Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 220 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Under the Sky
In the opening of "Under the Sky," Bowles is introducing the audience to a character named Jacinto. By taking a deeper look into his thought process and his interaction with others. Readers pick up on his attitude when he describer what he'd do to the townsman if he had a gun. This makes him seem to be reckless even though he expresses he'd never have the opportunity. This reckless attitude is also displayed as he stares down the yellow haired woman and disregards that she is with her significant other.
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Towards the end of "Under the Sky" Jacinto reckless behavior continues and accelerates as he almost commits murder for an involved woman. Though murder seems to be Jacinto's intent, the ending confuses me on whether he knows the woman or not. I'd say that the two have no history and the woman just caught Jacinto's eye in passing and he was fixated with her. The act was completely random but if this is true then why would the woman be so calm during this encounter? Asking him questions and engaging in conversation instead of looking to others for help
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