Blog on Assignment 3

This blog will be about the ideas that I will use to complete my final essay.  For this assignment, we have been asked to write a fiction story from the point of view of one of the characters from, "The Hunger Games", other than the main character Katniss.  We are to write about a scene in the novel, and also make up a new scene in the voice of that character.  The outcome of our paper will be to prove a hidden idea inside the text, and support it with our writing.

I have chosen to write in the perspective of Katniss' younger sister Prim.  I will use all of the emotions we are shown from the text to build a scene that we did not read about.  The in text scene I will talk about is probably the one from "The Reaping" when her name is called to be a tribune and Katniss volunteers to take her place.    I would like to accomplish giving my readers a different feel to Prim's character, and not to just look at her as Katniss' younger sister.  The most challenging part of writing this paper will be finding that outside "idea" to prove within my writing.

Escape

Its hot
The sun is shining and the air is suffocating
The sand burning my feet reminds me of a sizzling fajita skillet
                         Probably from Applebees
The ocean looks refreshing

As I lay on the blanket I replay the stress of my week
 like a movie on the inside of my eyelids
                                  work, school, boyfriend, bills
A friend pours a drink into my cup and I let out a sigh of relief after the first sip
I zone into the radio, while Beyonce sings my emotions

Theres a cool breeze from the ocean that revives me
                          Like smelling salts
I open my eyes
Im back to reality
          well maybe not completely
                               Not until I finish the rest of this drink

This blog will be a summary of , "Notes on Love and Marriage: Perspectives from Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest an analysis", by Michael Vance.  I will also include my own opinions of the points that Michael Vance makes in his reaction.

In Michael Vance's reaction, he is basically stating that "The Importance of Being Earnest" is a satirical attack on the role of marriage in the 19th century.  He states, "The Importance of Being Ernest is a cleverly woven satire in which many of the rules, morays, and hypocritical practices and ideas of Wilde's day were made a mockery."  Which is true, while reading the play, we see Oscar Wilde making light of the seriousness of marriage, almost making fun of it. True love seems to be the least of  matter to the characters Cicely and Gwendolyn when accepting marriage proposals.  All that matters is that they are married to a man named Earnest.  If ever the man isn't named Earnest, all of the love that they claim goes out the window.  Oscar Wilde does not show us courting or real love of any sort, just a proposal and a name and the women readily accept.  This shows us that Oscar Wilde feels as if there is no real essence to marriage.  He makes Cicely and Gwedolyn seem so shallow and almost superficial.  To have their hand in marriage, the only requirement is to be named Earnest.  

I think Michael Vance makes very valid points in his reaction.  He supports his ideas very well with quotes from the play.  I agree totally that Oscar Wilde was definitely attacking the role of marriage and making it comedic.  He took the idea of marriage being sacred and all about true love and romance and presented it to us as something very shallow and easy........as long as your name is Earnest.   

Works Cited

Vance, Michael. "Notes on Love and Marriage: Perspectives from Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest an analysis." http://kamus3.homestead.com/wilde.html., May 2000. [Web].  3 July 2010. 

Wilde Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest. New York, London: W.W Norton and Company, 2006. Print