Hello all,
I hope you are all well. So we've moved back a day in the syllabus, and I've noted the changes. For your blog entry, I would like you to write on "Seeing" (pp.108-117) and "Paper Moon" (pages 90-92). Please write a paragraph on each addressing the use of both literal and metaphoric sight. If you're having trouble with the blog, here is a little how to tour: 1. At the end of this post, there should be the option to comment. Click on that. 2. Leave your paragraphs as comments. 3. Not really its own step, but make sure you include your name and email address with your comment!!!
And also, here is the revised syllabus:
ENGLISH 110: SECTION: 8M4WA
(Monday & Wednesdays, 8:15-10:05 a.m.
Classroom: KY 326)
Instructor: Laura Reznick
Email: lreznick@gc.cuny.edu
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Required Texts (available in the Queens College Bookstore)
Seeing and Writing 3. Third Edition. Ed. Donald & Christine McQuade (0312434294)
A Writer’s Resource. Second Edition. Elaine P. Maimon, Janice H. Peritz, & Kathleen
Blake Yancey (0073259381)
The Complete Persepolis. Marjane Satrapi (9780375714832)
One Loose-leaf lined notebook for in-class writing assignments
A portfolio for all writing assignments to be turned in at the end of the semester
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Course Description
This course explores the relationship between seeing and writing. Oftentimes through the process of seeing, the images we observe inspire the language we write. In this course you will react to and write about a wide variety of visual stimuli (such as photography, paintings, graphic novels, and movies), in order to provide opportunities for critical thinking and composition about the visual stimuli observed.
Similarly, you will observe and employ imagery used in literature. Imagery is used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experiences. Using figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, personification, and assonance can create such images in the mind’s eye. Using a variety of readings, images, and different media, we will study and employ such stylistic literary devices with the aim of discovering how the act of reading approximates the act of seeing and how seeing often inspires writing.
The focus of this course is not only on the finished product, but also on the process of writing. Every successful essay undergoes an evolution and develops through multiple revisions. This is a workshop course in which you will often be required to share drafts and work in groups. You will turn in drafts for my and your peers’ consideration, and will alter and revise your essays based on these comments. The more feedback you get at each stage of writing an essay, the more you can become aware of the reader's needs, and the extent to which your writing fulfills them. We will read many essays and interrogate many images in this course and you will learn to respond to both their content and form. The hope is that you will apply this process of interrogation to your own work through rewrites and revisions, and furthermore that by moving fluently between the visual and verbal worlds, you will improve your analytic and compositional skills. Finally, by understanding that how we see affects how we make sense of the world, you will learn that writing is also an act of seeing.
Course Requirements
Writing: This is a writing intensive course. Expect to both read and write frequently in response to the assigned readings, class discussions, and on blackboard.
• Reading Assignments: You must read all of the assigned readings for this course. They will provide the material to which your essays respond. They will also furnish models of successful writing. We will be analyzing and deconstructing their constituent parts and how they crystallize to form effective arguments.
• Quizzes and In-class Writing: Often you will be expected to respond to the reading assignments. These responses will motivate you to read closely and carefully and allow me to determine any problem areas or misunderstandings. Performance on these responses will count towards your grade.
• Blog Journals: In addition to your formal essays, I will assign topics for daily journal entries. You may write these entries at http://seeingandwriting-reznick.blogspot.com. I may ask you to briefly summarize a reading assignment – what ideas/themes are being expressed? How do the author's stylistic elements relate to the main idea of an important theme? I may ask for a subjective response – how does the story, theme or style affect you? Does something in the text startle you, interest you, make you think or wonder? Use other entries to experiment further with things done in class, or for your own creative purposes. In-class writing exercises should also be collected on blackboard. Journaling is a good writing habit and will help you to generate ideas for your essays. I will review these journals and try to respond to them. Although you will not be graded on the content of your journal, the consistent (or inconsistent) fulfillment of it will account for a percentage of your final grade.
• Essays: This class will be structured around three essays and a final group presentation, each building on the skills you’ve learned from the last. Each essay will go through a draft phase, which I will collect and we will discuss in class. This draft will then be returned to you and you will revise it for a grade. Only the revised essays will be graded. All drafts must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font. I will give you more information on the essays as the class progresses.
• Grading: Your grade will be calculated in the following way:
∗ Essay 1: 15%
∗ Essay 2: 20%
∗ Essay 3: 25%
∗ Essay 4: 20%
∗ Journal Entries: 10%
∗ In-class Participation and Quizzes: 10%
• Attendance and Participation: Because this is a discussion class and not a lecture course, attendance and active participation are paramount. More than three absences for any reason will negatively affect your grade. If you must miss a class try to notify me at least two hours ahead of time by email, and make an appointment to meet with me so that we can go over the material you’ve missed. You are responsible for getting any missed readings and to turn in any assignments on time. Failing to actively participate in class will negatively affect your grade in the same manner that missing a class will. In order to actively participate you must arrive on time to class having done the assigned reading or writing, and, once in class, engage in classroom discussion.
• Conferences: You will meet with me once during the semester to discuss your work and your feelings about the course. In these conferences we will discuss your progress, your concerns, and your goals. Please do not limit our meetings to these conferences. I will also be happy to talk to you at other times about any questions or concerns you have.
• Peer Review and Workshops: Each of the three essays you will write during the semester will be discussed in a workshop group. I will assign you to a workshop group for each essay and you must bring enough copies of your draft for everyone in the group. Consequently, you are not only responsible to me, but to each other. Come to class prepared to discuss; try to engage with other students' writings as you will with those of the other writers we will read. Be constructive, and approach your classmates' work as you would have someone approach your own. Address the ambition as well as the result. Take notes on the work itself – don’t rely on memory. (That said, this is not a correspondence course. I expect each of you to express yourselves aloud in class so your peers can benefit from your comments.)
• Plagiarism: Plagiarism is a serious offence and is an act of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism is stealing and passing off the ideas or words of another as one's own, using another's production without crediting the source, or presenting as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source. Queens College regards acts of academic dishonesty (e.g. plagiarism, cheating on examinations, obtaining unfair advantage, and falsification of records and official documents) as serious offenses against the values of intellectual honesty. The college is committed to enforcing the CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity and will pursue cases of academic dishonesty according to College Integrity Procedures. It will be very difficult to succeed at plagiarizing as, "Queens College has a pilot license for the use of Turnitin, a system that detects plagiarism by comparing students' essays to a large database of essays and web content." (Queens College Provost Office). Any use of plagiarized materials will be reported to the Dean and will result in a failing grade for the course.
Course Schedule
Week 1
Wednesday August 27 Introduction
Week 2
Monday September 1 No Class
Wednesday September 3 “Writing Matters”– pp. 3-25
Seeing and Writing
Week 3
Monday September 8 No Class due to emergency
Wednesday September 10 pp. 27-49
Seeing and Writing
Learning Across the Curriculum – Chapter 1 – A
Writer’s Resource
Blog
Week 4
Monday September 15 Annie Dillard’s “Seeing” – pp.108-117
Alfred Leslie’s “Television Moon” – pp. 90-92
Seeing and Writing
Blog
Wednesday September 17 “Challenging Images” – pp. 598-611
Isabel Allende’s “Omayra Sanchez” pp. 612-615
Seeing and Writing
Writing and Designing Papers – Chapter 2 – A Writer’s Resource
Peer Review
Week 5
Monday September 22 Essay #1 – First Draft
Peer Review
Blog
Wednesday September 24 “Chapter 2: Coming to Terms with Place” – pp. 139-149
Edward Hirsch’s – “Edward Hopper and the House by
The Railroad (1925)”
Seeing and Writing
Blog
Week 6
Monday September 29 No Class
Wednesday October 1 No Class
Week 7
Tuesday October 6 Second Draft of Essay #1 Due
Eudora Welty’s “The Little Store” – pp. 154 – 160
E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” – pp. 162 -167
Blog
Wednesday October 8 No Class
Week 8
Tuesday October 14 First Draft of Essay #2 Due
Peer Review
Wednesday October 15 Peer Review
Blog
Week 9
Monday October 20 Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” – Chapter 1, “The Veil” – pp. 3-9
Persepolis
Seeing and Writing – pp. 360-361
Blog
Wednesday October 22 Second Draft of Essay #2 Due
Persepolis – pp. 10-32
Blog
Week 10
Monday October 27 Persepolis –pp. 33-53
Blog
Wednesday October 29 Persepolis –pp. 54 - 79
Blog
Week 11
Monday November 3 Persepolis – pp. 80 - 110
Blog
Watch Film
Wednesday November 5 Persepolis –pp. 111-134
Blog
Watch Film
Week 12
Monday November 10 Persepolis – pp. 135 -153
Blog
Wednesday November 12 First Draft of Essay #3 Due
Peer Review
Week 13
Monday November 17 View “Baraka”
Wednesday November 19 “Visualizing Composition: Metaphor” p. 545
Exercise p. 545
Seeing and Writing
Stylistic Devices (handout)
Week 14
Monday November 24 Second Draft of Essay #3 Due
Richard Selzer’s “The Knife” (handout)
Blog
Wednesday November 26 Sylvia Plath’s “Ariel” (handout)
Robert Hass’ “Meditation at Lagunitas (handout)
Blog
Week 15
Monday December 1 Chapter 6 “Reading Icons – pp. 499-507
Guy Davenport’s “The Geography of the Imagination” pp. 508 -513
Seeing and Writing
Blog
Wednesday December 3 “She Can’t Smile Without You” pp. 516-531
Sally Stein’s “Passing Likeness” pp. 533-544
Seeing and Writing
Blog
Week 16
Monday December 8 Tom Perrotta’s “The Cosmic Significance of Britney
Spears” pp. 568- 574
Seeing and Writing
Wednesday December 10 Group Meetings
Week 17
Monday December 15 Final Group Presentations
Have lovely weekends!
Laura
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33 comments:
Temimah Zucker (Tzucker101@qc.cuny.edu)
"Television Moon" is an abstract painting by Alfred Leslie depicting different household objects. At the center of the painting is a 1940's or 1950's style television, showing a night sky and moon in the far right corner. The other objects contrast, all being bright colours: a yellow chair facing away from the television, blue sandals leaning against a broom, a black telephone, plate, and red sneakers on top of the t.v.
Literally, the painting shows a room and the objects inside. Figuratively, I believe the painting is trying to show the laziness of Americans. The fact that the television shows a moon, though it is beautiful is mocking the fact that we watch the moon on television rather than going outside and viewing it for ourselves. The other objects in the room are there to show the laziness as well: the fact that shoes are on the floor and television, as if someone took them off to sit down as opposed to put them away. The plate which suggests someone was eating by the television instead of at the table, and the phone conveniently placed where one might be sitting.
"Seeing" by Annie Dillard, is an essay written about the importance of- as the title gives away- "seeing." Annie describes the important of actually looking for detail and minuscule parts of the whole picture. When Annie describes numerous trips to Tinker Creek, she focuses not on the obvious, but rather on sight that though it may in reality be right in front of you, it is hard to see. She gives the example of being able to see flying insects in the air in front of her face. We must stress the little things that used to be easy to see, but now we look past. She also says we must you verbalization in sight, we must describe the sights in our heads or we will not truly be seeing them. We must look and listen in silence for momentary "treasures."
Annie Dillard encourages sight. It is not exactly what we see but rather the thoughts and realization it brings to us when we know we've viewed something spectacular.
Teterukov Vladimir, vladtet@gmail.com
The essay “Seeing” talks of the importance of “deep” observation: not merely glancing at things but taking the time to notice as many things as possible around oneself, no matter how insignificant they may seem, and put them all together to form a bigger, clearer understanding of the world around. The author encourages readers to keep an open mind, look at things with interest and curiosity,absorb and interpret everything noticed. In such a state, even the things that are most common in life, which seem to be so mundane and plain, may look beautiful and impressive. And if a person is able to notice such sights, or "pennies" as author refers to them, and take the time to appreciate the significance of them, then that person is spiritually rich "since the world is in fact planted in pennies".
I believe that the painting "Television Moon" by Alfred Leslie is pointing out that many people in modern culture center their life around television. A clutter of different everyday things around the television suggest that whoever lives in that house performs some daily tasks in close proximity to it (eating, conversing on the phone, getting dressed or undressed, at the least in relation to the shoes). The scenery on the TV screen also carries a message that a multitude of people may not know what the beauty of nature is since they are so absorbed in their everyday routines and only see it on the screen. All it takes, however, is to break away from that routine for even as little as 5 minutes, step outside, and truly observe and take in the world around oneself.
JingQianLiu (Liu6584@yahoo.com)
This article “Seeing” by Annie Dillard, she expresses about how nature truly reflected under the human eyes. She also discovers people always focus on outer of objects, not inner of objects. In her childhood, she likes to hide pennies under the root of tree for someone to find it. But now, she doesn’t do it anymore. She hides pennies in somewhere with signs of “Surprise Ahead” or “Money This Way” for lucky men to find. She was very excited to guess who would find this free gift from the universe. She explained about dire poverty and healthy poverty which means you have nothing and have nothing to lose. If you got the penny, the penny would bring a lifetime of days. In fact, she used “penny” for symbolized devalue things. As she said “What you see is what you get” in other word, you can know many unseen things throughout you seeing. Between dark and light, she expressed everything is not always what is seems to be. According her study, she found out blind or color blindness patients how to relate everything in the world. They could not see anything, but they could feel the colors and shapes of objects. So she tries to learn how to see in their ways. After then, she explored beauty, power and gentle inner of objects. Annie Dillard was born in 1945. She studied English, Theology and creative writing. She spends her four seasons on living near Tinker Creek. She also took journey with notes about her experiences and thoughts on the beauty of nature. So this article “Seeing” was written by her experiences. During her journey in Tinker Creek, she discovered how to see beauty nature in different ways.
The “Television Moon pictures” was made by Alfred Leslie, (The picture’s background is black; there is a TV in the middle and a phone, a pan, a card and red shoes on the top of TV. On the left of TV is a blue sandal. On the right side of TV is a yellow chair) his eyes were sharp for looking many details. His art is an abstract expressionist. He had ever worked in film, and then he came back to art again. In his art contains a moral for somebody thinking. He was born in New York in 1927, he studied in New York. In 1946, he became an artist.
After I read this article, I know objects have two different views include inner and outer. I am interested in her writing; she teaches me how to see nature in different ways. In my life, I don’t pay much attention about nature and its beauty. Sometimes, I don’t notice the inside of nature. In other hand, when you really look at something very carefully, you will find something difference between inner and outer of objects. For example, you going to buy apples in supermarket, you find a beautiful apple which it is big, red and smooth. After you eat it, you find the apple is rot. You will fell upset when you know the apple is different than its look. However, I find out the vision of granted is not only way to look at, but understand every moment of it.
Tiffany Lallkissoon (tiffany32090ja@yahoo.com)
The painting, Television Moon, by Alfred Leslie is characterized as a still life painting that was done in sometime in the 1940's. When looking at this painting at a literal point of view we can all say that these are everyday objects that we use and have. Metaphorically, one can say that the T.V has become the epicenter of someone's life. It looks like as if, the very second that person comes home, they turn the T.V on, take off their shoes, grab something to eat, and plop down in front of the T.V set. As for the picture on the T.V, I think that what he is trying to depict here is that humans and nature have become foreign from each other. Because all you have to do is turn the T.V on and you see nature; instead of walking out of your front door for five minutes and experiencing it for yourself.
In "Seeing" by Annie Dillard, the excerpt taken out of her book, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek", it's pretty evident what her sole basis is about; being able see what we really are seeing. In the literal sense, Dillard is addressing the fact that we don't pay attention to the details of what we are seeing. Metaphorically, what she is trying to say is that, we see, but we don't really see. And as we grow up, we lose sight of the little things we used to see. One of her examples being that as a child, she would see the insects that fly by her. And as she grew up, she stopped noticing that and started recognizing the birds. Also, that seeing is verbalization. When we see something, what do we think? Dillard not only encourages to pay closer attention to the simple things, but to realize what it makes us think about.
In the passage "Seeing" by Annie Dillard, Annie focuses on the essence of “seeing” as a gateway to a world where the unseen is noticed through various, descriptive ways. The simple, unnoticed aspects in an environment can be the essence to its purpose. As Annie stresses through her passage how detailed her experiences are with nature and its beauty she includes a detailed description to create imagery so that the perfect picture is painted for the reader. It is because of the technique of “seeing” what is actually in front of you that allows Annie to be so descriptive with her explanations.
Through the passage, Annie demonstrates through many examples how literal sight and metaphoric sight are related but are different in many ways. Through literal sight, I believe Annie shows how simple a description can become without more thought considered. However with metaphoric sight, it is as if the image created comes to life and there is more meaning behind it. An example is when she describes Tinker Creek. As Annie begins to describe the bridge, the water, and her experience, she focuses on her surroundings that are crucial/positive impacts to her original viewing. She describes how the island looks, and the animals that inhabit the area. As she begins to describe the water turtles, and how they can easily become a distraction, she moves on to how a chain of events can occur. She then talks about her encounter with spider webs or other creatures. The metaphoric sight, which goes more into detail, creates a chain of events emphasizing how paying attention to more that what is seen, can create a bigger picture that was never originally thought of. The reader would never question what is going on in the background, but with the detailed description, the reader is provided with every aspect to the image. The main passage is there is more to an image then the simple 2-D picture created.
What interested me in the passage, or can I say the line I enjoyed was when Annie mentions how there are three people she has images of in her head that to her are “perfectly happy people”. (Dillard 109) I enjoy this line because when she goes into details of what these three people do, individually, she shows how the simplest things in nature, can be some of the most calming and interesting hobbies. This all comes from these three people being amazed by the observations they make, and their observations come from the simplest things in our surroundings.
I believe the painting entitled “Television Moon” shows how people are so caught up in their everyday routines that involve making trips from one place to another, or cleaning, that they really don’t have the time to sit down, breathe, and take in their surroundings; primarily nature. Because this photo has a television and a telephone that looked like it came from the 1950s, I came to conclusion that even people back then were the same as they are today; constantly on the move. The beauty of nature, which is clearly seen with the moon and its use of color, is a perfect picture to imagine, to help relief stress. However, people don’t take the time to actually go out there and place themselves in the actual environment. Instead, they simply turn on the television with just one click to get the second hand experience rather then the full effect in person. This shows how people take for granted something so pure and perfect, and turns to technology and expects to have the same outcome.
Bianca Barabas
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Ashley Martinez (amartinez107@qc.cuny.edu)
After reading "Seeing" by Annie Dillard I see that she examines nature very precisely. Metaphorically she uses example such as "A fish flashes, then dissolves in the water before my eyes like so much salt" taking in the rapid movement of life underwater. I also feel she uses the penny to show a bigger picture, in that it's not just a penny, but finding a treasure. Toward the end of the story she compares seeing with our eyes to seeing through a camera. Through this comparison we learn that although pictures can have a million words out eyes have millions more. On the literal side while she is in Tinker Creek she analyzes the things around her. She takes in what is around her and not for granted. She can literally see the animals around her and the pure nature that surrounds her.
After viewing the painting "Television Moon" by Alfred Leslie a see a typical late 1940- 1950's living area. This picture can depict the American lifestyle of sitting lifelessly in front of a television for hours on end. You can see this by the shoes on the floor so you know no one is outside and the seat placed nearby the television and the telephone. So lifeless that we must watch the night sky on television as opposed to walking outside and viewing it with our own eyes.
Stephanie Balroop
sbalroop100@qc.cuny.edu
Alfred Leslie's "Television Moon"
"Television Moon" is a picture of a room, with many objects of bright color surrounding an old television set which looks as if it is from the fifties or sixties. The ground on which the items lie is a cream color and the wall on which the T.V. braces is a very dark Grey color. There is an old fashioned dial telephone sitting on top of the television. Next to it are a pair of bright red sneakers and an empty plate. There is a yellow folding chair beside the television set. On the other side of the T.V. are a pair of blue sandals and a broom with no stick. On the television screen is a night sky with a crescent moon showing. There are a few clouds above the moon and a beam of light sweeping across the ground.
In "Television Moon" the brightly colored items around the television set seem to be trying to divert attention away from the night sky being displayed. Although the scene on the television is not the real thing our attention is still drawn to it and everything else that we see around it seems to be less of less interest and less importance.
Annie Dillard's "Seeing"
Annie Dillard's "Seeing" is about seeing and observing more closely everything around us, in particular nature. "Seeing" shows us how much we take for granted the beauty of what we see everyday. It makes us realize that the majority of times we look at something we don't really see it with the glory that it deserves. It also shows us that if we took a little more time out of our lives to really see nature and be rewarded by it, we may live fuller, more complete lives.
Greg Hyams ghyams@gmail.com
Television Moon show a variety of different objects that can be found around a house. Its meant to show a daily life. And that the t.v at night is normally a way to end a night for some people. The set up of the objects helps to draw your attention in a circular motion to each object. Starting with the red shoes followed up by the yellow chair, the tv the blue shoes by the broom that will be used to clean and back to the t.v that just seems to end the picture and start it just like the night time and moon can start and end ones day.
"Seeing" by Annie Dillard focuses on what someone can really see. She compares the look of the leaves on a tree to various objects that one would look for in a children's puzzle. It makes me think of highlights finding all of the hidden objects in the room. It all has to do with perception and how things are viewed. The way someone sees something describes what is there. If a person sees a q-tip somewhere then that is the object they believe they saw. Perception is everything both literally and figuratively. Also the way that something is described can allow a variety of different people to see the same object in many different ways. IT is all about how people see it in the minds.
"Seeing" by Annie Dillard.
As it becomes obvious through the title, Annie tries to describe the importance and meaning of "seeing". She tries to notice the sights that are right in front of her, but not noticable to the regular eye. By this, she means that sights that just passes us by. She says how sites like these are "now-you-see-it, now-you-don't", meaning the kind that can disappear within a second. She believes that those are the ones that are worth seeing. She uses the example of the flies flying in the air that she once used to notice. Even though she may see it, she hasn't really seen it. She must look at it in depth and use verbalization to describe what she is seeing. Only then can she get the real meaning of that particular sight. Shownig the importance of looking for the detail in each sight and using verbalization to really be able to "see" it.
"Television Moon" by Alfred Leslie.
This painting is part of the "still-life" paintings, where it brings attention to objects that are quite familiar.
In the painting there are a few household appliances found in mostly every American house. For example; a Television, chair, two pairs of shoes, telephone, empty china plate and a broom missing a stick.
As it is obvious all the appliances have been sort of gathered and set up near the television set. This shows the importance of the TV. The objects are set near it so that when it is turned on they have everything they need. Therefore, it is not necessary for them to move from their spot. Protraying, the importance Americans have given the Television set.
Even though this picture may seem old, the same thought applies now as well. Typicallly when one is decorating their house, their furniture tends to surround the Television set. (Isn't that proving the point?)
Basically, the Television being set in the middle shows the importance of the object to the American culture. The objects that Leslie put surrounding it, showed the laziness we recieve once the device is turned on. All the objects are set for the convinence of the one watching the TV.
Panagiotis Serris (XiosJP@earthlink.net)
The short story "Seeing" by Annie Dillard talks about how we don't really pay attention to little things in our lives and how we over look them. She uses many examples in her own life and in general statements where these events take place. All her examples took place in nature. She talked about how we can look at grass but never actually notice the little creatures that live in it like specialist do. We tend to over look things and only look at the bigger picture. The author is trying to show us that if we look and appreciate the little things in life everything will become a clearer picture.
In the picture "Televison moon" by Alfred Leslie we see sneakers, a telephone a plate, a chair,a broom and a television. I feel that these images show how we get caught up doing other things like eating and going to work and not really notice the beauty of life. The television makes it seem as if the place they show on television doesn't exist. As if you can only see it on the tv. This picture relates to the short story "seeing" because on the tv it shows the sun rising, right at the few seconds where you can see the green light. This picture shows how we have so many things in our way that we only look at the bigger picture and we don't take the time to look at the small things in life.
The painting, “Television Moon” by Alfred Leslie seems in time around 1940’s-1950’s. There is television at center, and other different objects are around a television. Those objects are really ordinary things in our lives and could easily found in our house.
I believe this painting shows people’s daily life and what role TV has in people’s life. As a picture on the TV, many people watch TV until late night and some people watch TV all night long.
The essay, “Seeing” by Annie Dillard talks about importance of “deep seeing.” She said many people see things but they don’t really see details. She gave example of penny. If we think more closely in penny, we can find that it is not just penny. Through her examples of flies flying in the air and leaves in tree, she keeps saying that we need to see things more closely and deeply.
Abram Borukhov (deadspoogi@yahoo.com)
The essay "Seeing" written by Annie Dillard really goes in to depth of how seeing can mean a lot more than it usually does. Many people can just look at something and not realize all the aspects of that "something". Dillard uses lots of imagery to help describe her point. Throughout the passage Annie gives us a few personal accounts and experiences of how she enjoyed this type of seeing and how she really focused on the smallest things taken for granted by most. For example, the flies that she would see in the wind, or the skipper larvae in locust leaves. Literally, seeing is just something someone can do in a split second, but figuratively its the most amazing thing when done right, and one can only experience the joy in seeing this way. In whole Dillard really tries to point out that one must use sight to the full extent and then one can experience the "momentary treasures".
"Television Moon" is a painting by Alfred Leslie which features an old television set with a dark night sky and a moon glancing over it. Literally, the painting shows a pair of red sneakers, along with a pair of sandels, with a yellow fold up chair with a telephone, and a plate. Figuratively the painting might portray the loneliness of some people, considering the very empty night sky and no body present in the painting. Also the chair doesn't have anyone sitting on it, and the shoes are just there waiting to be put on. The phone is in its original state, and the plate has nothing on it. All objects are in bright colors except for the phone which might be different because it signifies communication, in which the others do the opposite. All other bright colored objects feature a lonely, single state .
The image, "Television Moon," by Alfred Leslie shows a television with a chair next to it. The television has a plate, telephone, and a pair of shoes on top of it. There is another pair of shoes and a broom next to it along with the chair. The image according to my understanding, describes life of an average person. Life revolves around the television and telephone. The shoes describe the leisure time or work time. The plate describes eating. The chair shows the time to rest and watch t.v. Finally the broom resembles cleaning. All these things when put together show an average life. It’s amazing how a few items put together can describe such a big picture. I really enjoyed observing the different parts of the image, because it gave me the ability to paint a picture of my own by making inferences. This image has many different perspectives but I believe this is the one that summarizes it best.
The piece of writing "Seeing," by Annie Dillard was saying that all people use their sense of sight to a limit and do not seem to exceed that limit. People don't take the time to observe things with deep thought and concentration. There is more to an apple then its color and shape. If everyone takes the time to observe everything closely there would be more detail to everything than just one word descriptions. This piece of writing uses various examples to put the point across to the reader. The author explains personal examples in which using the sense of sight allowed her to view things in more elaborated details then just plain and simple.
NAVPREET SINGH (n.singh1990@gmail.com)
Emma Ente (ece0991@yahoo.com)
"Seeing" by Annie Dillard serves as a great introduction to this course, as it mainly discusses what this class focuses on. Seeing is more than you think. What you literally and initially see does not explain everything, and often times an image can indicate something much more meaningful metaphorically. Dillard uses various examples of how important noticing details can be. She is saying through this that things in life must be viewed as closely as possible in order to comprehend their full meaning.
"Television Moon" is a painting which focuses on some common objects in a house. You see a television, a phone, some shoes, and a chair. Literally you see a common setting found inside a household. However, metaphorically, the painting takes on a much deeper meaning. Being that the artist of this painting, Alfred Leslie, did most of his work in the 1940's and 1950's, I think this painting is trying to explain something about America's fixation with the television. The shoes laying around signify how the residents are not going out. The television being at the center of the image is to show how it has become the center of American life. The scene with the moon on the television screen indicates to me that Leslie is trying to explain that people would much rather watch things on televsion than go out and witness the beauty of the outside world for themselves.
Clint Ramnarine, CRamnarine100@qc.cuny.edu
Alfred Leslie's "Television Moon" is a painting that conveys a broad and literal interpretation. The interpretation made about this painting is that first off it is set in more previous and older times. Quite a few objects there are old such as the shoes, telephone, and of course television. The literal meaning of this painting is that life in the painting is not modern as we know it to be today. The lifestyles set in this painting suggest a simple and ordinary form. A more figurative meaning would be that the being who is set in this painting lives a dull life. The darkness of the surroundings and the dark sky of the television mirror one another. The dark color of the telephone adds an even more opaque sense to the painting.
In Annie Dillard's work entitled "Seeing" she makes extreme observations of her surroundings. She takes great Notice of things such as pennies and little insects which we view as smaller significance, to things such as shooting stars and nature on a more greater scale. I believe her literal message is that we should use our eyes and visual conceptions more and take greater awareness of our surroundings. A more figurative meaning would be for example, the penny that is so small lays in some corner of the road suddenly becomes more significant because the observer begins to question how the penny could have ended up in its current status. So in simpler terms small things can be greatly significant when noticed.
"Seeing" by Annie Dillard is a composition written about observation. Literally, this can be taken as a girl with too much time on her hands but actually she is giving us advice we should take into our life. She gives us many descriptive insights on life. We may walk past a penny or may not see the "reflected stains of lilac on the water" or even forget to just slow down and look up at the beautiful night sky and the shining bright stars. She uses many metaphors which make our imagination go wild. For example, she compares the solar system's orbit to a merry-go-round or even when she compared a hawk's size to an elephant's size. She takes simple things to a whole new level. She tells us to "see". To "see" the beautiful and simple things around you and to take a minute to just think about each unique reflection or shadow. To actually "see" the world in a new light.
"Television Moon" by Alfred Leslie shows a corner of a room. This part of the room is cluttered. There are shoes on the floor, shoes and a dirty dinner plate on top of the TV but inside the TV it shows something random. It shows a half moon over a beach it seems. I was wondering what it could mean. It had some metaphoric value to it. It shows that we take too much time on the materialistic things such as the clutter and the television and dont take time to see the beauty of things. Its showing us that we need to go out and "see" the simple things in life instead of just staying home and being a couch potato. We need to see the glowing moon over a sandy beach and relax and think how lucky we are to see it. This painting shows us "sight" and the wrong values we have in our day to day life.
Christina Mathew Cmathew624@yahoo.com
Esther Lee (aznxsoyoung@yahoo.com)
"Television Moon" by Alfred Leslie is an abstract painting maybe around the 1940's due to the style of the television and the telephone. This painting seems to center around the life of an average teenager. After the invention of the television, people started to become more anti-social and began to have a lack in communication which is represented as the telephone. Instead of going out to meet up with friends, they call them instead while watching t.v. and eating. It also seems like this person is a teenager because of the broom and blue shoes on the bottom left corner. He/she has cleaning chores to do but rather watch t.v. and bum around.
"Seeing" by Annie Dillard is about looking closely and carefully at your surroundings. However, when one tries to search for something someone else has describe it may be difficult because each person has there own unique way of describing the world. Instead of walking right past something we see everyday, the story suggests we should try to observe more closer to those objects from our daily lives and see those changes.
Television: A television from the early 1900’s is standing on four legs that are attached to the bottom of the set. An old pair of Converse shoes lays on top of it with one of the shoes tied and the other laces loosened. An old fashioned telephone as well as a dirty plate of food present evidence of recent life. A broom with no stick attached and old sandals show that this is an ancient setting with most likely an elder living there. The chair beside the television shows that the room might be vacant at the moment and the resident will return shortly for his empty plate.
Seeing: Annie Dillard, author of the, “Seeing” fascinated me with her writing in the way that she used nature as well as other aspects to prove her point. I think that the idea that she was trying to bring across was that people often take everyday observations and incidents for granted and are not appreciative of the sense of vision that they have been granted. Annie expresses her passion for life by stating how exciting it is to see something in its true form and not focus on the superficiality of an object. The world is full of instances like such and tells the reader not to let these things slip away without cherishing them first. And the saying, “don’t judge a book by its cover,” applies here because things may not always be what they seem like.
In the painting, "Television Moon" by Alfred Leslie, we see the two sides of an equation.
This eqaution is the balance between reality and what our perception of reality accrues to.
What I can infer from this painting is that the objects belonged to whomever turned on the T.V.,
and the only claim that I have to say one was watching T.V. is the fact that a plate, and a pair of
shoes have been placed ontop, most likely by the viewer. However, I can't say for sure if this
person was watching the T.V., as he left cetain material ontop of it, and the significance, and
importance of the T.V. has diminished in my view by these extra items placed on top. To get back
onto metaphorical value, I believe that what Alfred Leslie was trying to depict is the
way our reality has become nothing more than a feaux visual representation or ideal of reality.
As we succumb to our visual entrant, and dwelve into this lonely land with nothing but a sliver of
the moon to look over, we, the viewer have become quite alone as well. This "television moon" has
replaced our eyes with what we want, but we can not have this as our reality as long as
it exists in the world outside. Our focus on life has become diluted as long as we are watching what
we think is real. As a philosopher once put it, "You are looking at a picture of a dog, not at a dog,
does this picture bark, smell, feel, look like what you would describe a dog to be?"; it happens to be
that this is as true of what we see on T.V. and what reality has in store for us, and what this painting
has told me.
In the readings of Annie Dillard's "Seeing", I was able to recognize several literal and metaphorical
motifs. Throught her story she uses these motifs to symbolize greater things. She wants the reader
to see what is ordinarily missed. When She talks about the penny, I believe she is saying that
there is more than just a penny to be won, there is the chase and reward that makes it all much better;
It is favoring the journey like the "Tremulous ripple" of water. I beleive annie dillard is saying through
her words that we, humans, tend to go in and out of focus of our beautiful natural world. This world
has many surprises and raritys that often go unseen by open eyes, it takes a fresh view to notice them.
Richard Martin Martirosian
Dick Martin
Rmartirosian100@QC.CUNY.EDU
Challenging Images: I think that rather than just being called “challenging images,” these pictures are more of a symbol of different aspects of life that the average person does not see in his or her everyday life. The “imagine” pictures are simply portraits that say “appreciate what you have” on them. I think that once you see people who are less fortunate than you, you start to realize how good you have it and you even may try to make a difference in other people’s lives. In the “defendtheearth” picture, the author is trying to appeal to the reader by asking a question that many people are asked and do not know the answer to. Rodolf Montiel Flores’ portrait is on a piece of wood and resembles some kind of a relationship between he and the trees. Mother nature is something that needs to be taken care of and so far is being taken into little consideration by the people. The last picture of the electric chair is the author’s way of telling the reader to express him or herself. Even if its through voting for president he wants the reader to have a say in the country. The two boxes at the bottom of the picture make the reader feel like he really has a say in what is going on in the government and in the country in general.
Omayra Sanchez: The author starts her piece by comparing the picture she first saw to her ill daughter that brings up this picture in her mother’s memory everyday. This picture of Omayra brings sadness to my heart and forces my mind to think about all the good I have in my life as oppose to the less fortunate people around the world who have nowhere near what I have. This girl’s home was destroyed and she was stuck in the mud and debris of what was left. The author explains to the reader that pictures represent more than words and will always represent different feelings toward different people. Omayra has seen death in her very eyes and does not even seem the slightest bit afraid in this picture due to that fact. Appreciate what you have while you still have it.
“Challenge Image” is not just an image, but it has lot stories which happened in it. Sometimes, these photographs can affect people's life. The picture which you can visually see it, also you can connect to the picture by your imagination. In page 606, it is a picture with a man and word “If a million trees fall in an ancient forest, and this man is not there to hear them, do they make a sound?” I think the photographer wants to tell us the environmental protection. The mood of man’s face is worried and sad. And the tree is dead because it does not have any leave. So we can know the man is sad about dead of tree. The artist wants to warm human to protect their environment. Image of “Challenge Image” is imagination. In other word, the picture can have different meanings that you understand it on different ways.
“Omayra Sanchez” by Isabel Allende, she wrote a story about Omayra. Omayra was a 13 years old girl who lived in Colombia. Allende had seen her once, but in the picture. During her daughter was sick. She had begun to remember Omayra. Because she said Omayra teach her to accept tragedy and death. In fact, Omayra didn’t really teach her. Allende used her imagination to feel her thinking. She also understood the poverty, death, sickness or failure could not control by people. In everyone’s mind, she didn’t die. She still alive with her spirit in their memories. She encountered the image of Omayra at first time. Isabel Allende was born in 1942 in Chile. After her uncle was dies. She left her country. The beginning of story is a really story. Her daughter named Paula was dies. This site provides a clear context for Allende’s essay “Omayra Sanchez”. So it is reasons to explain why she deepens feel the death cannot control after she saw Omayra’s pictures.
I am feeling sad when I am reading this story. As she said “…anything that is inexplicable or uncontrollable, like poverty, death, sickness, or failure” I am agree with this quote. People can control their money, marriage, business and family. But they cannot control their destinies. In my childhood, I had a best friend. Her family was poor. Every days and nights, they were working all the time. Badly, her mother got sick. I didn’t see her go to class for many days. So I tried to ask her. She told me that her mother was dead. I didn’t reaction to her, I just felt disappointment. In this moment, I thought the life time of people was very short. The poverty and sickness would come to you without warming. You could not know what things would happen in the future. The lessons teach me that to treasure my things which I have.
Bianca Barabas
(bgbt714@hotmail.com)
The main idea of “Challenging Images” is to show that there are various definitions to the term “challenging”, especially when seen through the eyes of a reader/writer. With the pictures of the man, and of the chair, I began to wonder of what kind of stories would writers bring out with these images; how significant and interesting could their stories be, just based on an image? Everything in today’s world has been simplified so that images are the main idea behind advertisements, entertainment, news coverage, etc. Images bring us closer to the story rather than words. With images, you can experience a whole other world that brings you closer to the scenario. Also because of the advancement of technology, people are more prone to use images to receive information such as television, computers, etc. Writing and images go hand in hand where a writer must use images into their text to bring more life to the text. I think that with the advancement of technology and the increased usage of images, this will cause many people to be lazier and use technology to the extreme. As stated in the article, book sales are decreasing because of the availability of having the book online which helps save money and time. This alone proves how today society is is, and how we have to use images in a positive way because that is where everyone is turning to today.
In “Omayra Sanchez” the picture of the little girl can tell a thousand stories. One of the stories happens to reflect a similar situation that the author, Isabel, went through. Isabel talks about how this picture is not just any random picture, but that it is an image; it is a 3-D image that has a story behind it, and stories never die out. This is just like Isabel says “She never dies, this girl. She never dies.” When I look at this picture and I look into the girl’s eyes, I can feel for myself the pain that she felt, and this is what makes images so moving and powerful; it is the impact they have on your thoughts, and your point of view. It is especially the little girl’s eyes; they are like a portal into her world of sadness, and pain and all I begin to question is what happened to her, why she is here, and who is going to help her. Isabel makes many inferences to the picture and relates her own issues to the little girl, and this helps me to understand even more of Isabel’s situation.
Tiffany Lallkissoon (tiffany32090ja@yahoo.com)
"Challenging Images " is a chapter on how we may perceive pictures. Or how someone may look at a pictures and what exactly do they get out of it. Good examples would be the various "imagine" pictures that are in the book. These pictures which are in black and white, which kind of give it that somber feel; where as there is one aspect, or object in the picture that is superimposed with the clouds. I would say that the clouds could represent hope. The other two pictures are more of a sepia tone; which gives it that old feel. Both of these pictures seem to be questioning us, and what we stand for. The context in this chapter raises awareness to the fact that today, because almost everything is available online, we are getting very lazy. Having pictures, books, and other references just at our fingertips only makes it easier for us, but makes us more unaware of our laziness.
"Omayra Sanchez" is an essay and picture of a little Colombian girl who is trapped in the water due to a volcano eruption in her home town. The essay portion is written by Isabel Allende, who can relate to the picture of Omayra through her own daughter's hardships. She discusses her feelings and her own point of view about Omayra, and how this effects her. When I look at the picture of Omayra, I see this little girl, who is probably scared, yet unaware of what's going on. I kind of feel her hardship and her pain. But at the same time, I'm curious as to know what is going on around her and why is she just left there. This picture seems so daunting and terrifying, yet peaceful and serene.
Place, which it is people lived with. It was connected with people’s indentity, religion and culture. Place can be changed as time pass, but it cannot move, like our memories that keep the image and event in our mind no matter past, present or future. The place was made lots stories by people. It becomes a part of people’s live. There are six photographs show different environments of same place in different conditions, such as day, night, spring, summer, autumn and winter. These photographs were captured by Richaed Miseach. In these photographs, different weathers cause different views of bridge. For example, in the first photo, there is a gold shadow around the bridge like “Golden Gate”. It gives us a feeling of dignity. In the second, there is darkness in the picture. Everything are hide by fog, the only thing that we can see is a small island in the front of fog. The third, the bridge is in cloudy river, the sky is light blue close to white. It makes our eyes very comfortable when we see this picture. However, the place has change year after year, but its memory lasted.
Edward Hirsch wrote a poet called “Edward Hopper and The House by The Railroad” in 1925. He reacted Hopper’s painting “The House by The Railroad” was loneness like an old man. In his poet, he described the house was gawky and strange which sky, earth and sunlight dislike itself. It was separated from the real world. He also compared the earth, sky and house’s color. The earth and sky’s color were warm. But the house’s color was dark and cold. As we can see, the house was sad and lonely. He used the house to metaphor the artist Edward Hopper. He thought Hopper is as loneness as house without any friends or families. The house was old and poor, but it still stand here to spend its lifetime. In other word, it symbolized artist who was old, but he was strong. Because he never gave up himself, he tried to overcome his loneness. Hirsh wrote lots responses of arts. In his mind, he thought “The proper response to a work of visual art may well be an ode or an elegy, a meditative lyric, a lyrical meditation” in other word, he helped people to look at artist’s art more closely and understand their arts. “Edward Hopper and The House by The Railroad” showed her own opinion, encounter and thinking with Hopper’s famous painting.
The place brings happy, sad, lonely and angry to people’s memories. Whatever the places has changed or moved. It still stands in our mind. When I took out my pictures of elementary school, I feel warm and comfortable. In the picture, I seem see I am running in the field with my friend. We laugh, laugh, and laugh all the time. It is hot summer, but we still feel happy without any worry. We free like birds, flying in the sky. Freedom, joviality and relax all be have in this moment. Even thought the time has gone, the childhood has gone, but my happy memories still alive in my mind. Do you believe the memory can have much power to keep old people living? I do.
Navpreet Singh
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The first piece of literature that I read was, "The Little Store," by Eudora Welty. It was about a young girl who lived in a Jackson, Mississippi. She lived in a very joyful neighborhood. Her mom never had a problem with grocery, because it was always delivered to her house. Sometimes there would be one or two items missing which would mean that one of the siblings would have to run to "The Little Store," and Welty would always volunteer. It gave her that freedom to walk to the store and get the items. She knew the whole neighborhood inside out. She didn't know that the store was owned by the Sessions' family. She always thought it was the neighborhoods' store. Then one day she heard something bad happened to the Sessions' family which led to them disappearing. She was very sad about what happened, and then realized that they were a family too and owned the store. She also thought about them always being patient and nice every time she visited the store. I feel sad for Welty, because that was one of her childhood experiences. It is a sad to have someone you see everyday just disappear and you as a child do not understand the situation. Welt was very descriptive painting a very nice image of the store in the readers' mind. She used very descriptive writing to paint this image.
The other piece of literature I read was "Once More to the Lake," by E.B. White. It was about White taking his son to the same lake his father used to take him to when he was a child. White keeps seeing himself in his son, because his son is doing everything he did as a child. White noticed everything was the same at the lake, except for the cars and paved road. This essay was very interesting, because it described White's childhood through his son. He saw himself as his father. He mentions that everything seemed to be the same without much of a change. I liked reading this essay more than the other one, because it was more interesting and clear to understand.
Stephanie Balroop (sbalroop100@qc.cuny.edu)
"The Little Store" by Eudora Welty is about a girl who lived in Jackson, Mississippi. She is very familiar with her neighborhood and often goes to "the little store" for her mother to pick up items her mother needed. In the story the little girl thinks she knows her entire neighborhood and everyone who lives there inside out. She even thought she knew the owner of "the little store" pretty well. She went there often and he was always very kind to her and the other children who lived nearby. When tragedy strikes for the owners of "the little store", the Session's, the little girl (assumed to be Welty) doesn't know how to deal with what has happened. To her it just seemed as if the entire Session's family disappered and with no explanation from her parents to her the Session's did just vanish.
This story reminds me a lot of when I was younger and the way I used to think and see things. Things that were so obvious and right in front of me didn't really click until I was older. Although I didn't really understand back then, those experiences have helped me to understand many things in my life right now.
"Once More to the Lake" by E.B. White
"Once More to the Lake" is about man who recalls his father taking him and his family to a lake every August. The man then takes his own son to the very same lake and sees everything exactly as it was the last time he was there, aside from more advanced technology like motors. There is a great deal of imagery in this story, while reading it I almost felt as if I was there. This story gave me a feeling of peace and tranquility. Not very often today do you hear about people going up to a lake for an entire month. The story just reminded me of simpler times and how as time has passed the "simple" in life is no longer there.
"The Little Store" by Eudora Welty.
Eudora starts the story by trying to create a visual of her life. She explains the settings of her hometown, Jackson, and her mother. She portrays her mother as the person in charge and in control of everything. If it happened that there is something missing, then Eudora was sent to what they called "the little store".
Eudora loved going to the little store to the point where she memorized her journey there. She tells the reader of all that she saw on her way there.
By saying that she is not able to see a grown person at the store, she shows her true feelings towards the store. Since there are no older people, this was a place that they could be a free spirit. Even though she was doing an errand, it was her moment away from home.
All her memories all seemed like errands, because they were all her memories on her way to the store. However, in the end she is able to realize that everyone, just like her, have a story of their own.
Eudora speaks of her own experiences of going to the little store. She tells the reader of her memories, her stories, and her feelings, and that is because that was how she saw it. Then, comes the point where one realizes that at the same time there is another person who also has a story to tell.
In a way this is kind of scary and comforting as well. When you are going through a rough time, its comforting to know that there are others who are experiencing it too. However, at the same time its scary to know how in reality there are so many different stories, experiences that we all go through.
"One More to the Lake" by E.B. White
White explains his experiences he had when his family would rent a camp on a lake in Maine. A while later, he got the feeling to return to the lake with his son. In his journey he realizes how quick the memories are returning to him. Looking around, he notices that nothing about the lake has changed except the concept of time. The more he experiences the more he realizes that they are all exactly the same.
As much as the scenery was the same, he also notices how his interactions are the same as well. He claims that instead of his father doing certain things, it was now him doing it. The path him and his son were going through, him and his father had gone through as well.
White was able to use the type of imagery to bring comfort and peace to the reader. Though he claims it to be a little creepy that he feels like he's going through the same path, I believe it to be comforting. It seems that his father was successful in raising him, and now in the same path he will be too. Its the matter of comfort and peace that even with all the new technologies, its still all the same.
Suzy Basiratmand (Nycsweety511@yahoo.com)
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The author of “The Little Store” Eudora Welty was born at Jackson in 1909. She researched the frailty and strength of human character through behaviors and social relations of people who lived in Mississippi. The story of “The Little Store” was took place in her childhood, she tried to recall her memory from her experience. She wrote with many details about the little store. At first, she introduced her family background and location. Her mother was the major cooker in her family, this was one reason connect to the little store because her mother always told her to buy something which her missed in the little store. The owner of the little store was Mr. Sessions, who lived in the center of town. Welty and other children usually liked to go to his store because they could have many candies, and the character of Mr. Sessions was nice. Every time, Welty liked to spend one penny on candies and soda. Mr. Sessions was kindly person who always friendly treat to her and other kids. After many years, she discovered the place wasn’t really happiness which she felt. Thought she known the little store very well, but she actually didn’t know the relationship of Mr. Sessions’ family when she had seen many adult was coming down from upstarts. As her parents’ reaction to Mr. Sessions’ family, she was aware that a terrible thing was happen to him – violence. However, the place of the little store was cradle of story was occurred for Welty and other people’s behaviors and social relations as Welty’s description. The feeling of Welty, she knew the illness, death, marriage, happiness, fear and ignorance from the little store which was the symbol of the place. This story made me feel both comfortable and sad; the comfortable feeling was from the author’s happy childhood. And the sad part was beyond to really life with fear.
The other story called “Once More to the Lake” by E. B. White who moved to rural Maine and wrote this story in praise of nature and rural living. The story is about life that was not a really story, but he said “The life from imagine also is a style of life.” In this story, his feeling was expressed in recalling his memory. In Maine, he had spent his childhood in happiness with his father and brothers. After many years, he brought his son to this place which he ever lived. Everything in Maine was still here, but the lively noise and the middle track were missing. And his childhood had gone quickly as time went by. However, he took his son to review his childhood in their vocations. In their journey in Maine, He discovered his son was just like him when he was a kid, and himself was his father. Because his son had done some things similar when he was his age. And he was thinking and doing on same way that his father did to him. But he felt sad after he revisited a once familiar place, because the tranquil life has gone. According to this story, the author tired to say that the childhood in people was beautiful same as the lake in Maine, it was not duty, evil and ugly as he seen now. I love this beautiful story, even with a little sadness. When narrator said “the swollen belt suddenly my groin felt the chill of death.” I get scare because the word “death” caught most of my attention. Anyway, I don’t understand what he tried to say. But after I re-read this story many times, I get an idea about his “death” was from the place which in his childhood. He tried to say the nature was “killed” by people through his story.
Both stories described about the place which they living within their childhoods. The place create their stories, also they create the stories for the place. Their happiness, sad and fear are come from the place which become the important part of their life. In my childhood, I liked to ride a bicycle to everywhere. The bicycle became my best friends. When I had free time, I usually cleaned it many times. Sometimes, I tried to talk to it, I knew some people would laugh at me because they thought I was a stupid. But I didn’t care what they think of me. When I was on my bicycle, I liked to ride it as fast as possible, because the wind made me feel like a bird that flying in the sky. The bicycle brought me the feeling of happiness and freedom. But now, I cannot go back to my childhood. Because only the place which I ever lived can bring such freedom to me. The childhood becomes a memory of mine forever.
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