if anyone had asked carol at what precise moment

15 pasetas. My dad was a dentist, and I teach pubic speaking, so we always said that we … When reality hits, Gallant uses short sentences or sentences that are interrupted by dashes to create a blunt, rude awakening for the reader to get a sense of reality (ex. 0000022387 00000 n 0000004118 00000 n It all started when I went into work and my boss asked if I had anyone to go to prom with. These are real, mesmerizing, and previously untold stories. 0000030567 00000 n She met her first husband, Larry Pickering, while working at … If anyone had asked Carol at what precise moment she fell in love, or where Howard Mitchell proposed to her, she would have imagined, quite sincerely, a scene that involved all at once the Seine, moonlight, 5 barrows of violets, acacias in flower, and a confused, misty background of the Eiffel tower and little crooked streets. My most embarrassing moment in front of a doctor was when I started screaming out over 150 digits of pi for the doctor, my father, his boss, and the entire doctor's office to hear. Carol even refuses to marry an "unsuitable medical student" because he has no money to his name and is thus deemed unacceptable to society and unable to support what she would call a happy marriage. The Capitol Hill mobs egged on by the president and his associates dealt the United States an unfathomable international embarrassment that doubled as a gift to its adversaries -- one they were all too eager to exploit. 0000006833 00000 n Eric HumPeriod 2As Mr. Miclat and Ms. Pombrol mentioned, the author is trying to portray a couple who have been influenced to rid of their desires and to conform to the social norms of society. When Howard's sister visits and "who advised him to marry some nice girl before it was too late", this shows how he only proposes to Carol because of being pressured by his sister or in other words society. Americans, as well as Carol in the 1st paragraph, have this idea of love as a fairytale, with the guy on one knee in the middle of Paris. He also shows the negative aspects of this society by showing how they try so hard not to disagree, they end up being both displeased (as shown by the champagne) or embarrassed (when religion is mentioned). However, that idealistic dream never came true. (Lines 26-30). If anyone had asked Carol at what precise moment she fell in love, or where Howard Mitchell proposed to her, she would have imagined, quite sincerely, a scene that involved all at once the Seine, moonlight, 5 barrows of violets, acacias in flower, and a confused, misty background of the Eiffel tower and little crooked streets. Gallant uses medium length sentences when Carol of Howard are trying to convince themselves that they will like marriage. 0000057636 00000 n 0000001404 00000 n Michelle Pombrol Period 2I think that Gallant uses her narrative voice and characterization to mock society's take on the institution of marriage. It had been on a dark night in late November, while the whole house held its breath and waited for the return of Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Charlie Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and Ginny Weasley. I need this so that I can give you credit for your posting. They marry not for love, but for a set of pre-established requirements that society has arbitrarily deemed acceptable. I don't know about you guys, but I get the impression that Carol is considering her proposal and eventual marriage as a business deal or proposition. Lines 1-8 establish a typical scene in which we would expect love to flourish. Carol (noun) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. 0000023699 00000 n Moving on, the author mentions that Carol “set about the business of falling in love.” The author criticizes this aspect of society by saying that things as profound as falling in love has fell to the clutches of business. While Therese had to stop her relationship with her boyfriend, Richard, Carol has to face new problem- the morality clause from her own husband. She learned that in a successful marriage there had to be a common income, religion, financial background and other things. Her characters, Carol and Howard, have been pressured by society to marry at an early age for all the wrong reasons. As packs of rally-goers stalked the halls of Congress, and soon after the violence was quelled by law enforcement, the chattering classes … Mr. Domingo. There is no profundity in this relationship that should result in a marriage. This only magnifies the fralities of humanity through the fear-based actions of these characters. Suggestion, rather than precise narrative linkage, Lawrence Gordon Clark decreed, was the only way to contain a good story within a 45-minute time frame. When Carol is in fantasy land, Gallant uses long, uninterrupted sentences to create a sense of flowing order (ex. You shouldn't make it a business to fall in love or else your with the wrong person.Anyways, did anyone catch what the weather could possibly symbolize in the fourth paragraph? This is important because of the opening statement: "If anyone had asked Carol at what precise moment she fell in love.." (line 1). She compares love to a geranium, meaning that with the right conditions, it can grow. 0000027438 00000 n 0000012817 00000 n She said: "If that’s true, do I get a better deal?" 0000028486 00000 n I would say that moment for me was in 2016. The assigned passage is an excerpt from "The Other Paris," a short story by the Canadian writer Mavis Gallant. These problem-solving questions will vary across industries but are typically focused on your experiences analyzing a problem or situation and responding to it in a logical and effective manner. Carol marries Howard for financial security and Howard marries Carol out of desperation. Terrific. He was shot a killed in cross fire. It was also considered that if a woman doesn't marry during her twenties, she would be an old maid which is exactly Carol's thought (and her illusion) that motivated her accept Howard's proposal. Jeremy MiclatPeriod 2As Mr. Domingo said, social commentary is how the author feels about society at the time (1953). To praise or celebrate in song. However, his sister, among the people of society, influenced Howard that he must get married soon, and Howard fell for the societal trap. Gallant seems to think that education is also corrupting society. 0000005067 00000 n lines 11-23). Public speaking is one of the top 3 fears that people have in life, right up there with the fear of death and going to the dentist. 0000023677 00000 n 0000001598 00000 n True love - which is eternal - is ousted in favor of shallow ideals that are fleeting and can quickly change. Anyone who has watched Jim effortlessly engage his subjects at the precise moment of triumph or tragedy has little idea what it takes to secure the interview, or what actually happens when the camera cuts away. Who defined him as unsuitable? I agree with Eric and Tatiana on the basis of how Carol and Howard were pressured into marriage by the norm of their society of the time. Apparently society claims that the earlier one marries the better. In lines 9-10, the reality of the situation is revealed and completely challenges our expectations. Love comes naturally. This idea of marriage being a social status is shown throughout the excerpt. However, colleges lectured that all marriages really needed was a common interest. The culture and media during this time was a major factor in influencing women that getting a husband was more important than getting a college degree. This similarity should have brought them together, according to these college lectures. The author is comparing love to a flower because since it is winter, a flower cannot grow and is likely to die before spring comes around where it can blossom. When I asked one of the nurses if she'd heard (she was working in one of the other offices), she immediately said yes, and that the entire office had heard. Does that mean something holy is happening because wine symbolizes the blood of Jesus? She believed that if those were found she would have a successful marriage. Why does Howard become so moved by his sister's warning of him becoming "...a person who fills in at dinner"? She had refused to eat, could not concentrate on the book she was pretending to read, and would not speak to anyone in the family. The author creates a tone of ironic humor, intending to create the humorous scene as bizarre and unintended. By marriage and love on things like the college lectures, the geranium, and the weather Gallant seems to ridicule the marriages that were occurring during his time. To answer Tatiana's question, I believe that Howard becomes moved by the question because he is influenced to believe that without a marriage, he has no social status. Hannah PollockPeriod 1To answer C Victory's question about what the weather symbolizes in the fourth paragraph, I believe that the weather represents the sort of hardships or faults that love must overcome, or it will die. I replied no, and then all of the sudden she’s introducing me to this lady who is … When the defense asked if he’d asked Carol if she was depressed or had done a formal screening, he said no. Another source of irony was in that contrast of fantasy and reality I mentioned earlier. This is highly in opposition to many cases of successful marriages. 0000020527 00000 n But as we realize further on when we are married and it doesn't turn out the way we had hoped, we want divorce. This is definitely something new.Live Huminationed. So if the place had to be closed on Sundays and that was the only day they had off work, so it was the only day they could even hope to relax and enjoy a meal, they never got a real chance to have anything decent at dinner. If you are afraid to give a speech, you’re not alone. Carol's loveless relationship with her former husband, Harge Aird took both Therese and Carol into an unexpected relationship. The narrator explains how, with the aid of Marley’s Ghost, Scrooge can now see all the ghosts doomed to an afterlife of regret. /�:1+��M&��{�Y�5xu�3Zߦ�̸�ċ��R��dΛb�Z�"��DܢF]�uH�vF�!�Ӊ�J}�z��O�q��ڇ$�#�� ~To�4��{�,Ź�A��/��9�A��KaX�b\�ea2��O�,>c�4]�ɒ�NIu.�F5�eu�*��͊TxC TK*�5|�,4�L� Cg�e��Rs$��i,��4�^$5��5EYK��~sUVP��|�3��Q��Nϼ��Ih�� 8SB��RDGlF"T� 0��m�+us�O�=��q�&�ڸ�� ^�*��g�3�A�ǣFj��js�MEs��`y��m��ˢ�̐{�D'��x��qU��C=vu��RP�Q��s��́=�T:��ӡ. z�� 6BA��t��S"p��i��^��0��[��R��_\C��3��]2�)Q`w��,5��S�J`ya�Q6#ȮJKPg�ӧ��S�E�v�J:`�j3Z Carol had only known the man for three weeks before accepting a marriage proposal due to social constraints on what age marriage was suitable. 0000028507 00000 n The author portrays a society where individuals feel an overwhelming need to conform to societal ideals. In 2018, the American College of Obstetricians … The marriage is not natural in the sense that Howard was acting "out of character", and in response, Carol began the "business of falling in love". So basically this marriage is based off of two people listening to society, rather than their own instincts. 0000006794 00000 n 0000021711 00000 n 0000029456 00000 n Carol is starting to follow the stereotype of a wife, showing her dependency on petty social ideals to check off conditions on her marriage. Since the excerpt takes place in Paris, France, isn't it ironic that in a city symbolically known for love, Carol is not in love with Howard?Also. Jose De Soto IVPeriod 4As I read "The Other Paris" I thought about how Carol stood up to her beliefs that she learned at the college course. Everything is superficial, and done for the benefit and profit of business. In my class, I think Mr. Hilborn made a brilliant point about how something so insignificant to love, like being sober, played such a huge role in why Carol chose to accept Howard’s proposal. Carol had a 15-year old son, Prescott, who was upstairs when Carol shot himself. 0000012839 00000 n It is a bit ironic that Carol is relying on something (that is so unrelated to marriage) for the love to finally set it. Despite all of Carol’s efforts, Howard has no idea what her intentions are. How much does it cost to send a letter. This is Monique again...I'm writing separate posts because my computer crashed the first time I was writing a post.Besides the comparision of romanticism in lines 1-8 and reality in lines 9-10, I noticed that something was strange about the situation when Gallant wrote that Carol and Howard "had known each other for less than three weeks" (lines 10-11). His books. Her grandfather. This story is also conveying the idea of how much television and music have burned into our minds romantic ideals and this unrealistic perception of love, as when it says “the illusion of love was a blight imposed by the film industry”. Andrea UmaliPeriod 4Adding on to Tatiana's mention of media, I found that in the excerpt there was much blame placed on the media for the marriage of two people who were simply not ready for it. Gallant also criticizes love/marriage ideals when she mentions Carol remembering what she learned in her college lectures on marriage. Psychological Evaluation Date: January 15, 1844 Patient: Ebenezer Scrooge Tests Administered: Clinical Interview Psychologist: Karen Eveland Personal Data: Ebenezer Scrooge is an approximately 50-year-old Caucasian male. This is a completely different piece of writing that we have gotten so far..so I'm just a little confused about the prompt. In the poem, she even attends college lectures, basically doing research on marriage. She had refused to eat, could not concentrate on the book she was pretending to read, and would not speak to anyone in the family. Sabrina EvansPeriod 4I agree with the previous posts in that Carol believes that society is being fooled by the media in thinking that people propose or get married because they are in love. I really like the way how Michelle describes Carol's and Howard's lack of understanding of the strong levels of commitment and importance in this institution. Another contrubuting factor to this 'business deal' is that his sister practically scared him into it.I think that the author was trying to say that society is so blinded by media's idea of engagement and marriage ,that they cannot see the truth, which is that marriage lasts due to common interests and similar backgrounds.Did anyone get anything in reference to syntax that could provide social commentary? Not being drunk or being dignified and somber?To comment on Monique's syntax findings, it creates a sort of shocked feeling, as well as all of these ideas coming rapidly- all pushing towards marriage. Monique McClainPeriod 2As Jeremy and Michelle have discussed, Carol and Howard are both so insecure that the feel an urgency to conform to their society. What definition of "sober" is intended? I would also like to mention that as characters, neither of them are willing to go out and chase what they desire. 0000083099 00000 n Gallant also points out the irony in the institution of marriage. He is “uncommonly cautious,” which causes Howard to not even consider the concept of marriage until his sister mentioned it to him.The author used his irony to satire this couple attempting to make things right through conforms of society. This gives insight on the stereotypicality of women's thoughts on marriage, when Carol imagines a romantic night in Paris and love requiring the right conditions : "Given a good climate, enough money, and a pair of good-natured, intelligent (her colllege lectures had stressed this) people, one had only to site back and watch it grow." Henry James had the necessary delicacy but in his over-rated “Christmas-tide toy”, The Turn of the Screw, he went on 100 pages too long. Moving on, since when were there college courses that taught about love? If the job you are applying for requires you to think critically or solve problems, you may be asked some analytical interview questions. So that statement resounds "Irony Trumps All!" I know that the disintegration of interest between Howard and Carol would cause some absense of liveliness in their marriage, but it does it have other meanings as well? ;��n�=_��o>a�G?2�]��$�'M��Y�d�D��*@m�a�!rt��ue��q�R��d�L�}�Aiq�l��J�H}��zCy#�(u;pj�3�k�+_A��M�yd��1 �� p�S.\��:M@,�ӣ4m�j�l�@��q�6&�7cH�F��Kfr7��FV��e�D`$��/�p�p�w�v�~��b��`�� I also agree with Monique how Gallant uses different sentence structures to convey different impacts on the reader, which could be followed by how Gallant uses detail in those sentences. Through the usage of characteriztion of Carol and Howard, the author expresses irony satirically in order to convey her denouncement of society's distorted outlook of marriage. Mr. … The author stresses the incapability of the Carol to fall in love because of the superficiality of their relationship, blaming something deep and profound on something as simple as the weather. That's why she accepted the marriage while not being in emotional love with Howard.Furthermore I noticed that Howard had ordered wine while the proposal. During the 1950's (seeing that at the end of the passage notes 1953) it was a norm for women to marry right after high school or during college, and justifies the social pressure that Carol is feeling towards marriage. Instead, Howard proposes to her over “a tuna-fish salad” at lunch. Both Carol and Howard are aging and will soon be considered too old to marry according to societal expectations. 0000026146 00000 n I also noticed the connection of diction in that sentence, between "Irish setters" and "blight" (you know, the potato blight, that was a factor to the surge of immigration of Irish immigrants to the U.S) ; this could be a coincidence, or a way to connect two ideas in her choice of diction. What does Carols Grandfather burn. 52 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 56 /H [ 1598 389 ] /L 140253 /E 95493 /N 4 /T 139095 >> endobj xref 52 46 0000000016 00000 n Therefore, the author is criticizing society and the conformists.Live Huminationed. When I looked up the definition it said, "a spoken or written act of rebellion toward an individual or group", meaning the speaker's negative outlook on those who marry for love? I had taken a break from television because I just never felt welcome in … However, there are still occasions when the dramatics bust out, or when there's a funny snafu at the precise moment where the officiant asks if there are any objections. The latest coronavirus updates as England's new tier system comes into force and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is approved for use in the UK. In addition, when Carol was proposed to for the first time, it was to an "unsuitable medical student with no money and eight years' training still to go." His use of cleverly placed words furthers the incredulity of the situation and further helps him criticize the society and conformity. "Both would have like champagne, as a more emphatic symbol of the unusual, but each was to diffident to suggest it" (line 19)Coincidence? Andrew GarciaPeriod 2Looking over "The Other Paris" the line that caught my attention the most was 23, "The fact that Carol was not in love did not dismay her the least." (John 2:1-10). Carol deals with this problem by living a fantasy of what true love would really be like and Howard tries to prevent a life of lonliness through an action that was "quite out of character" (line 60). 0000001284 00000 n Just from the title of the other excerpt's title "Fasting, Feasting" makes religion a case to be investigated. How can the foundation of such an important institution be so trivial? The excerpt states that he does not really look after himself at home and he apparently needs a wife to clean up after him. Those who did not have children and remained single were frowned upon. Carol. For example, when Gallant states "...a common interest, such as a liking for Irish setters, was the true basis of happiness, and that the illusion of love was a blight imposed by the film industry , and almost entirely responsible for the high rate of divorce."

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