Little Hand

Well since we allowed to be creative on this one. I will first say the old man hurricane he is the funniest character I have encountered thus far I am really thinking of making my face book profile of him. He is a rich senile and mean old man who gives smart remarks to everyone and is probably barley able to walk. I just felt such an attachment to this guy even the way he orders people around in New York as if he lived there. It reminded me of people back home in Miami a lot of older people come to Miami thinking that it is a great place to retire when it full of kids and a huge party life so I love this guys I cant say enough about how funny he is. Oh wait the part where he going to stick his walking stick down someone throat was pretty funny. Also, he also very sneaky with his plan with Capitola is very creative and scary. It shows that through time people still hold grudges and sometimes it never changes. Even when there to old to be holding grudges and should be doing the right thing. He defiantly defines the saying you can not teach and old dog new tricks he still lives in the mentality of his time. Yet it always takes something drastic for people to change.

The Lamplighter Prompt

I really could not relate to much because i am not a girl so it is difficult. I have done yoga befor and it is relaxing. However i do feel this young girl is socialized to think that if you try hard and harder you can accomplish anything. This statement is not true even in the book gerty tries to change who she is but you can not. In class we talk about how hard it is to break out of diffrent class systems and how difficult that process is in everyday life. It very funny how they tell Gerty that she has to marry rich. By gerty doing this she is a monder day gold digger she is hoping for a rich husband. By todays standereds this is not what women represent.
In the video it says do not do anything for people to like you just be who you are. This is what young girls are told to say however this is not how they feel with all the advertising we have we have created an enviorment that tells boy and girls you are nto cool or pretty or you are an out cast if you do not do this or that. People are looked down upon by how they dress smell look and act the media creates this and that is why most of dress or act a certain way.

UTC

Well in the novel I first want to say that as an African America it is very interesting to look at this text. The porail of slaves from their look to their diction is very interesting. I am actually half black and half white myself and I find it interesting how they portray some of the mixed slaves. Yet this novel is very different because the depiction of children comes form harsh times and is trying to show the strength of family (chapter 8). This is actually quite different from the other texts we have been reading. The reason being is the role that parents play in this book is quite different in uncle time cabin. The mother we are reading about is trying to save and nature her baby rather than teach the child how to be on it on. Also the circumstances are a lot harder during these kids childhood.

      Also the women in this story are a lot stronger than in the wide wide world. These women influence their husbands and also dictate things in the house. Mrs. Bird pretty much tells her husband how to deal with the run away slave and maintain the house hold. She shows her husband right from wrong without being yelled or screamed at. I was really impressed to see the power the women had in this book.

the wide wide world

I feel the story switches the role of parents the mom being sick is transformed into more of the child and is care for by her daughter. The mom also you see is trying to provide everything for her daughter before what we can over see as her death. So she takes her on this shopping trip to buy her all the necessary essentials to become a women.

We see that the roles of mother versus the roles of father are completely different. We see that mothers are more compassionate than fathers. You rarely every see or hear the father talking to the daughter, however she is afraid of her father. Ellen seems to always avoid her father; Mr. Montgomery It seems the role of the father is to lay down the law. The mother on the other hand is more compassionate and caring and also shows a lot more emotion.

 

I feel that Ellen perceives her parents as the authority in her life that is responsible for her well being and her safety. She cares deeply about her religion and lives a very sheltered lifestyle and has no responsibilities. Everything she is going through is bran new for her.

 

Ellen wants her mother to be in her life forever without any change and does not want her mother to leave to always be there for here. Yet, she knows that she has to be strong and to do this journey alone.