Me Review of Ms. Walker's The Color Purple

     Rarely would anybody find me legitimately and actively invested in a book. Which is why I feel like The Color Purple is honestly one best and most interesting novel of all time. The thing I liked most is its unapologetic and  blunt story telling style. Leaving nothing out, the reader is exposed to everything, such as abuse and intimacy. I felt like this story was one dealing with finding one's self and female empowerment. I also found that this novel is filled with  valuable life-lessons on morals and how people should treat one another. Lastly  I appreciated the powerful themes this novel brought about and the controversial topics that it explored. This was truly one of the most introspective and mature novels I have read and I enjoyed the the views that I seen and the lessons that I  learned from The Color Purple.

The Novel Vs. The Movie:The Color Purple

     Often times when a novel gets a movie adaptation, sometimes the director makes changes to tell the story in a different way.Although there were major changes made to the adaptation to appeal to a wider audience or make the film a different twist, the movie stayed true to the major plot points in the story and was an extremely well-made adaptation to an amazing novel.One way the Novel differs from the film is that the novel is  more explicit and thorough in its story telling. By this I mean in the way that the novel explores the characters and the relationships that they share with one another . The most prominent one, of course, is the relationship between the Ceile and Shug. The novel explores the idea of their lesbian relationship more in-depth while the movie is more vauge and built more on hinting at a relationship rather that addressing it directly.
     The film also has this bit where it will add to a scene give a more dramatic effect. This can be seen in the scene where Celie sees her baby girl Olivia again in the store with the reverend's wife. In the movie the child is but a baby, however in the book the child is much older. In the movie this scene gives a more heart-wrenching mood when she struggles with letting go of Olivia to give her back to the reverend's wife. Another scene I observed gave more of the cinematic effect was the scene where Mr. over heard Nettie and Celie taking about him. This was, in my opinion a great scene because it added a sense of reason to why Mr. so ferociously kicked Nettie off his land. It's the major changes like these that make the overall great film different that its predecessor. As Ms. Walker said herself, "Remember, the movie is not the book".

Reflection of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one that will always spark conversation among those who read it. This unapologetic piece of literature gives the reader a raw view of social hippocracy through the eyes of a character that is the true definition of what modern society would call a person that is "street smart". I learned the most from this book, not from reading the book, but more from discussing with my peers about what we read and understanding the lessons that the characters learn through the decisions that they have to make. This novel has made a big impression on me mostly pertaining to the way that I view the world and the actions that other people take. Although this novel, I would say, is not for the easily offended I would recommended just for the conversations that could be had about Finn's adventures. All in all a fantastic read if I had to rate it would be a five star easily!

Analyzing Quotes by Emily Dickinson

1. "Forever is composed of nows."
2. "That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet."
3. "If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."
4. "If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry."
5. "This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me."
6. "Saying nothing sometimes says the most."
7. "I dwell in possibility..."
8. "Nature is a haunted house--but Art-- is a house that tries to be haunted."
9. "Parting is all we know of Heaven,/and all we need of Hell."
10. "I have been bent and broken, but -I hope- into a better shape."
11. "in this short life/that only last ah hour/how much-how little-is/within our power."
12. "Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon."
13. "To shut your eyes is to travel."
14. "open me carefully."
15. "Till I loved I liked enough." 

1. I like this one, it is saying that every moment you live through is part of forever. It makes me think that in the grand scheme of things every moment counts.
2. I'm not sure of what exactly "it" refers to, however the way in which the quote is written suggests that "it" is something bad which is why the fact that "it" will never come again makes life so sweet.
3. This quote has a mood displaying regret or determination/ I can imagine that Emily has had her heat broken many times before which is why if she can prevent even one person from the same fate she will feel as if her life has not been wasted.
4. Poetry is supposed to invoke emotion and move the reader so if a piece of literature is able to do these things you can be sure that it is poetry. Emily uses a hyperbole when she says, "my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me," to reinforce her point.
5. Emily is showing resentment towards a world that she feels is unloving. The way she wrote the quote, the sapppiness is apparent. this is reinforced by diction such as "never" and "to me".
6. Silence forces the mind to think for itself. When the mind is let loose a person comes up with their own interpretation for what is trying to be, or needs to be, said. Therefore by one person saying nothing it forces the other to think, or say, the most.

The Squire's Tale

      We all have cons about ourselves some more than others. This tale is of a strapping young man on the search for a fabled lost treasure. He heard about it from an old widow on one of his quests. After a quick stop at a near by kingdom he would set off for his quest.

     He arrived in a part of town that had a feeling of melancholy to it. The young adventurer brushed the feeling off. He spotted a shop from afar and decided to stock up on supplies there. Entering the merchants shop he was surprised to see the extent of luxury in the shop compared to how the rest of the kingdom looked. Before he had enough time to question however, the owner of the shop asked, "What do you need. If you need it I got it and if I got it you need it." The adventurer did not reply, however started looking. He remembered he needed a new saddle for his horse and noticed that the merchant did not have one.      "Might you have any new saddles for my horse?" asked the adventurer.     "No! but if you may need anything else I should surely have it." said the merchant.     "Do you know of a merchant near by that may have one for sale?" asked the adventurer.     "No!" exclaimed the merchant. "I have the best shop in these parts. Now if you need anything else I should surely be able to provide it." shouted the merchant.     "Surely some other merchant must have something you do not." inquired the adventurer. The merchant was intrigued by the young adventurers bold claim gave him a challenge. He told the adventurer that if he were to find a merchant that sold saddles for his horse in his kingdom that he would award that merchant and the adventure with a piece of his great wealth. Determined to prove him wrong the adventurer set out to find a merchant who sells horse saddles in the kingdom.

     The second merchant he came across sold many things but none that the first did not sell, let alone saddles for his horse. He asked the man did he know of any merchant that sold saddles and the old merchant told him that there was a merchant on the far side of the kingdom that opened up not to long ago and might sell what other merchants may not. With that information the adventure rushed off with excitement. When he got there he saw that this merchant's shop looked sub par and lost hope, however when he entered he was overjoyed to see that this sold many things that the first merchant did not and low and behold there he saw saddles for horses. If looked for the merchant who owned the shop and noticed that the owner closely resembled the first merchant.     "Oh happy day young merchant. You don't know what fortune you have brought to the both of us. There is a merchant on the far side of this kingdom who will award both me and the merchant who I find who sells horse saddles!" the adventurer excitedly belted.     "I know exactly who you are talking about. I will sell you the saddle, but I will not except any prize from that disgrace of a man." the merchant said with a mad look on his face. When the adventurer asked why he learned that this merchant was the first merchants son and was abandoned along with his mother and two sisters. The young merchant said the reason was because they were to expensive and the first merchant did not want to lose his wealth raising them. The young merchant also told the adventurer that his father is a selfish merchant who steals other merchants business and slanders any up and coming merchant so he can be the richest man in the kingdom. This enraged the adventurer, being raised with a strong sense of justice, payed for the new saddle and forgetting all about the prize he rushed back to confront the first merchant for his shameful actions.

     When he arrived he tied op the merchant and restrained him to a post outside. He proceeded to loot the whole shop and began to spread his wealth all over the kingdom. Keeping his fill for supplies, he set out to find the fabled treasure. On his way back from his failed quest, he was curious to what happened after he purged the selfish merchant. To his surprise the kingdom looked brand new and was filled with thriving businesses all around. The people of the kingdom were so grateful to the adventurer that they gave him wealth unimaginable. Is this the fabled the old lady foretold? Mo ,atter on to my next quest!

     

About how a very cool poet has inspired me

As most people know, I want to be a film director and to be a screen writer. Geoffrey Chaucer, from what I have read, is almost exactly the kind of writer I aspire to be. From the reading, I learned that he was a very popular and wildly praised poet thought to have shaped modern English to how it is now. Mr. Chauncer was an influential poet credited to a series of firsts with G.L. Kittredge identifying Troilus and Criseyde as "The first novel, in the modern sense, that ever was written in the world." One reason I say he is almost the writer I want to be is that in the reading it said that he often left his poems unfinished, this is something I do not want to do as I think everything should and deserves an end. However, I would like to reflect many different cultures in my work as Chaucer's poetry reflects many sources such as; French, Italian, and Latin. One big thing that the reading has brought to my attention was his tendency to establish authorities only to contrast them, this is an amazing way to bring the issues of a time to the limelight and discuss them. One interesting thing I learned was that he did not provide solutions to the contrasts he presented leaving the solution up to interpretation. Lastly, Chaucer could address topics both seriously and comically making him diverse in the way he could talk about a topic, what he could talk about, and the audience he could present a topic too. Geoferry was a great poet and any aspiring poets,  authors, or just any type of story teller should look towards him if ever in need of inspiration. 

Dr. REAL TALK

Dear Mrs. REAL TALK,

Hello my name is Grant and I am in a  REAL predicament, and I don't know what to do. Here the situation, I have been dawned with this responsibility of  making a death row inmate, a man named jefferson, a man before he dies and he believes he is a hog. The problem with this is that in my most recent visit with jefferson he did some things that would make make miss emma, his family, most unpleased and it will break her little old heart. I do not know what to do in this situation Mrs. REAL TALK  please help me!