Snead Comp II Commonplace Book by Chris Snead

Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"

chrissnead — 2015-02-10 04:03:39 UTC

I find the last sentence of the story interesting when it says "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills." (Chopin 151). The words "joy that kills" leaves me to understand that she had so much joy for her husband's death that when she found that he was okay, the sudden mood change from something so positive to something so negative had actually killed her. Her hatred for her husband killed her.

Kincaid's "Girl"

chrissnead — 2015-02-10 04:20:29 UTC

When I imagine the mother of the story, I see her as a typical housewife from the 40s. I see her daughter as the more open minded one who likes to question everything.

Glaspell's "Trifles"

chrissnead — 2015-02-10 04:26:50 UTC

The bird is an important part of the story. It marks the moment that it is realized that Mrs. Wright had killed her own husband. In a jokingly cheesy sense, Iron & Wine's song "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" reminds me of the bird in the story. The bird is dead, therefore it is flightless.

Ibsen's "A Doll's House"

chrissnead — 2015-02-10 04:27:04 UTC

In this story, Nora hides the way she feels about her husband and their marriage very well. Her husband treats her like she doesn't know any better - like a child.

Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"

chrissnead — 2015-02-10 04:27:12 UTC

This famous artwork ironically reminds me of the narrator of the story. If the setting had've taken place around this time period, I believe she wouldn't have come to the insanity that she did and all may have been well.

Hughes' "Negro"

chrissnead — 2015-02-17 01:11:51 UTC

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground by Blind Willie Johnson is a song of the Harlem Renaissance era. It reminds me a lot of the tone of this poem - dark and lonely.

McKay's "If We Must Die"

chrissnead — 2015-02-17 02:06:36 UTC

In this poem I see a war going on, much like this image. McKay is not giving up and is determined to make a difference in the world for his community forever.

Ellison's "Battle Royal"

chrissnead — 2015-03-21 04:44:09 UTC

The narrator of this story let's society's racial stereotypes get in the way of who he really is internally. This mask is just a symbol of what he must feel like; always being invisible.

Walker's "Everyday Use"

chrissnead — 2015-03-21 04:50:09 UTC

The importance of the quilts made me realize that America today isn't proud of their culture like they were in the old days. I feel that technology and our laziness has something to do with it.

Packer's "Brownies"

chrissnead — 2015-03-21 04:50:21 UTC

In "Brownies," an African-American group of girl scouts encounter, what Arnetta believes to be, a white group of girl scouts that gave them a racial slur. They soon realize the girls have what is called Echolalia which makes them repeat things they've heard. The story provides the lesson that what you see usually has something deeper behind it. This illusion symbolizes that by showing an ugly woman, but also a pretty one.

Bambara's "The Lesson"

chrissnead — 2015-03-21 04:50:45 UTC

This story really reminds me of that movie "Freedom Writers." In the movie, the teacher tries to make an impact on students who live a more low-income society, much like the ones in "The Lesson."

Miller's "Death of a Salesman"

chrissnead — 2015-04-20 19:56:37 UTC

This photo shows a man working hard at his job. In this play, Willy works too hard at his job for a family he doesn't put enough time into just so that he can live the life America deems successful.

O'Brien's "The Things They Carried"

chrissnead — 2015-04-20 19:57:04 UTC

I chose this photo of luggage because every soldier in this story carries some kind of baggage from the war. Whether it was physical or emotional, the war changed each and every one of them. How the story focuses on this really shows the guilt that the author has been carrying since the war himself.