ENG 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emily Dickinson, Sibling Rivalry, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
6 Jul 2018
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ENG 111 DANIELLE SLOLEY
Paul’s Case
1. Paul is being characterized with terms associated with criminals – misdemeanors. How
he dresses should mark how he behaves: being complacent. They judge the way he
dresses to his behavior.
2. He is being judged by his appearance, he is odd. How he looks does not fit, he stands out
and not in a way that can be celebrated.
3. Third person narration is used throughout the narrative – his point of view is not told.
Maybe he has suffered some abuse we are unaware of. There is more to Paul than the
narrator’s or faculty’s reaction to Paul. There is a switch of narration relating to the fact
that Paul is being prayed upon. ‘Twitching’ – he is nervous.
4. The narrator is the only one who takes into consideration of Paul’s mental state. He does
not judge the physical appearance of Paul but sees it as a deeper meaning as to what Paul
is feeling. ‘White Blue Veins’ – premature aging.
5. He can accept routine. He likes a created environment. All the values at the Hall are ones
that he cherishes – creativity and individualism. Paul is largely a victim of circumstance.
He is free and comfortable with everyone.
6. The female protagonist embodies the romance, individualism, he cherishes, the school is
trying to stuff out of him. She is female; he lost his mother. He is envisioning her as a
mother that he lost. ‘Exotic’ – opposite of middle class values.
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7. He lies to his father. Position of his father – he looks down on him and seeing him as
worthless.
8. John Calvin – Calvinism (realism) rejects what he wants – individualism – society’s
expectation of lots of children – attending Sabbath School, ‘study rationalism, science,
steadiness’ – no creativity. ‘waters closing in on him’ – he feels like he is drowning.
9. He thinks od scenarios that happens if his father shot him. He focuses on his father
wanting him dead.
10. The boy represented what Paul’s father wants him to be. Paul is victimized at school and
at home. His father cuts off all contact with Paul and the world. He is dragged from
school and makes him work – he then steals and moves to New York, but still establishes
his individualism. He is driven to this by his father and the school. He buys himself
things to show who he really is.
11. His plan then unfolds – direct rebellion against his father. He feels empowered. He aims
to reconstruct himself on his own terms. All his insecurities are removed by virtue of
what he does. He no longer lies, he can be who he is.
12. He is exposed to the world, but he sees that the whole world is Cordea Street and he can’t
escape it. His father is hunting him down.
13. There is no way to escape so he makes the decision to end his life. All the world is
Cordea Street and the only way to escape this is to end his life.
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An Outpost of Progress
1. Do the characters exhibit these qualities? They do not. Negative descriptions by narrator.
He is not doing it for the morality of the imperial act. He acts out of self-interest.
2. The director does represent the imperial duty. Him evaluating the man in a negative way,
showing that he is immoral. The company does not care about employees.
3. Makola is from Sierra Leone. He is not socially superior – based on European standards,
but he is the best man on that team. He despises them and would do anything to sabotage
their mission. These men believe that they are from somewhere ‘civilized’, yet they do
not know what they are going to face. They have been protected all their lives, and lack
experience.
4. They express their concern about the other member on the team by judging their physical
appearance and abilities. ‘Brute’ – used by the men on the ship to describe the Africans –
condensing virtue by them. They stand back and laugh and judge.
5. They are lazy; reading books, have very little motivation. There is also a breakdown of
authority. Kayerts is unable to motivate the men. Makola was the one who spoke to the
men to negotiate. The other men who work are sold by Makola without the men’s
permission.
6. Initially Calier is appalled by the imprisonment. He agrees to this despite his previous
belief. Makola is practical, hard and efficient.
7. Kayerts accidentally shoots Carlier which produces a psychological breakdown in
Kayerts which leads him to kill himself.
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Document Summary
Paul"s case: paul is being characterized with terms associated with criminals misdemeanors. How he dresses should mark how he behaves: being complacent. They judge the way he dresses to his behavior: he is being judged by his appearance, he is odd. How he looks does not fit, he stands out and not in a way that can be celebrated: third person narration is used throughout the narrative his point of view is not told. Maybe he has suffered some abuse we are unaware of. There is more to paul than the narrator"s or faculty"s reaction to paul. There is a switch of narration relating to the fact that paul is being prayed upon. Twitching" he is nervous: the narrator is the only one who takes into consideration of paul"s mental state. He does not judge the physical appearance of paul but sees it as a deeper meaning as to what paul is feeling.
