English 104 - Introduction to Narrative
Torri Parker
Hypocrisy and Falsehood take over Realism
Category: 2 Essay: Carroll, Twain, Faulkner, Sebold | Torri Parker
A match made in heaven. Cora and Jim are two very similar characters in two very different novels. Religion and hypocrisy play very important roles in the lives of each of these characters. Where one dwells on witchcraft, the other dwells on Christianity. Through both forms, they both claim...
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Posted by cparker on December 09, 2003 at 09:06 AM
Why is it called lovely bones?
Category: 10 Blog: The Lovely Bones | Torri Parker
Susie’s horrific fate makes her very intriguing in terms of being nosey when it comes to everyone else’s business. When Ruth goes to share a very special moment with Lindsey, where Susie should have looked away, she continues to look in. “Can I get into bed with you?” Here Ruth...
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Posted by cparker on December 04, 2003 at 10:01 AM
dA ReAliSt HaS a SaY!
Category: 09 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Torri Parker
There are two really interesting facts about the placement of Addie’s monologue. The first is the fact that it comes after her death, after all but one person has reflected on their feelings about her death, and ironically that one person is one of the only people she cherished while...
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Posted by cparker on November 24, 2003 at 02:05 AM
How holy art thou?
Category: 08 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Torri Parker
The “holy prayer” event described by both Addie and Cora is seen in two totally different lights. “I prayed for the poor blind woman as I had never prayed for me and mine.”168 Cora feels that Addie is an endangered soul, and the only way to save her from...
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Posted by cparker on November 18, 2003 at 01:38 AM
"You aint got to lie Huck!"
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Torri Parker
Huck is constantly taking the hard way out of bad situations and adding to the truth to make himself believe that the hardest way out is the best. Particularly in the end of the novel, Tom’s setting Jim free with the knowledge that he was already free. Huck says of...
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Posted by cparker on November 11, 2003 at 04:31 AM
There has to be an explanation!
Category: 06 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Torri Parker
The reason why Huck can make allowances’ for the King and Duke is because he can relate with them. Just like they get a thrill out of fooling other people, he does too. Huck is proud of his own fraudulent behavior in faking his death. He is not alone though,...
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Posted by cparker on November 04, 2003 at 03:30 AM
A poor excuse of a Father, but a wonderful one for a Friend
Category: 05 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Torri Parker
The character of Pap is viewed by many of the townspeople as a worthless excuse for a father. Even Huck, does not like the way he treats him by beating him with the cowhide. Because Pap is all that Huck has, it seems that he should be there for...
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Posted by cparker on October 28, 2003 at 01:39 AM
RESPECT, find out what it can mean for you
Category: 11 Essay: James and Bronte | Torri Parker
All men are created equal. Is this statement really true? When you think about it, look at the innocent children who are born into poverty stricken families everyday. Will they really be held as equal against their counterparts born into wealth and fame? An assumption about this statement can...
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Posted by cparker on October 23, 2003 at 01:51 AM
Cfuosnnig Srutcrues
Category: 04 Blog: Alice in Wonderland | Torri Parker
Throughout chapter 5 the caterpillar and Alice are constantly frustrated by the lack of understanding gained by their conversation. Alice replies to who she is with, "I hardly know sir, just at present at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I...
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Posted by cparker on October 07, 2003 at 09:14 AM
effects of the past on the future
Category: 03 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Torri Parker
Little Catherine replaces her mother's presence in her thought processes along with her life altering decisions. Little Catherine was forced into marriage but not into falling in love, whereas her mother had the ability to choose if she would marry Edgar, but was forced to love him. She replaces the...
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Posted by cparker on September 27, 2003 at 03:53 PM
Honesty of Ellen Dean
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Torri Parker
I would deem her a trustworthy narrator to a certain extent. It seems that she herself might possibly have been jealous of Catherine. After growing up with them, and then becoming their servant, it is ironic that the question of her (Ellen) ever forming a relationship of her own never...
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Posted by cparker on September 22, 2003 at 09:51 PM
The Misreading of the Children
Category: 01 Blog: Turn of the Screw | Torri Parker
In “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James, the governess is a character of great ambiguity. The audience must determine if, or rather distinguish between what she explains is a reality or an illusion. At the commencement of chapter 13, the governess is reflecting on the actions of...
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Posted by cparker on September 16, 2003 at 02:51 AM
I am practicing!
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I will take this practice opportunity to express to the class that I am practicing, and I hope this comes our right!...
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Posted by cparker on September 10, 2003 at 09:52 AM