I walk down this path once again
knowing that I will not walk this path much longer
what lies ahead of me,
I don’t know.
but I welcome the new
and ponder the old
as I walk down this familiar path
with its familiar trees
and familiar faces
one last time.
The movie that we are watching in class is definately different than what I would normally watch. It is interesting to see the story unfold from the on hand perspective that is presented in the movie. anaiis seems to be a very odd character who doesnt quite know what she wants from life or where she belongs in life.
I can see parallels between her character and others that we have studied this semester. Celie also struck me as person who did not know where she belonged or how to gain what she really wanted. both characters finally find their paththat they are supposed to be on and take off down it to another adventure.
A pretty major difference between these two characters though is how they live their lives. Celie was oppressed throughout her life but it seems that Anaiis is almost the opposite. she has a very laid back husband who basically lets her do whatever she wants. Neither of the husband figures in these stories seem to understand their wives though which is another similarity.
Every Battle that has been fought
has not been in vain
every challenge that has been met
has made me stronger
every year that went by
good or bad,
has made me who I am
I can finally see the end
it’s almost over.
Thanksgiving was a true test of being a master of both worlds. while most students went home for the entire break I was unable to as I have a full time job here in Indiana. This made the week rather stressful as I ended up going home for the first weekend for two days then driving back, working until thanksgiving day and driving back for that then back to here. all in all it was a lot of running around that I really did not look forward to.
everything went smoothly though and I enjoyed the week even though it kept me from getting much of anything done on the side. I feel like it was a good journey that had to be completed whether I liked it or not. This is like most other journeys that we take in our lives. we dont always have a choice in the matter, some journeys are just thrown on us and we must accept.
The end to my journy is so near
My life will soon change once again
I wonder where i will go
Will it be easier?
or will it be hard
I will go on
and succeed
now
I am so very different
But am I so strange?
are you strange?
I found fridays lecture to be very interesting. I found it to be very valuable as what we discussed in class about queer theory was much more interesting, descriptive, and helpful in understanding the concept than what the internet had to offer.
The idea that queer theory relates to feminism was pretty easy for me to understand as both deal with the problems of an underpriviledged minority. however as we looked more at queer theory the differences became much more apparent as we found that it is more all encompasing than stricly feminism is and that it is structured differently.
The idea that people could be identified as queer in the true meaning by just looking at the activities that they participate in and the social rules that they do not follow was quite interesting. when we discussed in class something that we do or had done in the past that was different than the norm it was easy to see why queer theory was so all encompasing because it really means anything that is strange or different from the norm.
always in the dark
with only an unknown fate
to keep you going
where will it lead you this time
when will the journy begin?
Celie Fought
With tooth and nail
she only wanted
to live a normal life
to be respected
to live
freely
so celie fought
with all she had
and won her battle
to live a normal life
T hroughout this semester I have enjoyed learning about the heroic journey and the monomyth. It has been really interesting to learn about how every hero relates to every other hero in one way or another. As seen in the color purple, Celie is no different.
Celie is forced into her journey through many various circumstances, most of which were very unpleasant. for a long time Celie finds that she is unable to fight and refuses to cross the threshold into her real journey of escaping from Mr’s company. It is only through help from the outside which comes in the form of shug avery that Celie’s quest slowly begins to move along.
Shug teaches Celie many things and Celie teaches Shug as well about being a homebody. The scene at the dinner table is the true battle for Celie as she must finally stand up for herself and fight her way out of the situation that she has been put in. after this when Celie leaves she enters a new world and must learn how to survive and master this new world which is very different from her previous one.
