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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
May Day (Thoughts)
May day is a very short book that has powerful themes behind it. This story starts off with two college friends. One dean who succeeded in life, and is on top. The other is Gordon, who is not doing so well, he is in pretty bad economical and emotion state. One thing to take about this is, how two people of the same class, start of good but one goes of track, while the other gets to enjoy life and do whatever he wants. Dean throughout the book, we see him enjoying life and showing no real signs of worries or stress, when compared to Gordon. Gordon is a character that fell to the bottom by many different problems, and we get to see his constant struggles and inevitably leading to his suicide at the end. Dean the rich of the two, in the end doesn't commit suicide, but he ends of drinking champagne with another character named peter. Both of these guys seem to be enjoying life and seem to be almost ignorant to what is happening all around them. In this book we get to see how the rich are allowed to make mistakes, and aren't the ones to be punish. They are the ones that could wake up drunk and simply be ignorant to the real world around them. Even if it fictional, it does put into perspective today's society and who are the ones allowed to escape the struggles of the economic system or the criminal justice system.
Caesar's Column
Hey my name is Jorge Cosme and I'm from ENG 195 at LaGuardia Community College. I'm writing about the theme of the class, violence and art.
This book, Caesar's Column becomes more and more interesting. In this book we get to read the experience of a new comer to New York. At first everything looked marvelous, and he, Gabriel, is fond of how "pretty" New York looks with all its lights and streets. He quickly discovers how corrupt the city is, and the division in social classes that stand strong. This system of the rich staying on top and the poor struggling on the bottom leads Gabriel to a character that is very intelligent, book smart and street smart. Throughout the book, we follow the venture these two characters face in order to rescue an young innocent woman, of course of white skin, from the prince who is going to make her, his sex slave. Throughtout the book if you do close reading, we see repeated words, such as hunger, revolution and secret society, that relate to people having power. This strategie of close reading is very important in order to identify themes that even relate to order books that I'm reading in class.
This book, Caesar's Column becomes more and more interesting. In this book we get to read the experience of a new comer to New York. At first everything looked marvelous, and he, Gabriel, is fond of how "pretty" New York looks with all its lights and streets. He quickly discovers how corrupt the city is, and the division in social classes that stand strong. This system of the rich staying on top and the poor struggling on the bottom leads Gabriel to a character that is very intelligent, book smart and street smart. Throughout the book, we follow the venture these two characters face in order to rescue an young innocent woman, of course of white skin, from the prince who is going to make her, his sex slave. Throughtout the book if you do close reading, we see repeated words, such as hunger, revolution and secret society, that relate to people having power. This strategie of close reading is very important in order to identify themes that even relate to order books that I'm reading in class.
The Destruction of Gotham (Thoughts)
Hey my name is Jorge Cosme and I'm from ENG 195 at LaGuardia Community College. I'm writing about the theme of the class, violence and art.
Today I'll be giving my thoughts on the book "The Destruction of Gotham". This book is about individuals in a complex and intertwine situation. A very good read, and excellent example of Sexual tension and the "innocence" a virgin woman has. One important moment in the book is when Donnelly the author writes "where virtue inevitably breaks" (Donnelly 38). In this passage he is trying to say how men and women are different, and how a women will give up her virginity or in this case innocence for survival. This book has many sexual tensions, but the one I feel most compel to focus on is Dottie's sexual relationship. For her she is giving sex for the survival of her self and her young child. It becomes more interesting to know the man that she is having sexual relationships with, is not in it for the pleasure, but he, Walton, get a sense of family from this. This know becomes more interesting to know emotional mental states that Walton wants. I plan to discuss
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Today I'll be giving my thoughts on the book "The Destruction of Gotham". This book is about individuals in a complex and intertwine situation. A very good read, and excellent example of Sexual tension and the "innocence" a virgin woman has. One important moment in the book is when Donnelly the author writes "where virtue inevitably breaks" (Donnelly 38). In this passage he is trying to say how men and women are different, and how a women will give up her virginity or in this case innocence for survival. This book has many sexual tensions, but the one I feel most compel to focus on is Dottie's sexual relationship. For her she is giving sex for the survival of her self and her young child. It becomes more interesting to know the man that she is having sexual relationships with, is not in it for the pleasure, but he, Walton, get a sense of family from this. This know becomes more interesting to know emotional mental states that Walton wants. I plan to discuss
Thematic Patterns Caesars Column
Hey my name is Jorge Cosme and I'm from ENG 195 at LaGuardia Community College. I'm writing about the theme of the class, violence and art.
Some thematic patterns I've noticed were Justification on when to use violence. Violence is something to consider when it's being done for "evil" or "bad" intentions. Another scenario to use violence is in the justifications of self-defense. This becomes a strong point to explain why people would commit acts of violence or even explain riots. Another theme that comes up is the oppression of the poor, that can be explained as Social Darwinism. Social Darwinism would be the practice of people already being chosen by there looks, and blood. These people are the ones that are on top of the social class, and prosper without the hard working a working class person has to do. Both novels, The Destruction of Gotham, and Caesar's Column and all the articles we have read, talk directly and indirectly about the poor staying poor and the rich staying rich. In the novel Caesar's Column, we get to read about these type of themes. One example is the difference in class between he beggar and the driver in the beginning of the book. Another example would be the use of the knife by Estella to kill Jachim, the big guy that serves the ruler of New York. Themes are very important to identify because it gives us an idea of the authors prospective on society and the way it is ran.
Some thematic patterns I've noticed were Justification on when to use violence. Violence is something to consider when it's being done for "evil" or "bad" intentions. Another scenario to use violence is in the justifications of self-defense. This becomes a strong point to explain why people would commit acts of violence or even explain riots. Another theme that comes up is the oppression of the poor, that can be explained as Social Darwinism. Social Darwinism would be the practice of people already being chosen by there looks, and blood. These people are the ones that are on top of the social class, and prosper without the hard working a working class person has to do. Both novels, The Destruction of Gotham, and Caesar's Column and all the articles we have read, talk directly and indirectly about the poor staying poor and the rich staying rich. In the novel Caesar's Column, we get to read about these type of themes. One example is the difference in class between he beggar and the driver in the beginning of the book. Another example would be the use of the knife by Estella to kill Jachim, the big guy that serves the ruler of New York. Themes are very important to identify because it gives us an idea of the authors prospective on society and the way it is ran.
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