Blog 5

1) The play night, mother by Marcia Norman is about two characters Jessie Cates, and mother Thelma. Jessie announces she wants to kill herself at the end of the evening. This sets off a struggle between mother and daughter. Thelma uses every strategy to stop her. She tells the truth about her issues that had affected her life. One central facet about the nature of what creates drama in a story. This brings out a lot of different emotions, and is a good play to analyze. This is why i feel it would be a good addition to our schedule.

2) The short story, The Swimmer, by John Cheever is very interesting. I read the first few lines, and decided I wanted to read further. "The Swimmer," is a masterpiece of mystery, language and sorrow. It has great imagery throughout the story. Neddy Merrill's is a swimmer who losing heart, growing weary,and getting old. The story has mythic echoes the passage of a divine swimmer across the calender toward his doom, and yet it always only the story of one bewildered man, approaching the end of his life, journeying homeward, in a pair of bathing trunks, across the countryside where he lost everything that ever meant something to him. I would love to see different perspectives, about how other people perceive this short story.

3)The poem "Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night," by Dylan Thomas is a widely known poem. This poem is even showcased in a movie called "Dangerous Minds," which originally made me want to read it, and pick apart the pieces to gain meaning. I think its a very encouraging poem. It about death and dying, but when examined closer it becomes apparent that it is also about life, and how it is lived. I think many people will appreciate this poem, and be able to connect with it. This would be a good poem to the schedule.

4)In the short story Penal Colony by, Franz Kafka was very interesting to read especially because my major is Criminal Justice. Its different to read stories like this especially because they are kind of strange. It makes you think deeper, and wonder things like why people commit crimes that are so horrifying. It brings up a lot of questions to the readers reading the story. I think this would be a good short story to see how other people react to this reading. Its would be interesting to be in someone Else's mind to see what goes on, to make them do the things they do.

5)The poem Those winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden was a great poem to read. Its about a hard working father, who provides all the necessities for his kid. The kid didn't appreciate his father, and realizes he should of thanked him for everything. I'm sure a lot of thoughts, and thinking would come about while other people read this. This is a good poem because it makes you realize not to take advantage of the people that mean the most to you. Some kinds get everything from their parents, and are unappreciative and spoiled.