DANA SAYDAK #12 of 12

"Devoid of a personality of his own...he developed a parasitic, mirrorlike survival skill. He learned to capture and reflect the character traits of people who's affection and friendship he sought." (152)

Chapman was able to develop the ability to take on the personality traits of those he wanted to be. This is perhaps why he was so determined to connect to Lennon and Holden, from The Catcher and the Rye. He saw qualities in both people that he aspired to have himself. Personally, it seems as though he wanted to kill Lennon in order to take over his life and hopefully become him. The image is of a man looking in the mirror. This whole concept made me think of looking in the mirror and seeing nothing. With no personality of your own, to look in the mirror and see yourself must be utterly confusing, and I would imagine you'd begin to see nothing at all.

Jack Jones, Let Me Take You Down (London: Virgin Publishing, 1992), page 152

"This is crazy, he thought. I'm going crazy. Get a hold of yourself, you're being paranoid"- the mind of Tom Cope

Tom Cope the main antagonist of the story is about to leave his apartment when he sees a man and a woman staring at him through the downstairs window. He heads back up to his room and becomes very paranoid that those were f.b.i agents. He has no reason to believe that they are because all they did was stare at him but what the audience knows that Cope doesn't is that they are actually f.b.i.agents Austen and Hopkins and they didn't chase after him because he was carrying a bag that could've been a bomb of some sort



Author- Richard Preston
Title- The Cobra Event
Publisher- The Baltimore Publishing Group
Year- 1997
Page- 360
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Danielle Grava 12/12

"There was a time when he would have apologized for disturbing the man and never come back to the newsstand. For years he had taken shit unlimited from people. Not anymore. The man could have insulted Francis Dolarhyde: he could not face the dragon. It was all part of Becoming."

At this point of the novel Dolarhyde is accepting the hero he has created in his mind. Before it was just something he fantasized about, now he is making it his reality and encompassing this character he believes is the Red Dragon. I feel like once you allow yourself to accept and truly become this "new" person is when you experience a tragic downfall. I can definitely see that happening to Dolarhyde just as it happened to Charlie Sheen.

Thomas Harris, Red Dragon, (Dell Publishing, 1990) pg. 211

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Evan Adams #12/12

"I got him fresh rock-polishing cloths from tie to time and in 1967 I got him a new rock-hammer--the one I'd gotten him nineteen years ago had, as I told you, plumb worn out. Nineteen years! When you say it sudden like that, those three syllables sound like the thud and double-locking of a tomb door. The rock-hammer which had been a ten-dollar item back then, went for twenty-two by '67. He and I had a sad little grin over that."

This quote is significant to me because it shows how when one is in jail, they lose track of time. Andy and Red had been going about their normal constant routine and the next time they looked up, it had been 19 years. The fact that the rock-hammer went up in price shows how much the world has changed outside of Shawshank, and how little the impact is on the inmates.

Book: King, Stephen. "The Shawshank Redemption." Different Seasons. New York: Viking, 1982. Print. (Page 66)
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Myall Budden # 12/12

“I now had more gold than I’d ever had at one time before, but it somehow seemed that it wasn’t enough.”

Sometimes in life, it seems that you can never get enough. Perfection is an image that people have strived for since the beginning of time. Yet, people haven’t got over the fact that the simple things in life can bring happiness upon you. In the picture below, you can see that the image is filled with perfect points of the pencil. The image is beautiful, but the pursuit of perfection is an understatement of the overall picture. By pursuing perfection, you are setting yourself up for failure. Perfection is something that is unattainable, but people persistently try to pursue it. The below image is a perfect example of how people will go for perfection, yet settle at beauty.Perfection will bring nothing but misery, because it is a misconception and an unattainable mysticism. I believe the quote above correlates excellently to the image below because of the persuit of perfection and its unassailability.

David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982), page 222

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ALEXANDRIA ASCIOTI #12/12

"'A weed is a plant out of place.' I find a hollyhock in my cornfield, and it's a weed. I find it in my yard, and it's a flower."

People can be considered weeds in places where they may not fit in or belong. When I reflect on this quote, I imagine someone who may flourish in a certain place, but feel out of place in another. For instance, in relation to this quote I can think of someone who moves from the suburbs to a city and feel completely out of place. It is the city where one may feel like he or she does not belong, but be a satisfied "flower" where one originates. This situation can also occur the other way around. The city-goer may not feel confident in a small town where everyone knows each other. I chose this picture because it is a clear model of situations for humans. The story of the ugly duckling says that the black duck is the outsider. However, in this photograph the yellow duck is the one who does not fit in. This shows how there is a place in the world for everyone to have the opportunity to belong. There is place for every "ugly duckling" to feel as if they are a part of something and feel like a developing flower as opposed to a weed.

Jim Thompson. The Killer Inside Me. Vintage Books. 1991. 236.

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Arron Lambie, Blog # 12/14

"We each move within our own restraints of our temperament and live up only partially to its possibilities."

I believe that this quote is extremely true, and people only do certain things with their lives because they are afraid to leave their restraints or comfort zone. If everyone put themselves in positions that they were uneasy and made decisions that they would not usually make, our world would be extremely different. The image that I have chosen represents a persons inner-self reaching out trying to be heard. It seems to me that its what a person wants to do but cant. No matter how much the persons st

retch they will not grab each other. No matter how hard people try, most never achieve what they truly can in life.

Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind, Alfred A. Knopf, INC. 1995, page 210

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EMIRI HASHIMOTO#12/13

" I must be dreaming"

We all feel this way when something happen. In the book, Drusilla's mother, Octavia was talking to her boyfriend and all of a sudden he asked her if she approves their marriage. Octavia was very worried about Drusilla finding a right guy . She was not expecting him to say if he could married Drusilla. Missy was even surprised how fast Drusilla decided her mind.For Octavia, this is the most memorable moment in her life. I chose this picture because a woman in the picture looks confused and put her hand on her heart which gives me the image of dreaming.

Colleen McCullough, The Ladies Of Missalonghi, Harper & Row ,1987,page 188

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LISA . LUGO BLOG POST 12/13

" I held the beaten, bloody, but never, never bowed head out to Mary Elizabeth in my palm. I had nothing else to say to the woman. Mary Elizabeth licked her pale lips"

I think Frank's sense of being defeated is automatically linked to Mary Elizabeth, because he always thinks he lost her. Even though he has an image of Mary Elizabeth, this is when she starts to show a much sexual and adventurous side of her. I think the author chose to include this personality trait in this part of the book for the sense of surprise, and also because it leaves a decision for Frank again. The decision that has kept him from having a future with Mary (Cockfighting or her). Therefore, I chose the picture of Jennifer Aniston because it shows an innocent face that is tempting an individual to chase her. This woman is his temptation, his choice, his love that cannot understand his passion, yet forces him to question his intuition; she's an his angel with a devil twist. She is his unreachable desire...


Charles Willeford, Cockfighter (New York: Vintage Books, 1972), page 220

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Ashley Hushka, Blog #12/12

"They drove for a while in a silence not altogether tranquil, more like a deepening joint depression."

Oh, the awkward drives after a fight, or break-up with a partner. It can be nice to drive in silence with a friend in a car, just embracing the moment, but when you're on bad terms with someone it can be the most awkward drive of your life. So many things want to be said, but each person is holding back. I chose this picture of a dark forest because that is one situation I never want to be in by myself or with someone else. Not only would it be awkward, but scary because you would not know what to say to make the situation better.





Thomas Pynchon, Vineland (Canada: Little, Brown and Company, 1990) pg. 167
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Hessa Al Rumaihi Blog # 12/13

"I held it and this time heard the beating of his heart, the distinct rhythm of it. I laid my ear on his chest"(pg. 205)


There is nothing more beautiful than the mutual feeling between two lovers. The way your gut feels every time you hear that special someone's name, the way your whole mood changes when you see them calling you, just the thought of them makes you smile. 
In this quote, Pandora is joined together with the first person she fell in love with, when she was only ten years old. The moment she looked into his eyes she knew that he was the one, the person she dreamed about every night. After twenty six years, and three marriages later, they meet up again in another country and she realizes how deep her love for him was. Pandora knew her love for him even though she was a young girl that didn't understand the meaning of love. I chose this picture because I thought it was the most relevant photo to the quote, as you can see the girl is staring right into the guy's eyes with so much love because she knows the feeling is common and real. She is laying down, her ears pressed to his chest because its the most beautiful rhythm she has heard. 

Rice, Anne. Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires. New York: Knopf, 1998. Print. (pg. 205)

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Carly Gaffney Blog #12

"She stood at the corner of the bedroom door watching, seemingly unafraid, but inside those huge brown eyes was a worm of fear that had been there too long to be plucked out easily."

A person's eyes can say a lot about how they are feeling at a particular moment. They are a good source of emotion. Only experts have figured out how to control the emotion their eyes show. For instance, models are experts on how they control emotion in their eyes. They know how to show seduction, fear, and even smile with their eyes. I'm sure it took a lot of practice and looking in the mirror. I think the emotion that is easily seen the most is sadness. Most people can tell if a person is sad by their eyes, sometimes the glassy look of an eye is the easiest indicator. The look of the eyes in this picture can convey many emotions. I see a slight sadness as well as a cautious look. Your eyes can't hide true feelings. If a person really wants to know what someone is thinking the best thing to do is just look into their eyes.


Mickey Spillane, The Snake (Bath: Chivers Press, 1964), page 30

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KAITLIN CONGO #12/13

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"Oxford, someone once told me, is a city of ten thousand students, all studying alone in their rooms. One day you wake up and realize you are among them. the university is organized around its residential colleges. self-contained little worlds dominated by adventures, idiosyncrasies, and hormones of British undergraduates. " (Acts of Faith, Page 120)

When higher education institutions such as Harvard, Yale or Princeton come up, preconceived notions of it's student immediately popup in people's head. But when it comes to Oxford or Cambridge, the two schools the Ivy league schools here in American were copied from, the notions of their students are of a completely different caliber. As Dr. Patel mentioned in the book, all he ever heard about students at Oxford, were, they all studied in their rooms alone for hours on end and that was it. Study, study, study never anything about extracurriculars of social lives, everything is centered around being in the books constantly and thus why i depicted it in this blog entry ; this boy deep in study mode. This boy also looks as though he is going to have a mental break down at any moment form the nonstop school work, it almost seems inevitable for anybody who studies as much as Oxford students are preconceived to!

Greggorey. How To Study Effectively . Esoteric and godless musings from a locked away sage. November 2010.

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Nader Hakim Blog #12

"a kind of cramp seized her throat and she fell silent, grimacing and afraid."


I chose this quote because it explains the worst feeling a human being can go through which is being helpless and not being able to do anything about it. all one can do is live through it and endure the pain or helplessness that comes his/her way. it is the worst feeling because it makes one feel like there's not point in living no matter how small or unimportant that thing that makes him/her feel helpless is. the image i chose emphasizes this feeling to a great extent, because personally if I'm helpless all i wanna do is sit in a corner and think about nothing but that problem and how bad it's making me feel.





















Stephen King, Gerald's Game ( the penguin group, 1993) page 284

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Gavin Berry #12/12

"Daddy, i can't make it!" "you've got to. Take your time. Take it one step at a time."

Claire and Sarah, keats wife and daughter are leading horses through the woodlands. Sarah is beginning to loose grip of the moist leather reins and fears letting a valuable commodity out of her grasp. she yells for the aid of her father and does not think she can make it up the hill. her father is shadowing her every move from a higher vantage point and has faith in his daughter. inspirational words push sarah to percreiveir. Claire watches her daughter with mixed fear and a sense of pride. they made it out of a predicament, for now.

Morrell, David. Testament. new york, NY: warner books, inc., 1975. 181. Print

Byron. Horseback Riding in the Woods by the Inn. 2010. Photograph. Tripadvisor.com, Franconia, NH.

BRIAN STANIS POST 12 OF 12

"My children grew up in a mystique jungle but somehow escaped it"

This quote represents so many different things, however all about the same person. There is a unique interpretation that comes from this quote because it not only conveys to the reader how the times were during this era of history, but also show that these kids were unique. By suggesting that the kids grew up in a jungle states that grew up during hard times where people acted barbaric and wild like animals. The term jungle suggests a wild place of no order where animals as well as people in this case are free to rome without rule. this picture depicts this quote because as the quote this book shel depicts no order, and unorganized like the suggested society in the quote.

Elaine Tyler May, Homeward Bound (Basic Books 1988) P. 188

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CECILIA EVANS-#12 of 12

"Pursewarden once, speaking about writing, told me that the pain that accompanied composition was entirely due, in artists, to the fear of madness."

Balderdash! Pursewarden was mistaken on two counts. First of all, writing is not painful for those of us who know what we want to say. It is a glorious and soul-freeing experience. The discomfort of some writers is a pose meant to impress others with their suffering for their art. And, secondly, the fear of madness is no more acute in artists than it is in anyone else. This belief is just another conceit to single oneself out as somebody special and worthy of some kind of reverence and admiration by ordinary mortals. Madness is universal and not the special province of creative people. And, it exists entirely in the eyes of the beholder.

In this image of author Harriet Holt Dey (nicknamed "Chickering Carter"), 1865-1922, we see her seated at her typewriter. She published a story titled "Mining for Gold in Human Hearts" in "The People's Home Journal" in February, 1914. Ms. Dey appears neither in pain nor mad, but comfortable, even happy, and completely in her right mind.

Lawrence Durrell; Balthazar; E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York,1958; Page 17.

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CARINA DOMINGUEZ BLOG POST 12/14

"And when he pulled off, he grabbed my pursue and told me "Bitch, give me all your money." I told him I wasn't going to give him anything. Ok since then I've learned that you don't fight back. But I fought back that night. He wound up taking my purse and my coat. I wore wigs then, and he took my wig. He took everything."

In this passage, Carole was robbed of all of her belongings. She is a very poor woman, and doesn't have much to claim under her name. In this situation, she explains what happened to her as she was supposed to meet up with a random client and he ended up stealing everything she owned. I chose this image because I think today people are obsessed with materials to the point that when they are gone people are disoriented. Materials have a major role in all of our lives, more than they used to in previous generations. We are worried about having the latest gadgets, clothing, cars etc that we forget about what is truly important. In Carole's situation, she could have had her life taken, but she was only concerned about the materials that were stolen. Paris Hilton is a person who is defined by the materials she owns. She is known for her ridiculous amounts of spending, but if she wasn't as wealthy as she is now I think she would be lost in society. As an iconic celebrity to many young girls, she teaches young generations that life is good as long as you have a lot of materials like popular clothing, little chihuahuas, and customized cars.

Frederique Delacoste, Priscilla Alexander, Sex Work (San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1987), page 168.

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SARAH JACOBY BLOG POST #12/13

"For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand."

I selected this quote because I am always impressed by how well King can put into words concepts that many of us have trouble even grasping. I believe one of the reasons that relationships can be tough and require work is because men and women think and view the world very differently. Both opinions are unique and good in their own way however it does sometimes make certain aspects of life more challenging. Love is an intense emotion and King does an excellent job of explaining how love may be viewed differently by men than women. King has the ability to take concepts that seem complex and break them down so he can expalin them on a fundamental level, making them simpler to understand. Some may think relationships are crazy and complicated however if one admits and accepts that women and men just think differently then they could better understand and handle their own relationships. I selected the photo below because it demonstrates the bond between two people in a loving relationship, despite their different understandings of love described above by King.

Stephen King, Bag of Bones (New York: Pocket Books, 1998), page 291

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Ala Salem; #12 of 13

"The T-rex gaped its jaws. Its whole form filled up the back of the truck. Its teeth were as long as daggers and its breath smelled like a slaughterhouse."

The Tyrannosaurus Rex used to be the omnipotent carnivore back in the dinosaur's world. If the Tyranossaurus Rex still existed, hardly any other organism would have existed. Surpassing and/or overpowering the crocodilians (crocodiles, alligators, etc...) by a thousand times, the Tyrannosaurus Rex would have been the ultimate killing machine. If a twenty plus foot carnivorous crocodile is dangerous enough, then think how bad it would have been with a T-Rex that would have towered over you by fifty feet on two legs with a mouth the size of a room, teeth like knives and a breath that says death. Therefore, I've decided to borrow this image closeup image of the T-Rex.

Wolverton, D. A Very Strange Trip (Bridge Publications Inc. 1999) pg. 256

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KRISTIN HOLLOWAY #12 of 13 posts

"Bodoni withdrew hastily from the rocket. Silence. All still slept. Tying himself into a hammock, he closed his eyes. To himself he prayed, Oh, let nothing happen to the illusion in the next six days. Let all of space come and go, and red Mars come up under our ship, and the moons of Mars, and let there be no flaws in the color film. Let there be three dimensions; let nothing go wrong with the hidden mirrors and screens that mold the fine illusion. Let time pass without crisis."

This story was quite cute. Bodoni did a good thing and he wanted things to be fair with the children. If he did pick a child to sent into space there would be a ton of envy against that child. Bodoni wanted space for all the children so he created a rocket that was like a 3D adventure for them. It was so cute. It did end up working and the children did think they went to space and back. The children were treated equally. At the end of the trip everyone was happy and it was an accomplishment. I felt like the wife was very negative in this story. She didn't want to see the children upset but she really didn't believe Bodoni could do it. It defiantly proved her wrong.

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Bradbury, Ray. The illustrated Man. (New York: Bantam Spectra Books, 1951) page 185

KRISTIN HOLLOWAY #11 of 13 posts

"Ten minutes later Mrs. Braling awoke. She put her hand to her cheek. Someone had just kissed it. She shivered and looked up. "Why you haven't done that in years," she murmured."

"We'll see what we can do about that," someone said."

This is a sad story about a woman being in love with a man and constantly waiting on him to marry her. Braling comes up with an idea that he could get a replacement robot so he could disappear for a month or two. The plan works out fine and the robot does the job. When Braling finally comes back the robot has now told him that he is in love with Mrs. Braling. This is new for Braling and he is stunned. The robot manages to send Braling back to the company and not himself which I find rather funny. At the end Mrs. Braling is kissed on the cheek by someone and it's not clear who it is. I think it's the robot but she can't be so sure because it could be a kind act on the real husband's part. I like how open the end is and it keeps you guessing. I feel like Braling had it coming to him in the first place and never should lead someone on for 10 years saying he will marry them. That was harsh. Again this shows a use of dirty work onto a robot from humans.

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Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man. (New York: Bantam Spectra Books, 1952) page 162

Katie Faunce post #12

"As George and Ernest Aids watched from the witness chamber, Jesse settled back in his seat and was strapped in, looking more like a man flying first class on a dream vacation than a condemned man riding a thunderbolt to hell."

This quote to me showed a really explicit image of the contradiction of what Jesse's emotions should be and what they actually were. The onlookers saw Jesse as calm and collected and thought that he should be conveying the exact opposite emotions as he is being put to death. The flower in this photograph represents life or hope among the lack of hope. This flower grows even in the harsh conditions in the desert. It finds a way to survive even though everything around it does not. I feel like Jesse is like the flower in the desert. He is finding a way to be hopeful and obedient to what his fate is.

Murray Silver, Behind the Moss Curtain (Bonaventure, 2005), pg 125

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AMBER FAHRNER BLOG POST # 12

"In the bathtub, the cuts and scratches from the steak knife, they fill with soap and sting until Misty grits her teeth. The dried blood turns the bathwater milky pink".

In the context of the novel the chapter is talking about the death of someone, this quote is not directly referring to the death of that person, but the way it is put in the context its make the chapter seem more appropriate. When I read this quote I thought of the show Dexter. We had watched the pilot episode in class where we learned that Dexter was a killer on the side. I had previously watched the other seasons of Dexter and in season four their is a vivid scene that came to my mind. When the wife of Dexter is killed she is found in a bloody bath tub. I decided to pick a different picture then just the actually scene of her in the tub. This picture is a promotional picture for the season 4 i think it is a little more subtle than the quote it doesn't show a knife or the soap stinging. The picture is mostly white, their are white walls, and floor and the bath tub as well. Then you have the bathtub that is filled with blood and having it come out of the faucet. The picture is subtle but strong in meaning. I see this picture as indirectly representing the quote.





Chuck Palahniuk, Diary Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday, 2003), page 225

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DANA SAYDAK #11 of 14

"Death in a beautiful and elegant place seemed the only alternative to the razor-blade fear of walking through life without a personality that he could recognize, from one moment to the next, as his own" (p.137).

Mark David Chapman intended to commit suicide upon arriving to Hawaii. Chapman felt like he had no purpose in life and wanted to die in an beautiful place. The irony was that the beauty invigorated life back into Chapman and made him want to live. Chapman was inspired by the beauty that he was surrounded in to make his life worth something, he wanted to live to continue to see more beautiful things. The image is of Hawaii to capture the beauty that Chapman was seeing. It captures the serenity of the location and shows accurately the reason that Chapman found in living.

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Jack Jones, Let Me Take You Down (London: Virgin Publishing, 1992), page 137

Gavin Berry #11/14

"im not asking you to put the gun away or anything. Just point it the other way."

the elderly man understands the danger of the current situation, although staring down the barrel of a gun is never a pleasant. In a polite understanding tone he requests for the shooter to to remove the gun from his face, accidents can still cause demise. The older you become the more at peace you become with death, in a position of similar consequence most would have last their nerve and probably urinated their undergarments. Although this old timer used his words to verbally disarm this man. The situation is heightened but the old man still has his tranquil nerve of nonchalance. Staring down the barrel of a loaded a gun is never a good situation to be in, how you handle that situation can be life or death!

Morrell, David. Testament. new york, NY: warner books, inc., 1975. 181. Print

Because They Don't Make a Forty Six. 2009. Photograph. Texas.

Hessa Al Rumaihi Blog # 11/13

"I want to leave now. I want to go home. I have something that must be done, and must be done cleverly. I need to go". (p.178)

 

All this quote reminds me is of being back home and being around my family. Everybody gets homesick and stressed out to the point that they are so sick of everything and everyone around them and just want to be back home and relax and do absolutely nothing. As i was looking for pictures of houses I chose to stick to this picture because i felt it was the most relaxing photo and the most that reminded me of home. Its the time of year where summer is coming and everybody is ready for a holiday and to be back home. The time of year where you're not stressed and not thinking of any work, and instead thinking of the new adventures you'll encounter during the sun kissed season. Everybody needs to go home sometimes, everyone for different reasons. Obviously in the quote above, Pandora had different reasons to go back home, dont we all?

Rice, Anne. Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires. New York: Knopf, 1998. Print. (pg. 178)

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Danielle Grava 11/13

"Then I realized -- he can't go home, and neither can Molly and Willy, never, until the Tooth Fairy is out of the way."

Will's wife Molly and son needed to leave there home because the tooth fairy found out their address. Obviously this shook Will up and he may have questioned leaving the case but it isn't an option. I feel this is foreshadowing that something bad may happen to Will. I chose an image of a stranded person on a rock. The family has no way out until the Tooth Fairy is found, so technically they are stuck.

Thomas Harris, Red Dragon, (Dell Publishing, 1990) pg. 192

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KAITLIN CONGO #11/14

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"I want Indian Clothes," I repeated. "The kind my father use to wear only at night because he was too embaressed to wear them out in America because it is a racist society." (page 79; Acts of Faith)

I think this picture signifies a lot when it comes to the Indian culture. Just as Eboo in the book said he wanted to wear the Indian clothes like his father, yet his father only felt comfortable wearing them at night, this picture of the little boy shows the richness of the Indian culture with all the colors on him wanting to make it knowns he's Indian. Yet at the same time in the little boys eyes is fear, pain, sadness ... all these feelings stemming from the need to hide his culture that he's so proud of for fear other others not understanding his culture like in the book. And thus such individuals are forced so assimilate to American cutlure and thus lose their own. The little boy in the picture represents all the people in the world who want to hold on to their culture and roots as closely as can be but don't know how and thus they do something radical such as splash paint of all different colors on themself in an attempt to regain their roots that were lost.

Subhasishkarmakar. The Eyes Tell the Story. National Geographic. 2008. Chemical Tentacles.

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Chris Whelan 11/14

"When asked by the inspectors why the Soviet Union had built a heavily guarded military research site, with one and a half million feet of space, with forty reactor vessels two stories tall, much of it dedicated to Level 4 space-suit and production of the Black Death, Dr Urakov answered that Black Death was a problem in the Soviet Union"


I chose this qute because of the similarities between our past relationships with Russia and the one in this book. It talks about the space station which is like the space race back in the 1960's. It also goes on to talk about how the Black Death is being engineered in Russia as a weapon just like the arms race we had with Russia during the Cold War




Author- Richard Preston
Title- The Cobra Event
Publisher- The Baltimore Publishing Group
Year- 1997
Page- 287
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Evan Adams #11/13

"To get to Solitary Wing you were led down twenty-three steps to a basement level where the only sound was the drip of water. The only light was supplied by a serious of dangling sixty-watt bulbs. The cells were keg-shaped, like those wall-safes rich people sometimes hide behind a picture. Like a safe, the round doorways were hinged and solid instead of abrred. You got ventillation from above, but no light except for your own sixty-watt bulb, which was turned off from a master switch promptly at 8pm..."

This quote really stood out to me. At this point in the story, Andy is sent to solitary after trying to speak to the warden about getting his charges dropped after Tommy confessed. The description of the solitary area is reminiscent of a dungeon. The strong descriptions really emphasize the point that Shawshank's solitary area is not the typical solitary confinement. The prisoners sent down there are in big trouble. This is just another example of how there are so many obstacles thrown in Andy's path, and the type of person he is. He is able to weather these many different things thrown at him, without a complaint or a worry.

Book: King, Stephen. "The Shawshank Redemption." Different Seasons. New York: Viking, 1982. Print. (Page 59)
Image: http://www.frozencrystal.com/places/images/westhelix/dungeon.jpg

Arron Lambie, Blog # 11/14

"Both my manias and depressions had violent sides to them."

My first thought of this quote is how it shows two completely different illnesses. Manias are periods of excitement, while depression is a period of sadness. Secondly I thought of violence and how people can become violent no matter the mood they are in at a given time. Persons can be happy and still violent without knowing it. I selected the image of a fist punching through a piece of paper or wall to represent violence. The hand is usually used when someone is committing a violent act, and to me the image s

hows how the hand is being used, and how destru

ctive one can be when they are violent.

Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind, Alfred A. Knopf, INC. 1995, page 120

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Nader Hakim Blog #11

"if you're going to live this moment stop rehashing the past and deciding what you're going to do with your future."

I chose this quote because it is really something that we all do in our everyday life. All we do is think about the future and what it holds for us or think about the past and keep asking ourselves "what if." but if we really forget about our past and future for a second, and just think about what we're doing in the moment we are living in, we will all live a totally different and care-free life. the image i chose emphasizes this way of "human behaviour" to a great extent.














Stephen King, Gerald's Game( the penguin group, 1993) page. 257

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EMIRI HASHIMOTO #11/13

" She turned to the right and followed the river, inside her dream of enchantment at last. The sun glanced off the surface of the water in a thousand thousand sparks of light, and the ferns dripped tiny droplets, and dragonflies hovered with rainbow-mica wings, and brilliant parrots wheeled from the trees of one bank to the trees of the other."

Sometimes i want to go to the river to calm down and refresh my mind when i am stressed out. In this chapter, Missy was thinking about John Smith and decided to go to his property. When she walked into the forest she saw a path that have been made by animals, heard trees talking and sound of water . She was impressed how beautiful the nature is, especially the river. I understand how Missy felt when she saw the river. An hour from my house, there are a lot of mountains and heritage parks where there's gorgeous lakes, river and etc.. Nature gives me a power when i'm depressed and when you are upset, it makes you calm down and forget about everything . I chose this picture because this reminds me one of the famous park in Japan.

Colleen McCullough, The Ladies Of Missalonghi,Harper &Low, 1987, page 73

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LISA M. LUGO BLOG POST 11/13

"There'll be a lot of drinking and a lot of money changing hands. That means women present and women mean trouble."

Even though I think women are amazing creatures, we are mostly related to two things: money and business. In my opinion, women are not individuals who depend from the power of others to feel like they have accomplished something. However, throughout the book and based on the main character's attitude, women are seeing as material things. Frank underestimates the power women have over men because he cannot admit he does not have the emotional stability he could have with the love of his life. Therefore, in the book women are used and left without any explanation or complain. This is why I chose the picture by Costa Manos, Boston 1974 Pilgrim Theater, because it shows the attachment women have towards men. I believe it relates to the quote because, Frank views women as weak and greedy. He represents women as trouble, because it is "something" you need to take care of and I think this picture shows the behavior Frank sees in females. It is something you can easily get but can also get you in trouble if you show your power status; this can mean you can provide stability emotionally and financially but you choose not to which causes conflict.



Charles Willeford, Cockfighter (New York: Vintage Books, 1972), page 175

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AMANDA N. CRUZ GERENA 11/13

"She had stolen biscuits, she had never stolen money. She expected to feel shame, but it didn't come -only again the odd swell of pride."

I really loved this quote even though it's not that significant. The reason I loved this quote is because it reminded me of me when I was a kid and the first time (and last jaja) that I stole candy. I had never stolen anything in my life but I felt I had to do it because I knew my mom wasn't going to buy me that candy. I thought I would feel bad about it but I didn't... it was kind of fun. Rose has always had in her the innocence of a child... she always knows what's best for her but never truly listens to the voice inside her; and therefor ends up in difficult situations. The image I chose explains exactly what I pictured, a girl who has no shame for what she is doing even in the face of authority. It's a shame that these things happen but they do.

Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, Penguin Books, 1977, p. 193

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Ala Salem; #11 of 13

"Someday, white men would come to this country and the Mayans would mistake them for gods. The return of the great white god Quetzalcoatl. There were hundreds of tales of a white-skinned, blond-haired, blue-eyed man who had been a god come down from the sky. Legends said he had the power of the sun and fire."

This quote reminds me a lot about racism and discrimination at it's peak way before the twentieth and twenty first century. Also, the fact that every now and then occasional incidences involving racism happens bothers me a lot. After all, white and black are just two different colors. Just as everyone comes in different shapes and sizes, we all come in different colors. A person must be judged by aspects, like accomplishments, achievements, etc... and not by the color that God gave him/her. No matter what color a person is, that person has feelings, passions, goals, dreams, desires,etc... This visual is by far the most explicit and I find it to be too general. It's like saying "Don't discriminate against anyone. Period".

Wolverton, D. A Very Strange Trip (Bridge Publications Inc. 1999) pg. 220

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ALEXANDRIA ASCIOTI #11/13

"It was funny the way these people kept asking for it. Just latching onto you, no matter how you tried to brush them off, and almost telling you how they wanted it done"

This situation is very common among people. Often, there is a friendship that is not always wanted by both parties. Sometimes a person may not understand that the other does not wish to be friends because perhaps they have nothing in common. There are those who try too hard to create friendships that don't make sense. This is usually because someone may just like the idea of having a friend, as opposed to really looking inside the person's personality. Intimate relationships can also work like this if there is a lack of chemistry. It is necessary to go beyond the ideas of friendships and relationships to see the true colors. It is also important to walk away from them if there are not any positive results, as opposed to latching onto to something that will only hurt a person in the end. The picture below clearly shows that the two women are not happy. I chose this picture because I believe it could represent a dead-end friendship. They are not happy with each other and perhaps they should no longer hold onto the friendship.

Jim Thompson. The Killer Inside Me. Vintage Books. 1991. 155.

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Myall Budden #11/13

“The dry voice in his mind advised him that he spent far too much time worrying about things like that.”

Simply put, life can be complicated and challenging. There always seems to be a little voice in your head that reminds you of the trials and tribulations that people have to endure. Yet, at the same time life is so sweet and there is too much to offer not to enjoy it. Sometimes even the simple things can be the best times of your life. The quote above made me think of the little things that can damper or ruin your day or even life. Thus, the below painting correlates to the passage above by illustrating the happiness the man has for something as simple as fishing. In life you can either complicate things and think about them until they overtake you, or you can recognize the things in your life that bring happiness and enjoyment. I believe the author of the painting was trying to send this message, just as the author of the passage was highlighting the exact opposite. Life is what you make it, and when you allow petty things to take away from the happiness that life has to offer, it is you that is making the mistake.

David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982), page 163

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Carly Gaffney Blog #11

"Look, she was still a beautiful doll then and you know the power of a doll."

There is the word doll as an adjective and doll as a noun. In this context it is used as an adjective. Doll can be described in beauty, sincerity, sweet, and even used as slang (older days). Doll might have other connotations if said by a male rather than a female as well. With a guy it can be seen as a come- on or even offensive. As a female it can be a sign of friendship and in some cases sarcasm. The word doll is also a representation. It's something that usually all young girls had a some point in time. I had one. The doll brought comfort and something you took care of. Dolls today are portraying an image. There are dressed up and elegant looking (according to this picture). There many types of dolls in the world, they all represent something and mean something different to everyone. Even adults may hang on to dolls as collectors item or holding on to a piece of their childhood. Dolls are beautiful, that is what is being communicated in this passage; the representation on beauty.



Mickey Spillane, The Snake (Bath: Chivers Press, 1964), page 84

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Ashley Hushka, Blog # 11/13

"Please--I just need a vacation from my life. You never heard of that?"

I find myself needing a vacation from my life, a lot. With school, work, and other miscellaneous things, life can be unfortunately stressful. Grant it, I do live in a vacation spot, but when you are just doing every day life things, it's not so much a vacation spot to you anymore. With finals coming up, I could definitely use "a vacation from my life," just to get away from everything that has to do with school and relax. Hmmm yes, that would be perfect. This quote caused me to reflect more personally, rather than on the book. I chose this picture of a beach in Queensland, Australia.. looks like the perfect getaway to me.






Thomas Pynchon, Vineland (Canada: Little, Brown and Company, 1990) pg.138
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