I think that “The story of an Hour” is example realism because unlike all of the other people that we read about like Transcendentalism or the Romanticism they don’t pretend or use their imagination. Everything that happens to them is real and they don’t try to make it look good by adding their imagination and try to tell their self that I still have a shot at something.
“She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky.” “She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.” This paragraph specifically explains her actions. It also explain how she feels about her husbands death, it shows that she was at first sad about it. After really looking at the situation she was happy about her husband’s death. "Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering. This meant that she was free and that she could say and do anything she wants.
I think that the author is trying to prove that women don’t want to be owned or live for other people. The author is trying to say that some women aren’t happy just because they are married. I guess she said that because back then men had all of the power and control over women. “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease-- of joy that kills.” That means that she didn’t die because of her heart condition. She died because she thought that the rest of her life was going to change for the better now that she thought he was dead. Now that she knows that he’s alive she wanted her life to be about her but now that he’s alive there is no hope of her being happy and living her life how she want to.
“The Battle with Mr. Covey” was a good story. I think that the author is trying to say that everyone wants to be free and live their own lives. I also think that the author is trying to say that everyone will put up with something that they know is not right for a while, but when a person gets tired and cant take anymore something has to be done about it. This story was a realism story because the man that was a slave did not use his imagination to try to make his situation better because in this situation imagination will not help. I say imagination won’t help because no matter how hard you imagined some, you still will fill the pain inside.
“About three o'clock of that day, I broke down; my strength failed me; I was seized with a violent aching of the head, attended with extreme dizziness; I trembled in every limb....” This is an example of how he felt that moment, that he couldn’t do anymore. I guess his body was just tired of being worked every day for long hours without eating. This describes realism because when Mr. Covey hit him in his head with a board, he described some disturbing details about how it felt to him.
I think that the author was trying to show that slavery was a really big problem for slaves in the 1840’s and 1850’s. That is realism because he wanted to persuade someone to do something about slavery. He wanted someone to change the slavery situation because he felt that it was not fair to be owner your whole life. He thought that if he described all of the horrible details of slavery then it would make someone try to put their self in his shoes.
My own example of realism would be that movie “Don’t Be a Menace…” I say that because that movie was trying to persuade someone that L.A. was not a good place to live and that it was really disturbing. It was gun shooting their every day and you couldn’t even really let your children go outside without someone trying to give them drugs, alcohol, or getting shot. The producer wanted to show everyone that it was not a joke staying where they stay. It is nothing good about losing people you know and love everyday.
“She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky.” “She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.” This paragraph specifically explains her actions. It also explain how she feels about her husbands death, it shows that she was at first sad about it. After really looking at the situation she was happy about her husband’s death. "Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering. This meant that she was free and that she could say and do anything she wants.
I think that the author is trying to prove that women don’t want to be owned or live for other people. The author is trying to say that some women aren’t happy just because they are married. I guess she said that because back then men had all of the power and control over women. “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease-- of joy that kills.” That means that she didn’t die because of her heart condition. She died because she thought that the rest of her life was going to change for the better now that she thought he was dead. Now that she knows that he’s alive she wanted her life to be about her but now that he’s alive there is no hope of her being happy and living her life how she want to.
“The Battle with Mr. Covey” was a good story. I think that the author is trying to say that everyone wants to be free and live their own lives. I also think that the author is trying to say that everyone will put up with something that they know is not right for a while, but when a person gets tired and cant take anymore something has to be done about it. This story was a realism story because the man that was a slave did not use his imagination to try to make his situation better because in this situation imagination will not help. I say imagination won’t help because no matter how hard you imagined some, you still will fill the pain inside.
“About three o'clock of that day, I broke down; my strength failed me; I was seized with a violent aching of the head, attended with extreme dizziness; I trembled in every limb....” This is an example of how he felt that moment, that he couldn’t do anymore. I guess his body was just tired of being worked every day for long hours without eating. This describes realism because when Mr. Covey hit him in his head with a board, he described some disturbing details about how it felt to him.
I think that the author was trying to show that slavery was a really big problem for slaves in the 1840’s and 1850’s. That is realism because he wanted to persuade someone to do something about slavery. He wanted someone to change the slavery situation because he felt that it was not fair to be owner your whole life. He thought that if he described all of the horrible details of slavery then it would make someone try to put their self in his shoes.
My own example of realism would be that movie “Don’t Be a Menace…” I say that because that movie was trying to persuade someone that L.A. was not a good place to live and that it was really disturbing. It was gun shooting their every day and you couldn’t even really let your children go outside without someone trying to give them drugs, alcohol, or getting shot. The producer wanted to show everyone that it was not a joke staying where they stay. It is nothing good about losing people you know and love everyday.
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Nice work. You may want to rethink your example of realism. Don't be a Menace While Drinkin' your Juice in South Central was making fun of other examples of realism like Menace 2 Society, Juice, and Boyz in tha Hood.
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