Updike, The Persistence of Desire
Page 570.
“He tucked the note back into his shirt pocket and its stiffness there made a shield for his heart.”
In this quote, the narrator is not talking about the piece of paper being an actual shield for his heart. It is a shield from the world. It keeps his heart strongly in love with Janet, no matter what. The interesting part about this is that he cannot even read the note, but just seeing the handwriting makes his love for Janet all the more deep and strong.
Updike, The Persistence of Desire
Page 561.
“ On the sidewalk. Haltered girls identical in all but name with girls he had known strolled by in twos and threes”
In this quote, Clyde is observing people out the window of the eye-doctors. He says that all of the girls look identical, meaning that there is a certain way that girls are supposed to look. None of then has any personal style or class. The only thing that separates then is there names.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
MCARTHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY and the 2nd red scare
THATS WHAT IM DOING!!!! My partner is Nikki. Our to topic is the McCarthy hearings AND the 2nd red scare....COMBINED!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
The Swimmerrrrrrr
Cleaver, The Swimmer
Page 1492.
“He was disappointed and mystified. It was common enough to go away for the summer but no one ever drained his pool. The Welchers had definitely gone away.”
In this quote, Ned is confused because the Welchers are out of the norm. The normal family never drains their pool, not even when they leave for the summer. This is so out of the ordinary that Ned is not only disappointed, but also mystified. He can’t think of why someone would do this, even though it not really that big of a deal. The backyard pool in suburbia is a necessity, and having drained it is almost like a crime to Ned.
Cleaver, The Swimmer
Page 1489.
“It was one of those midsummer Sundays when everyone sits around saying, ‘I drank too much last night.’ You might have heard it whispered by the parishioners leaving the church, heard it from the priest himself, struggling with his cassock in the vestiarium, heard it from the golf links and the tennis courts, heard it form the wildlife preserve where the leader of the Audubon group was suffering from a terrible hangover.”
In this passage the narrator reveals how everyone does the exact same thing on Saturday night. Everyone drinks. The narrator tells that absolutely everyone drinks, but mentioning athletes, environmentalists, and even the priest. This emphasizes how similar everyone is in the county.
TOM MORGAN ROCKS MAD HARD!!!!!!
Page 1492.
“He was disappointed and mystified. It was common enough to go away for the summer but no one ever drained his pool. The Welchers had definitely gone away.”
In this quote, Ned is confused because the Welchers are out of the norm. The normal family never drains their pool, not even when they leave for the summer. This is so out of the ordinary that Ned is not only disappointed, but also mystified. He can’t think of why someone would do this, even though it not really that big of a deal. The backyard pool in suburbia is a necessity, and having drained it is almost like a crime to Ned.
Cleaver, The Swimmer
Page 1489.
“It was one of those midsummer Sundays when everyone sits around saying, ‘I drank too much last night.’ You might have heard it whispered by the parishioners leaving the church, heard it from the priest himself, struggling with his cassock in the vestiarium, heard it from the golf links and the tennis courts, heard it form the wildlife preserve where the leader of the Audubon group was suffering from a terrible hangover.”
In this passage the narrator reveals how everyone does the exact same thing on Saturday night. Everyone drinks. The narrator tells that absolutely everyone drinks, but mentioning athletes, environmentalists, and even the priest. This emphasizes how similar everyone is in the county.
TOM MORGAN ROCKS MAD HARD!!!!!!
The Death of Justina
Cheever, The Death of Justina
Page 542.
“When I abstain from sin it is more often a fear of scandal than a private resolve to improve the purity of my heart, but here was a call for abstinence without the worldly enforcement of society, and death is not the threat that scandal is.”
This quote reveals that in this society, it is worse to die than to be caught doing something wrong. Moses does not give up drinking and smoking, although his doctor tells him to, because society is not telling him that it is wrong. He does not care about pride in himself, if he does not get the same recognition from society, so he continues to sin. He would only stop this sin, if it were thought of as bad by society.
Cheever, The Death of Justina
Page 544.
“I must pretend, I must, like an actor, study to improve on my pretension, to have nothing to do with his triumphs and I must bow my head gracefully in shame when we have both failed. I am forced to appear grateful for injuries, to lie, to smile falsely and to play out a role as asinine and as unrelated to the facts as a minor prince at the operetta, but if I speak the truth it will be my wife and children who will pay in hardships for my outspokenness.”
In this passage, the narrator tells us how he must put on a fake personality when at his job. He has to act like a perfect employee, and be a complete suck up in order to keep his job. He must not tell anyone how he really feels about his job. This is not only true for his job, but also for his life. He must act just like society says he should act, have just what society says he should have, and do just what society says he should do. If not, he will be an outcast from society and his whole family will pay the price. He must act like he is always happy and satisfied with his life, or else he will not fit in with society. It is not necessarily that all of society is truly like this, but everyone believes that everyone else is, so they must be like this too.
tom morgan rocks wicked hard!!!!!
Page 542.
“When I abstain from sin it is more often a fear of scandal than a private resolve to improve the purity of my heart, but here was a call for abstinence without the worldly enforcement of society, and death is not the threat that scandal is.”
This quote reveals that in this society, it is worse to die than to be caught doing something wrong. Moses does not give up drinking and smoking, although his doctor tells him to, because society is not telling him that it is wrong. He does not care about pride in himself, if he does not get the same recognition from society, so he continues to sin. He would only stop this sin, if it were thought of as bad by society.
Cheever, The Death of Justina
Page 544.
“I must pretend, I must, like an actor, study to improve on my pretension, to have nothing to do with his triumphs and I must bow my head gracefully in shame when we have both failed. I am forced to appear grateful for injuries, to lie, to smile falsely and to play out a role as asinine and as unrelated to the facts as a minor prince at the operetta, but if I speak the truth it will be my wife and children who will pay in hardships for my outspokenness.”
In this passage, the narrator tells us how he must put on a fake personality when at his job. He has to act like a perfect employee, and be a complete suck up in order to keep his job. He must not tell anyone how he really feels about his job. This is not only true for his job, but also for his life. He must act just like society says he should act, have just what society says he should have, and do just what society says he should do. If not, he will be an outcast from society and his whole family will pay the price. He must act like he is always happy and satisfied with his life, or else he will not fit in with society. It is not necessarily that all of society is truly like this, but everyone believes that everyone else is, so they must be like this too.
tom morgan rocks wicked hard!!!!!
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