My Antonia
Willa Cather in her novel My Antonia (yes, a signal phrase) offers her view of life during the pioneer time.
If the book was told through Antonia's eyes the view point wouldn't show her growth throughout the book. Telling the story through Jim let us see how she matured and relied on him during troubled times. You would have gotten to know more about her feelings and thoughts if it had been told like that.
Willa Cather does a pretty good job at telling the story as a man.
The way that she wrote his parts makes him sound like a man, not a woman pretending to be a man. Her use of words and how she put them together, was the biggest part of that.
Because he was telling the story of his Antonia , not really her story, but a story about them the girl he knew.
The Author, Willa Cather, did a wonderful job telling Antonia's story through Jim.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Argument : tattoos and piercings are more acceptable in society
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Commentary 2: Students are a major part of the rising popularity of tattoos. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center 36 percent of those ages 18 to 25 have atleast one tattoo. With all the influences on t.v. , such as the show L.A. Ink wiht Kat Von D, people are much more accepting of tattos and piercings.
Commentary 2: Tattoos have become more of a fashion statement than anything, almost becoming the best new accessory. Tattoos have even made their way into high fashion and runways. people are just more accepting of body art than they were even 50 years ago. In the 1900s people with multiple tattoos we considered freaks and put on display in the circus.
Opposing Claims/They Say:
- As far as trends go body art is becoming the rising star of ways to express your individuality. In recent years showing some skin has never looked better, skin with some ink that is. more and more young adults are getting tattoos and piercings for the main reason that " I'm 18 and I can pretty much do what I want."
Commentary 2: Students are a major part of the rising popularity of tattoos. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center 36 percent of those ages 18 to 25 have atleast one tattoo. With all the influences on t.v. , such as the show L.A. Ink wiht Kat Von D, people are much more accepting of tattos and piercings.
- Tattos make people feel sexier, 83 percent of people who got tattoos said they did not regret it. With todays ever-changing society its no wonder they are being welcomed.
Commentary 2: Tattoos have become more of a fashion statement than anything, almost becoming the best new accessory. Tattoos have even made their way into high fashion and runways. people are just more accepting of body art than they were even 50 years ago. In the 1900s people with multiple tattoos we considered freaks and put on display in the circus.
Opposing Claims/They Say:
- People lie about regreting getting a tattoo.
- Somne think that tattos are just a phase that you go through or something has to be wrong with you to even want that done to your body.
- Religions claims that you shouldn't destroy your body like that.
- Tattos and piercings are just another way to show your individuality, like hair color or clothing.
- Don't judge people by the way that they look.
As far as trends go body art is becoming the rising star of ways to express your individuality. In recent years showing some skin has never looked better, skin with some ink that is. Research shows that more and more young people are getting tattoos and piercings for the fact that " I'm 18 and I can pretty much do what I want." A main reason that tattoos are so popular is because people want tangible memories of loved ones and better times. Students are also a great part of that majority, getting tattoos to idolize their favorite movie star or athlete. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center 36 percent of those ages 18 to 25 have at least one tattoo. The show L.A. Ink with Kat Von D, made people are much more accepting of tattoos and piercings. Not everyone is so accepting though, some people say that tattoos and piercings are self mutilation and against the word of the Lord. More likely though people just say that tattoos are just a phase you go through and you'll regret it someday, but 83% of people who get tattoos do not regret them. And nowadays tattoos have even become the next best fashion accessory, making their way onto high-end fashion runways. Tattoos are not as reprehensible as they were even just a few years ago. No longer are they means to be put on display in a caged circus act, now they are on display everywhere.
Effects of Setting
"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
The setting of My Antonia has a great effect on the characters perception of beauty, the way that they describe it shows that they enjoy the changing of the landscape. Living in an ever-the-same place like the prairie made them appreciate things more too. Like Antonia loves the land she ,eventually, stays and farms it.
The creek down from my grandfathers house symbolizes serinity to me. Watching the small fish dart and play through the dancing leaves is so calming and beautiful to me. The trees standing tall and watchful over their home, roots forever grasping for the open water, weaving themselves into the rock. And the beautiful clamness of the small water fall as it sings over the broken rocks and debrie, turning evenbeer cans into an instument for its song.
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
The setting of My Antonia has a great effect on the characters perception of beauty, the way that they describe it shows that they enjoy the changing of the landscape. Living in an ever-the-same place like the prairie made them appreciate things more too. Like Antonia loves the land she ,eventually, stays and farms it.
The creek down from my grandfathers house symbolizes serinity to me. Watching the small fish dart and play through the dancing leaves is so calming and beautiful to me. The trees standing tall and watchful over their home, roots forever grasping for the open water, weaving themselves into the rock. And the beautiful clamness of the small water fall as it sings over the broken rocks and debrie, turning evenbeer cans into an instument for its song.
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