Blog 5

        There was a story in the packet I read and I also discussed with my group on Tuesday called Morning news. For those of you who haven't read it, the story is about an elderly man who gets disturbing news about his death rendering close. So he spends some time thinking about how he would spend his last month, week, 24 hours. At first he comes up with these ideas how he should take a trip to Paris have a last meal. In the end he desires to purchase a giant TV. "Biggest in the whole god damn store" to be exact. I think this is an example of how our society is today and the world we live in.

       I've decided to talk about this part of the story because its something we discussed in our group. Which most of them agreed they would probably do the same and spend on themselves. Which doesn't sound like a bad idea why not splurge?  I decided to think a little deeper about this. This may be looking too deep into the story but i feel like buying any valuables for yourself as your dying is not smart. I feel like today were so consumed with purchasing things and trying to out due everybody. We forget what its all about.

      Maybe the television was for his wife's entertainment after his passing, but why not donate or do something with your money and time that will outlast you. The TV will mean nothing to him and will say nothing about what kind of person he was after he has passed. This story kinda spoke louder to me then the rest because I've thought about this from time to time, how do you prepare yourself for death?  And what do those without religion believe would happen next. He addresses this in the story and almost sounds like he second guessed his own belief and may have considered the more religious route. I would imagine the torture of not knowing or even having any idea of what could happen next would be far worse then the actual death itself, But after all the thinking i do on the subject one thing is non changing. I want to do or create something that will last longer then i will.

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One of the entry's in the packet I found the most the most fun to read was "The letter from home" The short describes numerous things going on vivid detail. The author describes what she's doing as well as what she hears and what's going on around her. I think the sounds she chose were very unique. "The Stairs Creaked" "The fridge hummed" At one point she even mentions her own heart beat "Thud, Thud. She describes an entire scene with just detail.

The author does a good job of putting your senses to work when you read. As you read you can almost hear the sounds she describes, and the things she does "I ate my food, I chewed each mouthful thirty two times, I swallowed." She describes scene's of waves, boats and horizons. Its pretty cool how she can create am entire story with just simple detail of what's going on. Almost like she was writing as she saw what was happening.

The passage made me think of the chapter in "Breaking down the bones" where the author talks about detail and how it can dull or give light to the writing. There was also a section in the book where she mentioned writing to be like baking a cake and details being the ingredients. (A few people mention this in class) This helps paint a better picture for your audience and also helps them keep track of what's going on in the story, poem etc.

1st Blog

In the poetry packet one of the poetry's I found most interesting was "In the Tree" The poem describes the rain setting a mood that makes him feel a more tranquilized way. As he reads you can sense a calming state almost as if you can hear the rain drops as you read. I found this relatable as i myself have always been intrigued by rain and the restful mood it puts me in.

I enjoyed today's discussion in class on Shakespeare's work. In particularly I liked the one my grouped discussed. It was the perfect example of love cliche's we discussed the previous class. Every line of the poem was an example of these. One of our classmates mentioned Shakespeare bragging about how plain his girl is but still loves her. I saw an example of this as well it seemed almost like he was trying to make her negatives a good thing and almost bragging about them. Me not being a fan of Shakespeare and especially love poems was not familiar with a lot of his work.

Another conversation as brought up today about colors and how how people are so narrow minded they automatically see things one way. I think its always important to stay open minded and be willing to learn. you cant learn without an open mind, but i like the comment mentioned from one of our peers how the color "black" can have numerous meaning in poetry. In poetry colors sre often known to represent emotion and to set a mood for example red being anger or blue beng depressed. I think its clever when writers include this in their work to help create a picture.

My name is Tighler Truman. Criminal Justice Major and Sophomore at Emu.