Props:
Phonograph
Khaki Bermudas
Sixty-Watt Bulb
Andre Kostelanetz Record
Goodbye Columbus Record
The Goodbye Columbus record illustrates the divide that Neil feels between himself and the upper class. He takes the words from the song and applies them to a dream in which he feels that he is being forced to leave a beautiful island, and instead has to spend time with the boy talking about a library card.
Class Consciousness:
"And you think the world owes you a living... You ought to earn some money and buy your own clothes"(65).
This illustrates how Mrs. Patimkin feels that Brenda does not understand the real world because she has never had to have a job and has never needed to worry about money.
Parallel:
"When's the last time you lifted a finger to help me around here? 'I'm not a slave"(64) is similar to "I'm not going to hold them. Put them down. I'm not her slave"(15). This illustrates how children in the Patimkin family associate work with being a servant. This also shows how naive they are in believing that helping out makes them a servant.
Contrast:
"Her knees and Bermudas were dirty and when she pushed her back she dirtied her forehead"(67) contrasts "There were two wet triangles on the back of her tiny-collared polo shirt"(11).
This illustrates how Brenda is behaving not as cleanly as she was raised when she goes searching for the money so she can destroy it, out of spite for her mother.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Goodbye Columbus Chapter 4
Props:
Gauguin Book
Brenda's Blue Bathing Suit
Lions Club Ashtray
Bowl of Cherries
Library Card
Class Consciousness:
"I lived over a store I wasn't ashamed. Thank God we always had a roof. We never went begging in the streets"(57). Aunt Gladys is worried that Neil spending more time with Brenda will change his attitude toward people of lower classes, and that he will forget that he is not from a family of wealth.
Parallel:
"I would find red marks on the undersides of my feet"(56) is similar to "I thought I saw awe in those red-rimmed hysterical eyes"(57). The red illustrates how Neil is spending more time with the upper class and how Aunt Gladys is jealous of his increasing class.
Contrast:
"And when she passed on to her mother the decision of Patimkin Sink, there wan't much Mrs. Patimkin could do"(56) contrasts "Shut up and eat. 'A little less talking young lady"(24). This highlights how Mrs. Patimkin has lost some power over Brenda as she becomes more independent with Neil and spends less time with her family.
Gauguin Book
Brenda's Blue Bathing Suit
Lions Club Ashtray
Bowl of Cherries
Library Card
Class Consciousness:
"I lived over a store I wasn't ashamed. Thank God we always had a roof. We never went begging in the streets"(57). Aunt Gladys is worried that Neil spending more time with Brenda will change his attitude toward people of lower classes, and that he will forget that he is not from a family of wealth.
Parallel:
"I would find red marks on the undersides of my feet"(56) is similar to "I thought I saw awe in those red-rimmed hysterical eyes"(57). The red illustrates how Neil is spending more time with the upper class and how Aunt Gladys is jealous of his increasing class.
Contrast:
"And when she passed on to her mother the decision of Patimkin Sink, there wan't much Mrs. Patimkin could do"(56) contrasts "Shut up and eat. 'A little less talking young lady"(24). This highlights how Mrs. Patimkin has lost some power over Brenda as she becomes more independent with Neil and spends less time with her family.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Goodbye Columbus Chapter 3
Props:
Cement Lions
Gauguin Picture Book
Brenda's Dress
Refridgerator Filled with Fruit
Chrysler Car
The cement lions illustrate the racial divide between blacks and whites in Newark because the black boy is not afraid of the lions that are standing guard outside the library, and Neil's friend is worried when the boy comes into the library.
Class Consciousness: "You know the way they treat the housing projects we give them"(35). John's view highlights how he believes that he is of a better class that is burdened with having to help blacks in Newark.
Parallel: "We'll be right back... You have to sit with Julie. Carlota's off"(38) is similar to "Carlota, give Ronald more"(22). This illustartes how both Carlota and are treated worse as they are not even asked to do things with a "please" used.
Contrast: "That wasn't fair, Neil. My shoelace came untied. Can I take it- No"(45) contrasts when Neil was told he couldn't take it over: "Can I take it again? No"(29). This illustrates how Neil understands how to compete with Julie by trying very hard to beat her at ping pong, which upsets her because she is used to being a winner.
Cement Lions
Gauguin Picture Book
Brenda's Dress
Refridgerator Filled with Fruit
Chrysler Car
The cement lions illustrate the racial divide between blacks and whites in Newark because the black boy is not afraid of the lions that are standing guard outside the library, and Neil's friend is worried when the boy comes into the library.
Class Consciousness: "You know the way they treat the housing projects we give them"(35). John's view highlights how he believes that he is of a better class that is burdened with having to help blacks in Newark.
Parallel: "We'll be right back... You have to sit with Julie. Carlota's off"(38) is similar to "Carlota, give Ronald more"(22). This illustartes how both Carlota and are treated worse as they are not even asked to do things with a "please" used.
Contrast: "That wasn't fair, Neil. My shoelace came untied. Can I take it- No"(45) contrasts when Neil was told he couldn't take it over: "Can I take it again? No"(29). This illustrates how Neil understands how to compete with Julie by trying very hard to beat her at ping pong, which upsets her because she is used to being a winner.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Goodbye Columbus Chapter 2
Props:
Peach
Pool Umbrella
Square Red Blanket
Salad
Sunglasses
The peach illustras how Neil compares empathizes with Carlota because she is eating peaches and his Aunt Gladys has a fridgerator full of peaches.
Class Consciousness: "I could not shake from my elephant's brain that she-still-thinks we-live-in-Newark remark"(26). Neil is upset by the comment because Brenda's mom is only concerned with money when it comes to items of luxury, not like Neil who has to be concerned with food and other factors of poverty.
Parallel: "He ate three helpings of salad, Ron had four, Brenda and Julie had two, and only Mrs. Patimkin and I had one each"(21) is similar to "Aunt Gladys always has an abundance of the other jamming her refrigerator"(6). This parallel highlights how even though Brenda and Neil are from different classes, they both have an abundance of food showing that they aren't all that different from one another.
Contrast: "We did not eat in the kitchen; rather, the six of us... sat around the dining room table"(21) contrasts "Should I serve four different meals at once"(4). This illustrates how Brenda's family has more of a close relationship because they spend time together, unlike Neil's family that eats seperately.
Peach
Pool Umbrella
Square Red Blanket
Salad
Sunglasses
The peach illustras how Neil compares empathizes with Carlota because she is eating peaches and his Aunt Gladys has a fridgerator full of peaches.
Class Consciousness: "I could not shake from my elephant's brain that she-still-thinks we-live-in-Newark remark"(26). Neil is upset by the comment because Brenda's mom is only concerned with money when it comes to items of luxury, not like Neil who has to be concerned with food and other factors of poverty.
Parallel: "He ate three helpings of salad, Ron had four, Brenda and Julie had two, and only Mrs. Patimkin and I had one each"(21) is similar to "Aunt Gladys always has an abundance of the other jamming her refrigerator"(6). This parallel highlights how even though Brenda and Neil are from different classes, they both have an abundance of food showing that they aren't all that different from one another.
Contrast: "We did not eat in the kitchen; rather, the six of us... sat around the dining room table"(21) contrasts "Should I serve four different meals at once"(4). This illustrates how Brenda's family has more of a close relationship because they spend time together, unlike Neil's family that eats seperately.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Goodbye Columbus Chapter 1
Parallel:"why is it you rush the net only after dark"(13) is similar to "what do you look like... I'm dark"(7). This parallel illustrates that Brenda is only willing to be with Neil secretely after dark so other people don't make judgements of her being with someone of a lower class.
Contrast: "What am I, a work horse"(5) contrasts "If you workerd hard you'd drink more"(5). This contrast illustrates how Neil's mother is very demanding that he works harder when she actually does not work very hard.
Props: Glasses
Dresser with broken leg
Tennis Racquet
White Polo Shirt
Fridgerator
The glasses are the reason Neil meets Brenda and when he gave her them she was given vision. This vision he gave her is symbolic of the way she views people of lower classes differently from other people in Short Hills.
Class Consciousness:
"I have a refrigerator full of grapes I have to get rid of"(6).
This illiustrates how the people of Newark cannot waste any food because they are not as wealthy as the people who live in Short Hills.
"I'll be driving a tan Plymouth. So you'll know me. How will I know you"(8).
This illustrates how Neil is enterning a different society because his car is older and because of that he feels out of place. He has no way of knowing who Brenda is because she fits right in with everyone else.
Contrast: "What am I, a work horse"(5) contrasts "If you workerd hard you'd drink more"(5). This contrast illustrates how Neil's mother is very demanding that he works harder when she actually does not work very hard.
Props: Glasses
Dresser with broken leg
Tennis Racquet
White Polo Shirt
Fridgerator
The glasses are the reason Neil meets Brenda and when he gave her them she was given vision. This vision he gave her is symbolic of the way she views people of lower classes differently from other people in Short Hills.
Class Consciousness:
"I have a refrigerator full of grapes I have to get rid of"(6).
This illiustrates how the people of Newark cannot waste any food because they are not as wealthy as the people who live in Short Hills.
"I'll be driving a tan Plymouth. So you'll know me. How will I know you"(8).
This illustrates how Neil is enterning a different society because his car is older and because of that he feels out of place. He has no way of knowing who Brenda is because she fits right in with everyone else.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Rule of Thirds Photos
The subject is the window and I framed it in the middle to show the foreground of a stone doorway and where the window is in relation to the stone doorway.
The subject is the exit sign and is in the background to show that the sign is being viewed from a car which is in the foreground.
The plane is in the foreground to allow the water and sky to be seen in the background.
The turret is in the bottom third and foreground to allow the entire bridge of the ship to be seen. This also allows the background of the water and buildings to be seen.
The lighted rock formation which is off to the left third is the subject. Being in the left third allows the background of dark and other rock formations to take up the other two thirds.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
The Road Journals #3
Pages 211-230 Questions: What does it symbolize that there are no birds on the coasts?
If the man envies death now what does it suggest in his belief of the world he has come to discover?
Parallel: "Like the desolation of some alien sea breaking on the shores of a world unheard of"(215) is similar to "With his great staring eyes he'd the look of an alien"(129). This illustrates that the man believes that this sea is not the same as the one before the apacolypse and that both the sea and himself would not belong in the pre-apacolyptic world.
Contrast: "The boy was wearing blue tennis shoes with rags stuffed into the toes"(213) contrasts: "I'm sorry it's not blue"(215). This contrast illustrates that blue symbolized hope of a better life at the coast and that they did not find a better life.
Pages 231-259 Questions: What does the boy building the sand castle while knowing it will be destroyed symobilize?
How does the man shooting off the gun illustrate a change in his mentaility where as before he was very cautious and concerned with people finding them?
Parallel: "Every day is a lie, he said. But you are dying. That is not a lie"(238) is similar to "Some rage at the lies arranged in their thousands row on row"(187). This illustrates that the man is angry with the routine of life and that life in this new world is not safe when he believes he was led to be comfortable.
Contrast: "Where men can't live gods fare no better"(172) contrasts: "Well, I was hoping for it there. It was mostly luck"(241). This contrast illustrates that before the man believed that people were having no good luck which is why they stopped believing in God, but now the man has regained his belief because he had good luck.
Pages 260-287 Questions: What gave the man the belief that the boy was right that God does exist?
How does the quote: "What's the bravest thing you ever did... Getting up this morning"(272) suggest that the bravest thing a person can do is continue living with no hope?
Parallel: "He sharpened a quill with his small pen knife to scribe these things in sloe or lampback"(261) is similar to "Behind him on a wooden table a small lamp burned"(187). This parallel illustrates how the man still has hope in the world and is trying to leave hope for other behind by inscribing it.
Contrast: "These stories are not true"(268) contrasts "You can read me a story"(7). This contrast highlights how the boy has changed from believing everything he is told to only believing things that are real.
If the man envies death now what does it suggest in his belief of the world he has come to discover?
Parallel: "Like the desolation of some alien sea breaking on the shores of a world unheard of"(215) is similar to "With his great staring eyes he'd the look of an alien"(129). This illustrates that the man believes that this sea is not the same as the one before the apacolypse and that both the sea and himself would not belong in the pre-apacolyptic world.
Contrast: "The boy was wearing blue tennis shoes with rags stuffed into the toes"(213) contrasts: "I'm sorry it's not blue"(215). This contrast illustrates that blue symbolized hope of a better life at the coast and that they did not find a better life.
Pages 231-259 Questions: What does the boy building the sand castle while knowing it will be destroyed symobilize?
How does the man shooting off the gun illustrate a change in his mentaility where as before he was very cautious and concerned with people finding them?
Parallel: "Every day is a lie, he said. But you are dying. That is not a lie"(238) is similar to "Some rage at the lies arranged in their thousands row on row"(187). This illustrates that the man is angry with the routine of life and that life in this new world is not safe when he believes he was led to be comfortable.
Contrast: "Where men can't live gods fare no better"(172) contrasts: "Well, I was hoping for it there. It was mostly luck"(241). This contrast illustrates that before the man believed that people were having no good luck which is why they stopped believing in God, but now the man has regained his belief because he had good luck.
Pages 260-287 Questions: What gave the man the belief that the boy was right that God does exist?
How does the quote: "What's the bravest thing you ever did... Getting up this morning"(272) suggest that the bravest thing a person can do is continue living with no hope?
Parallel: "He sharpened a quill with his small pen knife to scribe these things in sloe or lampback"(261) is similar to "Behind him on a wooden table a small lamp burned"(187). This parallel illustrates how the man still has hope in the world and is trying to leave hope for other behind by inscribing it.
Contrast: "These stories are not true"(268) contrasts "You can read me a story"(7). This contrast highlights how the boy has changed from believing everything he is told to only believing things that are real.
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