Sunday, February 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Essay 2 writing assignment:: The Necessity to Speak
All of the poems that I was asked to read I notice they all have something in common. Besides being poems they seem to all be from the perspective of a witness to the account of what is happening to the person in the poem. I realize that Sam Hamill says that poets can write from many different perspectives. Like from the perspective of the victim, witness, or the perpetrator. To me it seems like these poems are all from the angle of, someone who was there, a silent witness. Much of Sam Hamill's poem speaks on both ends of the spectrum. Sometimes from the victims stand point and sometimes from the perpetrators' stand point.
He does go on to say that he was a victim in his poem and how helpless he felt while being victimized. He stated that he was not found till the next day by the guards and how still today this bothers him. It was so brutal what was done to him at 14 years old that he will never forget it. I wish we lived in a perfect world and these things did not happen to people, but the world we live in is not perfect. Yes, many times we turn our backs to the hard to perceive ugly truth about war, or rape, or murder, or child abuse. I believe we do this so that we do not have to deal with it. There are many things in life that are hard to deal with, but they must be dealt with.
Our society has become so desensitized to so many things that we just see a lot of things as a fact of life, when in reality we should be sensitive about it. Not accept it as it is morally wrong and should not be tolerated. Like teenage pregnancy and abortion, we all know that birth control pills and other contraceptives have been around for many years. They are advertized on television, the radio, the internet. We are not a caveman society we are an informed society. We just choose to take the, "I did not know", way out. This is pure ignorance on us as an educated people. In high school now they have programs were the student is given a life like baby to take home. This baby doll cries like a baby unexpectedly and can not always be appeased. This gives a young person just a glimpse of what it would be like to have a baby to care for. Believe me it is not all roses raising a family is hard work and never stops even when your children grow up.
Speech is a very important part of our society today. The freedom of speech that we have in the United States should not be taken for granted, though we do. There are many other countries that people can not speak freely in for fear of death even if they do. I am blessed to be living in the United States that still allows freedom of speech.
By Dorothy Kee
He does go on to say that he was a victim in his poem and how helpless he felt while being victimized. He stated that he was not found till the next day by the guards and how still today this bothers him. It was so brutal what was done to him at 14 years old that he will never forget it. I wish we lived in a perfect world and these things did not happen to people, but the world we live in is not perfect. Yes, many times we turn our backs to the hard to perceive ugly truth about war, or rape, or murder, or child abuse. I believe we do this so that we do not have to deal with it. There are many things in life that are hard to deal with, but they must be dealt with.
Our society has become so desensitized to so many things that we just see a lot of things as a fact of life, when in reality we should be sensitive about it. Not accept it as it is morally wrong and should not be tolerated. Like teenage pregnancy and abortion, we all know that birth control pills and other contraceptives have been around for many years. They are advertized on television, the radio, the internet. We are not a caveman society we are an informed society. We just choose to take the, "I did not know", way out. This is pure ignorance on us as an educated people. In high school now they have programs were the student is given a life like baby to take home. This baby doll cries like a baby unexpectedly and can not always be appeased. This gives a young person just a glimpse of what it would be like to have a baby to care for. Believe me it is not all roses raising a family is hard work and never stops even when your children grow up.
Speech is a very important part of our society today. The freedom of speech that we have in the United States should not be taken for granted, though we do. There are many other countries that people can not speak freely in for fear of death even if they do. I am blessed to be living in the United States that still allows freedom of speech.
By Dorothy Kee
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Vladimir Nabokov Good Readers and Good Writers
Nabokov's loving passionate perspective of a good reader is not just simply reading the story, but feeling it, living it, imagining it. Literally create the story in the readers mind to get the full enjoyment that the author intended. It would almost be like becoming one with the story. Nabokov believes that when reading the story a good reader can picture the time frame, the clothes that the people wore, what the characters were feeling, what they looked like and acted like. In this deep realm of reading one can experience the story and appreciate the author. I do agree with Mr. Nabokov's eloquent perspective of a good reader. I personally have experienced this level of reading a couple of times, and I see why good readers like books over movies. The book is more descriptive, you can almost feel the characters heart wrenching agonizing pain.
My perspective of a good reader is the vivid ability to dream and imagine the story in your mind. I also believe, the reader should not have a preconceived idea of how good or not the book will be before reading it. This would be a terrible injustice to the book and the author. I consider myself a moderately good reader. I wish I could honestly say I was a good reader, but I don't feel as passionate towards reading as I probably should. I still feel that at this point in my life I have not slowed down enough to fully appreciate reading for enjoyment. I generally read for necessity now because of time restrictions. By Dorothy Kee
My perspective of a good reader is the vivid ability to dream and imagine the story in your mind. I also believe, the reader should not have a preconceived idea of how good or not the book will be before reading it. This would be a terrible injustice to the book and the author. I consider myself a moderately good reader. I wish I could honestly say I was a good reader, but I don't feel as passionate towards reading as I probably should. I still feel that at this point in my life I have not slowed down enough to fully appreciate reading for enjoyment. I generally read for necessity now because of time restrictions. By Dorothy Kee
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Introduction:
Hi, my name is Dottie. I am a student now at Yavapai Community College. I am seeking a degree in Nursing. I have worked in the medical field for over 20 years. I am excited to start this process and English 102 is my first class. I am not new to college I did 51 credit hours of college 21 years ago. Yeah, that's a long time ago. I know. I am new though at doing classes on line this is my first class ever on line. I guess that makes me a (NEWBEE). I would love some suggestions from those of you who have done classes on line or some tips. Well I await someones answer. Thanks
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