Young Goodman Brown

Young Goodman Brown is a story about good vs. evil. How ironic, right on Halloween. Anyway what makes Young Goodman Brown so drawn to see the evil? What makes us humans want to see the bad in the world? Why are we so more interested in the bad then the good in people? I ask these questions, because I wonder what makes us want to join the dark side? Is it because we are tempted with our curiosity on how it feels or is it just the influence we get from the T.V shows we watch. If you think about all our T.V shows are only about sex. drugs and Rock n Roll. Will lol not Rock n Roll but murder, or some type of death. If you think about it T.V influence us so much that people start wanting to be what they see on T.V. I bet you tonight I am going to hear the door bell ring and see trick treaters dressed up as Obama's and Palin's. Over all the story had a lot of meaning full symbolism and that's what made it good.

The Purloined Letter

In the story "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allen Poe, was another detective stories that was about prefect, a frence police dective being bewildered on where are the where abouts of a stolen letter that was stolen from the Queen of france. This letter has high importance and puts the Queen in a uncomfurtable postion. The police investage but are mislead, by using logical methods that are based solely on past experience and established systems of thought. Their investigative methods reflect the types of rational thought prevalent in the mid-nineteenth century. In the end, the police are unsuccessful in finding the letter because the thief has hidden it in the most unexpected place right under their noses. Dupin figures this out and recovers the letter, turning the political tables on the thief. This story was surprise for the fact that Edgar Allan Poe is reconqized as a great horror story writer. I was expected some thrills and chills but nontheless it was worth the read.

The Use of Force!

One would have thought this would be a normal check up, but turned out to be much more. William Williams exposes a psychological covert about the characters he writes about. William writes “Oh yeah? I had to smile to myself. After all, I had Already Fallen in love with the savage brat”. What does this exactly mean? In my opinion, he enjoyed struggling with the little girl, it turned him on. It made him feel good overpowering her. What’s your opinion, do you think he was just being a kind, worried doctor or he had different intentions? I would like to know what you guys think?

Hills Like White Elphants

Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills like white Elephants" is about a young couple converstating about an abortion. Jig, the female character is being persuade by her boyfriend (the American) to go through with the operation, making it seem like it isn't a big deal. He states "I know you wouldn't mind it, Jig. Its really not anything. Its just to let the air in." Not so certain of what to do, she asks her boyfriend if he loves her and if she does go on with the operation, everthing will go back to normal as it was before.

Its seems that the boyfriend is not really interested in having a child because he keeps ordering more drinks for him and jig. We all know that drinks and pregrant women don't mix and no one seems to care. It's obvious from the text that the girl loves her boyfriend very much and if the boyfriend would keep on insisting that she have an abortion, the girl would probably do it. The girl believes that her love for her boyfriend would be an acceptable reason to have an abortion. However, deep inside her heart, the girl knows that she would rather not go through with the operation.