FALL 2019 3-week term
Posted in The Moviegoer on Sep 5th, 2019
“What do you love? What do you live by?” These questions were thrown at Binx by his aunt Emily. Until this moment, I saw someone like Binx who was going against the norm and a preset life for him. He was ambitious, and he was taking his time. He was a rebel and he knew himself. […]
Posted in A Streetcar Named Desire on Sep 5th, 2019
A Streetcar Named Desire was an interesting read on mental illness and the scary reality and culture our society has of women depending on men. Watching the movie after reading the play was quite shocking, as seeing the actions of Stanley and the steady decline of Blanche’s mind is alarming. Stanley raping Blanche was the […]
Posted in The Awakening on Sep 5th, 2019
The Awakening was a terribly sad story that tackles the issue of mental illness and a woman’s independence. Edna, the main character, ironically enough, kills herself as soon as she is awakened and becoming independent. Throughout the book, Edna is trapped in a cage that is her life due to not really feeling anything and […]
Posted in The Moviegoer on Sep 5th, 2019
The Moviegoer was a book that I personally was able to relate to in an odd way. In class, it was mentioned how everyone hated this book and that it was terrible, so admitting that, somehow, in a way, I was able to sympathize with the piece is a complicated truth that in class I […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2019
Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer is one of the most complex novels I’ve read in a while. When the subject of its complexity came up in class today, it was mentioned that there was nothing beautiful in it, so as I finished it, I sought to find things that I thought were beautiful within this dense, […]
Posted in The Moviegoer on Sep 5th, 2019
My favorite thing about novels is that they are written by novelists. Most artists, though it is not exclusive to this category of people, in my experience find it incredibly difficult to block out the eternal question of why in their everyday lives. I view this quality as an intrinsic part of the artist’s lifestyle, though […]
Posted in The Moviegoer on Sep 5th, 2019
First off, I want to say that this book was really hard for me to read. The beginning of this book sent me spiraling down a rabbit hole in which I questioned my entire existence and purpose as a human. I basically had an existential crisis at every page turn. Binx was talking about this […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2019
Binx is a man with few friends who has difficulty forming and maintaining long-lasting relationships. He is so poor at keeping friends that he notes, ‘the last time I had friends was eight years ago”(41) In relationships, both romantic or platonic, Binx feels he has to live up to grand expectations and is uncertain how […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2019
There’s a subtle theme throughout the book of trying to find a place where one belongs. Be it in a spiritual/religious manner, or a basic mundane sense of purpose, everyone seems to be scrambling to find something to hold onto before they die. Binx seems to have a solid hold on looking for his in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2019
The time and setting of The Moviegoer show the meaninglessness of affluence the south post-war through the lives of Binx and Kate. While Binx appears to be a stock-broker who happily lives an ordinary existence in Gentilly, he really is unhappy with his life and contemplates “the possibility of a search…. the search is what […]
Posted in The Moviegoer on Sep 5th, 2019
Binx Bolling has lived an uneventful life up until the plot of The Moviegoer and experiences joy in the mundane (“I am a model tenant and a model citizen and take pleasure in doing all that is expected of me.”) as well as in television and film (“I too once met a girl in Central […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2019
“When Bellocq doesn’t like a photograph he scratches across the plate. But I know other ways to obscure a face. . .” pg. 44 This poem continues the trend of hiding what one doesn’t want to show to the world. It also revolves around the concept of hiding who one truly is underneath a […]
Posted in The Moviegoer on Sep 3rd, 2019
The biggest difference between Binx Bolling and Edna Pontellier is that, in the end, Binx’s sudden sense of fulfillment comes from his acquiring a partner, whereas in Edna’s case, it is the ultimate imprisonment. However, it isn’t necessarily Binx’s love for Kate, and vice versa, that brings them together: “Feeling tender toward her, I embrace […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2019
Posted in Bellocq"s Ophelia on Sep 3rd, 2019
Posted in Bellocq"s Ophelia on Sep 3rd, 2019
Posted in Bellocq"s Ophelia on Sep 2nd, 2019
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 2nd, 2019
A former street preacher who became an artist, poet, and musician, Gertrude Morgan painted biblical themes to illustrate her gospel teachings. Born on April 7, 1900, in Lafayette, Alabama, Morgan moved to New Orleans during the late 1930s following a separation from her “earthly” husband. In New Orleans she became affiliated with the Holiness and […]
Posted in Bellocq"s Ophelia on Sep 2nd, 2019
Posted in Bellocq"s Ophelia on Sep 2nd, 2019
From the very beginning of the book, this collection of poetry was tackling complex emotions. A woman, who feels like she is in a cage sometimes. Her clients do not want a personal relationship with her. They want her to not speak but just deliver. But this black woman with light skin also feels validated […]