Angels in Ameri./A Hymn to God the Father

After reading Angels in America Act I, scenes 5-9 and the poem by Donne, I realized the two were closly related. Donne spoke about sins and and the realization of Death. In Act I many people are afraid of death. Roy is in denial that he has AIDs because he knows death may soon follow. Roy tells himseld he has a different diesease. Prior is also afraid of death with his revalation that he has AIDs. He is afraid for his own life and the fact that Louis may leave him.
In both the book and poem they seem to speak about realizing wrongdoings and guilt. The two reading show true feelings when on the verge of death, and how people change knowing this.

Angels in Ameri./Air and Angels.

Act I, Scene's I-IV and the other two reading seemed very hard to put together, but I did feel some kind of connection. The main focus I felt connected the stories was love or something in that category. The characters in almost all of the stories are trying to connect with love but it is hard for them. Also the connection I feel between the different stories is a sense of finding yourself, and just knowing who you are. It was hard to find a connection between these stories, but I'm sure love and finding oneself is a big part of it.

3.27.09 journal

Hopefully what I got out of the two articals isnt too off of what the real thesis of the two really are. In the close reaing I saw many of the same terms. Words like evil, god, and basically many negitive things. In The Second Coming, the author wrote, "A shape with lion Body and head of man." I think that is similar to the online book because it kind of says how people can be both good and bad. Also, it used the phrase "slouching toward Bethleham." Which would be good meaing leaning toward God, and the right thing. The poem wasnt too difficult to read. However, the online book was very hard to read, but I tried to read it slowly, and more than once.

Beowulf/ Always living at the coast

In, always-living-at-the-coast, Coyote was on his way to marry the daughter of, Always living at the coast and many people were trying to stop him. Coyote stopped these people by turning them into things nature will benefit from but ruined those peoples lives. However, Coyote did take the advice of some of the people for the future. In Beowulf, Queen Modthryth as a single women would torture, or even kill innocent men who were just admiring her beauty, or lusting for her. Modthryth felt offended so she used her powers to get back from that. Always living at the coasts daughter had teeth in her vagina that she used to kill men who wanted her. She and her friends mad men their slaves because they knew what that were capable of being women,and with the teeth in Death bringing women's vagina.

Beowulf journal 4

In Beowulf lines 1159-1650, there are a few similarities to the online reading. Both speak of a horrendous beast who is killing men. Grendel is dead and his mother wants revenge. There is much detail in both reading on how the beast must be killed, and how their deaths were. In the online article their was a part that said, "See there! He squirms! He groans! His eyes bulge wildly out, Searching around in vain appeal for help!" The beast is killed as a punishment for their crimes.

BeoWulf journal 3

In Beowulf lines 607-1158, I see a great similarity to Claude McKay's: If We Must Die. In Beowulf, Grendel was a constant problem. Men were dying almost every night and no one was strong enough to do anything about it. In, the online article, the riots were a constant problem. Because they were race riots, and it was happening in 1919, no one was doing anything to help the blacks, and the blacks weren't doing anything to help themselves. However, Beowulf came to help with his positive attitude and his belief in himself. Beowulf fought Grendel and the killings are now done with. No one believed that Beowulf would make it out alive, but he believed in himself and knew his own strength. None of them expected he would ever see his homeland or get back to his native place and the people who reared him (691-693).

Beowulf told the King and his people that he will die trying to Kill Grendel (632-638). In, If We Must Die, McKay is willing to go out with dignity if he has too. Just like Beowulf. McKay knows that if the riots continue he may end up dead. In that case, he feels like if I will end up dead anyway, why not die knowing he tried to help, and not cowardly.