English 104 - Introduction to Narrative
Andrew Morrison
Intergenerational Power Dynamics: A Discussion of Huck and Alice
Category: 2 Essay: Carroll, Twain, Faulkner, Sebold | Andrew Morrison
When one considers the interactions of children and adults, one intuitively assumes that adults have the upper hand in most relationships. However, as can be seen in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, frequently this is not the case....
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Posted by amorriso on December 09, 2003 at 09:06 AM
Ocean Eyes
Category: 10 Blog: The Lovely Bones | Andrew Morrison
In chapter three Susie encounters Franny while returning home, and she asks Susie why she is shivering. Susie responds that she “can’t help thinking of her mother.” (p. 41) As Franny goes on her way, Susie can’t help but wish that she would hold her. However, Susie lets her leave,...
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Posted by amorriso on December 03, 2003 at 05:27 PM
Darl has gone to Jackson
Category: 09 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Andrew Morrison
In Darl’s final monologue we view the continuance of his ability to depict situations that he does not directly view and thereby shift perspective. For instance, he describes “Jewel standing beside [the wagon] and looking up the street like any other man in town that day.” (p. 254) However, this...
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Posted by amorriso on November 23, 2003 at 12:24 PM
Darl and Cash: Beveling the Coffin
Category: 08 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Andrew Morrison
Cash’s construction of Addie’s coffin dominates the beginning of the novel. We learn of it before we know who the characters are and what exactly is taking place. Two strikingly different depictions of the process are given by Darl and Cash (pgs. 75-83). Darl gives a very complete description of...
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Posted by amorriso on November 16, 2003 at 05:24 PM
Huck: More Sivilzed Than He'd Like to Admit
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Andrew Morrison
The revelation that Jim is actually a free man brings to light a rather disturbing fraudulence behind Huck’s supposed reliability as a narrator. Despite that Huck claims he must “light out for territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I...
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Posted by amorriso on November 10, 2003 at 05:18 PM
A Mutual Enjoyment of the Theatrical
Category: 06 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Andrew Morrison
While the king and the duke are certainly “reglar rapscallions,” (p. 146) and scam people out of large sums of money, Huck has been every bit as devious. Even though his scams are created for different purposes and are much less malicious, he too may be considered a con man....
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Posted by amorriso on November 03, 2003 at 02:03 PM
Huck and Jim
Category: 05 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Andrew Morrison
Jim is one very important ‘entity’ that must be considered. Huck struggles with his view of Jim, because he is being pulled in opposite directions by the social norms of the time and their budding friendship. This becomes wholly apparent in chapter 16 when the ramifications of his actions in...
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Posted by amorriso on October 27, 2003 at 01:35 PM
Ghosts in the Attic: The Use of the Supernatural in The Turn of the Screw and Wuthering Heights
Category: 11 Essay: James and Bronte | Andrew Morrison
One can draw several parallels between Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, from a fondness of repetition in their storytelling and a marked interest in the interactions of social classes to the use of literary and physical framing. Although, after reading both works,...
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Posted by amorriso on October 22, 2003 at 06:54 PM
Alice's Identity Crisis
Category: 04 Blog: Alice in Wonderland | Andrew Morrison
Of all the ridiculous incidences that Alice encounters in Wonderland, the most troublesome is her inability to communicate with other characters. For every time she changes size there is an encounter with another character that is hindered by some sort of communication block. A prime example of this is her...
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Posted by amorriso on October 05, 2003 at 03:38 PM
Cathy: Replacement and Continuation
Category: 03 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Andrew Morrison
Cathy not only replaces her mother, but she is also a continuation of her presence. It simply depends on which character’s point of view one considers. To Edgar Linton, Cathy is most certainly a replacement for his deceased wife. As Nelly states, “He recalled her memory with ardent, tender love,...
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Posted by amorriso on September 29, 2003 at 11:05 PM
Lockwood's Dream
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Andrew Morrison
Matthew 18:21-22 - Then Peter approaching him said, Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? Jesus saith to him, I say not to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven. ---- Mr. Lockwood’s dream begins with him hearing and...
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Posted by amorriso on September 22, 2003 at 07:11 PM
Misinterpretation
Category: 01 Blog: Turn of the Screw | Andrew Morrison
The Governess seems to misinterpret the scene when she finds Miles in the courtyard late at night. It only ‘seems’ to be a misinterpretation because this instance is one of various examples of the story’s “uncertainty of knowledge.” From the Governess’s perspective Miles had unwilling ventured out, drawn by Quint’s...
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Posted by amorriso on September 15, 2003 at 08:40 PM
Turn my frown upside-down...
Category: Andrew Morrison
Enjoys: being outdoors, romantic comedies, blogging and pillow fights Turn-offs: smoking, honesty (the truth can hurt sometimes) and sad clowns...
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Posted by amorriso on September 09, 2003 at 02:13 PM