"He made money. It was rather amazing. After college he went to the city from which Black Bear Lake draws its wealthy patrons. When he was only twenty-three and had been there not quite two years, there were already people who liked to say: "Now there's a boy--" All about him rich men's sons were peddling bonds precariously, or investing patrimonies precariously, or plodding through the two dozen volumes of the "George Washington Commercial Course," but Dexter borrowed a thousand dollars on his college degree and his confident mouth, and bought a partnership in a laundry."
This quote tells you about Dexter, and how after college, he made successful investments in many different things, including a laundry, where he made a lot of money.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Winter Dreams Analysis
"The color in her cheeks was centered like the color in a picture--it was not a "high" color, but a sort of fluctuating and feverish warmth, so shaded that it seemed at any moment it would recede and disappear. This color and the mobility of her mouth gave a continual impression of flux, of intense life, of passionate vitality--balanced only partially by the sad luxury of her eyes."
This relates to the dram where in the author has heightened senses and is afraid of to lose the delicacies of the moment.
Winter Dreams quote
"A low, pale oblong detached itself suddenly from the darkness of the Island, spitting forth the reverberate sound of a racing motor-boat. Two white streamers of cleft water rolled themselves out behind it and almost immediately the boat was beside him, drowning out the hot tinkle of the piano in the drone of its spray. Dexter raising himself on his arms was aware of a figure standing at the wheel, of two dark eyes regarding him over the lengthening space of water--then the boat had gone by and was sweeping in an immense and purposeless circle of spray round and round in the middle of the lake. With equal eccentricity one of the circles flattened out and headed back toward the raft."
Shows that even if Judy is not a flapper, she dresses, acting like one. Women in that era can't be dressing like that. However the flappers dress very differently to show their rebellion characteristics to the social norms. The women at this time should not show any part of their body other than their face and hand. The flappers however show out all their arms, and even parts of their legs.
Judy in this case is riding a motor boat, which is strictly forbidden to ride by the women of her time.
Shows that even if Judy is not a flapper, she dresses, acting like one. Women in that era can't be dressing like that. However the flappers dress very differently to show their rebellion characteristics to the social norms. The women at this time should not show any part of their body other than their face and hand. The flappers however show out all their arms, and even parts of their legs.
Judy in this case is riding a motor boat, which is strictly forbidden to ride by the women of her time.
Winter Dreams Quote
"You're not. I like you. But I've just had a terrible afternoon. There was a man I cared about, and this afternoon he told me out of a clear sky that he was poor as a church-mouse. He'd never even hinted it before. Does this sound horribly mundane?"
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"Suppose he was," she answered. "He didn't start right. You see, if I'd thought of him as poor--well, I've been mad about loads of poor men, and fully intended to marry them all. But in this case, I hadn't thought of him that way, and my interest in him wasn't strong enough to survive the shock. As if a girl calmly informed her fianc_ that she was a widow. He might not object to widows, but----
"Let's start right," she interrupted herself suddenly. "Who are you, anyhow?"
For a moment Dexter hesitated. Then:
"I'm nobody," he announced. "My career is largely a matter of futures."
"Are you poor?"
"No," he said frankly, "I'm probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that's an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right." (Chapter III)
From this quote we can see that Judy Jones cares a lot about people's wealth. Her dream is to marry someone who is rich and who can afford good living condition. Everyone has a different priority when it comes to life and for Judy Jones's it is wealth. She directly asked Dexter about this which shows how much she cares about money. She is being completely honest and when she heard that Dexter is rich, she was really happy and believed that he would be a good husband. Her dream is to get married with a rich husband and have a good living condition.
character analysis
"'Let's start right,' she interrupted herself suddenly. 'Who are you, anyhow?'
For a moment Dexter hesitated. Then:
'I'm nobody,' he announced. 'My career is largely a matter of futures.'
'Are you poor?'
'No,' he said frankly, 'I'm probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that's an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right.'"
This quote clearly shows that how Jude Jones' ultimate goal of life is to just basically marry a rich guy so that it can raise her life-standard and possess a better living. This quote also directly refers to the shallowness of Judy Jones when she rudely question upon the guy's financial background.
For a moment Dexter hesitated. Then:
'I'm nobody,' he announced. 'My career is largely a matter of futures.'
'Are you poor?'
'No,' he said frankly, 'I'm probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that's an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right.'"
This quote clearly shows that how Jude Jones' ultimate goal of life is to just basically marry a rich guy so that it can raise her life-standard and possess a better living. This quote also directly refers to the shallowness of Judy Jones when she rudely question upon the guy's financial background.
"Winter Dream" setting
"'Let's start right,' she interrupted herself suddenly. 'Who are you, anyhow?'
For a moment Dexter hesitated. Then:
'I'm nobody,' he announced. 'My career is largely a matter of futures.'
'Are you poor?'
'No,' he said frankly, 'I'm probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that's an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right.'"
It shows Judy Jones's dream of marrying rich guys so that she can have good living standard. It also illustrates her shallowness when she directly ask Dexter's financial standing.
For a moment Dexter hesitated. Then:
'I'm nobody,' he announced. 'My career is largely a matter of futures.'
'Are you poor?'
'No,' he said frankly, 'I'm probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that's an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right.'"
It shows Judy Jones's dream of marrying rich guys so that she can have good living standard. It also illustrates her shallowness when she directly ask Dexter's financial standing.
quotation from the winter dreams
""I'm nobody," he announced. "My career is largely a matter
of futures."
"Are you poor?"
"No," he said frankly, "I'm probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that's an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right."(Part 3)
This exchange between Dexter and Judy shows that what Judy really cared was whether Dexter was rich or not, but not his other traits and his personality. And the fact that Dexter says he's a nobody but defined himself with his luxury presents the idea of his winter dream, a dream to become materialistically rich. Furthermore, when Judy asked him who he was, he immediately connected this question to his career but not other aspects of him, which shows that ever since he had left Minnesota to aspire to his affluence by first getting an education in a prominent college and then starting a business to pursue monetary gain, he's never really grown much in terms of his personality and spirits as well as other forms of social traits, which made him unable to define himself with other things besides his wealth.
"Are you poor?"
"No," he said frankly, "I'm probably making more money than any man my age in the Northwest. I know that's an obnoxious remark, but you advised me to start right."(Part 3)
This exchange between Dexter and Judy shows that what Judy really cared was whether Dexter was rich or not, but not his other traits and his personality. And the fact that Dexter says he's a nobody but defined himself with his luxury presents the idea of his winter dream, a dream to become materialistically rich. Furthermore, when Judy asked him who he was, he immediately connected this question to his career but not other aspects of him, which shows that ever since he had left Minnesota to aspire to his affluence by first getting an education in a prominent college and then starting a business to pursue monetary gain, he's never really grown much in terms of his personality and spirits as well as other forms of social traits, which made him unable to define himself with other things besides his wealth.
Winter Dream Analysis Brandon
He wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people--he wanted the glittering things themselves. Often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it--and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges. It is with one of those denials and not with his career as a whole that this story deals.(Act 2 Paragraph 1)
He did not want to be associated as the wealthy, the rich, the arrogant, he wanted those things rather than being associated it. He had a desire for it as everyone wants good things in life. In that time period, education systems can often indicate the rich, and he did not wanted to get associated with them therefore he had turned down the major university in the East. The time period has a great affect on the decision of Dexter, as people before never attended universities and now it is a common thing among everyone to attend university as the basic educational bottom line.
He did not want to be associated as the wealthy, the rich, the arrogant, he wanted those things rather than being associated it. He had a desire for it as everyone wants good things in life. In that time period, education systems can often indicate the rich, and he did not wanted to get associated with them therefore he had turned down the major university in the East. The time period has a great affect on the decision of Dexter, as people before never attended universities and now it is a common thing among everyone to attend university as the basic educational bottom line.
Winter Dreams quote
"He went East in February with the intention of selling out
his laundries and settling in New York--but the war came to
America in March and changed his plans. He returned to the West,
handed over the management of the business to his partner, and
went into the first officers' training-camp in late April. He
was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a
certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of
tangled emotion."(Chapter 5)
It was typical for a love relationship to be broken and lost in real life or in fictions, especially in the rustic World Wars. The tangled emotion he is having is from Judy marrying another person, leaving Dexter empty handed after abandoning Irene. He uses the war to have his mind off of the heartbreak.
It was typical for a love relationship to be broken and lost in real life or in fictions, especially in the rustic World Wars. The tangled emotion he is having is from Judy marrying another person, leaving Dexter empty handed after abandoning Irene. He uses the war to have his mind off of the heartbreak.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Winter Dreams Analysis
"The helpless part of trying to do anything about it was that she did it all herself. She was not a girl who could be 'won' in the kinetic sense--she was proof against cleverness, she was proof against charm; if any of these assailed her too strongly she would immediately resolve the affair to a physical basis, and under the magic of her physical splendor the strong as well as the brilliant played her game and not their own. She was entertained only by the gratification of her desires and by the direct exercise of her own charm. Perhaps, from so much youthful love, so many youthful lovers, she had come, in self-defense, to nourish herself wholly from within."
Judy's dream is to be with someone who could provide all of her materialistic needs. She constantly strives to be with someone with status and wealth. If she felt that the relationship was getting too personal, she would drive it back into the direction that she had control over, which was her "physical splendor".
However, I think that she also dreams of being accepted. She doesn't accept herself as a person, and therefore strives to be accepted by others.
Winter Dreams Quotation
"The little girl who had done this was eleven--beautifully ugly as little girls are apt to be who are destined after a few years to be inexpressibly lovely and bring no end of misery to a great number of men. The spark, however, was perceptible. There was a general ungodliness in the way her lips twisted ,down at the corners when she smiled, and in the--Heaven help us!--in the almost passionate quality of her eyes. Vitality is born early in such women. It was utterly in evidence now, shining through her thin frame in a sort of glow."
No matter the age, all girls strive to be as pretty as they can be, especially for young teens or soon to be teens. The young little girl who's eleven, of course, would want to be pretty and from what Dexter could see, she'll soon grow into a beautiful young lady in which young girls dream about.
No matter the age, all girls strive to be as pretty as they can be, especially for young teens or soon to be teens. The young little girl who's eleven, of course, would want to be pretty and from what Dexter could see, she'll soon grow into a beautiful young lady in which young girls dream about.
Winter Dreams Analysis
"My God, she's good-looking!" said Mr. Sandwood, who was just over thirty.
"Good-looking!" cried Mr. Hedrick contemptuously, "she always looks as if she wanted to be kissed! Turning those big cow-eyes on every calf in town!"
Throughout the story, the author depicts the how people seeking for wealth and social status. They believed in success and dreamed to achieve success. In this quotation, it is describing several men in the golf club staring at Judy. They were describing how gorgeous she was. In the meantime, this quotation shows that man dream to become rich and have beautiful wives.
Although Dexter achieved higher social status rather than a caddies, became rich and get pretty girls, he wasn't as happy as he thought success would be.
Winter Dreams Analysis
"He wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people--he wanted the glittering things themselves. Often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it--and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges. It is with one of those denials and not with his career as a whole that this story deals.
He made money. It was rather amazing. After college he went to the city from which Black Bear Lake draws its wealthy patrons." (Chapter II)
Dexter's winter dream is to get rich. From the text above, we know that he wanted money. After he graduate from college, he went to earn money from the city where Black Bear Lake draws its wealth. He wanted the glittering things themselves. I guess it mean money and valuable items. He wants money really bad.
He made money. It was rather amazing. After college he went to the city from which Black Bear Lake draws its wealthy patrons." (Chapter II)
Dexter's winter dream is to get rich. From the text above, we know that he wanted money. After he graduate from college, he went to earn money from the city where Black Bear Lake draws its wealth. He wanted the glittering things themselves. I guess it mean money and valuable items. He wants money really bad.
Winter Dreams Analysis
"Well, do you know how to drive a motor-boat? Because if you do I wish you'd drive this one so I can ride on the surf-board behind. My name is Judy Jones"--she favored him with an absurd smirk--rather, what tried to be a smirk, for, twist her mouth as she might, it was not grotesque, it was merely beautiful--"and I live in a house over there on the Island, and in that house there is a man waiting for me. When he drove up at the door I drove out of the dock because he says I'm his ideal."
His wish to stop being a caddy is a challenge because many other jobs requires other experiences that Dexter lacks and how does this connect to the American dream? Well, many Americans claim that their country is the land of opportunity, however, it is not always true. Many people in the United States, to this day, are affected through biased and unfair thoughts, and many people do not receive the opportunities that they obviously deserve, such as Dexter.
"Long ago," he said, "long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more."
Here it shows how the American dream and how much people invest in it can only make one's feelings sink even more.
His wish to stop being a caddy is a challenge because many other jobs requires other experiences that Dexter lacks and how does this connect to the American dream? Well, many Americans claim that their country is the land of opportunity, however, it is not always true. Many people in the United States, to this day, are affected through biased and unfair thoughts, and many people do not receive the opportunities that they obviously deserve, such as Dexter.
"Long ago," he said, "long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more."
Here it shows how the American dream and how much people invest in it can only make one's feelings sink even more.
winter analysis
"No, sir," said Dexter decisively, "I don't want to caddy any more." Then, after a pause: "I'm too old."
His winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. He wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people--he wanted the glittering things themselves.
In this passage, Dexter is talking about his life. He doesn't want to be a caddy anymore and he wants something better for his life. In the passage, he talks about his dreams. His dreams to own "glittering things" he doesn't want to see them and associate with them, such as what he could have done when he was a caddy, he wanted to own them.
His winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. He wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people--he wanted the glittering things themselves.
In this passage, Dexter is talking about his life. He doesn't want to be a caddy anymore and he wants something better for his life. In the passage, he talks about his dreams. His dreams to own "glittering things" he doesn't want to see them and associate with them, such as what he could have done when he was a caddy, he wanted to own them.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Winter Dreams - Character Dreams
Post a quotation that shows the dream of a character in "Winter Dreams" and explain what it is.
Winter Dreams Time Period
Post a quotation that indicates that the story takes place during the Roaring Twenties and explain why.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Scarlet Letter Chapter 6 Analysis
"Thou art not my child! Thou art no Pearl of mine!" said the mother half playfully; for it was often the case that a sportive impulse came over her in the midst of her deepest suffering. "Tell me, then, what thou art, and who sent thee hither?"
"Tell me, mother!" said the child, seriously, coming up to Hester, and pressing herself close to her knees. "Do thou tell me!"
"Thy Heavenly Father sent thee!" answered Hester Prynne.
But she said it with a hesitation that did not escape the acuteness of the child. Whether moved only by her ordinary freakishness, or because an evil spirit prompted her, she put up her small forefinger and touched the scarlet letter.
"He did not send me!" cried she, positively. "I have no Heavenly Father!"
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In this quote, Pearl does not believe Hester when Hester says that Pearl was sent by her "Heavenly Father". Pearl senses the hesitation in Hester's voice when she (Hester) answers her (Pearl) question.
(text-to-life)
I have often seen people lose credibility when they are not firm in their answer. For example, while I present an argument, if I sound unsure or unconfident about what I'm saying, my opponent is more likely to jump at the chance to attack me.
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