Quote #6

Roger Chillingworth knows your purpose to reveal his true character. Will he continue, then, to keep our secret? What will now be the course of his revenge? "There is a strange secrecy in his nature, "replied Hester, thoughtfully; "and it has grown upon him by the hidden practices of his revenge. I deem it not likely that he will betray teh secret. He will doubtless seek other means of satiating his dark passion." This quote was found on page 156 in the Scarlet Letter. Hester and Arthur Dimmesdale are discussing Roger Chillingworth. Arthur expresses of him being his enemy by telling crying out to Hester how is he suppose to live longer and breath the same air with this deadly enemy. Hester is there for him and tells him not to dwell on this man and to keep his head up. He contunies to ask Hester to be strong for him and to give him answers. Him being a priest should be able to be strong and know what the right thing or most appropriate thing to do is. He seems very shaken up by the thought of Roger Chillingworth. Throught out the reading you do not find Arthur and Hester having many conversations that are in depth like this. They seem to be expressing their feelings about what had happened and the sin that was caused. Arthur seems worried that Roger will let out him and Hesters secret, but Hester seems to think he will not betray them in that way and that their secret is safe. Arthur seems to really be bothered by this.

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Quote #5

"Wilt thou yet forgive me?" she repeated, over and over again. "Wilt thou not frown? Wilt thou forgive? "I do forgive you, Hester,"replied the minister, at length, with a deep utterance out of an abyss of sadness, but no anger. "I freely forgive you now. May God forgive us both! We are not, Hester, the worst sinners in the world. This quote in the Scarlet Letter came from page 115. This quote stuck out to be because at first it seems as if Hester is begging for the Priest forgiveness, when the priest was in this situation as well Hester was not alone. Hester could not live with the sadness she felt from him and how all the world had frowned upon her for seven years.
Hester seems to be fed up with the sorrow she is feeling through everything she has been through. She needs forgiveness to feel better about herself.
They sat together hand and hand and seemed to share a moment together, a much needed moment. They do describe the mood as gloomy, but had a charm. They describe the obscure forest around them and hearing it creak, telling us they sat in silence with eachothers presence. Hester expresses that for one moment Arthur Dimmesdale could be a true man.  

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Quote #4

On page 142 in the Scarlet Letter I came across the quote that explains more of the story to me. "Yes, I hate him!", repeated Hester, more bitterly than before. "He betrayed me! He has done me worse wrong than I did him!"
When reading this section in the Scarlet Letter I was not to sure if I was right or wrong. This quote told me that this man, Roger Chillingworth was the man she was suppose to marry. She had betrayed him and that is why she is in the situation of wearing the scarlet letter. She explains some of the old memories they once shared. Him coming home from his studies, sitting down in the fire light of their home and be in each others presence. Then it takes a turn and Hester is asking her self how she could have ever been wrought upon to marry him (142). This part confused me. I am kind of in the dark about why she is so upset with him, either I missed something or did not analyze something right. Hester hurt him, but she explains the hate and hurt he as caused her. So if anyone would like to clear this up for me please feel free too!

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Quote #3

On page 131 in the Scarlet Letter I came across the quote, "Hester Prynne, there was neither irritation nor irksomeness. She never battled with the public, but submitted uncomplainingly to its worst usage; she made no claim upon it, in requital for what she suffered; she did not weigh upon its sympathies." This quote stuck out to me because it expresses Hester's feelings in a nut shell on her situation. She does not feel sorry for herself. Hester knows what she did is wrong and I am, sure there are many people who do not feel sorry for her, but the ones that do she does not want the sympathy, she seems to not even what her own sympathy. She also does not fight with the public and what they might have once said about her. Towns people most likely look at her like a disgrace, but she never fights back. In a way it seems like Hester worn her scarlet letter and deals with the fact that she has don't the act of adultery. There is nothing else left for her to do then except herself.
Hester seems to be coping well, whether she is putting on a front for the public and her daughter Pearl she manages to keep a positive lifestyle. Being depressed and hating herself would only make matters worse and I felt like this quote explained a lot of her coping styles. She did not let people in and let them bother her. She is carrying on with her life.

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Quote #2

"Nevertheless," said the mother calmly, though growing more pale, "this badge hath taught me, --it daily teaches me, --it is teaching me at this moment, -- lessons wereof my child may be the wiser and better, albeit they can profit nothing to myself. (Hawthorne 96)
While reading this quote I really understood Hester and how guilty she truly felt for having to wear this letter upon her because of what she had done. Carrying the guilt around and having her daughter in this mist of everything. Hester expresses how better her daughter is and how she can grow and learn from her mothers mistakes and not repeat them. Yes, it was wrong and people are going to look down on Hester, but she is here for her daughter and trying her best to look out for her. Governor Bellingham was questioning and judging her ability of having Pearl as a daughter. This quote shows the heart and compassion Hester has for her daughter and I believe her when she expresses herself.
People make mistakes and it seems like in this time period you are not forgiven and it is unfair because when people do make mistakes and they learn from them then why punish them continuously.

Quote #1

"we have spoken of Pearl's rich and luxuriant beauty; a beauty that shone with deep and vivid tints; a bright complexion, eyes possessing intensity both of depth and glow, and hair already deep, glossy brown, and which, in after years, would be nearly akin to black. There was a fire in her and throughout her; she seemed the unpremeditated offshoot passionate moment." (Hawthorne 90) Reading this quote in the scarlet letter helped me have a better understanding of Pear herself. They expressed her with descriptive words that really made me feel like I knew her better. Pearl seemed to be an outgoing, fun, loving child that was always on the go with energy. I think Pearl being the ball of energy she was, helped her mother out. Pearl was all her mother had and you could tell they had a bond, Pearl stood up for her mother in this section and made it clear she was proud to have her as a mother.
Pearl was the love of Hester's life and you could tell because the way she talked about her. Even though Hester had committed the crime of adultery and Pearl was the outcome, she did not love Pearl any less and Pearl seemed to be an outstanding child.

Advice to Young Men

This piece opens up by describing in simple words what men ought to desire in his wife. Right away it gives woman that typical stereotype that most woman receive. Us woman are suppose to have beauty, cleanliness, good temper, and chastity. Woman back then were known to be the stay at home wives and to manage the cooking and cleaning. Back in the 1600s laws made woman "civilly dead". They were there to serve as domestic arena as a wife, mother, and keepers of home and hearth (247). They did not have the right to vote, they were excluded from the most professions and it was simply unfair. To me this seemed like marriage was more of a joke and not made up of the true love and happiness that is needed in most relationships. It was made up of rules, regulations, and stereotypes.
Now a day's sometimes woman and men have switched roles. Woman are the bread winners and the men take care of the home. It is not odd to see, but back then it would have never passed. Never once do they mention what woman should look for in a man or how men should act and what we should perceive of them.
I wonder how over time this has changed so much. It has obviously changed for the better because some woman performance at there professions better than some men could ever dream of.
I noticed in this reading, like I did with the last one that they being up infidelity is much worse for the wife. Both men and woman are in the relationship as an equal and I have no idea why this is perceived this way. In a way it would have been offensive to be a woman in the 1600s because woman could have felt left out and not good enough. All they knew were their home and husbands. I feel bad for the woman who had to live this way for so long! Do not get me wrong, nothing is wrong with supporting your family with a clean house and staying true to your husband, but woman had no rights back then, it is sad.

Adultery

While reading through Adultery on page 241, in The Scarlet Letter I was fairly shocked on how serious they had once taken this crime. When thinking of adultery I automatically think of infidelity and how it ruins couples relationships a lot in this day and age. In the 1600s Adultery to me was like murder. Now a days someone can kill another human being and be sent to jail, but committing the simple act of adultery could have you killed back then was crazy to hear. The punishment being any where from beatings to being killed for it. They make it well known to everyone that you have went behind your partners back and done mischievous acts, by sewing A D on the arm and back of your clothing. They put your crime out there for everyone to see.
In this piece they mentioned some information from William Corbett's Advice yo Young Men. What caught me off guard is when he talked about men looking for Chastity in his wife and that in the end adultery was greater a crime for the woman than the men. Why was it looked down upon more for woman than men? It was still the same crime and I find it very unfair and stereotypical for this to occur.
Even though i was not very familiar with this subject and to why it was so important for them to give them the types of punishment they did, why are people so worried about what other people did. Now a days there would be mass amounts of people missing in this world if we spent all of our time focusing on people who commit the crime of adultery. You see it mischievous acts being played upon partners all the time in this day and age.

The Story of an Hour

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin (604-607) was about a woman, Mrs. Mallard found out the news of her husbands death. Her sister Josephine broke the news to her. Her husbands friend Richard was in the newspaper office when the intelligence of the railroad disaster was received. Like most people dealing with the loss of someone close to them grief sets in right away. Mrs. Mallard stormed to her room where she could be alone. As she peered out the window with head thrown back and upon a cushion sitting there motionless, taking it all in. Then all of a sudden something began to come over her. Her pulse beating fast and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body. She let out of her mouth a little whisper, "free, free, free!" It goes on and describes her real feelings towards her husband. There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. No powerful will bending her in that blind persistence with which men and woman believe in. She loved him, but she only says sometimes. It is like she grieved for him because he was her spouse and she cared for him, but then she felt a sense of freedom. It then takes a turn for the worse her sister gets her out of the room and she clasped to her sisters waist and together they descended down the stairs. Doctors came and said she had died of heart disease--of joy that kills.
This piece was very interesting to me, it had different Turing points in such a short story with a short timeline in the story. The woman's husband must have been controlling in a way, for her to feel so sad yet relived she could live for herself now and not him. I could understand someone feeling this way in a certain situation with there spouse or significant other. I like how they compared her death to a joy that kills.

Global Warming and Hot Air

Global warming everyone has heard about it for years, but truthfully I have never really read anything concerning global warming or looked more into depth about this situation. Some scientist have came to a 90 percent probability that human activity is warming the earth. The scary thing behind it is that there is no solution. It then goes into informing the reader about how the world receives its energy and that being by fossil fuels. There needs to be a way to replace fossil fuels or find practical ways to capture their emission. It discusses poor countries and how they wont sacrifice economic growth to placate the rich worlds global warming fears. In Africa, less than 40 percent of the population even has electricity (185).
Global warming has been a change. Temperatures have increased and sea levels have risen. People have yet to see how this will effect the future, they might easily adapt or there might be costly disruptions. I learned that this is not something easy the world is dealing with it is increasing going to get worse and worse. I truthfully did not understand half the things they were saying in this piece, but I do get the concept of it and it was more of an informative debate for me.

Vows

Vows, by Christopher Caldwell (171-175.)
The average American views same-sex marriage as a bad idea whose time has come. Solid majorities--generally around two-thirds--opposite it (171.) In this piece a journalist Jonathon Rauch argues for having gay marriage. This is something he feels strongly about, because gay himself, he seeks this because he wants to get married someday and thinks everyone should. " I mean two souls bonded in each other's eyes and together clasped to their community's bosom." (172) His idea of marriage goes along with what most people for gay marriage agree with. They want to be just like everyone else and go through lifes journeys just like every other person on this planet who is "normal". People look at same-sex marriage as un normal or gross in other words. Honestly if someone is happy and that is the way they feel, this is America why would you stop someone from being happy? Gay's getting married cause no harm to anyone and I think people that believe they are to good for there own good look down on people that are different. Its hard for me to believe that someone wakes up in the morning and wants to be teased and tortured and not live a normal life,by choosing to be gay. It is who they are and who they have become and it is not their fault. Rauch is a a confident man to stand up for his self and what he believes in, when so many people look down on his decisions it takes courage to do such a thing. There will always be two sides to this argument, for example traditionalist complain that marriage is embattled, and while gay activists complain that marriage is unfair. Rauch then goes into saying that marriage is embattled because it is unfair. (172) Traditional people choose to think that if gay marriage becomes available that marriage is only losing its old set of purposes and it becoming, irrevocably, something else. Yes marriage is between a man and a woman, and i know i will marry a man, but i could care less about a man and man getting married or vise verse it has nothing to do with me. People are to wrapped up in everyone Else's life's that they let this affect them. This is a life long debate and and in the end I hope everyone can be equal.

How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently

Different regional, ethnic, and class backgrounds, as well as age and gender, result in different ways of using language to communicate. Researches show that girls and boys learn how to use language differently in their sex-seperate peer groups. Boys mostly are expected to use language to seize center stage, by showing off their skills, knowledge, and challenging others. Where girls usually have their few girlfriends around where they communicate differently. Telling secrets and sharing issues with one another. They even go into different cultures between men and woman. Greece and Bali engage in ritual laments. This is spontaneously produced rhyming couplets that express their pain, over lost ones or loved ones. Men there do not participate in laments. They do a very different ritual, such as war of words in which they vie with each other to devise clever insults. It is not just Americans who do this it is a pattern all over the world. Woman bond by talking about their troubles and men bond by exchanging playful insults and put downs. Now of course not every body is like this, but there is a pattern.
This professor evaluates his students and how the girls and boys react differently to conversation and debate in class. In some cases he sates that men speak more than woman is because they find the "public" classroom setting more conductive to speaking, whereas most woman are more comfortable speaking in private to a small group of people well known. Women students in this class admitted if they speak up once or twice, they hold back for the rest of the class because they do not want to dominate.
In some cases I feel he is evaluation how woman do not like to be dominate, but it all depends on the person. I know a lot of woman who can run the conversation in a classroom, while some of the other females do not say a word. Same goes for men. I can connect with this piece though, communication between men and woman are totally different and will always be.

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That Parent-Child Conversation Is becoming Instant, and Online

"Instant messaging, long a part of teenagers' lives, is working its way into the broader fabric of the American family." (285) This piece discusses instant messaging and how in the last 18 months has really grown. Just as many parents are staring to instant message as much as teens do now a days.  Now that many families have more than one computer in a home, the machines spread beyond just talking and interacting with people out side of the house, but actually communicating back and forth from someone in the other room. A lot of people feel as if it is silly or lazy to send a text or an instant message to your mom down stairs, asking what is for dinner, but some psychologist say that the role of the technology within families can be remarkably positive. Many say the messages are helping to break down the interpersonal barriers that often prevent open communications. "they are able to talk with one another about issues that bother them more readily online than when they are talking face to face." (286) Why have we become this way? In a way it is like we have to hide our feelings through a computer. I feel that it is unhealthy in a way. Talking to another person face to face gives you the dignity and confidence you need, instead of running from it. I understand that it is easier to say something hurtful or truthful in a message, because you do not see their reaction, but I honestly feel like that is the easy way out. The whole instant messaging mom whats for dinner?, is something I dont worry about becasue yeah its okay to be lazy at times, but when talking about a serious issue, I dont feel like messaging is healthy.
They throw out there in this piece that all the times you look back and wish you would not have said something and maybe wish you had that 10 seconds to think before you spoke; well this is where instant messaging comes in, you have a built in counting to 10. Is that really something to rely on? I strongly believe that people will get so used to communicating through computers. It does in a sense have its pros and cons.
This is something that everyone will have their own opinion on because not everyone feels comfortable talking in person to one another, but how does it help you to get over that if your always commuting through messages?

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The Internet: A Clear and Present Danger

Internet. Some think it is the greatest idea on earth, others ehh try to stay away from it just because they may be technology inclined. Then there is the aspect of keeping your kids safe from the dangers the Internet can bring, that is if your child is not smart about what they are doing. In this article it first discusses copyright and fraud even stalking that can be done on a computer. "Internet will enrich many aspects of our daily life." It goes on and looks to see if Internet regulation is a good idea. First it takes off with Internet and children. I focused more on the child and Internet relationship in this piece. Some children are very capable of working wit a computer, some even more able to then the family members they live with. This in a way is scary if you as a parent don't know what your child is doing on the computer because you can not even work it, in a way is dangerous. Some children know better than to talk to random strangers, I would hope most parents teach their children that, but not all are taught this and this is when problems arise.
"Pornography is the third largest sector of sales on the Internet, generating 1 billion annually." You are probably thinking wow. Children can accidentally come upon these sites and be open to a new world. The Internet does not usually teach kids good relationship skills or as the book states the equality of a women (530). It can teach little girls the wrong thing about what a man is suppose to perceive them as and the betrayal of the innocence of your body. When having little kids at home I believe it is a safe idea to have a protection on them so they are not exposed to things like this. I know there are many other ways to persuade kids to make bad choices, but the Internet can always be the quick and easiest. Internet is not always bad it gives you huge access to anything you could possibly need, but when it comes to children try and prtoect them.

How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards

I was stopped by this article on page 355, "How to Take Control of Your Credit Cards." I knew right away that I wanted to pursue and read this essay because my parents have always taught me to stay away from credit cards as long as I can and if possible never ever get one! This essay gives the reader a lot of statistics about the credit card world and the debts you can find yourself crawling under. It continues to point out how to slow your role and manage your credit card and the debts you may come across.  This essay gives good examples, such as, if your going out to dinner and have no money do not always charge it on to your credit. This essay teaches you how to be a "credit card shark." Maneuver your way to pay the lowest interest rates, for the shortest time possible, but watch out for the companies they will try anything to trap you.  

 

Why rack up enormous credit cards debts?

Why can't Americans buy the things they need, instead what they want?

Good questions to always ask yourself, if you do not have the money, why get it?

The author points out a really good point by saying, "If you overspend just because you like to buy buy buy on credit, then you are what I call Broke by Choice." You as a person are willfully starting a nightmare! I believe, that yes credit cards can come in handy, when someone is in need, but why build it to the point where you can not even breath when looking at your own bill, set a limit and be smart about it.

 

"If you're paying, say 18 percent interest on an $ 8,000 balance, and you make only the 2 percent minimum payment due each month, you are going to end up paying more than $ 22,000 in interest over the course of the 54 years it will take to get the balance down to zero!"  Now how berserk does this statement make you feel? This statistic right here tells me that I never want to be in this situation ever in my life and I will avoid it.

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Athletes and Education

As i was reading "Athletes and Education", I had a sense of feeling that I knew what i was going to be hearing. Throughout this piece I first got the impression that athletes do not do well in Collage and they do not care much for it, as long as there going to make it in the pros. I got this vibe by a professor stating, "He thinks he can take me out to dinner if he wants , but if he thinks I'll pass his knuckleheads just because of that, he'd better think again." I understand where this professor is coming from, coaches feel the need to do anything they can do, so that there players are better, there for making themselves as a coach look better.

Athletes do have to work ten times harder if they want to keep there grades up, there off on road trips, games, and practices, but what about the many few who are taking a bundle of classes while maintaing a full time job? Isn't in a way the same thing except you don't get to look like the star.

A young man was mentioned, he was never interested in anything really than basketball, he went on to college on a athletic scholarship. After graduating, he played in college for two years and was then picked in a late round of the N.B.A draft and left college. In the end he was not "good enough" to be in the pros and did not make it. Do you think he had a back up plan? He didn't, while he was attending college for those two years his transcripts were filled with remedial and nonacademic courses. Not everyone has these troubles like this young man did, but I feel that this can teach everyone to always have a back up plan, you can have both, be and athlete and have an education.

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