Jhorman Calderon
Foreign Languages
English VII
Martha Muñoz
Journal # 9
ARABY
At the beginning this story was really confuse for me to be understood, but through the reading I could see the way the writer wanted to show us the idealization of the love in a little boy.
I enjoyed very much this story because of the descriptive language, the way each episode was developed; that’s why the whole reading called my attention.
I have a question, I don’t know if the boy had the sexual intention in his childhood or if he had a trauma about the relationship between a man and a woman.
I felt sadness when the boy found closed the bazaar, because his intention was good, but unfortunately his uncle was negligent at arriving early at home.
James Joyce was the author who made a lot of criticisms to the Irish community; he fight against the narrows of mind, against the intellectual paralysis and his style as a writer was characterized by the stream of consciousness and for me the Araby is a great example of it. I could see it, when the boy thought about the girl, about the feelings she could feel for him.
Finally, I think that this story is very interesting and has many aspects to be seriously analyzed.
May 17 – 2009
ARABY
James Joyce
UNKNOWN WORDS
- Dusk: the time just before night when the day is losing its light but it is not yet dark
- Gauntlet: a long thick glove (= covering for the hand), worn for protection
- Flaring: to burn brightly either for a short time or irregularly
- Throng: a large group of people
- Foes: an enemy, or a competitor
- Bosom: a woman's breasts or the front of a person's chest, esp. when thought of as the center of human feelings
- Impinge: to have an effect on (something), often by limiting it in some way
The Supreme Court will decide if the new communications bill impinges on the Constitutional right to free speech.
- Veil: a piece of thin material worn to protect or hide the face or head
- Twinkling: (of light) to shine brightly then weakly, as if quickly flashing on and off
- Humbly: I humbly ask your pardon.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
3. Have you ever felt a platonic love?
4. What do you think about the uncle’s behavior?
QUOTES
- “When we met in the street the houses had grown somber.”(607)
- “She was waiting for us, her figure defined by the light from the half-opened door.” (607)
- “I kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, I quickened my pace and passed her.” (607)
- “I thought little of the future” (607)
- “I did no know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her , how I could tell her of my confused adoration”. (607)
- “I could not find any sixpenny entrance and, fearing that the bazaar would be closed”. (608)
OPINION
It’s very interesting to try to understand why the author wrote such a short and nice story.
Monday, May 18, 2009
EIGHTH JOURNAL
Jhorman Calderon
Foreign Languages
English VII
Martha Muñoz
Journal # 8
JUST LATHER, THAT’S ALL
When I was reading this story, I could understand the importance of having values in our daily routine; the important of being honest and I felt the need of being considerable with other people.
In my opinion I’ve ever considered that one must never judge anybody; because nobody knows anything about others and for that reason is much better stay quietly; but, there are a lot of circumstances that let us act in the right way; I mean that if we know that something is going wrong, is our duty to change the situation trying to do what we can do it.
I consider that as human beings, we can’t look for revenge, especially when we don’t know the reasons people have to do something unusual.
I don’t know what to say about the development of the story, because it made me think that this life is a mixture; a mixture between feelings and duties and what is worse, most of the time we act as if we were blind people, without knowledge.
This story is a great example that show that every person is a different world; I liked very much the end of the story when Captain Torres show that his life was completely unhappy and that was why he had killed many people; no because he was a bad person, but the circumstances of his life encourage him to kill people. And he try to explain that that’s no an easy job.
I felt proud because this story was written by a Colombian author…
May 10- 2009
JUST LATHER, THAT’S ALL
Hernando Tellez
UNKNOWN WORDS
- Razor: a device with a sharp blade for removing hair from the skin's surface
- an electric razor
- Foam: a mass of small, usually white, bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid Stain: to leave a mark that is difficult to remove.
- Endure: to experience and bear something painful or unpleasant, esp. for a long time.
- Lather: a mass of small white bubbles produced esp. when soap is mixed with water.
- If you are in a lather, you are upset or excited: Sly: (on the sly) adjective: cunning or wily: sly as a fox. Stealthy, insidious, or secret.
- Flounder: To move awkwardly, or to be in an awkward, difficult situation.
- Tangled: Messy mass of things.
- Swirl: to move quickly with a twisting circular movement, or to cause (something) to move this way.
- Feign: to pretend to have (a feeling or condition)
He feigned sickness so he wouldn't have to go to school.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
1. Have you ever felt the need to kill somebody?
2. Would you like to revenge something that had passed in your life?
QUOTES
- I took the razor, opened up the two protective arms, exposed the blade and began the job, from one of the sideburns downward. (429)
- I was now about to take into my hands. It was not an unpleasant face, certainly. (428)
- And what of all this? Murderer or hero? My destiny depends on the edge of this blade. (430)
- “They told me that you’d kill me. I came to find out. But killing isn’t easy. You can take my word for it.” (431)
OPINION
Interesting, this is a very interesting story; I liked the way the writer explain such a controversial situation.
Foreign Languages
English VII
Martha Muñoz
Journal # 8
JUST LATHER, THAT’S ALL
When I was reading this story, I could understand the importance of having values in our daily routine; the important of being honest and I felt the need of being considerable with other people.
In my opinion I’ve ever considered that one must never judge anybody; because nobody knows anything about others and for that reason is much better stay quietly; but, there are a lot of circumstances that let us act in the right way; I mean that if we know that something is going wrong, is our duty to change the situation trying to do what we can do it.
I consider that as human beings, we can’t look for revenge, especially when we don’t know the reasons people have to do something unusual.
I don’t know what to say about the development of the story, because it made me think that this life is a mixture; a mixture between feelings and duties and what is worse, most of the time we act as if we were blind people, without knowledge.
This story is a great example that show that every person is a different world; I liked very much the end of the story when Captain Torres show that his life was completely unhappy and that was why he had killed many people; no because he was a bad person, but the circumstances of his life encourage him to kill people. And he try to explain that that’s no an easy job.
I felt proud because this story was written by a Colombian author…
May 10- 2009
JUST LATHER, THAT’S ALL
Hernando Tellez
UNKNOWN WORDS
- Razor: a device with a sharp blade for removing hair from the skin's surface
- an electric razor
- Foam: a mass of small, usually white, bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid Stain: to leave a mark that is difficult to remove.
- Endure: to experience and bear something painful or unpleasant, esp. for a long time.
- Lather: a mass of small white bubbles produced esp. when soap is mixed with water.
- If you are in a lather, you are upset or excited: Sly: (on the sly) adjective: cunning or wily: sly as a fox. Stealthy, insidious, or secret.
- Flounder: To move awkwardly, or to be in an awkward, difficult situation.
- Tangled: Messy mass of things.
- Swirl: to move quickly with a twisting circular movement, or to cause (something) to move this way.
- Feign: to pretend to have (a feeling or condition)
He feigned sickness so he wouldn't have to go to school.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
1. Have you ever felt the need to kill somebody?
2. Would you like to revenge something that had passed in your life?
QUOTES
- I took the razor, opened up the two protective arms, exposed the blade and began the job, from one of the sideburns downward. (429)
- I was now about to take into my hands. It was not an unpleasant face, certainly. (428)
- And what of all this? Murderer or hero? My destiny depends on the edge of this blade. (430)
- “They told me that you’d kill me. I came to find out. But killing isn’t easy. You can take my word for it.” (431)
OPINION
Interesting, this is a very interesting story; I liked the way the writer explain such a controversial situation.
SEVENTH JOURNAL
Jhorman Calderon
Foreign Languages
English VII
Martha Muñoz
Journal # 7
THE YELLOW WALL PAPER
When I was reading this story! I got bored because is so descriptive and there’s no interesting actions.
I think that this reading is an interesting one, but there must be something that we don’t understand at first sight. I mean the context throughout the story seems to be very strange, very complex and for that reason it was so difficult for me to understand it very well.
On the other hand, I consider that the attitude of the John and Jennie is very suspicious; sometimes I think that the woman was schizophrenia person; maybe she had a secret or affective problem. I don’t know!
Finally I want to refer myself to the relationship between them, I think that the man loved her, suffered by her condition, but he didn’t pay much attention to her, maybe because he knew that she was crazy or something like that.
In other words; I’d like to know why she got so obsessed by the room if at the beginning she hated the room and especially she got obsessive for the wall-paper. The only answer I found out is that she was sick or getting closely to death.
Interesting reading was this one but really strange or difficult to be understood.
05th May 2009
THE YELLOW WALL PAPER
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
UNKNOWN WORDS
- Gloomily: feeling of hopelessness.
- Fancy: (verb) imagine that something is so. Like or wish for.
- Stain: to leave a mark that is difficult to remove.
- Endure: to experience and bear something painful or unpleasant, esp. for a long time.
- Streak: mark.
- Sly: (on the sly) adjective: cunning or wily: sly as a fox. Stealthy, insidious, or secret. Playfully artful, mischievous, or
- Flounder: To move awkwardly, or to be in an awkward, difficult situation.
- Tangled: Messy mass of things.
- Moist: Slightly wet.
- Thaw: To cause something frozen to become warmer or liquid.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
7. What do you do if the person you love most star having a strange behavior?
8. What do you think about John’s behavior?
QUOTES
- Jennie looked at the wall in amazement, but I told her merrily that I did out of pure spite at the vicious thing” (400)
- “For outside you have to creep on the ground, and everything is green instead yellow” (401).
- But here I can creep smoothly on the floor, and my shoulder just fits in that long smooch around the wall, so I cannot lose my way” (401).
- She said I slept a good deal in the daytime. John knows I don’t sleep very well at night, for all I’m so quiet! (399)
- “Such a peculiar odor, too! I have spent hour in trying to analyze it, to find what it smelled like.” (398)
- “The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing.” (396)
OPINION
Personally I didn’t enjoy this reading, but I consider that there are important moments to be analyzed.
Foreign Languages
English VII
Martha Muñoz
Journal # 7
THE YELLOW WALL PAPER
When I was reading this story! I got bored because is so descriptive and there’s no interesting actions.
I think that this reading is an interesting one, but there must be something that we don’t understand at first sight. I mean the context throughout the story seems to be very strange, very complex and for that reason it was so difficult for me to understand it very well.
On the other hand, I consider that the attitude of the John and Jennie is very suspicious; sometimes I think that the woman was schizophrenia person; maybe she had a secret or affective problem. I don’t know!
Finally I want to refer myself to the relationship between them, I think that the man loved her, suffered by her condition, but he didn’t pay much attention to her, maybe because he knew that she was crazy or something like that.
In other words; I’d like to know why she got so obsessed by the room if at the beginning she hated the room and especially she got obsessive for the wall-paper. The only answer I found out is that she was sick or getting closely to death.
Interesting reading was this one but really strange or difficult to be understood.
05th May 2009
THE YELLOW WALL PAPER
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
UNKNOWN WORDS
- Gloomily: feeling of hopelessness.
- Fancy: (verb) imagine that something is so. Like or wish for.
- Stain: to leave a mark that is difficult to remove.
- Endure: to experience and bear something painful or unpleasant, esp. for a long time.
- Streak: mark.
- Sly: (on the sly) adjective: cunning or wily: sly as a fox. Stealthy, insidious, or secret. Playfully artful, mischievous, or
- Flounder: To move awkwardly, or to be in an awkward, difficult situation.
- Tangled: Messy mass of things.
- Moist: Slightly wet.
- Thaw: To cause something frozen to become warmer or liquid.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
7. What do you do if the person you love most star having a strange behavior?
8. What do you think about John’s behavior?
QUOTES
- Jennie looked at the wall in amazement, but I told her merrily that I did out of pure spite at the vicious thing” (400)
- “For outside you have to creep on the ground, and everything is green instead yellow” (401).
- But here I can creep smoothly on the floor, and my shoulder just fits in that long smooch around the wall, so I cannot lose my way” (401).
- She said I slept a good deal in the daytime. John knows I don’t sleep very well at night, for all I’m so quiet! (399)
- “Such a peculiar odor, too! I have spent hour in trying to analyze it, to find what it smelled like.” (398)
- “The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing.” (396)
OPINION
Personally I didn’t enjoy this reading, but I consider that there are important moments to be analyzed.
SIXTH JOURNAL
Jhorman Calderon
Foreign Languages
English VII
Martha Muñoz
Journal # 6
TO BUILD A FIRE
I enjoy reading this story because is quiet macabre and very descriptive with the pain of a man without protection in an unlivable place.
I consider that this story teach us the importance of constructing a good relationship with other human being; something more is that when we made a mistake, we can be punished anytime. For me, the life itself is concern about our behavior and duties in this world.
According to the before paragraph if one day you do something wrong to the nature; for me, is logical to think that in a sorpressive moment the nature is going to take revenge against you.
I liked the way Jack London wrote this story because he transmits to the readers the feelings of loneliness, impotence, neediness and anger. Personally I couldn’t imaging such a tragic ending. There’s no doubt that the author gain his pretention at writing something different.
This reading help me to understand that in a determine moment we can`t do anything and nobody can`t help you, so, you need to find the soluti0on by yourself and no more.
Finally, I hope to become a writer with writings like this one; I know that its no an easy job but I find it completely excited and an interesting one to be read!
25th April 2009
TO BUILD A FIRE
Jack London
UNKNOWN WORDS
- To turn over or to turn over in the water.
- Blot: To dry.
- Poignant: feeling of sadness.
- Drowsy: Feeling sleepy.
- Numb: when a part of the body is unable to feel anything.
- Bough: Large branch of a tree.
- Spat (Spit) Force out.
- Flounder: To move awkwardly, or to be in an awkward, difficult situation.
- Capsizing
- Tangled: Messy mass of things.
- Moist: Slightly wet.
- Thaw: To cause something frozen to become warmer or liquid.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
5. Have you thought living a similar situation?
6. Do you consider that is very important to be precautions in our life?
QUOTES
- “[The dog] experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man’s heels, and made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man as it expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter” (378)
- “…he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch at forks and that at six o’clock he would be in camp with the boys” (379).
- “To get his feet wet in such a temperature meant trouble and danger” (385).
- “He was afraid of the panic” (385).
- “… it crept close to the man and caught the scent of death. This made the animal bristle and back away” (388).
OPINION
I wouldn’t be afraid of living something like this, I like adventurous experiences and I enjoy imagining unimaginable things, dangerous situations and so on.
One day, no far of today I’m going to be a successful writer…
Foreign Languages
English VII
Martha Muñoz
Journal # 6
TO BUILD A FIRE
I enjoy reading this story because is quiet macabre and very descriptive with the pain of a man without protection in an unlivable place.
I consider that this story teach us the importance of constructing a good relationship with other human being; something more is that when we made a mistake, we can be punished anytime. For me, the life itself is concern about our behavior and duties in this world.
According to the before paragraph if one day you do something wrong to the nature; for me, is logical to think that in a sorpressive moment the nature is going to take revenge against you.
I liked the way Jack London wrote this story because he transmits to the readers the feelings of loneliness, impotence, neediness and anger. Personally I couldn’t imaging such a tragic ending. There’s no doubt that the author gain his pretention at writing something different.
This reading help me to understand that in a determine moment we can`t do anything and nobody can`t help you, so, you need to find the soluti0on by yourself and no more.
Finally, I hope to become a writer with writings like this one; I know that its no an easy job but I find it completely excited and an interesting one to be read!
25th April 2009
TO BUILD A FIRE
Jack London
UNKNOWN WORDS
- To turn over or to turn over in the water.
- Blot: To dry.
- Poignant: feeling of sadness.
- Drowsy: Feeling sleepy.
- Numb: when a part of the body is unable to feel anything.
- Bough: Large branch of a tree.
- Spat (Spit) Force out.
- Flounder: To move awkwardly, or to be in an awkward, difficult situation.
- Capsizing
- Tangled: Messy mass of things.
- Moist: Slightly wet.
- Thaw: To cause something frozen to become warmer or liquid.
QUESTIONS FOR DICUSSION
5. Have you thought living a similar situation?
6. Do you consider that is very important to be precautions in our life?
QUOTES
- “[The dog] experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man’s heels, and made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man as it expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter” (378)
- “…he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch at forks and that at six o’clock he would be in camp with the boys” (379).
- “To get his feet wet in such a temperature meant trouble and danger” (385).
- “He was afraid of the panic” (385).
- “… it crept close to the man and caught the scent of death. This made the animal bristle and back away” (388).
OPINION
I wouldn’t be afraid of living something like this, I like adventurous experiences and I enjoy imagining unimaginable things, dangerous situations and so on.
One day, no far of today I’m going to be a successful writer…
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