Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Lit Analysis 2

  1. The Invisible Man starts with the narrator letting us know that he is telling us about his life while writing underground. He's a black man that dubs himself "the invisible man". The story is told through flashbacks in his life. Hewas an orator who was chosen to present a speech in exchange for a scholarship to a college. He recieves the scholarship and goes off to college where he is the driver for the school's trustee, Mr. Norton. Mr. Norton is drinking and passes out from this. Dr. Bledose, the dean, hears of this and instantly blames the invisible man and expels him promptly. He then heads to New York City in search of work. He finds a menial job and starts working, but is knocked unconscious while at work. He awakes to a member of a brotherhood who heard his speech, and asks him to join the brotherhood. He agrees. The narrator works with the brotherhood for several months before a magazine interviews him. The brotherhood is angered and blames him for using the brotherhood for his own private gain and forces him to work in Harlem for women's rights. Awhile later a riot breaks out and the invisible man's friend is shot dead. The invisible man then conducts a march in Harlem to protest his friend's untimely demise. But when he returns to the brotherhood, they are enraged that he tied his dead friend with the brotherood, because they say he is a traitor. The invisible man flees the brotherhood and travels to Harlem to protest. A larger riot breaks out and the invisible man falls down a man hole where he is to this day. He  concludes the story by reminscing on his past choices and his time spent with the brotherhood.
  2. The outstanding theme present is to remain who you are in the face of adversity. 
  3. The tone present is a nonchalant, uncaring tone about the events that unfolded. 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Notes On Hamlet.

My thoughts on this play have changed significantly from the start of my reading. I came into this with dread, thinking that here's another damn Shakespeare play full of language I won't understand and a flat story with little to no action or drama. I was vastly mistaken. I have now found myself heavily immersed in this drama, growing emotionally attached to the characters, especially through my pity for Hamlet and hatred for his harlotous mother and devious uncle. I'm not sure exactly where I see this play heading, but I think it will end in tragedy and I don't think that Hamlet or his mother and uncle will make it out of this play alive. I am curious to find out if I'm right.

In Search Of

2. This makes me wonder what information is being left out from my sight.
I redid my search on Shakespeare by typing in several phrases into multiple search engines this time, instead of typing in "Who was Shakespeare?" onto one single search engine. This gave me a wider view into a plethora of information previously unseen by me. I have now learned not to stop and simply rely on one search engine or even just one phrase while researching something on the internet. I've also learned that the internet is far from the most reliable source out there for any information.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

To Facebook or Not to Facebook

I've had a facebook for a few years now and I thought of it intially as an innocuous tool to keep in contact with the people I love and to stay current with musical artists that I love. I've learned to be more cautious from these conversations and articles about anything that I post. The advantages of having one is I am able to easily to keep in touch with those that I love very easily and can keep up to date on music and lots of other things that I love but the disadvantges are that people out there probably now know more about me than they probably should.