In the short story "Uncle Rock", it's about how Erick realizes that he needs to give the men that want to go out with his mother a chance. Erick's mother was known for being very beautiful. When they go to restaurants men will come up to Erick and ask how old he was but they just did this so they can get to his mother. Erick felt used and didn't give anymore chances.
Erick's mother finally found a man that treats her right, but to Erick Uncle Rock was just another man. When Uncle Rock took Erick to a baseball game he realized that Uncle Rock is a good man and decided to give him a chance. Their relationship became stronger and at the end Erick liked Uncle rock.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Barn Burning " Theme"
A theme of Williams Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" is loyalty. Loyalty to one's family is still more important than standing up for what is right. He illustrates this theme through two conflicts.
The first conflict was when the boy, the father, and the white were at court. They were at court because the white man stepped in horse droppings and went to Colonel Sartoris Snopes, the boy, house and wiped it In his rug. The next day the white man's barn was burned and the only person he suspected was the father. When their in court the boy has a conflict. He has to choose whether he should tell the truth about his dad burning down the bran or lying and sticking up for his dad. It says, "That evening a strange nigger came with the dollar and got the hog. He was a strange nigger." He said, " He say to tell you and hay kin burn." I said, "What?" "That night my barn burned I got the stock out but I lost the barn." (Faulkner 1)
Another conflict would be how the father abuses his child in a multiple amount of times. He has beaten him repeatedly. The boy was so sick and tired of being basically being tormented that he made a decision to run away. It says, "I'll hold him. "See you do then." "Lemme go,I I don't want to have to hit you." "Let him go!" "If he don't go, before God, I am going up there myself." "Don't you see I can't.?" "Sarty! Sarty! Sarty! No! No! No! Help me Lizzie." (Faulkner 10) Then he was free. When the Aunt said, let him go she thought he was going to his room. She didn't know he was running away. The child showed loyalty to the loyal principles because his father was wrong.
The first conflict was when the boy, the father, and the white were at court. They were at court because the white man stepped in horse droppings and went to Colonel Sartoris Snopes, the boy, house and wiped it In his rug. The next day the white man's barn was burned and the only person he suspected was the father. When their in court the boy has a conflict. He has to choose whether he should tell the truth about his dad burning down the bran or lying and sticking up for his dad. It says, "That evening a strange nigger came with the dollar and got the hog. He was a strange nigger." He said, " He say to tell you and hay kin burn." I said, "What?" "That night my barn burned I got the stock out but I lost the barn." (Faulkner 1)
Another conflict would be how the father abuses his child in a multiple amount of times. He has beaten him repeatedly. The boy was so sick and tired of being basically being tormented that he made a decision to run away. It says, "I'll hold him. "See you do then." "Lemme go,I I don't want to have to hit you." "Let him go!" "If he don't go, before God, I am going up there myself." "Don't you see I can't.?" "Sarty! Sarty! Sarty! No! No! No! Help me Lizzie." (Faulkner 10) Then he was free. When the Aunt said, let him go she thought he was going to his room. She didn't know he was running away. The child showed loyalty to the loyal principles because his father was wrong.
Barn Burning
I'm reading a story called "Barn Burning", and it's mainly about a boy who has a father that burns barns, and one day the boy decides to tell on his father. The characters are Abner, Colonel, the older brother, the twin sisters, the mother, the aunt, and De Spain. The main characters are Colonel and Abner. Colonel is Abner's son,and Abner is abusive. Abner's actions shows that he is demanding and abusive. He's demanding because he raises his voice at people, so they can do things for him. He's abusive because he hits Colonel several times, just because he does things Abner doesn't find suitable.
On the other hand, I found a quotation that shows Colonel he's a follower. He's a follower because he does bad things for his dad. The quotation read : " Go to the barn and go get that can of oil we were oiling the wagon with," Abner said. The boy did not move. Then he could speak. " What ....." he cried, " What are you......" " Go get the oil," his father said. " Go!" When I read this, I saw that Colonel is a follower because he did something bad, just because his father told him to do it. It was a bad thing he did because he went to get the oil so his father could burn down the barn.
I found another quotation that shows Abner being demanding. The quotation read: " Did you put the cutter back in that straight stock like I told you?" " No sir." the boy said. " Then go do it." After I read this, I realized that the father told his son to go put the cutter back in the stock, but it was his job to do it. Also, he said it in a demanding voice like he had nothing to do with the tool.
On the other hand, I found a quotation that shows Colonel he's a follower. He's a follower because he does bad things for his dad. The quotation read : " Go to the barn and go get that can of oil we were oiling the wagon with," Abner said. The boy did not move. Then he could speak. " What ....." he cried, " What are you......" " Go get the oil," his father said. " Go!" When I read this, I saw that Colonel is a follower because he did something bad, just because his father told him to do it. It was a bad thing he did because he went to get the oil so his father could burn down the barn.
I found another quotation that shows Abner being demanding. The quotation read: " Did you put the cutter back in that straight stock like I told you?" " No sir." the boy said. " Then go do it." After I read this, I realized that the father told his son to go put the cutter back in the stock, but it was his job to do it. Also, he said it in a demanding voice like he had nothing to do with the tool.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
In the short story "Uncle Rock", shows how you have to protect your family, even if the person who is about to hurt your family can bring you great things. I think this because the baseball player could of ruined Uncle Rock and the mother's lives. At least that was what he thought. He knew it would be cool to have a baseball player as dad and have all the cool stuff, but he liked Uncle Rock. He didn't want jeopardize their relationship so he threw the paper away.He knew it would've been selfish of him to give his mom the paper, even if is mom refused. He wont ANYONE stand in the way of his relationships. Hes caring. He focuses on the family not the money and the cool stuff. Uncle Rock might only be a engineer, but he was caring, he would stay home unlike a professional baseball player, who be on the run everyday.
"Barn Burning" Literary Analysis
The actions that happen in this story are that Sortories was beaten by his father, who is the barn burner.The reason I know this because it says "His father struck him with the flat of his hand on the side of the head, hard but without heat, exactly as he had struck the two mules at the store..." (pg 7). The conflicts that occur are his father burns barns and tracked manure on an $100 rug.
The narrator is the author, William Faulkner. The tones I hear Faulkner use change depending on what is happening in that part of the story. Some examples are: "Does it hurt?" "Naw." "Hit don't hurt. Lemme be." "Can't you wipe some of the blood before hit drys?" "I'll wash to-night. Lemme be." ( pg. 2-3) The tone changes as it goes back and forth from his mother to him. She's being loving and caring, but he's being rude and disrespectful.
The symbol Faulkner uses is Major de Spain's white, clean, $100 rug. This is because the father wipes manure and ruined the rug while washing it. because of this he loses 20 bushels of corn from his pay because he is a sharecropper. All this is because it says, " ... his father raise from the ground a flattish fragment of feildstone and examined it and returned to the pot." ( pg 6)
The narrator is the author, William Faulkner. The tones I hear Faulkner use change depending on what is happening in that part of the story. Some examples are: "Does it hurt?" "Naw." "Hit don't hurt. Lemme be." "Can't you wipe some of the blood before hit drys?" "I'll wash to-night. Lemme be." ( pg. 2-3) The tone changes as it goes back and forth from his mother to him. She's being loving and caring, but he's being rude and disrespectful.
The symbol Faulkner uses is Major de Spain's white, clean, $100 rug. This is because the father wipes manure and ruined the rug while washing it. because of this he loses 20 bushels of corn from his pay because he is a sharecropper. All this is because it says, " ... his father raise from the ground a flattish fragment of feildstone and examined it and returned to the pot." ( pg 6)
"Barn Burning" Literary Analysis
Barn Burning, by William Faulkner, describes a boy whom comes from an abusive father and the post Civil War time era. Knowing this information, we can predict that this boy, Sarty probably doesn't enjoy his life and suffers. The conflict inc;uded in the story is that Sarty's father burned someones rug and for that reason Sarty and his family have been deported. Saty's father bosses around Sarty as if he were a slave. Mr.Snopes, also known as Sarty's father, not only abuses Sarty but abuses Sarty's mother as well.
Though, Sarty was hurt and bleeding, Mr.Snopes continued to be demanding and careless. "Get back in the wagon." (Faulkner, 2). He tends to be arrogant and demanding often times, " Get out of my way nigger." (Faulkner, 5). He displays arrogance when talking to "niggers" or perhaps even his own son! Its sad that his own son probably cannot even say something decently "nice" about his own father.
"The constellations wheeled on." (Faulkner, 10). This statement describes his freeness. this is predicted because, stars are described as free. When we see stars in the sky, we wish we were as free as they were. This has connection with the story because, once Sarty ran away from his home, he didn't know what to do. But his feelings were so tangled that in a way he began to feel free.
Though, Sarty was hurt and bleeding, Mr.Snopes continued to be demanding and careless. "Get back in the wagon." (Faulkner, 2). He tends to be arrogant and demanding often times, " Get out of my way nigger." (Faulkner, 5). He displays arrogance when talking to "niggers" or perhaps even his own son! Its sad that his own son probably cannot even say something decently "nice" about his own father.
"The constellations wheeled on." (Faulkner, 10). This statement describes his freeness. this is predicted because, stars are described as free. When we see stars in the sky, we wish we were as free as they were. This has connection with the story because, once Sarty ran away from his home, he didn't know what to do. But his feelings were so tangled that in a way he began to feel free.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Barn Burning By William Faulkner- Reflections On Classroom Discussion
The thoughts and questions that "popped" into my head while reading this story were very different from the statements and questions in class. I discovered through our group discussion that in fact the " barn burner" was a Caucasian man. My first instinct was that he was African-American because the woman who's barn burned down kept shouting the n-word at him (or at least I thought it was him.)" He was a strange nigger, I tell you. I don't know what became of him." (Faulkner 1) What also changed my perspective of the story was that a white family was poor! This is post Civil War era and from the previous pieces of literature I have read, one would suspect that every Caucasian family is filthy rich.
From my prospective I was rugged on the father's attitude towards his family."Do like I told you." ( Faulkner 10) The father treated them with as little of respect as an African-American from the year eighteen-sixty two. The little boy is terrified of his father throughout the story even though that is his own flesh and blood. If Colonel( the little boy) even makes it to his adulthood he will be terrified and traumatized as Shannelle pointed out reliving all those years of physical and emotional abuse. The father never treated anyone else in the family like this , just Colonel.
This short story is ironic because throughout the story the boy was loyal to his Father as Mr.Mcnamar stated but just at the very end he decides to break the trust and tells the Justice that his father is in fact the barn burner. "The boy said nothing to the Justice." (Faulkner 1)This made question "well why" then I answered my own question: Colonel broke the trust to get back at his father for all those harsh years of abuse, or he probably wasn't fond of the idea of lying.
From my prospective I was rugged on the father's attitude towards his family."Do like I told you." ( Faulkner 10) The father treated them with as little of respect as an African-American from the year eighteen-sixty two. The little boy is terrified of his father throughout the story even though that is his own flesh and blood. If Colonel( the little boy) even makes it to his adulthood he will be terrified and traumatized as Shannelle pointed out reliving all those years of physical and emotional abuse. The father never treated anyone else in the family like this , just Colonel.
This short story is ironic because throughout the story the boy was loyal to his Father as Mr.Mcnamar stated but just at the very end he decides to break the trust and tells the Justice that his father is in fact the barn burner. "The boy said nothing to the Justice." (Faulkner 1)This made question "well why" then I answered my own question: Colonel broke the trust to get back at his father for all those harsh years of abuse, or he probably wasn't fond of the idea of lying.
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