English 104 - Introduction to Narrative
Dro Joseney
Anything you can do, I can do better!
Category: 2 Essay: Carroll, Twain, Faulkner, Sebold | Dro Joseney
What happens when someone wants something that you have and only one person can have it? Well, in Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, a rigged competition happens. Huck tries to get better adventures than Tom Sawyer; and Darl tries to repossess...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on December 09, 2003 at 02:39 AM
Back to the present!
Category: 10 Blog: The Lovely Bones | Dro Joseney
The strategic purpose of Susie's narration is that of a detective. She pieces together the story of how she died and how her family copes with her death. Susie begins by introducing to the reader her normal life, where she then tells of what happens on a fateful night when...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on December 04, 2003 at 02:31 AM
May I please object!
Category: 09 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Dro Joseney
What is interesting about the placement of Addie’s monologue is that it comes right in between the monologues of Cora and Whitfield who are the two characters that are the most critical of her. Both of these characters are “religious” people who do not think too highly of Addie’s relationship...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on November 25, 2003 at 03:35 AM
I hate my own brother!
Category: 08 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Dro Joseney
From the start of ASILD, Darl and Jewel seem to be in a competition for something. None of these two characters directly state what their fight is over. In fact, it is Cora who hints the reason for the fight to the reader by saying “Jewel, the one [momma] had...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on November 18, 2003 at 02:17 AM
Huck is a loserrrrrrrrr
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Dro Joseney
Throughout Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck seems to be in a fierce competition with Tom Sawyer to prove that he has the better adventures between the two. Tom expresses this thought throughout his story as he constantly says things such as “Would [Tom Sawyer] ever go by this thing” (p....
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on November 11, 2003 at 02:27 AM
I'm better than you Tom!
Category: 06 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Dro Joseney
Huck has an interesting ability in learning from people that are around him in order to gain an edge in his quest to have better “adventures’ than Tom Sawyer. Huck shows this ability when he lodges with his dad. Although he was forced to stay with his dad at first,...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on November 04, 2003 at 03:20 AM
The Adventures of Huck v. Tom
Category: 05 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Dro Joseney
Huck is in a fierce competition with himself to top Tom Sawyer and his adventures. Tom is perceived as the leader of the pack but in all reality, he doesn’t know much. He makes outrageous claims, like when he told his group of robbers about a group of people who...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on October 28, 2003 at 01:04 AM
Can you hear me now? Bad!
Category: 11 Essay: James and Bronte | Dro Joseney
Life is long. What happens when you run out of time to live your life? In Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights and Henry James’s gothic novel Turn of the Screw, torment follows when time runs out. In Bronte’s novel, Catherine and Heathcliff have a relationship and Catherine dies. Heathcliff...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on October 23, 2003 at 05:18 AM
What it means to be a kid
Category: 04 Blog: Alice in Wonderland | Dro Joseney
Most parents don’t know what their kids want even when they are grown up. But in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, an older narrator tries to dictate the story of a little girl who had nothing to do one day. Through the first six chapters, the book is filled with...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on October 07, 2003 at 07:30 AM
Uprising
Category: 03 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Dro Joseney
I’ve watched and read a lot of narratives and one thing that they all have in common is that whenever there is a new cycle, you can expect change. If there is a dominating figure that persecutes one generation, then the next generation will be subject to the same persecution...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on September 30, 2003 at 12:16 AM
Boy and Girl Interrupted
Category: Dro Joseney | Dro Joseney
Catherine and Heathcliff have a very intriguing romantic relationship because they never started it. They connected with each other as kids because they thought very much alike. As they grew old enough to make more friends, Catherine found a fellow by the name of Edgar Linton. He was everything...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on September 23, 2003 at 12:44 AM
Boy and Girl Interrupted
Category: Dro Joseney | Dro Joseney
Catherine and Heathcliff have a very intriguing romantic relationship because they never started it. They connected with each other as kids because they thought very much alike. As they grew old enough to make more friends, Catherine found a fellow by the name of Edgar Linton. He was everything...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on September 23, 2003 at 12:44 AM
when you assume
Category: 01 Blog: Turn of the Screw | Dro Joseney
In Henry James’ novel Turn of the Screw, the character of the governess is a very dynamic character. It’s as the reader’s feelings about each character solely depend on how she feels about the character. It is a weird feeling because part of a reader’s feeling about any of the...
entire entry
Posted by cjoseney on September 15, 2003 at 10:27 PM