Arron Lambie, Blog # 9/14

"A floridly psychotic mania was followed, inevitably, by a long and lacerating, black, suicidal depression;"

To me the image i have selected represents this quote fairly well. The image of the person shows how serious the depression is because of the position they are in. The way they curl their body in a corner represents pain, loneliness and suffering. Also the black of the image represents depression itself, as depression is the condition of mental disturbance, where many persons suffer negative thoughts. The black represents their negative thoughts. The light in the image is reality, and it seems as though it is getting smaller because the person is going further and further into depression.

Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind, Alfred A. Knopf, INC. 1995, page 110

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Evan Adams #9/13

"One day in 1958 I looked at myself in a small shaving mirror I kept in my cell and saw a forty-year-old man looking back at me. A kid had come in back in 1938, a kid with a big mop of carroty red hair, half-crazy with remorse, thinking about suicide. That kid was gone. The red hair was going grey and starting to recede. There were crow's tracks around the eyes. On that day I could see an old man inside, waiting his time to come out. It scared me. Nobody wants to grow old in stir."

After all of the time Red has spent in jail, he has finally come to terms with himself. He realizes that throughout all of the trials and time he's spent in jail, he is not the same person he once was. The hard times of prison has aged him. This metamorphosis is not necessarily completely physical either. His young interior has changed as well. Prison has hardened him on the inside. He is not the same innocent person he was when he entered Shawshank. The painting I chose, entitled Aging Man, shows the many stages a young man takes to arrive at his elderly phase. It is representative of Red's transformation from his entrance to Shawshank, to the point in the story.

Book: King, Stephen. "The Shawshank Redemption." Different Seasons. New York: Viking, 1982. Print. (Page 49)
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LISA M. LUGO BLOG #9/13

"Most of the women I've known want their husbands home every night, whether they like him or not, just so they can have somebody to complain to"

The fact that Frank has only loved one woman in his life has impacted the view he has about women. In my opinion he has resentment over women, because the only person who has challenged him to love something that is not cockfighting is Mary Elizabeth (his only love). Since she is the only women who's had some influence over his priorities, makes him label women as a specie who are always striving to be part or take over a man's goal. I personally do not agree with his thinking, but I sense hatred from him towards females in general mainly because of the era he lives in. Therefore, I chose Tony and Edie by John Valadez because it represents the view he has about females. It shows how he thinks women constantly interfere with a man's satisfaction if they are not the main reason for their success

Charles Willeford, Cockfighter (New York: Vintage Books, 1972), page 154

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Ashley Hushka, Blog # 9/13

" The girl's eyelids, in the afternoon shade, lay half open as she hung, so filled with innocence, with stupedfied daughterly need, on each word, each space between words.



Prairie is just finding out that her mother that she has never met might be in some serious trouble. It's hard for her to comprehend what she hears. Poor Prairie doesn't even know who her mother is and what she is about, and now she learns that she might be in trouble. I chose this picture of Marion Cotillard in the movie "Innocence" to represent the quote. Although, she doesn't look completely innocent in this picture, she seems as if she did nothing wrong, but something unpleasant is happening in her life, just like Prairie.


Thomas Pynchon, Vineland (Canada: Little, Brown and Company, 1990) pg. 102
http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/the_terror_of_being_a_little_girl

Nader Hakim Blog #9

"if i'm going to die,God, please don't let it hurt. im such a baby about pain." she said in a low, trembling voice. i think this quote represents what the last thought of a dying person is. this thought varies from one person to the other greatly, one person would think about the pain, the other about his loved ones, another about money and maybe someone would actually think about food. but in the end they all come to beg God to help them; some of them only caring about god at the time and only when they need help with something out of their reach, which i think reflects weakness and disrespect. the picture i chose is a child begging for mercy from day one. this child represents all those people who talk to god only when they need his help. But dying painfully is one things a person would beg not to go through no matter what. Stephen King, Gerald's Game(the peguin group, 1993) pg. 234 http://www.danaehrlich.com/img/beg-u-to.jpg

Carly Gaffney Blog #9

"The offer was a beautifully engineered armored-car stickup."

The car in this case serves as a metaphor for something. It is something of great value that was well thought out. Cars can serve as many metaphors, at least from a guys perspective. They can somehow turn anything about a car into another meaning. The looks of an armored stick up is a something that is prepared. It has a lot of defenses to obtain the utmost protection in any given situation. The fact of this person's situation is also having a good defense and having all the details to make sure things go right. This armor is something that is used in the military. The military is known to have the best protection for its soldiers-it it crucial. The car represents strength, back bone, defensive, and power from anything that may cross its path.



Mickey Spillane, The Snake (Bath: Chivers Press, 1964), page 93

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Myall Budden #9/13

“He began a meticulous examination of a tapestry on the wall to conceal the fact that he was trying to hear what was going on behind the closed door.”

The above quote is describing a common theme among humanity. From social trends, to advertising, and even to political action, people often are displaying one thing, but mean something entirely different. You can see it among the young generation of kids in our culture; their different trends and constant pursuit and desire of what they think is cool and fashionable.Furthermore, advertising uses subliminal and hidden messages to reach a desired market. Just as this happens among our society, artists do the same thing among their art. The below picture may simply be two hands, but that is just what is seen externally. The artist surely meant for their to be a hidden meaning created from the positioning of the fingers and the black and white colors. From the painting, the hidden meaning that I see is something quite depressing and even desperate. The fingers and hands seem to be painful and in need. The hidden message among society as well as among artists are the most intriguing and valuable.

David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982), page 155

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BRIAN STANIS POST 9 OF 13

"On the other hand, it was unfortunate if a wife had to hold a job; on the other hand, it was considered far worse if the family was unable to purchase what were believed to be necessities for the home."

This quote greatly demonstrates the hardships and struggles of american families in the post WWII era. Families found themselves in the middle of a "tug-of-war" over what was important to them, their appearance in society or their general survival. This picture symbolizes what families were feeling during this time. They were concerned about their appearance of being weak with a wife working, however they knew that in-order to purchase critical goods they would need her to work so they could afford them. This picture demonstrates that no matter what, with either choice the family will not satisfy both demands.

Elaine Tyler May, Homeward Bound (Basic Books 1988) P. 149

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AMBER FAHRNER BLOG POST # 9

"One generation makes the money", Harrow told her once. "The next generation protects the money. The third runs out of it. People always forget what it takes to build a family fortune."

I think the quote represents how investment does not last forever. That people can take money for granted, or that people can take anything for granted if they are not careful. The quote means to be how things that are valuable can run out at anytime if one is not careful. That your belongings can be passed down from child to child and it will all run out if one chooses to be careless. I chose the picture of money on a toilet paper roll because it represents how endless amount can be taken without paying attention if you just grab a long strand. How money or anything valuable to a generation can just be used up so quickly by being careless and wasting away what should be passed on over years and years. So people need to be careful with how much they take and think about the other people that will also be in need.



Chuck Palahniuk, Diary Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday, 2003), page 150

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CECILIA EVANS-#9 of 13

"Egyptians regard the snake as too lucky a visitant to a house to kill and so tempt ill-luck, and Leila's long self-communing in the little summer-house would not have been complete without this indolent cobra which had learned to drink milk from a saucer like a cat."

In Egypt, cobras are sacred and were used as a symbol by the Pharaohs of their power over life and death. The cobra belongs to the species N. haje and is a five to eight foot long snake with a large head and a wide snout. Its eyes are big and its body is usually a brownish color which varies in shade and it often has a "tear drop" impression below the eye. Even though this is a venomous and therefore dangerous snake, some people keep them as pets, like Leila in the quote. Perhaps she fancies herself as a mythological Egyptian goddess, like Meretseger, who was believed to be a healer and protector of royal tombs and was thought to be dangerous, like a cobra, yet merciful. Leila was a kind of goddess to her family, for she wielded much power over her rivalrous sons. And, she seems to have cast a spell over the seemingly docile cobra who was her companion at her retreat.

The image is a photograph of an Egyptian style cobra frieze on display at the Yale University Art Gallery.

Lawrence Durrell; Balthazar; E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1958; Page 75.

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Katie Faunce post #9

"Jesse stood quietly and showed no emotion as the clerk of court read the results. The following morning only a handful of spectators were on hand to hear the judge pronounce sentence upon the man who committed Chatham County's most fiendish crime."

At the conclusion of Jesse McKethan's trial, he had been convicted of murder and his punishment was death by electric chair. Jesse received this news with no sign of emotion. Just a flat face as if it was something of his daily routine. Or maybe after all this time through the trial he became numb.

The picture I chose is of a killer. I chose this because killers can not get their emotions in the way of what they need to accomplish. They know that they can not be attached the the person that needs to be killed. If they do their safety becomes compromised.

Murray Silver, Behind the Moss Curtain (Bonaventure, 2005), pg 117

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CARINA DOMINGUEZ BLOG POST 9/14

"The issue of power interests me a lot."

Sometimes people believe that with power comes joy and ease, but it is not alway true. The character speaks of the power of her sexuality and when you think of her power you would assume it is a positive thing. However, she points out the conflicting aspects of her power. I chose a picture of President Barack Obama because he represents a power that people believe to be amazing, but people don't see the issues that come along with it. Now, after being elected, he is constantly being judged on his actions (or what he doesn't act on). People don't think that he is living up to his expectations of running for a position such as president. Before, people thought he was an amazing person but things changed very quickly after being elected. This proves that there are many issues when one withholds a power.

Frederique Delacoste, Priscilla Alexander, Sex Work (San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1987), page 101.

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Ala Salem; #9 of 13

"It took hours to find where the red clay was dug: a huge pit beside the river, miles south of the mounds. There an old man worked in a potter's shack, molding red clay into ropes, then coiling them into large pots and smoothing the coils with water. A huge, round clay oven outside the shack served as a kiln."

Apparently, the Mayans were experts in pottery. Their clay pots were professionally hand crafted and were obviously far from being considered as junk. Also, the Mayans hand crafted these pots simply by using the natural resources around them. It's almost like saying that Mayans made clay pots just like how Texans make hats.

Wolverton, D. A Very Strange Trip (Bridge Publications Inc. 1999) pg. 175

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KRISTIN HOLLOWAY #9 of 13 posts

"Are you afraid?" "I always thought I would be but I'm not"

This is a conversation from a wife and a husband. They are discussing that the end of the world is that very night and that they are unafraid. The whole world is not going into shock which makes this story very ironic. What we would expect the town to do would be to panic and go into this riot like we would see on T.V or in movies. In all reality I think the people of the world would be calm and act as if nothing was happening. That way there is no stress and we can act as though there is another day. I think it's just better off to not know that the world is ending personally and just let it happen. This ironic story should be how the world should end. Why panic if it will not change anything but justmake things worse off? It just brings up the question about our fears and how far we will take them to feel alive.

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Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man. (New York Times: Bantam Spectra Books, 1951), page 92

ALEXANDRIA ASCIOTI #8/14

"Everything seemed the same as usual. The shades were drawn, and the bathroom door was open a little, just to let in a little light; and she was sprawled out on her stomach asleep. Everything was the same...but it wasn't. It was one of those times."

Relationships are not always perfect because not one individual in the world is perfect. Everyone has their own faults and differences. In this case, with the two characters in the novel, they are not living a perfect relationship. The main character does not want to be with his girlfriend because she wants to marry him. However, he does not want to be tied down just yet in his life. Despite their differences, he still enjoys the way she makes him feel. In this situation, he is experiencing a perfect moment with her; although, it's moments like these that do not last long. He understands that this moment is only a mask for what their relationship really stands for.

I chose this image because it reminds me of the relationship in the novel. The main characters do not communicate well with each other. The main character has his own issues he is dealing with, such as being a murderer. He cannot tell his girlfriend this of course, especially since he has plans to kill her as well. The relationship in this picture makes me think of the masked relationship the characters share with each other because they do not see what is really going on. They are also on different levels of thinking because sometimes the woman sees that everything is ok, when in reality it is not...just one of those moments.

Jim Thompson. The Killer Inside Me. Vintage Books. 1991. 122.

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Chris Whelan 8/14

"Im dying inside this suit"

Lesdiu sits in his Bio hazard suite suit looking incredibly uncomfortable. He was sweating prefusely from his for head. Lesdiu was looking for hair and fiber evidence which explains the sweat because he was under tremendous pressure to find these the hair and fibers. All they found was unidentified male hairs.

Author- Richard Preston
Title- The Cobra Event
Publisher- The Baltimore Publishing Group
Year- 1997
Page- 227
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Evan Adams #8/13

"The people who run this place are stupid, brutal monsters for the most part. The people who run the straight world are brutal and monstrous, but they happen not to be quite as stupid, because the standard of competence out there is a little higher. Not much, but a little....I don't like the pills, either. Never have. But I'm not much of a one for cigarettes or booze, either. But i don't push the pills. I don't bring them in, and I don't sell them once they are in..."

Andy has finally made his way up as far as his status in Shawshank. After his advising of the guards, Andy was moved into the library. He also became a financial advisor for many of the shady people at the prison, including those that push pills.

When Red approaches him and asks him how he feels about managing the money of drug dealers, Andy replies with this quote. He is saying that the world of prison is not much better than the world outside of prison, but because it's the real world, the tolerance of stupidity is lower, therefore the standards are higher. This quote is interesting, because many believe that prison is a completely different world, when in reality, its just a concentrated version of the real world.

Book: King, Stephen. "The Shawshank Redemption." Different Seasons. New York: Viking, 1982. Print. (Page 43)
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Gavin Berry #8/14

"the only thing we can do, the only thing we can do is hide."

A man and his wife are being watched. Although they do not know why? it has been an ongoing surveillance and protrusion of the government in their lives. Or is it the government? It could be a private organization that is tapping your phone and tailing you to work. Well this man is sick and tired of being harassed, seclusion is his only option. John trembles slightly and the signs of uncertainty in his voice are easily audible. He must escape their constant watch and go into hiding. Evasion or sure death is their only option, time is running out!

Morrell, David. Testament. new york, NY: warner books, inc., 1975. 109. Print

Being Watched. 2008. Photograph. Beijing. TalkTechToMe. GFI Software, 29 Dec. 2010. Web. 25 Mar. 2011.

DANA SAYDAK #8 of 14

"The true reason was that I felt like a nobody, I felt like a nobody because I wasn't a normal person...When I went to college I was just like everybody else, and had to study like everybody else..."(p. 131)

Essentially, Chapman had always been in his own world and didn't have friends or people in general that he could relate to. In most situations he simply stood out when he would have preferred to blend in. Upon entering college, it is seemingly easier for him to do this because no one has any predetermined views of you. Not only that, because of academia you really can blend in and be "normal". The image I selected seemed to sum that up. Chapman was standing out his whole life, the purple guy, and all he ever wanted to do was fade in and be "normal", the gray guys. Chapman finally felt as though he would be able to let someone stand out while he blended into the background.

http://www.ioimovement.com/standing-out-in-the-crowd.html

Jack Jones, Let Me Take You Down (London: Virgin Publishing, 1992), page 131

AMANDA N. CRUZ GERENA 8/13

"Running down from the track he had been afraid, afraid of pain and more afraid of damnation - of the sudden and unshriven death."

The boy's mind was changing, but this was one of his past thoughts. I mean he is entitled to be afraid of such 'track'... death is the only unexpected, unexplainable, and uncontrollable thing that man cannot understand. But what is being explained is the way he is no longer on this track and how he now feels fearless. I choose this image because this is what came to my mind: looking at death as 'good' and 'friendly' thing. It's a way to see death as a humorous thing therefor overcome it's fear. It's a weird topic, but it's the only certain thing that any living being has. So I believe it's best to look at death with a smile on, that way life can be lived to it's fullest.

Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, Penguin Books, 1977, p. 182

http://www.ehow.com/how_4777174_not-afraid-of-death.html

Nader Hakim Blog # 8

"She lay back against the pillows and looked up at her suspended arms."


this quote shows how a person is and how they feel after giving up. it was the sentence right after her thinking to herself how deep in trouble she was and how she won't be able to get out of the mess shes caused and in. so i find this quote very appealing because it not only shows how she is when in trouble, its how we all are. the image i chose is simply to emphasize on how easily people surrender. the white flag was the symbol they used for giving up in wars in the past.




Stephen King, Gerald's game( the penguin group, 1993) page. 30


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EMIRI HASHIMOTO#8/13

"The vegetable garden,which was Missy's province, produced something all year round;Missy had a green thumb. There was a modest orchard too-ten apples of various kinds, a peach , a cherry, a plum, an apricot, and four pear trees..."

Missy would inherit her mother's house which is five acres where there is a jersey cow, dozen of ducks and other animals. Her favorite place at her mother's house is the garden. Missy owns a vegetable garden which produced various vegetables through out the year. When ever she gets from the garden, she sells them at the market or neighbor. There were also orchard where had different kinds of fruits. They used to sold them to Mr Hurlington (land owner) .I chose this picture because there is a little garden and fruit trees which reminds me of Missy's favorite garden.

Colleen McCullough, The Ladies Of Missalonghi, published by arrangement with Harper& Row,Page 40, onuruu8356593.blog110.fc2.com/blog-entry-49.html

Arron Lambie, Blog # 8/14

"we all move uneasily within our restraints."

To me this quote means that when we know we have a limit, it bothers us, and we are never satisfied until we exceed or break free from our restraints. When one thinks of something in restraint, a bird in a cage comes to mind. The birds frantically hops around trying to spread it's wings as much as it can, but in doing this creates unease, and makes itself worn out and tired. Thus we are much like birds in a cage, and until we, or a bird are let free, we will all remain uneasily, because it is part of our makeup to be free without restraint, much like a wild animal.

Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind, Alfred A. Knopf, INC. 1995, page 109

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LISA M. LUGO BLOG POST #8/13

"I loved her and I had always loved her and I always will love her, and the dark guilty shadows erased her pink-and-white body from my mind"

When an individual looses a lover, in this case a girlfriend, he believes the possibilities of him loving another person are rare. Reasons can vary, but I think that is because we like to believe that soulmates exist or perhaps that we can only have one love for only one person. In the story, the main character has the love for cockfighting and a non-ending love for his first and only girlfriend. However, his passion for the sport it is so great that the girl feels that she can't defeat the relationship. I believe that the shadows he describes in this quote are a symbolism of how he has become so dependable to Cockfighting and how this dependance has taken over his ability to find a balance. His addiction for cockfighting leaves him with less time to think about the reality of his uncontrolled life. Frank is so dedicated to the sport, that it is hard for him to realize there is so much more in life than just cockfighting; like a woman's love. Therefore, I chose the painting Narcissus by Michelangelo Mersi da Caravaggio because it portrays the fight Frank has against himself. It is the fight of how it is his ownself who keeps him from loving something real and not a sport.

Charles Willeford, Cockfigter (New Yor: Vintage Books, 1972), page 142

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Carly Gaffney Blog #8

"The Snake. The real snake, as deadly as they come. The only one that had real fangs knew how to use them."

The snake, in this context, has more to do with a person's characteristics. Someone can act like a "snake." These tend to be deceptive people who like to ridicule others in various ways. This makes the term non desirable. The snake in its literal sense and used in this picture refers to an animal. It is seen as a species that leaves many fearful to the point of developing phobias. They are not something that people want to be around. Over time the term has turned into a use to describe a person. This person would have similar characteristics to that of a snake: vicious, venom, poison, threatening, mean, fearless, cut throat. All these are used in a negative context. It is a very strong word to refer to a person as. I chose this image of the child and the snake because I think it can be a representation of how this child is developing these qualities at such a young age. People may not be necessarily born evil, but may have it instilled in them. The term and photo can coincide with one another.



Mickey Spillane, The Snake (Bath: Chivers Press, 1964), page 232
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Myall Budden #8/13

“They topped a hill about midday just as the pale winter sun broke through the clouds, and there in the valley below them the walled city of Sendar lay facing the sea.”

When authors are writing a story they often relate to places they’ve been or memories they have. As the character in the story is moving along in his journey, it is as if the things he is seeing are things the author has seen as well. The minute details, the particular choice of weather, geography, and so on are surely based off of something the author has seen previously. The details of this passage paint a beautiful image that I related to instantly. I once went to a city inSpain that reminded me exactly of what the author was describing. The city was a place called Cadaques and its Ocean view and white houses were almost an exact replica of the passage. The fact that the passage could invoke similar feelings to when I visited Cadaques says a lot about the ability of the author. Literature is something that does have the ability to move its reader, and this passage is a prime example of it.

David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982), page 143

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SARAH JACOBY BLOG POST # 8/13

"What comes in when daylight leaves is a kind of certainty: that beneath the skin there is a secret, some mystery both black and bright. You feel this mystery in every breath, you see it in every shadow, you expect to plunge into it at every turn of a step."

There is an unexplainable feeling of mystery and excitement at night time when everything is dark. Your inability to see heightens the other senses; making you certain that every sound you hear is out of the ordinary, that something strange whether good or bad is taking place. When we watch movies and the characters are out at night we are always almost certain that something mysterious is going to happen, whether terrifying or thrilling, it is something unique to the night. I believe this quote is not necessarily implying that only scary things happen at night, but more implying that mysterious, wondrous events take place. The darkness of night adds a unique sense of excitement, thrill of the unknown. This image depicts night time with the wonder and mystery it holds, it depicts night the way King is describing in is quote.

Stephen King, Bag of Bones (New York: Pocket Books, 1998), page 231

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CECILIA EVANS-#8 of 13

"So they passed through the village against its patch of emerald water and dominated by the graceful fig-shaped minaret and the cluster of dazzling beehive domes which distinguished the Coptic church of their forefathers."

The Coptic Church was strongly influenced by the teachings of Saint Mark, who established a Christian community in Egypt shortly after Christ's ascension. This church has endured many struggles to survive, including conquest by Arabs. During this time, the Church, ironically, was stronger than ever due in large part to the influence of the Egyptian wife of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, who encouraged abundant kindness toward the Copts.

It also appears, however, that the Coptic Church appropriated several architectural elements of the Arab mosque, as seen in the image above depicting the Sheikh Zayet Mosque, or Grand Mosque. The quote describes an edifice strongly reminiscent of an Islamic house of worship.

Lawrence Durrell; Balthazar; E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1958; Page 73.

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Danielle Grava 8/14

"Dolarhyde felt that Lecter knew the unreality of the people who die to help you in these things - understood that they are not flesh, but light and air and color and quick sounds quickly ended when you change them. Like balloons of color bursting. That they are more important for the changing, more important than the lives they scrabble after, pleading."

Dolarhyde is desperate to get in touch with Lector. He feels they have alot in common and believes they kill people for similar reasons. To me this quote means that Dolarhyde likes to see/ initiate when people change from living to dead. He is fascinated by change and believes our sole purpose here is to change. He loves that it can be done so quickly too - he loves the power. I chose an image of the sky because that is constantly changing and can be so many different vibrant colors.

Thomas Harris, Red Dragon, (Dell Publishing, 1990) pg. 122

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Ashley Hushka, Blog # 8/13

"She stared into her reflection, at the face that had always been half a mystery to her, despite photos of her mother that Zoyd and Sasha had shown her. It was easy to see Zoyd in her face--that turn of chin, slope of eyebrows-- but she'd known for along time how to filter these out, as a way to find the face of her mother in what was left."


Prairie's mother, Frenesi, left her when she was a baby. As the quote says, she has only seen photos of her mother. I think this is a problem many people face who have never met one of their parents. They only know what they see in the one parent that they can see in themselves. It must be hard to only have one parent and always have that wonder of what the other parent was like and how you are like them. I chose the picture of Donna in 'Quantum Leap' because like Prairie, her parent left her when she was young.





Thomas Pynchon, Vineland (Canada: Little, Brown and Company, 1990) pg. 98
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Ala Salem; #8 of 13

"On the altar rested a statue of gold--a jaguar with its tongue sticking out, looking down toward the front of the temple. Its eyes were made of enormous green gems, while smaller red stones lined its mouth. [Two women] bent before it, muttering and bumping their heads against the floor, as the men had done when giving reverence to Dumphee last night."

Back then, the jaguar served as a national symbol for the Mayans. Also, it was worshipped as a god. After all, the jaguar in the story was monolithic in size, kept in a temple, made out of gold and gems, and from what the last part of the quote states, the two women were most likely praying to the giant gold jaguar. Therefore, I've decided to use William Miller's photo of a jaguar.

Wolverton, D. A Very Strange Trip (Bridge Publications Inc. 1999) pg. 164

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Katie Faunce post #8

"Jesse responded to all of Dr. Wheylan's questions in a relevant and rational manner, but the doctor notes there is little emotional substance here, little ordinary feeling behind his statements. All of his reactions convey hollowness, a lack of real vital or intense feelings of any kind."

This quote explains what is going on or really lack of what is going on in Jesse's head. He is feeling nothing. No feelings towards people or feelings about actions he is taking. He is in a sort of depressed state and no one can really put their finger on the problem. I think sometimes after a lot of stress we all can feel this way. Almost like one is empty inside and can't figure out exactly why but they know they don't feel right. Jesse did the right thing by approaching a doctor about it which most people don't do now but really should. It can help straighten out problems that they might not even think were the issue to begin with.The picture I chose is of an empty box. When the box is closed you have no idea what is inside of it but once you open it it can reveal things to the opener that had never been discovered yet.

Murray Silver, Behind the Moss Curtain (Bonaventure, 2005), pg 85

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BRIAN STANIS POST 8 OF 13

"Guedel came up with an idea: the "win a future" contest. Anyone who entered the contest had a chance to "win a future," which included a house in the newly completed suburban development of Panorama City, in the San Fernando Valley. The house would be complete with the finest new appliances and furnishings, and the lucky winner would also receive a new car and a job."

This so called "contest" expresses a lot about the times during this point in history. It comes across that the people of the times were desperate to advance in anyway possible. The choice to have this contest not only benefits the winner but also the producer, because it demonstrates the most modern technology in a bleak society. I feel that this contest had such an enormous turnout because society was striving to escape the average and boring customs that were alike for everyone, and starting fresh.

Elaine Tyler May, Homeward Bound (Basic Books 1988) P. 144

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AMBER FAHRNER BLOG POST # 8

"The only thing an artist can do is describe his own face. You're doomed to being you. This he says, leaves us free to draw anything, since we're only drawing ourselves. Your handwriting. The way you walk. Which china pattern you choose. It's all giving you away. Everything you do shows your hand. Everything is a self-portrait".

The quote comes from a section in the book that talks about the art school the characters were in and how everything was somehow related to some type of self-portrait. I think the quote expresses the feeling of how one sees them self. How that each person may see them self differently in a mirror or when they draw a self portrait. That when you are able to draw yourself as you see, everything comes out on that paper or canvas of your interpretation. I chose this specific picture to represent the quote because I thought it was a different outlook on the meaning. I think the picture reveals how anyone can look in a mirror and see whoever they want to be. The same can happen when one is drawing themselves. A person can highlight the certain feature that stands out. The cat seeing itself as a lion is all that really matters because to that cat it sees itself as a strong powerful animal even if not everyone else notices. A self-portrait is what one sees in them self, and that person is the only one that truly knows.


Chuck Palahniuk, Diary Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday, 2003), page 132

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CARINA DOMINGUEZ BLOG POST 8/14

"There's plenty of causes less worthy than survival or feeding your family."

In this passage, the author conveys that sometimes in order to actually live in the fast pace generation that we live in today, surrendering pride may be necessary in order to be content with your life. Not necessarily to be happy emotionally, but in order to make your family proud or to be financially stable. Especially with our economy today, people do not want to loose their jobs, which then leaves them in unjust and despotic circumstances.

I chose this image because I thought it pointed out an important idea about women in todays society. Women are oppressed everyday in work offices because mostly men run large corporations. Although things continue to change for the better, like women gaining powerful position in corporations, women are still given unequal treatment. In this image we can see that a man is throwing papers in a woman's face. This is not professional and is considered to be degrading to women. Many women accept this behavior in order to keep their jobs during a hard time in our country like the recession. In order to provide for the family or pay expenses, actions like the one in the image are done, but they are not just. It's a shame that this exists, but like the author states, people do what they have to do for 'survival or feeding your family'.

Frederique Delacoste, Priscilla Alexander, Sex Work (San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1987), page 147.

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KRISTIN HOLLOWAY #8 of 13 posts

"We have lived apart from those we left behind, those other men of this world, and how we came to be has been forgotten, the process lost; but we shall never die, nor do harm. We have put away the sins of the body and live in God's grace."

This story has a lot to do with God and redemption of others. When the priests get to Mars to save the life forms on the planet they notice that the life forms are just balls of energy that only can do the right thing and not sin. The priest's purpose is no longer needed and he becomes worthless. The energy is all that the men of the last world left behind. The energy is living to focus on God's will. I think that the energy is on Mars far away from everything because it symbolizes the fall of man to a sinful nature. I also think that the priests wasted there time to go to mars for the energy because the could be saving more lives. There is still a sense of hope left in the air also.

Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man. (New York: Bantam Spectra Books, 1951), page 89

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KRISTIN HOLLOWAY #7 of 13 posts

"And the sun was big and fiery and merciless, and it was always in the sky and you couldn't get away from it."

This was taken from the story The Rocket Man. I felt like this quote explained the fear and symbolism. The sun which is suppose to support life has now taken a life. The son no longer appreciates the sun because it has taken his father away from him and killed him. When he explains to us that the sun was always in the sky he feels doomed. It is a constant reminder that it took away his father. I find it so interesting how the contrast is and the tables have turned about the sun. The wife and son now have to live in fear of the sun which can't be good for any of them. They can come out when it rains though. The sun is described in horrible words and is recognized as a enemy now. This just tell me how daring a person is trying to mess with something that isn't suppose to be messed with....like the sun.

Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man. (New York: Bantam Spectra Books, 1951). Page 74

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KAITLIN CONGO #8/13

#8 "It was twilight when I saw a village on a slope on the far bank of the Hari Rud River. The valley was narrow and its sides were steep. Dark, troubled patches of quickly moving water showed through the broken river ice. There was no bridge. Babur and I crossed thirty feet on a narrow, snow-dusted causeway of ice, then climbed through the snow to the edge of the village." (page 194).

I thought this little excerpt from the book was very discrptive and colorful in it's choice of words describing this value and mountain in Afghanistan. I could immediately picture the "broken river ice" which was also "snow dusted." The entire passage was very rich in descrption. And thus, I found a picure that was also seen snow-dusted with the river showing and steep sides of the valley to emulate was was described in the book. And all aspects very visually important to grasp in one picture, I believe.

Alison Wright.Snowy River Valley in Brooks Mountain Range. Corbis Images. 2006.

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KAITLIN CONGO #7/13

"As soon as i turned he flung a stone, which hit me in the back of the head."

"This was the first time in eighteen months of walking anyone had thrown a stone at me and it was only my second Hazara Village." (page 192)


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These two sentences were a pinacle moment on Stewarts journey. Despite everything he had been through in the past eighteen months of him traveling by foot across Afghanistan through all these different villages he had never been before, encountering all these new people...everything thinking he is some sort of spy or working undercover for some government he had never been abused nor had anyone tried to physically harm him. And it wasn't until he was in this Hazara Village that these group of boys cast stones at Stewart when he wasn't paying attention, and for what reason? We don't know. This picture represents the gash Stewart had to endure and the perplex look on the man's face in the picture is one i would imagine Stewart would have had as well with the blood streaming down his face with disbelief.


U.S. Navy. Protestors Invade US Nval Base in Puerto Rico. Getty Images. LIFE. 2001
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Hessa Al Rumaihi Blog # 7/13

"I sat down in one of the many glided chairs, pushed the burnished metal mirror close, and tried to work with the paints as my slaves had always done."(pg. 112)

When i first read this quote I started laughing because Pandora was always used to the slaves doing everything for her from head to toe, whether its feeding her, dressing her, washing her hair, to everything she never thought she had to ever do herself ever in her lifetime. Since she was born, she depended on others to do everything for her and never tried to do one thing herself because   her family had many slaves living with them. For once in her life she has to depend on herself and she tries to take the first step by trying to put on her make up, and of course she fails to do so. When i read the quote I knew exactly what kind of picture I was looking for. I visualized an elegant woman sitting in front of the mirror draped in her long silk dress trying to get ready, except she fails to do so.  This quote resembles the way she had been treated and raised her whole life as if she were a princess not having to work a day in her life. Without slaves or anyone to help her, she was useless.

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Rice, Anne. Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires. New York: Knopf, 1998. Print. (pg. 112)

AMANDA N. CRUZ GERENA 7/13

"He was as angry as a child: he wouldn't go back for it: it would be like admitting he was wrong."

Cubbit is wondering round the streets and all his thoughts have been with pride! All i've been seeing throughout the book and it's characters is pride. I know the quote is not that deep, but it is as if none of these characters have a sense of understandment over the actions they do. They all act like 5 year old children who block the capacity of the others understandment. (and this is getting a little old). I chose the picture of Bush because I believe he was the biggest child in the world (no offense to those who follow him). But it's the truth, he would never admit his wrong actions and instead acted upon them as if they were right and made a bigger mess of this country. He was a child governing one of the most powerful nations, and I have no idea how people even permitted such a crime. Once again I apologize for any offenses. :)

Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, penguin Books, 1977, p. 153

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Gavin Berry Journal #7/14

"the room paled into darkness. He sat unseeing and listened to Claire turning restlessly, muttering, exhaling hard, and finally he could not listen anymore." He grabs his pistol and ponders murder. should i kill her? Put her out of her misery. He is standing next to the bed, the gun is loaded and anything could happen. His brain is a million places, he has no idea what he wants to do but knows something bad is going to happen. Claire is fast asleep in REM dreaming a spectacular utopic dream. She has no idea her lover, a killer is watching her in her sleep with a loaded Glock.

Morrell, David. Testament. new york, ny: warner books, inc., 1975. 57. Print

Lim, Denis. Inception. 2011. Photograph. Los Angeles.

Danielle Grava 7/14

"Dolarhyde came into the picture from the left with the stylized movements of a Balinese dancer. Blood smeared and naked except for his glasses and gloves, he mugged and capered among the dead."

This is a very pinnacle point in the novel. The reader finally finds out who killed the Leedses and the other family. Dolarhyde is viewing the film he took while murdering the family and he is critiquing himself and is admitting to believing he is the red dragon. I chose an image with Two Face - This entire scene is so creepy. He is masturbating to his murders. Clearly this man is sick in the head and I feel this photo captures his personality. He is living two lives. One as the red dragon and the other as a socially accepted citizen.

Thomas Harris, Red Dragon, (Dell Publishing, 1990) Pg. 97

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ALEXANDRIA ASCIOTI #7/14

"And all the time I'm laughing myself sick inside. Just waching the people. You know what I mean-the couples, the men and wives you see walking along together. The teensy little women and the big fat guys. The dames with lantern jaws, and the men with no chins. The bowlegged wonders, and the knock-kneed miracles. The...I've laughed-inside, that is-until my guts ached. It's almost as good as dropping in a Chamber of Commerce luncheon where some guy gets up and clears his throat a few times and says 'Gentlemen, we can't expect to get any more out of life than what we put into it...' (Where's the percentage in that?)"

It is fascinating to watch people throughout the day. When you are in a public place, it is interesting to see how people interact with the group they are with or see how they present themselves to the world each day. The narrator also finds this activity entertaining. I believe that each human is built with a sense of curiosity, maybe to make themselves feel better or feel more well-off than others in life. Regardless of the reason for such curiosity, it is built inside each person. Occasionally, you do find that one person that makes you laugh when you are people watching because perhaps you don't think they are "normal." However, what is "normal" anyways?

When I look at this photo, I see the narrator of the novel intensely people-watching, to the point where he is hurting in his stomach from laughing to hard. The narrator is focusing closely on how different each individual is by giving numerous amounts of descriptions to the reader. The binoculars in the photo represent this focus because they are a tool used by someone who intends to go out of one's way to see what people are like. The narrator thinks of the quote mentioned after describing the different people because he is probably relating each person to how much effort they actually put into themselves. Perhaps the narrator believes that if the people do not look professional or "normal" then they will not get a lot out of life. Instead, they are laughable to those who people-watch or are simply curious.

Jim Thompson. The Killer Inside Me. Vintage Books. 1991. 121.

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