oedipus

The purpose of oedipus it to teach a lesson. in this ancient greek story, the main character cannot escape fate. his parents were told that their own son was going to kill his father and bear children with his mom frightened his parents cast his baby body to get killed. but the shepard in charge of taking his life changed that. he sold him. later on in life he ends up killing a group of people, wich was his biological fathers caravan. Oedipus becomes king and marrys a woman, who happens to be his mother (but he doesnt know that till just before he pulls his eyeballs out). this fable has a meaning. YOU CANT ESCAPE FATE!!

Beauty

When was the last time you read a genie story?Well here you go folks, an all grown up, real scenario genie story! the doesnt even have that good ol' storytime feel to it. Never would have thought it was about a genie in a bottle. The dialogue was very human, and the setting, as well as the reactions from the people, and maby even the genie( i have never met one before haha). All in all, it was a great little tale to pass the time!

I Dream Before I Stand

"I Dream Before I Stand" takes place with a girl and a lawyer, and he is "grilling" her for informatoin about what happened to her in a park. It was very repetitive, but effective. the dialouge was very well written. And because of the repitition, the story easily sticks in your mind. i enjoyed reading this peice. the story creates great imagry. i could picture the whole thing in my mind.

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Plot Summary
O’Connor’s story is told by a third person narrator, but the focus is on the Grandmother’s perspective of events. Even though she complains that she would rather go to Tennessee than Florida for vacation, she packs herself (and secretly her cat, Pitty Sing) in the car with her son Bailey, his wife, and their children June Star, John Wesley, and the baby. In a comical instance of foreshadowing, she takes pains to dress properly in a dress and hat, so that if she were found dead on the highway everyone would recognize her as a lady.
When the family stops for lunch at Red Sammy Butts’ barbecue place, the proprietor, a husky man, is insulted by June Star. Nevertheless, he and the Grandmother discuss the escaped murderer known as the Misfit. Noting that the world is increasingly a more dangerous and unfriendly place, Red Sammy tells the Grandmother that these days “A good man is hard to find.” Back on the road, the Grandmother convinces her hen-pecked son to go out of their way so they can visit an old plantation she recalls from her childhood. The children second her suggestion when she mentions that the house contains secret passageways. Soon after Bailey turns down a dirt road “in a swirl of pink dust” with “his jaw as rigid as a horseshoe,” the Grandmother realizes that the plantation is not in Georgia, where they are, but in Tennessee. This sudden realization causes her to upset Pitty Sing’s basket. The cat leaps out onto Bailey’s shoulder, and the surprise causes him to lose control of the car and roll it into a ditch.
No one is seriously hurt, and the children are inclined to view the accident as an adventure. Soon a car happens along the desolate stretch of road and the family believes the driver will stop and help them. As the driver makes his way down the embankment, the Grandmother thinks “his face was as familiar to her as if she had known him all her life but she could not recall who he was.” As soon as he starts to speak, however, she recognizes him as the infamous Misfit. He is accompanied by two other men; they are all carrying guns and are dressed in clothes that are clearly not their own. The first thing he wants to know is if the car will still run.
While the Misfit talks with the grandmother, his two accomplices, Hiram and Bobby Lee, take each member of the family off to the woods and shoot them. Soon the Misfit obtains Bailey’s bright yellow shirt with blue parrots on it, and he and the Grandmother are alone. She tries to convince him that he is “not a bit common,” in an effort to flatter him and spare her life. When it becomes clear that her words are having little effect on him, she becomes speechless for the first time in the story. “She opened and closed her mouth several times before anything came out. Finally she found herself saying, ‘Jesus. Jesus,’ meaning Jesus will help you, but the way she was saying it, it sounded as if she might be cursing.”
The Misfit’s explanation for his behavior provides an opportunity for the self-centered Grandmother to reflect on her beliefs in the moments before he shoots her “three times through the chest.” The Misfit explains that “Jesus thown everything off balance.” In her final moment, the Grandmother reaches out and touches the Misfit, whispering “You’re one of my own children!.” The Misfit’s final commentary on the Grandmother is that “she would of been a good woman . . . if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.”

http://www.answers.com/topic/a-good-man-is-hard-to-find-story-2

The story"a good man is hard to find" is a quite odd one. i personally found it boring, and completely lost interest from beggining to end. I was confused at many points, and the story line just didnt "do it" for me. it seemed very piontless.

Where are you going, where have u been?

The situation that the main character in the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been", encounters seems, unlikeley, but its not. Most people would naturally say after reading the book " well I would have ran", or " I would have hit him" or "I would have called the cops". but what do you think the young women that this nightmare became a reality for, were thinking? i think that is probably one of the most terrifying experiences someone could go through. think about it. Put yourself in that teenage girls shoes. Absolutely horrifying

Human compassion?!? where?!?

See, human compassion is a funny thing. We will open our hearts and wallets for an animal shelter that needs a new set of kennels, or the "Christians childrens Fund", but someone has to tell me that there is more then that that we can do. Some people have the view that disease, famine, poverty, and murder are all ways of "natural selection" or survival of the fittest. Some say its population control. they are both sane and logical, but where the hell is the compassion in that? Im not one to talk, because i agree with both of thoes ideas. =)

The Story of an Hour

The Story of an Hour in my opinion was a strange story, with some similarities to Shakespears romeo and Juliet. The story is about a woman, Ms. Mallard, whos husband supposedly dies in a trainwreck. She is upset but only for a short period. Then she realizes that she is "free" from him. She becomes excited at the thought of being free. But when, in amazement, her husband opened the front door, unharmed( infact in the story it states he was far from the scene of the accident), Ms. Mallard collapsed of heart disease. The author, Kate Chopin, did a good job sending this story in directions unexpectedly. It would have been much more enjoyable if it was longer.

Nine ten

I have never been in jury duty, but i have heard stories. In this story, noone is happy to be there. They all complain about being there, and their own personal issues. At one point, a jurer is trying to teach another one dance moves. They were obviously bored. In my opinion, it was a boring story, and there wasnt much to like about it.

I think that the Story "diner for one" was kind of odd. The butler gets drunk,and the old woman suffers from old age and lonliness( and possibly schitzofrenia) in this strange comedy. sheer goofeyness and repitition gives this peice a british humor feel. one apparently significant line within the play is "Same procedure as every year". i feel there are two interpretations. one is the old woman has schitzofrenia, and the butler is "the guests", or, the old woman is lonley, and she wants to get the butler drunk so he takes he "up stairs". those are my interpretations.

The Big Black Good Man

Alot of people would look at this and see racism. am i wrong? I see a situation thant doesnt matter what color the "assailant" is. I dont care if hes white, black, brown, gold, orange, blue, purple... anyone thats " too big" would be scary. Especially if they put their hands around ones neck. If the man had been asian, he would have said "big asian good man".It doesnt matter. He himself said he wasnt racist. It was all based on circumstance.

sunday in the park

This story seems like a common occurence, with or without the involvement of children. It is one thing to protect the ones that you love, but this man clearly crosses the line to being a bully. The other man, would instinctually stand up for his children, but being the man he was, this situation was foreign to him. His wife was counting on him, almost anticipating on a fight, and his children near by, as well as his own pride within him, made him nervous for fear of embarassment and shame if he had lost the fight. But using the logical resoning that moulded his character, he escaped form this near inner disaster.

good ol' valentine

Damnit, i think the little bastard struck again. Love is in the air and everyones goin soft. im only 18 and i feel old when i say " man i can remember being stupid" or " wow love is awsome." i honestly think the concept of valentinesday is good, ya know, show your love that you still love her/him, "no matter what". But it just isnt for me. I would rather live it up then live it tied down. i think valentines day shouldnt be a day to spend together, but apart. Take the day to "detox" from your significant other, and the day after will be a much better day. The time apart lets you reflect on how you really feel about the person, and at the end of the day, when she is back in your arms, you will know if they are the right person. Dont get scared if the day felt good not being in contact with that person, its normal to want to get away. But on this day you should me evaluating the pros and cons of the relationship. But hell, thats just my opinion.

Reflection on Doe Season

The story "Doe Season", written by David Kaplan, is a story about a girl, who calls herself Andy and goes on a hunting trip with her father, his friend and his son. on this hunting trip, Andy stumbles upon a bit of self -discovery. Andy does better than any of the men she was with. still, she has a difficult time adjusting and adapting to the men themselves. she felt extremely uncomfortable with the references made to and about her. when she was by herself gathering sticks, she saw a buck and two doe. being excited and the only one to see any deer on the trip, she scurried back to the camp. And of course, the men, being so sure of themselves, responded with hostility. They all searched the surrounding the forrest for the deer, and none were found. she felt very astranged when the young man in the group when he called her a liar. These awkward and sometimes painful situations brought her to the conclusion that she could not succede in the world if she was to be a boy. she was a girl, and with that came her own responsibilities.

the true beast

The song name compilation that i made to fit poem format is called " "The True Beast".
"The True beast". this poem is about a sleeping beast, that is feared. one day it awoke and reaked all havoc on the town at the base of the mountain it resides in. With this beast destroying almost everything, the only thing left was for the survivors to pray. Soon their lives were extinguished with great ease at the hand of this demonic presence. When all is said and done, the beast goes back to sleep not to wake again till the next feeding....


"the true beast" "unfurling a darkened gospel""confined""the mountain""day in black""the stench of misery""entities""rebirth"' now arise"' coming alive""decending"" ressurection"" walk with me in hell"" fake messiah""the take over"" fucking bow down"" the days are numbered"" hold back the day"" burn it down"" let the bodies hit the floor"" burnt beyond recognition"" the only medicine"" the prayer of the refugees"" Decimate the weak"" forged in fire"" flesh bones and weakness"" The last goodbye"" bleed alone"" the last attack"" a cold laugistic slaughter"" The monsters deconstruction"" the ascent" the mountain"" a tyrants slumber""

Love love love.... what is the stuff really? Isnt it just chemical reactions in our brains and sex organs? Whats the damn hype?I personally have fallen in "love" twice. It was great untill the arguing and bickering began. then what? You break up. Breakups suck. Its all pain and bullshit. In my opinion, i have been much more happy and less stressful sence i have gotten out and over my last love. Being single has been the best thing for me. Its not the relationship part thats bad, its the "what if it doesnt work " factor.

under the banyan tree

Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan, set in and around the fictitious town of Malgudi in South India. The stories range from the humorous to the serious and all are filled with Narayan's acute observations of human nature. The concluding story, Under the Banyan Tree, is about a village story-teller who concludes his career by taking a vow of silence for the rest of his life, realizing that a story-teller must have the sense to know when to stop and not wait for others to tell him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Banyan_Tree_and_Other_Stories

A banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree (or on structures like buildings and bridges). "Banyan" often refers specifically to the species Ficus benghalensis, though the term has been generalized to include all figs that share a unique life cycle, and systematically to refer to the subgenus Urostigma.[1] The seeds of banyans are dispersed by fruit-eating birds. The seeds germinate and send down roots towards the ground, and may envelop part of the host tree or building structure with their roots, giving them the casual name of "strangler fig." The "strangling" growth habit is found in a number of tropical forest species, particularly of the genus Ficus, that compete for light.[2][3][4] Any Ficus species showing this habit may be termed a strangler fig.
Older banyan trees are characterized by their aerial prop roots which grow into thick woody trunks which, with age, can become indistinguishable from the main trunk. Old trees can spread out laterally using these prop roots to cover a wide area. The largest such tree is now found in Kolkata in India. One of the most famous of banyan trees was planted on the island of Kabirvad in Gujarat. Records show that the Kabirvad tree is more than 300 years old. Another famous banyan tree was planted in 1873 in Lahaina's Courthouse Square in Hawai'i, and has now grown to cover two-thirds of an acre.
Like other Fig species (which includes the common edible fig Ficus carica), banyans have unique fruit structures and are dependent on fig wasps for reproduction. A variety of the Banyan known as Indian Banyan or Ficus bengalensis is the National tree of India.[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan

a cool 360 degree panoramic picture is available at http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen7/f23-banyan-tree.html. (click and drag picture to see from any angle)

from what i have read from other blogs and from research, the banyan tree is a tree thats roots grow into the gound, then back upwards, creating more limbs that are all "jut" out of the ground. in my opinion its the perfect tree to make a treehouse. this special tree is native to india, and many magic lore surround this amazing example of flore.

john updike

John Hoyer Updike was a writer from Reading ,PN(March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009).
he became well known for his rabbit series (the novels Rabbit, run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and the novella "Rabbit Remembered") wich he awarded the Pulitzer prize. JOhn regularly wrote for the New York Review of Books, and a few of his poems appeared in the New Yorker. later on in life, john moved with his family to Ipswich, Massachusetts.


In 1971, Updike published a sequel to Rabbit, Run called Rabbit Redux, his response to the 1960s; Rabbit reflected much of Updike's confusion and ambivalence towards the social and political changes that beset the United States during that time.[16] In 1980 he published another novel featuring that character, Rabbit Is Rich, which won the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, all the three major American literary prizes. The novel found "Rabbit the fat and happy owner of a Toyota dealership."[10] Updike found it difficult to end the book, because he was "having so much fun" in the imaginary county Rabbit and his family inhabited.[16] In 1990, he published the last Rabbit novel, Rabbit At Rest, in which his main character died. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Over 500 pages long, the novel is among Updike's most celebrated. In 2000, Updike included the novella "Rabbit Remembered" in his collection Licks of Love, drawing a final close to the Rabbit saga. His Pulitzers for the two final Rabbit novels makes him one of only three writers to have won two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, the other two being William Faulkner and Booth Tarkington.
In 1995, Everyman's Library collected and canonized the four novels as the omnibus Rabbit Angstrom, for which Updike wrote an introduction in which he described Rabbit as "a ticket to the America all around me. What I saw through Rabbit's eyes was more worth telling than what I saw through my own, though the difference was often slight."[17] Updike later called Rabbit "a brother to me, and a good friend. He opened me up as a writer."[18]
Updike's early Olinger period was set in the Pennsylvania of his youth; it ended around 1965 with the lyrical Of the Farm. Updike then became most famous as a "chronicler of suburban adultery."[19] He once wrote that it was "a subject which, if I have not exhausted, has exhausted me." The most prominent of Updike's novels of this vein is Couples (1968), a novel about adultery in a small fictional Massachusetts town called Tarbox. It garnered Updike an appearance on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "The Adulterous Society."
The Maple short stories, collected in Too Far To Go (1979), reflected the ebb and flow of Updike's first marriage; "Separating" (1974) and "Here Come the Maples" (1976) related to Updike's divorce. Those stories were the basis for the television movie also called Too Far To Go which was broadcast by NBC. Two other novels from this period, A Month of Sundays (1975), the first in Updike's so-called Scarlet Letter trilogy, and Marry Me: A Romance (1976), are also meditations on suburban adultery.[10]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Updike