Calmness During the Storm

""Calixta," he said, "don't be frightened. Nothing can happen. The house is too low to be struck, with so many trees standing about. There! aren't you going to be quiet? say, aren't you?" He pushed her hair back from her face that was warm and steaming. Her lips were as red and moist as pomegranate seed. Her white neck and a glimpse of her full, firm bosom disturbed him powerfully. 'as she glanced up at him the fear in her liquid blue eyes had given place to a drowsy gleam that unconsciously betrayed sensuous desire. He looked down into her eyes and there was nothing for him to do but gather her lips in a kiss. It reminded him of Assumption." (144).


Alcee was overwhelmed with Calixta for the moment, and could not resist the temptation to kiss her. Everything happened perfectly for These two. The storm came at the perfect time, and was a bad enough storm to make him go inside. The remembrance of Assumption made them feel what was once felt. But like the storm the feelings where gone, and they both went back to their loving families.

The Monarchs Looking Fly

Changing with the Monarchs

At the begging of the story the narrater views the Monarchs as royalty and upper class men. Throughout the story we start to see through the narrater start to change is view to think of the Monarchs as middle to lower class men. He almost starts to feel sorry for them because he sees how desperate they are. The Monarchs are so bad at modeling that he has to make them basically his made. They are so useless that the narrator has to pay them to leave. At the end of the story the narrator says "If it be true I am content to have paid the price--for the memory." to explain that he got to see the "real thing". The Monarchs where thought of as upperclass men, but they ended up actually just cleaning dishes.

Hating on Poe

Poe you look too much at the interior of a person. Like in your story, The Black Cat, you focused on how the main character felt after he did such awful things. Does this represent some of what you are feeling? Is this character a resemblance of you? There are rumors going around that you killed your wife. Like in the story do you not feel any pity or resentment to the bad things you may have done in the past? In your stories there is no good ever being done. I personally think you should throw in a hero so that mankind doesn't seem doomed to the pits of the under world. Adding a little contrast to the darkness might add more emphasis to the darkness.

My Boy Ben!

• Extremely truthful
• Able to look at the bigger picture
• Stands for freedom and equal opportunity
• Understands nothing is perfect but tries to get as close as he can to it
• Stands for democracy 
• Doubt his own judgment
• Understands that peoples judgements are clouded by wants and wealth

What is American literature?

What first comes to my mind if I am asked about American literature is Edgar Allan Poe. His thoughts are so deep and dark. He uses lots of figurative language. To fully understand his works of literature you have to look at it like a puzzle. There are so many symbolisms and metaphors that make my head spin. I also think of the Harlem renaissance, and all its great artists. The African American culture producing outstanding pieces of poetry. I like the romanticized stories, but feel the realism in more modern stories. The hero isn't always this perfect person. In more modern stories the hero is just an average person that steps up in above average situations. American literature has lots of people, places, and time periods have all influenced it.