Backlog

I'm posting these three entries for Jeannie, who experienced some technical difficulties:


Monday, February 4, 2008
Conflict in A Rose for Emily

In A Rose for Emily, the conflict is Human vs. Human, Human vs. Nature, and Human vs. Self. I feel that the conflict of Human vs. Human is when Emily is talked to by the people of the town. It is also when she is faced with the death of her father and also with Homer Barron. The conflict of Human vs. Nature is of the fact of the events that lead in her life, for example, her fathers death, the order of her life, what leads her to kill Homer, etc. The conflict of Human vs. Self is that she is fighting with herself as to why she has no man in her life who truly loves her. She is alone and feels that there is no one there for her.

Monday, February 11, 2008
I Stand Here Ironing

In the story, I Stand Here Ironing by Olsen, the events that are described could very well occur today. I do believe that they do exist today. There's nothing different in our world today when it comes to poverty, single-parent care, children homes, etc. I think that our economic status is different now than it was back in the '30s. We aren't living in the Great Depression and people do have jobs. I believe that many people who do not have jobs today are because they are either retired, too young, disabled, or too lazy. I believe that all other changes are still closely the same as they were over 70 years ago.

Monday, January 28, 2008
A Rose for Emily

I must admit that I'm still confused about the order of the story. I tried my best to put it all into order.Miss Emily's father dies and around that same time she teaches the young women how to china-paint. After her father dies, Mr. Homer Baron comes to town to fix the roads. While he is in town, he and Miss Emily are quite content together. Also while Mr. Baron is town, Miss Emily's cousins from Kansas come to visit. When done with the work in town, Mr. Baron leaves for awhile until after Miss Emily's two female cousins leave. Homer Baron then returns back to the town to visit Miss Emily. Right before Homer Baron returns, Miss Emily buys the poison. When Homer returns to her, she poisons him. She then poisons Homer to keep him from leaving her alone as her father did. Miss Emily then goes out to town to buy some items to make it appear that she gets married to Homer. As the days, months, years, etc. go by, she becomes older and bigger. She then has her taxes remitted and the stink around her home starts to smell. The aldermen then come to Miss Emilys house to take away the smell. A little while after that, Miss Emily dies. After Miss Emily dies, the townspeople come to the house to pay their respects and to check out what had happened.