Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
The Scarlet Letter
Chapters 1&2:
In the first two chapters of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is displayed in front of all of Boston to tell them that she has committed an unlawful action. They discover that she had committed adultery. In consequence for this, Hester is forced to wear an "A" on her clothes to symbolize that she is an adulterer. Hester soon puts her guilt behind her and accepts her punishment.
Chapters 3&4:
In the crowd at Hester's viewing is her husband, whom Hester has not seen for very long. Hester was sent by her husband, Roger Chillingsworth, to America. He committed to following Hester to America after he completed some unfinished business. It turns out that Roger was captured by the Native Americans and held captive. Hester and Roger meet and she agrees to not reveal him as her husband to anyone.
Chapters 5&6
Now that Hester has been released from her prison sentence, she gets along by doing needlework. For example, she crafted a pair of gloves for the governor. Hester has many problems with her daughter, Pearl. Hester firmly believes that because of her own sin, her daughter is evil and it is her punishment. Because Hester gave up so much and went through horrible times for committing adultery and getting pregnant, the name Pearl seems suiting for her daughter.
Chapters 7&8
There have now been rumors around the town that the governor and other officials are wanting to take Pearl away from Hester. Hester finds out about this, and while she delivers the gloves she made for the governor, she confronts them about the rumor. She explains that because of her mistakes she can teach Pearl first hand on right and wrong. Dimmesdale proves to be on the side of Hester and thinks that she should be able to keep Pearl. This influences the official's decision and becomes reality.
Chapters 9&10
During this chapter the townspeople of Boston are very worried for Dimmesdale. He has been very sick, so a physician of the town, Chillingworth, has moved in with him. The town adores Chillingworth at the beginning but then they start to see an evil look on his face. Some believe that Chillingworth is trying to take Dimmesdales soul. Dimmesdale has many scenes of biblical adultery in his room. Little do they both know, they were both involved in the adultery act of Hester. Chillingworth's room contain a laboratory. Chillingworth hopes to be able to find a cure for Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is very hard on himself for commiting adultery with Hester. He suffers from a large amount of guilt. He often beats himself because he can not confess his sins.
Chapters 11&12
Dimmesdale can not hardly bare the sins he has committed. He tries to punish himself by beating himself and fasting. He decides to go to the scaffold to confess his sins when Hester and Pearl see him. They all go to the scaffold and stand there together. Pearl mentions to Dimmesdale that she would like him to stand with them the next day at noon time, but Dimmesdale says it is not yet time for him to do so. This does not make Pearl like Dimmesdale very much. While standing, Pearl notices Chillingworth watching the three stand together on the scaffold.
Chapters 13&14
It has been seven years since Pearl's birth and Hester is a very different person. She tends the sick and whoever needs tending. Hester only goes to tend at night. She does not want attention from people because of her good deeds. She wants to do it out of the goodness of her heart. More people are beginning to view the A as "able" instead of "adulterer". Hester decides to ask Chillingworth to stop his tormenting the minister. She notes that no matter what he does, the letter can not be removed by his actions so there is no use in trying to get revenge.
In the first two chapters of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne is displayed in front of all of Boston to tell them that she has committed an unlawful action. They discover that she had committed adultery. In consequence for this, Hester is forced to wear an "A" on her clothes to symbolize that she is an adulterer. Hester soon puts her guilt behind her and accepts her punishment.
Chapters 3&4:
In the crowd at Hester's viewing is her husband, whom Hester has not seen for very long. Hester was sent by her husband, Roger Chillingsworth, to America. He committed to following Hester to America after he completed some unfinished business. It turns out that Roger was captured by the Native Americans and held captive. Hester and Roger meet and she agrees to not reveal him as her husband to anyone.
Chapters 5&6
Now that Hester has been released from her prison sentence, she gets along by doing needlework. For example, she crafted a pair of gloves for the governor. Hester has many problems with her daughter, Pearl. Hester firmly believes that because of her own sin, her daughter is evil and it is her punishment. Because Hester gave up so much and went through horrible times for committing adultery and getting pregnant, the name Pearl seems suiting for her daughter.
Chapters 7&8
There have now been rumors around the town that the governor and other officials are wanting to take Pearl away from Hester. Hester finds out about this, and while she delivers the gloves she made for the governor, she confronts them about the rumor. She explains that because of her mistakes she can teach Pearl first hand on right and wrong. Dimmesdale proves to be on the side of Hester and thinks that she should be able to keep Pearl. This influences the official's decision and becomes reality.
Chapters 9&10
During this chapter the townspeople of Boston are very worried for Dimmesdale. He has been very sick, so a physician of the town, Chillingworth, has moved in with him. The town adores Chillingworth at the beginning but then they start to see an evil look on his face. Some believe that Chillingworth is trying to take Dimmesdales soul. Dimmesdale has many scenes of biblical adultery in his room. Little do they both know, they were both involved in the adultery act of Hester. Chillingworth's room contain a laboratory. Chillingworth hopes to be able to find a cure for Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is very hard on himself for commiting adultery with Hester. He suffers from a large amount of guilt. He often beats himself because he can not confess his sins.
Chapters 11&12
Dimmesdale can not hardly bare the sins he has committed. He tries to punish himself by beating himself and fasting. He decides to go to the scaffold to confess his sins when Hester and Pearl see him. They all go to the scaffold and stand there together. Pearl mentions to Dimmesdale that she would like him to stand with them the next day at noon time, but Dimmesdale says it is not yet time for him to do so. This does not make Pearl like Dimmesdale very much. While standing, Pearl notices Chillingworth watching the three stand together on the scaffold.
Chapters 13&14
It has been seven years since Pearl's birth and Hester is a very different person. She tends the sick and whoever needs tending. Hester only goes to tend at night. She does not want attention from people because of her good deeds. She wants to do it out of the goodness of her heart. More people are beginning to view the A as "able" instead of "adulterer". Hester decides to ask Chillingworth to stop his tormenting the minister. She notes that no matter what he does, the letter can not be removed by his actions so there is no use in trying to get revenge.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Kris Rogers's Hemingway Quotes
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
"I am one of those who like to stay late at the café," the older waiter said. "With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night."
- old waiter
He disliked bars and bodegas. A clean, well-lighted café was a very different thing. Now, without thinking further, he would go home to his room. He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep.
- narrator taliking about the old waiter
"He was in despair."
"What about?"
"Nothing."
"How do you know it was nothing?"
"He has plenty of money."
- conversation between the waters at the café
A Day's Wait
"People don't die with a fever of one hundred and two. That's a silly way to talk."
"I know they do. At school in France, the boys told me you can't live with forty-four degrees. I've got a hundred and two."
-conversation between Schatz and the narrator
After a while he said to me, " You don't have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you."
"It doesn't bother me."
"No, I mean you don't have to stay if it's going to bother you."
-conversation between Schatz and the narrator
"Take this with water."
"Do you think it will do any good?"
"Of course it will."
-conversation between Schatz and the narrator
Hills Like White Elephants
"It's really an awfully simple operaion, Jid," the man said. "It's not really an operation at all."
-man talking to the girl at the bar
"We can have everything."
"No, we can't."
"We can have the whole world."
"No, we can't."
"We can go everywhere."
"No, we can't. It isn't ours any more."
"It's ours."
"No, we can't. And once they take it away, you never get it back."
-conversation between the man and woman
"They look like white elephants," she said.
"I've never seen one," the man drank his beer. "No, you wouldn't have."
-conversation between the man and woman
The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber
"You've gotten awfully brave, awfully suddenly," his wife said contemptuously, but her contempt was not secure. She was very afraid of something. Macomber laughed, a very natural hearty laugh. "You know I have ," he said. "I really have." "Isn't it sort of late?" Margot said bitterly. Because she had done the best she could for many years back and the way they were together now was no one person's fault. "Not for me," said Macomber.
-conversation between Francis and Margaret
"That was a pretty thing to do," he said in a toneless voice. "He would have left you too."
-Robert Wilson speaking to Margaret about shooting Francis
"We'll leave the Mannlicher in the car with the Memsahib."
-Wilson talking to Francis before going to get the buffalo in the forest
"If you make a scene I'll leave you, darling," Margot said quietly.
"No, you won't."
"You can try it and see."
"You won't leave me."
"No," she said. "I won't leave you and you'll behave your self."
-conversation between Francis and Margaret
So, Robert Wilson thought to himself, she is giving him a
ride, isn't she? Or do you suppose that's her idea of
putting up a good show? How should a woman act when she
discovers her husband is a bloody coward? She's damned
cruel but they're all cruel. They govern, of course, and to
govern one has to be cruel sometimes. Still, I've seen
enough of their damn terrorism.
-narrator speaking about Robert Wilson's thoughts
"I am one of those who like to stay late at the café," the older waiter said. "With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night."
- old waiter
He disliked bars and bodegas. A clean, well-lighted café was a very different thing. Now, without thinking further, he would go home to his room. He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep.
- narrator taliking about the old waiter
"He was in despair."
"What about?"
"Nothing."
"How do you know it was nothing?"
"He has plenty of money."
- conversation between the waters at the café
A Day's Wait
"People don't die with a fever of one hundred and two. That's a silly way to talk."
"I know they do. At school in France, the boys told me you can't live with forty-four degrees. I've got a hundred and two."
-conversation between Schatz and the narrator
After a while he said to me, " You don't have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you."
"It doesn't bother me."
"No, I mean you don't have to stay if it's going to bother you."
-conversation between Schatz and the narrator
"Take this with water."
"Do you think it will do any good?"
"Of course it will."
-conversation between Schatz and the narrator
Hills Like White Elephants
"It's really an awfully simple operaion, Jid," the man said. "It's not really an operation at all."
-man talking to the girl at the bar
"We can have everything."
"No, we can't."
"We can have the whole world."
"No, we can't."
"We can go everywhere."
"No, we can't. It isn't ours any more."
"It's ours."
"No, we can't. And once they take it away, you never get it back."
-conversation between the man and woman
"They look like white elephants," she said.
"I've never seen one," the man drank his beer. "No, you wouldn't have."
-conversation between the man and woman
The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber
"You've gotten awfully brave, awfully suddenly," his wife said contemptuously, but her contempt was not secure. She was very afraid of something. Macomber laughed, a very natural hearty laugh. "You know I have ," he said. "I really have." "Isn't it sort of late?" Margot said bitterly. Because she had done the best she could for many years back and the way they were together now was no one person's fault. "Not for me," said Macomber.
-conversation between Francis and Margaret
"That was a pretty thing to do," he said in a toneless voice. "He would have left you too."
-Robert Wilson speaking to Margaret about shooting Francis
"We'll leave the Mannlicher in the car with the Memsahib."
-Wilson talking to Francis before going to get the buffalo in the forest
"If you make a scene I'll leave you, darling," Margot said quietly.
"No, you won't."
"You can try it and see."
"You won't leave me."
"No," she said. "I won't leave you and you'll behave your self."
-conversation between Francis and Margaret
So, Robert Wilson thought to himself, she is giving him a
ride, isn't she? Or do you suppose that's her idea of
putting up a good show? How should a woman act when she
discovers her husband is a bloody coward? She's damned
cruel but they're all cruel. They govern, of course, and to
govern one has to be cruel sometimes. Still, I've seen
enough of their damn terrorism.
-narrator speaking about Robert Wilson's thoughts
Olivia Villain's "Hills Like White Elephants" Summary
"Hills Like White Elephants" is a story in which a couple argues about an operation teh girl is thinking about having. It begins with the couple at a train station in Barcelona. The girl points out that the hills in the distance look like white elephants. An arguement ensues, and the man is trying to convince the girl that the operation is so simple, it is as if it is not really even an operation. He says afterwards that they will be able to have everything but the girl contradicts him. She says they cannot have the world anymore because it will not belong to them, and once they take it away, you will never be able to have it back. She is referring to the child she is carrying, and once she has the procedure, which is an abortion, things will never be the same. The man tries to make her feel better, but she only says she does not feel anything. The man then takes their bags to where the train will be coming, and then asks the girl if she feels any better. She tells him nothing is wrong with her, almost as if the argument had never taken place.
Olivia Villain's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" Summary
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is a short story about a man who overcomes his fears. It begins with Francis Macomber on a safari in Africa with his wife, Margaret. There, their guide is Robert Wilson. One day on the safari, a lion comes very close to the camp, so Wilson decides they will go after it. When they get to it, Macomber shoots it, but is unable to kill it before it runs into the brush to hide. After a little while, Wilson, Macomber, and the two gun bearers go in after it. The lion then charges the men, and Macomber runs away in fear. His wife witnesses this, so then decides it is okay to be with Wilson that night. The next day, they go after buffalo, also with Margaret there. Macomber kills two buffalo, but one he only injures. However, he is elated that he has overcome his fears, and voices that to the others. When the third buffalo comes charging them, Macomber does not move while shooting at it, but consistently misses it. Margaret has his extra gun, and instead of shooting the buffalo that was charging her husband, she shoots and kills Macomber. Wilson knows it was not really an accident, and lets her know that fact as she is hysterical over killing Macomber.
Olivia Villain's "A Day's Wait" Summary
"A Day's Wait" is a story about a young boy who comes down with a fever of one hundred and two degrees. As the boy's father reads to him so he would fall asleep, the boy is very detached and not paying any attention. When the boy tells his father he does not have to stay with him if it bothered him, the father decides it is okay to leave the boy alone for awhile. When the father comes back, the boy will not let him in the room for fear of him catching the sickness he has. Only then does the boy reveal to his father that he believes he is going to die because he thinks a person is unable to survive with a temperature of forty-four degrees. The father then explains that only occurs on a Celsius thermometer, and the boy's temperature was taken on a Fahrenheit thermometer. After the boy finally understands that he is not going to die, he relaxes and sees that he will get better.
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