Equiano is looking to appeal to a large, white, British audience within his narrative. He does this by maintaining a certain distance from the text as well as appealing to certain natures of his audiences’ lives and connections he has with them. One of the main connections he draws between himself and the white people [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Finial paper
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mangled tales and questions
Posted in C.W. on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In class we discussed why Caleb was telling his story. I like to think that it is because he needs his truth stated. In every society there is that someone who comes along and the changes the story. He is trying to give some concrete foundation of what his story is, what his truth is. [...]
Good or Evil
Posted in C.W. on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A question was raised when we were discussing Waverly of what makes a hero? I think that C.W raises a similar question: what makes someone good or evil? Godwin does an amazing job of giving all his characters the humanistic qualities of having good and bad or at least of having past actions that can [...]
Curiosity killed the cat
Posted in C.W. on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Curiosity drives C.W. influencing him to snoop and be sneaky. It pushes him into trouble at just about every turn. His curiosity is unwanted and in some way unwarranted. My big question for Tuesday’s class was: How does trust play into the characters relationships with each other. loyalty vs. suspicion vs. trust. now it seems [...]
Thoughts on travel
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Now that I have started and almost finished my finial essay I come to think of a lot of awesome ideas for the finial, all centering around this main theme of travel. If I was close reading this course, looking for themes and big questions I would trip over travel alot. Every character traveled in [...]
Thriller
Posted in C.W. on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As Caleb Williams is widely known as the first thriller novel I thought it would be fun to write a post about how his thriller novel sort of influenced other thrillers and eventually movies and tv. For a very early age we learn from characters such as curious George and Nancy drew that curiosity isn’t [...]
First Impressions
Posted in C.W. on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My first impressions of this finial book are as follows: – What is up with the power struggles within almost all the books we have read? there is always a question of how has the power? who is the hero? who is the villain? If there is a theme of good and bad within this [...]
Finial paper draft
Posted in Equiano by himself on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Equiano is looking to appeal to a huge white British audience within his narrative. He does this by maintaining a certain distance from the text, dissociating from it. He is never accusatory to all white people, he never proclaims hate. But instead shows a fascination and want to be part of the white English culture. [...]
Fin
Posted in Equiano by himself on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Equiano came to drive me slightly nuts with his self-appointed attitude as a Witness for God or a chosen one. I think that this helped him appeal to his audience of his day. I think that a lot of the themes within this book tied well into those of other books especially the constant theme [...]
