Monday, March 30, 2015
My neighborhood against the rez
My neighborhood compared to the Rez is anything but similar to say the least. The Rez has plenty of drunks and friendly people. My neighborhood isn't very friendly and has around zero drunks. There also happen to be close to zero incidents of hit and runs and deaths. In fact, for my entire childhood there haven't been any deaths whatsoever. So to be honest my neighborhood has zero correlation with the rez and I doubt there will be any in the future.
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Native Son
In the last book of Native Son, Bigger goes to trial with Max as his lawyer. Max does not give the judge excuses for Bigger's actions but tries to get the judge to see through Bigger's eyes. Max states that Bigger has never met someone of the white race that has been kind to Bigger, so when he met the Dalton's he was entirely confused. Then, when Bigger and Mary met, Bigger thought Mary was making fun of him through her kind gestures. While in the room together Bigger did the most instinctive thing he could do, which was to not get in trouble. Of course doing that included accidentally killing Mary, and that is why he is in the court at that very moment. However, no matter what kind of plea is given for Bigger, the judge's decision will always be biased due to the racial standards at that time. Sadly or not sadly, Bigger is commended to the death penalty, despite Max's defense.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Green lights, yellow cars, and church steeples
In the Great Gatsby, the green light represents Gatsby's dream. The green light is at Daisy's dock which is across the bay. It can be described as so close yet so far for gatsby. The yellow car represents Gatsby's attempt to live the American Dream. Being the new money, gatsby must build a reputation for himself and while he may look like a clown, he does his best to find that dream. The church steeple can be Gatsby's mansion. It relates to the philosopher Immanuel Kant who developed theories on morality while looking at the steeple. Nick was developing ideas about whether he should tell about the affairs to the Buchanans or not, thus questioning his morals.
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