6. The Man Who Was Almost A Man

Setting of this story is an american town in 50's. There was a class difference between black and white people. African american people were poor and illiterate. White people were exploiting their power on fields. Main character in the story is an 17 years old black guy. People do not respect him and he decides to buy a gun for himself. After all that story starts. He tries to shoot a mule, but actually he couldn't accomplished it succefully. We see that he is not a complete man. Here man symbolized as honost, powerful and skillful. Writer wants to tell us he wasn't a man with some examples like, he couldn't kill a mule actually he is not skillful and powerful to point a gun to a target. Than he lies. He is not a honost person. He is a young boy. Children are not able to do things like that. At the end of the story he swears to white man and he jumps to the train and goes to far away with a purpose. His purpose is be a man. Maybe he can be a man when he lives alone. If you are living with your family, your parents take some responsibilities instead of you, but when a person lives alone he or she must take own responsibilities. Maybe in this way he can be a man.

5. My Presentation Experience

This presentation was very exciting for me, because I guess I am not able to speak fluently, but in presentation I spoke fluently than I excepted. I was very nervous actually, I felt like my heart was coming to my mouth. Our subject was effects of TV on children. She had exaggerated ideas. She is a typical repulican. Her ideas are telling the dream american family in 50's america. In my opinion, TV is very interactive for families. While a family watching TV, they communicate and make comments about what they watch.

4. Marked & Unmarked

In the presentation of Marked Women I thought Deborah Tannen is a hardcore feminist, but after I read this article (Yes, I confessed that I didn't read the artical before presentation. I hope Sonja will pass this information.) I understand that she is not. In my opinion women create this marked or unmarked theory themselves. There is a competition between themselves. You can recognize that on street while you are walking. They look each other like they will beat each other. When we come to this he or she situation. I guess it is because of male-dominancy in the mediaval ages. In old times women has no right to do anything in community. Maybe liturature evolved in that way, I mean under male-dominancy.