right from what is not. We must have moral values because it is through those values that we will be able to have dignity, take pride, honor in everything you do. It is by having those qualities we will believe just like Manuel that a man is counted for something.
As Barrio stated, we found ourselves “trapped in an endless maze of apricot trees” which Barrio purposely chosen because apricot is one of the fruit that can be found world widely because of its ability to survive in the cold and tropical environment. By living in a maze of apricot where they are “neatly planted, row after row” shows us that the life that we live is constructed in a fashionable manner which perhaps can sometimes be boring. We will sometimes feel like as we are “trapped, locked” in a task that show no “way out“. We cannot risk doubting ourselves now. There must be a way out. That is when one starts to work harder day and night, like an animal, a beast, a savage. However, the day end, wreck, tired but that is nothing because we have a goal as Barrio shows us this is just the beginning.
Barrio let us meet Manuel, which name derives from Emmanuel meaning God is with us, at apricot picker whom works diligently at his task. Barrio makes the readers felt in love with him as he shows his leadership and his courage to protect his values. Manuel would not let Roberto Morales, his boss takes a portion of his work that he laboriously did. Manuel stood up for his right, he fought t for his dignity which encourages his fellow workers to do so. Manuel was proud because not only “he had salvaged his money savagely but also he had earned respect from his fellow slaves.” Not only did Manuel know right from wrong but also he had pride in his work. He wasn’t going to sit back and let Roberto takes advantage of him because he knew what types of individuals he really is. A Manuel stated: he was the worst kind. A real robber, a gentlemanly, friendly, polite , grinning, vicious, and brute. Roberto is someone that know about values but does not care of the values of others. He was the worst kind,
Roberto has no remorse, his only goal is fame which he will get as he stuck on his workers like a leech and take everything that they had earn for themselves. From Roberto, robot can be found which clearly describes Roberto personality. He is someone without a conscience; he has no feeling for other but himself. Is he still a human being? Yes, he is a human being but he is the worst kind will be found across the globe. This is why “whenever Roberto Morales spoke, Manuel had to force him not to answer. He had to keep his temper from flaring.” However, Manuel taught him a lesson by wrenched Morales’ greedy fingers.
For once in his life, Manuel feel like man is counted for something. This stepping forward was a step toward victory. Manuel has learned that men are created for something more important than laborious work. Man are built to experience a certain sense of pride and honor without that experience, a man is dead before they die. Mostly thrilled because the result of this incident have show him that he deserves better and it is up to him to take action.
Feminism in The Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man.
James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was once a nearly completed rewrite of the original abandoned novel “Stephen Hero.” Joyce original script was partly destroyed in a fit of rage during an argument with Nora, James Joyce’s love, companion, and wife. Nora, resident to the land of Ireland, asserted that Joyce’s novel would never be published. However, the opposite thing happened, since Joyce’s novel was indeed published. This achievement symbolizes Joyce’s ability of creation, just like a woman. In this bildungsroman novel, Joyce depicts a gifted young man who is trying to find himself in the streets of Ireland, encompassing him are women, male authority and the roman catholic church. The main character, Stephen Daedalus, is based upon Joyce himself for Stephen who is trying to stand up for its beliefs. The feminism power that he knows he possesses.
Stephen bildungsroman comes from the impact of woman in his life as he tries to find a way through politics, religions and the influential people of Ireland. As the novel comes to life, Stephen is able to control his emotion, except when it comes to women. In their company, Stephen turns up his “ valve” at once and “opened the spiritual-heroic refrigerating apparatus.” (Henke330) Stephen is able to freeze up his emotions, finding a way to control them. As Stephen becomes older, disappointment arises as he notices the way his mother chose to let him go. Stephen fears of rejection, results from his shyness towards women. Stephen knows what lies ahead; nevertheless, he is fascinated by the image of women, for he cannot bring himself to stop thinking about them. Often during moments of darkness, and struggles, Stephen finds himself thinking of the comfort and the care of his mother. Other times, Stephen finds himself in the bed of a prostitute whom he knows would never reject him. Stephen searches for the mother figure in himself and all his fantasies.
The book initiates with Stephen trying to understand life but finding himself trapped in a dichotomical environment. At a very young age, Stephen finds himself encompassed by the different views and opinions leading him to start labeling people and what goes around him: the roles of father and mother, the idea of religion and politics, and the two sides of a woman: a pure women or an object of desire.
As a young man, Stephen is comforted by the presence of his mother around him since she is the one who gave birth to him. She protected and loved him. Stephen feels safe around her for the comfort that he receives from her. However as young boy, Stephen goes through the phallic stage. It is where Stephen realizes his mother’s differences. With the phallic stage, comes the idea of castration based on the Psychoanalytic Criticism and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, “…Around ages of four and five, the child develops a strong desire for genital contact with the parent of the opposite gender, desire that is forced out of consciousness by the fear of castration”(Brivic281). The fear of becoming less of a man frightens Stephen. Even after he left his mother’s wings and inscribes in one of the best Jesuits school in Ireland, Stephen perception of castration did not come to an end.
In school, Stephen often finds himself in the dark because of him feeling emasculated by being bullied. It is during those moments of darkness that Stephen looks for protection and comfort. After many of those bad episodes, Stephen finds himself thinking about his dearly loved mother. Stephen knows it was only when he was in his mother’s womb alienated, that he truly felt safe. He decided to alienate himself to avoid everything that stops him from succeeding as an artist. Throughout his college year, Stephen finds himself alienated by his fellow classmate.
One of Stephen isolation occur when his fellow classmate were making fun of Simon Moonan for being a teacher’s pet, Stephen finds himself in the “white” laboratory paying close attention to his body parts. The laboratory makes him feels “cold and hot” (24), an uncomfortable and uncontrollable feeling. Stephen goes noticing the two knobs that can be turned and the water that comes out: “cold and hot.” James Joyce, with a simple understanding of the world, is able to make Stephen pay attention to the smallest details of life. In time, Stephen can see the name printed on the corks and “that was a queer thing.”(24) Seeing the name printed on the corks is an example of explaining how Stephen is aware of his mother opposite gender. Since Joyce clearly shows that Stephen’s mother did not have a cork, therefore the name printed on the corks was not her name. Stephen now knows the difference between a man and a woman since he notices how “queer” for pointing out the body parts of individuals.
To continue, Stephen feels the air of the corridor chill him and Stephen explains that he feels “queer and wettish” (24). This idea can be seen as Stephen makes his way out of his mother’s womb where “ the air of the corridor” the air in mid way got him since the corridor of the mother is spreading like a blooming flower. “But soon the gas would be lit and in burning it made a light noise like a little song” (24) just as the other forcing herself by pushing the being within her and as the baby makes its apparition, “it makes a light noise like a little song.” The “little song” can only be heard by people near Stephen, from individual surrounds him. It is only when the “fellows stopped talking” that you could hear the light noise. Stephen is aware of how strongly his mother affects him and the importance of her in his life.
As Stephen becomes older, Stephen finds himself behaving to what is morally right and wrong. Those lessons were captive by him from the persistence of his mother. “O Stephen will apologise” (21) She always says. Apologizing to an individual is not a very manly thing one often does, but Stephen’s morality and good judgment keeps him away from alcohol as he stares at his father and his friends getting drunk.
As Stephen watches over his father and “his two cronies drink to the memory of their past” (94) Stephen chooses not to drink because the idea of being drunk doesn’t please him. He knows when someone is drunk, that individual no longer has control of himself or herself. His mind seems older than theirs at that moment for it shone “ coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth.” (94) Stephen can no longer think of the last time he was happy or the last time he regretted something because Stephen has been vigilant of everything. Like the moon shone upon a younger earth, Stephen shone upon his father and his father’s friends, even though younger “ no life stirred in him.” Since Stephen has been refrigerated his feelings, emotions, by wanting to control every move that he makes. Stephen, no longer was living life like normal people, he found himself controlling it. From being more aware as Stephen has become of life, he did not know neither the “pleasure of companionship, or the vigour of rude male health nor filial piety.”(94) Stephen resented the companionship of a woman for he knows that he could not resist them. Stephen remembers how it was only the “cold and cruel and loveless lust that could stirred within his soul.” That is the reason why Stephen has chosen to create his own bird -lady. In his imagination, Stephen dreams of Mercedes, a character in the book of The Count of Monte Cristo. Since the female icon in his dream remains mute says Suzette Henke in the bird-Girl: Aesthetic muse from Suzette Henke Stephen Dedalus and Women: a Feminist reading of Portrait stated that the perfect women for Stephen should be “mute, fetishzed, perpetually mediated object of desire” (330) Stephen did not know either the rude male health since most rich man where into politic or other business, Stephen chooses not to take part with them. He also did not feel or have any dutiful respect towards his parents since they did not protect him when he needed it. Stephen no longer knew how to be a child given that “his childhood was dead or lost and with his soul capable of simple joy.” Stephen was wandering amid life like a “ Barron shell of the moon.” (94) Stephen did not have any friends; Stephen was lonely just like the moon “ as thou pale for weariness/ of climbing heaven and going on earth/ wandering companionless.” (94) Those lines of Shelby Fragment show how Stephen’s ineffectualness and his life activity became a cycle; an infinite life without happiness. Stephen life had becoming a sad life without end. Stephen had now forgotten his: “own human” his own dreams and how to grieve. The course of Stephen’s life had changed; Stephen no longer was pleasing himself since he was living a controlled life, by freezing his emotions and feelings. Stephen had forgotten his own humanity.
Moreover, when Stephen becomes aware of his mistakes, Stephen quickly backfires in the opposite direction. Stephen goes through many phases of life in others to truly find himself. As a young child, Stephen dreams of becoming a priest but thinking of what he enjoys doing, being a priest would have crushed his soul.
His destiny was to be elusive of social or religious orders. The wisdom appeal did not touch him to the quick. He was destined to learn his own wisdom of others himself wandering among the snares of the world. The snares of the world were its ways of sin. He would fall. Not too fall was too hard, too hard: and he felt the silent lapse of his soul…. (148)
By accepting life as it is, Stephen let down all his insecurity. By taking time to rest his mind, Stephen could now see above him the vast indifferent dome and the calm processes of the heavenly bodies. Stephen is observing and noticing the world that he lives in. “As he thinks of the earth that had borne him, that had taken him to her breast” (156) both the earth and female that had breast feeding him have the ability to create and feed their creation. Stephen takes everything in as he closes his eyes in the languor of sleep. By closing his eyes, Stephen represents a newborn. Nothing worries him as he looks forward to a new beginning. “His soul was swooning into a new world, dim, and uncertain as under sea” but Stephen goes on:
But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do not fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever I have to leave. And I am not afraid to make a mistake, even a great mistake, a lifelong mistake and perhaps as long as eternity too. (218)
Stephen no longer was afraid or ashamed to admire or take notice of a woman. Not only does Stephen sees the world as a flower, but also perceives women as flowers as well... “An opening flower spreads in “endless succession to itself breaking in full crimson” the first steps of living, as the mother opens up to let the baby make its way. Then “unfolding and fading the palest rose, leaf by leaf and wave of light, flooding all the heavens with its soft flushes.” At the moment the last leaf is unfolded, a beautiful art is created and as well as the last petal unfold in a flower, beauty is created. Then “evening had fallen… He rose slowly and recalling the rapture of his sleep, sighted at its joys.” (156) Stephen is able to wake up the next morning, which shows that that blooming flower is still strong, especially being compare to a woman. A good thing about flower is its characteristic of being able to survive in sunlight. Also, flowers are able to function at night for they are able to capture the light of the moon. Stephen is able to lean more towards his feminism, his inner self because of his fascination of reproduction; a beautiful piece of work.
In conclusion, Stephen realizes that his life is to live, to err, to fall, to recreate life out of life; realizing that all he ever wanted was freedom, to be free of the environment that he was raised in. Stephen stated:
I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believes in whether it call itself my home, my father land or my church: And I will try to express myself in some role of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using form my defense the only arms I allow myself to use, silence, exile, and cunning. (218)
This shows how much Stephen has grown. Stephen no longer lets himself be intimidated by neither his peers nor the society. He has become someone with a voice. Someone who no longer lets himself be bullied. Stephen chooses to take a stand. During the phallic stage, his parent’s impact on him and him doubting himself is long gone. By accepting himself first, other people such as his mother have learned to accept him for who he is. She sent her blessing while away from Ireland.
26 April: Mother is putting my new secondhand clothes in order. She prays now, she says, that I may learn in my own life and away from home and friends what the heart is and what it feels. Amen. So be it. Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscious of my race. (224)
Though, Stephen respects her mother and knows the impact that she has in his life, he will not allow her to make his decision. However, it is because of his mother that Stephen chooses to become an artist. Stephen is fascinated by the idea of creation, fascinated with the bond that a creator has with his creation. The bond of God with his children, the bond of a mother to its child and the bond of an artist to its work. For Stephen, this bond represents is what we call beauty.
References
James,Joyce. A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man. Ed.R.Brandon.Kershner. Massachussetts, Boston 2006
Sheldon Brivic. Psychoanalytic perspective The Disjuncture Structure of Joyce’s Portrait
Henke Suzette. A Feminist Perspective. Stephen Dedalus and Women: A feminist Reading of Portrait
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce#A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man
Hamlet Act 1 Scene 4-5
In Act 4, we see that hamlet seek more in life as he willingly chooses to meet a ghost. Hamlet no longer wanted to be categorize as a” drunkards”(19) as someone who is enable to control himself and his emotions. As his uncle “drains his draught of Rhenish down” (10) with his mom by his side. Despite “our achievements, though perform’d at height, / the pith and marrow for our attribute” (21-22). Hamlet is lost, everyone wants to live him in the dark but he seeks his father for the light “father” hamlet cries “o, answer me! Let me not burst into ignorance” (line 45-46) by seeing the Ghost<>
In Act 5 Hamlet is able to have a conversation with his father ghost. It is important to see that Hamlet is doing this alone, even though he walks in with Horatio and Marcellus, they are left behind. I quickly thought of Jesus through as his journey was about to come to an end. When he seeks for his father, the two disciples were not present. To continue the ghost let Hamlet know that “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life/ now wears his crown” ( 38-39) and it is very terrible, horrible that he was” cut off even in the blossoms of my sin/ unhous’led, disapoointed, unanel’d/ no reck’ning made, but sent to my account/ with all my imperfections on my head/ ( line 74-79)which is the reason now he is doomed for a certain time to walk in night and during the day to be held captive in fire, until his sins are burned and purged away.
After the ghost as exit, and Hamlet rejoin Horatio and Marcellus, Hamlet made them swear to never talk about the ghost. Hamlet behavior is foreshadow here as he tells his servant if he ever act in any fantastic manner, they are to pronounce some doubtful phrase like “well, well, we know.” Or “we could and if we could “(line 175) Hamlet is happy to be in the light, to have learned things even philosophy could not cover which show that he must have seek answers anywhere he could find it. “There are more things in heaven and earth… than are dreamt in your philosophy “(166-167) which is why at this time of disorder and how “cursed spit that ever I was born to set it right!” (Line 188-189)
Crying does not come easily
Maman always says that I don’t have a heart; I need to learn how to control my emotion. But I don’t know how. I have come to realize that I live in a world where nothing comes as a surprise to me anymore. After, ton ton Macoute came to power, everyone is waiting for a change. They are hopeless citizen. I won’t say that a reform wouldn’t be nice especially in the situation we are in today, but hoping to a point where that’s all you do is just nonsense.
This morning, Maman asks me “would I cry if she dies?”
I answered: pouki which means why?
She got mad at me. Of course I would cry, I just thought that is a question she shouldn’t have asked me. I know I don’t cry easily. I know I am the kind of person who suck thing in and get on with their lives. But she is Maman and I love Maman.
La Plaine remains the same. Every night, Bullets are heard like fireworks night and day. I am tired of this whole mess. However now, it does not bother me as much as it did when it first started.
My classmates always ask me “how can I always complete my home works in time despite where you live.” Calmly, I respond: “when you are assemble together and gossiping on how much homework, we have in English, history class or counting the number of bullets shot each night. I am in the basement of my house with an oil lamp and starts doing my homework.
Those are old news; I don’t have time to spend in something that will bring me nowhere.
Today as I was coming home from school, in my sister’s car, I saw a man got hit by a car and died at the same moment.
My sister started to freak out, I had to shake her out of that phase to remind her that we were going somewhere. When we got home, she told my mom about the accident.
Seeing how calm as I was, she asked me “jenny where we you during the accident”
“With Sabrina, Maman, I was sitting in the passenger seat” I said calmly
She looked at me And Said “Why aren’t you in Shocked”
“Why should I be when what happened already happened not even my shocked can change that.” She looked at me and walked away.
People should not let emotion runs their lives. I witness an accident a Jacmel. Blood were everywhere. Bystanders are just walking by and start asking what happens. They talk between in each other so much that they had forget that someone was in need in front of them. I walk toward them and ask the lady in red “can I call any of your family that will be able to bring your friends to a nearest hospital” There is no such thing as an ambulance in
If it wasn’t for me and of course my pocket phone that poor guy would have lost all of his blood. Being too emotional, people cannot think straight. That’s not what we need if we want to survive in a country whose power is getting abuse by the government.
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