http://erinc09.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:42:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the final pages of Spoon River Anthology I definitely noticed that they progressively turned more and more depressing. In the beginning there seemed to be some more uplifting or humorous poems, however many of these were about war or not living fulfilled lives. They talked about being unhappy with ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2009/01/13/spoon-river-anthology-92-126/ In a town like Spoon River where things seem to move a lot slower than in a bustling city it can be easy to be sucked into a strict routine. Since there is not as much chaos or spontaneity there is not a lot that can switch up your schedule ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2009/01/09/spoon-river-page-53-92/ When I came across "Mrs. Charles Bliss" I anticipated a much different woman than the one given. The word 'bliss' means peaceful and being content with oneself. However, she was the complete opposite which is kind of ironic. She wanted to get a divorce from her husband but she was ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2009/01/08/spoon-river-anthology-pg35-53/ For this section I chose to write about Cooney Potter's poem. It starts out saying how he had inherited 40 acres from his father, and by having him and his family work hard he made it to 1000 acres. However, he ended up wanting more and more. Nothing seemed good ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/spoon-river-anthology-up-to-page-35/ While reading the first part of Spoon River Anthology there were a lot of poems that I saw that I could write about, but the one I liked the most was one called "Indignation" Jones. He starts it out by saying that you would never know that he was actually ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2009/01/05/spoon-river-anthology-pg-1-24/ At the time that this book was written it was not unusual for a husband to beat his wife to show power. A wife was just something that men seemed to have so that they could have control over something. I was very surprised when in the beginning of chapter ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2008/12/18/their-eyes-chapter-17/ When Tea Cake and Janie moved they met a lot of new people, one being Mrs. Turner. She had a fascination with white people and hated the black culture/race. Janie appealed to her because of her light skin and long hair, but she hated Tea Cake because his skin was ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2008/12/16/their-eyes-chapters-14-16/ At this point in the book we are really able to see Janie and Tea Cake's relationship developing. To Janie, the age issue seemed like a problem at first, but when she saw how much fun she had with Tea Cake it didn't seem like a big deal. He actually ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2008/12/14/their-eyes-chapters-11-13/ In one of the earlier chapters when Janie embarrassed Jody in front of his friends something completely changed inside of him. After that comment he became completely transformed, and he was never quite the same. It got to so bad that he became physically ill, and in chapters 8-10 he ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2008/12/11/their-eyes-chapters-8-10/ Throughout the book women are constantly depicted as people who are only good for cooking and taking care of the children. The time period of this novel can definitely be felt because of the way the comments made by the characters. For example, on page 71 Joe is talking to ... http://erinc09.edublogs.org/2008/12/10/their-eyes-were-watching-god-6-7/