Upon what occasions might one still make use of Bartleby’s response, “I prefer not to”?
- Does Whitman fulfill his promise that he will show his readers the origin of poems, and if so, where do you locate this “origin”?
- Lecture 2 videos: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/4a9bb590-6c0…
- *(The Book you need to answer Part of the questions is Attached down below (PDF))
- *(The Discussion Assignment is due tommorrow at 11:59pm ET so start this immediately)
Peer responses
respond to each of the two students posts and use 150-200 words when responding. Start of by saying (Hello name)
Stefania
1.Post at least one question/point in response to Lecture.
I have always found Poe interesting, I wonder if he had not experienced great loss would his work have been less dark?
2.Post the most important question you would like to ask about any of the work’s/writers you have read this week.
I would like to have asked Poe where is inspiration came from or was it a little of mental illness that he embraced to help him with his work?
3.Upon what occasions might one still make use of Bartleby’s response, “I prefer not to”?
Bartleby’s “I prefer not to”, reminds me of something that I wish I could say most days. To me it personifies the feeling of having the power to say no. It was just a nicer way of saying no. The word “prefer” is very interesting to have been chosen. I think most people would have said “I don’t want to” or just “no”. I think the power in the statement comes from the fact that there is a choice. It is saying “I choose not to”. The occasions that the statement, “I prefer not to”, would be at any time a person is presented with a situation where they don’t want to participate in an action.
4.Does Whitman fulfill his promise that he will show his readers the origin of poems, and if so, where do you locate this “origin”?
I believe that Whitman does fulfill his promise. Even though he doesn’t straight say “this is the origin”, he instead describes the origin of poems with every line that is written in “Song of Myself”. The origin of poems comes from life, our experiences, dreams, heartaches, from nature, and everything else around us.
Tamara
1.) After reviewing Don Melander’s lecture video 2 in this week’s curriculum, one of the questions that comes to mind is:
Why did artists and poets who practiced the belief systems of “symbolism” “nature” as well as “transcendentalism” recieve more recognition than “romanticistic” writers and artist such as William Blake in the 1700 to 1800’s?
2.) One of the most relevant questions that comes to mind after reviewing week two’s lecture video as well as the readings involves “transcendentalism” “symbolism’ as well as “romanticism” Hence:
Why, is humanity still struggling with the same debates and controversies regarding religious and scientific practices and/or beleif systems in which have occured for centuries with no real resolutions up to this point in time? Hence, think of all the unnecessary wars in which have been fought in the name religion.
3.) In reference to Herman Melvine’s story, “Bartleby, The Scrivener,” and his renowned quote that states, “I perfer not to,” one might utilze this term today by exercising personal boundaries and/or on a more dramatic scale, exercise their Constitutional Right’s. In Melvine’s story, Bartleby’s character uses this four letter term throughput the storyline to politely refuse to go “above and beyond” what is required of him in the office. Therefore, when the word “prefer” is magnified under the looking glass of the reader, it leaves the suggestion more “open” without an “absolute” refusal to adhere to his boss’s directives. It is fair to say that if the average person in today’s society responded to a superior with Bartleby’s attitude of, “I prefer not to,” they would more than likely be terminated from further employment within the company.
4.) Is it fair to say that renowned poet and writer, Walt Whitman was stereotypical on behalf of race? Hence, as a democratic, white man, the book states that Whitman justified the Mexican War by, “Peopling the New World with a noble race.” Norton Anthology of American Literature (Levine) p 1071 (2017). Although, Whitman seemed to have delivered his promise that he would show the readers the orgin of his poems and he di introduce a unique style of writing in the use of “catalogs” in which were “encyclopedic” as well as “journalistic” in his “Preface Leaves to Grass” it appears to me that Whitman clearly delivers the orgin of poems to only one such race; that of whote descendants. A brilliant poet was he, yet , perhaps his idea of the “American Dream”was sadly limmited by the deliverance of one race. Hence, he writes about “survival of the fittest” in the beginning of the preface of, “To leaves of grass,” he adds, “America does not repel the past or what it has produced….under its forms or amid politics….or idea of castes or the old religions….accepts the lessons with calmness….is not soimpatient as has been supposed….that the slough still sticks to opinions and manners and literature while the life whihc served its requirements has passed intio the new lifeof new forms….percieves that the corpse is slowly borne from the eating and sleeping rooms of the house….percieves that it was a little while in the door….that it was fittest for days….that its action has descended to the stalwart and well shaped heir who appraoches….and he shall be fittest for ddays.” Perhaps Whitman delivered his orgin of poems in the sense of creativity, however in a very narrow-minded way, at least in my opinion. Hence, American History was founded on white-supremacy, sadly. Hwever, Whitman did introduce “free-verse” and “poetic expression.”
Response Essay 2
Symbolism
Write a three-paragraph essay, two pages, APA Format, and use references in response to these two questions about the works you have read this week:
What short story, essay, or poem most inspired you and why did it inspire you?
If you choose a story by Hawthorne or Melville or a poem by Poe or Whitman, please be sure to discuss characters, point of view, and structure; if you choose an essay by Emerson or Thoreau, be sure to discuss ideas and the extent to which you agree/disagree with them and why you do so.
Please submit assignment by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. EST
If an essay is below standard (below a “C”) in terms of content, style, and punctuation, you will have to rewrite it to receive a grade, so be sure not to submit first drafts.
Acceptable essays will graded “B” if they meet the demands of the assignment, “A” if they both meet the demands of the assignment and teach me something, and “C” if they are minimally satisfactory.
You may rewrite C- and B-level essays (except for the final essay), but if your essays progress in quality, you will earn a final grade based on improvement rather than an average of all assignments (of course, if you work is “up and-down,” your final grade will be more of an average grade)
Pages to help you with assignment and essay
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee,” pp. 731–739, and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” pp. 749–762
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nature,” pp.550–582
Henry David Thoreau, “Resistance to Civil Government” and Walden chapters “Economy” and “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” pp. 900–972.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, pp .651–655, “Young Goodman Brown,” pp. 668–67, and “The Minister’s Black Veil,” pp. 685–694
Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” pp.1154–1184
Walt Whitman, Preface to Leaves of Grass, pp. 1070–1088, “Song of Myself,” pp. 1088-1133
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