Flight Patterns

I would recommend the short story, Flight Patterns, by Sherman Alexie. I found the story to be very interesting and unique from what I am used to reading. One of the things I thought was interesting was how the view point played such a big role in the story. It was written in third person limited, so the reader gained lots of insight of Williams’s thoughts and feeling. His thoughts were sometimes familiar but a lot of the times grotesque but interesting at the same time. The way the story was written at times made it seem that for a moment everything that was happening was paused while the reader explored the narrator’s inner most feelings. Some which at times you could relate and at other times seem outlandish. I thought the view point Alexie choose added a lot of depth to the story. I also found the motifs to be very thought provoking. The writer explored topics such as sexism, racism, rage, and terrorism. What made all of these so familiar and real was that it was written about events such as September 11th, which was not very long ago. I was shocked when I read… “but shouldn’t every husband seek to objectify his wife at least once a day?” I thought that’s kind of sexist, but at the same time it makes you think. William’s thoughts and insight along with the motifs explored make this a short story I would recommend.

Bartleby's Facebook

If Bartleby were to have a Facebook his activity section would be very brief. It would include things such as how he enjoys hanging around the office mostly since it was his haven in the story. It would also include his favorite past time, staring at the wall. That was another thing mentioned in the story that Bartleby did often. He would be in no relationship simply because he would prefer not to. His favorite music would be jazz because it fits the office setting which he preferred. Bartleby would not have anything listed under his favorite T.V. shows because he would rather watch the wall. Under his favorite reading he would have anarchist cookbook. I think he would have this book because he seems like the quiet eccentric type that might be secretly making something diabolical. One of the groups he would be part of is the “I would prefer not to really be in this group but I am group.” Bartleby would be part of this group because in the group there would be people that share his common interest of not doing much. His wall would be rather empty since he wouldn’t have many friends. His only friends would be the people in his office. He would have thousands of pictures of him staring at different walls around the world.

No one provokes me with impunity is the motto that of the Montresor (129). This quote foreshadows the narrators the beliefs about those who wrong him. Montresor says its part of his nature to seek revenge (127). We learn earlier in the story that Furtunato has wronged him some how but we never learn what he has done. We do know that he plans to not confront him right away, but wait till the time is right. This is important fact in understanding the credibility of the narrator. The first few paragraphs let us know that the narrator has premeditated his crime.
The Montresor encounters Furtunado one night at a carnival, which can be symbolic of the madness Mentresor possesses. Furtunado is very intoxicated, which Montresor anticipated. We can conclude the The Montresor knew that Furtunado was going to be because he says, He had a weak point… (127).” The Montresor then lures him down to the catacombs with the story he has crafted. While luring Furtunado, Montresor repeatedly asked him if they should go back because it was cold and his cough. While seeming sincere we the readers no that Furtunado can not feel the cold because he is so intoxicated.
We then come the point in the story were the narrator asks Montresor if he would like a drink and Montresor agrees. Furtunado then says, “My own fancy began to grow warm with the Medoc,” which suggests him to have been drinking. This challenges the credibility of the narrator’s story from this point on. We can see that it’s in the narrator’s nature is to seek revenge and we can also see that he had a premeditated plan. That means we can put faith in the author’s story until the point were he mentions feeling the effects of the alcohol.

Introduction

Rage, Rage against the dying of the light” (3).When faced with losing a family member or a close friend, I think that most people would agree that they would want them to pass peacefully, calmly, and not have to struggle or experience any prolonged pain. However, in Dylan Thomas’s poem, “Do not go Gentle into that Good Night” he would rather his father put up a struggle to live and not succumb to death. With such a gripping take on how a love one should come to terms with death we, as the readers, are left to interpret why Thomas feels that life is so worth fighting for.
One way to figure out why Thomas feels this way is to look at what kind of poem he uses to send his message. Every poet has to consider what style of poem he or she is going to use. The style tells a lot about the poems meaning. Thomas uses a villanelle which is commonly used for comical works and is very structured. This is very interesting because the poem is very serious and emotional. It may mean that Thomas feels that his father’s death may have been unexpected. The poem being so structure suggest that life it self follows a strict structure that is inevitable. Another way we can try to discover Thomas’s intension is to try and interpret the four different men that he describes. Wise, good, wild, and grave are all different types of men that Thomas uses. I think that these men describe his father at different stages of his life.
The suggestion that fighting your death is better than passing easily is hard for some of us to understand, but if we analyze Thomas’s poems we may be able to understand his perspective. Looking at different aspects of Thomas’s poems shows that though different stages of life presents us with challenging things life is worth living.

Why so serious? It makes life bland
Introduce a little anarchy
Get rid of everything you had planned

Don’t fear The Batman
His altruism is crazy
Why so serious? It makes life bland

Ultimate chaos is all I demand
A world that has no set boundary
Get rid of everything you had planned

A world where the police force is disbanded
Hold a gun and shoot it blindly
Why so serious? It makes life bland

Break the hourglass and piss in the sand
Embrace the flame and explosion medley
Get rid of everything you had planned

Everybody will break. I have seen it firsthand
Join me on the journey
Why so serious? It makes life so bland

Get rid of everything you had planned

The Tyger

The Tyger
After reading William Blake’s poem “The Tyger,” I noticed many contradictions between in context of the reading and what Blake was said to believe. Blake had a very negative perspective on industrialization movement. Based on this information, I found it very interesting that Blake would illustrate the tiger, something he thought to be holy, as being built in such an industrialized way. I think Blake uses the contradictions to highlight his feelings of industrialization. The tiger in the poem is made by way of machine. It interesting that the animal Blake chose was a tiger because tigers are usually thought to be scary and aggressive. The tiger might be a representation or symbolic of the way Blake felt towards industrialization. Even though he uses a tiger, the tiger is drawn in a way that is very nonthreatening. The tiger like a tiger but it has no heart or personality to it; it’s very robotic. I think Blake draws the tiger like this to show how industrialization is something that is very dangerous but is seen to be something beautiful. Another important aspect of the poem is all the childlike characteristics it has. Along with the childlike picture the poem asks a series of questions, this is very similar to how a child may question his elders. Also the rhyme scheme which is, trochaic tetrameter, it gives the poem a nursery rhyme quality. This leads me to believe the poem is narrated through the eyes of the child. I also think it’s presented through the mind of Blake because he is sending a message through the childlike qualities of the poem. All the paradoxes create uncertainty within the reader. I feel that Blake repeats the first stanza to put emphasis on the question of who created the tiger, but also creates a since of ambiguity. The poem leaves you with many unanswered questions.