Lit 11
American Romanticism
Faviola Perez
1.What about the story did you find particularly Romantic? You may want to reread the section on Romanticism again to refresh your memory. Give at least two examples with direct evidence for each.
1. One part of the story I think is romantic is that Rip was a poor man and he did not want to face the fact that he had to work hard in order to give his family a good life. Instead he would complain on how his farm was the worst land in the country and he cant grow anything on it and that his fence would always fall apart. So what Rip did to make him self feel better he would ignore his own family needs and help his neighbors. Rip would do chores for the women in his town that their own husbands would not do, also instead of finding a way on how to make his crops grow he would go fishing with his dog during the day.
Example:
" He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest
toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn,
or building stone-fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging
husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to
anybody’s business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping
his farm in order, he found it impossible.
In fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his farm; it was the
most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country; every thing
about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were
continually falling to pieces; his cow would either go astray, or get among
the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than anywhere
else; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some outdoor
work to do; so that though his patrimonial estate had dwindled away
under his management, acre by acre, until there was little more left than a
mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst-conditioned
farm in the neighborhood.".
1. Another part of the story that I think is romantic is that I think Rip was delusional because he was a very happy person. How can some one be so happy and careless about his own family and himself and just be so darn happy?
1. Example 2:
" Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish,
well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown,
whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve
on a penny than work for a pound. If left to himself, he would have
whistled life away in perfect contentment".
2. Read "Thanatopsis" Then write a summary of what you think this poem is saying. What is Romantic about this poem?
2. When I first read the poem I had no idea what it was talking about. Then I read it again and it made a bit more sense to me but I thought it was kind of creepy because all it talks about is death. But when it was broken down section by section it all came together. The poem was written to comfort people who were scared of dieing. But the writer does a really good job making you feel a whole lot better about death. I like the way that you have to image that it is mother nature talking to you. I really like the part that says what if you die and no one notices that you gone? The part after that says not to worry because we are all going to die one day and all of the marital things are not going with us we will all be equal. But the part I like most is the end when he writes think of it as if you are going to bed and you are going to have the best rest you have ever had and when you wake up you will be with all your loved ones who had died before you. So you will never be alone when you die.
American Romanticism
Faviola Perez
1.What about the story did you find particularly Romantic? You may want to reread the section on Romanticism again to refresh your memory. Give at least two examples with direct evidence for each.
1. One part of the story I think is romantic is that Rip was a poor man and he did not want to face the fact that he had to work hard in order to give his family a good life. Instead he would complain on how his farm was the worst land in the country and he cant grow anything on it and that his fence would always fall apart. So what Rip did to make him self feel better he would ignore his own family needs and help his neighbors. Rip would do chores for the women in his town that their own husbands would not do, also instead of finding a way on how to make his crops grow he would go fishing with his dog during the day.
Example:
" He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest
toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn,
or building stone-fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging
husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to
anybody’s business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping
his farm in order, he found it impossible.
In fact, he declared it was of no use to work on his farm; it was the
most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country; every thing
about it went wrong, and would go wrong, in spite of him. His fences were
continually falling to pieces; his cow would either go astray, or get among
the cabbages; weeds were sure to grow quicker in his fields than anywhere
else; the rain always made a point of setting in just as he had some outdoor
work to do; so that though his patrimonial estate had dwindled away
under his management, acre by acre, until there was little more left than a
mere patch of Indian corn and potatoes, yet it was the worst-conditioned
farm in the neighborhood.".
1. Another part of the story that I think is romantic is that I think Rip was delusional because he was a very happy person. How can some one be so happy and careless about his own family and himself and just be so darn happy?
1. Example 2:
" Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish,
well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown,
whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve
on a penny than work for a pound. If left to himself, he would have
whistled life away in perfect contentment".
2. Read "Thanatopsis" Then write a summary of what you think this poem is saying. What is Romantic about this poem?
2. When I first read the poem I had no idea what it was talking about. Then I read it again and it made a bit more sense to me but I thought it was kind of creepy because all it talks about is death. But when it was broken down section by section it all came together. The poem was written to comfort people who were scared of dieing. But the writer does a really good job making you feel a whole lot better about death. I like the way that you have to image that it is mother nature talking to you. I really like the part that says what if you die and no one notices that you gone? The part after that says not to worry because we are all going to die one day and all of the marital things are not going with us we will all be equal. But the part I like most is the end when he writes think of it as if you are going to bed and you are going to have the best rest you have ever had and when you wake up you will be with all your loved ones who had died before you. So you will never be alone when you die.
4. Read “The Rope walk” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow here. What is the point of this poem? What images stand out to you? How is “The Rope walk” a good example of Romanticism?
What i think the point of this poem is how he thinks of his daily life. it starts at work and every day he does the same routines going round and round like a wheel. but at the end of the day he still maneges to some day lite in his life. And i kind of think think he likes a girl who gives off a gentle look but shes too busy too notice that he is their. so at the end of the day he goes to bed to wake up and do this routines all over again.
5. Look at this painting. How could a piece of visual art like this be considered Romanticism? When you are through responding, upload an image to your post that you consider a good example of Romanticism, and then explain why you chose it.
i think this can be considered romanticism because it shows that life has obstacles in it that are going to be hard to tackle bit in the end you have to look at the big picture and see that it wasn't that bad and you should be happy that you over came all of hard obstacles.
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