https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na An overview of Comp II en-us 2016-07-20 00:58:51 UTC 2023-03-01 09:29:11 UTC hello@padlet.com jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116659284 Austen visits an old man to purchase a love potion.  His goal is to have Diana fall completely in love with him.  The love displayed in the story is not true love at all. However, the link to the book below, "Love Does", and the organization with the same name shows a good example of what true love is.]]> 2016-07-20 01:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116659284 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116659492 In "Eleven", the main character Rachel feels embarrassment in front of her whole class.  She tries to defend herself from the humiliation, but she fails.  This song by the musician Mat Kearney has a line in it saying, "They say what gets caught when you're young Stays there when you're old".  The embarrassment Rachel felt in her class at eleven will stay with her until she is old.]]> 2016-07-20 01:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116659492 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116660116 The setting for this short story is a small grocery store.  Three girls walk in wearing only bathing suits.  The focus is on the cashiers and their opinions about the girls.  They degrade the girls by talking about them.  One of the cashiers finally has enough.  He quits his job and walks out of the store.  My great-grandma owned a small grocery store called "The Confectionery" in the 50's, 60's, and 70's.  I imagine it looking something like the store in "A&P". Sadly, I do not have a picture of the store. I only have pictures in my mind, because of the wonderful stories I have been told.]]> 2016-07-20 01:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116660116 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116660801 Chopin focuses his story on Desiree.  Desiree is married to a plantation owner, and together they have a child.  However, their happiness does not last when the baby is found to be part African American. It is discovered to be a result of the husband's ancestry.  "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is an interesting book written about the same time period as Chopin's story. "uncle Tom's Cabin" looks at slavery and the relationships between slaves and their owners .]]> 2016-07-20 01:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116660801 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116661226 Collins writes a poem about his frustration with people who read poetry.  Collins observes that people rarely read poems for their inherent artistic value. Most readers are only interested in the meaning of the poem. When I think of poetry, I think of my favorite poem by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  The title of the poem is, "Who Am I?" Not only has Bonhoeffer been influential in history, but he has influenced my life. He is a role model for me, and I enjoy his writings.]]> 2016-07-20 01:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116661226 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116661949 Hughes writes a poem asking the question,  "What happens to a dream deferred?".  He spends the rest of the poem giving possible endings to his question.  All the endings for his dream result in nothing.  Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream, and he articulated it in his famous speech, "I have a Dream".  He dedicated his life work to preventing his dream from being deferred.]]> 2016-07-20 01:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116661949 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116662814 This short story by Erdrich centers on two Native American brothers.  The two brothers are very close to each other, but the eldest brother, Henry, goes off to the Vietnam War.  Afterwards, their relationship is never the same.  Lyman, the younger brother, failed to bond with Henry over their red Olds.  The first car I drove was a red Ford Ranger. When I left home for college last fall, my younger brother became the owner of the truck.  Fortunately, we have a good relationship and great memories in the red Ford Ranger truck. The picture below looks very similar to mine.]]> 2016-07-20 01:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116662814 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116664076 Cheever's short story is about a boy and a father. The boy desires to have a relationship with his father, but his father is addicted to alcohol and does not invest in a relationship with his son. At the end of the story, it is implied that the boy ends the relationship with his father because of the father's alcoholism.  The damage done by alcohol is long lasting, because the effect of a non-existent father is devastating. Hip-hop artist, Lecrae, wrote a biography similar to this short story. Lecrae's mother left his father when Lecrae was very young because his father was an acoholic with self-control issues. Lecrae spent a lot of his life dealing with an identity crisis because he longed to be loved by his father. ]]> 2016-07-20 02:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116664076 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116666354 Tim O'Brian writes this short story recounting some of his experiences in the Vietnam War.  The story follows his unit and the events from their time in Vietnam. The regret these men had to deal with when their fellow men died is evident.  O'Brian writes about the war veterans struggles in a way that makes them real to readers.  The movie Forrest Gump depicts part of the Vietnam War.]]> 2016-07-20 02:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116666354 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116667964 Amy Tan writes a short story about the relationship between a mother and a daughter.  The mother tries to impose upon the daughter the label of a "prodigy".  No matter how hard the daughter tries to show she does not want the label, the mother does not recognize it.  Their relationship becomes filled with tension. A successful child prodigy, other than Shirley Temple, is Wolfgang Mozart. He began composing at a very young age.]]> 2016-07-20 03:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116667964 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116669173 Roethke writes a poem about the "waltz" he does with his father.  The "waltz" is actually a routine the father has of drinking alcohol and beating his son. A modern day example of this is with former President Bill Clinton whose step father was reportedly an alcoholic who was abusive towards him.]]> 2016-07-20 03:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116669173 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116670000 The story told by Alice Walker is about the relationship between two daughters and a mother. The one daughter, Dee, is very different from her mother and sister because she is educated. Her mother and sister are not.  Their African heritage is a topic of contention for the three.  Dee claims she is educated and knows their family heritage. The mother and sister (who are uneducated) say they know their heritage because they understand their ancestors.  Lopez Lomong is from Sudan, and he had his heritage stolen from him by soldiers.  Through amazing events and the hand of God, Lopez is able to become a world class runner who eventually goes back to Africa to see the heritage he lost so long ago.]]> 2016-07-20 03:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116670000 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116671129 The short story written by Glaspell is about the search for evidence following a murder. The male characters in the story are looking for evidence, but they do not find any. The women are the ones who find evidence.  Instead of giving the evidence to the law enforcement agents, who also happen to be their husbands, they decided to make a controversial stand and keep their findings a secret.  As a kid, I used to read the Hardy Boys books. Frank and Joe Hardy were always investigating and looking for clues.]]> 2016-07-20 03:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116671129 jdreisner1 https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116672139 Hughes writes a story about a boy who "becomes a Christian" in a Church revival.  All the other children walk to the front to profess faith in Jesus except for him and one other boy.  The two of them eventually go down anyways even though neither of them believe it is true.  They do this so the members of the Church will stop singing and praying.  Langston was pressured into Christianity, which is not true Christianity at all. I actually came to faith in Christ with the help of my parents. We were in my living room, not a loud church. My mom was reading this devotion at the time.]]> 2016-07-20 04:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jdreisner1/eujxzn8xj3na/wish/116672139