Marriage is a bond where new relationships are developed and new beginnings begin. Love is a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, for a parent, child, or friend. In both poems, “Conjoined” by Judith Minty and “A Valediction; Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne talk about the nature of a “relationship.” In Minty’s poem, “Conjoined,” she shows us how a couple in a marriage can be together but not be together as one because they are lacking communication and connection with one another. Where as in Donne’s poem, the author talks about love being a special bond that can last through out a lifetime and continues even after death. Through the use of diction and similes both authors are able to bring their point across.
Love can be described as well as sometimes shown in many ways, but to Donne it is a phrase where a couple must go through test and time apart from each other but not show a sign of grief. For example, “As Viruous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The breath goes now, and some say, No; So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move, Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love” (Donne). In this simile, two lovers are saying their farewells to each other but they don’t show any sign of sadness or any other emotion. They believe that they are strong and can get through anything together. Although they are shown to be miles and miles apart the author describes that they are together in the spiritual world and will continue to be together forever. Death does not do them apart, this is what the simile is trying to convey. Love is more than physical attraction with another individual but a deeper bond that keeps two people together even when they are away from one other. For example, “Dull sublunary lovers’ love (Whose soul is sense) cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove Those things which elemented it (Donne). The author talks about “absence” and how an individual does not forget about their loved ones although they are far apart from each other. If a couple only have a physical bond it is not "as special" of a connection, where as if a couple do share that "special bond/connection" they can relate and feel each other without physical being present by their partners side. Futher more,“spiritual love” is when two people love each other very much they do not need to be together every single moment in order to be satisfied with one another because they possess that special connection, like Mr. D said in our class discussion.
However in the “Conjoined” poem the author uses many examples to convey her point. For example, she compares a couple to “ An accident, like the two-headed calf rooted in one body, fighting to suck at its mother’s teats; or like those other freaks, Chang and Eng, twins joined at the chest by skin and muscle, doomed to live, even make love, together for sixty years (Donne). Not only does this stanza put a very vivid picture in one’s mind but also discusses the view points of a man and women. Being “Conjoined” can refer to a positive and negative thing. It can be negative because an individual(s) can be stuck with a person and not have that "special connection", “like the two-headed calf,” they fight consistently. This can be a positive thing because the individual(s) have to work with each other and be on the same page in order to make everything work out. But most importantly to make their relationship successful. In the poem the use of diction helps the author show the ups and downs in a marriage. Also the use of some harsh words to describe a husband and wife. For example, grief, sadness, or an argument(s) in a couple is referred to as “monster;”“Two-headed calf,” this refers to the fights in a relationship; “freaks,” shows us an understanding how all relationships are different and unique. “Conjoined” is about a marriage where two couples are forced to be together and constantly fighting and are unhappy with each other. :(
Marriage is a legal joining of two people; a union. It is an amazing, special bond between two people and their families. Love is a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection which last will continue on even after death, eternally. In both poems, “Conjoined” by Judith Minty and “A Valediction; Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne; the author uses figurative language such as diction and simile to talk about “marriage” as well as to bring their point across. Donne conveys that love can be eternal, spiritually bond where as Minty describes it to be a painful bond in which an everything is not always what you want it to be, it can be forced. Both authors convey their messages through the use of similes and diction. :) :) :)
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The article that Jim Neilson wrote about the “Things They Carried,” gives the readers new idea(s) as they continue to read this novel. In Neilson’s article/ essay it makes us think if the stories about the conditions or trails that the soldiers went through that O’Brien described are they true or just lies to capture the attention of readers…? For example, in the novel, O’Brien, talks about how the truth isn’t always exciting, “"in a true war story, nothing is exactly true" (88). Soo is he telling the truth in these stories or what??? That is the question my friend???
Neilson gives us a lot of insight on what, “The Things They Carried,” is trying to convey to its readers. In my opinion, I believe that the most useful insight I received was O’Brien’s style of writing while he wrote this book. “It is within this framework—the belief that the war escapes understanding and representation and even makes us liars—that O’Brien attempts to tell a true war story.” Everyone who has read or is reading O’Brien’s novel, “Things They Carried,” will believe everything they read or what they hear about it this is because they personally haven’t experienced it or been through it ourselves. Therefore this makes it very easy for O’Brien to draw in his readers attention because they or really no one but the people who have gone through it know the truth. On the other had Neilson says anyone who has gone to the war will see this as “fruitfulness at once, and to all the other readers it is commended as a statement of actual things by who experienced them to the fullest.” We all have our own opinion’s! This can kind of relate to Muas II as well because Art doesn’t understand where his father is coming from because he hasn’t gone through the Holocaust himself and have faced all those horrible conditions. Just like how will never understand how the war must have been like because we haven’t been through it ourselves.
Hopefully you guys enjoyed your three day weekend! Wooohooo J
Sunday, January 31, 2010
SAY WHAT??? IDEAS.. CONCEPTS
J The book we have started to read in class, “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, have many similar themes, ideas and concept as the other stories we have read about in class or/ and we can all apply them to our daily lives. For example when I was reading the one of the short stories in the book, The Dentist, I found it interesting and how it easily could relate to our lives. To have pride or to feel very accomplished is not a bad thing but if that starts to affect ones character and how people see or approach them it can lead to a dramatic change in the outcome of how people approach that person. For example, Lemon a character in the story is a shallow and self-righteous person. He has so many expectations and thinks highly of himself that he doesn’t like to show any signs of weaknesses. His personality allows him to be stubborn and never show any signs of fear over time. In one part of the story, ““Anyone else would have laughed it off, but for Curt Lemon it was too much. The embarrassment must’ve turned a screw in his head” (pg. 88). We all aren’t perfect! Everyone has their own weaknesses and strengths; by embracing them we can get the motivation to improve our weaknesses and strengths. After struggle but accepting the fact that his tooth was really bugging him, Lemon decides to go back the dentist and ask for assistances regarding his tooth situation. Then he goes back to the dentist and makes him pull out a perfectly good tooth to overcome his fear. Lemon decides to pull out his tooth which is perfectly fine in order to get rid of his illusion. Even though some think Lemon did this on purpose, he is happy with the outcome. =)
Hopefully you guys had a good weekend and this made SENSE! LoL
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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