Literature & History Exhibit by https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2019-10-02 04:41:43 UTC 2019-11-25 01:36:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.pics/1/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f1fa-1f1f2.png 'The Witnesses' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow emessall https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/393844053 I read this poem sometime in high school, and as I was reading through "The Interesting Narrative" I found myself thinking back to this poem over and over again. More specifically, the part of this poem that really stuck in my mind was the lines "These are the bones of Slaves; They gleam from the abyss;
They cry, from yawning waves,
'We are the Witnesses!'" These lines stuck out to me because they really made me think of the part in "The Interesting Narrative" when Equiano sees other slaves jumping from the ship. Another part from the poem that stuck out to me was  "There the black Slave-ship swims,
Freighted with human forms". This reminded me of "The Interesting Narrative" because as I was reading the book, I kept thinking about how the people that transported the slaves treated them more as animals than people, shoving them all into one small area of the ship, refusing to let them use the bathroom. These lines made me think of this specifically because of the words "human forms". There was just something about adding the word "forms" after "human" that just made it feel less human-- like the slaves were human-like, but not entirely there.
 
]]> 2019-10-05 02:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/393844053 BBC Sherlock episode "The Abominable Bride" emessall https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/397024527 In the episode "The Abominable Bride" from the BBC television show Sherlock, we see some of the same supernatural elements of Edgar Huntly; mainly the idea of characters being dead... but not really. For those that have not seen the episode, I'll break it down super simply to save time and space. Sherlock and Watson go back in time and investigate a mystery revolving around a woman who killed herself, but returns and kills her husband. *Spoiler alert* it turns out the woman, Emilia, is not actually dead at first. This episode reminded me of Edgar Huntly and Arthur Wiatte being dead but not actually dead. ]]> 2019-10-12 19:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/397024527 Noble Savage emessall https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/399791121 I wanted to explore the idea of 'the noble savage' a little bit more after our discussion in class on Thursday. I found a poem by Marcondes Pereira titled "Noble Savage". I will admit I did not look up much about the author, because I wanted to read the poem for the first time without any prior knowledge of the background of the poem. Upon first read, the poem feels as if it falls into every literary trope of 'the noble savage'. Pereira states that "Noble savage lives and dies without poverty and misery." Assuming that a Native lives without misery just because they haven't been 'affected' by colonialism is very very incorrect. In the line "He knows everything about the treasures we ignore", it feels as though Pereira is falling very deeply into that trope of 'the noble savage' by trying to say that Natives pay such close attention to small details that whites ignore. Upon first read, this sounds as if Pereira is commending the Natives for this-- but he shouldn't have to. Whites should be making no comment on how the Natives lived-- it wasn't any of their business. I feel the relevance of this idea is still important today because a lot of people try to justify being racist/homophobic. "Yeah, I have a friend who is black, but he's cool" or "Yeah I have a gay friend, but he's cool". There should not be any 'buts' about humans living like humans, especially in 2019.]]> 2019-10-19 04:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/399791121 When America Despised the Irish emessall https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/402840295 I came across this article from history.com while doing some research for my close reading paper. In high school, I was always interested in the ways America viewed foreigners in history-- especially the Irish. I think this article does a really nice job at explaining the refugee crisis as well as conflicts between America and Ireland. It helped me understand some context between American characters and Clithero in Edgar Huntly.]]> 2019-10-26 04:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/402840295 "Thanatopsis" vs. "Nothing Gold Can Stay" emessall https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/405643128 While reading through "Thanatopsis" in class and discussing the seems of life and death throughout, I found myself often thinking of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. Both poems reflect on nature and relating this theme to life and death. To me, "Thanatopsis" took on a darker tone than Frost's poem did, despite both poems being about the same subject matter. I feel as though Frost's poem was a shorter, more simplistic version of "Thanatopsis".]]> 2019-11-01 21:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/405643128 Sleepy Hollow emessall https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/409761776 When we read and talked about The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, I automatically thought about the movie Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp. While I think the movie and the story have similarities, I have always found the movie far scarier than the written story. I wanted to enjoy the written story as much as I enjoyed the film, but it just didn't click right with me. It's interesting how different movie adaptations can be from their original texts, especially with something more recent like Sleepy Hollow, and something older like Washington Irving's piece.]]> 2019-11-12 02:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/409761776 Peter Pan vs. Hope Leslie emessall https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/412141841 When I was reading the earlier chapters of Hope Leslie and first learning of the relationship/friendship between Magawisca and Everell, I found myself very much reminded me of the Disney movie Peter Pan. In Peter Pan, John Darling and Tigerlily have somewhat of a relationship. While the 'relationship' between John and Tigerlily is definitely more of a childish crush, I was still reminded of the idea of the Noble Savage. Both women, Magawisca and Tigerlily, can be seen as noble savages. ]]> 2019-11-16 03:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/emessall/akqyzqhpavur/wish/412141841