Litterary Device glossary #10

Litterary device Glossary #10

Tragic flaw: A flaw in the character of the protagonist of a tragedy that brings the protagonist to ruin or sorrow.

example: Now might I do it pat, now he is praying; And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged. That would be scanned: A villain kills my father; and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven. (pg. 167 hamlet)

explanation: Hamlet has a very obvious tragic flaw, which is that he is incapable from acting on his words. the ghost of his father is telling him to avenge his death, but what does hamlet do. he postpones and sets up elaborate traps so he does not have to kill his uncle. he has the perfect opportunity when he is alone with his uncle and his uncle is unaware that hamlet is in the room. but instead of just killing him there, and making him not have to die in the end of the story, he tries to find a better time to kill him. the constant postponing and trying to find a better time ends up leading to his death. if hamlet had just killed his uncle when he was praying, then hamlet would not have to die. but, instead he waits until there is a less perfect scenario where multiple people have to die.

Blog post narrative #3

Blog post narrative #3 Neal Chapman

In the final part of my trilogy of blog post narratives, Huck finn ends with a bang, and someone getting shot. This section of the book starts with Huck and Jim continuing down the river on the raft and meeting some interesting characters. They meet two “aristocrats” who are con-artists and go by the Duke and the Dauphin. Huck, a kid, and Jim, a black man, have no power to tell the two men what to do, which goes back to the theme of power in the book. It shows a similarity between kids and slave in the fact that neither can do much under the current laws. Before I get yelled at for saying being a kid and a slave are the same thing, I do not think that they are the same, they are both not fair, but being a slave is obviously worse than just being underage.

Eventually, the con artists try and trick a town to be the brothers of a recently man and claim his inheritance. Huck tells the dead man’s daughter about the con and she finds the gold. The con-men, Huck and Jim continue down the river. This is something that I do think that Huck and I would have done the same thing. I think that I would have also told the daughter, I don’t like to take stuff from people, and I like to help people whenever possible.  

The con-artists than sell Jim to a family and Huck has to go to the family. The family ends up being the aunt and uncle of Tom Sawyer. Huck pretends to be Tom, when Tom comes to vist, He pretends to be his younger brother. They try to make a plan to free Jim and Tom ends up being shot. In the end everything is great and it all works out. When Tom’s aunt asks to adopt Huck, he says he’s had enough of the south and moves out west to California. This is something that I would have done. I have never been a fan of the south, especially during this time period.                                                                                                         

Litteary Device Glosarry #9

Literary device glossary #9 Neal Chapman

Quote: I must be cruel only to be kind: Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind. (act 3, scene 4)


 Oxymoron: a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings.

Connection: Hamlet has just kill Polinious because he was behind the curtain and Hamlet thought that it was his step-dad. he was talking with his mother when he heard movement and pulled out his sword and stabbed without any thought. he obviously was a little saddened when he kill Polinious because his daughter, Ophelia, is the love of his life. after he murdered Polinous he went into a long speech towards his mother to try and prove that he in fact is not crazy. to be cruel only to be kind is a oxymoron because cruel  and kind are opposites.

Litterary device glossary #8

Litterary Device Glossary #8 Neal Chapman

Quote:  Living in a house and sleeping in a bed felt confining, but I’d take breaks from it by sneaking out and sleeping in the woods sometimes, at least until winter came. I liked my old way of living best, but I also liked the new ways a little bit. (p25 Huck Finn)

Situational Irony:  an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does. 

Connection: In the book The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, Huck is a poor boy who found a lot of money with his friend Tom Sawyer. After he found all of this money, Huck became one of the richest kids in his town and was adopted by a wealthy widow. even after all of the good fortune that Huck ran into, he still liked to stick with his old ways. this includes skipping school and sleeping outside. this goes against all common thought of what a poor to rich person would do. the common thought would that this kid would want to get away from his old life, which makes it ironic. when the reader sees that Huck likes to sleep outside, it is humorous to the reader. 

reader response blog narrative #2

Reader Response Blog Narrative #2

For the second third of the book, Huck Finn, Huck and Jim for the most part are on a raft on the Mississippi river. Huck and Jim find a house floating in the flooded Mississippi  and loot it, which becomes a recurring theme in the story, and continue down the river. going down the river they start by meeting a group of robbers. to continue the theme of the story, Huck and Jim steal from the robbers. their original plan was to get to the mouth of the Ohio river, than take a steamboat up north. of course that does not happen and this is where Huck and I differ in ideas. Huck and Jim continue down the river, while i would not. Huck is traveling with a freed slave and wants to continue down a river leading him to the deep south. that just seems like a terrible idea. i would leave the raft and try and head up north on land and try to catch a steam boat. I feel like Huck is a little naive about the world and racism. he thinks that other people will act like him, while in fact the world is fll of terrible people. i do think that it is funny how the book is full of stereotypes.

reader response blog narrative #1

Reader Response Blog Narrative #1

In the first part of the novel that i read, Huck Finn has put all his money into the bank and has been living with widow Douglas. He was not really liking the whole trying to fit into higher society life. his friend, tom sawyer, was trying to convince him to stay with Douglas as tom was already a middle class citizen.  there is not much that i really connect with from this far into the story. i have never been a poor boy living in the south who then finds a lot of money. the one thing that i can kind of connect with the the fact that i also like to save money rather than to just spend it all once i get it. Huck put his money into a trust with the bank which is smart move for him.
After awhile with Douglas, Hucks dad, a drunk, comes back and demands Hucks money. while on judge wants to side with Huck, another gives Hucks back to his dad. the dad beats Huck. once again i cant really connect with any of the characters. although i can't connect with Huck, i do feel for him. since he is under age, he has no power over his own life. his dad, a terrible person, can just come into his life and ruin what was becoming a good life. this is something that can still happen to this day. for come reason people think that a unstable adult will be better for a teenager than living by themselves, or even living with other people who are financially and mentally stable. i stopped reading the book after Huck faked his own death to escape from his dad than met up with Jim, Douglas sisters slave. he than is met with a moral problem of what to do with Jim. personally if i were in that time period that i don't really know what i would do. i would like to think that i would travel with jim and not turn him in but this is a different time than when i was raised in.