http://yaellenis.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This poem was very upsetting and shows the reader how miserable life really was for the residents of Spoon River. When a mother and child die during birth it is a sad bitter thing that can leave many people scared. However Elizabeth views it differently, she is in fact relieved ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2009/01/09/elizabeth-childers-abel-melveny/ George Grey "...To put meaning to one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire- It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid..." pg. 30 George speaks of life without meaning and how although it is inevitable, it is also impossible to live ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/pg-24-35/ In many of the stories we have read, a character reaches their goal and it is then taken away, or it is never reached. Several of the poems in Spoon River Anthology follow this same idea. Doc Meyers recalls his life as blessed.  "I was good-hearted, easy Doctor Meyers I was healthy, ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2009/01/05/beginning-pg-24/ For the time Janie was living with her Grandmother, many things were were pushed upon her. Janie was forced to marry at the tender age of 16, and was constantly reminded by Granny of the life she could have had if born just a few decades earlier. All parents say, ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2008/12/17/to-understand-the-present-we-must-look-into-the-past/ A lot happens in these few chapters including an attempted intervention by Janie's friend Phoebe, who we saw in the beginning of the book for a short time. The people of the town cannot understand why Janie would act in such free, outgoing ways, just 9 short months after the ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2008/12/14/ch-11-12-13/ This group of chapters represents a bitter yet sweet ending. I do not believe Janie ever loved Jody, not even when they ran off together from Logan's house. She loved the idea of him, the life that she believed was possible if she was with him. However after 20 or ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2008/12/11/ch-8-9-10/ Every great book has a symbol. In Moby Dick, the doubloon symbolized hope for many of the men. It represented religion and everything the men were fight for on the Pequod and off. In The Great Gatsby the green light symbolized something so great that you can never have. It ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2008/12/10/ch-7-8/ These chapters show the inevitable. Janie was too unhappy with her husband so when a well-dressed, wealthy stranger came down the road one day, she was more than swept off her feet. Janie's new husband, Joe Starks, is a restless man who is looking for the opportunity to be involved ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2008/12/09/ch-3-4-5/ The purpose of the first two chapters was to give an in site into who our main character, Janie, is and where she comes from. We learn about her difficult life of being raised by her grandmother and being the product of a rape. In class we discussed how many ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2008/12/07/in-the-beginning-ch-12/ "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." - last page, last sentence This sentence brought up some discussion in class and when i stated my opinion about it, it was contradicted by another student. I hope that in this blog i am able to ... http://yaellenis.edublogs.org/2008/11/25/the-end/