March 22nd

In both stories, "Araby" and "Eveline" written by James Joyce you can clearly see his interests, commonalities in thinking and his religous side coming out.

He displayes his interests in love in both stories. In Araby we can clearly see that he is fasinated with Mangan's sister."Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlor watchning he door"(187). "When she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped"(187). "Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance"(187).  In Eveline,  the same is clearly shown but towards a boy she had met, Frank. "Frank was very kind, manly,  open-hearted"(192). "First of all it had been an excitement for her to have a fellow and then she had begun to like him."(192). Both show of  Joyce's emotional side being brought out.

Joyce's commonalities in thinking can be shown when both characters thought processing leads them to be in front of a window contemplating. "Their cries reached me weakened and indistinct and,  leaning my forhead against the cool glass....I may have stood there for an hour,  seeing nothing but the brown-clad figure cast by my imagination..."(189). Eveline in the same way find herself staring out the window. "She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne. She was tired" (191). Showing in both stories that Joyce's way of contemplating was always found next to a
window.

Finally in both stories we can see Joyce's religous side coming out with the mention of priests and God. wether he believed in God or not we know, we do know that he does have some religous aspect in his life. " The Former tenant of our house, a priest, had died in the back drawing room" (187). Eveline in the same way mentions a priest. "And yet during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yellowing photograph hung on the wall above the broken harmonium beside the coloured print of the promises made to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque." (191). Along with the priest Joyce's shows belief in God. "She felt her cheek pale and cold and, out of maze of distress, she prayed to God to direct her,  to show her what was her duty."(193). Joyce demonstrates a good use of his religous aspect in both stories.

March 8th

Dead Man's Path by Chinua Achebe

1. Chinua Achebe's "Dead Man's Path" is a story about the importance of keeping traditions alive.
        

  1. Traditions keep us linked with our past

                        1. ""The Path" said the teacher apologetically, "appears to be very important to them. Although its is hardly used, it connects the village shrine with their place of burial"".(270)
                        2. " Our dead relatives depart by it and our ancestors visit us by it".(270)
         

 2. Keeping traditions alive unifies a village.

                        1. "This path was here before you were born and before your father was born the whole life of this village depends on it".(270)

                        2. The village then called on a diviner to find favor with the ancestors,

  3. One mans goal changes a village.
                        1. Mr. Obi's goal to modernize the school turned into the downfall of the school and the village.
                        2. "Tribal-war situation developing between the school and the village, arising in part from the misguided zeal of the new headmaster".(271)
 

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor

1. Good versus evil can be clearly seen in a Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor.

   1.One wrong doing can bring ones evil side out.
                         1. Accused of murdering his father,  The Misfit was sent to the penitentiary.
                         2. "I found out the crime don't matter. You can do one thing or you can do another, kill a man or take a tire off his car, because sooner or later you're going to forget what it was you done and just be punished for it".(266)

    2. Fix your mistake before its too late.
                         1. When the grandmother insists on going to see the old house,  she remembers it is in Tennessee and not Georgia and doesn't tell anyone.
                         2. "We've had an ACCIDENT"(263)

   3. When somoene turns evil they have no care in the world.                     
                         1. The Misfit has no feelings towards murdering the family.
                         2. "Take her off and rhrow her where you thown the others".(268)

March 1st

Showering and being clean is essential to everyone. Most types of soap tend to leave behind residue on your skin and dry your skin out. Dove Deep Moisture Nourishing Body Wash is of the opposite. It is known for hydrating your skin and leaving it looking healthier. Although, a touch of lotion is recommended to further hydrate your skin. My roomates and I all use Dove Deep Moisture Nourishing Body Wash and love it. It is fairly cheap and you can buy at your local Walmart or Drug Store. In addition, I enjoy almost all the products made by Dove. They work exactly how they advertise and never disappoint.