Spring and Fall-Reflective

Tara Wilson

Intro to lit

October 26, 2011

 Spring and Fall-reflective

             The poem called Spring and Fall was written by Gerard Manely Hopens. He poem had sort of a lyrical rhythm. Each line has like four beats, which is neat.  This poem is about a young girl named Margaret and how she is grieving over a place she seems to be very attached to.  What I got from the lines is that, Margret is upset because the seasons are changing, making the place she loved so much look entirely different. She is thinking about the leavings calling as spring changes into fall. The leaves falling off, is just one of the noticeable changes when these seasons change.  Margret is grieving over Goldengrove unleaving. These thoughts are childish, but I can relate in two different ways. I live in Pennsylvania and I know what it’s like to experience real seasons. I love Spring and fall because of the leaves changing and falling off, and just the warm but chilly weather.  I love being able to wear boots or flip-flops, either or if I wanted to.  As Spring and fall pass into winter, I feel my mood changes. I don’t enjoy winter up north. I feel like it’s always gloomy out which makes me just want to stay in bed. I also think we can all relate to Margret in way. I feel we can relate the leaves falling to life. We all watch ourselves and others around us, grow up and then die. Each way we should live like we are dying. From the English Standard, Psalm 90:12 we are told to number our days because we never know when our Spring and Fall are over and we fall off our tree.

Creative post

Tara Wilson

Prof. Deborde

Intro to Lit

Oct. 19, 2011

Creative: "The Road" by Cormac Mccarthy

NO LAUGHING ALOUD :D!!!!

For my creative post, I thought I would dress up like the man. As you can see in these photos I am eating an apple and mushrooms. These are a few of the items they were able to find themselves along their travels. They came upon a bunker full of untouched food. They came across pears, peaches, and other very useful items.  Some of these useful items include: utensils, cloths, soap, tools, toothpaste, and so on.  They also came upon a apple orchard, where the father took as many apples as possible. These apples/bunker brought happiness and hope to their lives.

I could have easily made the photographs black and white, but I left them in color, showing the life that the findings of the apples/bunker brought the two men. The father being sick, the bunker, brought great hope. I take for granted all the food I am provided with. They saw every little bit as hope and life. We should do the same also.

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Reflective: "The Road" by Cormac Mccarthy

Tara Wilson

Prof. Deborde

Intro to Lit

Sept. 29, 2011

Reflective: "The Road" by Cormac Mccarthy

 The 80 pages of “The Road,” by Cormac McCarthy that I read, was showing the love between a man and his son. They are both on a journey north; trying to stay alive with the many challenges that are put in front of them. There are many challenges the boy and his father are put through on a daily basis that we have never needed to deal with. Nothing is handed to them, making me realize how much we take for granted. For example, McCarthy talks about the piece of blue tarp that they use as blanket. This blanket was a shield of protection from the snow and to hide themselves from intruders.  Nowadays, We are blessed with such cozy beds and much more intact security. Another example of a struggle we don’t have to deal with, was the fact that the little boy was scared of the dark but never able to escape it. We are able to escape it by turning on a light. The little boy was unable to do that, making being scared of the dark quite miserable. The boy was also freezing, On page, he talks about how cold he is.  Have you ever been stuck somewhere uncomfortablely cold and not able to do anything about it?

There are many things in life that we take of granted. This summer I had myself a perspective changer. I had surgery and the ability to walk/run and or barely move was taken away from me for a good amount of time. This made me realize how much you may take for granted everyday of your life. Do you take the ability to walk? Do you appreciate chartwells food or do you complain about it constantly? There are many things we consider essentials to life that are not given to the Man and the boy.

Cormac McCarthy also has a very unique way of writing “The Road.” There was no use of apostrophes and or quotations. I believe the reason for this is because McCarthy wants to show as little emotion as possible. He wants to portray a dark/grey setting. When apostrophes and quotations are used, I feel there is more life to the story. I also feel McCarthy maybe didn’t feel the need to use quotes and apostrophes due to the fact that there’s only two characters present in the story.