I think we had a great class today and for this I thank you.
With your blog entries I would like to offer you the following feedback and advice:
1.) A response that shows depth of thought in my opinion can be no less than 250 words.
2.) The writing on our blog is not analytical but it still should take on a formal response...simply, write from the heart but articulate your heartfelt opinions using strong and mature language and phrases.
3.) Citing the text is always a good idea.
4.) Write from the heart but revise with the head, and always remember that something you feel will find its own form.
If you would like to post an optional blog entry please do it here--here is the topic:
Why were Bobby Crow's eyes full of murder and when was a time when you, personally, understood what Bobby might have been feeling on page 152.
Thank you for all that you do and all of the thoughts that you share.
Best,
AK
4 comments:
Eliza
If Bobby's life in that snippet of text would be a novel, I would call it some like: The typical teenager
or something non- creative. Sadly this is normal, pain as a direct result to love is like grass growing on a field, all different slightly, but in general the same
Yes, Bobby Crow is one of my favorite characters- although he is not featured as much as some people, like Dwight or Rosemary, he has a VERY prominent but suddle roll. C
Compared to Kenneth, Bobby is a saint, he is beautiful and unpredictable in his own mysterious way.
Toby is trying to be all suave and COOL, by calling him Bobo, which would make a personal connection between them, making Toby seems "cool". I mean whats better then being friendly with the high school's former best player. Norma has caused Bobby to become broken hearted and upset- Toby calls him this name- brining up painful memories, its like taking off a band-aid, many days to early, he still needs to heal, and apparently right now hes in the angry stage (which is not wrong,your feeling aren't wrong), ESPECIALLY because this little freshman attacked this heart-broken man
"I though I would impress the two boys I was with by a show of familiarity. As we walked by the truck..." (152). Here is Bobby, trying to keep cool during this hard time, trying to not resort to taking his anger out on someone or thing (murder?!) and Toby comes over trying to be cool.
Toby, you really blew it there.
Of course Toby didn't process this, he is angry at Bobby for stealing "his" Norma, so he could have been trying to hurt him, to show him whose boss. Bobby denies it, pretending he has never heard the name. I feel for Bobby, when someone brings something up that's painful, it hurts! It can be accidental, or meant as a joke, but came too soon, or they could really just be trying to hurt you but they are the people who I feel for even more, because there just plain rotten, some by birth, some by influence.
Sometimes scenarios is our head play out differently then they do in the real world,
it sucks.
Maddy Keefe
Bobby Crow is feeling many emotions in this moment. His eyes are full of murder. You can almost feel the anger penetrating through him and you can see the look in his eyes without a picture. Bobby Crow is angry because Toby called him Bobo which was Norma's pet name for him. All he wants is to forget about Norma and all the love he still holds for her. Just when he is starting forget, Toby brings her up again. He is also embarrassed, because Toby is young and has insulted him in front of his friends. I have also felt this murderous anger. This usually happens to me because of something my brother says or implies to my friends. He embarrasses me and I become furious. When you are in this position you feel stuck. Nothing can be done to erase this situation and you have to be brave and embrace it.
Bobby Crow is trying to get over Norma, the hurt and distress of losing her. When Toby tries to impress his friends by being cool by association, he fails. Utterly fails. The last thing in the world that Bobby Crow would want to hear coming out of some ones mouth is Norma’s affectionate, pet name for him. Toby decides to make himself out to be cool in front of his friends, and call Bobby, Bobo, Bobby loathes him for it. You can feel the hate coming through the page, it is so furious.
Bobby has finally forgotten, and now, with one word, everything comes rushes back, faster than a tsunami. His anger. His pain. His suffering. All of this just because Toby decided he wanted to look cool in front of a couple of kids. Bobby wants nothing to do with Toby, “Who the hell are you talking to?” (152) Bobby says to Toby, eyes full of murder and blame. Toby feels ashamed of what he has done, but that doesn’t make a difference. The deed is done.
-Hallie
Chris Richards
Andrew Kasprzak
English 9-A
March 30, 2010
The wedding ring is symbolically important because it ultimately becomes the culmination of Edward Bloom’s stories. Edward Bloom references the ring within the opening minutes of the movie when he describes the story of William’s birth. The one uncatchable fish in the water, which Edward grapples with, takes the ring and forces to spit the ring back up. This juxtaposition between the wedding ring and the fish is a reference to Edward and his wife later in life; Edward was the big fish, and once he had grown as big as he could, he obsesses with the idea of marriage, taking the form of the ring. The ring serves a similar purpose in an earlier chapter of Edward’s life. The day Edward first meets Sandra she shows him a wedding ring already placed on her finger. Edward states that the only way to catch an uncatchable woman is with a wedding ring; however, he does no insinuate at charming a woman, but rather directly references the ring as a reminder of his love for Sandra, and the journey that had brought him to her. Edward’s life comes full circle within William narration; he enters the river, exactly where the story began. When he is in the river, he coughs up his wedding ring just as the fish he fought with had done over forty years previously. This scene connects and relates Edward to the uncatchable fish. He gives the ring back to his wife, and with this ring comes his entire legacy; every story he told, every adventure he underwent, and every friend he made, he hands over to his family; because even though Edward dies, his stories can live on.
Chris
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