Steve Epting
AP English
Jumping Frog Literary Response
In the reading, The Jumping Frog, the main character was Jim Smiley. It’s speaking of the times of him and his frog. This was written in the mid 1800s by Mark Twain, who is famous for many other pieces of literature such as Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and The Mysterious Stranger. Twain writes a short tale of a man and his frog.
This story is a type of regional realism. It has plenty of examples of being regionally realistic. Twain gets down to the realness of life. Describing the realness of this world is what made this story. This is a tale of the times of a man and his frog.
There is nothing missing from this tale. It is as complete as it can be. Twain is very descriptive throughout the entire writing. There isn’t anything missing that would cause the story to be ambiguous and also there is nothing missing that would cause the reading to be confusing. This was a good story by Mark Twain.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Custom-House Literary Response
Steve Epting
AP English
Custom-House Literary Response
In this review of the Custom-House, of the novel The Scarlet Letter, it gives deeper meaning of what Nathaniel Hawthorne is trying to say. Hawthorne tells a story of a woman that comes to find who she really is, when involved in chaos. The town mocks her and scandalizes her name. She starts to realize that she doesn’t need to impress anyone in the town. So she doesn’t care what the people say and she starts to take pride in herself.
One critic reviewed the novel and praised the “exquisiteness of Hawthorne’s genius” and the “affluence of imagination and bold and striking thought.” I agree with this critic because Hawthorne is an efficient author. He has great skill as a writer, even though I didn’t understand every ample word that was written. This novel was written in the 1800s; words used were benumbed, Salemite, and sire and grandsire. This novel was written out of spite and rage, and that’s where we get the hatred from in the book.
There’s an abundance of symbols in this book. There are things such as the roses near the threshold of the prison, the “relationship” between Pearl and Hester, and the symbol of romance between two people. This book holds a cluster of meaning and value.
AP English
Custom-House Literary Response
In this review of the Custom-House, of the novel The Scarlet Letter, it gives deeper meaning of what Nathaniel Hawthorne is trying to say. Hawthorne tells a story of a woman that comes to find who she really is, when involved in chaos. The town mocks her and scandalizes her name. She starts to realize that she doesn’t need to impress anyone in the town. So she doesn’t care what the people say and she starts to take pride in herself.
One critic reviewed the novel and praised the “exquisiteness of Hawthorne’s genius” and the “affluence of imagination and bold and striking thought.” I agree with this critic because Hawthorne is an efficient author. He has great skill as a writer, even though I didn’t understand every ample word that was written. This novel was written in the 1800s; words used were benumbed, Salemite, and sire and grandsire. This novel was written out of spite and rage, and that’s where we get the hatred from in the book.
There’s an abundance of symbols in this book. There are things such as the roses near the threshold of the prison, the “relationship” between Pearl and Hester, and the symbol of romance between two people. This book holds a cluster of meaning and value.
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