Abuse

Authors notes: I wrote a text analysis essay explaining abusive relationships with one of my favorite books and real world situations.

Relationships are hard.  89% of people agree that their relationships with their partners usually don’t work out.  Whether  it involves abuse; verbally or physically,  drugs and alcohol, or hardships, the character, Kaitlin from Dreamland, By Sarah Dessen  can relate to all of them.  Abusive relationships are very difficult for anyone to get out of, especially when you grow a bond and become attached.  It’s not just characters in fiction/ non fiction novels that get themselves into a tremendous abusive relationships, its people in the whole world that deal with this harshness every day.

First of all, In dreamland the main character Kaitlin receives abuse from her boyfriend Rodgerson, but doesn’t know how to get herself out of it.  An example is the quote from Kaitlin’s point of view: “Now I felt like I was drifting, sucked down by an undertow, and too far out to swim back to the shore.”  That quote shows that Kaitlin is getting dragged into a horrible relationship and she’s already too deep in love to pull herself away.  Another quote told by the authors point of view; “ Kaitlin finds herself in a constant menace, a trap that is baited with love and need.” That quote shows that Kaitlin needs this abusive relationship because she is attached.

Second of all,  Abusive relationships are spreading so fast into the world that people actually think they are okay! The statement/fact; “As violence becomes more and more prevalent in our world, one out of every five teenage girls in America will be beaten by a dating partner.”  That shows that abuse is spreading very fast throughout  the world. The other fact; “one third to one half of married women will be victims of abuse.” That’s crazy!  People need to realize that if anyone ever hurts you, get away from them before its gets serious and permeate.

Last, there are so many ways that characters can make text to world connections. Kaitlin and women in the world are alike by being abused by characters and humans.  Most people believe that abuse is wrong and they would never get into a relationship like that. For the women that do get themselves into those relationships, there are ways to let go and get help. Some ways that people tend to get out of abusive relationships, are talk to people they trust. 

Ribbons Responce

I think that people should not want to change things about themselves because everybody is perfect in their own ways.  People also have very different cultures. The grandmas culture is very different from the American culture, because they live In different parts of the world.

I think its fine if people have there own culture, but I just think people shouldn’t criticize other people on there culture.  Obviously people are not going to be all alike, but that’s what makes everyone unique!

After You My Dear Alphonce

Authors Note: This is an text analysis/ response to a short story we read in class.

In the story, "After you my dear alphonce", by Shirley Jackson, Has a basic plot line of the 1940's. The point is to show racism  and i think that's what the author is trying to get through to us. Most of the text in this story is showing a mother having racism towards a little African American boy, named Boyd. Its not the typical racism many people would think, it’s a being overly nice racism. 

For example; the quote, "As she turned to show Boyd where to sit, she saw he was a Negro boy, smaller than Johnny but about the same age", shows that she saw that he was a little African boy and thought to herself, oh I'm going to be very nice to this little boy, because he is not as wealthy as us and offer him some things just because he is African American.

In this short story, the mother thought that Boyd's family was less wealthy than hers, so she was being nice and trying to help but little did she know that Boyd's family was just like hers. The text analysis that the author put in it actually helped me understand the story better, because when she thought she was right, she was wrong.  For Example; when the mother said, " I'm not mad I'm just disappointed", shows that her inferences were wrong on him.

There were so many ways that text analysis did help make the story better, with it going from happy and caring, to disappointed and wrong. The author showed how to text cote the important parts of this story, and it helps people understand better.

Response to A clean/ Well lighted place.

The director showed his thoughts because the old man drank alot of brandy and stuff. it looked like the young waiter was actually saving the old man from being hurt. because he refused to give him the randy.  the director showed his thoughts by seeing the old waiter just sit there and watch what happened.

The lighting in this actually showed the old man just sitting there all alone.  I felt bad that he was sitting all alone getting drunk.  I didn't really get the point of a lighted place? Anyways. it was an OK story. Not anything i'd really read.

Response to A clean, well lighted place

In this story there were weird characters one of the things that I looked at and thought about was when they said "It was nothing" that shows that he doesn’t trust the person he was talking too.  Mainly trust is very important in life. If he cant trust him then there's something really wrong with their relationship. Trust is very important.

Dreamland

Authors Note: I wrote an point of view piece on one of my favorite books.

Inside the novel Dreamland, By Sarah Dessen, It is told by main character Kaitlin’s point of view, which may really affect the readers thoughts on some things. She has had a very rough life ever since her only sister, Cass ran away from home on Kaitlin’s 16^th birthday. Then  Kaitlin’s boyfriend, Rodgerson abuses and he makes her lose connection from her best friend Rina.  That’s not it, Kaitlin’s parents are so tied up on Cass running away, that they almost forgot about Kaitlin.

On the other hand, Kaitlin joins the cheerleading team, she only did it because that was one of the sports her mother enjoyed Cass doing and she wanted to get her mother’s attention.  After their first football game, Kaitlin went to the after party.  She couldn't keep her eyes off this shadowed boy named  Rodgerson. As soon as he talked to her, he offered a ride home. She could refuse the offer, but she got so tied down into his secretive personality that she had to find out more.  As soon as Kaitlin arrives at her house, Kaitlin gives him a sheet of paper with her phone number on it and gives him a kiss goodbye. This just kept Rodgerson wanting her more.

In addition, Kaitlin and Rodgerson start seeing each other more, getting attached, and getting abusive.  Kaitlin can’t see her friends, and when she does, there are always punishments for her.  These punishments are from Rodgerson, they go verbal to physical.  Mainly the reader would think that if this guy is going to beat a woman, then he’s a woman beater.  Rodgerson’s actions  changes  the readers attitude on how they really feel about him.  At first he seemed sweet and shadowed, but in reality, when you really get into the book  he is scary and abusive.

Equally important Rodgerson’s point of view might be slightly different.  Rodgerson might have been protecting  Kaitlin to not make the same mistake Cass made and run away.  Rodgerson just wants to be Kaitlin’s first majority.  When Rodgerson got arrested for doing drugs and beating a woman, he proclaimed that he was having a lot of emotional periods with his family.  During these times, Rodgerson’s Father beat him and Rodgerson’s parents got into very bad fights, so Rodgerson beat and threatened Kaitlin to get his anger out.

In conclusion, things do work out in the end for Kaitlin and Rodgerson was put in jail. Kaitlin has spent the rest of her high school years in a mental hospital.  Ever since her sister ran away it caused Kaitlin to be a little crazy, but Rodgerson calmed her down.   Mainly it depends on the reader if they like or don’t like the point of view a story is told from.

This is just to apologize (Parody)

Authors Note: I made a parody to the parody to This is just to say, by William Carlos Williams.

This is just to apologize

Jackie Henderson

I have sprayed

Your perfume

That was on

The shelf

And witch

You probably

Didn’t want

To smell.

Forgive me

It smelled delicious

So pleasant

And so calming