week 13

My thoughts on

Trifles by Susan Glaspell

This is a story about Jon Wrights death. He was killed in his sleep by being strangled to death by a rope around his neck. At first it all seems to lead to that the wife did it. She did not show any emotion, that she was sad or scared or well really anything. She just played around with her apron, staring off into space and rocking back and forth in her little rocking chair. And then, while talking with everyone they figured out that she had killed him, Mrs. Hale put the box with the dead bird into her coat pocket. She did not tell the men about the dead bird she had just uncovered. They had discovered how Mrs. Wright killed her husband. She "knots it" instead of "quilts it". They did not tell the men about the bird in the box because it was an act of loyalty for girls to stick up for girls. Mrs. Wright before she got married was Minnie Foster. She was a very cheerful person and full of colors in everything she did. She loved to sing. Then when she got married to Mr. Wright her life became dark and lonely therefore, it drove her insane and she killed Mr. Wright.


Naked Lunch by Michael Hollinger

Lucy and Vernon use to be lovers and they broke up. Vernon had Lucy over for dinner. He made her steak and corn. He got her flowers and pretty napkins. He also bought some wine. She would not eat the steak and only ate the corn. Vernon noticed that she was not eating her steak and asked her why she wasn't eating her steak. Lucy replied by saying she has decided to become a vegetarian and Vernon had no clue what she was talking about because she had always been eating meat while they were together. She told him that she had always been thinking about it for a while. He told her that she had never brought it up to him. And he wanted to know why she had never told him that she was thinking about becoming a vegetarian. They argued back and forth for a while before Lucy decided to give in to Vernon and eat her steak. He even cut it off for her. Then, they went on with their dinner. Vernon did this all to make up with Lucy and get her back, to make her the happiest girl in the world to be with him. During this story you could feel the tension between one another. I do not think the conflict between them ever got solved. I think they just ignored the issue and that is not good for their relationship. Communication is the key to good start and finish. I think that if Lucy would have explained herself and why she felt the way she felt about meat in the first place, when she started thinking about it. They may not have ever broken up in the first place or things would have gone more smoothly during the dinner.

week 12

my comments on

Bradstreet "To My Dear and Loving Husband"

Bradstreet talks about how she loves her husband. "Prize thy love more than whole mines of gold, or all the riches that the East doth hold." No money could compare to the way she feels about her husband. No gold is worth the life she shares with her husband. You could not pay her all the money in the world to leave him. She may be able to buy anything and everything she wants but she will still feel lonely. She will not have any love. She will not have anyone to share the things that make her the happiest. Money and things cannot buy you love. These things come and go but love stays forever. "Then while we live, in love let's so persevere, that when we live no more, we may live ever." Here she states that while they live their lives in love, she wants to keep it close to her heart and let the world know how she feels. And when they die and all is gone nothing will be forgotten. Their love will always remain here on earth and ever strong in the afterlife.

Housman "To an Athlete Dying Young"

Housman talks about how you are the star of the show one day and then next no one remembers your name. You may be the talk of the day, maybe even the week but nothing last forever. Everyone starts out with everyone cheering them on. They grow up thinking they are the best, they may even be the best in their hometown and then when they meet that one person who can do things a little better than them they cannot handle things. You may even be doing something you love and really do not care if you are good at it and everyone does not let it go and when you start to believe it, it could all be forgotten in a flash. You may not be ready for all the fame to go away but either you mess up and can never do it again or someone better and newer comes along and takes your spot light. And some people take things too far and think they have to be all that anyone talks about. One day they lose it all and no one cares anymore. You are just a name in the history book; well at least you made it that far, right?

Williams "Thinking about Bill, Dead of AIDS"

Williams talks about a period in time where they did not know how to feel about such diseases. They did not know how to treat people so they just shun them. They pushed them away and left them to deal with this by themselves. When it says "Thinking of friends afraid to shake your hand", it is like saying "Ewe, you have cooties, don't touch me." How would you feel if you had a disease and no one would come around you, even if they knew it would not harm them? William says " Stopping, though, to set our smiles at the door....We didn't know what look would hurt you least." How about showing what you truly feel. Even if you do not understand what people are going through? Even if you think that it could hurt you, it is hurting them and you are just setting them aside like a used rag, does not make them feel any better about dying. It just makes them feel worse, way worse than they ever could. We stereotype way too much and we need to learn to accept people for the way they are and deal with their mistakes. They do, so why can't we?

Williams "This is Just to Say"

Sometimes we do things that we did not mean to do, it just happens. You should not regret anything but sometimes we feel the need to. People take without asking, and thinking "Hey, maybe they need this" but never think twice about it. All anyone can ever say is I'm sorry and you can forgive them or just let it eat you alive. It is like when a small child does something they are not suppose to be doing, you cannot get mad and yell at them. They did not know any better. They did not know that it was uncalled for. They did not know that it would make you upset. They just wanted to have "fun". They just wanted to make you happy and proud of them. They were being thoughtless. Everyone is thoughtless at times, you just got to work through it and make the best of it. You want people to be honest and truthful no matter what they did to you. All you have to do is forgive them for their mistake, and let it go, and go on with your life. Life is too short to hold onto the past. Just work on the present and hope for a future.