W.H.Auden - If I Could Tell You

I just want to share one of my remembrance about this poem with you. After we read this poem in the class, we had a break. I really liked the poem that I read several times. Then I immediately called my love and said her “just listen this please” she was surprised. Then I started to read it.. “Time will say nothing but I told you so, Time only knows the price we have to pay, If I could tell you I would let you know..” I got it that she liked it just like me. I was feeling her smile. Especially, the heart of the poem for us “There are no fortunes to be told, although, Because I love you more than I can say, If I could tell you I would let you know..” It simply became one of our favorite poem..we both really liked it. What a description was that..we were amazed with these word. By the way, after reading this we keep trying to tell to each other those nice words which symbolize the love and its feelings..This poem has different place on my mind and heart anymore. Whenever I read it, I will remember that special time. I think I am thankful to Shawn Sturgeon for sharing with us the best equipments for our class. I am thankful for W.H.AUDEN as well.


Thank you Mr.Sturgeon and,
Thank you Mr. Auden

KURT VONNEGUT

Kurt Vonnegut was born in 1922 in Indianapolis. He was born from a descendant of prominent German-American families. Kurt was sent to public school when he got the great depression. But his other two siblings were studying in private school. In high school years, he edited the daily newspaper of the school. He studied at Cornell College for just two years, with orders from his father and brother to study chemistry, a subject in which he did not do extremely well in. He was the writer of the Cornell Daily Sun. He joined to U.S Army in 1943. The following year, Kurt’s mother committed suicide, and he was taken as a prisoner following the Bulge Battle. After the war, he gets married and entered a master’s degree program in anthropology at the University of Chicago. Kurt also worked in Chicago as a reporter for the Chicago City News Bureau. Then he devoted himself to full time writing where he wrote effectively until his death in 2007.

Kurt published short stories in national magazines during the 1950s. In 1952, Vonnegut’s first novel, Player Piano appeared. Sirens of Titan was published in 1959, followed by

  (1962)  Mother Night 

  (1963) Cat’s Cradle 

(1965)  God Bless You, Mr. Rose-water

(1969)  Slaughterhouse Five (his most highly praised work) This novel depicts one of the most horrific massacres in history of European.

KURT VONNEGUT – SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE “1”

This book is the story of Billy Pilgrim who has become “unstuck at past”. Billy Pilgrim is travelling back, goes to his birth, his death, and all the moments in between out of order and repeatedly. The interesting part of the novel is, even though there are lots of events in many years, there is no order about them. It explains them like in small fragments. First ten chapters of the novel, Kurt Vonnegut explains about some difficulties of novel writing and its effects of Dresden in his life.

Billy Pilgrim travels in time, he gets confused and he doesn’t know how to react. I’m sure most of us have experienced those kind of moments. Isn’t that feeling really very weird?

Generally, the novel explains bad sides of the war and its effects by giving examples of Kurt Vonnegut’s experiences in World War 2.

The Awakening by Kate Chopin - Last chapters

At the last parts of the story, it describes the difficult decision that Robert makes to over his relationship with Edna. Edna calls Reisz one day for comfort and instead of him she finds Robert at her old home. She surprises to learn that he returned from Mexico but he doesn’t tell it to her. They express their love to each other. Edna starts to plan to be with him. While back at her small house, a servant of Monsieur Ratignolle comes to find Edna to bring her to the Ratignolle house. Adele is in labor and wants to see Edna. She tells to Robert to wait for her. Once there, Adele tells to Edna just to think of her children. Edna returns to her home but  Robert has left with a goodbye note. The note tells of Roberts love for Edna. Edna is shocked and hurt that she just stares the wall all night, holding Roberts letter in her hand. Finally, Edna goes to her beloved place which is ocean. She removes all of her clothes and walks into the water. She continues to walk farther and farther until she is seen no more.

The Awakening by Kate Chopin - Chapters 11-20

The following chapters are containing her tries for changing her life. Edna becomes more social those times. She starts to have strong relationships with people around her. Because she is very sure about to make a change in her life like on her personality, behaviors and things that are surrounding to her. For example, she defines of her changes with not dressing up for Tuesday receptions. She waits her guests with her daily clothes not with reception gown. This and her these kind of careless behaviors effects Edna and her husband’s relationships. Because Leonce is a person who really pay attention their  responbilities and importance for their society.