ENG 101 » Part 1

Questions for ‘Enormous Radio’

stonersblood — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:12:23 +0000

1- What kind of narrator is telling the story?

2- Is narrator reliable? Why or why not?

3- When and where do you think this story occurs?

4- What sort of relationship exists between Irene and Jim?

5- In what ways do Irene and Jim Westcott differ from people?

6- What does the radio symbolize?

7- How does the narrator describe the old radio in the second paragraph? Does the old radio reflect anything about the Westcotts?

8- Does possession of the radio give the Wescotts any advantages or disadvantages over their neighbors? What kind of?

9- Does Irene Westcott’s radio listening addiction resemble to smoking or alcohol addiction?

10- What does the radio tell us about Irene Westcott’s and other people lives?

Is Music Piracy Stealing?

stonersblood — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:59:09 +0000

To most of the people, this question’s answer is very simple and sole one word: ‘yes’. But considering it as an illegal action is something we don’t want to think about.

Downloading music or films for free began almost 10 years ago and since then, it has been a problem for both musicians&producers and governments. There are several reasons for people to download for free and i think these reasons are pretty considerable. These may be the high price of the albums or will to listen one song instead of the whole album.

Governments try to prevent people downloading music or films for free because they know the musicians don’t really get paid for what they did. They also try to enliven the authorized music endustry because, day by day, with the increasing numbers of pirates and sellers on the street, music endustry slowly collapsed and musicians decided not to make anymore albums. In more developed countries, downloading is getting illegal due to these problems and you even have to pay for one song.

In my opinion, at this age, downloading shouldn’t be illegal. Getting imprisoned for downloading, hopefully not in our country, is just ridiculous. It may not be legal but we should listen to whatever we want and whenever we want.

A Rose For Emily

stonersblood — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:51:24 +0000

Emily Grierson is a lady who lives in a small town in a luxury house. She and her father are thought to be noble and rich
people, actually they were and in this town they always got the other people’s full attention. Emily was a single woman,
as her father turned down all the chances of her dating or marrying a young man. Her father though none of them were good
enough for her, he was protective in a way. Emily always held her head high even after her father’s death. Later, she met a
man named Homer Baron who was a worker in the street. People in the town, at first, couldn’t believe she was in love with a
worker who wasn’t noble but then they hoped they would get married. When Emily learned that Homer Baron was gay and was hanging out
with younger men, i think that was the time she wanted to kill him and that’s why she bought the arsenic from the pharmacist. She must have
thought it as a shame that the guy she wanted to marry with was gay. So, she kept herself at home for six months and kept the open door always closed to make sure that the people in the town wouldn’t bother her. I think she killed him with the arsenic but due to feeling of getting isolated, she didn’t bury his
body and kept the body of the man she loved with her all the time until her death.