1. i think the thesis is implied, the author is trying to say how rediculous is that the wife is supposed to do all of the work around the house, assume the responsibility of raising the children and tending to her husbands every need, and if her husband isn't satisfied or he meets someone he likes more he can dump his wife off witht the kids and move on.
2. By using the repitetion the author objectifies "the wife". Treating the word like a commodity rather than a person.
3.Im sure some people would want that kind of spouse, but i dont think Brady does. Im sre this type of spouse exists somewhere in a sad house hold ran by a lazy, selfish man who cares for nothing other than himself. I think Brady wrote this essay to show how gender roles in a marital setting can be a bad thing if taken to the extreme, like they were in this essay. I also think she dislikes the way women are viewed as objects to cook, clean and raise the children while the male goes to school and hangs out with friends.
4.She defines wife as the mans maid, she organizes the wifes responsibilities as follows; to tend to his every need, she first says the wife must take care of a mans physical needs, followed by raising their children, then she must entertain his guests, tend to his sexual desires and finally give up her job to raise the children while the man joins the work force. I do not like Bradys cahraterication of the wife, i think she wants her readers to have a negative feeling after reading this.
5.dear brady,
In response to you "i want a wife" essay. I think you did a wonderful job of portraying a the proper mistreatment of a wife. In your essay "the wife" is the mans servent and tends to his every need. I believe you are describing what you believe most men would want their wife to be like. I liked how you started the essay describing your ideal wife and what her responsibilies would be. Its a very eye opening essay. You descibe the wifes role in a way i feel most people would never want to be treated, if more people read this hopefully happier marriages will result, and men will take more responsiblilty their marriages.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Satires that i liked
The two satires i enjoyed the most were; The Bear and The Princess and the Tin Box. I liked The Bear because i thought the moral was true that; "To fall on your face is the same as to lean to far backward." I thought that it was funny that the things the bear did when he was sober, were the same as when he was drunk. The next one I enjoyed The Princess and the Tin Box the moral was funny and that i was fooled by the story. i thoguht for sure that thr princess would choose the poor prince because he was described as the best of teh suitors butin the end all the princess wanted was another thing to hold more of her things.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Fairytales and Fables
The man and the Wood Fable
A man asked trees to donate him their branchs. When he got teh branches he fixed his axe with the wood and chopped down all of the trees.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Then the Trees saw how foolish they had been in giving their enemy the means of destroying themselves
The Fisher Fable
A man played his bag pipes for fish hoping they would dance for him, when they didn't dance he cast out his net and caught several of them.
Moral of Aesops Fable: When you are in a man's power you must do as he bids you
The Fox and the Cat Fable
the fox was boasting to the ccat of all his clever ways to escape his enemys, as dogs approached them the cat fled up a tree and hid but the fox couldn't make up his mind on which escape route to take so he was killed.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon
The Goose with the Golden Eggs Fable
A man found that a goose of his laid golden eggs, as his greed grew he cut the goose open only to find there were no eggs inside of it.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Greed oft o'er reaches itself
The Young Theif and His Mother Fable
A young man had been caught stealing but blamed his mothers for his actions because she never punished him for stealing as a youth so he never learned that it was wrong.Moral of Aesops Fable: Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is
old he will not depart therefrom
The Tortise and the Hair
A hare challenges a tortise to a race then naps during the race, during his nape the tortise won the race.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Plodding wins the race.
The Vain Jackdaw
jupiter told all teh birds that he would make the most beautiful bid king, the ugly jackdaw took all the feathers of other birds and wore tehm himself but when jupiter saw him the birds took their featheres back and the Jackdaw remained just a jackdaw.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Hope not to succeed in borrowed plumes.
The Theif and the House-Dog
A theif brought meat to pacify a dog with while he robbed the house but the dog told him off.
Moral of Aesops Fable: He who offers bribes needs watching, for his intentions are not honest
The Laborer and the Nightingale
A laborer caught a nightingale but the bird talked his way out with false promises.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Never believe a captives promise
The Goat and the Vine
A goat was eating a vine and the vine promised revenge.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Retribution is certain
The Sick Lion
In this fable a lion pretended to be sick and when animals came to pay him their respect he would devour them. The Fox noticed that animals were missing, so wwhen he visited the lion he kept at a distance so he would not be devoured as the others had.
The moral of this fable was that he who learns from others misfortune is a wise.
A man asked trees to donate him their branchs. When he got teh branches he fixed his axe with the wood and chopped down all of the trees.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Then the Trees saw how foolish they had been in giving their enemy the means of destroying themselves
The Fisher Fable
A man played his bag pipes for fish hoping they would dance for him, when they didn't dance he cast out his net and caught several of them.
Moral of Aesops Fable: When you are in a man's power you must do as he bids you
The Fox and the Cat Fable
the fox was boasting to the ccat of all his clever ways to escape his enemys, as dogs approached them the cat fled up a tree and hid but the fox couldn't make up his mind on which escape route to take so he was killed.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon
The Goose with the Golden Eggs Fable
A man found that a goose of his laid golden eggs, as his greed grew he cut the goose open only to find there were no eggs inside of it.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Greed oft o'er reaches itself
The Young Theif and His Mother Fable
A young man had been caught stealing but blamed his mothers for his actions because she never punished him for stealing as a youth so he never learned that it was wrong.Moral of Aesops Fable: Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is
old he will not depart therefrom
The Tortise and the Hair
A hare challenges a tortise to a race then naps during the race, during his nape the tortise won the race.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Plodding wins the race.
The Vain Jackdaw
jupiter told all teh birds that he would make the most beautiful bid king, the ugly jackdaw took all the feathers of other birds and wore tehm himself but when jupiter saw him the birds took their featheres back and the Jackdaw remained just a jackdaw.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Hope not to succeed in borrowed plumes.
The Theif and the House-Dog
A theif brought meat to pacify a dog with while he robbed the house but the dog told him off.
Moral of Aesops Fable: He who offers bribes needs watching, for his intentions are not honest
The Laborer and the Nightingale
A laborer caught a nightingale but the bird talked his way out with false promises.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Never believe a captives promise
The Goat and the Vine
A goat was eating a vine and the vine promised revenge.
Moral of Aesops Fable: Retribution is certain
The Sick Lion
In this fable a lion pretended to be sick and when animals came to pay him their respect he would devour them. The Fox noticed that animals were missing, so wwhen he visited the lion he kept at a distance so he would not be devoured as the others had.
The moral of this fable was that he who learns from others misfortune is a wise.
Friday, February 17, 2012
cinderella poem
It had been a long days work for Cinderella,
her day had started with hauling fruit and next came hauling vegtables,
as she returned from the market, cursing her evil step sisters for taking her shoes,
she saw a glimmering light, with a small sillouette inside of it.
immediatly she knew it must be a fairy and sure enough she was right
"hello there cinderella, im your fairygod-mmph" cinderella grabbed the fairy in stuffed it in her purse
Finally she thought, i can sell the fairy dust off this fairy and make bank!
Leaving her fruits and vegtables behind she skipped off down the road forgetting her past troubles,
She gave her purse a few good shakes and reached inside to grab the now unconscious fairy,
as she perused the market she happed upon a bird cage and stuffed the fairy inside.
next she made her way to the wizards shop and showed him her fairy dust,
the wizard now consumed with greed for the fairy dust zapped Cinderella into nothing,
the moral to this story is : never trust a wizard.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Responses to Essays
The true value of life By: Sudie Bond Nolan
When Sudie was 13 she was involved in car acident where a drunk driver left her with chronic pain in her back and neck for the rest of her life. Sudie wrote about how her feelings of anger toward the man started to change when she began to think about how he was away from his family in prison for 25 years. She says that this man taught her a valluable lesson in compassion and forgiveness from the letters he would write her from his jail cell explaing his sorrow and remorse for his actions. Eventually she was able to forgive him and now she feels she is a more compassionate person after the accident.
I could be wrong By: Alan Barger
Alan being a pastor and an evangical christian tried to hide the fact that he was gay from himself for 25 years. He finally relized that hiding the facts from himself was futile and that he couldn't change that he was gay. It was hard for him to come to terms with his homosexuality but eventually he was able to admit that he was in fact a gay man and that uncertinity is part of life, in that you never really know how your going to turn out until it actually happens. I agree with Alan that uncertinty is defiantly a big part of life, i'm glad he was able to admit to himself he was gay and now is living a happy life because of it.
Peace is Possible By: Helena Marie
After 9/11 Helena was invited to a prayer vigil at a mosque on the upper-west side of chicago. During he vigil she was amazed to see people from all different faiths: Jews, Christians and Islamics all praying for the same thing: Global Unity and Peace among the nations. At this point she says that she relized that its is possible for humans to get along and that mankind is in its adolescence and soon we will all get along. I like that fact that all differnet faiths gathereed to pray for the same thing at a mosque after 9/11 but i do not think that humanity is near globbal peace. It is good to hope and pray for peace but in the state the world is in now i cannot see that happening in the near future.
We need a revoloution By: Carl Besse
Carol is outraged with the facts she believes are true: The meltdown of our economy, the detruction of our enviroment and the corruption in our governtment. She believes the time to act is now and a revoloution must occur to "save our planet". I agree with i do think that change is necessary if we want to live the best lives that we can. I do think there is unprecendented corruption and DC and that special interest groups have grown far to powerful. What was once democracy is turning into an aristocracy. America is being ruled by the super-rich or in other terms the "1 percent". Im glad to see occupy protests gaining strength but im not sure if just occupying a place for a while will be enough to show the King-Pins of our government that we're serious. Im not calling for violent action, but i am calling for more action. Hacktivist groups like Anonymous have power in this digital age. I hope that they are not blinded with the power they have and continue to promote their "for the people" stance. All in all, i do believe revoloutionary action is necessary and i do agree with Carl Besse.
When Sudie was 13 she was involved in car acident where a drunk driver left her with chronic pain in her back and neck for the rest of her life. Sudie wrote about how her feelings of anger toward the man started to change when she began to think about how he was away from his family in prison for 25 years. She says that this man taught her a valluable lesson in compassion and forgiveness from the letters he would write her from his jail cell explaing his sorrow and remorse for his actions. Eventually she was able to forgive him and now she feels she is a more compassionate person after the accident.
I could be wrong By: Alan Barger
Alan being a pastor and an evangical christian tried to hide the fact that he was gay from himself for 25 years. He finally relized that hiding the facts from himself was futile and that he couldn't change that he was gay. It was hard for him to come to terms with his homosexuality but eventually he was able to admit that he was in fact a gay man and that uncertinity is part of life, in that you never really know how your going to turn out until it actually happens. I agree with Alan that uncertinty is defiantly a big part of life, i'm glad he was able to admit to himself he was gay and now is living a happy life because of it.
Peace is Possible By: Helena Marie
After 9/11 Helena was invited to a prayer vigil at a mosque on the upper-west side of chicago. During he vigil she was amazed to see people from all different faiths: Jews, Christians and Islamics all praying for the same thing: Global Unity and Peace among the nations. At this point she says that she relized that its is possible for humans to get along and that mankind is in its adolescence and soon we will all get along. I like that fact that all differnet faiths gathereed to pray for the same thing at a mosque after 9/11 but i do not think that humanity is near globbal peace. It is good to hope and pray for peace but in the state the world is in now i cannot see that happening in the near future.
We need a revoloution By: Carl Besse
Carol is outraged with the facts she believes are true: The meltdown of our economy, the detruction of our enviroment and the corruption in our governtment. She believes the time to act is now and a revoloution must occur to "save our planet". I agree with i do think that change is necessary if we want to live the best lives that we can. I do think there is unprecendented corruption and DC and that special interest groups have grown far to powerful. What was once democracy is turning into an aristocracy. America is being ruled by the super-rich or in other terms the "1 percent". Im glad to see occupy protests gaining strength but im not sure if just occupying a place for a while will be enough to show the King-Pins of our government that we're serious. Im not calling for violent action, but i am calling for more action. Hacktivist groups like Anonymous have power in this digital age. I hope that they are not blinded with the power they have and continue to promote their "for the people" stance. All in all, i do believe revoloutionary action is necessary and i do agree with Carl Besse.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Harrison and Matt
foam drips from the mouth of the abused juvenile. for everytime he walks in his house with the colossues monster so called father, he gets beaten with his own tibia.sometimes if the beating arent enough, the father will encirlce the teen with spoiled cheese and force him to heat every bight. the only chance for the kids survival was his sprit to someday find luminance from the darkness that has fallen opon him.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Squishy Mouse
"CRACK!" im awake. Confused by the sound i look under my bed to see a mouse now rendered squishy by the unforgiving trap which i set last night. "Bummer" i say aloud, i cant think of a better way to start my day than by cleaning up mouse remains. I leave the mess for later and sit up trying to force myself to wake, its 2am and the faint smell of smoke fills the air, i look around for the sorce of the smell when suddenly....
the sound of a soaring eagle, resounding in my ears like a freight train, has crashed into the my bedroom and its wing knocked over my bedside candle and has set the house a blaze. I rushed to my parents room and wake them. my parents were anything but exuberant when I said "I had set the house on fire" my father rushed to put out the fire when "BOOM!"..
The furnace had caused a huge explosion, fire spread similar to that of a naplam strike, I frantically ran out of the bonfire which had become my parents room, trying to find a way to get to my abode. I had some valuable things that I knew I would never be able to replace. Sprinting through the smoke and ash, as if i was Forest Gump in that one scene where bubba gets shot, I finally reached my room. I rushed in and found my pictures, my favorite books, and anything that had any sentimental value...
When a posse of roughriding cowboys that could be compared to a swarm of angry bumble bees, burst through the wall of my first floor bedroom, shouting and firing their six-shooters in the air. "My names WILD BILL screched a roughrider. Terrified, I tore out of the room, not knowing at all what was happening. One of the cowboys, all of which were on horses, came after me, whooping and hollering. I ran outside, only to see up in the air a space battle, with spaceships and lasers streaking across the sky. The cowboy too looked up, and while he was distracted I pulled him off his horse, mounted it, and rode to the beach, a couple miles away. I jumped off into the sand, and started to take stock off my situation when...
A talking pineapple approached me with a "Hello there chap, long way from home are we?" I, didn't want to be rude so I asked him politely, "well sir, where exactly am I?" He said "you are in Spain now, didn't you know?" I was totally shocked by this; I had managed to cross the atlantic ocean on a horse! I was pondering this when a few more assorted fruits came into view: there was an apple, a watermellon, a posse of grapes, and a tomato. The watermellon came up and said "you're not welcome here, ye see?" and threw one of the grapes at me viciously. I dodged this attack and responded "you know what is welcome here? my fist in your fruity face!" I punched the watermellon clean in the face splattering his watermellon brain like a egg exploding as it falls on the hard sidewalk.
the sound of a soaring eagle, resounding in my ears like a freight train, has crashed into the my bedroom and its wing knocked over my bedside candle and has set the house a blaze. I rushed to my parents room and wake them. my parents were anything but exuberant when I said "I had set the house on fire" my father rushed to put out the fire when "BOOM!"..
The furnace had caused a huge explosion, fire spread similar to that of a naplam strike, I frantically ran out of the bonfire which had become my parents room, trying to find a way to get to my abode. I had some valuable things that I knew I would never be able to replace. Sprinting through the smoke and ash, as if i was Forest Gump in that one scene where bubba gets shot, I finally reached my room. I rushed in and found my pictures, my favorite books, and anything that had any sentimental value...
When a posse of roughriding cowboys that could be compared to a swarm of angry bumble bees, burst through the wall of my first floor bedroom, shouting and firing their six-shooters in the air. "My names WILD BILL screched a roughrider. Terrified, I tore out of the room, not knowing at all what was happening. One of the cowboys, all of which were on horses, came after me, whooping and hollering. I ran outside, only to see up in the air a space battle, with spaceships and lasers streaking across the sky. The cowboy too looked up, and while he was distracted I pulled him off his horse, mounted it, and rode to the beach, a couple miles away. I jumped off into the sand, and started to take stock off my situation when...
A talking pineapple approached me with a "Hello there chap, long way from home are we?" I, didn't want to be rude so I asked him politely, "well sir, where exactly am I?" He said "you are in Spain now, didn't you know?" I was totally shocked by this; I had managed to cross the atlantic ocean on a horse! I was pondering this when a few more assorted fruits came into view: there was an apple, a watermellon, a posse of grapes, and a tomato. The watermellon came up and said "you're not welcome here, ye see?" and threw one of the grapes at me viciously. I dodged this attack and responded "you know what is welcome here? my fist in your fruity face!" I punched the watermellon clean in the face splattering his watermellon brain like a egg exploding as it falls on the hard sidewalk.
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