Oates Story

This story was told in the first person. The author takes us upon a journey during her abduction. She displayed us her traumatic experience with her being kidnapped. She explains to us the multitude micro-events that transpire during her abduction process.

The author uses very descriptive words to explain movement, moods, and significance within this short story. She goes to great lengths to detailed very specific happenings to her during this time period. She explained her wounds and bruises. She even empathized with the killer as they picked up the red head. The author's description of the red head was effective. 

The overall story was a solid read. I thought it was okay. It moved through time well, and I thought the characters use of description was effective. I just felt that more could have been shared.

Blog Post for 2/18/15

I'm sad that we're ending our introduction to poetry. I found it extremely liberating, and more importantly I found that it's an excellent way to connect with other people.

I enjoyed the experience of reading Tocqueville. Mattawa's style of writing was not only poetic, but also informative. In some cases, I felt that his book was very inspiring.

Often times in todays society, it's easy to feel like nobody cares, and there isn't any point trying to allocate time to arts, or anything of meaning.

After all, many people learn knew things, but still conduct old behaviors?

Mattawa's work also expands my creative analysis of the world, just because something hasn't been done. Doesn't mean it can't be done. Also, just because something doesn't fit nicely into the classical standards of art doesn't mean that it isn't art, and more importantly transformational for humanity.

All of that being said, I definitely look forward to the short story segment of this class, and hope that it's even more engagement then the previous section of poetry. I'm glad that I've taken this class.

Ted Berrigan is the man in my eyes.

I enjoyed his Sonnet's, and more specifically I enjoyed his worked that talked about Gertrude Stein at Radcliffe.

I thought this work was very descriptive, and engaging. I was with the poet in each stanza, and it's metronome of jagged staccatos. I felt alive. I felt that the people that he was paying homage toO were alive.

It twas this liveliness that kept me engaged, and focused on the imagery that he conjured.

I would love to read more of his work, and see how he's taken other styles and flipped them on their head to yield something anew.

I must say that there was something else to be desire by the firsts weeks poetry packets, more specifically Shakespeare's Sonnets. 

I understand that Shakespeare was the man of his time. The ultimate pop icon that had stellar success in captivating the audiences of his time. I will also yield the idea that within the time period his words were revolutionary. This definitely made him the man of the era. 

After moving past the obvious accolades, I wasn't really moved by Shakespeare's Sonnet's. I did enjoy his repertoire of words, but the ideas did not move me. 

I did appreciate the rhythm used within each stanza. This was definitely something that I would focus on a bit more when composing my work. 

All, and all at the end I guess you have to know where people been to know where we as people can go, and understanding the things that Shakespeare did well, and not so well is vital for progress. 

 

My name is Jason.....and you are?

Hi all,

My name is Jason Robinson, and I like to wrestle lions, the cuddly ones of course. 

 

I also enjoy Stanley Kubrick.

I heart happy people who love diversity. 

I'm a  Journalism Screen Studies major at University of Michigan-Dearborn. 

I like the colors red & purple.



I hate mean people.