Monday, February 28, 2011
great expectations question
In chapter 4, what does Mr. Wopsle mean by saying the church should be "thrown open meaning to competition"?
Saturday, February 12, 2011
group essay collaboration
Here is my paragraph. I added a commentary for the last concrete detail after a group member mentioned to me a commentary was missing.
One symbol Wilde uses is Cecily’s diary. The diary portrays childishness, insincerity, and carelessness. Cecily says she keeps a diary “in order to enter the wonderful secrets of my life.” (p. 38) In Hertfordshire, where she lives, the only company Cecily has is her tutor Miss Prism and her uncle Jack, who is often away from home. Sometimes when children are bored they play house. In this case, Cecily is bored enough to start playing her own version using her diary. And she gets caught up in this game even more as she gets deeper into it, buying things in her pretend fiancé’s name and writing fake love letters. She starts living in her diary in a way. Also, when Miss Prism tells Cecily that memory is better than a diary Cecily says that “Memory…usually chronicles the things that have never happened, and couldn’t possibly have happened.” (p. 38). Cecily isn’t serious and doesn’t care much about life. She would rather stay in her own little fantasy inside her diary. She is so caught up in it that she probably sometimes forgets that it isn’t even real. Similarly, Cecily even refers to her diary while telling Algernon about their fake engagement she made up. As Cecily’s made-up world becomes bigger and more detailed it becomes more realistic to her too. Cecily is so into it that when “Ernest” actually arrives she figures it was all true in the first place, even referring to her diary during her conversation with him, saying “you can see my entry if you like.” (p. 55)
One symbol Wilde uses is Cecily’s diary. The diary portrays childishness, insincerity, and carelessness. Cecily says she keeps a diary “in order to enter the wonderful secrets of my life.” (p. 38) In Hertfordshire, where she lives, the only company Cecily has is her tutor Miss Prism and her uncle Jack, who is often away from home. Sometimes when children are bored they play house. In this case, Cecily is bored enough to start playing her own version using her diary. And she gets caught up in this game even more as she gets deeper into it, buying things in her pretend fiancé’s name and writing fake love letters. She starts living in her diary in a way. Also, when Miss Prism tells Cecily that memory is better than a diary Cecily says that “Memory…usually chronicles the things that have never happened, and couldn’t possibly have happened.” (p. 38). Cecily isn’t serious and doesn’t care much about life. She would rather stay in her own little fantasy inside her diary. She is so caught up in it that she probably sometimes forgets that it isn’t even real. Similarly, Cecily even refers to her diary while telling Algernon about their fake engagement she made up. As Cecily’s made-up world becomes bigger and more detailed it becomes more realistic to her too. Cecily is so into it that when “Ernest” actually arrives she figures it was all true in the first place, even referring to her diary during her conversation with him, saying “you can see my entry if you like.” (p. 55)
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