girl vs. boys

Both of the songs consider gender in them. In "If I Were A Boy" Beyonce talks all about boys and how they get anything they want. She talks mostly about how being a boy is easier than being a girl. In the other song "Sold" John Montgomery explains a pretty lady that he spots at an auction. He talks about how this girl is so pretty and how she has everything. Both songs say good things about being a girl and a boy.

"The Flea"

In the poem "The Flea" I believe the flea is like someone that the man is cheating on his wife with. The flea is always around but the wife can not get the flea to go away. At the end when the author talks about the flea dying I think he is saying the man no longer cheats on his wife anymore which makes the flea dead to the married couple.

Poerty

I really have not has much experience with poetry. In high school we read a few poems and plays but not very many. Poetry really does not catch my attention. I have never been given the opportunity to read poetry that is interesting.

March 24

In Wednesday class we read about the part where Dr. Faustus tries to sell a fake horse. Dr. Faustus also takes off his legs and puts them back on, this is an example of Faustus using the black magic for the wrong reason. I don't really think he is using the magic for the wrong thing because he is not hurting anyone. The reason why he wanted to get the magic so he could use it for power. I believe he is not using the magic to hurt anyone because he is scared of the consequences. He should have thought giving his soul away a little more throughly.

March 22

While having the discussion I started to understand a lot more about the reading. When you told us about Faustian Bargain that really seemed interesting to me. I think it's interesting to think about how much someone could sacrifice something just for something else. I really started to think about how Dr. Faustus just decided to give away his soul for black magic. I really want to use the topic of Faustian Bargain for my paper or at least something related to it.

Act 5

I think act 5 is all about him perfecting his magic skills. He really does not think he will need the other men later on. I really think once everything is perfected he will get rid of the other two. He is really trying to get everything just right with the black magic.

3/18/10

I believe the last part of the story is just talking about black magic. I think the 3 people are just talk talking about how the black magic could work.
Overall reading this story is difficult for me. It takes me awhile to actually see what is really going on in the story.