My sumptuous padlet by Reese Pierce https://padlet.com/reese_pierce/fc68bovmo52q Made with wonder en-us 2017-04-04 18:40:20 UTC 2017-04-13 18:34:48 UTC hello@padlet.com ELM's Intro logmsch4418 https://padlet.com/reese_pierce/fc68bovmo52q/wish/165232881     “But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds…” In The Story of an Hour, the wife goes through the realization of being free for the first time in a long time in her life. Mrs. Mallard is the protagonist in this short story, she is told that her husband was in an unfortunate train accident. After hearing this she is sent on a spiral of depression but then comes out of it, realizing she is free. However, after the unexpected revelation, her freedom is stripped away. You may frown on this but put yourself in her place, in this time period women were not treated equally as men. Women were expected to take care of the house and make their husband happy, which is what Mrs. Mallard had been doing for years.
Within the time she is alone, different clues in the areas around her symbolize her thoughts and feelings. An open window, for example, is her freedom, while the closing door behind her husband is her loss. Mrs. Mallard herself, she was an older woman, unlike a younger woman she could not go out and do as much while married. However, in her view of her new world, she would have had a new start.
    The story takes place during the late 19th century where women were treated as property, their aspirations were put on hold because they got married. The dream a woman would have is to get married and have kids, nothing more nothing less. However, Mrs. Mallard is different, she has goals she wishes to accomplish but feels trapped in her marriage. Women often thought that "there would be no one to live for her during those coming years: she will live for herself." (p. 14) Once their husbands have passed they would have no significance.  She is different since she feels that she can accomplish what she has wanted to do for a long time.
    The story gives an inside look in her mind, to the point where we know she is having revelations. After learning of her husband's death, she was feeling "something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully." (p. 9)  This represents that her opportunity has finally arrived, that she has waited for her entire life. At one point in the story, Mrs. Mallard looks out the window and sees "patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other." What this meant to her was her freedom coming into view for the first time. She's finally realizing there's the world full of opportunities for her to take on. 
 Throughout the story, the reader gains the perception that she is a selfish woman and is happy about her husband's death. Nevertheless, what they don't realize is her point of view. She's not happy at the fact that her husband is dead, she's happy at her being free from the chains of her marriage.  She feels she's finally able to do things with her husband gone. Later, Mallard finds out her husband is still alive, she feels that same freedom getting ripped away from her. With the news of her husband still being alive, she dies of a "joy that kills" (p. 23) manipulating the reader that she died of happiness. 
    In conclusion, Story of an Hour is about a woman who learns of her husband's demise,  and then figuring out her own personal freedom because of it. The story represents how women were treated back then, how they were treated basically as objects and not human beings. In Mallard's head, she starts to see things that represent freedom, such as the blue sky and the outside world. Finally, the whole story was to manipulate the reader into thinking she was happy. 
]]> 2017-04-06 18:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/reese_pierce/fc68bovmo52q/wish/165232881 Use The Force luijros6418 https://padlet.com/reese_pierce/fc68bovmo52q/wish/165232972        Force always has a time and place for its use, however is using force for the betterment of a person the right thing to do? The doctor in the story, at first not wanting to use force, realizes that it is the only thing that will save the girl's life. However, he struggles with the moral dilemma of having to use excessive force to open the innocent girl's mouth, when he already knew the most possible cause of her symptoms. The story of The Use of Force can be best understood by the approach of multiple analytical elements such as character, plot structure and point of view.
     Throughout the short story the reader is informed about the doctor's thoughts, and actions.
The mother had tried to assure the girl that the doctor was a nice man that was the point where the doctor said, “At that I ground my teeth in disgust. If only they wouldn’t use the word “hurt” I might be able to get somewhere.” (Par. 16) This is evidence to suggest that the story is told from a first person P.O.V from the doctor's perspective.
     From the beginning of the short story, the doctor is all about trying to be careful and asking for consent when trying to help out Mathilda, the little girl. Then towards the middle he starts to get angry and pushy. Finally at the end, his character goes all out and has no care about Mathilda's safety. “But the worst of it was that I too had got beyond reason. I could have torn the child apart in my own fury and enjoyed it... My face was burning with it.” (Par. 31)
    Towards the end of the story, the doctor, unsatisfied with her answer from the little girl, begins to forcefully open her mouth to get the examination done. With this sudden action, his character changes from having a polite manner to an aggravated one. "But now I also had grown furious-- at a child." (Par. 29)  Another instance of the doctor's change in character would be when he is trying to open her mouth, saying " It was a pleasure to attack her." (Par. 31)
    The doctor's innocence from the beginning of the story and end of the story differ drastically as he moves from what is described," Such a nice man..."(Par. 15) to ,"It was a pleasure to attack her."(Par. 31) in a couple of paragraphs. A doctor's who purpose is to help this girl is now wanting to hurt her, showing his lost of innocence or change in character. 
     At the end of this, it can be said that the doctor himself changes throughout the short story due to the circumstances he was presented by the little girl. His character changed from being a nice doctor to an annoyed and aggravated mad man. All he wanted to do was to help her, but instead he was forced to use force. 
    
     ]]> 2017-04-06 18:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/reese_pierce/fc68bovmo52q/wish/165232972 he best introductory paragraph that has ever been paragraphed ever in the history of everything ever cuz it's just that freaking good. Boom. alexisgpink https://padlet.com/reese_pierce/fc68bovmo52q/wish/165233714 Most doctors tend to be gentle and kind when it comes to younger children in an attempt to make them feel more comfortable and safe. However, as we see in “The Use of Force” by William Williams, there are occasionally extenuating circumstances in which the doctor must do what they know is best even if the patient may not like it. The doctor’s method, though aggressive, was in the child’s best interest. Her refusal to work with the doctor’s instructions forced him to use more drastic measures, and in the end, the doctor discovered the thing that could have potentially been fatal. We believe that the measures used by the doctor were indeed necessary due to the fact that she could have died. The leading up to the drastic use of force can be demonstrated in the story through the setting not being in a hospital making working conditions harder for the doctor.The lack of cooperation from the characters. The plot structure, literary motif, and the first person point of view from the doctor.
  In 1933, hospitals were not nearly as advanced, clean or readily available, and in the story, the doctor is in the home of the little girl that he is attempting the procedure on. The home is not very clean and is quite damp. This setting makes it much more difficult for him to do his job due to the lack of materials and other experienced individuals. The mother of the girl also threatened the little girl with a trip to the hospital; " If you don't do what the doctor says, you'll have to go to the hospital" (p. 21) Thus emphasizing this girl's fear of doctors and her fear of them finding out about her sickness. 
          Beyond the setting, the characters, such as the parents, played an important role in the doctors use of force. The parents gave the little girl her for example, "his shame at her behavior and his dread at hurting her made him release her just at the critical times just when I had almost achieved  success." This required the doctor to use more force which resulted in Mathilda exaggerated aggression towards the doctor.
       The plot structure starts escalating after the doctors insists multiple times to "open your mouth lets take a look at your throat."(p.12) The doctor begins by using a tongue depressor, then a "smooth-handled spoon". In a finally attempt to open the girl's mouth he, "overpowered the childs neck and jaws" and forced the silver spoon to the back of her throat. Revealing the child's secret of her sore throat and the reason to why she was being so defiant.
   Mathilda's escalating  attitude throughout the story helps to show how the literary motif that Williams uses to display her lost of innocence and respect, which was very much expected of her. The little girl was not expected to be violent, thus causing a moment of surprise when she lunges at the doctor, knocking off his glasses. "As I moved my chair near, with one cat-like movement both her hands clawed instinctively at my eyes. And she almost reached them too." (p. 17)  In this moment, the little girl loses the sense of innocence that she previously gave off. The doctor now knows to be cautious and not to underestimate the girl.
  The doctor clearly knows what he is doing and becomes easily annoyed when something gets in the way of his work. The little girl, for example, refusing to allow him to examine her throat just made him want to do his job more. The parent's refusal to do what is necessary, even when their daughter's life may depend on it, makes the doctor even more agitated. "I had to do it... But first I told the parents that it was entirely up to them." (p. 20) The doctor clearly cares for his patients and is willing to do the hard work to keep them healthy.
          Overall the extra force was needed to be used. The idea that doctors are always professional and gentle is not dipicted in the story. This is do to the fact the little girl becomes defiant resulting in the doctor to use the extra force.]]> 2017-04-06 18:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/reese_pierce/fc68bovmo52q/wish/165233714 The beaver is a large, primarily nocturnal, semiaquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, the North American beaver and Eurasian beaver. Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges. setawes4818 https://padlet.com/reese_pierce/fc68bovmo52q/wish/165239451 "...I stood by the railings looking at her. Her dress swung as she moved her body and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side" In Araby, a young boy is daunted in love with a girl from across the street, he watches her cautiously, always keeping his eye on her. Eventually they strike up a conversation, bringing up his interest in a local bazaar called Araby. He goes there to get her a gift. Throughout the story, there are various aspects that create  unique perspectives that create many ideas that are left to the reader to analyze; Such as literary motif,character, and setting.

First of all, the character in Araby, shows many psychological traits that make his character seem very paranoid throughout the story. The boy's emotions are very bipolar like as he shifts back and forth from anger to sadness and happiness. These aspects make him out to be a very paranoid person in the story. As it was said in the story, “when she had been gone I began to walk up and down the room clenching my fists” (480). Within that period of time the character becomes angry very quickly, and it is caused by his fear of the uncle not coming home in time to allow him to go to the Bazaar. Because of this, the boy becomes very anxious and paranoid that the uncle won't show, this causes a spike of emotion inside of him. He switches off and on from angry to anxious. As the boy even said “Still it was early. I sat staring at the clock for some time and, when its ticking began to irritate me, I left the room” (480).
The boy's emotion seen to be driven by the girl in the story. In the beginning he was  very infatuated with this girl even though he had very little contact with her, he kept to himself mostly. As a result of this not only does the girl character come off as ineffectual to the actual outcome of the story, but this can also be felt with the other characters as well; They often come across as very distant and lack presence within the story.

As a supplement to this, the story has a particular literary motif that follows the boy and on his quest for love. As the story progresses the boy focuses on the girl and her actions, he is very focused on her but doesn't do much for her. However, after they have small conversation he makes a goal to get her something from the local bazaar as a way to show her his affection. He starts out in the conversation with the girl without setting up a conversation, he slowly just jumps right into it nervously, as it is stated “all my senses seemed to desire to veil themselves and, feeling that I was about to slip from them, I pressed the palms of my hands together until they trembled, murmuring O Love! O Love! Many times”(479).  The boy is clearly in love with the girl and will do anything to get her to like him which is why he is eager to go to Araby. This is why in the beginning the boy was so paranoid in the story, because he is so focused on getting her love through this gift he is so irritated and anxious throughout the waiting period. 

Finally, in the story the setting is shown in detailed descriptions from the boy's point of view. It is in a way both historical and cultural. It shows the culture of his everyday life, however it is very historical as it brings in a unique perspective involving a local bazaar and it's unique shops filled with pottery and other goods. The author uses many ways to describe the culture in the story, in one way he describes it as "we walked through the flaring streets, jostled by drunken men and bargaining women, amid the curses of labourers, the shrill litanies of shop-boys who stood on guard by the barrels of pigs’ cheeks., the nasal chanting of street singers, who sang come-all-you about O’Donovan Rossa, or a ballad of troubles in our native land”(479).  With that in my mind it really shows how the author tries to blend in the culture of the boy's life and make it really clear. 

In conclusion, the overall aspects of the story led us down a trail of unsuspecting events and emotions that all tie it together to create this story. It has a focus on the boy and his sole quest for love, and it uses many character traits and various settings to create that and make it come to life. So that you really get an understanding of being in his shoes and what is going on. However it does leave us with a final message, that would go as no matter how hard you try and no matter how much you plan it, things won't always go the way you want it to.

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