Bastard Out of Carolina

This book definitely is a way to share what its like for some children to be abused by older "family" members. The main character is abused by her mother's love. He is not her real father. The main character is a little girl called Bone. Bone's abuser does it and blames it on "loving her." He says he loves her so he feels he has the right to physically discipline her.

Bones mother loves the guy a lot and even though it is pretty obvious what is happening, she can not leave him. I also think it’s odd that her mother doesn’t really do much to make Bone feel better. Bone at some points believes she deserves the wrath that the mothers’ lover inflicts on her.

poems

The poems we read the last couple meetings have completely threw me into a state of confusion. I never enjoy poems much but reading the ones that we discussed made me not like them more at all. All of them had some form of death/life situation in them and a bunch of them talked about naughty topics.
We read one poem about a sheep boy. I really did not like that poem at all. It basically is a little story about how a sheep boy was born and was much more descriptive then I would have liked. I am pretty sure people would agree with me that it wasn't the best poem they have read.

Another poem we read was about a stewardess who fell out of an airplane. The whole format of this poem threw me into a loop. It just kept going and going and going. I agree it was an effective way to describe the person’s feelings while falling but it was just far too long. It felt more like a short story to me. The whole ending was a little odd as well with her stripping her clothes off mid-air to die more "naturally."

The Heaven of Animals

I am not very good when it comes to poems. i chose this poem cause it seemed to be the easiest to read. I originally tried reading "walking on water" but from the very beginning I had no idea what was going on

The heaven of Animals seemed very peaceful when reading it. Im not sure if there is suppose to be a secret messege behind it but it could be assumed that the animals are slaves. Once they die they go to a peaceful place where no one can control them.

A Streetcar Named Desire: movie vs play

I in all honesty did not like the movie at all. The character of Blanch truly annoyed me with how she acted. I believe that movies do not need their actors or actresses to exaggerate their emotions with body language nearly as much as an actor or actress in a play. Yes this was originally a play and probably the acting would look much better on stage, but it wasn't.

I don’t remember everything about both versions but I do remember that Stanley was very violent in both and it still astonishes me that Stella kept going back to him. In the play Stanley always was very easily aggravated but in the movie he seemed more in control of his temper at some times. I remember in the movie Stella at the end does leave him and says she won’t ever return to him. It shows that women have a little more say in their life and aren’t fully dependent on men.

It took me a little while to get the motivation to read this play. I personally didn't think it was the most entertaining play I’ve dealt with. I did think it was interesting how they portrayed different characters and how they changed throughout the story. Blanche seemed like the dying breed of the old fashioned women while her sister, Stella, love Blanche but did not agree with a lot of what she said.
Stella falls in love with a man who is the complete opposite of Blanche. Stanley and Stella have a baby in the end of the story but throughout the play Stanley ridicules Blanche and practically harassers the whole time. The day the baby is suppose to be born Stanley actually comes in and rapes Blanche and to my surprise pretty much gets away with it. I was shocked that Stella, Blanches own flesh and blood didn't believe her sister and still stayed with Stanley.

the eyes are watching god

For the most part I enjoyed this book a lot more then the other stories we have read thus far. The story was kept moving so it kept my attention a little more. At first it was hard to fully understand what was going on when the characters were speaking but in no time it was almost like second nature.
I thought some of the different scenes in the book were very interesting. It was also a very interesting representation of women during the time period. Some times it seemed like Janie was a typical women of the time but other times she shined and became more of a powerful woman who took her own life into her hands. She ran away from her first husband got married, stayed with another husband till he died, then married a third guy who stayed with until she had to kill him for protection. I dont really think that was a typical life style of what happened during the time.

Make up Blog

Upon reading the beginning of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, I actually thought it was somewhat interesting. The way the characters speak is what keeps my attention. I know a lot of people have issues reading like that but I find it entertaining. For some reason I wanted to read it with a European accent or something, I don’t know it was quite odd.

The beginning was very descriptive, even to the point where it was describing a female body. This particular female seems to make a lot of others very jealous. I think it was ironic that all the other girls thought the attractive woman came back for one thing when in fact they were completely wrong.