Reflection on In Another Country
Ernest Hemingway really shows the Modernism writing style in his short story In Another Country. The first element of Modernism that I noticed was that Hemingway did not give any explanation of how these soldiers got these wounds and why the narrator was even fighting in Italy at all. Even when the soldiers were talking about their medals that they were awarded, Hemmingway gave no more explanation other than that they were “hawks”. He also left out a resolution to the story; we are not told if the machines heal the soldiers’ bodies and injuries, or if any of them make it home. He was also very cynical about these soldiers’ situations, almost as if to say that the machines could not heal them and they would not fit into the new society after the war, like the way they did not fit in in Italy. He also takes a very cynical tone with the narrator’s future, when his friend starts yelling at him about how he should not marry because it will just be taken from him. Hemmingway also writes this story very realistically; showing how the soldiers do not believe the machines will heal them, or how the townspeople do not like the soldiers. This was probably due to the fact that Hemmingway was an ambulance driver during World War I. Hemmingway also used some symbols, like the machines. The machines could symbolize the new society, or technology, and how the injured soldiers will not be able to find a place in this new world of technology due to there injuries, if the machines can not heal them. The machines also symbolize the false hopes of the technology and the post-World War I world because of the way that the machines were not really doing much in the way of healing the wounded soldiers, and only giving them false hope that it would heal them.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Reflection on "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Reflection on “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
In “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, the author uses tone and irony of a situation to influence the story. The author’s tone in the story is joking of his main character that is hooked on gambling. The author seems to be saying that if you gamble too much, some one will eventually cheat you and you will lose your money and possibly other stuff. The character always gets a lucky animal that he can bet on, but then something bad happens to the animal and he can not bet on them any more. The author seems to be saying that he should just give up and stop betting or else one time he could lose more than just money in his betting. The author also uses irony of a situation when the main character makes a bet with a gentleman that his frog could out jump the gentleman’s frog. The gentleman fills up the main character’s frog with lead pellets so the frog can not jump, but the main character does not suspect a thing. He does not know until after the contest when he picks up his frog, and by then the gentleman is gone. Alas, the main character still does not learn the lesson that the author is trying to teach, and he goes on to continue his betting. There is also some irony of situation in the beginning when the narrator goes to ask about the main character and the man tells the narrator about a different person then he asked about. The author seems to make fun of the narrator also for falling into this trap that his friend got him into.
In “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, the author uses tone and irony of a situation to influence the story. The author’s tone in the story is joking of his main character that is hooked on gambling. The author seems to be saying that if you gamble too much, some one will eventually cheat you and you will lose your money and possibly other stuff. The character always gets a lucky animal that he can bet on, but then something bad happens to the animal and he can not bet on them any more. The author seems to be saying that he should just give up and stop betting or else one time he could lose more than just money in his betting. The author also uses irony of a situation when the main character makes a bet with a gentleman that his frog could out jump the gentleman’s frog. The gentleman fills up the main character’s frog with lead pellets so the frog can not jump, but the main character does not suspect a thing. He does not know until after the contest when he picks up his frog, and by then the gentleman is gone. Alas, the main character still does not learn the lesson that the author is trying to teach, and he goes on to continue his betting. There is also some irony of situation in the beginning when the narrator goes to ask about the main character and the man tells the narrator about a different person then he asked about. The author seems to make fun of the narrator also for falling into this trap that his friend got him into.
Monday, December 3, 2007
"The Outcasts of Poker Flats" Reflection
Reflection on “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”
While I was reading “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”, I found that the author used tone and irony to influence the story. Many of the characters in the story have ironic meanings, like Tom Simson’s nickname, the Innocent, even though he is an amateur gambler. The main character in this story was a man that was a professional gambler and he was from the town called Poker Flats. Tom’s future wife is named Piney and she is destined to freeze to death among the pine trees. Another one of the outcast’s names is Duchess, even though duchesses in history would never get in trouble with the law. Uncle Billy deserted all these people and so he is not much of an uncle. Mother Shipton was a foul mouthed lady that took a liking to Piney, and ended up doing a very motherly thing for Piney; by starving herself, she saved food for Piney so that Piney could survive. Mr. Oakhurst dies at the end of the story and his tombstone is a deuce of clubs card that states that he got a streak of bad luck and had to turn in his money; and bad luck is a gambler worst enemy and turning in his money is something a gambler never wants to happen. But Mr. Oakhurst turned in his checks to increase his remaining friend’s chances of surviving.
The author also uses tone by almost making fun of the characters by saying it was dumb to be caught in a situation like this and getting the two others involved in their problems. Also, he wrote it was dumb to stop and take a break for the night when they should have just rode all the way through to the next town and now get stuck in snowstorm that ends up taking all character’s lives but one survives, and he was the one that stole the horses from the people he was traveling to save his own skin. Later, when the snowstorm was in full swing, the author changed his tone and made it more sympathetic to the people trapped in the snowstorm by making these hardened outcasts go soft and motherly towards the young piney and having two of the characters sacrifice their lives to give the rest of the characters a chance at living.
While I was reading “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”, I found that the author used tone and irony to influence the story. Many of the characters in the story have ironic meanings, like Tom Simson’s nickname, the Innocent, even though he is an amateur gambler. The main character in this story was a man that was a professional gambler and he was from the town called Poker Flats. Tom’s future wife is named Piney and she is destined to freeze to death among the pine trees. Another one of the outcast’s names is Duchess, even though duchesses in history would never get in trouble with the law. Uncle Billy deserted all these people and so he is not much of an uncle. Mother Shipton was a foul mouthed lady that took a liking to Piney, and ended up doing a very motherly thing for Piney; by starving herself, she saved food for Piney so that Piney could survive. Mr. Oakhurst dies at the end of the story and his tombstone is a deuce of clubs card that states that he got a streak of bad luck and had to turn in his money; and bad luck is a gambler worst enemy and turning in his money is something a gambler never wants to happen. But Mr. Oakhurst turned in his checks to increase his remaining friend’s chances of surviving.
The author also uses tone by almost making fun of the characters by saying it was dumb to be caught in a situation like this and getting the two others involved in their problems. Also, he wrote it was dumb to stop and take a break for the night when they should have just rode all the way through to the next town and now get stuck in snowstorm that ends up taking all character’s lives but one survives, and he was the one that stole the horses from the people he was traveling to save his own skin. Later, when the snowstorm was in full swing, the author changed his tone and made it more sympathetic to the people trapped in the snowstorm by making these hardened outcasts go soft and motherly towards the young piney and having two of the characters sacrifice their lives to give the rest of the characters a chance at living.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Visuals That Speak Essay
What Is Your Favorite Season? – Visuals that Speak Essay
No matter where or when you were born, you have most likely lived through at least one season. Seasons are important benchmarks in the year, fall means that school is starting up again and summer means that school is almost out. Winter means Christmas is almost here and spring means flowers, cute little bunnies, and Easter. So whoever you are, you probably have a favorite season, even if you have not really thought about it.
So I took a poll in my English class and out of 14 answers, 6 voted for winter, 5 voted for summer, 2 voted for fall, and 1 voted for spring. Winter was first probably because of Christmas, you get time off to see your family and you get presents. Summer is pretty much self explanatory; you get two and a half months of school. Fall may be a pretty season with all the leaves changing color, but let’s face it, it means back to school. While spring is kind of in the middle, just stating that there is still about three to four months left. Seasons are important to everyone even if they do not always think about them much.
Friday, November 23, 2007
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