...Project in English 4 Submitted by: Ian Daniel Boc Submitted to: Mrs. Jheinena Cimafranca Clarin Types of Poetry 1. Ballad - A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain. Ballata 5 That which befalls me in my Lady's presence Bars explanation intellectual. I seem to see a lady wonderful Spring forth between her lips, one whom no sense Can fully tell the mind of,and one whence Another, in beauty, springeth marvelous, From whom a star goes forth and speaketh thus: 'Now my salvation is gone forth from thee. 2. Epic - is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Crooked Spines by Kevin Robey Useless waste of space These tainted dreams of mine Burning in this place These crooked spines of mine I used my sleeve for make believe Wore it proud to show you how Deceive your mind so you can see These broken dreams I’m breathing now Believe me please I’m so strung out Replay these words when I am gone I want to shout and end this drought Famine of smiles, this is the dawn Sweet release don’t fail me now Take me from this blinding rain Give me resolve only faith allows To hold the reigns of runaway trains Can’t bow down to the blinding force Of my demise down this lonely trail Where self-defeat’s the ending source Of misplaced...
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...sure that I gotta Now Peter Piper picked peppers and dont rock rhymes I'm 50 Cent, I write a lil bit but I pop nines Tell niggaz, "Get they money right," cuz I got mine And I'm around quit playin nigga you can't shine You gon be that next chump to end up in the trunk After bein hit by the pump, is that whut you want? Be easy nigga, I'll lay your ass out Believe me nigga, thats whut I'm about, gangsta You could find a nigga sittin on chrome Hit the clutch, hit the gear, hit the gas & I'm gone (Yea!) If I can't do well, homey, it can't be done Now I'ma let the champagne bottle pop I'ma take it to the top Fo sho I'ma make it hot, baby (baby) I'm down for the action, he smart with his mouth so smack em You holdin a strap, he might come back so clap em React like a gangsta, die like a gangsta for actin Cuz you'll get hit & homicide'll be askin, "Whut happened?" OH NO look who clapped em with the FO'FO' 20 inch rims sittin CHRO-CHROME Eastside, Westside niggaz OH NO, NO GO Even my mama said, "Something really wrong with my brain" Niggaz don't rob me they know I'm down to die for my chain G-UNIT! We get it poppin in the hood G-UNIT! Muthafucka whuts good? I'm waitin on niggaz to act like they dont know how to act I had a sip of too much Jack, I'll blow em off the map With the mack, thinkin its all rap Til that ass get clapped and Doc say "It's a wrap" (It's a wrap, nigga) If I can't do well, homey, it can't be done Now I'ma let the champagne bottle...
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...reason to dislike her. I feel that Janie’s peers wanted to be her and wanted to have what she had for herself so therefore anytime she became happy or seemed to be living her life, the people of the town became unsettled. Important Quote: Eventually the town began to notice the connection between Janie and Tea Cake. Of course, the town was not happy about the sudden relationship. They felt that Jody had not been gone for a long enough amount of time and they felt that Janie had no right to be with Tea Cake considering the age gap. Sam Watson had told Janie’s best friend Pheoby to warn Janie of Tea Cake. He told Phoeby, “You better sense her intuh things then ‘cause Tea Cake can’t do nothin’ but help her spend whut she got. Ah reckon dat’s whut he’s after. Throwin’ away whut Joe Starks worked hard tuh git tuhgether” (Hurston 111). Sam Watson was not too fond of Tea Cake and felt it was best if Phoeby told Janie to watch herself and her money. I believe that there was truly nothing wrong with Tea Cake and Sam watson was just jealous of him and his success. I feel that Sam Watson might have even been jealous of Janie and Tea Cake’s relationship and that was why he was talking down about him. Important Quote: The day of Janie’s and Tea Cakes wedding, Janie left town early to catch a train to meet Tea Cake in Jacksonville. Janie had left early enough in the morning that only a few people witnessed her leaving. Those who witnessed her leaving took notice that she looked very nice, but...
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...Purtiex – how do I hute thee? Let me count the wuyx. There’x the drexxing up qor them. There’x the getting to them. There’x the being ut them. The getting buck qrom them. The meeting oq xtrungerx. Or people you know. There’x the not being ut home. There ure un uwqul lot oq thingx. When I receive un invitution to u purty, I qeel like the Irixhmun being uxked qor directionx in the old joke. “Well,” I think to myxelq, looking ut my unxhuved legx, wurdrobe qull oq unxuituble clothex, druwer qull oq tungled, luddered tightx, luck oq cur, luck oq cuxh on hund qor cubx und ull the rext oq it, “I wouldn’t xturt qrom here.” Purtiex huve been the bune oq my liqe xince childhood. It wux never diqqicult to dixtinguixh between little Lucy Mungun und u ruy oq xunxhine ut uny xchoolmute’x birthduy. Exprexxionlexx oq quce, unmoving oq limb und mutinoux oq heurt, I would xtund in the corner counting oqq the minutex until it wux time to go home. Occuxionully I would pluck up the couruge to uxk un udult iq I could go xomewhere elxe to reud. The unxwer wux ulwuyx no. My teenuge yeurx were, ux they ulwuyx ure, even more mortiqying. Thix wux when I dixcovered thut not only could I not pluy nicely with otherx, I ulxo couldn’t dunce or interext unyone in me xexuully. Thut’x u long night. My purentx inxixted I keep going out, which culminuted, one night when I wux ubout 15, in my mother xcreuming ut me in the hull: “You’re going to thut dixco iq I huve to drug you there myxelq!” xhe did. I wux buck...
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...it natural for her to play. That was even nice. She looked him over and got little thrills from one of his good points. Those full, lazy eyes with the lashes curling sharply away like drawn scimitars. Then lean, over-padded shoulders and narrow waist. Even nice!” (95, 96) While flirting Janie, Tea Cake asks her to play checkers. This surprises Janie because no one has dared to ask her before. The quote shows that Tea Cake treats men and women relatively equally, and he thinks that they both have the right and intelligence to play the same game. Moreover, Tea Cake’s unconventional thinking makes him even more attractive to Janie, who finds herself admiring his physical quality. "Still and all, she’s her own woman. She oughta know by now whut she wants tuh do." (111) As men and women should be equal, Pheoby, being a woman, recognizes that women are intelligent and know what they want out of life and out of their men. She sees that independence in Janie and thus becomes more supportive and underscores Janie is “her own woman”. This sense of self-confidence and self-ownership is usually reserved for man. Therefore, this can be considered as one example of Janie crossing the traditional boundary between men and women. “He done taught me de maiden language all over” (115) As Janie is talking to Phoeby, who worries about the new relationship between Tea Cake and Janie, she has found her true love and her dream revealed from the quote. Disregarding her and Tea Cake’s substantial age...
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...sack at hand and dried herself hurriedly and began to dress. But before she could tie her slippers, there came the ring of singing metal on wood. Nine times. Missie May grinned with delight.” Even though these two characters are in love, their marriage takes a turn for the worse. After arriving home from work one night, Joe found that his wife had been sleeping with another man. Instead of killing them he just laughed at them. I am sure he was a laughing to conceal his anguish or disbelief of the situation. Emotionally hurt after finding his wife in bed with another man, Joe allowed the man to leave their home. Joe loved Missie May so much that you can tell that he forgave her right away. This is stated when he says “Missie May, whut you cryin’ for? “Cause Ah love you so hard and Ah know you don’t love me no mo’.” This statement showed the reader that he still loved Missie May. The infidelity was hard for Missie May to overcome. She continued to be saddened over the situation. Joe said to her...
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...fall in love. Janie’s hair represents her voice, mood, power and womanhood. When Janie comes back to Eatonville in her overalls, the townspeople knows that Tea Cake just took all her money and left her. “She sits high, but she looks low. Dat’s what ah say ‘bout dese ole women runnin’ after young boys” (Hurston, 3), Janie’s appearance as the townspeople critique when Janie arrives back to Eatonville wonders why a woman such as her age wear her hair down. Janie’s hair shows figures sexual attraction. Janie's hair illustrates her relationships with each of her husbands. Joe Starks, who is jealous and possessive, cannot bear the thought of other men enjoying the sight of her long, beautiful hair. He forces her to keep it tied up in a kerchief. “Whut make her keep her head tied up lak some ole ‘Oman round de store? Nobody couldn’t git me tuh tie no rag on mah head if Ah had hair lak dat.” (Hurston, 49) Janie accepts when Joe makes her tie up her hair, her voice from here on their represents her silence and obedience to Joe indicates her desire to be...
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...Mircea Alexandra Diana French-English The 3rd year Issues of Identity in 19th century American Literature The issue of identity was first approached and applied in the American literature in the 19th century. It consists in constructing and coming to grips with the authors’ identity. They were trying to describe and to analyze the hidden problems, sufferings and realm of the soul and, of course, of the unconscious. The popular question which started to be used by that time was “Who am I?”, but it gradually passed to the collective “Who we are?” We should know that, since the American tradition didn’t have any obvious roots, they borrowed very much from the immigrants and, in time, the wilderness of the ancient world has gone. Since the American writers didn’t have any settled tradition, they started to explore within the human soul and mind, which came to invent new style. While the English writers explore the raising of a poor man on the economic and social scale, the American ones reveal the absence of the tradition. This is the case of writers like Richard Wright, or Sarah O. Jewett who deeply analyzed the characters’ reaction in a critical period of their life. For instance, in “The Man Who Was Almost a Man”, Wright presents the coming to age of a young black boy. As we all know, Wright is a black writer, so we could say that this coming of age of this particular black boy...
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...the family. Sarah was at home with baby Ruth, while Silas was out of town selling cotton, so that he could make a living for the family. (pages 191-192) You also understand how a female was viewed as property. When Silas believed that Sarah had sex with another man, his words showed that he saw her in a certain way. On pages 195-196, Silas yells at Sarah and threatens to beat her for lying to him. In this day and age, it is frowned upon, for man, to raise his hand to a woman. However, in this time, it was just the way of life. Race had a very strong impact on society and the way that things were. You can see this when the white man came to Sarah’s house. You can tell that she already has reservations about why he is the house. “Wondah whut he wans,” she thought to herself as he got out the car. (page 176) Also, when the white man begins to touch her, she thinks to herself, “But hes a white man! A white man!” (page 187) You notice the tension that revolves...
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...was not allowed to be her full self. However with Tea Cake, Janie was able to lose herself within him, she was able to fall in love with him, open up to him and he allowed her to embrace who she truly was. Janie herself grew and developed as a person when she was with Tea Cake. Characterization in this case is used to reflect transforming the identity of the “New Negro”. However, Hurston also departs from the Harlem Renaissance by using conflict with Janie and Nanny to depart from the idea of a new vision of opportunity. In chapter 2 Nanny tells Janie what is going to happen instead of letting Janie control her own life “‘Nanny, who-who dat been askin’ you for me?’ ‘Brother Logan Killiks. He’s a good man too.’ ‘Naw Nanny, no ma’am! Is dat whut he been hangin’ round here for? He look like some ole skullhead in de graveyard.’” (13). This quote departs from the idea of a new vision of opportunity because Nanny is not going to let Janie live the life she wants to. Nanny is going to make Janie marry off with someone she doesn't love, just so that Nanny is happy. This is taking away from Janie’s life and Janie’s opportunities she wished to have. Conflict in this case is used to depart from a new vision of opportunity. Whereas, Hurston also departs from the Harlem Renaissance by using point of view from Jody reflecting Janie, to depart from portraying individuality, when Jody doesn't let Janie talk. In chapter 5 Jody doesn't let Janie speak out for herself instead he talks for her “‘Thank...
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...Her second husband Jody even mentions, “A pretty doll-baby lak you is made to sit on de front porch...” (Hurston 26). This provides insight on Jody’s view of love compared to the bees and the blossom; Jody believes the woman should be treated like a queen not obligated to work. Incidents like these eventually lead to selfishness and Starks demonstrates this by treating her as a personal slave. Each man Janie is in a relationship with, such as Jody, guides her to a new checkpoint to finding herself. By Hurston writing, “Starks said impatiently,…”Whut you waitin on?” the reader is able to be aware that Janie is distancing herself emotionally from Jody. Her word choice in referring to Jody as “Starks” represents Janie emotionally distancing herself. This provides recognition of Janie’s grasp on becoming who she wants to be by ridding toxic people from her life. As time goes on Janie meets new people including Tea Cake, yet after a few life experiences she learns not to try to jump into love. She finds herself doing her daily duties while “she thought resisting thoughts about Tea Cake” (Hurston 68). After living as she was, Janie is skeptical of meeting a new man taking into consideration Hurston uses the word “resisting” to describe Janie’s thoughts of Tea Cake. In the evaluation of this...
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...their dignity creating self regard, knowing nothing is going to be handed to them. Woman grow, but throughout the process they lack the taste of support and courage. In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie goes against the stereotype of women being submissive which makes her find self determination, dominance and satisfaction. Rising above is the hardest element to find in a woman that has been tormented or even taken’ advantage of. In the novel, Zora Neale Hurston showed how a woman evolved through all the overbearing treatment but Janie still managed to rise. Janie has spoken up to her husband, Jody, but when she once she does there is always a bit of hesitancet for the outcome, “You sho loves to tell me whut to do, but ah can’t tell you nothin’ Ah see!” “ Dats cause you need to tell’,” he rejoined hotly. “It would be pitiful if Ah didn’t somebody go to think for women and chillun chikens and cow, I god they show don’t think none...
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...her (Hurston 14). Granny justifies this action by telling herself that the only way to get her point across is to slap her. She grew up as a slave, so receiving small slap for being rebellious is more of an act of mercy than punishment. Granny is also convinced that her abrupt decision to marry her granddaughter to a respectable man, Logan Killicks, is the only course of action, because of Janie’s need for protection. Another reason Granny arranges the marriage is due to the fact that Janie’s mother and her did not have the opportunity to marry a respectable man and raise a proper family. ‘“Tain’t Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it’s protection. . . Ah was born back due in slavery so it wasn’t for me to fulfill my dreams of whut a woman oughta be and to do. . . Ah even hated de way you was born”’ (Hurston 15-16). Granny’s motherly intuition gives her the desire to give Janie the best husband and life ahead of her. She never intentionally means to harm her. Even though the decision is rashly made, she believes the benefits of the marriage will far outweigh any consequences that might come up. Granny back story provides the evidence of how much she genuinely cares about Janie’s physical, mental, and emotional health, and how much she wants to give her the luxuries she could never afford. After Janie’s marriage to Logan Killicks, Janie realizes how miserable she truly feels. As Logan goes about the house for the next year beinging himself, Janie develops...
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...again, Janie also shows courage when she leaves Jody speechless and at a lost for words. The time is described to be that “Anybody would have thought that things had blown over, it looked so quiet and peaceful around. But the stillness was the sleep of swords” (81). With his manhood trampled on, Jody does not speak to Janie at all. Her courage to speak is uncalled for by Jody and Janie realizes that their marriage is completely ruined. Similarly, Hurston creates this tension to show how much her courage could have an effect on others. In the same way, Janie’s courage is shown at Jody’s deathbed. The two persistently argue until Jody’s death. The last thing Janie tells Jody is “All dis bowin’ down, all dis obedience under yo’ voice - dat ain’t whut Ah rushed off down de road tuh find out about you” (87). Going so far as to...
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...of the era in which the play occurs. Wolfe’s adaptation of Hurston’s Spunk infused the original three short stories with delineative and characteristic blues music, highlighting the mood during the era of the Harlem Renaissance and Black Migration. “Sweat” tells the story of a woman named Delia who suffers in an abusive relationship with her husband, Sykes. Her husband tries multiple methods of coercing Delia to leave, including verbal abuse and bringing a venomous snake into their household. She toils through the relationship as Sykes openly cheats on her with a more voluptuous woman. Sykes proclaims in the text, “Ah sho’ ‘bominates a skinny ‘oman,” when trying to woo and impress his other woman, and, “Ah'm so tired of you Ah don't know whut to do. Gawd! how Ah hates skinny wimmen," when fed up wit...
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