Monthly Archives: February 2015

Homework, Introductions

Introduction

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Hello class my name is Harrison Mok and I’m majoring in Accounting. I decided to major in accounting because in high school I found it pretty interesting. I guess that I was pretty good at math that it was kind of easy for me back in high school. Now its totally different and more challenging. This is my second year in City Tech and I’m enjoying it pretty far. I’m working on my associates degree so then I can transfer to Baruch. People would always ask me why I choose accounting because they always found it boring with all the numbers. I would tell them that it wasn’t that bad it was just simple math just adding and subtracting. I kind of find accounting useful in life because everyone needs a accountant am I right?

I’m the type of person who loves food and would not stop until I get what I’m craving. I sometimes thought of going into culinary arts and learning how to cook. I always thought that cooking looked fun because you get to cook something and in the end you get to eat it. If you need someone to go eat with it would be me because I would go no matter what if it involves food.

I AM A GAMER!(PC MASTER RACE) The games I play mostly would be League Of Legends or Counter Strike Global Offensive and other games I get on Steam. People sometimes say playing games are a waste of time, but I don’t think so because people can get a job by just playing games. I play games because it helps me relax from school, it would pull me out of reality for a few hours to stop myself from stressing, and would come back relaxed and ready to work on homework.

So I’m currently taken right now so sorry all you ladies out there. I don’t want to get all lovey dovey, but yea shes special. She’s a Bio major and currently goes to Stanford (but really Pace). She would constantly talk about science all the time when we are eating, but I got used to it.

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Glossary

Bemused

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Cedar is a kind of wood.

Bemused (verb)- to cause (someone) to be confused. Merrian-Webster; disoriented, discombobulated,  puzzled, and clueless.

Located on first page “A Rose for Emily” 2nd paragraph; last sentence. And now Miss Emily had gone to join the representatives of those august names where they lay in the cedar-bemused cemetery among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson.

…..lay in the cedar- (discombobulated) cemetery…..

Emily, was just another dead black in a town full of violent history and deaths; without care or even a proper burial spot, she was amongst the ranked to the anonymous. Would a fair contribution by Emily to Jefferson taxes, change the way she was buried? Remember, Emily never  paid any  taxes thanks to Colonel Sartorial which died years ago . Emily, had no interest whatsoever about  the new Jefferson.

 

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Glossary

Jalousies

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Jalousies (noun) – a window made of adjustable glass louvers that control ventilation.

This was found in “A Rose for Emily,” on page 4, 4th paragraph. “This behind their hands; rustling of craned silk and satin behind jalousies closed upon the sun of Sunday as the thin, swift clop-clop-clop of the matched team passed: “Poor Emily.””

Knowing the definition of the word, I understand that it was used to represent a window behind the craned silk and satin. By “behind their hands,” Faulkner is talking about people women in silk and satin dresses(craned silk and satin) who spy on Emily and Homer, and talk about them behind the closed windows.

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Glossary

Disdainful

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Disdainful (adjective) – felling strong dislike or disapproval for something or someone you think does not deserve respect.

This was found in “A Jury of Her Peers,” on page 266, 4th paragraph. “Then, as if releasing herself from something strange, Mrs. Hale began to arrange the dirty pans under the sink, which the country attorney’s disdainful push of the foot had deranged.”

Knowing the definition of the word, I now understand that the attorney disapproved of the conditions of the house, which included the dirty towels and dirty pans.

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Glossary

A Rose For Emily Homework

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Thwarted (verb)

(1) to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.

(2) to frustrate or baffle (a plan, Purpose, etc.).

found in “A Rose for Emily” Part 4 paragraph 5

Then we knew that this was to be excepted too; as if that quality of her father which had thwarted her woman’s life so many times had been too virulent and too furious to die.

Emily’s father opposed all of the men in Emily’s life and she was never able to pursue a proper and healthy relationship and because of this it drove Emily to the point of insanity. Even once her father passed away she still was not able to pursue a proper relationship with Homer Barron and in the end went completely insane and killed him by giving him poison to drink.

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Announcements

A Second Chance: Blog revisions and corrections

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As you know, blog posts and comments are an important component of our course and, as you would expect, of the course grade. Each week, there are three main contributions you should make to our course site:

  1. Discussion: contribute to our weekly discussion by commenting on the discussion post I have written. You can find that post for the week at the top of the page (note: this post’s title appears in a black box. When you click on it, you can read the whole post and reply to it or to a comment someone else made on it). If you want, you can also click on Discussion in the top menu bar just below our La Fiction et La RĂ©alitĂ© fish to see all of the discussion posts. I have not specified a number, but your work–reading the post and comments, plus writing and responding–should approximate the 75-minute class. This work counts as your attendance for the Monday class session.
  2. One homework assignment while you’re reading: contribute to our course’s glossary by writing one post per week (or more if you choose) in which you find a word that you need to better understand, follow the glossary instructions (also available in the top menu as a drop-down under Assignments), and write a post that has the word as the title of the post, Glossary as the category, tags you find relevant, and all the things in the post it’s supposed to have. By the end of the semester, you will have learned at least 15 words of your own choosing plus others your classmates have glossed for you (4th definition). This is due at any point in the week, but by Tuesday night at the latest.
  3. One homework assignment in which you reflect on the work of the week: You can think about this post and start writing it on your own, but I will wait to see what the discussion has been, what has not been addressed, etc, and write a post with suggested topics on Monday. In this post, you will choose a passage or passages to focus on so that we’re always bringing our discussion back to the text, to the details, and to our analysis of the text. Please follow the blogging guidelines for these posts (also available in the top menu as a drop-down under Assignments). This is due by Tuesday night at the latest.

I would like to offer everyone the chance to revise any post before I grade them. Some things to consider:

  • did you join the wrong course? If so, I will not see your posts, no matter how brilliant they are. Please join this site and add your work.
  • did you start a discussion forum rather than writing a blog post? If so, I will not read it as part of your course work. Please follow the instructions for posting and add your work there.
  • did you forget to choose a category, or choose the wrong category? If so, I will not see your work when I’m grading that particular week’s work, and you will not get credit for it.
  • did you comment when you were supposed to post, or post when you were supposed to comment? Please add your work wherever it belongs.
  • did you not follow the instructions for that given post? Revise your work to meet the goals of the assignment.

I realize this is short notice, but I would ask you to have these revisions made by the time you contribute to the discussion on Sunday night. I will review your changes then.

If you have any questions, please ask them by replying to this post, or if it is of a more personal nature, by emailing me.

 

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Glossary

Dispensation

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Dispensation (noun):

(1) a:  a general state or ordering of things; specifically:  a system of revealed commands and promises regulating human affairs

b:  a particular arrangement or provision especially of providence or nature

(2) a: an exemption from a law or from an impediment, vow, or oath

b : a formal authorization (Merriam-Webster)

Found on Page I, Paragraph 3 of “A Rose for Emily”–>“Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894 when Colonel Sartoris, the mayor–he who fathered the edict that no Negro woman should appear on the streets without an apron-remitted her taxes, the dispensation dating from the death of her father on into perpetuity.”

I believe the word in this quote means that Colonel Sartorise exempted Miss Emily from paying taxes because her father was once seen as a person of prestige aristocratic upbringings.

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Glossary

Remitted

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Remitted (verb): to send (money) as a payment: to cancel or free someone from (a punishment, debt, etc.) (Merriam-Webster)

Found on Page I, Paragraph 3 of “A Rose for Emily”–>“Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894 when Colonel Sartoris, the mayor–he who fathered the edict that no Negro woman should appear on the streets without an apron-remitted her taxes, the dispensation dating from the death of her father on into perpetuity.”

I believe the word in this quote means that Colonel Sartoris canceled Miss Emily’s tax payments because her father, including the entire Grierson family, was once seen as prestigious aristocrat family.

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Glossary, Week 1

Acquiescene

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Acquiescene (noun)

“A Jury of Her Peers” by: Susan Glaspell

“in her manner of timid acquiescene” P 267 line 14

“in her manner of timid accepting the demand”

definition (from Merriam-Website) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquiescence

accepting demands in a polite manner

generates from acquiescent to accept or allow demands from others

 

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Homework, Introductions

My Intro.

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Hello all!

My name is Sue and I am a hospitality management major- currently attending New York City Tech. I have taken this course, Introduction to Fiction simply to gain more knowledge about it. My english, grammar and punctuation might not be the best but I am willing to learn and grow daily. My interests involves around discovering new experiences that will benefit me in the future. I thrive in learning new things!

You can say I’m the average college student. I work and go to school, full time.  I am a pretty busy person and probably need to take notes when it comes to time management. I sometimes try to fill all my work in a day, then remember that I should at least be getting eight hours of sleep. Since I have been working at a young age, not getting enough sleep sometimes is something I grew accustomed to.  I currently started working at a new hotel as a receptionist in the City. I have worked in hotels since I was seventeen years old and I do not see myself working anywhere else.  I plan to grow in the hotel industries and further my career after graduating.

When I do have some free time,  I try to gasp in the beautiful world we all live in. I have quite a fascination about the sky, trees, clouds, moon and the sun. I enjoy a good book, a lot of art, sunsets and warm summer weather. Appealing sceneries are my weakness. In life, not all places you see are alluring but I try to see the beauty in all. In the future, I’d like to travel all tropical places similar if not like, paradise.

I hope the above text I have written contributes to the something interesting about myself. I am looking forward to an amazing semester and many stories that are yet to be read!

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