Père Goriot (lit analysis)

1.  After a long exposition revealing the wretched denizens of a foul community, Honor De Balzac describes more of the festering establishment which many live, chiefly a Pere Goriot. We first meet the stories namesake as a worn down old man after we meet an array of other characters of the household who have particular vices to counterbalance their own personality. For example; Michonneau is a vile wretched being, but is fascinated with love. The story then goes back through time, at first around seven years to the retirement of Mr. Goriot. Mr. Goriot retires wealthy which immediately attracts the attention of his "land lord" (for lack of a better word.) as a suitor. However, it seemed Père was not interested with her and she left his company in minor anguish. Over time, two charecters fall into play around Père's social life; Vautrin: a man who wished to play off the fortune of the stories name sake, and others who he has the opportunity for, and Eugene de Rastignacwho is very fond of Père's daughters. After a time Vautrin finds Eugene a viable target for him to take advantage of. Père in the later chapters is found to be a soft parental character who, in all respects, is the paying end of the daddies little girls relationship. While we find Vautrin a cynical character obsessed and corrupted by power and wealth. Eugene turns out to be socially awkward and blunders about a negative society. He recognizes how the two Goriot daughters feed off their fathers wealth with the unwavering consent of their father. Eugene and Vautrin fight after social class issues ill deal with later, and after the spout Eugene gets in contact with the Goriot daughters  and becomes a aquantince of Mr. Goriot. Père Describes his love for his daughters. At a point in time, a charecter by the name of Michonneau is introduced to be a detective and believes Vautern to be a convict hiding under a pseudonym. He gets subsequently arrested and for his trial he appeals to the love and beauty present in Goriot. He is then thrown under the buss as his daughters. Mr. Goriot dies an old sick man, driven mad with grief, or happiness, hard to tell since he was mad, and the story comes to a close.

2. The theme of the story was balanced towards the idea that society is screwed over with the greed and lust for money. Père Goriot was an okay person until the surrounding social class strain destroyed his heart and left him a poor old man who is looked down upon in society because his lack of money.

 3. Balzac was generally very dark. He rotated around factors like "the creaking floor and rotten wood around the furnace" more than anything happy he could possibly create. Further he refers to people being subhuman at the point where Père Goriot kisses his daughters feet to show his affection. Later, Vautern is used as a ultimate negative. He was ark mannered attracted indefinably to money and cared not for other people in any way shape or form.

4. Pathos directly linked the mental anguish of the father to the reader. Allusions were made by Balzac to his own era to express his disgust for society. Mr Goriot was compared to a wild animal in his love for his daughters. Mr. Goriot explained his unconditional love with aphorisms. Apologia in the court case swayed Mr. Goriot a little bit. Balzac used direct characterization to describe the characters. The extreme love of Père was a cliche from the romantic era. Primary conflict had aiding conflict to add depth to the story.

1. "The old man sagged in his chair, a sickness was upon him" and "His eyes were sunken in as if they had seen far more years than they should have." are direct while, "he looked up to the man to see his eyes clearly" and "Without assistance, I doubt he could stand." are both indirect ways of divulging information.

2. While Goriot's story is generally told from a sad but hopeful point of view (mostly), while Eugene's side of the story is more interestingly similar to a child taking in information and changing it to make it palatable and mold able for himself. He provided a thoughtful insight to the book.

3. Every character is round with the exception of maybe Vautrin. Goriot has the depth of passion with pangs of regret followed with a conscious telling him he hasn't done enough baked into a souffle of agony creating a three dementional struggle where you get lost in the deep complex of his mind. While Eugene tends to be more awkward and ashamed at his low socioeconomic status with the addition of being caught in a complex love triangle. Vautrin seems to be only fueled by his desires and therefore is predictable and flat.

4. I feel i finally connected with Goriot. He was acting so instinctually, it seemed Balzac meant for the reader to feel a part of him. I was caught up with the anguish he experienced and personally wondered why one man would put up with such torment while he still had jurisdiction over his own life.

whats the story?

Dickens was fascinated with the social aspect of life. Social experimentation dictates Dickens has every right in the world to express his passion through his work. Thusly we can see literary techniques such as allusions to the real French revolution. Furthermore grotesque ties to human brutality in the death mobs show how Dickens wanted to explain how when humans are pushed they will snap into minor insanity in the name of their own liberation.

something about list 4 lit terms

interior monologue: inner stream of consciousness but of spoken word.
inversion: where two expressions reverse their order of appearance.
juxtaposition: the flipping and swapping of appropriate time and placement to emphasize a point.
lyric: limrical phrasing usually founding poetry.
magic realism: realism with wands.
metaphor: a string of composed words that relate to or allude to another idea in length, or shortened.
metonymy: using a word to express a certain idea or thing.
modernism:  realistic style of writing that lacks romanticism.
monologue: a typically long speech given by a person to an audience.
mood: the feeling or tone set by a piece.
motif: a motto or core for the transfer of ideas in a story.
myth: a story usually vacant of truth used to impart morals or an idea.
narrative: a documentary or story that is generally factual.
narrator: the teller of the story. The one who does the saying of the words.
naturalism: the focus on natural aspects in literature. Usually having to do with man v wild conflict.
novelette/novella: a small story based on the dramatic events of a subject(s).
omniscient point of view: the point of view where a person, entity, or narrator knows everything in the story.
onomatopoeia: words that represent a certain sound.
oxymoron: two adjectives used in unison for a dogmatic phrase .
pacing: the general tempo of a story, the rate at which the plot progresses.
parable: a human, and instructive story which tends to be slightly darker than a fable.
paradox: when you're so rich, you can't fit all your boats on one.

the other lit term "remix"

 A solid combination of sleep deprivation, split eardrums, and pure unadulterated angst, I though with my lovely teenage mind, now a day with all the fancy remixes, it would be novel to post simple definitions to remix the expectation of  remix.

exposition: the point of a story used to describe surrounding, introduce characters, and establish a basic plot.

expressionism: distorting moods or ideas to display a message of moral, usually found in art.

fable: a short story usually made to entertain or pass legend or myth on to a new audience.

fallacy: an argumentative supplement. These are used as the crutch for an argument, usually deployed to throw the opposing party off balance or so to speak.

falling action: the point in a story where loose ends begin to get tied and the exposure to the climax is dampened.

farce: dramatic or comedic rendition of a story. Humorous and often involving horseplay.

figurative language: language used in a way to imply multiple meanings instead of what is stated.

flashback: a device used to re-expose the audience to a plot or character feature.

foil: the exact anti-character to a character. Is the EXACT opposite of a selected character.
folk tale

foreshadowing: giving hints or clues about future events in the story.

free verse: a form of writing (poetry) that relies mostly on the author not following verbal guidelines or prompts.

genre: a category or branch of a subject.

gothic tale: a tale with dark, or eerie scenery or beauty.

hyperbole: the exploitation of a prominent thing and expanding it to ridicule.

imagery: using descriptive words or phrases to paint an image into the audiences imagination.

implication: the non-direct point someone is trying to establish without directly stating it.

incongruity: comparing two seperate principals or objects to exagerate the differences they possess.

inference: a guess at what an producer of work may mean at a certain debatable aspect.

irony: Bruce Willis is dead at the end of Sixth Sense.

Lit term remix

When confronted about his proclivity to read older books, his love of classicism was first viewed. However, when he was asked about his love, the response was filled with circumlocution and evident anxiety. As it turns out, he was simply cliched, a person who wanted to make himself look better by surrounding himself with archaic literature. The climax of the confrontation was undoubtedly when both parties broke into respective colloquialism. After, a lack of effective communication led to a fight.

Siddartha

1. If you were the river, would you been lightenment or would you know enlightenment? In other words, what’s up with the river? What is it’s relation to enlightenment?
2. What does enlightenment look like inSiddhartha? Is it a feeling? An attitude?
3. What purpose does self-denial serve in Siddhartha? What about self-indulgence?
4. What do the coils of smoke on his path represent?
5. Sidddartha is plagued by his own mortal coils, at what point does he work beyond them?

The answers to 1 through 3 are ambiguous to me however the last two I can guess or make inference about. The coils can be the fear of self doubt or being able to uphold expectations. The other however I cannot say due to not reading the entire book. However I understand he dropped his doubt In the passage we read.

My questions were found on the very vanilla shmoop.com

Hacking my education I guess.

This semester, I want to know everything. I want to be able to do everything. I want to have done everything. But sadly, I cant do everything. Especially in the short time period of a couple months. So by the time of the semester, I can expect to know the endings to books and movies in the series I love. Furthermore I can expect to be able to create a good experience with scholarship applications, and have the experience of making friends with a complete stranger.