The Lesson

I really enjoyed reading this story because it shows that you dont turn out to be where you came from, and that would be nothing. The children in the community are minority children who live in a community that can be classified as living in poverty. The children are aware that they live an unfortunate life and are willing to accept it because they value other things that have no price value. And their attitude and language maybe looked upon from others as being rude, selfish and ignorant but that's how they talk to one another because that's the only way they know how. And Ms. Moore knows that so she uses a different technique by expanding their world in hope for a great outcome in return.

A&P

A&P is about a young man who works at a grocery store who is stuck in a boring, dull life until three young girls walk into the store where he works and changes his life forever. The young man is use to seeing the same people everyday so he knows what type of people they are. He describes them as being nosey an unappreciative people. However, when the three girls walk in he notices something different about them an immediately gives them his full attention. He describes each girl completely and gives them nicknames that coincides with how they look. But everything seems to change when the mananger comes over to the girls while they were on his line and reprimands them for there inappropiate attire. But the young man does not agree with what the manager says to them. He feels as if he has to prove his loyalty to the girls by quitting his job, and he does, because his loyalty to someone who has made an impact on his life is worth much more than a job that will never change.

Everyday Use

"Everyday Use" is about a mother and her two daughters. Just like a typical relationship between sisters, I sense some jealousy between the two. Maggie is one of the sisters that is very shy and quiet. I believe she is this way because she was left with burns from a fire that happened a while back. Dee is the other sister that doesnt live with them, and may be seen as the one closer to the mother. However, Dee is going through a change. She is know under the Muslim religion. And I think that's what Alice Walker wants us to recognize, "change". But is it change for the better or change for the worst. I don't know. But at the end the mother changes and opens up to Maggie, even though it seems like she shut her down most of her life. Was this a significance? Leave me some comments.

A Worn Path

This story symbolizes an African American elderly woman who has been through a lot in her life. The journey that she has to take represents her life and the obstacles that she faces. She has had a long, hard, tired life. But she does not give up no matter what/who tries to get in a her way because she goes on this journey for someone special in her life which the author says is her grandson. However, I feel as if her grandson represents "her will" to get through anything she sets her mind to because that's all she says. Someone let me know if I'm on the right track.

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

I think this story should have had a different title called Good People Are Hard to Find, because it seems as if Misfit and his people weren't the only ones that were bad people. The children were very disrespectful to their parents. From reading the story I thought they were older kids, (even though that wouldn't make it better) but they were just so disrespectful to their parents. And the grandmother wasn't setting a good example herself, she was very selfish and only cared for herself. She showed her true colors at the end of the story when her life was going to be taken away. She had no remorse for what she had caused to happen to her son and his family, basically it was her who put them in the situation they were in. However, I think the title of the story had meaning because a good man is hard to find, but a bad man (Misfit) is very easy to find. It just so happen that the family spoke of him before they left for the trip and look how easy it was to run in to him while on the trip. What a coincidence!

The Hunger Artist

The author of The HungerArtist wanted the reader to see the hunger artist as a work of art. To him a person fasting should be seen as something that you should observe and be able to understand. However the author doesn't want you to admire him or be like him he just wants you to take notice and see what he sees. Also when the hunger artist says the reason he wouldn't eat is because he couldn't find anything that he enjoyed, even though he never looked to find anything to feed his hunger, he really meant that fasting and cleansing yourself was the only thing that could satisfy his hunger. To him this was seen as beautiful. As a result he spent his last days dying from fasting, his body was finally shutting down. But since he loved what he did so much he could never change for the better, but rather die from the worst, which I thought was panther that was placed in the cage when he died........ I really enjoyed reading this story, the moral was very deep.

"Young Goodman Brown"

As I began reading my first impression of the story was very spiritual. The story gave me an impression that it was speaking of the afterlife and crossing over. What made me take on this thought was that throughout the story it talked about a journey, and the name Faith was the name of Mr. Brown's wife. Also the wording of the story like thou, thy were very biblical. However, as the story went on it began to speak of wickedness, brooms and serpents. This is when I started to get confused. I had to question myself, was this story written in biblical thoughts or for witchcraft? I'm still confused, can someone help me out?