TWD Journal 4

Gina:
I believe Gina is the source of the problem. Arguments between Gina and Hjalmar began to arise because of all the information she did not tell him during their marrage. She had a child without knowing exactly who the father was, and she had a relationship with a man who is now funding the house Gina and Hjalmar live in. Gina believed she was protecting Hjalmar by keeping all this information a secret. Hjalmar's life revolved around a facade that he created to make himself look wealthier than who he really is. The only thing that Hjalmar didn't turn into a facade was his family. His family meant more to him than any materialistic ideal. Gina wanted to preserve Hjalmar's belief in the family, she did not want him to deplete his already decreasing self asteem. Hjalmar used to be suicidal, and by Gina keeping the truth about Hedvig, she was keeping Hjalmar in a happier state.

Gregers:
Gregers was not the source of the problem, but he amplified the problem. Hjalmar and Gina's household may have been a facade created by Gina, but they seemed happy together. But Greger's had this vision of an "ideal marriage" and knew the truth that Gina was hiding. Gregers wanted Hjalmar and Gina to have a pure marriage, and in order to reach the pure state, Gregers made it his "life's purpose" to reveal the truth and make things right. In order to do so, Gregers began unraveling what Gina hid her whole marriage. The truth came out, accompanied by many arguments accusing eachother of one after the other. Gregers may not have been the source for the problem, but he revealed it, causing the family facade to diminish.

TWD Journal 3

"After a moment Gina, wearing a hat and coat, enters by the hall door [...] Because Relling and Molvik are dropping in too" (157-158).

• Hjalmar tells Gina to return the Molvik's coat back to him early the next morning. The reason Gina is returning in the beginning of act three is because she is doing so. The fact that Hjalmar was already going to see Molvik the next morning, accompanied by Relling, emphasizes Hjalmar's need to protect his facade. If Hjalmar asks Gina to return the coat to Molvik without Relling, or anybody else knowing, helps protect the ideal self he is trying to accomplish.

"The bottom of the sea" (164)

• The bottom of the sea represents the real truth behind the family stories. "The bottom of the sea" goes along with the idea of a wounded duck plundging into the water and grabbing onto the moss at the bottom. These two ideas compare, because "the bottom of the sea" and the wounded duck at the bottom of the water" represent the real truth, and trying to hide from the real truth.

"My dear Hjalmar, I suspect you've got a bit of the wild duck in you" (170)

• Gregers is using "the wild duck" in a negative view. Gregers is accusing Hjalmar of being a wounded duck grabbing onto the moss at the bottom of the water: Hjalmar is wounded by the lies, but is trying to hide from the real truth

"In my house nobody talks to me about ugly things" (170)

• By Hjalmar stating that nobody talks to him about negative, or harmful things, identifies Gina's protection over him. Hjalmar used to be suicidal; he used to be mentally fragile. Gina is afraid that if Hjalmar was to find out about the "real truth" that he would become suicidal once again, believing that he lives for nothing.

"He is suffering from an acute case of moralistic fever" (178)

• Relling is referring to morals as a disease that swept over Gregers. Diseases sicken, or sometimes impairs people during, so by Relling calling it a "fever" suggests that Gregers is only doing this because his strong morals has temporarily impaired him of thinking right.

TWD Journal 2

Hjalmar:

"No, they just babbled away. Of course they wanted me to recite for them, but I couldn't see that."(142)

• When asked about his evening at Mr. Werles house, Hjalmar replies with the attention he got from the people at the party. The reality is, nobody paid attention to Hjalmar. Hjalmar creates a facade of pride.

"Yes, don't you think so? And this one here really fits very well. It's almost as if it were made for me. [...] There! Don't forget to give Molvik his coat back first thing in the morning" (143)

• Coming from a lower class family life, Hjalmar knows he cannot provide the fancy attire that the others at the party will be wearing. In order to continue is facade, Hjalmar borrows a fancy coat so that his facade of having pride, and being successful does not diminish.

"In any case, I'm grateful that you asked me here, Gregers, because it proves you no longer have anything against me"(123).

• Hjalmar has a pessimistic view on how others view him, in order to impress everybody, he puts on the facade.

"[...] I probably look more of a man than I did then" (122)

• Hjalmar is trying to hide his insecurities by responding with pride.

TWD Journal 1

Characters constantly face boundaries in literature.  These boundaries can take many shapes: internal or external, physical or emotional, real or imagined... Consider what types of  boundaries Ibsen creates in Act 1.  Who faces what type of boundary, how (stylistic aspect) does the author establish the boundary,  and how do the characters respond to the boundary? 

1. A social boundary is formed when the servants are gossiping about Werle. The servants "gossip", which implies that they keep their opinions between eachother without confronting Werle about how they feel. By keeping the servants opinions to themselves, they do not cross a boundary of possibly angering Werle.

• A HIRED WAITER: "Say, Pettersen, there's an old guy here who- (119)
• PETTERSON: "What the hell- somebody coming now!" (120)
• While gossiping, a hired waiter tells Petterson that there is another person there, who could possibly hear what Petterson and Jenson were talking about. The fact that Petterson becomes startled, highlights the fact that Petterson and Jensen do not want to cross over the social boundary.

   2.  A social boundary is formed when Warle; who is of high status, could be having possible relations with   his housekeeper. People of certain statuses were expected to hold relationships with those of the same social status. By a wealthy, high class man having a relationship with a low class women would cross a social boundary of expectations.

• JENSON: "Is it really true what people say, that there's something between them?" (119)
• PETTERSON: "Lord knows."
• JENSEN: "I heard he was a real goat in his day"
• The fact that other people also gossip about a possible relation between Warle and Mrs. Sorby suggests that the situation is a big deal to people.

  3. A boundary between different perceptives between Jhalmar and Gregers appears on page 123 when Hjalmar spoke about how he thought Gregers had something against him, when Gregers did not. This boundary could have been the separation between the men that lasted 16/17 years.

• HJALMAR: "In any case, I'm grateful that you asked me here, Gregers, because it proves you no longer have anything against me. (123)
• GREGERS: (Astonished) "How could you think that i had anything against you?"

Antigone Journal 2

Timeline:

·        Ismene and Antigone question burying Polynices.

·        Antigone decides to bury Polynices.

·        Antigone visits Heamon dressed in Ismene’s belongings to figure out whether Haemen loves her or is just marrying her because she is a women.

·        Haemon mocks Antigone, who gets upset. They argue until Antigone leaves.

·        Antigone wakes up to bury Polynices.

·        Antigone arrives early in the morning to find the Nurse worried about where she was.

·        Antigone does not directly tell the Nurse where she was, and lies to the Nurse by stating she was meeting a lover to hide the fact she buried Polynices. The Nurse gets upset, so Antigone said she was lying, and that she did not do anything that should be cried about.

·        Antigone makes the Nurse promise to take care of her dog.

·         Haemon visits Antigone and makes up for their argument. Antigone believes that Haemon loves her, and tells him that she is to die. Once she tells him this she makes him leave immediately.

·         Antigone tells Ismene that she buried Polynices

Antigone Journal 1

Through pages 3-6
 I would set up the seen as intended, except I would at first keep the scene equally lighted, but then slightly dim the stage and cast a spotlight on the characters described. Everyone would be moving and interacting with anyone in their groups, but once the individual descriptions begin, every character freezes except the ones described at the moment. The freeze/movement will alternate between characters. Each actor would embody the description stated by behaving in their character's manner. As each character is being described, Chorus will be standing in front of the characters with a dimmer spot light on him. Chorus will be underneath an arch, walking and pointing towards each character when he describes them. Chorus's voice will also be used to describe the manner of each character: for Creon Chorus's voice will be strong.

Page 6
The stage is going to darken more in order to create a large contrast between the spotlight on Chorus, and the stage. While the spotlight is on Chorus, the characters will leave promptly and quietly one by one. Once all the characters have left, Chorus will leave through the left arch and the spotlight will turn off.

BNW Journal 2

’Observe,” said the Director triumphantly, “observe.” Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks-already in the infant mind these couples were compromisingly linked; and after two hundred repetitions of the same or a similar lesson would be wedded indissolubly. What man has joined nature is powerless to put asunder.

            “They’ll grow up with what the psychologists used to call an ‘instinctive’ hatred of books and flowers. Reflexes unalterably conditioned. They’ll be safe from books and botany all their lives.” The Director turned to his nurses. “Take them away again.”” (22)

            One of the main reasons this passage is significant, is the establishment in the reader’s minds that the society is eliminating any sources that could cause opinions or individualism. The society wants to eliminate books, flowers and things that could separate an individual from the masses that the society tries to establish. In order to eliminate these potential threats, the society conditions people to instinctively hate them: “books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks”. These repeating consequences from interacting with the sources condition the kids to believe that these sources lead to something fearful. The consequences create a growing belief that if one stays away from these “threatening” sources then “they’ll be safe”. This conditioning allows the society to eliminate the potential for opinions and individualism to arise. The conditioning is essential for every citizen, enabling the citizen’s equality amongst each other. Equality is the primary importance in the society and by eliminating anything that may threaten this mental equality; it creates a mass of mentally identical people. By the society controlling the citizen’s view certain aspects of life, the society strengthens its superiority over the citizens.

BNW Journal 1

"The enormous room on the ground floor faced towards the north. Cold for all the summer beyond the panes, for all the tropical heat of the room itself, a harsh thin light glared through the windows, hungrily seeking some draped lay figure, some pallid shape of academic goose-flesh, but finding only the glass and nickel and bleakly shining porcelain of a laboratory. Wintriness responded to wintriness. The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber. The light was frozen, dead, a ghost."

            “The enormous room on the ground floor faced towards the north”. The fact that this sentence states that a specific room that is located on the ground floor faces the north, questions the facing location of the other rooms within the building. By the room facing north it suggest the room is very important. Compasses always point towards the north, and compasses are used for direction, so the “enormous room […] faced towards the north” indicates that this room is pointing towards progression. This room is contains “tropical heat” and is “cold for all the summer beyond the panes”. The words “cold” and “summer” contradict each other due to its contrasting temperatures, but since the words are combined, it suggests an intense heat temperature within the room. This heat is emphasized through the “harsh thin light” that “glared through the windows”. The light “hungrily seeking some draped lay figure, some pallid shape of academic goose-flesh” suggest the importance of this progression, and the need to identify everyone and everything. Personification arises in a menacing fashion: “hungrily seeking” as though to emphasize this need of this progression by abolishing any unknown threats. “But finding only the glass and nickel and bleakly shining porcelain of a laboratory”. This quote introduces the reader to the main factor of the book, and allows the reader to imagine the appearance of the laboratory. A “wintriness” is something relating to winter, which adds onto: “the overalls of the workers were white”, this suggests that the workers embody either the appearance of winter, or the characteristics of winter. Winter can either be beautiful or deadly, the fact that “their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber” concludes that these workers embody the harsh characteristics of winter with their “corpse” colored clothing. “The light was frozen, dead, a ghost”. This metaphor creates an eerie view on this laboratory.

Journal 5 Stranger

From my Group Project:
Part 1. Time
Within part 1, Meursault's perception of time proves important for precision. By stating that his boss "wasn't too happy" about Meursault missing a couple days of work for a funeral, considers a strict consistency in work arrivals. This attitude carries on as far as planning the amount of time dedicated towards Meursault's sleeping, as well: "I knew I was going to go to bed and sleep for twelve hours."(18) This implication towards a habitual lifestyle proves correct as Camus uses phrases such as, "as usual", and "nothing has changed". The habitual lifestyle carries on within the minor characters as well: "Twice a day, at eleven and six, the old man takes the dog out for a walk" (27). Meursault's behavior, although, implies a subtle rebellion towards this society-driven routines and guidelines. "But I hesitated, because I didn't know if I could do it with Maman right there. I thought about it; it didn't matter. I offered the caretaker a cigarette and we smoked"(8). These subtle rebellions also were highlighted by Meursault's slight isolation in society. This creates an individualism that brings out happiness within him. These subtle rebellions carry onto the development of the action that leads him into jail.

Part 2 Time
In part 2 of the book, instead of time being routine, it became something vulnerable for imagination. "I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored. In a way, it was an advantage"(79). This imagination contrasted against societies pre-planned lives for its' citizens, and with this sense of individualism, Meursault found his voice: "And for the first time in months, I distinctly heard the sound of my own voice"(81).

Part 1 Cigarrette
Meursault's craving for cigarrettes seems to appear frequently throughout the story. It seems to be, anytime he is put in a situation that would provoke anxiety, or sadness, he smokes.
Part 2 Cigarrette

In part 2, Meusaults need for a cigarrette seems to lessen as the chapters increase. "And one of them offered me a cigarette, which I turned down."(82) This change in behavior questions his state of being in the situation he is in. Most people would feel alot of anxiety being put in jail, but Meursaults response seems to counter that behavior.

Part 1: Raymond:
In part 1, Raymond came across as a distrustful man who uses women. The fact that he asks Meursault to write a letter to Raymond's mistress for him, provokes a sense of lying. And the fact that the letter's purpose was to lure the mistress back to Raymond so that he can degrade her allows the reader to believe he also uses women, and is easily angererd. "It's not that I'm a bad guy, but I have a short fuse."(29)

Part 2 Raymond:
In part 2, Raymonds character seems to change from an distrustful man, into a man who wants to see justice in Meursault's case. Raymond knows that the murder was not premeditated, and does not want to see Meursault convicted of this crime. He believes it was by "chance" the crime occured, and that Meursault is "innocent".

Group Project: Stranger

How does Meursault change from part I to part II? How does the style in part I and part II reflect those changes?
Yes how Camus uses time to show how meursault is more satisfied in part 2
Camus uses the contrasting perseptions of time in part 1 and part 2 to imply how Meursault is more satisified with  in part 2.

Within part 1, Meursault's perception of time proves important for precision. By stating that his boss "wasn't too happy" about Meursault missing a couple days of work for a funeral, considers a strict consistency in work arrivals. This attitude carries on as far as planning the amount of time dedicated towards Meursault's sleeping, as well: "I knew I was going to go to bed and sleep for twelve hours."(18) This implication towards a habitual lifestyle proves correct as Camus uses phrases such as, "as usual", and "nothing has changed". The habitual lifestyle carries on within the minor characters as well: "Twice a day, at eleven and six, the old man takes the dog out for a walk" (27). Meursault's behavior, although, implies a subtle rebellion towards this society-driven routines and guidelines. "But I hesitated, because I didn't know if I could do it with Maman right there. I thought about it; it didn't matter. I offered the caretaker a cigarette and we smoked"(8). These subtle rebellions also were highlighted by Meursault's slight isolation in society. This creates an individualism that brings out happiness within him. These subtle rebellions carry onto the development of the action that leads him into jail. In part 2 of the book, instead of time being routine, it became something vulnerable for imagination. "I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored. In a way, it was an advantage"(79). This imagination contrasted against societies pre-planned lives for its' citizens, and with this sense of individualism, Meursault found his voice: "And for the first time in months, I distinctly heard the sound of my own voice"(81).

Stranger Journal 4

How does Meursault change from part I to part II? How does the style in part I and part II reflect those changes?
1. The sensory details:

In the Part 1 of the book, Meursault relies on a visual aspect of society, and the people within it. "What struck me most about their faces was that I couldn't see their eyes, just a faint glimmer in a nest of wrinkles" (10).
Meursault's repitition of "eyes" and lack of other physical descriptions and sensations, highlights this aspect. "The scorching blade slashed at my eyelashes and stabbed at my stinging eyes"(59).
In part 2 of the book, Meursault's descriptions branched out in sensory detail. "As I imagined the sound of the first waves under my feet, my body entering the water and the sense of relief it would give me, all of a sudden I would feel just how closed in I was by the walls of the cells" (76).

2. Tempo of the context
 In part 1, the tempo of the context was fast. Many events would occur rapidly throughout the text, and sentences were short and precise. Some events would even occur randomly. In part 2, Camus takes time to decribe the setting, and emotions Meursault experiences, not only by slowing down the tempo, but also using details and longer sentences. By doing so, these experiences arrived without random breaks of thought.

3. Judgement
In part 1, the need for Meursault to justify himself repeatedly occured. "It wasn't my fault" This implies his fear of judgment. He worries about societies view on himself, and the judgment he believes people cast on him is pure assumption: "I had the ridiculous feeling that they were there to judge me" (10). In part 2 on the other hand, this feeling of justifying himself seems to diminish: "Still I didn't say anything" (68). "I had the ridiculous impression of being 'one in the family'" (70). Also, his fear of judgment changed drastically on the final page of the book before Meursault's death: I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate"(123).

Stranger Discussion journal

Freud developed the belief that unconscioius psychological forces influenced human behavior.
Unconscious motivation:
A Freudian concept that regers to the influence of repressed thoughts, desires, or impulses on our conscious thoughts and behaviors.

Funeral:

1. Pg 10-11, He is watching the people from across the room, and can see the woman crying. But he himself does not cry, but it seems like he knows that there should be a sad essence, but cannot express it.
2. Pg 42, "Then she pointed out that marriage was a serious thing. I said 'no." The freudian concept states that repressed thoughts and behaviors mostly occur from childhood experiences. Meursault's view on marriage must have come from his mom's relationship status growing up. On page 13, the caretaker states that Perez and Madame Meursault were "fiances" which implies she was single when she was placed in the nursing home. His mother's relationship status growing up could have affected his views on relationships and marriages.
3. Racism: Meursaults growing racism was not expressed orally, but through his thoughts, and how he catagorized the Arab people. Meursault did not bluntly state that he was racist, but by the way he his thoughts called Arabs; "The Arabs" implies that his racism is pushed into his subconscious mind and repressed.
4. His blame on the sun for the killing of the Arab highlights Frued's theory. Meursault's blame of the sun symbilizes a subconsious thought, or feeling that he repressed. I believe that the sun in this case symbolizes his racism for the Arabs. His racism is repressed, but shown through his grouping of all the arabs as "The Arabs", rather than it being shown orally. He does not directly state his racism which implies that it is in his subconscious. This repressed racism is the cause to him killing the Arab, while the sun acts as a symbol for this repression.

French Occupation in Algiers:

Racist- "The Arabs"
Feel superior over other cultures
Created Violence between opposing sides- "I said I'd killed an Arab and they were all silent"(72)

Colonialism and French work ethic:

Definition: Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler colonies or administrative dependencies in which indigenous populations are directly ruled or displaced.
Superiority over other cultures
Racism- "The Arabs"

Journal 2 Stranger

Salamano and his dog:
"The two of them have been inseparable for eight years."(26)

• This quote seems contradictory in the sense that Salamano and his dog acts like they really dislike eachothers company. But while reading the text, and looking more closely to the quote itself, I came to realize that their relationship between them both is beneficiary. The dog needs Salamano for food, water, and shelter, while Salamano needs the dog for company.
• I belive that this beneficiary relationship will play as either a contrast, or a relation to another characher(s) relationship as well.

Raymond Sintes:

• "The word around the neighborhood is that he lives off women. But when you ask him what he does, he's a 'warehouse guard'". (28)
• The fact that this discription appears within a sentence of Raymond's appearance, seems questioning. The first reaction that comes to my mind, is a pimp who tries to keep his "occupation" on the down low. He is obviously talked about, and well known around his neighborhood, but by the line "he's not very popular," the knowledge of him is in a negative view.
• It's interesting how Raymond watches how Salamano treats his dog and comments, "If that isn't pityfull!" And yet, he treats his mistress the same way. Salamano beats his dog- Raymond beats his mistress. This act on the quote seems to act as irony.
• Raymond's scheme to degrade his mistress by using sex, proves that Raymond's view on sex is merely physical, and has no sense of emotion within it. This lack of emotional attatchment during sex relates to Meursalt's view on sex as well. They both view it on a physical level.
• The fact that Raymond is trying to have Meursalt write a letter towards his mistress for him, proves his character is a liar.

Stranger idea Journal

Chapter 1:
"Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know. I got a telegram from the home: 'Mother deceased. Funeral tomarrow. Faithfully yours.' That doesn't mean anything. Maybe it was yesterday"(3)

• First thoughts reading this is how un-emotion he seems towards his mothers death.

"I thought he was criticizing me for something and I started to explain. But he cut me off. 'You don't have to justify yourself, my dear boy. I've read your mother's file." (4)

• Forshadow to the court

"I even said, "It's not my fault." He didn't say anything. Then I thought I shouldn't have said that. After all, I didn't have anything to apologize for."(3)

• "It's not my fault" occurs repeatedly throughout the chapters. This feeling of the need to be defensive not only occurs in this quote, but also when he felt like the elders were at the funeral to "judge him"(10)
• Speaking of judging. The funeral is set up like a courtroom. By him feeling they are there to "judge" him, and this need to feel defensive, this forshadows the trial.
• Also when the nurse states, "If you go slowly, you risk getting sunstroke. But if you go too fast, you work up a sweat and then catch a chill inside the church." His reaction is "There is no way out" (17) which forshadows trial as well.

"Then I felt like having a smoke. But I hesitated, because I didn't know if I could do it with Maman right there. I thought about it; it didn't matter. I offered the caretaker a cigarette and we smoked". (8)

• This hesitation implies the knowledge that he knows what he is doing  And the feeling of the need to please is shown by this hesitation. But then he realizes "it didn't matter", and almost rebelled against that knowledge he has.
• "It doesn't matter", "I have no reason not to", "Why not?" These imply that he almost rebels against his knowlege, and believes his behavior doesn't make a difference whether or not he does it. There is no force holding him back.
• This is also shown when he was trying to get 2 days off of work and said, "But he wasn't too happy about it. I even said, 'It's not my fault." (3) This also shows the need to please due to the fact he realized his bosses unhappiness and tried to defend himself in order for the boss to be okay with him taking the days off.

"I ate at the restaurant, at Celeste's, as usual".(3)

• Implies he is very habitual

The fact that it seems as though the main character smokes and drinks coffee alot, contrasts against his behavior. Smoking and coffee are stimulents, but the fact that he "dozes off" alot contrast the effects the stimulents should have on him.

"Black" "White" "Red" "Yellow" "Dark" "Light"

• These colors are repeated throughout the text, and are frequently used in contrast. (17)
• The color red is used to highlight the look of the sky(12), the earth (15), and blood(17, 15, 18)

"Several other images from that day have stuck in my mind: for instance, Perez's face when he caught up with us for the last tim, just outside the village."

• Repetitions of faces occured alot during this chapter, especially with eyes. (5,6,10
• Also he notices physical features that reappear in text: "Big bellies" (10, 26)

"Seing the rows of cyprus trees leading up to the hills next to the sky, and the houses standing out here and there against that read and green earth, I was able to understand Maman better."(15)

Chapter 2:

"I wondered what I was going to do"

• Contrasts against the habitual ways he seemed to portray. And contrasts the idea that he plans things out before he actually preforms them.

"She gave alittle start but didn't say anything. I felt like telling her it wasn't my fault, but I stopped myself because I rememebered that I'd already said that to my boss. It didn't mean anything. besides, you always feel a little guilty." (20)

• This is a forshadow to the trial: feeling defensive, feeling like he is being judged by her not saying anything. "You always feel a little guilty"
• The fact that he remembers telling his boss the same exact thing indicates his knowledge of what he is doing.

His whole relationship towards Marie seems more physical in his point of view. He only identifies her emotions, but not his own, and only focuses on the physical features of Marie. (20)

On page 21, where Meursault eats his "eggs out of the pan without bread because I didn't have any left and I didn't feel like going downstairs to buy some".

• This makes the reader think that Meursault is lazy, but in contrast to this first thought he rearranges his apartment to make it feel the "right size", by doing so this contrasts his "laziness". By him rearranging his apartment implies he does these things to make things more convenient and efficient.

"I washed my hands" (21,25)

• Appeared a few times, keep an eye on this behavior.

"Window" (21-24)

• Boundary between him and the world.
• Windows are transparent- you can see through it, but it causes a boundary.
• This idea of something being clear is identified in "The sky was clear but dull"(24)

Chapter 3:

"I worked hard at the office today"(25)

• Indicates that need to please.

"Consider the matter closed"(25)

• Forshadow to trial

Chapter 4:

Salamano and his dog:
"The two of them have been inseparable for eight years."(26)

• This quote seems contradictory in the sense that Salamano and his dog acts like they really dislike eachothers company. But while reading the text, and looking more closely to the quote itself, I came to realize that their relationship between them both is beneficiary. The dog needs Salamano for food, water, and shelter, while Salamano needs the dog for company.
• I belive that this beneficiary relationship will play as either a contrast, or a relation to another characher(s) relationship as well.

Raymond Sintes:

• "The word around the neighborhood is that he lives off women. But when you ask him what he does, he's a 'warehouse guard'". (28)
• The fact that this discription appears within a sentence of Raymond's appearance, seems questioning. The first reaction that comes to my mind, is a pimp who tries to keep his "occupation" on the down low. He is obviously talked about, and well known around his neighborhood, but by the line "he's not very popular," the knowledge of him is in a negative view.
• It's interesting how Raymond watches how Salamano treats his dog and comments, "If that isn't pityfull!" And yet, he treats his mistress the same way. Salamano beats his dog- Raymond beats his mistress. This act on the quote seems to act as irony.
• Raymond's scheme to degrade his mistress by using sex, proves that Raymond's view on sex is merely physical, and has no sense of emotion within it. This lack of emotional attatchment during sex relates to Meursalt's view on sex as well. They both view it on a physical level.
• The fact that Raymond is trying to have Meursalt write a letter towards his mistress for him, proves his character is a liar.

Chapter 5:

• "Sunday"(40) Repeated. Look at the surrounding words:

Journal 6

They put her to bed and sent for her married daughter from up around Ocala to come see about her.  The daughter came as soon as she could and took Annie Tyler away to die in peace.  She had waited all her life or something, and it had killed her when it found her.
      The thing made itself into pictures and hung around Janie's bedside all night long.  Anyhow, she wasn't going back to Eatonville to be laughed at and pitied.  She had ten dollars in her pocket and twelve hundred in the bank.  But oh God, don't let Tea Cake be off somewhere hurt and Ah not know nothing about it.  And God, please suh, don't let him love nobody else but me.  Maybe Ah'm is uh fool, Lawd, lak dey say, but Lawd, Ah been so lonesome, and Ah been waitin', Jesus.  Ah done waited uh long time.
      Janie dozed off to sleep but she woke up in time to see the sun sending up spies ahead of him to mark out the road through the dark.  he peeped up over the door sill of the world and made a little foolishness with red.  but pretty soon, he laid all that aside and went about his business dressed all in white.  But it was always going to be dark to Janie if Tea Cake didn't soon come back.  She got out of the bed but a chair couldn't hold her.  she dwindled down on the floor her head in a rocking chair.

• P1 Topic Sentence

Janie's insecurities about her dreams are highlighted by the memories of Annie Tylors strive for the same fulfillment.

1.      Point Of View:

First person narration

2.      Mood/Tone

The mood of this paragraph is worrisome

3.      Purpose

This paragraph serves as an insight to Janie’s fears towards achieving her dreams of fulfillment. By implying Janie’s relationship within the last sentence: “she had waited all her life or something, and it had killed her when it found her”, it creates a worrisome mood. This paragraph is implying Janie’s relationship without stating it, but carries the mood of worry throughout the next two paragraphs.

·        P2 Topic Sentence

Janie’s insecurities about her marriage is strengthened by the pity she portrays towards herself, and the impact Annie Tyler’s fate has on her.

1.      Point Of View

Between first person narration, to 3^rd person limitted

2.      Mood/Tone

Pity, Worrisome

3.      Literary Devices

Juxtaposition:  “[…] bank. But oh god” -To shift between the narrator, and Janie’s thoughts.
Dialect: “But oh god […] uh long time.”- To allow Janie’s own thoughts to seep through into this passage, and allow the reader to realize the vulnerability Janie is depicting.
Imagery: “The thing made itself into pictures and hung around Janie’s bedside all night long”-Implies almost a haunting of these memories Janie is recalling.
Repetition:  “God, suh, Lawd” –adds a mood of pity in Janie’s tone of thought

4.      Purpose

The purpose of this paragraph is to strengthen the implication of her insecurities about her marriage, and to illustrate her weakness by the pity she portrays towards herself.

·        P3 Topic Sentence

Janie’s embark on a new beginning may cast its’ light on the world, but allow a shadow to form within Janie’s mind.

1.      Point Of View

First person narrative

2.      Mood/Tone

Hopelessness

3.      Purpose

This paragraph highlights Janie’s complete hopelessness without Tea Cake. Her vulnerability proves strong as she believes that “it was always going to be dark […] if Tea Cake didn’t come back soon.” The use of language Hurston uses, amplifies Janie’s state of being. With the many contrasts between light and dark/black and white, and the usage of words such as “dwindled”, it carries on the hopelessness tone throughout this paragraph. By using the phrase: “it was always going to be dark […] if Tea Cake didn’t come back soon”, it contributes to the carrying of the worrisome mood as well.




Comments:
1. Your analysis of the repetition of the words towards God relates to the analysis I made as well. Also your examples to back up your statements are extremely strengthening.
2. I like the way you strengthened "despair" by adding words like "cruel", "Discontent", "Miserabe".
Also, "people who had accepted their melancholy lives started to perserver" I agree with this line and the acceptance of their despair.
3.Your presentation to your word, "guilt", adds imagery to your story. And the way you used descriptive words within your story, adds to the imagery as well.