Reflection

If I could chose a story to recommend it would be “A Rose For Emily”. I would choose this story mostly because of the entertainment value. In addition, the story makes a statement about American Southern society of the 1800’s. This is done through the characterization, primarily on how Emily is treated by the town. The level of involvement shown by the town in one particular woman gives emphasis on how the author perceived this culture. In addition the fact that it is in a first person plural narration gives it more of a town feeling.
I also enjoyed how the story was told with a cinematic effect. The plot was very scattered, and was some modern movies and how the directors chose scenes in an order which allows the story to have some mystery. This mysterious feel of the story makes it entertaining. There is not direct information given in the story, especially about important parts. For example, how no one is told about how Emily’s father dies or what happened exactly to cause Homer to be killed. There is room for speculation.
Overall, the ending offers a great yet gruesome surprise. Just because of the ending I would recommend this story, just to see the reaction of those who read it. It is interesting how a town could show respect for a woman just for being a woman, a cultural standard, but could be blind to the evil in her actions.

"I am a real man's man!" This would probably be the title for Turkey's of, Bartleby the Scrivener, Facebook status. Turkey is described to be a very demonstrative man when it comes to his personal habits. Being that he drinks on the job, he is sure to have some advertisement of his habits on his personal page. There might be some buttons about beer drinking along with some cartoons on his wall.
In his about me section, one would expect to find some crude language of Turkey describing himself as a hard worker on Wall Street. He would be sure to emphasize the fact that he works on the famous street, but clearly discrete about his position. Because of the condescending way he talked to Bartleby, one would also expect that he would have some gossiping conversations to and from Nipper on his wall about the his foe. Likely, they would include politically incorrect pictures of disabled people being used to generalize the mentally challenges and emphasize stupidity.
In addition, there might be a great deal of misspelled language throughout the page due to the fact that Turkey might access mostly while he is not sober.

Response to Poe

In the majority of the short story, it appeared that the narrator was not very reliable. For example, in the very beginning the narrator told of his plot. His words "I must not punish but punish with impunity". This shows his intentions for revenge but also a high level of emotion in his act. Generally, with high levels of emotion and a sense of pride in one's actions, people tend to tell stories from a bias prospective.
Although, the actual event of the narrator murdering someone is a reliable. The story going into details of a sickly and drunk man being tortured and taken advantage of seems to be plausible and also similar to a woman being "date raped". It does not seem realistic that a murderer would spend time listening to the screams of a man. In the story the narrator says in a way that the screams done by his victim were "satisfactory" and lasted several minutes. In reality, this seems to be unreliable because others who would be able to come to his aid could have heard the screams. In addition, this seems to be an added detail to enhance the entertainment value of the tale because it is coming from the view of a man with a passion of blood.
Overall, the fact that the story is coming from a narrator who would be in this time period considered psychopathic leaves most of the details in the story to be suspicious. The extra details of torture and long intervals of enjoyment seem to be extras or perhaps even events that could have just appeared in the disturbed mind of the narrator.

Nuns Fret Not Introduction

In modern society, people tend to thrive in groups. Whether it is spending family time at the dinner table, going to church to fellowship with others or simply taking a class to learn a new skill. People are social creatures who love being together. Generally, as a punishment, people are sent away to places where solitude is an everyday thing, like a prison. In William Wordsworth’s poem Nuns fret not, he describes what causes the individual to be imprisoned as well as having a free mind. “In truth the prison, unto which we doom ourselves, no prison is”(8-9). This could be interpreted as the mind having control over what could confine the individual.
For example, people in Western society are generally expected to come together for leisure time like holidays. This grouping activity is done for leisure time as a way to liberate oneself from the norms of everyday life. It is also expected that depression come from a disturbed mind subjected to loneliness and stress. In the poem, Wordsworth gives examples of beings that are content with solitude.
In another sense, Wordsworth’s meta-sonnet can be interpreted as praising structure and limits that come from writing as well as life. “Within the sonnets scanty plot of ground; Pleased if some souls (for such there needs be) Who have felt the weight of too much liberty, ”(11-13). Who could the ones be who have felt “the weight of too much liberty”? Clearly, we see examples of those who welcome confinement and routine, but the identity of those who are burdened is up for interpretation. In addition, if the poem is centered on a sonnet and its benefits, who’s opposition of sonnet structure is Wordsworth aiming to challenge? Could the ones who “doom themselves” to the prison be the opponents to the sonnet? There is also a possibility that the author is writing about being against the structure of a sonnet.

Iron Man

From an early age I was the best
My father helped me through it all
For many years put to the test
And many wanted me to fall

To many I am a prodigy
My brain power of the great
When I left from MIT
Unpredictable my fate

I was kidnapped for my great gift
And closed off in the dark
After the flames and my lift
They remembered Tony Stark

So now I am known as Iron Man,
I'll let them catch me if the can.

I chose this character because he is known for being very charismatic. If a poem is going to be in first person and talking about what the person can do, I felt that Iron man would be best because of his arrogant personality. I chose sonnet for because of the rhythm I could put into it, like a song. Also, unlike a villanelle, there is more variety in the likes rather than repetition.

The Tyger

The question being addressed in the poem is if the “:tyger” is holy. Clearly from the and last stanza, like the introduction and conclusion of an essay, there appears to be a thesis question.” What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?” The author chooses to use the word immortal. This is often used to describe a supernatural being, or a God. Using metonymy like other poems, he chooses hand or eye, not an actual being.
It also appears that the author is implying a binary of good and evil but referring to the tyger to being something else. The fifth stanza appears to have biblical allusions. The line “ when the stars threw down their spears” closely relates to the reference in the book of revelations when Satan was cast out of heaven and the archangels lead the fight. In this reference the binary of good and evil relates the tyger to an angel that is dark.
Also, another indicator of the biblical context is the use of the image of fire. Throughout the poem, the tyger is burning, has fire in its eyes, and a furnace of a brain. Fire in some cases is associated with the image or idea of hell in the Christian religion. By describing the tyger with images of fire and death, the author could be trying to give evidence of the tyger symbolizing a devil-like being in this poem.
In addition to the tyger relating to evil forces, it could also be an indicator of the author’s feelings about industrialism and how it relates to his spirituality.
In conclusion, the author could be perceiving the industrial age as an act of evil. As Satan was created by the same one who created the Lamb, a symbol for Christian servant ,some would say that just because he was an angel or creation of good, he could be deemed holy. In comparison, as the people used resources to industrialize the world, most would deem this as being a positive step whereas Blake sees this as being related to the questionably “holy” rebel angel.

Ezra Pound's In a Station of the Metro

In Pound's poem, the two lines can reflect an appreciation for the modern wolrd in a few ways. One specific example is the use of the word apparition. This word, as defined by dictionary.com, means a supernatural appearance of a person or thing. In this case, the supernatural appearance of a crowd in a Paris metro station could be a symbol of success in the business. What could make it supernatural may be a sudden burst in popularity of use as opposed to a slow growth which in essence could be viewed as predictable to an outside viewer. In addition, the author refered the people to being faces, an application of metonymy. The focus is on the faces of the people, the body part that is most known for demonstration of feeling and the identification of the individual. In favor to modernity, this could be symbolizing an new age where the individual is unique in a crowd , not necessarily identified by a rank or status.
The author also chose to devote the second line strictly to metaphor refering to a wet black bough. The bough being a branch could possibly be associated with the growth and diversity of an age of tecnological and social advances. The bough also being wet, possibly with water, may represent the branch being hydrated and nourished as education would nourish the minds of a growing and enlightened society. The bough itself, is something that is living and will grow and continue to branch out as would people who probably would use this subway to reach beyond the boundaries of their home, geographically as well as mentally.
However, the poem may show evidence of a meloncholy feeling regarding modernity. As what was said about the apparition, it is a word meaning supernatural appearances of a person or thing, particularly a ghost. The author may be trying to convey a message of an apparition being a ghost, or many ghosts in the form of a crowd. Ghosts are related to an idea of an nonresting spirit that comes after death. This may represent the peoples' free will and spirituality dying in the flurry of expansion and industrialization. More emphasis on the life as a crowd, or manifestation, and not on traditional views of a more domestic and otherwise slow moving existence.
In addition, the author describes this bough's petals as black and wet. Black, usually is associated with death and blindness. Petals on the bough could be the people, as a part of the bough which could be seen as living or dead itself. A visual of wet black petals appears as the petals are heavy and limp, not living and strong. Pound may be trying to indicate that the era of technology is blinding the people who were meant to grow in the world. Are the discription of wet indicates, the people are being wieghed down with more pressures and loosing strength of human nature in the process.