Reflection

My favorite past assignment was when we had to choose a book to read throughout the year just for pleasure. I have always wanted to read Accidental Billionaires but I haven't really had the motivation to actually go to the book store and buy it- but now I do! I'm really excited to start over winter break and hopefully finish pretty soon. Reading books in school is something I understand we're required to do, but for a long time it made me hate the idea of picking up a new book and starting to read. I think this project is teaching me how to enjoy reading as a form of entertainment, not just a homework assignment.

Prufrock

There are many images in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" that provoke emotions within the reader. One image occurs at the very beginning of the poem, in the third line. Prufrock states, "When the evening is spread out against the sky/ Like a patient etherized upon a table." This biblical allusion makes for a somber tone in which the reader feels sympathy for the speaker and the environment he is stuck in. Also, the speaker makes reference to a patient laying dead on a table, which is a very similar to the image of Jesus dying on a cross. Prufrock makes many biblical allusions in his poem; however, this parallel is the most profound because the whole rest of the poem talk about how Prufrock does not live up to the ultimate human existence (or even a fulfilling one) by comparing him to a person who many people believe is not defined by his life, but instead, his death.