prompt 2

I believe that Hollis opinion about why prufrock hesitates is more accurate. Hollis believes that Prufrock does not act on his desires because of his self doubt and self contradiction. Prufrock doesnt seem to have confidence in him self and talks negative about him self. He talks about being loneyl if he cannot be with the woman he wants and just says things to bring his spirit down. He already thinks he will die alone, if he cannot talk to this women. He feels that the women are ignoring him and want men that look like michelangelo. " Come and go/ Talking of michelangelo". He doubt's that women want to talk to him because he looks nothing like Michelangelo. Prufrock doesnt seem to have any confidence in him self because he never says anything positive about him self which leads him to contradict him self and have self doubt.

Blog Prompt 1

I believe that the poem " The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a sexual proposition. Hayman seems to have better evidence of this then Walcutts arguement about the poem being a marraige proposal. One of the Haymans's suggestions said that while Prufrock was describing the women he only described her in a physical manner. Prufrock does not describe the womens face or her mind. He focuses more on her arm's bracelet and shawl. Hayman also suggests that that Prufrock is sexual aroused. He says that perfume is affecting Prufrock's thoughts because in the poem it says "Is it perfume from a dress/ That makes me so digress?" Hayman also brings evidence that the poem could not be a marriage proposal. He says that in the poem there is no evidence that the two have spent any time together but allows him to be alone with her on the pillow. If the poem was about a marriage proposal there would be some kind of evidence saying that Profrock have spent alot of time with this women. Hayman says that Prufrock has no past with this women in the poem therefore in cannot be a marriage proposal.

Counter parts

Counter parts was about a person named Farrington who in the story deals with a lot of stress and takes it out on his kid. In the beginning of the story he has problems with his job. He was suppose to make copies of a contract and had deadline and did not complete it. Mr. Alleyne the person in charge of Farrington was furious and gave him hell. Farrington had enough and said something that made Mr. Alleyne even more furious. Further throughout the story almost everything little thing made him more mad. He lost a arm wrestling match to one of his workers, he had a chance to talk to a girl but did not make a move. All these things that were making him mad were building up inside him. When he came home he took it out on the first person he saw which was his son and started beating him. I think this story message could be that we all deal with stress and we have to learn how to handle it.

Three essay readings

One thing I liked about the paper by Katie Johnson was her use of quotes. Througout her paper she uses many quotes if she wants to explain a main point in her paragraph. Also she explained the meaning of the quote, so I understood the sentence better. I also liked how she used an example from another persons paper to explain her paper better. One thing I did not like about the essay was the thesis. I thought it was too long and confusing.

One thing I liked about the paper by Brittany Thomas was her introductory sentence. She uses a quote in her introductory sentence to introduce her essay, which was different from the other two essays. One thing I did not like about the essay was in the conclusion she brings a random source to support her claim.

One thing I liked about the paper by Keith Alexander was that he used current events and actors. It was interesting too read and also different. One thing I did not like about the essay was the usage of quotes, I got tired reading different quotes from different people. In page 215 there were about 7 quotes from different people, I just thought it was boring.

Discovery

These poems about love are the only ones i understand. Discovery is a love poem about a couple laying in bed sleeping. In the story both man and women believe that there loved one has fallen asleep. " and when i thought she slept, I too fell asleep." He could not fall asleep until he was sure that she was asleep. It just shows that the guy really cared for her and it relaxed him enough to fall asleep after watcing her fall asleep. Later on he knows that she was not asleep and was watching him the whole time. " feeling for the heat which would reveal how long she had looked and cared." "The bulb was hot." "It burned my hand." He knew she had been watching him for a long time after feeling the light bulb was hot because the longer the light bulb is on the hotter it gets. The meaning of the poem seems to be that how much these people care about each other.