Writers in Harlem Renaissance

Collin Williams

Mrs. Parkinson

English III

3/4/2016

Writers in the Renaissance

What can be learned from the poets of the Harlem Renaissance is that they at that time in US history were going through a time of change. They got to experience all the great enjoyable moments like new technology coming into history, also changes in the typical white and black community. But as you study the poets from a unique angle you can see how these events would correlate into their writing, because actually many of them wrote about the progressive movement of America’s mindset of race and how people precept it.   Writers like Cullen paved the way for equality in America,  “Oblivious to look and word They pass, and see no wonder That lighting brilliant as a sword Should blaze the path of thunder.” (9-12) This quote is an example of the mindset of whites and blacks coming together actually paved the way for the way society is today.

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The Five Aspects of Writing Voice

As my text I was assigned the Catcher in the Rye text at the end of Chapter 21, 1)      "How come you're not home Wednesday?" she asked me.  You didn't get kicked or anything did you?" (165).  The excerpt for your study should end in chapter 22 at:  "Then all of a sudden she said, "Why did you do it?" (167).

They deliver interesting information
In this text you see Phoeb act out very unpredictable. She immediately starts yelling  at Holden right after Phoeb found out that Holden was kicked out. She threw herself on bed with a pillow covering her face and would not let go for her life. In this event you see Holden's other side to him, he acts of out care and almost tries to protect her. He immediately starts comforting her, saying it is alright, how things are going to be ok. At this point you can see the voice in this text off the actions that took place in the text. 

They employ humor
In the text, after Phoebe picks apart Holden to find out he has been kicked out, she starts to punch him and you can see the Salinger's voice trying to add humor in the situation, "Then she hit me on the leg with her fist. She gets very fisty when she feels like it...Then she smacked me again with her fist. If you don't think that hurts, you're crazy." As you can she Holden kind of makes a joke about his sister hitting him, but at a very serious moment.

They often employ techniques of narrative 
In past chapters you see Holden make poor decisions, in the text at the end of chapter 21 Holden says, "Cut it out, now. Nobody's gonna kill me. Nobody's gonna even-C'mon, Phoeb, take that goddam thing off your head. Nobody's gonna kill me." You see Holden repeating over and over again about how no one is going to hurt him. He does this mainly to comfort Phoeb because at this time she is scared for Holden. But even though Holden has made some poor decisions you can really see Holden's other side too him come out here. Authors can your dialogue to benefit characterization, in this case Salginger does this on purpose trying to build up the character of Holden. 

 

Blog #2

In chapter 16 J.D. Salenger creates a vignette in chapter 16, where Holden first sees this family just coming out of church, "It wasn't as cold as it was the day before, but the sun still wasn't out. But there was one nice thing. This family that you could tell just came out of some church were walking right in front of me – a father, a mother, and a little kid about six years old. They looked sort of poor. […] The kid was swell. […] He was making out like he was walking a very straight line, the way kids do, and the whole time he kept singing and humming. […] It made me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed anymore." To the reader this seems like an average day, seeing a family coming out from church. But in this vignette you see Holden just out of observing, gives him a connection to a deeper meaning. Holden just watching the little boy, just by paying closer detail to what seems like an everyday event gives him hope, happiness,  joy, "It made me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed anymore."

Catcher in the Rye, Blog Option One

I have chosen to do blog option one. In the article she talks about her unsettling rattle about her car but the rattle isn’t actually about her car, instead it has a deeper meaning. She is talking about her In-Laws and her husband that secretly drives her insane. This connects to Holden’s baseball mitt because to Holden this isn’t just a baseball mitt this is a memory representing his love for his deceased brother. This also represents Allie’s uniqueness because of the poems in green ink written on the glove, for when times were boring on the field. I believe Holden can connect very much to this article, because just like the character in the article Holden has a rattle as well. Holden’s rattle is in fact how school is, he believes people at the school are actually phonies instead of regular people. On page 19 Holden states, “One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That’s all. They were coming in the goddam window.” You can clearly see that Holden has a problem with phonies, and you might even call it a “rattle” of his. 

Why Monster

Before reading this novel I was wondering what book am I going to pick for my summer reading assignment. Scrolling down the list of books I have to choose from, none of any interest to me. Here I am wondering if there even is a good action book on the list that will keep me on the edge of my seat. Then I come across Monster, the cover photo on the book intrigued me, as I have never seen a book with a cover photo as a mugshot. Also by looking at the title the word monster comes to me as a heroic storyline within a movie or book that a see or read, but along with the heroic storyline comes times where there is action packed into the book. Me knowing this and all the things that came into my head by glancing at this book allowed me to have some interest in the book and even more pick it up and read it.

          I had no personal connection with this book after reading it. I don’t want to spoil a lot but this book involves the justice system, and I have not had any experiences with the justice system or anything of that nature, making me immune to connecting personally with this novel. 

Monster By Walter Dean Myers

In a novel from Myers a teenager who dreams of being a filmmaker writes the story of his trial for felony murder in the form of a movie script, with eye grabbing journal entries after each day’s action. Steve is accused of being an accomplice in the robbery and murder of a drug store owner, or for something else but I will let that be up to you to find out. As he goes through his trial, returning each night to a dull, trapped, frighting prison where most nights he can hear other inmates yelling at each other screaming and dark noises, he reviews each one of the events leading to this point in his life. Myers leaves it up to readers to decide for themselves on his protagonist. The format of this heart moving drama forcefully regulates the pacing, with breathless, edge-of-the-seat courtroom scenes written entirely in dialogue arranged with thought. These journal entries that offer a sense of Steve’s eye closing terror and unique confusion, and that deftly demonstrate Myers’s main point of the reading, if you would want to know, you gotta read the book.