Monday, January 28, 2013
Blog Prompt for January 28th
I think Twain crafts this morally ambiguous world for Huck to navigate because he wants to let us as the readers know that the world is not as safe as we might think regardless of us seeing it perfectly while living with our parents/guardians. Twain puts real-life scenarios for Huck to show part of what can happen when you are on your own and you encounter strangers. Luckily the two con men were what they were and not killers. All the immoral actions that Huck has been engaging in has really been playing on his mind in a bad way. It constantly troubles his conscience and causes him to rethink whatever he had done or was about to do. I say this because every time he engages in something immoral he remembers what the widow would have to say about it and her Christian way of life. He's always thinking of things that she might say or remember bible scriptures that has something to do about his current experience. He would always feel bad and think that he shouldn't be doing what he was doing but he was not in much of a position to say or do otherwise because of what he had brought on himself by picking up the two men. The moral values came from Huck living with the widow and Ms. Watson. Even though he didn't like Ms. Watson's way of thinking and preferred the widow's, he would always remember what they would preach to him for him to do what was morally right. Twain might be suggesting that people from our grandparents' generation are usually ones to be actively involved in the church and its teachings. With that said they would normally try to enforce those beliefs upon us regardless of the life we choose to live. Twain is also trying to show that females in late adulthood are usually embracing their religious beliefs. With that said it is more likely for them to spread "the word" to whomever they can.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Introduction
Hi, My name is Ramone Bailey. I am a sophomore at Texas Christian University (TCU) from Kingston, Jamaica. An ironic thing about me is I tend not to talk a lot around people I barely know, but yet still my major is Communication Studies. I'm a track athlete at TCU. My events are the long jump, 100m and 200m. My favourite sport of all time is definitely Soccer. I chose to take this course because it's required, but I hope that by the end of the semester I hope that I will find reading more fascinating.
I don't read much at all unless it's for school but as far as writing is concerned, I occasionally write poems to test my ability to make people laugh through reading. I feel I can encourage people like myself who don't read a lot to find an interest in what I write so they can say they read something other than books for school.
I introduced myself as a Jamaican in the start because my blog will be about things that are normally said in the Jamaican dialect, Patois (it is pronounced "patwah"). I want to share just a little of my culture with the class. I also want to add that YES! I have seen the movie "Cool Runnings", I think it's an okay movie.
I have read, understand, and agree to the terms of the course syllabus, which I see as a contract of our course.
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