English 104 - Introduction to Narrative
Meghan Gillis
Father, Father Why Do You Bother?
Category: 2 Essay: Carroll, Twain, Faulkner, Sebold | Meghan Gillis
"It is much easier to become a father than to be one." -- Kent Nerburn Fathers play minor roles in both William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. Pap and Anse are similar in the sense that they are horrible egotistical fathers. The authors of...
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Posted by mgillis on December 08, 2003 at 10:24 PM
Mr. Harvey's Childhood
Category: 10 Blog: The Lovely Bones | Meghan Gillis
Susie’s virginity and youth was violated by Mr. Harvey. Susie is able to “see all the way back to Mr. Harvey in his mother’s arms” (96). The narration allows us to learn of Mr. Harvey’s childhood. By searching into Mr. Harvey’s past she learns that “he would begin to...
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Posted by mgillis on December 04, 2003 at 12:19 AM
Darl's Search for Definite Answers
Category: 09 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Meghan Gillis
Throughout the course of As I Lay Dying, the reader becomes accustomed to Darl’s ability to narrate events at which he is not present for. However, the reader is not familiarized with Darl referring to himself in the third person, as is displayed in his final disturbing monologue. Earlier...
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Posted by mgillis on November 24, 2003 at 02:27 PM
Jewel vs. Darl - Who's the "good" guy?
Category: 08 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Meghan Gillis
Jewel is an intriguing and mystifying character. There is only one “chapter” in As I Lay Dying where one reads solely from Jewels perspective. It is through this that one can see Jewel’s true admiration and fondness for his mother as he states, “it would be just me an...
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Posted by mgillis on November 17, 2003 at 02:18 PM
Tom's Fraudulence and Huck's Blindness
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Meghan Gillis
Tom’s fraudulent manner over both Huck and Jim was self-centered to say the least. Tom knew that Miss Watson had freed Jim in her will, yet continued to play “games” in an elaborate scheme to help Jim escape. The actions of not only Tom, but also Huck are disappointing....
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Posted by mgillis on November 10, 2003 at 08:39 PM
Preaching from Pap and The King
Category: 06 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Meghan Gillis
Huck knows from experience that the “preachin” (p.121) type of person is seldom the most trustworthy. Previously in the novel, Huck had experiences with Miss Watson’s religious preaching as well as Pap’s preaching to the judge about becoming a better man. Pap’s declaration of “rebirth” is strikingly similar to the...
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Posted by mgillis on November 03, 2003 at 03:09 PM
Tom's "civilized" ways vs. Hucks "natural" approach
Category: 05 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Meghan Gillis
The character of Tom Sawyer provides a needed contrast against Huck’s character. Tom Sawyer is an adventurous, romantic character with dreams of robbery, death and gold. The only problem is that robbery seems to be against Sunday-school children and the gold was snacks that the children had been eating. For...
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Posted by mgillis on October 27, 2003 at 03:48 PM
Through The Windows...
Category: 11 Essay: James and Bronte | Meghan Gillis
While Henry James’ Turn of the Screw and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights provide readers with different writing styles, storylines and conclusions, these two novels contain similarities. Of particular interest is the authors’ use of windows. Each author chooses to use windows as an aid in the structural development of...
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Posted by mgillis on October 22, 2003 at 08:35 PM
Alice, the Caterpillar and change
Category: 04 Blog: Alice in Wonderland | Meghan Gillis
The conversation between Alice and Caterpillar was one of particular confusion and begins in an extremely roundabout matter as the Caterpillar demands of Alice “Who are you?”(p35), only to have Alice disappointingly reply “I-I hardly know….I ca’n’t explain myself” (p35) as Alice is so discouraged about her constant changing in...
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Posted by mgillis on October 06, 2003 at 10:23 AM
Little Catherine's Forgiveness
Category: 03 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Meghan Gillis
In the eyes of Heathcliff, little Catherine is viewed as a continued presence of her mother. He attempts to control the lives of Linton and little Catherine like that of a puppeteer performing a show for his own amusement. The younger generation serves as a second chance for the treachery...
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Posted by mgillis on September 29, 2003 at 07:53 PM
"...a child's face looking through the window"
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Meghan Gillis
By hearing Catherine’s cries through Lockwood’s dream in Chapter 3, Heathcliff’s demands seem to have been met in that, “Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living! You said I killed you- haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers… Be with me always-take...
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Posted by mgillis on September 22, 2003 at 09:01 PM
Miles Misread
Category: 01 Blog: Turn of the Screw | Meghan Gillis
Throughout The Turn of the Screw, the governess misreads numerous occurrences. In the case of Miles and his dismissal from school, the governess not only misreads a character, but also the situation, ultimately leading to tragedy. The governess is an extremist, either viewing situations as good or evil. In...
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Posted by mgillis on September 15, 2003 at 02:49 PM
Practice Entry
Category: Meghan Gillis
Practice Entry - "Passion is powerful..nothing was ever achieved without it and nothing can take its place. No matter what you face in life, if your passion is strong enough you will find the strength to succeed."...
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Posted by mgillis on September 09, 2003 at 03:42 PM