There was a Thanksgiving celebrated by the pilgrims on the first anniversary of arriving in Massachusetts. The Puritans were a different group who arrived later. They eventually joined together over time.
When I was a kid in high school, my friends and I laughed at this poem, and just about all poems. In fairness, we laughed at just about everything. We had a great class of idiots. Ha! But, decades later, I’ve come to appreciate and love poetry. Your explanations of this one are very insightful and helpful. Thanks!
Fascinating lecture, Professor - many thanks for uploading. I wish there were more short horror fiction literally analysis videos like yours readily available. This was a real treat!
"Just Keep Swimming" is from Finding Nemo. In SPED that's our "So it goes." I teach special education and part of the deal is helping these kids understand that it's not fair for anyone-not just them. The thing that is difficult it, they literally, have "Diminished Autonomy " which is the polite way of saying, "Fewer Choices." And there is a real tendency towards despair over an arbitrary set of circumstances thrown upon you by well-fate, the universe, god or whatever-the fact is the thing is thrown upon you. The difficulty in the job isn't changing adult diapers for the non-ambulatory and in-content. It's not the G-tube feeding. Or the kids who hit reflexively. It's convincing each student-according to their individual level of awareness-that there is a purpose and meaning to their struggle even if they can't see it in the moment. I've seen kids who were severely disabled overcome some amazing obstacles and get their bachelors. Usually their in their later 20's when it happens but they get there. And progress doesn't need to be "going to college." I had a student who spent 19 years in a wheel chair. No one believed he could walk. I spent 35 days, 5 hours a day, training him how to walk. First we started with standing practice. Literally just stand for 30 seconds, rest one minute and do it again. After a month of that he could stand. Then we worked on riding a bike to build leg strength and then walking. And by the end he could walk 2/3 of a mile. 35 days, 5 hours a day, 165 hours. That's what it took. Cognitively, he was non-verbal and about the level of an 18 month infant. A lot of folks who aren't disabled fly through college but they don't really learn anything. Some folks go, graduate and find work immediately. There's value to this but the issue is, the lack of initial struggle means on the back end they tend to lack the resilience of character. So when they get "push back" it crushes them. It's the failure and struggle which builds resilience. The most resilient students I've ever had were either (1) disabled or (2) from some background of disadvantage. The issue is when you're coaching these kids, you're trying to keep them on the path. But they don't see it. At least not at first. And when things get tough and they've been spinning their wheels trying to learn something-which takes others less time and less effort-keeping them centered, grounded and focused on the task, IS MY JOB. It's difficult because I also struggle with this aspect of life, it's part of the eternal struggle of the human condition. Which is why the text is so relatable. No matter where you are, keeping your mind on the task at hand, is the line between success and failure. Thanks for the lecture.
Where are the Britons in your story, where is any evidence that there ever was any conflict with the saxons, it's bull writen by Christians, where is any evidence of what your saying, Christians were the worst thing that happened to Briton
At about 20:00 is a valoration of verbs over adjectives, but it might be pointed out that many of the following examples are participles, that is, verbal adjectives.
Saya sangat mengapresiasikan bpa penemu kulkas, yaitu Bpa William Cullan dimna penemuan beliau ini sangat bermanfaat bagi manusia. Apa lagi kita yg terlahir di masa era globalisasi ini, SDH pasti kulkas juga menjadi keperluan yg sangat penting untuk kita, sehingga saya sangat berterimakasih kepada Tuhan yg SDH memberikan kemampuan yg begitu baik kepada Bpa William Cullan. Sehingga beliau bisa menemukan Kulkas, yg sangat membantu kehidupan manusia.
"You get it" yes, he is repetitious especially with the descriptions of violence. It feels way over the top and aggressively forced on the reader. He repeats certain words and phrases hundreds of times in the book. (think "leveled" or "riders" as just 2 examples) The repetition is purposeful, but annoying, which is also on purpose.
A brief moral commentary: if you ride out with a company of criminals and murderers seeking to take scalps for money, why then you be surprised if those you wish to scalp turn upon you and destroy you? That seems fair enough. More of Cormac McCarthy's gallery of evil vs. evil. At the end of the day, this book just feel creepy.
Blood Meridian is by far the most disturbing book I have ever read, and I just can't agree with the fanboys who believe this is the Great American Novel. Sure, the writing is eloquent, though often verbose... but it's McCarthy's obsession with war, killing, violence and evil that just leaves a reader feeling dirty at the end for having heard his tale. i just keep thinking, who the **** writes/thinks this kind of thing? Does he have no faith in humanity, or no love thereof? is this really his perspective? The language is eloquent - the punctuation is oddly missing - the morality of the tale is unclear to say the least - and the feeling upon finishing it is nausea. I did not need to read this.
There is a reason why broken glass/ reflections/ and inverse relationships are such a common occurence in this book. If you come to understand why the description of the first group of Indians that killed captain white includes one of them wearing broken glass and one of them wearing centuries old spanish armor than you will understand what purpose all the violence serves. It's not just gore porn I promise you.
After reading this comment, it's clear that you've lived a sheltered life, and I'm glad you haven't seen what some people are capable of. In favelas here in Brazil, people wake up in the middle of the night by the sound of gunshots, dead bodies in the streets, people arguing and suddenly shots being fired, members of criminal factions walking around with guns and machetes, teenagers who have done things that you can't even imagine, people like Judge Holden do exist in this world. I'm surprised when Americans say this is "cringe" or "edgy", most don't understand or have never had an encounter with true evil, and I see shit happening in the US all the time.
I'm so disappointed I'm late but happy to have found this. I love love love love your reading, you're like the only person who really examines the prose, at least on RU-vid.
To say that 'Blood Meridian' serves to debunk the myth of the American cowboy is (0:37), I'm sorry, to banalise Mr McCarthy's novel. It's a far bigger theme than that, namely Manifest Destiny, of which the American cowboy is only the poster boy: poster boy for excessive and self-righteous violence towards foreign peoples with territorial gain in mind.
