Comments for meganv's Blog http://meganv.edublogs.org Eng 158.1 Student Blog Tue, 19 May 2009 20:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on How To Keep It Modern by Jordan http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/04/25/how-to-keep-it-modern/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Jordan Tue, 19 May 2009 20:19:29 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=15#comment-17 Interesting reading of "Blast Furnaces" I wonder if this painting isn't noteworthy in its use of techniques often applied to natural scenes to the industrial cityscape, therefore celebrating it . . . I don't really have the art history background to argue this, though! You argue well for your overall point, that these pieces emphasize an emotional impact -- and therefore the act of interpretation? -- on the part of the viewer, and are were made by artists willing to depart from earlier aesthetic practices to achieve these effects. Interesting reading of “Blast Furnaces” I wonder if this painting isn’t noteworthy in its use of techniques often applied to natural scenes to the industrial cityscape, therefore celebrating it . . . I don’t really have the art history background to argue this, though! You argue well for your overall point, that these pieces emphasize an emotional impact — and therefore the act of interpretation? — on the part of the viewer, and are were made by artists willing to depart from earlier aesthetic practices to achieve these effects.

]]> Comment on Blood is Thicker Than Water by Jordan http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/05/05/blood-is-thicker-than-water/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Jordan Tue, 19 May 2009 08:47:42 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-16 nice job here you guys, thats what we like to see! really complete and insightful post Megan! nice job here you guys, thats what we like to see! really complete and insightful post Megan!

]]> Comment on Unspoken Conversations by jracca http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/04/28/unspoken-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-15 jracca Mon, 18 May 2009 21:37:57 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=16#comment-15 I thought your analysis of the end was extremely interesting, because - like Jordan - I had never even considered looking at it that way. As for my own interpretation, I merely thought that the ending signified her resignation towards the situation. I certainly don't believe she is fine, but I feel as if she is claiming to be because she can see no other way out; suffering by keeping silent with the American is a better option than losing him completely, is what I feel she thinks. It was nice to get a different view! I thought your analysis of the end was extremely interesting, because – like Jordan – I had never even considered looking at it that way. As for my own interpretation, I merely thought that the ending signified her resignation towards the situation. I certainly don’t believe she is fine, but I feel as if she is claiming to be because she can see no other way out; suffering by keeping silent with the American is a better option than losing him completely, is what I feel she thinks. It was nice to get a different view!

]]> Comment on Unspoken Conversations by Jordan http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/04/28/unspoken-conversations/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Jordan Fri, 15 May 2009 15:54:25 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=16#comment-14 i agree completely, we look for evidence of a subtext to the dialogue here . . . and i do think most readers sympathize with her situation, though i'm not sure all -- (it’s interesting: most of the blogs by male students i've read look at "Indian Camp" instead of "Hills," perhaps you've put your finger on the reason why!) . . . yes, she seems to want to consider the possibility of a happy life with a child while he is determined to avoid that circumstance despite his lip service to the idea of not caring either way . . . his answer that he only wants to be with her seems a thin justification at best . . . yes, I agree the outlook is grim for their relationship. . . So she’s fine because she’s realized his failings and therefore wouldn’t want to have a family with him anyway? Your last line presents an interesting reading I certainly hadn't considered in that way -- excellent take on a very ambiguous ending! i agree completely, we look for evidence of a subtext to the dialogue here . . . and i do think most readers sympathize with her situation, though i’m not sure all — (it’s interesting: most of the blogs by male students i’ve read look at “Indian Camp” instead of “Hills,” perhaps you’ve put your finger on the reason why!) . . . yes, she seems to want to consider the possibility of a happy life with a child while he is determined to avoid that circumstance despite his lip service to the idea of not caring either way . . . his answer that he only wants to be with her seems a thin justification at best . . . yes, I agree the outlook is grim for their relationship. . . So she’s fine because she’s realized his failings and therefore wouldn’t want to have a family with him anyway? Your last line presents an interesting reading I certainly hadn’t considered in that way — excellent take on a very ambiguous ending!

]]> Comment on Blood is Thicker Than Water by Sarah Bautista http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/05/05/blood-is-thicker-than-water/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Sarah Bautista Tue, 12 May 2009 03:04:34 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=17#comment-13 I just wanted to comment on your blog...I agree that the loyalty Eddie has is within his family and a way to keep Catherine from being taken away. I never thought about his loyalty lying in with the governmental law rather than the community. I think you are right in that he uses the law as a means justifcation in his concepts of lyalty. I also think he uses loyalty in the community though, however, in relation to family. (For example, in regards to the kid who tattled on his uncle.) I think it is interesting that you connected this with children tattling on one another. I never thought about that, but I definitely agree. I just wanted to comment on your blog…I agree that the loyalty Eddie has is within his family and a way to keep Catherine from being taken away. I never thought about his loyalty lying in with the governmental law rather than the community. I think you are right in that he uses the law as a means justifcation in his concepts of lyalty. I also think he uses loyalty in the community though, however, in relation to family. (For example, in regards to the kid who tattled on his uncle.) I think it is interesting that you connected this with children tattling on one another. I never thought about that, but I definitely agree.

]]> Comment on It’s a Pyhrric Victory For All! by Jordan http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/03/12/its-a-pyhrric-victory-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Jordan Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:25:01 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=14#comment-12 Megan, I'm with you... she has to lose her mind to keep her mind, become the woman bound within the whorls of the wallpaper means losing something of her rationally communicative (we might say ‘interdiscursive’) self to change her oppressive (and tedious) situation ... good work here! Interesting last line you chose, "the narrator loses her ties to a loving (though narrow-minded) husband, her baby and a middle class life." She seems to be restrained from much contact with the child (or anything else) anyway but your conclusion makes me wonder what will happen next ... asylum? Grim thought in any age, but particularly in the late Victorian. Jordan Megan,

I’m with you… she has to lose her mind to keep her mind, become the woman bound within the whorls of the wallpaper means losing something of her rationally communicative (we might say ‘interdiscursive’) self to change her oppressive (and tedious) situation … good work here! Interesting last line you chose, “the narrator loses her ties to a loving (though narrow-minded) husband, her baby and a middle class life.” She seems to be restrained from much contact with the child (or anything else) anyway but your conclusion makes me wonder what will happen next … asylum? Grim thought in any age, but particularly in the late Victorian.

Jordan

]]> Comment on Dismanteling Dickinson by Jordan http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/03/06/dismanteling-dickinson/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Jordan Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:13:16 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=11#comment-11 Hey Megan, the post looks reaallllly good there - I’m hoping to try something a bit different, a break from my tendency to ramble on and misspell words online… Ok! here’s the deal: A bunch of you wrote very insightful thoughts about “Tell all the Truth…” Let’s try a little experiment: Please go to the motherblog and find one (or more, why not?) of the names below and read their stuff on “Tell all the Truth.” Is there anything you agree on or anything you find interesting? It would be incredibly cool if you then dropped them a quick comment to let them know someone besides me is listening! Here’s some other members of the elite “Tell all” Sub-Pod: David Shallenberger Casey Quinn Merrit Michael Saechao Miranda Ramsey Matthew Stevenson If you really are feeling motivated and want to give me some feedback (good, bad, or random… hopefully no profanity required!) about this proposal, go over to my blog and leave me a comment (on my most recent post which duplicates this comment). Thanks a lot and enjoy, Jordan Hey Megan, the post looks reaallllly good there -

I’m hoping to try something a bit different, a break from my tendency to ramble on and misspell words online…

Ok! here’s the deal: A bunch of you wrote very insightful thoughts about “Tell all the Truth…” Let’s try a little experiment: Please go to the motherblog and find one (or more, why not?) of the names below and read their stuff on “Tell all the Truth.”

Is there anything you agree on or anything you find interesting? It would be incredibly cool if you then dropped them a quick comment to let them know someone besides me is listening!

Here’s some other members of the elite “Tell all” Sub-Pod:

David Shallenberger
Casey Quinn Merrit
Michael Saechao
Miranda Ramsey
Matthew Stevenson

If you really are feeling motivated and want to give me some feedback (good, bad, or random… hopefully no profanity required!) about this proposal, go over to my blog and leave me a comment (on my most recent post which duplicates this comment).

Thanks a lot and enjoy,
Jordan

]]> Comment on The “I” In The Crowd by hayjordan http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/02/24/the-i-in-the-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-10 hayjordan Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:44:23 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=10#comment-10 nice work here m.v., i was especially drawn to "There is a pulling and pushing effect of the tide that mirrors the inhale and exhale rhythm of Whitman’s poem. Also the flow of the tide is constantly noted by the narrator to note the space of time and the ever present force of nature within the lives of the passengers and the narrator" in the first paragraph... something there, too, to be charted in the sections alternating between I and you and the city's multiform manifestations... it definitely sets up a pattern like the one you note... your ideas are giving me ideas as i glance back at the text... oh, and in the second section I think your point about the vices is spot-on... i recall it coming up in your group work, thanks for bringing it over to the blog! nice work here m.v., i was especially drawn to “There is a pulling and pushing effect of the tide that mirrors the inhale and exhale rhythm of Whitman’s poem. Also the flow of the tide is constantly noted by the narrator to note the space of time and the ever present force of nature within the lives of the passengers and the narrator” in the first paragraph… something there, too, to be charted in the sections alternating between I and you and the city’s multiform manifestations… it definitely sets up a pattern like the one you note… your ideas are giving me ideas as i glance back at the text… oh, and in the second section I think your point about the vices is spot-on… i recall it coming up in your group work, thanks for bringing it over to the blog!

]]> Comment on A Take on Creativity in “The American Scholar” by hayjordan http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/02/10/a-take-on-creativity-in-the-american-scholar/comment-page-1/#comment-9 hayjordan Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:20:47 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=7#comment-9 the blogs are a good space for inchoate ideas, so no apologies needed. you do a good job on the creative reading idea and connecting it "becoming an individual" - good work! the blogs are a good space for inchoate ideas, so no apologies needed. you do a good job on the creative reading idea and connecting it “becoming an individual” – good work!

]]> Comment on Whiteman’s “Song of Myself” by hayjordan http://meganv.edublogs.org/2009/02/13/whitemans-song-of-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-8 hayjordan Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:54:22 +0000 http://meganv.edublogs.org/?p=8#comment-8 really engaging work on this assignment, both the image and the explanation. in the latter, i appreciate the skill with which you moved from specific lines of the poem (always appreciated : ), to your reading of related themes in the work more broadly, to the point about composting. superior last line as well, deftly bringing it all together! really engaging work on this assignment, both the image and the explanation. in the latter, i appreciate the skill with which you moved from specific lines of the poem (always appreciated : ), to your reading of related themes in the work more broadly, to the point about composting. superior last line as well, deftly bringing it all together!

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