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Monthly Archives: June 2007
buchanan, ross, and brooks
1. escape– to get away. “who have for this time escaped punishment.” Buchanan, ross, and brooks like the other narratives we have read, want to escape. this desire to escape punishment is indicative of the fear that the penal system … Continue reading
elizabeth wilson
ignorant– not knowing of the fervently preached saving power of God’s mercy seems an almost shocking realization for someone in this time period. “during her confinement she was visited by serious people of different religious demonstrations, and appeared amazingly ignorant…†… Continue reading
frasier
covetous – Frasier compulsion to steal as he admitted was due to a burning desire within to become rich. HInstead of attempting to do so by legitimate means the “easy” money of thievery seemed much more appropriate for his condition … Continue reading
frasier
unconcern – Throughout the narrative there was a non-chalant attitude and tone. Frasier went about from town to town stealing and dealing with people in a way that often lead to his getting off without being punished. It was this … Continue reading
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william fly
Pariah- outcast, outside of social system  Fly operates outside of the rules of society, but the preacher writing this sermon wishes to make him a pariah (with all its negative connotations.) He demonizes him throughout the narrative.  His refusal … Continue reading
esther rodgers
Regret – This subject can be viewed at from two different perspectives. The first is the regret that one feels after having committed a crime and accepted the reality that it has happened. The second perspective is actually regretting the … Continue reading
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foucault ch. 2
(this is an older post, but i had combined it with the pillars of salt post and went back to separat the two into two individual posts.) 1. pain– suffering and distress in varying degrees of severity takes on a … Continue reading
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john jubeart
1. instill– this idea of instillment is imperative to setting someone on a good and godly course, a main concern within the judiciary system at the time. ministers served to infuse in the mind of criminals the desire to repent … Continue reading
Esther
Pollution- introduction of harmful/negative substances into the environment  Esther says “I fell in the horrible Pit (as before) viz. carnal Pollution with the Negro man belonging to that house.â€Â This implies that any children born of a negro man … Continue reading
isaac frasier
1. conscience– this is the first text in wich this inner sense of right and wrong is the main focus. Frasier’s conscience was a key component in his crimes. it is also a word that helps us to under- stand … Continue reading
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