Happy Endings

This particular set of stories were very interesting. I believe that each ending had a significance to it but i could not quite catch on to what they were. I did however enjoy each ending. I think that it was kind of funny how each character begin to come together as each ending came together.
Happy Endings had a lot of truth to it. It's a perfect way to explain or write about how some relationships just don't work. I think that this story was dynamic and also funny at some points. This particular story kind of reminds me of Romeo and Juliet and how they fall in love and were willing to die because the other was no longer living. I think that each "happy ending" was rather peculiar in some ways because in each one there was one person who was madly in love and the other was not. I would recommend this story to someone else to give them something to think about.

The Yellow Wall Paper

Wall paper, what can I say, it was an unusual story. At some points in the story, I thought it was quite funny. I believe that the main character pretty much lost her mind. In the beginning she attempts to write in a journal to relieve her mind. She was writing down her thoughts and how she felt about her house. Reading about this was weird at first but then it began to make sense. I believe that writing in her journal was a way for her to escape her unhappiness and it was stress therapy for her.

As I read on in the story, it became quiet scary. This woman began to see things within the yellow wallpaper that she had become obsessed with. She freaked out and saw images that may or may not have even been there upon the wall. In being obsessed with this paper, this woman begins to become better at hiding not only her journal but her true feelings from her husband.

Lady With Lapdog

This lady is very mysterious. She seems like she is really prissy and high maintenance. She also seems like she acts as if shes better than anyone one else. I think that she walks around holding her head high but has so many issues within. She seemed as if she had so much to hide. She barley even wanted anyone to know what was going on in her life.
Being that this story was about a marriage that was arranged, before I read all of the story I knew that there was going to be apart of the relationship that was not going to work. The man that the narrator said was married to this woman did not even like her. Most fixed marriages don't work because the people that are together never get a chance to actually get to know each other. I think that marriages should not be arranged. I believe that people should give it some time to get together and make sure that marriage is what they want.

Ordinary (Akward Family) Peope Part Dos

I believe that the movie kept me wondering what exactly was going to happen with the family. I think that the ending was absolutely fabulous. It made me open up my mind and wonder what the heck was going on. It also made me use the creative side of my brain to try and peice together the line of events that would fall into order.
Ordinary People has amazing acting in it. I dont think i would have been able to keep myself together in some of the scenes. There was a lot of emotions that were being displayed and a lot that were no that just made me want to shake the character just to get an reaction.
The mother in the story seemed VERY self centered and all she cared about was takin vacations and "getting away". She never really showed any emotions throughout the movie until Calvin (husband) said that he wasn't in love with her any more. He said that it felt as if all her love for anything had been buried with her son Buck. I agree totally with him. At first I was thinking that it was Calvin that Conrad didn't have a relationship with but down the line, it was his mom. They never really spoke to each other and when they did, it was a twisted conversation spoken in circles.
Conrad was dealing with a lot and he blamed every small thing on hisself, and in the end he realized that he was bein a bit harsh on himself. His dad Calvin said that he was so hard on hisself that he never really needed any type of punishments or discipline. I think that the therapy sessions helped him release a lot of his anger. I also think that it was good of Calvin to go to the therapy sessions too. It opened his eyes to a lot of things and made him seem more of a person who was trying to keep his family together.

Brain Damage for Essay Numero Dos

I am not sure what i want to do for essay two. There are so many interesting family values, cultures, and backgrounds we have read about in this unit. I think that i will talk about the critical relationships that often occur in families that happen on a regular basis. I think that I will be able to get a point across that some families are in need of help. I think I will begin by re-reading Bone Black!

Ordinary People Part Uno

This movie has been very interesting to watch thus far. I believe that it has very akward characters like Conrad. The boat accient that occured early on effected him really bad I think. I do not think that he could ever live a normal life afterwards. I believe that he likes to spend time alone mostly because he always seems to stray away from larger crowds. He dosen't seem like he has a close knot relationship with his father. His relationship with his father seems distant as if he doesnt want his fathers input as much as his moms.

The thearpy sessions that Conrad begins to attend are not really helping. I see that within each session he starts to think negatively in his well being. He made a comment about getting a tranquilizer for himself so that it will ease his pain. He also talked about quiting the swim team and how people get on his nerves and then he talks about how he wants to take control of his situation so that others will stop worring about him. I believe that Doctor Burger is not really helping.

I also believe that Conrad like a close knit realtionship which requires a lot of atttention. He mentioned that he missed being in the hospital and that no one hid anything from him. Conrad also was talking to a young lady who had also been seeing a psychiatrist once before. I think that she does need to see someone because she does not seem as if she has it all together. She repeats herself and does not notice it and I am anixous to see how much more akward this movie can get.

I Stand Here Ironing

In reading the intro of this particular story, it was a bit intriguing how it began. The talk of a key or the mother being used as a key threw me into a loop. The story began in circles as if there is a mystery to be found within the reading.

I wonder why this child was the only referred to as “the first and only” of four children to be considered beautiful at birth. Is this child supposed to be extra special? This child is nameless and seems to be the highest priority over all the others. Why were none of the other children mentioned in the beginning? What is the purpose for this child’s life?

I can tell by the words used in the story that it was during an earlier time. “Streetcars” came about before city buses or it was during the time a little before or after trolleys….if I remember correctly. I can tell from reading that she is having some sort of day dream about the relationship her and her daughter began to build. It seems as if her daughter is very dependent on her as if she always wants her to be around. I also noticed that other characters are named in the story and the main ones are not.

This story is a bit confusing. It seems like a mystery. I think that the author was trying to get the reader to think deeper into what was trying to be said because it seems that nothing is told directly. I can also see that there is quite of a hardship between this mother and daughter. I think that most readers can relate to this because there are often cases where the child doesn’t always agree with the parent and the parent only makes moves according to what they think should happen.

I enjoyed reading this story because of the voice that it was in but I think that it was also sad because of the many arguments and the fact that the mother made up in her mind that her and her daughter’s relationship wasn’t going to better.