Friday, March 21, 2014
Response to survey
We were surprised by not getting any results. Our link lead to the survey but would not record our results for us to see. I would assume that most people know a good amount about animal abuse. You can always give us personal feedback by commenting on this post!
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Discussion Blog Post Question #3
Determine whether Rosie has forgiven August or not.
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| Rosie (elephant) with Marlena and Jacob |
Rosie has not forgiven August. August seems to believe that Rosie has forgiven him from all of his beating her, because once she cooperates, he begins to be in a good mood at all times. August, before finding out Rosie only understands Polish, would beat Rosie until she bled because she did not understand his English. He would beat her terribly with a bull hook causing many open wounds. As the story progresses and Augusts mood hangs from constant anger to constant thrill, he starts to believe Rosie has forgiven him, particularly because he would give her watermelons and ginger ale. There are many times when August looses his temper with Marlena, in from of Rosie, where you can see Rosie is still very scared of him and uneasy. Rosie also has seen the many painful things August has done to Marlena such as beating her. causing much anger toward August to build up in her. Rosie realizes that August is evil, and Jacob and Marlena truly love her and care for her. Toward the end of the novel, Rosie sees that August is putting Marlena and Jacob in danger and realizes that she's had enough. "She lifts the stake as though it weighs nothing and splits his head in a single clean movement" (309). Rosie decided to take all harm away from Jacob and Marlena by killing August. She never truly forgave him, she could always see through his tricks.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Discussion Question Blog Post #2
Going back to the prologue, now that we know the characters quite well, discuss who you think killed who and analyze why.
Marlena kills August. In the prologue, there is a description of a female with crazed-looking eyes, killing a man. Splitting his head open with a stake, to be exact. Now that we have learned more about the characters and their feelings for each other, we can make an educated guess about who killed who. We have just learned that Marlena does in fact love Jacob, and we have known for a while that Jacob is deeply in love with Marlena. August discovers this and goes insane. He starts to beat Marlena and Jacob and call them offensive things. August has recently started using a silver-tipped cane and wearing a silk hat. After all the beating and name calling August has done to Marlena, Jacob and to Rosie the elephant, Marlena has a right to want August dead. In this quote we see a description of what seems to be August, "That son of a bitch was standing with his back to her, red-faced and bellowing, flapping his arms and swinging his silver-tipped cane. His high-topped silk hat laying on the straw beside him" (4). This is enough information for us to assume this is August. "She lifted the stake high in the air and brought it down, splitting his head in half like a watermelon. His face pated open, his eyes grew wide, and his mouth froze into an O. He fell onto his knees and then toppled forward into the straw" (4). This shows Marlena killing August after everything he has out her through.
The description of Marlena killing August further proves that Jacob is a better fit for her, as I argued in my last post, because for her to kill August, he must have don't terrible things to her.
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| From left to right: August, Jacob and Marlena. |
Marlena kills August. In the prologue, there is a description of a female with crazed-looking eyes, killing a man. Splitting his head open with a stake, to be exact. Now that we have learned more about the characters and their feelings for each other, we can make an educated guess about who killed who. We have just learned that Marlena does in fact love Jacob, and we have known for a while that Jacob is deeply in love with Marlena. August discovers this and goes insane. He starts to beat Marlena and Jacob and call them offensive things. August has recently started using a silver-tipped cane and wearing a silk hat. After all the beating and name calling August has done to Marlena, Jacob and to Rosie the elephant, Marlena has a right to want August dead. In this quote we see a description of what seems to be August, "That son of a bitch was standing with his back to her, red-faced and bellowing, flapping his arms and swinging his silver-tipped cane. His high-topped silk hat laying on the straw beside him" (4). This is enough information for us to assume this is August. "She lifted the stake high in the air and brought it down, splitting his head in half like a watermelon. His face pated open, his eyes grew wide, and his mouth froze into an O. He fell onto his knees and then toppled forward into the straw" (4). This shows Marlena killing August after everything he has out her through.
The description of Marlena killing August further proves that Jacob is a better fit for her, as I argued in my last post, because for her to kill August, he must have don't terrible things to her.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Discussion Question Blog Post #1
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| Jacob |
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| August |
Jacob is the more deserving man of Marlena because he respects her and he wishes and truly loves her. August on the other hand beats Marlena so she will do what he wants, and does not cherish her the way he should. Jacob is younger, and has never had an experience with a girl, which does make him more naive. August is also married to her and knows her flaws, giving them the right to argue. But Jacob would never resort to beating Marlena. He is not as controlling as August. August cannot control many aspects in his own life, because Uncle Al controls it; he resorts to controlling Marlena. Jacob truly cherishes and treats her respectfully. You can see his love for her through his actions. "My heart pounds so hard that, despite the roaring of the crowd, I am aware of blood whooshing through my ears. I am filled to overflowing, bursting with love" (228). This is when Jacob watches Marlena preform again after her injury and he sees again just how magnificent she is. Jacob loves her for who she is and does not try to make her something she is not. This is why Jacob is more deserving of her love than August.
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