"In either case, there was very much the same solemnity of demeanour on the part of the spectators; as befitted a people amongst whom religion and law were almost identical, and in whose character both were so thoroughly interfused, that the mildest and the severest acts of public discipline were alike made venerable and awful." ((Chapter 2/PAGE 47))
The way of life for the Puritans that make up the colony has no law but the religious teachings that have been engrained into every colonist. This behaviour is expected, living by God and the Puritan ethics is the norm; the law. The society will be heavily contrasted by Hester Prynn who commits a treacherous sin, which goes against the religion, meaning that her actions go against the society. The citizens will mock her because she is essentially an outcast to the society (A sinner.). However, she isn't alone because no matter how perfect the Puritans think their world is, the prison previously stated in the first chapter signifies that human nature will always be present no matter the society or culture.
Physiognomies - (n.) A person's facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of ethnicity.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
-~- DIALECTICAL JOURNAL #3 -~-
"But, on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him." ((Chapter 1/PAGE 45-46))
The only thing that hasn't completely depressed me in this chapter thus far: the rose-bush. It seems to be the only thing contradicting the whole scene at the dark building with the group of gray hooded people. It is nature, and although the dark building that has been beat up and run down due to the effects of age and weather, it remains the only pleasurable sight on the scene. Perhaps it is signifying that although man can commit sin against his fellow man, nature is always there to comfort those who see the beauty in it. The prisoner, the criminal, they look at the rose-bush and its growth on such a miserable place in the Earth, yet it serves as a symbol of kindness and hope to the sinners.
The only thing that hasn't completely depressed me in this chapter thus far: the rose-bush. It seems to be the only thing contradicting the whole scene at the dark building with the group of gray hooded people. It is nature, and although the dark building that has been beat up and run down due to the effects of age and weather, it remains the only pleasurable sight on the scene. Perhaps it is signifying that although man can commit sin against his fellow man, nature is always there to comfort those who see the beauty in it. The prisoner, the criminal, they look at the rose-bush and its growth on such a miserable place in the Earth, yet it serves as a symbol of kindness and hope to the sinners.
-~- DIALECTICAL JOURNAL #2 -~-
"The founders of a new colony, whatever utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison." ((Chapter 1/PAGE 45))
The colonists that first came to America were happy that they found such prosperous new land. This 'virgin soil' had no set guidelines on what to do with it, it was up for grabs, fair game, the place was, in fact, a utopia in the eyes of the colonizing people. However, this excerpt states that no matter how peaceful or remarkable the newcomers found this land to be, the true nature of life had to be recognized. Death, violence, and sin were ever-present, and each of these had been catered to by laying land aside for a cemetery for the dead and a prison for those who had sinned.
The colonists that first came to America were happy that they found such prosperous new land. This 'virgin soil' had no set guidelines on what to do with it, it was up for grabs, fair game, the place was, in fact, a utopia in the eyes of the colonizing people. However, this excerpt states that no matter how peaceful or remarkable the newcomers found this land to be, the true nature of life had to be recognized. Death, violence, and sin were ever-present, and each of these had been catered to by laying land aside for a cemetery for the dead and a prison for those who had sinned.
-~- DIALECTICAL JOURNAL #1 -~-
"A throng of bearded men, in sad-coloured garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes." ((Chapter 1/PAGE 45))
The first paragraph of the book starts off with setting the story up to be drab, eerie, and dark. The heavy, imposing door lined with spikes seem to be the centerpiece for this big congregation of people. Perhaps what is inside is something sinister, perhaps they are sentencing someone to death or torturing children. (I hope not :( ) Either way, the whole scene has such a foreboding atmosphere coupled with a monotonous, gray tone that makes me think this story will be quite depressing.
The first paragraph of the book starts off with setting the story up to be drab, eerie, and dark. The heavy, imposing door lined with spikes seem to be the centerpiece for this big congregation of people. Perhaps what is inside is something sinister, perhaps they are sentencing someone to death or torturing children. (I hope not :( ) Either way, the whole scene has such a foreboding atmosphere coupled with a monotonous, gray tone that makes me think this story will be quite depressing.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Add semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks in the following sentences:
1. There was only one thing to do: study till dawn.
2. Montaigne wrote the following: "A wise man never loses anything if he has himself."
3. The following are the primary colors: red, blue, and yellow.
4. Arriving on the 8:10 plane were Liz Brooks, my old roommate, her husband and Tim; their son.
5. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lynn replied, "All the members of my family are poor spellers. Why not me?"
1. There was only one thing to do: study till dawn.
2. Montaigne wrote the following: "A wise man never loses anything if he has himself."
3. The following are the primary colors: red, blue, and yellow.
4. Arriving on the 8:10 plane were Liz Brooks, my old roommate, her husband and Tim; their son.
5. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lynn replied, "All the members of my family are poor spellers. Why not me?"
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Punctuation exercise .-.
1. Leonore walked on her head, a little higher than usual.
2. The driver managed to escape from the vehicle before it sank and swam to the river-bank.
3. Don't guess, use a timer of watch.
4. The convict said the judge is mad.
Fixed Versions: v
1. Leonore walked on, her head a little higher than usual.
2. The driver managed to escape from the vehicle before it sank, and swam to the river-bank.
3. Don't guess; use a timer or watch.
4. The convict said, "The judge is mad!"
Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, where ever they are needed in the following sentences.
1. Several countries participated in the airlift: Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
2. "Only one course was open to us: Surrender," said the ex-major, "and we did."
3. Judge Carswell--later to be nominated for the Supreme Court--had ruled against civil rights.
4. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article "How Not to Go Camping."
5. "Yes," Jim said, "I'll be home by ten."
2. The driver managed to escape from the vehicle before it sank and swam to the river-bank.
3. Don't guess, use a timer of watch.
4. The convict said the judge is mad.
Fixed Versions: v
1. Leonore walked on, her head a little higher than usual.
2. The driver managed to escape from the vehicle before it sank, and swam to the river-bank.
3. Don't guess; use a timer or watch.
4. The convict said, "The judge is mad!"
Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, where ever they are needed in the following sentences.
1. Several countries participated in the airlift: Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
2. "Only one course was open to us: Surrender," said the ex-major, "and we did."
3. Judge Carswell--later to be nominated for the Supreme Court--had ruled against civil rights.
4. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article "How Not to Go Camping."
5. "Yes," Jim said, "I'll be home by ten."
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
~ Outline of Declaration of Independence ~
Purpose: To declare themselves Independent from Britain because the King has been unjust in his rulings over them and the laws, taxes, and acts placed upon them are similar to those imposed by tyrants.
Thesis statement: We are breaking away from Britain as our overseas ruler and here are the reasons why:
Paragraph 1: We hold these truths to be self-evident, all men are created equal, men are granted the power to take away government and change for the betterment of the people.
Paragraph 2: The colonists have been suffering for so long under this tyrannical rule. The things that King/England has done are going to be listed, as necessary for the world to view.
Point 1: He has refused to agree to our laws that we wanted to pass that concerned the betterment of the people.
Point 2: He isn't letting Governors pass laws that matter. The important laws that are needed quickly are being delayed in their operation
Point 3: He is refusing to pass laws that cater to the small groups of people being able to vote, considering that their vote will instantly and always get overshadowed by the majority. (the King and Parliament.)
Point 4: He has placed legislative meeting places, gatherings, and buildings in inconvenient areas far from their ruling cities just for the fact that the commute and distance will bother them.
Point 5: Any party or legislative group that disagrees with his (The King's) opinions and laws have been dissolved and shut down.
Point 6: After many months of bargaining, he has refused to let the people have a say in the election of legislature.
Point 7: He has tried to hinder the population growth of the States and limiting the citizenship of those who are immigrating, discouraging future voyagers.
Point 8: He hasn't given the people in America judiciary powers and believes that they must be tried in England.
Point 9: He has made the decision on who shall be judges and how long they shall serve a term.
Point 10: He has issued more offices in the New World and sent his soldiers over to eat the food the American people worked hard for and to harass the people.
Point 11: He is keeping armies in the country without the consent of the America legislatures.
Point 12: He has rendered the militia separate from the high command.
Point 13: He has boxed us in to a jurisdiction that isn't compatible with the land that most people own past the line in the land he drew. He also has applied some other horrendous acts as follows:
a. Quartering soldiers in American peoples' houses without consent.
b. Protecting soldiers from prosecution from the cold murder they commit on the American people.
c. Cutting off imported goods, and executing trade systems.
d. Giving new, unwanted taxes.
e. Making us go to Europe to be tried and disabling jury trials.
f. When sent overseas, the counts we are tried on are nothing but pretend/petty offences.
g. He took away the rights of Americans and used America as an extended boundary to Britain and uses it just as an offshore instrument of issuing power and authority.
h. Taking away charters of land that have been our property for years, making governments and laws altered and strange.
i. For delaying the process of legislative powers and granting their own presence higher in the American government.
Point 14: It's been said by him that we are no longer under English protection due to the very forces that wage war upon as in fact, the English...
Point 15: He has taken from our harbours, burnt down our towers, taken from our shores, and really made the American life regress with their ruthless destruction.
Point 16: At the moment, he is transporting large groups of more troops and mercenaries to come do further damages to our wounded land.
Point 17: He has taken our own prisoner and forced them to fight against their homeland.
Point 18: He has encouraged the Indians who have a very harsh war style to fight against us.
Paragraph 3: In every way, shape, and form we have tried diplomacy to have Him rethink his policies and outlandish laws but to no avail. Every act has made Him appear more and more as a tyrant.
Paragraph 4: We have warned them that if they continue this way of treating us, there will be repercussions. He will rebel. There will be an uprising.
Paragraph 5: We are now declaring we've had enough, that we are now a country of our own. We are the United States of America and we are standing up to Britain because we have had it!
Thesis statement: We are breaking away from Britain as our overseas ruler and here are the reasons why:
Paragraph 1: We hold these truths to be self-evident, all men are created equal, men are granted the power to take away government and change for the betterment of the people.
Paragraph 2: The colonists have been suffering for so long under this tyrannical rule. The things that King/England has done are going to be listed, as necessary for the world to view.
Point 1: He has refused to agree to our laws that we wanted to pass that concerned the betterment of the people.
Point 2: He isn't letting Governors pass laws that matter. The important laws that are needed quickly are being delayed in their operation
Point 3: He is refusing to pass laws that cater to the small groups of people being able to vote, considering that their vote will instantly and always get overshadowed by the majority. (the King and Parliament.)
Point 4: He has placed legislative meeting places, gatherings, and buildings in inconvenient areas far from their ruling cities just for the fact that the commute and distance will bother them.
Point 5: Any party or legislative group that disagrees with his (The King's) opinions and laws have been dissolved and shut down.
Point 6: After many months of bargaining, he has refused to let the people have a say in the election of legislature.
Point 7: He has tried to hinder the population growth of the States and limiting the citizenship of those who are immigrating, discouraging future voyagers.
Point 8: He hasn't given the people in America judiciary powers and believes that they must be tried in England.
Point 9: He has made the decision on who shall be judges and how long they shall serve a term.
Point 10: He has issued more offices in the New World and sent his soldiers over to eat the food the American people worked hard for and to harass the people.
Point 11: He is keeping armies in the country without the consent of the America legislatures.
Point 12: He has rendered the militia separate from the high command.
Point 13: He has boxed us in to a jurisdiction that isn't compatible with the land that most people own past the line in the land he drew. He also has applied some other horrendous acts as follows:
a. Quartering soldiers in American peoples' houses without consent.
b. Protecting soldiers from prosecution from the cold murder they commit on the American people.
c. Cutting off imported goods, and executing trade systems.
d. Giving new, unwanted taxes.
e. Making us go to Europe to be tried and disabling jury trials.
f. When sent overseas, the counts we are tried on are nothing but pretend/petty offences.
g. He took away the rights of Americans and used America as an extended boundary to Britain and uses it just as an offshore instrument of issuing power and authority.
h. Taking away charters of land that have been our property for years, making governments and laws altered and strange.
i. For delaying the process of legislative powers and granting their own presence higher in the American government.
Point 14: It's been said by him that we are no longer under English protection due to the very forces that wage war upon as in fact, the English...
Point 15: He has taken from our harbours, burnt down our towers, taken from our shores, and really made the American life regress with their ruthless destruction.
Point 16: At the moment, he is transporting large groups of more troops and mercenaries to come do further damages to our wounded land.
Point 17: He has taken our own prisoner and forced them to fight against their homeland.
Point 18: He has encouraged the Indians who have a very harsh war style to fight against us.
Paragraph 3: In every way, shape, and form we have tried diplomacy to have Him rethink his policies and outlandish laws but to no avail. Every act has made Him appear more and more as a tyrant.
Paragraph 4: We have warned them that if they continue this way of treating us, there will be repercussions. He will rebel. There will be an uprising.
Paragraph 5: We are now declaring we've had enough, that we are now a country of our own. We are the United States of America and we are standing up to Britain because we have had it!
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