Week 14 Project Action Plan: "How Does a Story Teach Us Differently Than a History Book"

For my third project, I think I will be going with: How does a story teach us about a time or place differently than a history book. Like I said in my topic brainstorm I tried this one before and ended up trading it for a different topic because it didn't connect well with the two stories I chose. For the first reading one of the classmates recommended that one William Butler Yeats works would work well with this topic. After reading back through the readings by Yeats I have decided that I would be using one of his works because he is an author that focused on historical events within his country and the West. The specific poem that I think I will be using from Yeats is his poem, "Easter 1916" . Yeats describes his opinion and emotions of the conflict during the time in which it had been happening. The second reading I'm considering using is the story, "Notes of a Native Son"  By: James Baldwin. This story describes Baldwins first encountering of racism along with describing what he felt as he went on his day to day life seeing things that were more directed towards him rather than others. Both of the stories I have chosen both hold the element that they both give the insight of controversial times through their own eyes. I will mainly touch on things from both stories that gives the authors point of view on important subjects of their readings such as with Yeats poem when he questions if the Irish nationalists were rightfully or wrongfully executed. To give an example of something that would be added and described from Baldwin's story is how it made him feel to see stores that would allow blacks in because of their skin color. These are only two examples of many more that will be included to the project but they will be used well to describe the topic and element.

Stories such as these can teach us differently about a time or place differently than a history book because it is given through the eyes of two authors who were living through a controversial moment in time.

Yeats, William Butler. "Easter 1916." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume F. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 518-532

Baldwin, James. "Notes of a Native Son." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume F. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 735-750

Literary Analysis Week 14, "Tartuffe"

I've decided to do a close reading on the play, "Tartuffe" By: Moliere for week 14. This play having targeted the hypocrisy of religious value got the attention of the Catholic Church who had the king ban it. I enjoyed reading this play because of how it showed the character Orgon choose to take the side of a man named Tartuffe rather than take the side of his family and I also thought it was interesting how manipulated Orgon was by this man. Tartuffe was a man who claimed he had found god which led him into poverty because he would rather pray than work. Orgon fell for this and throughout the story Orgon continuously has arguments with various family members about why Tartuffe isn't going anywhere.  One argument in particular which shows Orgons commitment to Tartuffe over his family  is in the argument between both Orgon and his son Damis when they say, " Orgon: Traitor! And how dare you even try to Tarnish this man's virtue with a lie? Damis: What? This hypocrite pretends to be contrite And you believe him over me? Orgon: That's spite! And shut your mouth!... Damis: He has seduced you!" (175-176). This quote shows the argument between Orgon and his son Damis who has just told his father that Tartuffe was making a move on Orgon's wife. Orgon as shown does not trust or believe that his son is telling the truth even though his son had seen the whole thing. The quote gives insight though that Orgon would defend a man who is in no family relation to him over his own son. Orgon's strong feelings towards Tartuffe is show when he describes Tartuffe to one of his family members saying, "If you only could know him as I do, You would be his true disciple, too. The universe, your ecstasy would span. This is a man... who.. ha!... well, such a man. Behold him. Let him teach you profound peace. When first we met, I felt my troubles cease. Yes, I was changed after I talked with him... He's taught me to love nothing and no one! Mother, father, wife, daughter, son- They could die right now, I'd feel no pain" (152). Here this quote demonstrates how Orgon sees Tartuffe as being someone he looked up too and liked having around him. He even claims that Tartuffe taught him to love no one which included his family but even when he says this it is clear when reading the play that he almost shows a love or obsession for Taruffe.  I think this story held the element of manipulation which was clearly shown many times in the story with Orgon ignoring everyone who told him the truth about Tartuffe. Overall, I enjoyed this play a lot and I think the author very much used this play to show some tendencies of faith that could be taken advantage of and used to manipulate others as portrayed by these two characters.

Moliere. "Tartuffe." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 144-197

Reading W14:Cao Xueqin/Basho, Part B

Cao Xueqin (1715-1763): Xueqin was a Chinese author who's story, Story of Stone is considered one of the greatest noveles in which represents cultural identity.

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"The Story of the Stone"

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- This stone was a rejected building piece by one of the gods, Nu-wa.

- A monk find this stone which is now small and translucent, and he decides to carve several words into it so that people would know that it was a special rock.

- Another finds this rock but is not as interested in the rock because it does not hold a time period or dynasty it was made in/belonged to.

- This made the stone defend himself describing why he should be looked at with significance.

- The rock claimed he only wanted to show men who were drunk or in questionable condition would see the story engraved on him to turn their life around. This made the Vanitas think and finally he decided to copy it and bring it to a publisher.

- The stone was an element of love. The Vanitas sought greed got it published and changed his name to Brother Amor. Even changing the name of the book from "The Story of the Stone" to "The Tale of Brother Amor".

- The book was later changed back to it's original name.

-Zixing is in opposite clans from Yucan.

- Miss Wang's first child was married off but then died.

- Man or woman can be struck with evil/bad ways it just depends on how easy they are able to crack.

- The rest of the story describes numerous characters who are in a way reacting the things in which are engraved on the stone. The character hold lies, secrets, and grudges. But the theme is love and compassion which is an element of the stone and an element of the story that plays out between castles and royal families.


Matsuo Basho (1644-1694): Basho was born into a samurai family and is known as being one of the many Halkai masters. He later started teaching poetry and then became a writer himself.

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"The Narrow Road to the Deep North" 

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- Basho sets out on an adventure claiming he was possessed by a spirit and accepted the path it would take him.

- The start of his journey was unpleasant because already he claimed his bag was hurting his shoulders.

- He journeys on visiting monuments, shrines, and observing great mountain peaks.

- Sora's family name is Kawaii and he was neighbor of Basho. He would help Basho with many things and he was happy to be able to see Matsushima and Kisagata with Basho.

- Soro wrote a poem called, "Black Hair Mountain" for Soro had shaved his hair off on top of the mountain.

- Basho felt like he was committed into the journey once he reached Shirakawa Barrier.

- The journey was taking a toll on Basho mentally but having his friends and poems with him he was able to gladly continue.

- The journey ends and he would never be the same. Him and his friends often wrote during and about there journey. The story closes out with describing them taking one more boat ride to pay their respects to a shrine at Ise.

Xueqin, Cao. "The Story of the Stone." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 517-540

Basho, Matsuo. "The Narrow Road to the Deep." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 617-628

Reading W14: Moliere, Part A

Moliere (1622-1673): He was a Frenchman and was known as one of the best dramatists in the West. His work was know to always deliver comic effects though language and style.

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"Tartuffe"

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- Madame Pernelle is the mother of Elmire's husband.

- Dorine is Elmire's servant.

- Madame does not like how the house is run and nothing in the house pleases her.

- Mariane is the grand child of Madame.

- Damis is Madame's grandson.

- Madame thinks of Tartuffe as a saint.

- The others in the house do not like him as much as Madame.

- Dorine is resistant and talks more than the others in the household. She does not agree with Madame.

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- Madame and her son like Tartuffe around while the rest of the household do not.

- Orgon is the husband to Elmire and son of Madame.

- Orgon is more concerned about Tartuffe. So far it seems like him and Madame feel bad for him.

- Everytime Dorine tells Orgon news about what has been going on since he has been gone about the family members he would respond with, "Ah, and Tartuffe?". Showing he is more concerned of Tartuffe.

- Cleante is Orgon's brother-in-law.

- Tartuffe was poor and Orgon let him come by when he liked to become better. Cleante tells Orgon about the others laughing about him being foolish enough to keep him around which upsets Orgon.

- Orgon claims Tart is is a good man one of the greatest he has ever met. Orgon believes this man to be something close to holiness and calls Cleante an atheist for disagreeing with him on how good of a man Tart is.

- Orgon told Valere that he'd be his son-in-law but cancelled it. Cleante can't get aany answers as to why because of the disagreement he showed towards Orgon's decision on Tart.

- Mariane is Orgon and Elmire's daughter.

- Orgon wants his daughter to now marry Tart. Dorine hears and tells Orgon he's mad which sets them into an argument.

- Orgon likes Tart because instead of doing daily duties wasting his life away as Orgon in a way describes, Tart would instead pray being why he is in poverty.

- Mariane is not happy with the marriage to Tart but she doesn't want to upset her father.

- Dorine is going to help Mariane to get out of the marriage to Tart.

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- Dorine is the one in the household who sees what's going on with everyone and will often step in to fix it.

- Dorine gets Mariane and Valere back together after an arguement they had. She also comes up with a plan for her intended wedding with Tart.

- Tart confesses his love for Elmire which Damis overhears and tells his father who walks in to the room.

- Orgon is fooled by Tart and doesn't believe his own son.

- Calls his son a traitor and vows to have Tart marry his daughter so it angers everyone in the household.

- Tart has Orgon fooled and Orgon even has told Tart that he would be his heir.

- Everyone in the household calls Orgon out on being blind to the fact that Tart has manipulated him.

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- Elmire has a plan and tells Orgon to stay under the table hidden so he can her that Tart is a liar.

- The plan works and Now Orgon sees that Tart is the traitor.

- Orgon gave away a box which he hurries to get back because it was an important deed which he gave away.

- This box is threatened against Orgon by Tart as blackmail and to demonstrate that he is now in charge of the house.

- Madame does not believe her son Orgon that Tart could do such a thing since Tart is a holy man.

- Loyal comes by saying he once worked for Orgons father and now as a bailiff. He came to tell them they have an eviction notice.

- Tart went to the king spreading lies and now Orgon is in trouble. They threaten to take away his house because of the box along with Tart would be put into a prison cell.

- Valere gives Orgon money to escape before they come for him.

- Tart is arrested by the Exempt because the king and his people already knew of Tart's lies and needed evidence to arrest him.

- Valere will now be married to Orgon's daughter.

Moliere. "Tartuffe." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 144-197

Topic Brainstorm W13

Topic One, I'm thinking about possibly doing: How does a story teach us about a time or place differently than a history book. I was going to use this idea for project two but ended up scrapping it in my revision because it didn't connect well with both of the stories I chose. I'm thinking about using this topic because I think there are some good readings that could go well with this. If I do go with this I will be sure too pick stories that will both connect to this topic.

For the second topic, I would choose a female character from two stories and include things such as how the character views them self or how i view the character. I feel like this could be a good topic to touch on because a lot of the stories provided in the readings have a woman as the main character. The stories I was covering in both project one and two had woman character's that would of went well with this topic but so do many of the readings so I think it would work out well. In all I think I can effectively find enough evidence in the readings to discuss this topic.

For the third topic, one that I most likely will not do but might consider is how a them in my life can connect with that of a specific reading. I don't know which theme I would choose yet but I would probably go back through some of the readings before next week and figure out what I can relate with. If I do choose this one it might not be too bad because I would be able to probably write a bit more freely while making comparisons because It would involve comparing a reading to myself.

Literary Analysis Week 13, "Seperate Ways"

  This week I'm doing a literary analysis on the story, "Seperate Ways" By: Higuchi Ichiyo. This story is about a boy named Kichizo and a woman named Okyo. Kich was a sixteen year old who would often show up to Okyo's house at late times in the middle of the night to eat food and talk with her. Okyo was a woman in her early twenties who was known for sewing clothes for people and Kich worked at a umbrella shop. What I thought was interesting was the close bond that Kich had with Okyo and how hard he took it when she told him she was leaving. The relationship he has with Okyo is a close one and can be shown when he tells Okyo that he thinks of her as a sister, "Boy, I'd sure be glad if someone like you would come and tell me she was my sister. I'd hug her so tight... After that, I wouldn't care if I died. What was I, born from a piece of wood? I've never run into anyone who was a relative of mine. You don't know how many times I've thought about it..." (909). This quote shows that he cares for Okyo and wished he had someone who cared for him even considering him as a brother. When I read this I felt bad for Kich because he doesn't have any family and even though he doesn't literally mean that he wouldn't cared if he died, it just shows that more than anything he want someone who would consider him family. Another quote that reflects on how close Okyo was to Kich was when Okyo decided to tell Kich she was moving away and his reaction shows how badly it hurt him, "Really? You're not teasing, are you? You shouldn't scare me like this. If you went away, what would I do for fun? Don't ever joke about such things. You and your nonsense!... How pointless everything turns out. What a life! People are friendly, and then they disappear. It's always the ones I like" (912-913). This quote shows the reaction to Okiyo telling Kich she is leaving to marry which makes him upset that she could leave him. Kich doesn't have anyone else in his life that was as close to him like Okiyo. His grandmother was dead and even his old friend was dead after she committed suicide. It just shows that Kich made a special bond with Okiyo and becuse she is leaving it breaks him. An element the book held was friendship. Although Kich was upset she was leaving he didn't realize the friendship that would last for. Overall, I found the bond Kich had with Okyo interesting because even though Kich thought she was abandoning him it doesn't mean that their friendship would have to end and I think that's what scared Kich so much.

Ichiyo, Higuchi. "Seperate Ways." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 905-913

Reading W13: Ichiyo/Flaubert, Part B

Higuchi Ichiyo (1872-1896): She was a poverty stricken writer who gained fame from writing about stories about people of the lower class. She was not well educated but is still known as a major Japanese writer in six centuries.

(905-913)

Seperate Ways

(907-913

- Okyo is in her early twenties described as being stylish.

- Kichizo was sixteen years old and called dwarf for how small he was.

- He worked at an umbrella shop.

- He looks younger than he is.

- Okyo is a sewer who makes clothes for others but she herself doesn't have nice clothes.

- Kich doesn't think he will be successful but does not mind because he is fine with working at the umbrealla shop.

Kich is not a fan of the shop owners son and often picks fights with him to show put him in his place.

- He does not have any relatives that he knows of and tells Okyo that she is like a sister to him. He explains he would happily die if he heard someone say that to him but in a way he would still want to keep living.

- Kich is described as being a hard worker who had to like the people he worked for otherwise he would have no where to go. Okyo worked very hard even when he was always being taunted by others calling him a dwarf.

- Kich was built with anger because of others who would bully him.

- Kich out of anger bragged that Okyo would let him in her house at anytime of the night and have concern for him.

- Okyo tells Kich that she is now is moving the next day in with a man to marry. Thi upsets Kich and he asks her how she could leave her dream of sewing but she tells him that she has no love for sewing for she has become bored of it. Story ends with him upset and her with her mind set to leave.

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880): He was a French writer took up literature because he thought it was a good way to describe ones life experiences.

(708-735)

A Simple Heart

(708-720)

- Felicite was the servant of Mme Aubain.

- She worked all day after mass.

- She was twenty five with a thin build.  Her father died then shortly after her mother which then left Felicite and her sisters who all ended up going seperate ways.

- The farm that took her in made her leave for they thought she was a thief. The son of that farmer and her years later when she was now eighteen bumped into eah other.

- From their her and Theodore were to be married. Complications arose that he may need to go back to the army but admitted that it scared him. This made her more attracted to him for he would then get to stay with her.

- He ended up leaving her and marrying an old woman. This broke her heart.

- She is a very hard worker at the current farm she is working at and the people of the town know her very well. She is admired.

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- A date with a man named Victor ent well and she held on to it in her memories. It wasn't because of how good it went though because he ended up leaving her on a ferry and there she sat crying and praying.

- Felicite loved her nephew. He meant the world to her but sadly he died and this again broke her heart.

- Those she loves either end up leaving or passing away.

- She lived a life of happiness and was very caring for others but her life was sad because she was surrounded by those she cared about leaving her. Both openly and others leaving because they ended up passing away.

Ichiyo, Higuchi. "Seperate Ways." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 905-913

Flaubert, Gustave. "A Simple Heart." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 708-735

Reading Notes W13: Dostoyevsky, Part A

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881): He was a Russian writer who at a very yung age first got interested in writings because of writers such as Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Charles Dickens, Oieree Corneille, and William Shakespeare.


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Notes from Underground

(635-650)

- The character starts off letting us know he feels sick but with the sickness he has he doesn't know exactly what it is nor does he know where the pain is. Possibly depression.

- His liver hurts he feels like it is failing.

- 40 years old.

- Was in civil service and admits that he enjoyed being rude.

- Claims that he was actually not rude and was just having fun.

- He refuses to let emotions out and explains that he couldn't be anything at all.

- Relative died so he received 6,00 rubles. He lives hin a beat up apartment with a servant.

- The servant smells funny.

- The main character has a lack of confidence in himself

- He beleives he smarter than everyone around him.

- Continues to explain how he is smarter than everyone and why he thinks everyone is not as smart as him. He also lists many examples.

- Seems like the character is peaking to a crowd for he continues to reference the word gentleman in a manner as if he is letting them know he is speaking to them but he might just be referring to the reader.

- The character admits he is a rambler.

- He talks about man being seen as angry creatures at time but implies that it really is because of civilizations.

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- He admits that joking around is good but not everything should be a joke or taken in a joking manner.

- The character talks about history and that there is no need to learn it if you have lived at all. He explains that anyone can be good or bad but everyone has the tendancy to want to destroy something.

Chapter II

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- Opens with a poem.

- Wrote at 24. During this time he was shy and stayed to himself.

- He was always questioning why others who had something flawed about them were never embarrased and he would always beat himself up about it because he was never happy with himself.

- Was worried aout what others thought about him.

- This was the reason he hated his co-workers because he thought they were all far more perfect then him.

- "Superior to me"

- He has attitude changes to somedays he wants to keep to himeself and other days he just wants to make friends with others.

- He describes that Russia does not have corny romantics like France and Germany.

- Only made true friends once but his whole life was alone without friends.

- The Narrator wanted to have experiences that he would see just walking down the street, such as one example he noted was witnessing a bar fight outside a window and he wanted to one day experience a bar fight.

- The character is good at analyzing people. A man named Zverkov comes to greet him and he immediatley begins to tell us that Zverkov is trying to show his supperiority over him. This isn't forsure because the character so far has shown that he feels everyone is superior to him. But it shows true when Zver begins to examine the character and in a way attempt to embarass him.

- After the onversation with Zver and his other friends he feels he embarassed himself.

- He wakes up after a rough night with his friends and sees a woman in the palce where he crashed. He began to question her because she was staring at him.

- Her name is Liza.

- After the long questioning he began to tell her he was no example for her and starts to talk about life which to his suprise she agrees with everything he says.

- Liza now intersted him.

- They start conversation about marriage and families.

- She compares him to a book by his his behavior but he finds that this was her disguising feelings for him.

- After the long conversation he gives her his address and they both go their seperate ways.

- She showed him a letter which she held dearly. He did not speak on it but instead said that he did not say anything because he wanted to leave so he shook her hand. It was clear that they both liked each other through and after thei long conversation but for some reason he did not like to acknowledge what he was feeling.

- Liza stayed on his mind.

- He got into a heated arguement with Apollon and out of his anger he did not notice that Liza was invited into the house. He was embarassed that Liza had to see him like that.

- He lets everyhting out and after it all this woman who cared about him and him for her, he wouldn't allow himeslf to fall in love with her. He let her go but after a few minutes ran out to find her. She was no where to be found.


Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Notes from Underground." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 631-708

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Literary Analysis Week 12, "Bartebly, the Scrivener"

This week I chose to do a close reading on the story, "Bartebly, the Scrivener" By: Herman Melville. Melville was a very famous writer during the 19th century who was popularly known for his book, "Moby Dick". I found this story to very intriguing because of the character Bartebly and also how the main character's frustation with Bartebly's behavior turns into him feeling bad for him. The main character of the story is a successful lawyer who goes to hire a scrivener named Bartebly. A while after hiring Bart he starts to notice that Bart is no longer taking interest nor obeying any tasks that are given to him. While reading the story it became apparent that Bart is different for he does not engage in conversations and often declines his employers wishes, "These are your own copies we are about to examine. It is labor saving to you, because one examination will answer for your four papers. It is common usage. Every copyist is bound to help examine his copy. Is it not so? Will you not speak? Answer!" "I prefer not to," he replied in a flute-like tone" (303). Here in this quote it shows the response that Bart always gives to anybody who asks him to do something. This also shows the frustration the main character has when Bart gives him the repetitive response rather than give any explanation. The main character's frustration is overcome by the the sad reality he finds about Bart which turns his frustration into compassion, " I looked round anxiously, peeped behind his screen; but it was very plain that he was gone. Upon more closely examining the place, I surmised that for an indefinite period Bartebly must have ate, dressed, and slept in my office... For the first time in my life a feeling of overpowering stinging melancholy seized me. Before, I had never experienced aught but a not-unpleasing sadness" (307-308). The main character takes an approach that I was surprised he took. His character from the start of the story seemed like a nice guy but in a way I thought he would be upset that Bart was not only not doing his job, but was also living in the office. The story was very enjoyable to read and I thought it was funny how Bart's repetitive answer would work up the other co-workers in the office to get angry which made in my opinion made up for entertaining conversation between them. Overall, what I got from this story was that it included a mysterious element which really had me wanting to continue reading to see what Bart's background was or why he responded with the same saying but it is something that goes unanswered.

Melville, Herman. "Bartebly, the Scrivener." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 293-325

Reading W12: Melville, Part B

Herman Melville (1819-1891): Herman was one of the great literary writers in the nineteenth century. He was born in New York and was known for wearing clothes that were popular during times of early America, this was because his grandfather participated in the Boston Tea Party.

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"Bartebly, the Scrivener"

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- Takes place in Wall street.

- He is a lawyer who works amongst the riches bonds and mortgages and title-deeds.

- Turkey and Nippers were his copyists and Ginger Nut was the office boy.

- Turkey: Englishman who was short and same age as the main character, energetic, a bit of a hot head at times.

- Nippers: Young, Caught between both ambition and indigestion. Nippers had a problem with the desk height so he would either put it too low or too high and he never knew what he wanted. Met with ambiguous people. Nervous guy, his desk was his enemy.

- Ginger Nut: Twelve years old, an errand boy who also cleaned up everything around the office and was sent to the character to be his student of law. He was known for keeping nuts within one of the drawers to a desk which he had rarely used.

- Bartebly was quiet and had his desk near a window away from the others such as Turkey and Nippers.

- Bartebly keeps to himself and is odd to the character because Bart refuses to compare sheets with him as told too by the character. His refusal though was said in a calm manner.

- Bart again refuses to check documents this time with the rest of the office and this strikes the character with confusion.

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- The character feels bad and doesn't want to fire Bart because he thinks a future employer would treat him harshly.

- Bart began to upset the character by always saying, "I would prefer not to".

- Bart was the first there and last seen everyday.

- The character finds a blanket under Bart's desk and finds that Bart has actually been sleeping there in the office.

- He can't get any answer out of Bart, Bart won't tell him where he was born nor would he engage in conversation.

- They begin all throwing around the word prefer which drives the character a bit crazy.

-Bart is told he would be let go within the six days because he has given up on doing anything productive in the office.

- Bart stays instead of leaving as instructed which upsets the character.

- He sells the office and moves offices leaving Bart which now made Bart a problem for another employer taking that office.

- Bart had the new people angered and they all wanted him gone because he made them feel nervous so it brought the character to have to confront him again.

- Police removed Bart.


Melville, Herman. (293-325) "Bartebly, the Scrivener", The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E.

Reading W12: Dessalines/Equiana, Part A

Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806): He defeated French troops and declared a nation called Haiti from it. This was a huge victory and one of his major accomplishments was creating the proclamation for he had no schooling and was a former slave.

(36-39)

"Liberty or Death"

(37-39)

- He is addressing the terrible things that the French had brought upon the people of Haiti who were once slaves to the French.

- He also declares his victory over the French in which he describes how all of the people who were slaves to the French should have never been in that position or situation.

- The French who live and fought amongst them he spares and chooses peace for he does not think they too should be punished for fighting along with him.

Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797): Ola was against the writers who supported slavery and was in competition with them giving them a challenge. He was the first freed slave to write a autobiography which was about himself.

(73-98)

"From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself."

(76-98)
- Starts off addressing parliament about the slave trade and how it ripped him from his home and those he loved.

- He was the son of a chief and describes how Europeans kidnapped them.

- The slave owners would live with their families within a home while the slaves were dispersed throughout that owner's land.

- The slaves were used to work on their lands and he describes where he was that they used no animals for aid on the lands so it meant harder work for them.

- Where he was a slave they practiced circumcision like the Jews had and even had feasts.

- As he describes conditions of where he was a slave he also includes a writing style which both compares/explains the difference between cultures and homes at which he was apart of.

- He starts chapter two politely talking about how these ideas at which he is bringing up have been implemented in them and he wants to address it while not trying to intrude on the reader.

- Life seemed hard for him because he describes how he was stolen and is now with an entirely new family but was not treated like how family would treat one another.

- He was bought and sold numerous times.

- One of the owners separated him and his sister and from that point he would never see her again.

Dessalines, Jean-Jacques. (36-39) "Liberty or Death", The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E.

Equiano, Olaudah. (73-98) "From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself.", The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume E.

Literary Analysis Week 11, "The Journey to the West"

For week eleven I'm doing a literary analysis on the story, "The Journey to the West" By:Wu Cheng'en. After reading this story I found that it was interesting how the main character who was a stone monkey , saw humans in his eyes and how his judgment of humans can be compared to himself. The Monkey's mission to find the Buddhas who hold immortality led him to coming across humans and what he had to say caught my attention when he says, "He saw, however, that the people of the world were all seekers after profit and fame: there was not one who showed concern for his appointed end" (430). It's interesting to me that the author chose this approach to choose a stone monkey as the main character but the quote explains that the monkey sees people as wanting wealth and fortune rather than seek or pay concern to what he wants, which is immortality for his fellow monkey friends. After I continued to read on I noticed that the Stone Monkey is as similar to the humans as shown in the conversation with the woodcutter, " What a bonehead fellow you are!...I had just finished telling you these things, and you still don't understand. If I go with you, won't I be neglecting my livelihood? And who will take care of my mother? I must chop firewood. You go on by yourself!...When the Monkey King heard this, he had to take his leave" (433). The quote shows the Woodcutter irritated because the Stone Monkey ignored the Woodcutters story about his mother in which the Stone Monkey just wanted the Woodcutter to accompany him to the Buddhas for immortality. The Woodcutter had already told the Stone Monkey before why he had to care for his mother because he was all she had left. As the first quote showed the Stone Monkey saw that the humans were only interested in furthering their wealth and he did not like that because nobody was taking interest in what he wanted. With this second quote though I think it draws a comparison between the Stone Monkey and the humans because he too was not interested in the Woodcutters story unless it pointed him to the direction for immortality. Which was what irritated the Stone monkey previously that humans did not share his interests. In all this was interested me the most about the story because he was no different then the humans and it just shows the humans need for wealth is no different than the Stone Monkey need for immortality.

Cheng'en, Wu. "The Journey to the West." The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D. Ed. Puchner, Martin, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Vinay Dharwadker, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, Emily Wilson. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 421-436

Reading Notes W11: Wu Cheng'en, Part B

Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582): Wu was known for being a versatile poet and his story, "The Journey to the West" liked by many for it's combination of magical and fictional aspects.

(421-436)

"From The Journey to the West"

(424-434)

- On top of a mountain sat an immortal stone. It included having nine perforations and eight whole referencing Palaces of the nine and Eight Trigrams.

- This stone then turned into a stone money which was able to climb and run.

- He made friends with other animals but they were not stone.

- The monkey jumped in a waterfall after the other monkeys said who ever had would become king.

- He told them that there was no water but instead a big mansion on clouds and he then invited the other monkeys to go move there with him.

- They go in and then begin wrestling over who gets what.

- The stone monkey was honored by becoming their new king. He changed his title to handsome monkey king.

- The king was distressed for that he knew the monkeys would get old and one day perish so he set out to find the Buddhas who were immortal.

- He takes clothes and wears it like humans would and also sees that humans were stuck on wanting wealth rather than what the monkey was looking to find which was youth and immortality.

- He comes by a woodcutter singing mentioning the immortals and the king thinks the woodcutter is immortal but really is not.

- The woodcutter does not seek the immortals because he takes care of his mother who is very old.

- The monkey is very much blind by wanting immortality that even after hearing the woodcutters story, asks him to join him.

(435-

- The patriarch is told by the king he was born from stone and this pleased the immortal.

Wu Cheng'en. (421-436) "The Journey To The West", The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D.

Reading Notes W11: Voltaire, Part A

Voltaire (1694-1778): Voltaire was a French writer who was actually imprisoned because he was such an outspoken and defiant writer.

(352-373)

"Candide"

(355-356)

Chapter1:

- Candide hada a good heart and was seen as a good man.

- Son of the Barons sister.

- Baron was the strongest lord within Westphalia.

- Very well respected.

- had the best castle.

- Candide thought that Miss Cunegonde was pretty he never said that to her though.

- Miss admired Candide and was also inti him.

- Baron of thunder kicked him out when he saw them both kissing.

- She was slapped by the Baron for kissing Candide.

(357-358)

Chapter 2:

- Two strange men in blue give Candide money and tel him he now is a man of the Bulgars by protecting him he will be taken care of. Calling him a hero.

- Six other men six feet tall took him and threw hi into a dungeon.

(358-359)

Chapter 3:

- Strikes conversation with a man where they question whether the pope was an antichrist.

(360-361)

Chapter 4:

- Miss was raped by the soldiers and was now dead.

- They even smashed the barons head for trying to save her.

- Pangoss is sick and dying.

(361-363)

Chapter 5:

- Anabaptist drowns because of sailor.

(363-364)

Chapter 6:

- Earthquake took out three quarters of Libson.

- Candide injured was thinking of Miss questioning why her stomach was cut open.

(364-365)

Chapter 7:

- Old woman came to the rescue givin Candide a bed while also bandaging him up and giving him a suit to wear to meet the Lady of Atocha and the lords.

- The woman leads him to Miss for she was actually alive surviving what had happened to her.

(365-367)

Chapter 8:

- The captain saved Miss by killing the soldier on  top of her. Her family was butchered.

(367-368)

Chapter 9:

- Planning on creating a new life together.

(368-369)

Chapter 10:

- They together were set on living in the New World.

(369-371

Chapter 11:

- The old woman was daughter of the Pope.

- She was engaged to the prince of Massa-Carrara

- Prine died before wedding.

- Her and her mother escaped.

(371-373)

Chapter 12:

- A man saved her and brought told her to live a new life with a fabricated past.


Voltaire. (352-373) "Candide", The Norton Anthology World Literature Volume D.