Chapters 10-13
In these chapters I have como to understand the lovely Cunegonde. At first I felt bad about her, but than reading about how she complained about her life and not having hope and than marrying Don Fernando, changed my opinion. Cunegonde is a woman who does not respect herself. After everything she went through she could have become happy again with Candide. Caunegonde was there for her while the others just wanted her physically. She messed with men. She used her sexuality and her beauty to win the men, but after having been so possessed by them, how could she do this again with Don Fernando? The old woman wanted to help Cunegonde by giving her advice. I like the old woman, I like that after everything she went through she still had hoped and made people feel hope and love life. But I don’t agree with her advice to Cunegonde. I really hope that Candide is not found and that he can find a place where he will not have to keep running.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
One Thing For Another (Candide)
Chapters 6-9
Candide in these chapters keeps going through problems. He gets attacked, he moves. But yet he find Cunegonde. Once again they get caught together and Candide is the one who gets attacked by Don Issachar. But why would Don Issachar attack Candide. He obviously didn’t even care for Cunegonde. She was bought by him under his possession and under another mans possession too. Candide kills Don Issachar, but does killing make things better? Does this mean that he will be with Cunegonde? I don’t understand what the meaning of this attack, than death, and than running away means. I am not sure if I am understanding Candide so well. I understand the situations I understand what is going on. But in Voltaire’s writing everything means something. Everything has its reason for happening and is connected to something and I am not finding the connection in some chapters.
Candide in these chapters keeps going through problems. He gets attacked, he moves. But yet he find Cunegonde. Once again they get caught together and Candide is the one who gets attacked by Don Issachar. But why would Don Issachar attack Candide. He obviously didn’t even care for Cunegonde. She was bought by him under his possession and under another mans possession too. Candide kills Don Issachar, but does killing make things better? Does this mean that he will be with Cunegonde? I don’t understand what the meaning of this attack, than death, and than running away means. I am not sure if I am understanding Candide so well. I understand the situations I understand what is going on. But in Voltaire’s writing everything means something. Everything has its reason for happening and is connected to something and I am not finding the connection in some chapters.
Everything Happens For a Reason (Candide)
Chapters 1-6
Voltaire has a very strong sophisticated way of writing. I admit that I did have to read over some chapters because I did not understand what the point was or what was being said. These chapters have a lot of change. Candide goes from being banished by the Baron to being whipped, than to war and than to Lisbon. The way everything starts out seems weird to me because Candide didn’t do anything bad to get banished by the Baron and have to suffer so much. The baron’s daughter witnesses Pangloss and the maid “experimenting” she told Candide and they just kissed. Why does someone have to leave because of a kiss? In those days was it such a big deal?
“There is no effect without a cause,’ replied Candide modestly. " (p.26) I love this quote because I agree with Candide. Everything happens for a reason. If there is no cause there will be no effect. That’s his philosophy and mine too. Many people do not really thing like that. But people can not try to make things the way they want, something’s just happen. I do wonder now with so much going on in Candide’s life to what will happen next. I hope things get better because everything for him seems to be going wrong.
Voltaire has a very strong sophisticated way of writing. I admit that I did have to read over some chapters because I did not understand what the point was or what was being said. These chapters have a lot of change. Candide goes from being banished by the Baron to being whipped, than to war and than to Lisbon. The way everything starts out seems weird to me because Candide didn’t do anything bad to get banished by the Baron and have to suffer so much. The baron’s daughter witnesses Pangloss and the maid “experimenting” she told Candide and they just kissed. Why does someone have to leave because of a kiss? In those days was it such a big deal?
“There is no effect without a cause,’ replied Candide modestly. " (p.26) I love this quote because I agree with Candide. Everything happens for a reason. If there is no cause there will be no effect. That’s his philosophy and mine too. Many people do not really thing like that. But people can not try to make things the way they want, something’s just happen. I do wonder now with so much going on in Candide’s life to what will happen next. I hope things get better because everything for him seems to be going wrong.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Blinded By Ignorance (Cathedral)
Cathedral
I find it very interesting that a blind man could know so much. Robert the blind man, he does not want to be treated differently by the narrator and his wife. He just wants company. His wife has died and he does not want to be alone. It surprises me that a blind man could know so much, he can not see anything, but just the way he feels things and hears them is very impressing. He is just as aware about anything as any other person who is not blind. Why pitty a person if they know just as much as you do? The narrator is stubborn. He is like the other characters in this book. He drinks, watches TV and is indifferent with his wife. He is weak, because he feels jelousy towards the blind man and he feels uncomfortable. Only a weak person would not know how to act around a disbale person. Robert changes him. Robert puts the narrator in his shoes. Its incredible how both fo them with their eyes clothes are able to draw a Cathedral. The secret must be trust, you don’t have to see something to know how it is, but maybe you just have to feel it and then be able to imagine it. That is exactly what these two men did. It is important to always trust your instics. The narrator is able to feel emoptional at the end, when at the beginning he was just annoying to his wife and did not care for a blind man’s visit. This blind man probably changed his life, he probably changed the narrators way of looking at life.
I think that this story is ironic, because it has to do with a blind man, but the message being that people are blind. The blind man has a better life and a better way of looking at life, while the others live in a world full of jealousy, alcohol, and ignorance. They don’t care about anything. I think the whole book has to do with this. All of the characters are so ignorant. The book ends with Cathedral, because that’s how Carver makes his point. That how he shows that some people just don’t know where they are standing, but the a blind man does. It is not the blind man who is blind, but the other people who are blind. They have their eyes wide open and they can not even see the world as it is.
I find it very interesting that a blind man could know so much. Robert the blind man, he does not want to be treated differently by the narrator and his wife. He just wants company. His wife has died and he does not want to be alone. It surprises me that a blind man could know so much, he can not see anything, but just the way he feels things and hears them is very impressing. He is just as aware about anything as any other person who is not blind. Why pitty a person if they know just as much as you do? The narrator is stubborn. He is like the other characters in this book. He drinks, watches TV and is indifferent with his wife. He is weak, because he feels jelousy towards the blind man and he feels uncomfortable. Only a weak person would not know how to act around a disbale person. Robert changes him. Robert puts the narrator in his shoes. Its incredible how both fo them with their eyes clothes are able to draw a Cathedral. The secret must be trust, you don’t have to see something to know how it is, but maybe you just have to feel it and then be able to imagine it. That is exactly what these two men did. It is important to always trust your instics. The narrator is able to feel emoptional at the end, when at the beginning he was just annoying to his wife and did not care for a blind man’s visit. This blind man probably changed his life, he probably changed the narrators way of looking at life.
I think that this story is ironic, because it has to do with a blind man, but the message being that people are blind. The blind man has a better life and a better way of looking at life, while the others live in a world full of jealousy, alcohol, and ignorance. They don’t care about anything. I think the whole book has to do with this. All of the characters are so ignorant. The book ends with Cathedral, because that’s how Carver makes his point. That how he shows that some people just don’t know where they are standing, but the a blind man does. It is not the blind man who is blind, but the other people who are blind. They have their eyes wide open and they can not even see the world as it is.
A New Life (Cathedral)
Fever
This short story is extremely sad, but at the same time the ending is very beautiful. Carlyle starts out the story being very weak and sad. His selfish wife leaves him for his colleague. She leaves him and the children. What kind of a mother could do such a thing? Leave your husband, but don’t leave your children. She’s an artist, and artists tend to have a stereotype to be crazy. She calls him every day, trying to cheer him up, but she ruined his life. She doesn’t realize how horrible she is for leaving her family behind. She calls to tell Carlyle how happy she is. It’s like as if rubs her happiness in his face. She is evil I do not like her. Although, I do think the problem in this relationship is that they fell in love to young. They were in college, she was 18 and he was 19. Many young marriages usually do not work out. There’s always one person who feels that they have missed out on a lot of their life.
“They need someone, you see. We need someone we can count on. I guess that’s our problem.” (p.170) For Carlyle and his children, their mother/wife has left them. They can get a descent babysitter to actually stay or that they like, and Carlyle just feels so sad and frustrated. Mrs. Webster is an angel for them. She comes into their lives making things better and easier for all of them. At the end she leaves, but she leaves and Carlyle becomes a stronger man being ready to let go of his past and just focus on his future and his children. Carlyle is a good person. I like this story a lot because I feel that it brings out a message that nobody should give up. You can be very weak, but in the end there is always a way to become stronger. You just have to try.
This short story is extremely sad, but at the same time the ending is very beautiful. Carlyle starts out the story being very weak and sad. His selfish wife leaves him for his colleague. She leaves him and the children. What kind of a mother could do such a thing? Leave your husband, but don’t leave your children. She’s an artist, and artists tend to have a stereotype to be crazy. She calls him every day, trying to cheer him up, but she ruined his life. She doesn’t realize how horrible she is for leaving her family behind. She calls to tell Carlyle how happy she is. It’s like as if rubs her happiness in his face. She is evil I do not like her. Although, I do think the problem in this relationship is that they fell in love to young. They were in college, she was 18 and he was 19. Many young marriages usually do not work out. There’s always one person who feels that they have missed out on a lot of their life.
“They need someone, you see. We need someone we can count on. I guess that’s our problem.” (p.170) For Carlyle and his children, their mother/wife has left them. They can get a descent babysitter to actually stay or that they like, and Carlyle just feels so sad and frustrated. Mrs. Webster is an angel for them. She comes into their lives making things better and easier for all of them. At the end she leaves, but she leaves and Carlyle becomes a stronger man being ready to let go of his past and just focus on his future and his children. Carlyle is a good person. I like this story a lot because I feel that it brings out a message that nobody should give up. You can be very weak, but in the end there is always a way to become stronger. You just have to try.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Looking For Luck (Cathedral)
The Bridle
In this short story nothing really goes on. The Holits family moves to Arizona looking for luck. From what I read and understood, I think they have lived in many places before Arizona and Minnesota. The narrator seems like a good person. She rents out the apartment to them and also does Betty Holits hair. She knows that there is something weird about the Holits family and so we know it too. They seem to be running away from everything. What are they running from? Why do they immediately leave after Holits accident? Nothing bad happened, no one got in trouble. Holits got hurt, but it was not such a big deal. Betty also seems like a good person. I can tell she is a very strong person, but at the same time very weak. She keeps her family moving forward. She works day and night shift while Holits does nothing, while he drinks and gambles the family money away. I could never imagine being the Holits kids and having to move quickly without even knowing where my parents are taking me. I would not like that life at all. The kids know that they are moving, they have no idea where to, but they know that it is because there is no more money. This life style seems so sad. “ I think they’re going somewhere else to try their luck.” (p.206) this quote is at the end. You can just run away from your problems. You cant keep things behind, your life, your problems behind. Life has solutions and you can not rely on luck. Does luck even exist?
In this short story nothing really goes on. The Holits family moves to Arizona looking for luck. From what I read and understood, I think they have lived in many places before Arizona and Minnesota. The narrator seems like a good person. She rents out the apartment to them and also does Betty Holits hair. She knows that there is something weird about the Holits family and so we know it too. They seem to be running away from everything. What are they running from? Why do they immediately leave after Holits accident? Nothing bad happened, no one got in trouble. Holits got hurt, but it was not such a big deal. Betty also seems like a good person. I can tell she is a very strong person, but at the same time very weak. She keeps her family moving forward. She works day and night shift while Holits does nothing, while he drinks and gambles the family money away. I could never imagine being the Holits kids and having to move quickly without even knowing where my parents are taking me. I would not like that life at all. The kids know that they are moving, they have no idea where to, but they know that it is because there is no more money. This life style seems so sad. “ I think they’re going somewhere else to try their luck.” (p.206) this quote is at the end. You can just run away from your problems. You cant keep things behind, your life, your problems behind. Life has solutions and you can not rely on luck. Does luck even exist?
Looking For Luck (Cathedral)
The Bridle
In this short story nothing really goes on. The Holits family moves to Arizona looking for luck. From what I read and understood, I think they have lived in many places before Arizona and Minnesota. The narrator seems like a good person. She rents out the apartment to them and also does Betty Holits hair. She knows that there is something weird about the Holits family and so we know it too. They seem to be running away from everything. What are they running from? Why do they immediately leave after Holits accident? Nothing bad happened, no one got in trouble. Holits got hurt, but it was not such a big deal. Betty also seems like a good person. I can tell she is a very strong person, but at the same time very weak. She keeps her family moving forward. She works day and night shift while Holits does nothing, while he drinks and gambles the family money away. I could never imagine being the Holits kids and having to move quickly without even knowing where my parents are taking me. I would not like that life at all. The kids know that they are moving, they have no idea where to, but they know that it is because there is no more money. This life style seems so sad. “ I think they’re going somewhere else to try their luck.” (p.206) this quote is at the end. You can just run away from your problems. You cant keep things behind, your life, your problems behind. Life has solutions and you can not rely on luck. Does luck even exist?
In this short story nothing really goes on. The Holits family moves to Arizona looking for luck. From what I read and understood, I think they have lived in many places before Arizona and Minnesota. The narrator seems like a good person. She rents out the apartment to them and also does Betty Holits hair. She knows that there is something weird about the Holits family and so we know it too. They seem to be running away from everything. What are they running from? Why do they immediately leave after Holits accident? Nothing bad happened, no one got in trouble. Holits got hurt, but it was not such a big deal. Betty also seems like a good person. I can tell she is a very strong person, but at the same time very weak. She keeps her family moving forward. She works day and night shift while Holits does nothing, while he drinks and gambles the family money away. I could never imagine being the Holits kids and having to move quickly without even knowing where my parents are taking me. I would not like that life at all. The kids know that they are moving, they have no idea where to, but they know that it is because there is no more money. This life style seems so sad. “ I think they’re going somewhere else to try their luck.” (p.206) this quote is at the end. You can just run away from your problems. You cant keep things behind, your life, your problems behind. Life has solutions and you can not rely on luck. Does luck even exist?
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