Recordings

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"A Rose for Emily": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BXpxIfO1g

"Revelation": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxq6S_xjCOE&list=PLWzA0esnDHAwnhWAIBR-SLIC9S6q8k0WR&index=2 

This is not a reading of the story but a bit of an overview of the story and O'Connors life.

"Spunk": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jop_nKMTX0Y

This is also not a reading but a trailer to a play that was based off of the story.

Overall Evaluation

These authors are all very much so worthy of our study. I say this because not only are these works that we have read very well written and entertaining, they are also relevant to today and they address topics that are very sensitive. For example, a few of the selections talked about racism, and we can see that racism is a very sensitive topic today and there are lots of people that would probably not be happy with some of the selections that have to deal with racism. I personally connected with the topics and themes that were found in the readings. I personally enjoy history quite a bit, and it is very interesting to see fiction stories that have to deal with racism in the 1960's, or how towns in the south functioned and reading about an all black community was very intriguing on a personal level for me.

                I particularly found Mrs. Turbin intriguing, I found it interesting to see things from a racist white person living in the 1960's point of view. It was kind of refreshing to see her point of view even though she is not a very good person, but in history we seem to only get a viewpoint from the African Americans during the time of Martin Luther King. I also thought it was interesting to see what type of thoughts were going through her head while she was in the waiting room. The story "Revelation", challenged my faith when I read it, I saw it as a reminder to be loving to all people no matter what they look like, or what their race is. It also was like a checkup for me to just make sure that I am not a Mrs. Turbin and go around being full of hate and judgment. Those were some of the characters that I found to be engaging and what really challenged me and made me think throughout completing the assingment.

Perspective Readings

While studying the literature of the South I read 3 different selections: one of them was "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner found on page 82 in the textbook. This story is about Emily Grierson, and the life that she has after the death of her father whom she refuses to acknowledge is dead. One of the questions that I answered was: How does Faulkner’s ordering of events affect the reading of this story? 

In "A Rose for Emily", Faulkner's ordering and organization of the story greatly affect the flow of the story. We can see that the story starts when they talk about how Miss Emily died (Faulkner, 82). Then the author proceeds to move into the story starting when Mr. Grierson died. This affects the reading of the story because if the story doesn't start about mentioning Emily we would think that the story would be about her father and how he died and left a small fortune. That is why the ordering and organization of the story is so important.

Literary Devices

Some literary devices that were successfully used in each of the classes specifically biology.  An example of Irony is found in "A Rose for Emily", when the author says: "See Colonel Sartoris (Colonel Sartoris had been dead almost ten years.)". This is an example of dramatic Irony and I chose it because I thought that it was very clever of Emily because she knew she did not have to pay taxes and the people who came to her door did not and she told them to talk to the one who told her not to pay taxes. Another example of literary devices is .

An example of foreshadowing comes in "Revelation", When the story starts out by saying: "and Mrs. Turpin who was very large made it look even smaller by her presence." (O'Connor, 381). This is an example of foreshadowing because as we see in the end of the book Mrs. Turpin is attacked by a very large lady and the lady says some really mean things to her and that is what Mrs. Turpin was doing, she was judging and putting labels on all of the people in the room. Then she got attacked and the attacker judged her the way she judged others. I chose this because I thought that it was a very clever use of foreshadowing and it was quite enjoyable to read. Those are 2 of the literary Devices that I noticed while reading my bed!

About

The Literature of the South is a compilation of authors who wrote in the South during their lives.We read from authors such as O'Connor, Faulkner, and Hurston.  We learn lots of different things about history, government, and the economy post Civil War in the South. For example we see that the South does not actually include all of the territories that seceded from the Union during the Civil War. (Reed, 455). Also the legend of the south is said to have been dissolved after the Civil War (Cash 456), but the legends that are spoken of are not real by any means hence why they are legends (Cash 456). We also learn about how hard the South had to work to be able to keep up with the rest of America after the war. (Howe 459). We also see that the basis of writing in the South is the defeating of their homeland (Howe 459).