Discuss the characterizations of Rainsford and General Zaroff? Which one is more fully characterized? Are both characters possible?
The way the author divides the characters is by showing how one has a need to exceed while the other one is content to stick within the bounders. While Rainsford hunts for sport, the General hunt for his addiction to adrenalin and his need find something larger. I think that the General is more charictorized because he tells Rainsford his entire life story when we don't even really know about Rainsford except that he is a hunter. In reality both characters could be an actual persona because there are many people who enjoy hunting within legal limits but there are also those people who want a challenge and strive to be better or do the impossible. I believe that if these personas were real the same results would happen because glory always comes before a fall.
Why does Connell include the "philosophical" disscusion between Rainsford and Whitney at the begining of the story? Does it rveal a personal limation on Rainsfords part? does Rainsford change durring the story? do we come to know him better as the story goes on?
A main reason Rainsford and Whitney had a philosophical conversation is to outline how far Rainsford is willing to go to kill an animal but still give the taget feeling and how he is not willing sub-humanize animals.
the converstaion defenitly revaials limations because he is willing to recgonize that the animals have feelings rather than just saying that they are inffior and thus have no feelings. as the story goes on we see Rainsford seeing what it is like to be hunted like prey and how resourceful he has to be when there is a preditor around. Rainsford now can see how it is like from the prey's point of view. After the hunting scene Rainsford is asleep because he knows he is safe and it was all due to him keeping himself under control through his hunting skills.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
arby and eveline questions
Question #8 Analyze the boy feelings as described in the story’s last paragraph. Are his feelings justified? How will he be changed as a result of his experience at the Bazaar?
At the end of the story the boy is feeling angry because he was waiting for his uncle to come home and because his uncle came home late he could not go shop for a gift in the bazaar. I feel that his feelings are completely justified as he reminded his uncle twice before he left and his uncle let him down. Now whenever he wants to visit the bazaar he will relay on himself more than his uncle. He will also make sure he leaves earlier so that he can buy the perfect gift rather than something he rushed to get. From his experience he will make sure to bring more change instead of having to pay with large coins. He will probably visit the bazzar less because of this negitive experience.
Question #3
What does Eveline find appealing about living in Dublin?
Eveline thinks about her life in Dublin and remembers how she would play on an open field before being shooed away by her father. Another memory is when she was having a picnic and she got to where her mothers bonnet. She also remembers taking take of her kids so that they got fed and went to school. When she met frank, he would meet her at the store and walk her home. A fonder memory would be when frank took her to the theater to see the bohemian girl. Eveline thinks that even-though life in Dublin is hard se feels she cannot abandon her family for a much easier life.
Question #7
Is Eveline a sympathetic character or an unsympathetic character? Is she a victim? How does it contribute to the overall theme?
I belive that Eveline is a very sympathetic character because she feels for others and tries to lessen the burden of others by taking it upon herself to do everything. This is mostly having to do with how she was raised and becoming a victem to events that happened all around her. If Eveline had been raised differently she probably would have gone to Benos Aries but science she was raised to take care of the family she could not bring herself to go. A major theme in this story is Eveline trying to escape from her family only to realize that they cannot survive without her. In the end Evieline chooses her family over herself and this a selfless gesture to show how much she loves them
At the end of the story the boy is feeling angry because he was waiting for his uncle to come home and because his uncle came home late he could not go shop for a gift in the bazaar. I feel that his feelings are completely justified as he reminded his uncle twice before he left and his uncle let him down. Now whenever he wants to visit the bazaar he will relay on himself more than his uncle. He will also make sure he leaves earlier so that he can buy the perfect gift rather than something he rushed to get. From his experience he will make sure to bring more change instead of having to pay with large coins. He will probably visit the bazzar less because of this negitive experience.
Question #3
What does Eveline find appealing about living in Dublin?
Eveline thinks about her life in Dublin and remembers how she would play on an open field before being shooed away by her father. Another memory is when she was having a picnic and she got to where her mothers bonnet. She also remembers taking take of her kids so that they got fed and went to school. When she met frank, he would meet her at the store and walk her home. A fonder memory would be when frank took her to the theater to see the bohemian girl. Eveline thinks that even-though life in Dublin is hard se feels she cannot abandon her family for a much easier life.
Question #7
Is Eveline a sympathetic character or an unsympathetic character? Is she a victim? How does it contribute to the overall theme?
I belive that Eveline is a very sympathetic character because she feels for others and tries to lessen the burden of others by taking it upon herself to do everything. This is mostly having to do with how she was raised and becoming a victem to events that happened all around her. If Eveline had been raised differently she probably would have gone to Benos Aries but science she was raised to take care of the family she could not bring herself to go. A major theme in this story is Eveline trying to escape from her family only to realize that they cannot survive without her. In the end Evieline chooses her family over herself and this a selfless gesture to show how much she loves them
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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