English 104 - Introduction to Narrative
Liz Button
The Power of Denial
Category: 2 Essay: Carroll, Twain, Faulkner, Sebold | Liz Button
Liz Button Professor Phillipson Intro to the Narrative The Power of Denial The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner are each constructed as platforms for narrators that have a case to make for themselves. Susie’s desire for vindication in her death motivates her...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on December 15, 2003 at 04:11 PM
Susie's View from Heaven
Category: 10 Blog: The Lovely Bones | Liz Button
The ability of Susie as a narrator to circle throughout time lends her the capability to examine people and places more carefully than she did in life. This thereby gives her insight on to the effects herdeath has had on these things. For example, when Susie looks down on...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on December 04, 2003 at 09:49 AM
Addie's Distaste for Hypocrisy
Category: 09 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Liz Button
The fact that Addie's narrative is juxtaposed against the narratives of Cora and Whitfield is what makes its placement intriguing. Addie is the least religious character in the novel while Cora and Whitfield are the most typically pious characters. This juxtaposition of characters with completely opposite life views forces...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on November 24, 2003 at 08:59 PM
Cash's Coffin: Two Perspectives
Category: 08 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Liz Button
It is clear through Darl and Jewel's different portrayal of Cash's coffin-making that they differ in their views of the activity. Darl repeats fervently "a good carpenter Cash is," stating that the coffin he is making for her "will give her confidence and comfort," while Jewel laments the fact...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on November 18, 2003 at 09:59 AM
Jim's Betrayal
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Liz Button
At the end of Huckleberry Finn, Tom suggests to Huck that they go on a "howling adventure," but Huck conjectures that he does not have the funds for them to make their way since his father had most likely drank up the money from Judge Thatcher's. Tom notes that...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on November 11, 2003 at 09:44 AM
Huck Hankers for Community
Category: 06 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Liz Button
Huck Finn seems resolved to put up with the King and the Duke even though he is aware that their scams are hurting innocent people. At one point he even asserts that the two men make him "ashamed of the human race." However, it is the sense of community...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on November 04, 2003 at 09:58 AM
Isabella's naivete
Category: 03 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Liz Button
The function of Isabella in the novel is to gauge the reader's perception of Heathcliff. He is highly volatile and controversial, and it is natural for readers to come to a speedy conclusion regarding his ostensibly villainous character. However, it is also natural for readers to become intrigued with the...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on October 29, 2003 at 04:22 PM
Isabella as a naive observer
Category: 03 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Liz Button
The function of Isabella in the novel is to gauge the reader's perception of Heathcliff. He is highly volatile and controversial, and it is natural for readers to come to a speedy conclusion regarding his ostensibly villainous character. However, it is also natural for readers to become intrigued with...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on September 30, 2003 at 11:40 PM
Nelly as a Biased Narrator
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Liz Button
Nelly can be deemed to be an even less reliable narrator than the governess in The Turn of the Screw, though not for her delusions of ghosts, but for her delusions of grandeur. It is evident that Nelly envies Catherine her social station, beauty, and consequent suitors, whereas Nelly...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on September 23, 2003 at 09:51 AM
The governess' misinterpretation
Category: 01 Blog: Turn of the Screw | Liz Button
The most blatant misreading the governess makes of a situation is her take on the Miles' midnight expedition onto the grounds. When she explains the incident to Mrs. Grose, she tells her of Miles' comment that she should, "think, you know, of what I might do!" The governess asserts...
entire entry
Posted by ebutton on September 16, 2003 at 09:24 AM