sabrina rodriguez andrews

I think I would like my essay to be about comparing the same fairy tales but in different cultures and languages and see if there is a difference in the meaning behind the fairy tales or if they are generally the same. And where the original fairy tale came from. Like the snow-white fairy tale was not from Disney but from the Grimm brothers and the way they presented it was totally different with somewhat different meanings. I haven’t found any article yet but i have a general idea of what to look for when i do.

I think my attitude toward and about fairy tales have changed as a result of this week’s reading from playful, harmless and nostalgic to questioning, curious and deep in thought. For example, the snow-white fairytale that I think everyone saw at least once from Disney was nothing compared to the one we read in class by the Brothers Grimm. The one from Disney was very lighthearted and your ideal happily ever after. The beautiful princess finds her prince charming, and the little dwarfs were like her cute mini uncles or fairy godfathers. Now comparing that with how the Brothers Grimm portrayed the princess as very naive and what one might say a bit foolishly brainless. The prince was in some way her prince charming but fell in love with her looks instead of for who she is, and technically in the Disney movie he was the same but they kind of brushed over that part. The dwarfs in the story were kind of interesting, at first it seemed like they just found themself a free maid and then they seemed kind of caring like family but toward the end they threw me off when they were GIVING snow whites, what they thought at the time was a dead body to the prince. In the Disney snow white they were so much nicer. Now if you watch those Disney movies again you see how weird the whole concept is. When we were children, we were like snow white very naive, but as we grew older, we realized life is like the poison’s apple. It might seem very perfect and carving at first glance, but it can easily harm you with secret intent. Overall, my attitude about fairy tales have changed through this week’s reading to now looking into every detail. I […]

 Well I think i would rate my ability to read and understand Oedipus the King from a scale of 1 to10, a 7.I was fine and okay with the reading even though some words were not something i was used to but the understanding what i was reading was a bit hard.Well at least when i was reading it to myself. But when we did the class discussions it was way more easier to understand. I think because we were taking a break after every line. And really closely observing it.  At first I was not really enjoying the book. But then I searched up the overall summary of the book and they said something about a son killing their dad and marrying their mom so then I was hooked and started to really like it. The book. Not the killing and incest. And I think I would want to be Creon. He is super cool and chill. And like the most logical. I think he was like the most sane person throughout the play.. Also maybe Tiresias , he was also super chill as well. He said what he needed to and when Oedipus was saying rude stuff to him he was really mature about it. And just went about his day.

After the past 2 weeks on a scale from 1 to 10 I would rate my ability to read poetry a solid 7. I understand the poem very briefly, especially when there are words that were made by the poet themself and are not actually real like in the dictionary, I believe the poem about the man riding his horse in the snow, this situation came up. Most poems use language and word there words differently than I am used to, which is why it takes me a in detail break down for me to really understand it. If I try to break up the words that seem off to me and look at sounding words, I will be able to rate myself higher and re reading the poem at least 4 times would allow me to better grasp the meaning of it.

During the times and height of covid everyone was reasonably scared and confused. What I personally saw was people not knowing what exactly this virus was and how to properly protect themself from it whilst mourning their loved ones who unfortunately were victims of the virus. Comparing this the play “Oedipus the King” like when the people in the story were also scared and confused. Not knowing what this plague was and not understanding the deaths trying to put some reasoning behind it. “I know you are all sick, yet there is not one of you, sick though you are, 70 that is as sick as myself. “

The quote I picked was “It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature” by Henry James and this quote is embodied in  “The Necklace,”  story because if we didn’t know the backup information such as the timeline of when this story was taking place or how the two main characters got to be in a relationship and how the main character preferred everything to be high class then the story would not make any since, but because we had the history behind the characters and the setting it made it easier to understand it, and even though the story is generally pretty short, it still required a great deal of back up details (history) in order for it to run smoothly and allow the reader to better understand the message.

In the compelling short story “Araby” by James Joyce, the author encourages readers to examine the intricate character of the nameless narrator and the complexity of the human condition. Instead of complimenting or critiquing the author’s book because we already know it’s a good book, I would skip that part and go straight into the book’s name or the author’s name. Next I will explain more … like how does the author encourage us the reader to examine the character ? or why do we even need to examine the character ?How does examining the character help us figure out or connect with the complexity of the human condition?     With the revising it should maybe look something like this…        In the short story “Araby” by James Joyce the author introduces the nameless narrator and the main character of the book is a very complicated and detailed thinking person. Throughout the story the author encourages the readers to examine the character and the overall complexity of the human condition by using the characters inner dialogue in an attempt to understand the charterers thoughts, and feelings throughout the story

Other than a discussion about economic disparity, lack of equal opportunity, racial inequity, and other broad social issues I would probably write an essay about “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara discussing and focusing on how the main character acts and thinks. From what the story provided it seems as though the main character does not have a mom or dad. Which makes me think that the main character probably had a hard life and in their life some things are out of their control , but with her friend group she is the one in charge and the one who makes the discussions. Like the times in your life when things aren’t going too great and you feel like you can’t do anything about it, but you still have something under your control and you clutch on to that, and when there are new changes you feel uncomfortable , lost and confused like how the main character was reacting to here friend speaking up and the main characters new thoughts while coming back from the school trip. I think I would title this essay “Out of my control “ or “ the fear of the unknown”

One way I personally relate to the young narrator in “Salvation” or “Araby?” was when he was excited the whole week to go to the fair and was expecting it to be something super big and grand, and overall had high expectation just for all those expectations to be let down on the day he was supposed to go on the fair. It reminds me of when I was smaller and would ask my mom or dad to buy me like a toy or candy when they came back from work or the store, and they would say okay. So, the whole day I was super excited and made plans of what I was going to do with my new toy. But when they came home, they said they forgot to get it and then just like the narrator at the end of the story I was sad, angry and disappointed.