how did i do

you probably wont tell me but i had to ask

ah

this class makes me nervous

thanks

_terra

We are going to meet ten minutes or so before class tomorrow so we can get pumped and ready and all that jazz. so be there or be square.

_terra

Terra Potts
Bleck
English 245

Thoreau and Anarchism

In poem 301 I see lots of repetition. Each stanza ends with 'but, what of that', this is important to the meaning of the poem because it suggests at an insignificance that exists within all matters even in matters of life and death. It is all apart of the human condition so must be accepted at face value. Also words such as short, die, decay, and hurt are used through the poem which provides a grim tone to the overall poem.

Within "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" Jacobs clearly tries repeatedly to appeal to the readers emotions and sympathies, whether it be by addressing the reader directly or just evoking certain emotions by the use of her words and stories.

"Strange to say, I did not despair. I was naturally of a buoyant disposition, and always I had a hope of somehow getting out of his clutches. Like many a poor, simple slave before me, I trusted that some threads of joy would yet be woven into my dark destiny." (2213)

"Welcome is every organ and attribute of me,and of any man hearty and clean, Not an inch nor a particle of an inch is vile, and none shall be less familiar than the rest."

This quote provides a seemingly American view of self importance, purity, and a purity of those around you of similar view and disposition.

This means that Whitman feels a purity and connectivity in himself and with others around him who are 'hearty and clean', which is how he sees himself.

I don’t know that I would use such harsh language as ‘attacking’ or what not, but throughout Melville’s story “Bartelby, the Scrivener: A Tale of Wall Street”, one can see a variety of different values being called to question and, or mocked.

Both of Poe's pieces on the creation of good writing are very explanatory and full of information that can easily be applied, or already is, to his poem "The Raven".

In Poe's "The Philosophy of Composition" he writes, "Either history affords a thesis-or one is suggested by an incident of the day-or, at best, the author sets himself to work in the combination of striking events to form merely the basis of his narratie-..." (1672)

X is:
X is a statement of Thoreau from pages 1538 and 39
"The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it."
X does:
X expresses Thoreau's thoughts on government, perversion, and the potential misuse of power.
X means:
X means that Thoreau appears to be skeptical of an organized body politic and realizes the potential of corruption and misuse but allows for the capability of people utilizing the government in a positive fashion.

X is:

Terra Potts
Bleck
English 245

Puritans: Heaven and Hell