http://v5150h.edublogs.org You know, only the best. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:44:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Predator Crane depicts death as an animal-like part of life, natural, primal.  It is almost as if man is above everything else but his death levels him to that of the animals.  In chapters 9-10 of Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage Henry’s friend Jim Conklin dies.  His death is a ... http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/nam/  Let's Get Ready to Rummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmble!!!!!!!! [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/nj_NPN0Iy3w" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] vs. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/gh1itjiTlKo" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/04/08/the-battle/ Comrades  Comrade- A person who shares one's interests or activities; a friend or companion Word History: A comrade can be socially or politically close, a closeness that is found at the etymological heart of the word comrade. In Spanish the Latin word camara, with its Late Latin meaning "chamber, room," was retained, ... http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/04/07/bubba-gump/ Courage vs. Cowardice             The youth in The Red Badge of Courage is portrayed to be a coward in the beginning in chapters 5-8.  He fees from his company’s battle at the very first sight of danger.  He buys into a cheap story of fear and natural instinct to fear danger.  ... http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/04/02/forest/ Realism             Realms and Naturalism are forms of literature derived from the romantic from of art.  Although popular and growing more and more realism will never completely take over romantic art.              Realisms most important influence has been on fiction and theater.  Balzac was a novelist who became the grandfather of ... http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/03/31/crane/ The Red Badge of Courage Henry, the main character of the red badge of courage, deals with not only the physical exhaustion of war but the mental bearings as well.  He carries many tangible and intangible objects and ideas around with him.  Intangible 1.)    Guilt- Henry is feeling guilty because he seems ... http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/03/27/the-things-we-carry/ Song  1. What is the occasion of the poem? What literary device does the poet employ? Describe what you know of the speaker, the listener, and the “she” referred to in the poem.  Occasion- A guy is sending a rose to speak for him to his courtship Literary devices- symbolism-rose represents him and ... http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/03/19/lesson-36/ Promises Like Pie Crust    1. Describe the form and structure of the poem.  What is the occasion of the poem?  What two reasons does the speaker give for refusing to promise a committed love? What compromises does she suggest at the end?             The author blames love for enslaving individuals toward each other.  She ... http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/lesson-28/ Auto Wreck 1. What imagery does Shapiro use in the first three lines to evoke sound and sight?  How do these images become increasingly significant in the context of the entire poem?             The author describes the scene of a car crash.  “soft silver bell beating, beating/ and down the dark one ... http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/03/12/lesson-35/ Complaint to His Purse 1. Describe the form called rime royal: meter, rhyme scheme, stanza form. Meter- decameter (iambic-pentameter) Rhyme scheme- ababbcc Stanza form- three sestets followed by one quintet 2. What is the structure of the poem? How do imagery and argument of each stanza develop and intensify the appeal? The poem is created as ... http://v5150h.edublogs.org/2008/03/11/lesson-34/