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.