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• Blog – Comment on the underground man’s actions. How is acting here in relationship to the claims he made in Part 1?

In the first part the underground man had an active mind, and was always spiting himself. He sits in his St.Petersburg house with his smelly housekeeper and thinks to himself. The underground man explained that he doesn’t like the truth, and that freewill is very important. Without freewill then you only see one viewpoint of something. In the second part the underground man still has his active mind and still seems uncertain about choices. We also see that the underground man is changing and becoming more active with people around him. In the second part he goes to the bar with some people he knows. The underground man knows that he isn’t accepted by them but still wants to prove that he can be there with them. The people treat him as he isn’t wanted and make him feel lonely. Also I realize that the underground man changes his beliefs to go against what people believe, not what the system believes. The underground man doesn’t want people to shape who he is, which is why he is against what people think of him. Also we see that underground man has evolved a bit too because he finally goes out into society and is doing new things prove people that they are wrong about him.

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Blog – Who is Rooster? What are your first impressions of him?

Rooster is one of the tough federal marshals. Maddie Ross wants to meet him because she wants to get help from him to find the killer of her father who is somewhere in the Indian Territory. He is well known for hunting down wanted criminals for the government to put them in jail and away from crime. Rooster seems to be a crazy man; he’s killed twenty-three people and captured many to bring them in. When we first see him in the movie Maddie is trying to get his attention after he unloads a wagon full o’ dem prisoners that’s he’s gathered from the Indian Territory. He has an eye patch and doesn’t look too intimidating. The first action we see him do is kick one of dem prisoners in the back as he is walking slow inside the jailhouse. We learn that Rooster Cogburn is a very dangerous man even though he doesn’t seem too intimidating. He gets the job done but apparently doesn’t do it clean. It is unclear how he takes care of some of his business but he seems to have been very successful at it because he has been sworn in to telling the truth in court since he’s done it so many times. I think that Rooster will help Maddie out but am not sure that he will actually find the killer since were reading about the ANTI hero, therefore he will not do something for the greater good.

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Who is the ‘underground man’? What are your first impressions of him?

The underground man is sure as hell a weird character. He lives in St. Petersburg, Russia by himself. He doesn’t care much about things and doesn’t like people. He explains how he perceives things and how he even dislikes himself, he says, I am a sick man… I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man.”(3) The underground man sure like to complain a lot as well and say negative things towards himself. He also always seems to “spite” himself. As I was reading this the way its written is very strange but also has a nice flow putting you in the Russians perspective. The underground man also somewhat plays the devils advocate and goes against everything. He isn’t social and is basically like a hermit, he seems to be going through depression also, which could explain his negativity. Although the underground man is very weird and strange he is also very smart and once used to be in the government service. Even though he is smarter than all the people around him, he doesn’t realize that and just lets tears himself down. He just sits there in his corner and hates on the world and is the “negative Nancy” about everything. I think that this character will be interesting to read about because all of his different and special characteristics.

Othello END

I feel that the characters have suffered and endured great pain and endurance throughout the play. I feel the most sorry for the people that had to encounter Iago’s wit. This heroic story didn’t end happily since is a tragedy. Iago manipulated other people’s minds and basically used them as his puppets because he didn’t want to get his hands dirty. Iago had people play for him because they trusted him they listened to him and his words. He also ended the relationship between Othello and Desdemona, and even caused Othello to kill Desdemona for “cheating” on him. He pushed and caused Othello to kill Desdemona, who hasn’t done anything negative to Iago. Iago is just plainly upset that Cassio was promoted and that he wasn’t on his level. I think that Othello shouldn’t of replaced Iago in Cassio’s place because this now made it easier for Iago to mess with him.
I think that this jealousy throughout the play shows that it can be a very powerful weapon. Cassio is also a tragic character because he was a lieutenant and then lost his rank after he becomes drunk and looses nobility from Othello in Cyprus. I feel bad for Othello because he shouldn’t have trusted a man who was completely jealous and killed his love just because his mind was manipulated. Jealousy has helped me process that one shouldn’t let it takeover and control your actions. Othello became jealous that Desdemona was having an affair with Cassio and it upset him to imagine that. I pity Desdemona because she was bait in Iago’s mind and witty plans. She didn’t deserve to die because she loved Othello and was just setup. I think Othello’s emotions caused him to go over the edge and kill Desdemona because he was confused about what was going on and his love with her. I can’t imagine something that’s the same in my life, but similar situations could occur in which there is something else intended, or where they use reverse psychology.