Wittman COMP II Minor by

Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"

paula_wittman — 2014-01-27 23:11:18 UTC

As Louise was looking out of her window and whispered "Free body and soul free!" this statue of Winged Victory came to mind.

Updike's A & P

paula_wittman — 2014-01-28 00:05:35 UTC

I thought of Sammy as a modern knight in shining armor standing up for his "Queenie's" honor. I believe what Sammy meant when he said "I felt how hard the world was going to be

to me from here on in." was that he

realized once you have chosen to stand

up for what you believe is right that there

was always going to be people

trying to convince him otherwise.

Munro's "An Ounce of Cure"

paula_wittman — 2014-01-28 00:14:01 UTC

"...too giggle out loud.

I did not have in mind the ceiling spinning..."

This made me smile as I remembered the time of my youthful ignorance.

Collier's "The Chaser"

paula_wittman — 2014-01-28 01:31:21 UTC

This story is the classic example to be careful what you wish for.

Listen to Willie Nelson sing

Unchained Melody

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 02:58:33 UTC

Alexie's "Indian"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 03:02:22 UTC

I personally think that the

way the United States of America

tried to erase the history and

people of an entire race is one of

the darkest marks in the history

of the U.S

Joyce's "Araby"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 03:11:08 UTC

There is almost nothing that is out of reach when your young and in love.

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 20:12:52 UTC

Packer's "Brownies"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 20:56:15 UTC

This story is a prime example of children learning to hate because the generation before them hated. hese children couldn't say why they hated other than a difference in color.

Erdrich's "The Red Convertible"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 21:05:04 UTC

This quote describes so many of the young men who came

home from Viet Nam. "When

he came home, though,

Henry was very different, and

I'll say this: the change was

no good.

"Names" by Billy Collins

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 22:04:20 UTC

There are no words that I can add. Remembering 911

in Just by E. E. Cummings

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 22:10:11 UTC

Richard Cory by Edwin A. Robinson

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 22:25:43 UTC

My Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 22:30:49 UTC

We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 22:33:49 UTC

Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden

paula_wittman — 2014-04-28 22:36:29 UTC

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 03:21:46 UTC

D. H. Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 03:24:11 UTC

"If you're lucky you have money".

The need to prove that he was lucky cost Paul

not only his childhood innocence but his life.

Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 03:35:04 UTC

Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 03:41:07 UTC

The cruelty of mental illness can

turn the grandest of homes into

a prison.

Mansfield's "Miss Brill"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 03:49:49 UTC

"The old people sat on the bench, still as statues."

Jackson's "The Lottery"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 03:58:04 UTC

Out of all the required reading this one

reminded me the most of how fragile our

sense of humanity really is.

Walker's "Everyday Use

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:04:01 UTC

The memories that Maggie

has every time she uses

something that

was made by a family

member are priceless.

O'Brien's "The things they carried"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:08:54 UTC

Boys suddenly turned men by the pick of a number, carrying some items to help keep them alive and other items to help keep their hope alive.

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:12:42 UTC

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:14:43 UTC

Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:16:39 UTC

My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:23:26 UTC

Morning Song by Joy Harjo

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:25:03 UTC

"The red dawn is now rearranging the earth..."

Bender's "The Rememberer"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:28:27 UTC

There is such loneliness to

being the last one left.

Miller's "Death of a Salesman"

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:35:39 UTC

To enable a persons delusions

is not beneficial in the long run

and can sometimes is deadly.

paula_wittman — 2014-04-29 04:45:23 UTC

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