Concerning the previous comments I’ll admit, I do not consider myself a fan of Dwight, but I also feel that we haven’t gotten to know him well enough yet to make a decision. What bothers me most about Dwight is most definitely his arrogance. It reminds me unfortunately a lot of other people I know in real life and in my opinion arrogance is one of the ugliest peatures a person can have. I think that his arrogance is shown clearly through the gun scene, where his pride interefered and he accused the gun of being the problem. People psychologically tend to follow trends and a common trend within people is that those who put blame on everyone but themself tend to be problematic due to a lack of humility. So this can hint some deeper issues the character may have, but all in all I still feel like it’s too early to really determine anything yet.
In Chapter 6 and 7, I don't think that the men who attempt to gain relations with Rosemary (Tobias's Mom) have much significance other than showing that nobody is a perfect match. I find it more important to see Tobias's descent into being criminal, as this is a memoir. Due to "Daddy" being Rosemary's father and not Tobias's, we see the reason for her docile behavior is to not emulate her father's actions. the result of this being that Tobias has nobody to tell him how to act and he hangs around with Silver and Taylor, doing shoplifting and vandalism.
I agree with you on this, another part of showing all of the 'suitors' could be to show that she doesn't REALLY want to get married. SHe seems to have had nothing but bad experiences with marriage and men, so I can't see her rushing into a new relationship. In contrast Tobias turning into a criminal, he seems to be emulating the bad personality traits that caused his mom to leave her ex's, but she still loves Tobias. He never had a good, stable role model to look up to, so he's just doing what he's seen the only adult male roles do. Stevie Guevara
In these chapters, we see a part of Rosemary's character highlighted. We see that she is very confident. She buys the dilapidated old house but, she has hope that with a little bit of fixing up it will be a lovely home. I also find it interesting how Dwight becomes jealous of Rosemary after she wins the turkey shoot. Furthermore, he fails to keep his promise to Jack. Based on his actions so far, I'm not a big fan of Dwight. Something else that stood out to me is how Gil promised to get Jack a top of the line bicycle after just meeting him. - Arjuna Cabera
I would agree with you on your opinion with Dwight. While he is polite and nice in conversation, I believe he has older beliefs that Rosemary may find distasteful - Alex Rothenberg
Dwight’s reaction the Rosemary’s success in the shooting event is a good method of insight into the culture of this time period. Dwight was utterly humiliated to the point of acting moody and hiding in his room, partially due to his ego, but also due to the way women were seen in this time period. During the late 1950’s women were seen solely as domestic objects who were useless in shooting competitions and other lines of work or skill. This is the authors use of setting to show how the culture was different than now (although there are plenty of people who’d still have the same reaction in this day and age).
Chapter 7 reveals lots about the characters in This Boy’s Life. I first have to recognize the guts of Rosemary. Rosemary buys a run-down house and fearlessly takes on the role of being the one to clean it up. I would have to agree with Elliot, about how this chapter highlights women’s rights in this the time period of this story. Dwight becomes very jealous after Rosemary wins the chicken shoot. Dwight is annoyed because women in this time period didn’t have the rights they have now, and people saw them as less than men. Therefore, a woman beating males was unheard of, especially in a manly activity such as shooting.
This chapter was very interesting in terms of characterization. Rosemary becomes very powerful and less reserved. I admired how she stood up for Jack after Dwight lied to him about the shooting contest. She was stepping out of her comfort zone by being defensive, and then she proved herself strong by winning. Dwight is a big liar and it’s annoying. I can tell that he is lying most of the time because after he says something his kids give each other a confused look like, “what is he talking about?”. Also, the way he tries to glorify his isolated and boring town to Rosemary so they move in is suspicious. I feel like he is using her for something.
Honestly, I am happy that Rosemarry has found someone she likes and is willing to open up in a relationship to but I dont like Dwight. What really bothers me is when he is a douche to Jack about his rifle being terrible and garbage just because Dwight is a bad shot. I am also happy to see Jack is having fun with Norma, Skipper, and Pearl. I would like to see if Rosemarry ends up taking her relationship with Dwight to the next level and if he changes for the better.
There seems to be symbolism present on page 75 when Jack mentions that Dwight brought him and Rosemary to Seattle and on the way he specifically points out the dying salmon in the water. This in of itself is not a necessary aspect of the book and therefore relies on symbolism to give it meaning. From what is known so far, it is possible that the salmon symbolize Rosemary and Jack, and that the destination that kills the salmon is Jack and Rosemary’s equivalent to the camp. This would mean that it symbolizes something negative r hurtful happening to one of them because they went to Chinook. Otherwise, the relationships made in Chinook seem to be positive, and the turkey shoot was especially positive, building Rosemary’s diminished self-esteem. Jack does not seem to have any large problems, though his relationship with Pearl is not spectacular. Their relationship will most likely improve though, due to their intellectual similarities. On top of this, the squeaky clean town of Chinook would be a positive change for Jack, and would teach him the manners he currently lacks. - Ryan Witz
I do not trust Dwight. He seems like he would be quick to make assumptions and quick to anger. He was visably angry with the result of the Turkeuy Shoot. I'm afraid that he might end up abusing either Rosemary or Jack in the near future. Like Jason said it is good that they found someone that they can depend on, but I don't know how trustworthy of a person he can be. Another example of his untrustworthyness is when he lied to Jack about him being able to compete in the Turkey Shoot just so he could use Jack's gun. I was super surprised when Rosemary won the competition and was even more surprised that she was a member of the NRA because she seemed very anti-guns in that she did not want Jack to bring the gun on their whole journey. I wonder if her fear of guns and her equally impressive skill with a gun may have to do with her abusive father.
Jack honestly doesn't seem amused with Chinook. There seems to be no reason for him and Rosemary to stay with Dwight. The possibility of them staying there is low. Dwight is also doesn't seem to be who he really is. I feel like he may be hiding something. The fact that he gets jealous about Rosemary's win tells us that he thinks of himself as someone better. - Alva Crisostomo
i found it really funny how jack participated in the swimming tournament and he thought he would win but he actually ended up losing really badly in chapter 8
3.) I have a bad feeling about Dwight. I can’t exactly pinpoint what is off about him, but there seems to be a strangeness within him. Even though he had just met Rosemary and Jack, he still invited them to Thanksgiving, and it just seems too soon. Also, when Rosemary won the turkey shoot, Dwight appeared to have gotten jealous of her. Usually you are supposed to feel happy towards your significant other when they accomplish something, not full of envy. It looks like a bad sign to me.
In this chapter Jack's Plan to Run away to Alaska with the little money he has seems delusional to me. Jack plans to make his getaway as dwight is out drinking not keeping a view on him. I feel Jacks thinking in this chapter is very Mischievous. I relate to this part of the chapter because Jack feels frustrated and lost and wants to run away from his responsibilities with his mother and back at school. I feel that time and place has a big impact on this chapter because he has met arthur who is a very trustworthy friend willing to go on this Journey with him. I feel Jack is also smart with money as he is not tempted to play carnival games but save it for his trip.
Concerning the previous comments I’ll admit, I do not consider myself a fan of Dwight, but I also feel that we haven’t gotten to know him well enough yet to make a decision. What bothers me most about Dwight is most definitely his arrogance. It reminds me unfortunately a lot of other people I know in real life and in my opinion arrogance is one of the ugliest peatures a person can have. I think that his arrogance is shown clearly through the gun scene, where his pride interefered and he accused the gun of being the problem. People psychologically tend to follow trends and a common trend within people is that those who put blame on everyone but themself tend to be problematic due to a lack of humility. So this can hint some deeper issues the character may have, but all in all I still feel like it’s too early to really determine anything yet.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 6 and 7, I don't think that the men who attempt to gain relations with Rosemary (Tobias's Mom) have much significance other than showing that nobody is a perfect match. I find it more important to see Tobias's descent into being criminal, as this is a memoir. Due to "Daddy" being Rosemary's father and not Tobias's, we see the reason for her docile behavior is to not emulate her father's actions. the result of this being that Tobias has nobody to tell him how to act and he hangs around with Silver and Taylor, doing shoplifting and vandalism.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on this, another part of showing all of the 'suitors' could be to show that she doesn't REALLY want to get married. SHe seems to have had nothing but bad experiences with marriage and men, so I can't see her rushing into a new relationship. In contrast Tobias turning into a criminal, he seems to be emulating the bad personality traits that caused his mom to leave her ex's, but she still loves Tobias. He never had a good, stable role model to look up to, so he's just doing what he's seen the only adult male roles do.
DeleteStevie Guevara
The only question now is if Dwight will fill that position as the man in the family, and not turn out to have a more evil inside.
DeleteIn these chapters, we see a part of Rosemary's character highlighted. We see that she is very confident. She buys the dilapidated old house but, she has hope that with a little bit of fixing up it will be a lovely home. I also find it interesting how Dwight becomes jealous of Rosemary after she wins the turkey shoot. Furthermore, he fails to keep his promise to Jack. Based on his actions so far, I'm not a big fan of Dwight. Something else that stood out to me is how Gil promised to get Jack a top of the line bicycle after just meeting him. - Arjuna Cabera
ReplyDeleteI would agree with you on your opinion with Dwight. While he is polite and nice in conversation, I believe he has older beliefs that Rosemary may find distasteful - Alex Rothenberg
DeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteDwight’s reaction the Rosemary’s success in the shooting event is a good method of insight into the culture of this time period. Dwight was utterly humiliated to the point of acting moody and hiding in his room, partially due to his ego, but also due to the way women were seen in this time period. During the late 1950’s women were seen solely as domestic objects who were useless in shooting competitions and other lines of work or skill. This is the authors use of setting to show how the culture was different than now (although there are plenty of people who’d still have the same reaction in this day and age).
ReplyDeleteChapter 7 reveals lots about the characters in This Boy’s Life. I first have to recognize the guts of Rosemary. Rosemary buys a run-down house and fearlessly takes on the role of being the one to clean it up. I would have to agree with Elliot, about how this chapter highlights women’s rights in this the time period of this story. Dwight becomes very jealous after Rosemary wins the chicken shoot. Dwight is annoyed because women in this time period didn’t have the rights they have now, and people saw them as less than men. Therefore, a woman beating males was unheard of, especially in a manly activity such as shooting.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter was very interesting in terms of characterization. Rosemary becomes very powerful and less reserved. I admired how she stood up for Jack after Dwight lied to him about the shooting contest. She was stepping out of her comfort zone by being defensive, and then she proved herself strong by winning. Dwight is a big liar and it’s annoying. I can tell that he is lying most of the time because after he says something his kids give each other a confused look like, “what is he talking about?”. Also, the way he tries to glorify his isolated and boring town to Rosemary so they move in is suspicious. I feel like he is using her for something.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I am happy that Rosemarry has found someone she likes and is willing to open up in a relationship to but I dont like Dwight. What really bothers me is when he is a douche to Jack about his rifle being terrible and garbage just because Dwight is a bad shot. I am also happy to see Jack is having fun with Norma, Skipper, and Pearl. I would like to see if Rosemarry ends up taking her relationship with Dwight to the next level and if he changes for the better.
ReplyDelete-Jason Kerwar
DeleteThere seems to be symbolism present on page 75 when Jack mentions that Dwight brought him and Rosemary to Seattle and on the way he specifically points out the dying salmon in the water. This in of itself is not a necessary aspect of the book and therefore relies on symbolism to give it meaning. From what is known so far, it is possible that the salmon symbolize Rosemary and Jack, and that the destination that kills the salmon is Jack and Rosemary’s equivalent to the camp. This would mean that it symbolizes something negative r hurtful happening to one of them because they went to Chinook. Otherwise, the relationships made in Chinook seem to be positive, and the turkey shoot was especially positive, building Rosemary’s diminished self-esteem. Jack does not seem to have any large problems, though his relationship with Pearl is not spectacular. Their relationship will most likely improve though, due to their intellectual similarities. On top of this, the squeaky clean town of Chinook would be a positive change for Jack, and would teach him the manners he currently lacks. - Ryan Witz
ReplyDeleteI do not trust Dwight. He seems like he would be quick to make assumptions and quick to anger. He was visably angry with the result of the Turkeuy Shoot. I'm afraid that he might end up abusing either Rosemary or Jack in the near future. Like Jason said it is good that they found someone that they can depend on, but I don't know how trustworthy of a person he can be. Another example of his untrustworthyness is when he lied to Jack about him being able to compete in the Turkey Shoot just so he could use Jack's gun. I was super surprised when Rosemary won the competition and was even more surprised that she was a member of the NRA because she seemed very anti-guns in that she did not want Jack to bring the gun on their whole journey. I wonder if her fear of guns and her equally impressive skill with a gun may have to do with her abusive father.
ReplyDeleteJack honestly doesn't seem amused with Chinook. There seems to be no reason for him and Rosemary to stay with Dwight. The possibility of them staying there is low. Dwight is also doesn't seem to be who he really is. I feel like he may be hiding something. The fact that he gets jealous about Rosemary's win tells us that he thinks of himself as someone better. - Alva Crisostomo
ReplyDeletei found it really funny how jack participated in the swimming tournament and he thought he would win but he actually ended up losing really badly in chapter 8
ReplyDeleteDwight is kind of that type of person who acts fake and at the same time it can be suspicious.
ReplyDelete3.) I have a bad feeling about Dwight. I can’t exactly pinpoint what is off about him, but there seems to be a strangeness within him. Even though he had just met Rosemary and Jack, he still invited them to Thanksgiving, and it just seems too soon. Also, when Rosemary won the turkey shoot, Dwight appeared to have gotten jealous of her. Usually you are supposed to feel happy towards your significant other when they accomplish something, not full of envy. It looks like a bad sign to me.
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter Jack's Plan to Run away to Alaska with the little money he has seems delusional to me. Jack plans to make his getaway as dwight is out drinking not keeping a view on him. I feel Jacks thinking in this chapter is very Mischievous. I relate to this part of the chapter because Jack feels frustrated and lost and wants to run away from his responsibilities with his mother and back at school. I feel that time and place has a big impact on this chapter because he has met arthur who is a very trustworthy friend willing to go on this Journey with him. I feel Jack is also smart with money as he is not tempted to play carnival games but save it for his trip.
ReplyDelete