Middle Passage

This photo from the Middle Passage made me think about when Sadie and Bessie were talking about how blacks were treated back in their time. This makes me think about how all of the children felt being put down and talked so terribly to that they didn't want to listen to anything going on anymore, they were miserable. Sadie and Bessie have a story to teach and they said it like it was.

Strong opinion

This blog might be extremely ridiculous considering what I'm about to write about, but I guess it was the assignment so I'll start. I have a strong opinion of how people should eat their foods. I find it extremely disgusting to hear any type of unnecessary juices flowing around or being able to see your teeth devour the food before my eyes. I don't understand why people learn such terrible eating "habits", for lack of a better word. I understand there is an extent to where it is inevitable to not hear some chewing, but excessive amounts make me want to throw up. So.. there it is, my opinion on a very basic daily thing. Please be respectful of others with your eating habits.

There Was a Child Went Forth

I personally did not like this poem at all. I found it to be very drought out and uninteresting. But this is a personal reflection so I must say this reminds me of going to my friend's house when I was younger and inspecting everything, since it was always a new house. Whitman seems to be over analyzing everything he sees as a child, but I don't blame him since that makes anyone much more creative with their thoughts. Another part of me did not understand this poem at all, I read it over twice and really got no solid meaning from it. I'm sure Whitman had a better idea in mind than that but it just never came across to me.

Emily Poem

Pink, small, and punctual, Aromatic, low, Covert in April, Candid in May, Dear to the moss, Known by the knoll, Next to the robin In every human soul. Bold little beauty, Bedecked with thee, Nature forswears Antiquity. This Emily Dickinson poem is very unique in the way she expresses her feelings about nature. My favorite line from this would be "next to the robin, in every human soul" because it shows the connection between nature and humans and how we live together in harmony. A word I enjoy that she uses is "antiquity" at the end. It ties everything together very well. This poem is called May-Flower.

Transcendental vs. Antitranscendental Writers

Personally, I enjoyed the  antitranscendental writers. This is because I really enjoy the gothic elements they used in their writings. Surprisingly, I enjoyed The Scarlet Letter because it was gothic and proved that people are not always good. I also enjoyed Dr. Heidegger's Experiment because it has a very good meaning and the story doesn't lose my attention like the transcendental writers like Emerson and Thoreau.