Poetry Anaylsis

TPCASTT Poem Analysis Method:

Title:

The title symbolizes the death of the boy. It is said in casual words because the death of the boy did not affect many people, rather they continued to live their lives. Instead of putting sympathy into the title, the author chose to use a casual and careless title to foreshadow or symbolize the reaction of the other workers to the boy's death.

Paraphrase:

The first two lines are describing the action of the saw. It was making snarling noises and cutting pieces of wood that were dropping to the ground. About half way through the poem, when the author explains the scene of the saw cutting the boys hand off, the author gives the saw life by saying that it jumped at the sound of the word dinner and had no problem colliding with the boy's hand as it knew that it would win.

Connotation:

The part of the poem that talks about the boy doing man's work, but still a child at heart shows that no matter what age a person is, if they don't have a significant importance to other people, they will not care what happens to them. The last two lines shows the reality of the human race and that if something happens that does not directly affect them, then they do not care and won't pay attention to it, but as soon as it affects their lives they want to fully dive into the situation.

Attitude:

My attitude is sympathetic. I am surprised by the actions of these people, but also ashamed because every single human being does this no matter who they are. The characters attitude is obviously careless except for the boy who is dying who is shocked, scared, and confused. If I was dying and all of this was happening, I would not understand what was wrong with everyone and would be very upset. The authors attitude is also ashamed, but blunt. The author tells it how it is without sugar coating it.

Shift:

The shift in this poem is at the line that starts with "To tell them 'Supper'." Before this the poem is very calm and sharing the setting and the activity/tone of the day, but when the author writes this line, everything changes. There is now a suspense with the scene behind supper and then everything goes downhill from that moment. The shift goes from calm and refreshing to depressing and astonished.

Title:

I believe the title still has the same meaning. The title still represents the boys death and the lack of care for that death.

Theme:

The overall theme of this poem is to show the harsh reality of the human race. We are so caught up in our own lives and what is happening to us, that we forget to look into what is happening to other people and stop to care for more then a second. Many people see a car crash, but realize it isn't someone they know, so they continue on the road to the place that they have to be. Although this isn't as harsh of a situation, we do this with serious situations as well. Just like when our beautiful Bree died, we felt the sadness for a while and still do, but our lives have to move on and continue. Some know how to handle this situation in an appropriate manner, others not so much.

TOBERMORY EXPLAINED

I believe the overall theme that this line implies is that in the beginning of the story the guests are saying the only reason that they invited Cornelius was to watch him embarrass himself and do "clever" things. In the end all of the people that judged and were stereotypical were punished by the cat. I believe this has a theme of revenge. Cornelius was trying to say if you are going to look at me like that and judge me by my reputation then I am going to give you this astonishing achievement and have it mortify each and every one of you. The German man being killed was an act of revenge for him judging the elephant that he really knew nothing about. I believe that the overall tone was kind of witty or humorous. It was also a little harsh and indifferent because when someone dies there is supposed to be a sense of sadness and melancholy, but in this line the author is saying death, ha take that almost. It's almost like when some one is rude to you or criticizes you and then you come back and correct them and you just want to say take that b****. (this happened to me today, but I didn't say it, it took a lot not to though)

Visiting Other Blogs

I really enjoy looking at Hannah's blog because she writes about things that aren't a requirement but are interesting to her and her life. One story that really sticks out to me from Hannah's blog is when she bumped into Haley and made her drop her cake or was carrying the cake and dropped it. I remember it was Haley kestlers day to make cake and her being a perfectionist, she made a really extravagant cake. Hannah and some of Haley's other friends has spent the night that night and when they went to school the next day something had happened, involving Hannah, which resulting in the cake being tipped over and destroyed forever. I remember Hannah felt so bad and was very sorry for accidentally ruining the cake day. She wrote about t on her blog that night and got a little of her frustration out. Hannah felt so bad and had to publicly announce her apology through her blog. This shows Hannah's personality, which is genuine and caring. Hannah is probably the most awesome person I've met! 

Progression of Masterpiece

My masterpiece is coming a long very well. I wanted to do a unified soccer game which I have planned for late April. I just started planning this event today. Half of the varsity girls soccer team will match up with about five special needs athletes and be one team and the other half of the varsity girls soccer team will match up with about another five special needs athletes. This event will be held on a Friday night around 5 o'clock and will work as a fundraiser and as an exciting event for our athletes. I am working out getting the stadium reserved with the ash teacher and the athletic director. The teams will practice maybe twice the week before the event at a lunchtime practice. We will provide transportation for the special needs athletes after the game. This event will be very enriching because it allows those with special needs to be in a normal environment which makes them feel included. This will take up a lot of my time for the next month, but in late May after AP testing I hope to plan a dance for those with special needs to have dates with students from Righetti or other high schools. More will come about this event. My passion is to help those with special needs reach a feeling of inclusion and I will continue to plan events and work to make this happen until they reach that satisfaction. This is extremely important and something that makes life a lot easier for those with special needs. Let's make everyone feel included! 

Seeking Mentor

There are two people that are/would be great mentors for me for my masterpiece. One of them is already a mentor to me and his name is Rudy. Rudy is very helpful in not only notifying me about events,but also in helping me plan my own, new events. I am constantly asking him questions on how to get things started and what to do when I need help. He has a lot of information and is extremely helpful. Another person that would extremly helpful, but who I haven't approached yet is Ryland Towne. He helps run the Special Olympics club at UCLA and has a lot of valuable information. I just recently got his contact information and will be getting in touch with him soon to ask some questions about some upcoming events I would like to do.

Chapter 6 Analysis

Chapter 6 

Bernard is odd at the beginning of the chapter 

Indirect characterization 

Lenina only cares about the material things 

Bernard compared to rhinoceros 

Lake District where much of early romanticism was written. Wants to show the romantic first date 

Bernard throws a little temper tantrum 

Lenina wants to be apart of the crowd whereas Bernard wants to be the individual 

The lonely crowd about the idea that we can feel more alone even when your surrounded by a big crowd but not alone when you are only with a few people.

There is a storm gathering and Bernard is starting a storm with Lenina on his views about being free from this mass production.

She's guilty just for listening and hearing it if the government funds out. 

Which side to take. Go against the government or take the drug and live in it

Bernard gives in to her and doesn't want to show his disagreement gave up on her.

Ironic that Bernard was not happy about the night before.

Third person omniscient all-knowing 

Odd starts and ends that part of the chapter. 

Part 2 Bernard's perspective 

Surprised by his surprise foreshadowing 

Forbidden to talk about his past but did it anyways 

Reoccurring word pneumatic 

Girl gets lost and storm comes 

Restatement of she wasn't there. 

Taking it out on Bernard for telling his story or secret 

Told Bernard he will get transferred if he continues his behavior but this just made Bernard even more angry and ready to take it on 

Helmholtz had a shaming affect on Bernard. Bernard cares what Helmholtz thinks. Helmholtz doesn't fight back like the director. 

Director felt naturally inclined to talk about his past memories because Bernard's a psychologist. Director showed feeling and foreshadows a possible plot twist for Lenina and what she is going to encounter 

Part 3 

Off to New Mexico 

Personification- the plant was working 

Every time she says something that she learned from hypnopaedic he says how many times it was repeated to her, showing his disgust towards it

Metaphor between the needle and Antlike movements 

Soma is used for everything as an escape goat

At first Bernard was confident and ready to take on Iceland if they were going to send him there now he is nervous and scared as he found as they are really going to do it 

More about animals. They continue to die because they run into the fence. Possible warning or connection to the humans also doing that. 

Reference about savages being tame- irony or juxtaposition 

Literature Analysis #2

1. Exposition: A man lives a life based on routine and is very peculiar. He doesn't usually wish to talk to people, he doesn't show emotion and he doesn't like to miss work. This man lives in an apartment complex and only talks to his neighbors sometimes, but as the story unrolls he will become good friends with his neighbor, that is a pimp, names Raymond. Meursault, the strange man, receives a telegram informing him that his mother has passed. He goes the home that she was living at and will sit next to the body all night before the funeral. Some of the other old folks that live there sit with him during the night and are surprised that he does not cry and shows no sadness. The head of the home is shocked when Meursault says he does not wish to see her body. The day after Maeursault's mother's funeral he meets a girl named Marie, who he will have a relationship without the story.
Rising Action: Marie and Maeursault become very close and Marie talks about marrying him. He says that he does not particularly love her but that if she wishes to get married he will marry her. Marie and Maeursault become close with Raymond who had previously beat his girlfriend and had beef with the girlfriend's brothers. Raymond invites Marie and Maeursault to go to the beach, where his friend has a beach house. They agree to go and on the way see the girlfriend's brothers. They are having a great time at the beach, when the men go for a walk and come across the brothers. Maeursault keeps Raymond from killing the brothers by taking his revolver. The men get into a fight, but then it is over and they go their separate ways.
Conflict: Maeursault goes back out on the beach by himself because he is feeling a little sick. He comes across the brothers again and thought they would be gone since they had already gotten in a fight. Maeursault is minding his own business and is feeling very weak because of the grueling sun. One of the brothers comes over the Maeursault with a knife; he does not know what to do because he knows that he cannot fight because of how sick he is feeling.
Climax: Maeursault then remembers that he still has Raymond's revolver. He takes the gun out of his pocket and shoots the man four consecutive times. The police come and Maeursault is arrested for murder as the brother obviously died after being shot four times. Maeursault does not really realize what he has done because he still feels delusional from being sick.
Falling Action: Maeursualt is kept in jail and still doesn't realize what is happening, he feels as if he will be released soon, once the police find out the real story. Maeursault gets a lawyer and they are going to have a big trial. During the case, he sees Marie and Raymond and it all starts to sink in that he may never get to see them again. As the case seems to be going bad for him, he starts to realize his destiny. He knows there is nothing that he can do and starts reflecting on his life and what he would be doing in his daily routine.
Resolution: Raymond, Marie, and many of the witnesses try to help free Maeursault, but the jury finds him guilty, which means he has the death penalty. He now sits in a sell waiting for his day to come to be killed. He reminisces on the time he went to the death penalty ceremony and remembered how sick he was after watching. Now that he is sentenced to the death penalty and people will come to watch him be killed, he wishes that he would have gone to more. He says that if his appeal goes through he will go to every death penalty after that. A reverend from the prison comes to talk to Maeursault and get him to believe in God. He says that he believes his appeal will go through and he just needs to believe too and it will happen, but Maeursault refuses to believe in any God.
2. One theme in this story is the meaninglessness of human life. Every day Maeursault would get up and to the same thing waiting for the day to end, just like waiting for death. This story shows how death is inevitable and this man chose not to make his life memorable or something people will cherish. There are some people in the world that strive to accomplish and do wonderful things while they are alive and some people just live their lives and await death. In this story, Maeursault shows the meaningless side of the human race.
3. The author's tone is very melancholy. "He'd beaten her till the blood came. Before that he'd never beaten her." Page 38 Although this excerpt is melancholy it shows no emotion. None of the characters, nor the author, feels bad for the lady that was beaten up. So rather than melancholy, it may be a tone of carelessness or dispassion.
Another tone this author portrays is harshness or brutality. "'You let me down, you bitch! I'll learn you to let me down!' There came some thuds, then a piercing scream-it made one's blood run cold-and in a moment there was a crowd of people on the landing." Page 45 The author makes this seem like it seem as if women being beaten is harsh but normal.
Another tone is plain or monotone. I feel as if the story never changes emotion, again because there is no emotion. "I noticed at once that four men in black were standing behind the coffin and the screws in the lid had now been driven home." Page 16 This excerpt shows how detached the author was or how he made the characters seem because they are talking about locking up his mother's body and he has no sadness in him at all.
4. a) "I entered the mortuary. It was a bright, spotlessly clean room, with whitewashed walls and a big skylight. The furniture consisted of some chairs and trestles. Two of the latter stood open in the center of the room and the coffin rested on them. The lid was in place, but the screws had been given only a few turns and their nickeled heads stuck out about the wood, which was stained dark walnut.' Page 5 This is an example of description or imagery.
b) "There was the promise of a very fine day. I hadn't been in the country for ages, and I caught myself thinking what an agreeable walk I could have had, if it hadn't been for Mother." Page 14 This is an example of irony, he is angry with his mother because she died and he didn't get to go on his morning walk.
c) "But what caught my attention most was his ears; pendulous, scarlet ears that showed up like blobs of sealing wax on the pallor of his cheeks and were framed in wisps of silky white hair." Page 17 This is an example of a simile, he compares the ears to the wax on his cheeks.
d) "Salamano's spaniel is an ugly brute, afflicted with some skin disease-mange, I suspect; anyhow, it has lost all its hair and its body is covered with brown scabs. Perhaps through living in one small room, cooped up with his dog, Salamano has come to resemble it." Page 32 This is an example of a metaphor. The dog and its owner are compared and are alike.
e) "Then the dog began to moan in old Salamano's room, and through the sleep-bound house the little plaintive sound rose slowly, like a flower growing out of the silence and the darkness." Page 42 This is an example of juxtaposition because flowers remind someone of sunlight and growth, whereas silence reminds someone of darkness and decay.
f) "'And I daresay that's why I love you,' she added. 'But maybe that's why one day I'll come to hate you.'" Page 53 This is an example of dichotomy. There is a major gap between the two opposing things, they will either love each other or hate each other.
g) "For a moment the "little robot" (as I thought of her) had much impressed me, but I soon forgot about her." Page 56 This is an example of a comparison or a metaphor.
h) "But the whole beach, pulsing with heat, was pressing on my back." Page 75 This is an example of personification.
i) A common motif in this story is death and decay. Maeursault's mother dies, the dog dies, the brother dies, and soon Maeursault himself will die.
j) "And then a rush of memories went through my mind- memories of a life which was mine no longer and had once provided me with the surest, humblest pleasures; warm smells of summer, my favorite streets, the sky at evening, Marie's dresses and her laugh." Page 132 This is an example of flashback.
Characterization:
1. Indirect Characterization: "I was rather surprised, as I didn't know who she was. I wanted her to stop crying, but dared not speak to her." Page 11 This shows how Maeursault was not very attached to anyone nor had any emotion. He was not sympathetic to anyone no matter how sad the times were.
"Then, when she came back, he'd go to bed with her and, just when she was "properly primed up," he'd spit in her face and throw her out of the room. " Page 40 This shows that Raymond did not respect girls and often had a problem with women. He was a pimp so this just shows his disrespect towards women.
Direct Characterization: "Still, he often had a word for me, and drops in sometimes for a short talk in my room, because I listened to him." Page 34 This shows how Raymond relied on other people for advice. He couldn't do something until he had told Maeursault his plan.
"'No,' he answered, 'I shouldn't call him that. But he isn't one to wast his breath, like a lot of folks.'" Page 115 This shows that Maeursault did not talk a lot and wished not to be known by the world, but rather kept to himself.
2. I believe that the authors diction does not change throughout the story, it remains pretty plain and not highly sophisticated. When the author is talking about the appearance of characters, he usually uses longer, more descriptive sentences, but when he talks about the personality of the character he uses dialogue. "Next came a group of young fellows, the local "bloods," with sleek oiled hair, red ties, coats cut very tight at the waist, braided pockets, and square-toed shoes." Page 26
3. I believe that the protagonist is dynamic because once he is in prison and realizes that his freedom is gone, he wishes that he would have done things differently in life. Although he does not experience a big change and the change is not until the very end, I believe the text on the last couple pages makes him a dynamic character. I think that Maeursault is a flat character because he is pretty plain and easy to explain, it does not take a lot of words or sentences at all.
4. I feel as if I have only read a character because I could not really connect to Maeursault or anything that happened to him. He has gone through things I haven't experienced and some things I will never experience, so it was extremely hard to connect and be inside what he was feeling. "For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with hows of execration." Page 154 This excerpt confuses me as to why you would want a lot of people to watch your death. I would not want people to watch my death, but to remember me for who I was, but then again I have never felt the loneliness he feels in prison, so I don't know exactly what my reaction would be to this situation, which is why it is difficult for me to know him as a person, rather than a character.  

Brave New World Essay

    Our world may be approaching one like the Brave New World, but it hasn’t reached it yet. Some countries may be closer to it than others, but as far as the United States goes, it is one of the farther countries. Huxley explains how forces and technological advances seems to be the influence towards a Brave New World. Forces, such as over population and over organization, both allow for increased amounts of control. Huxley also mentions that technology is being used in a bad way, which places people where they never thought they would be. Although our world and country is quickly approaching a utopia, it needs more years to develop.

   Over population and over organization contribute to actions that are taking us closer to a designed community. Government must take more control when countries are becoming over populated because there is less resources and jobs for the abundance of people. Over organization creates communities where there is more power over society. This growing power is what will lead to a utopian society. The power has not yet reached its full potential though. People still have power to have children with normal genes that haven’t been altered to create a working child. The human race still has control over their actions and their thoughts, but soon the government or other forces could take over and gain control over the human race entirely.

   Also, technological advances such as propaganda, television and computers are taking a big part in people’s life. Propaganda allowed Hitler to control millions of people in Germany. Huxley explains how people are using technology in the wrong way or for negative things, like hacking into people’s private business. If this continues, our world is destined to turn out like the one in Huxley’s book. People rely on technology for everything, which can be extremely dangerous because it can be taken from our fingertips at any time, just like people fifty years ago, who didn’t have access to anything that we have. Technology can be just as powerful as mankind, especially the men behind the machines.

   Brave New World should be a warning to the people living now, so that they can change the direction in which we are all moving. If the human race can recognize the flaws in our government, society, and so forth, then we have a chance of changing it for the better. But if we chose not to act upon it and realize the power that is taking over us, then the world is destined to be a utopia. Huxley sees the warnings and is also notifying those less informed through his books, now its time for a generation to make the changes.