Who are the twins?

In the play, there is a refers to the Donnely twins. They are the trouble makers and are blamed for the disappears of Yolland. Due to the fact we, as the audience, never see them it is difficult to believe they are real.

These twins could be a representation of the parish or entire Ireland. They are the rebellion that is stirring waiting for a moment to release themselves. The twins are someone for the British to blame for Yolland's disappears.

In America, we use suspect to identify someone in blame. However, maybe there is a lost in tanslation with "Donnelly twins." They could just be their names used to describe someone who commited a crime but has not been found.

The Ending

When Sis chooses to go her Indian roots, there is a sense of closure of the reader. Americans have destroyed the Indians' traditional ways, and most Americans forget their power over others. We, meaning whites, have lost our historical background and ruin the native ways of the land. However, the concluding thought, "the younger men drumming" gives hope that the tribe will live on. Young means they are adding members to the traditional ways.

Also, the ending does make you forget about Ama. There is a part of me that wants to know where is Ama. I suspect she will return one day to help the return of the traditional ways. Overall, there needs to be a way for the Indian ways to continue. Many areas have tried to keep the Indian culture the same, but they are just pushed into the swamp. In the swamp, whites are not allowed to join in the traditional ways. Why does their have to be one way? Can we combine or will one tradition be completely lost no matter what.

The killing of an Endanger Species

Being from Florida, Power has impacted me differently than most because the area is where I grown up. The only difference is I am near the Seminole tribe in the Florida Everglades. The only people that you will cross between my house and Miami is the Seminoles. They have the only gas station between Naples and Miami. Also, they live and work on this patch of land. Seminoles have worked to maintain their traditional values, but have been impacted by us.

During my lifetime, the Florida panther has impacted me. First, there are panther crossings, which means the speed limit is lower at night. It is more difficult to see a panther racing across the road. Northerns may have deer crossing on their drivers test, but we have panther crossing. Also, when you drive across the Seminoles' land you will notice the road is fenced in. It is to protect the animals from crossing the road and being killed. However, there are some panther sidewalks that allow animals including panther to get to the other side of the road. I am not sure how the panther knows where these crossing are, but they seem to work. As a disclosure, I am not surrounded by wildlife at my home, and I have only seen a panther in the wild once. I live in the modern world, but 25 minutes from my house, it is whole another world.

Native Americans rules the territory known as the Everglades. They follow separate rules, but are sometimes under the same rules as us. In Power, I started to wonder if an Indian tribe had killed a panther recently. According to my quick research 1987, was the trial date for a Seminole going to court for killing a panther. The article mirrors that of Power sort of. Click here to read!
The tribe was defending their rights in accordance to the treaty. They claim it was for religious reason, and if a white person had hide the panther with a car, it is considered to have died from natural causes. Of course, the battle between Indian and white society continues.

In Power, the struggle between old and new ways is demonstrated. Sis must choose between the different ways, but can their be a happy medium. Should Sis even have to choose? In the killing of the Panther, who is right? Whites caused the panther to become endanger with its buildings and pollution. So, how can whites point the blame to an Indian tribe living in their traditions?

What's in a name?

For safety reasons, I will not give my whole names but describe the importance to each. My first names comes from my dad. If I was a boy, I would have been a junior. Whenever, I tell my friends this, they always get confused because I have an older brother. In popular culture, the oldest comes the junior. However, my brother was names after my uncle who passed away at 18 years old. Also, my three older siblings first name form my uncle's initials. Most people are unaware of my middle name because it is not my favorite. Now, I am able to embrace its meaning as it is the maiden name of my grandmother. And of course, my last name comes from my dad. My initials are the same as my dad, which makes a special connection to him.

In class, we took Lucy's full name and deceiver it. Lucy coming from Lucifier (page 152), Josephine from a rich uncle, and Potter from a slave owner. Each names depicts something important about Lucy. It does form who she is. Just as anyone of our names form us. Lucy is a common name, but her name gave an explanation that makes the name unique. Also, her last name points out the differences in race. Most people inherit their parent's last night, but she inherited her owners. All names are important and what makes us different. Even if we have the same name, there is only one reason why you were named that.

Don't Judge a Book by the Cover

Before reading this book, the cover implied a simple theme. The light shade of green is calming and peaceful. The women appears sad, almost does not want to be there. Before opening the novel, I took the women to be Lucy.

During my reading, the painting adds empathy for Lucy. She does not look happy in the painting, which explains Lucy story forward. Lucy is not able to please everyone, but must do things for herself. She chose to leave her family behind, and she left Mariah. Her hand in the painting makes her appear to be choosing for herself.

The artist had a couple of interesting decisions about the painting. The women is topless, and in the novel we learned that Lucy learned to be modest. However, Lucy considers herself a slut. Personally, a book with a topless women always makes me hesitate to read. Our culture has deemed it unacceptable, which further adds to the cultural differences. Also, the painter used shading over the top part of the body. Almost as if, someone was standing over her. Though the painting changed my reading, the Kincaid had a purpose in using this particular shot.

Two Identities

As class was finishing up, the questions aroused about two identities in one situations. Initially, I thought we can have two identities all the time. However, I realized how lost one person can get in this sort of mess. For Twinkle, she had the pressures of being a wife, a woman, Indian, and American. Also, she needed to fit into the Catholic community. If Twinkle could be all these people at once, she has skillful master the art of juggling. In time, the true identity of an character will be made know.
Personally, there are many different identities I have depending on the situation. In the classroom, I act differently with my friends, and so on... But all this changing of your identity make you lose a part of yourself? Of course, not. According to Sanjeev, Twinkle was trying to put on an act. In reality, Twinkle had different identities depending on the situation. Sanjeev was the one struggling with his own identity. He is in his mind set and cannot believe anything else. Overall, we can have two identities but we may only present one at a time.

The Honeymoon is Over

In our recent reading, the question of what happens after your marriages arises? For Twinkle and Sanjeev, they did meet and marry rather quickly. They were madly in love, but now Sanjeev may regret his choice of marriage. The house serves as a parallel to their marriage. Sanjeev rushed into both situations. When buying the house, he did not notice little details of the religious artifacts. This is similar to the angry he gets from Twinkle's speech. Even though Sanjeev dislikes certain attributes of his wife, the party reminds him of his love. I developed a sense of trophy wife because everyone fall in love with Twinkle. Overall, the couple does have the power to stay together and I am on Sanjeev's side. Too many religious artifacts can be overwhelming, especially if you are not part of the faith.

We see religious statues on campus, but how many of students own religious items. Yes, we have a necklace and something similar. But the author's description of relics are not beautiful masterpiece. Instead, they are items that all around oneself.

"O" Changing for Me

In a comment, I was asked the question if the movie had the same core plot as Othello. Initially, I believe that the plot has changed in some forms. In class, we discussed the idea that we feel more for Hugo than Iago. In the movie, Hugo has this distant father - son relationship. In sports, this distant relationship does occur. Sometimes to overpowering brothers and sisters that have more talent and the parents feel the need to concentrate on the family member doing their best.

Also, in Othello I felt for the character, Othello. He was innocent in the play and fall victim to Iago's tricks. However, in the movie, Odin's I kind of feel he desires what he gets. In the movie, Odin has this "past." They really do not reference it, but as an audience member I felt like he had the choice to play basketball for the school or jail. Yes, the school did play money to get Odin, but who got the money?

Overall, the movie has changed my view about the play. I kind of wonder if I misinterpreted, but that is the risk of reading. You build and image, and sometimes Hollywood's view is different than yours.

Olivier and Smith's version

The room is dark with the white clothing of Othello and Desdemona appearing bright in the scene. The actions of the actors mirrored what I pictured as the scene was taking place. There were some interesting choice of setting colors and patterns.

First, the bed in which the murder took place was red. Red, in our current society, symbolizes blood and love. On Thursday, we discussed the fact of the white sheet with blood means the marriage is legitimate. By the whole bed being red, the marriage and the love between Othello and Desdemona was real. Also, the red blankets foreshadows death happening. In fact, an audience member may think Othello will kill Desdemona by his sword on his side. Even though Desdemona did not die from a sword, her death was tragic for the audience and Othello.

Second, the curtains around the bed. When depicting the bed in class, our group believed the bed was going to be a four-post bed with a curtain surrounding it. However, the curtains are far from the bed and the audience does not see how they are hanging. By the curtain being further away, it does not create a dramatic effect to Desdemona's maid finding her body. The curtains I feel should have played a more important role in the scene.

Overall, the acting of this version was similar to what I was picturing. However, there were a few props that I believe where different in my reading. But that is the price you play when reading a book and than watching a movie: your image of the scene is different.

Location, Location!

Throughout this your course, we are examining the importance of place as it relates to the characters. In Othello, Venice and Cyprus are the two cities that set our scene. Venice is our opening scene, and later we discover that this is where Othello will go to stripped of his title. As Venice is a beautiful setting, here is where Othello is accused of wrong-doing. First, his marriage of Desdemona that her father is very unpleasant with and at the end of his murderous strike. Overall, Venice is fitting for Othello to receive his punishment for killing his wife as she is from there.

As the book, does not give much history of Venice and Cyprus, the location of certain events is important. The bedroom transforms everyone life. Initially, the bedroom is a loving place where Othello tells his wife to go back to bed. Eventually, the bedroom is no longer for lovers but for adultery. This occurs as the false relationship between Desdemona and Cassio. In the bedroom, the lost handkerchief is find as the only physical proof of their relationship. Now, when Othello rushes Desdemona back to bed it is in a form of punishment. The bedroom builds as a terrible place to be for Desdemona. In the final Act, the bedroom is the place where Othello smoothers his wife. The bedroom suppose to be a place of escape and a place of your own, but Othello does not allow Desdemona to live and be free.

Girl, Interrupted

During Thursday's class, an important question was posed about whether "The Yellow Wallpaper" was relevant today's world. At that time, I had NO indication that we as society would put an individual into isolation causing them to go insane. (At least that is what Gilman suggested in her writing about isolation.) After class, I realized that maybe something similar to "The Yellow Wallpaper" happens everyday, especially since we were going to watch a recent movie.

After watching Girl, Interrupted, I could see how easily a young lady gets trapped and starts believing she is crazy. I am twenty years old, and I consult my mother for any choice I make. I know that I must take responsibility for my actions and I can sign my life away, but can I really sign myself into a mental institution? Our main character, Susanna, signed on the dotted line without her mother's approval, but did she really know what she was getting herself into? The doctor did say that her mother encouraged it, but I feel like she should have fought more with the doctor. But would you have the guts to go against your doctor's orders?

In the 2000s, could someone become trapped in a mental institution? I really hope not, but then is "The Yellow Wallpaper" out of date? No. Everyday teenagers and twenty years old check into drug and alcohol rehab. Do they really have a problem or are some being forced by their doctors? Please note: if you need help rehab is the right choice. But when does alcoholism become alcoholism? If you are twenty-one or older and you have a couple drinks a night, are you consider an alcoholic? If you choose not to attend college and pursue other dreams and maybe have a couple of drinks now and than, are you an alcoholic? All of this sounds so familiar to Susanna's situation.

She had a mental breakdown, which many of us have during exam week. Does that mean you have to check into rehab? Of course not.

As a side note, please read everything you sign because your signature bonds you to that document.

Cheating Husband?

During class, it was clearly established that no one really enjoyed the narrator's husband. He used his doctor title to be an authority figure over the narrator. John gave me this feeling from the very beginning that something was not quite right. John is the one that forced her to move to this summer home because she admits that "ordinary people" do not have grand places like they were staying. Was John trying to make up something? Is this like a guy sending a flowers for no reasons and you grew with suspicions?

Also, John forces her to take the upstairs room and is not allowed to live downstairs. This may because he wants to have the downstairs to himself at night. This all just theory, but there is a gut feeling that I get about him.

The last evidence about John having another lover is the fact that he will "stay in town over night, and won't be out until this evening." John has all these cases that need special care late at night, but is he that into his work. Maybe it is the time of my life that I am concerned that the narrator is being cheated on, but you must trust your gut sometimes on guys.

I am sure that most of the ladies in my class have experienced or know of something being cheated on. You start to develop this worriness and feeling of doubtfulness in your special someone. I feel if John was in our current society, he would be considered a cheater.

Authors' Names

After reading Chapter 3 and 4, I started to wonder what Woolf would think of J.K. Rowling. Woolf talks about how women did not have time to write because they are raising the kids. If women did write, they would have to hide all their work. Has this really changed in current times? Can women authors freely write?
J.K. Rowling came to my mind. The author of best selling series of Harry Potter. Rowling did not use her full name. Was she afraid that readers did not want anything by a woman? Personally, Woolf would be surprised to see that a woman author would not use her entire name, but only use her last name. The last name given by her father not mother.

Virginia Woolf

Who is this Virginia Woolf? On the back of her book, she is compared to Shakespeare. Having read Shakespeare and parts of Woolf I am not sure if they are of equal level at the time of her writing. She writes in manner that many people of the 1900s would consider "unlady-like." For instance, she laughs at a cat without a tail. (Page 13). Also, from my reading she is kind of scatter brain. She is walking around and then all of sudden she is back eating herself. Her sudden transitions make you wonder if Virginia Woolf is not really the "I" referred to in this book. Maybe Woolf is in fact writing about a couple friends. But who every the Marys are, they must have had an impact of Woolf. Mary may be the only women that Woolf met that was free....

Skydiving, my writing style

Have you every taken the PLUNGE? Trusting your life into a perfect stranger's hands?!

Initially, you are scared of everything going wrong like the parachute not opening or the airplane crashing. Finally, the pilot reaches the 13,000 mile mark, which is the perfect jump height. The crew opens the door. Your feet dangle, but you are not ready. Suddenly, the perfect stranger pushes you out and YOU fall helplessly. Until that moment when the parachute opens, which signifies your survival. As you slowly descend to the ground, the world is perfect and nothing can stop you from finishing the jump. Then the grass becomes yards away from your feet. A panic sets in that you will wipe out and completely screw up. The perfect stranger’s feet land first and then you. You take a few little steps to prevent being tangled in the parachute. And you discover that “it was not that bad.”

So, this is my writing style. Getting the assignment is a dreadful experience, and before opening my computer I need a little push. The first lines are always my toughest challenge, but then I have smooth sailing until the end is in sight. There is still proofreading and editing to do, however the finish product “was not that bad.”

This may be too much honesty for a first time post, but you sometimes have to put yourself out there. So, who wants to go skydiving OR do you just want to write a paper?