半日以上、買い物に手間どりました。↑押すと文字が変わるエンピツ投票ボタンだって時間がもったいないんだもん(-_-;夜中２時過ぎまでかかって、明日のリテラチャーで提出するぶんを終わらせました。はふー。ライティング系の宿題が多い週末だったな。-------[English Through Literature] "My Oedipus Complex" Short Story AnalysisTITLEMy Oedipus ComplexAUTHORFrank 0'connorSETTINGThe place is in a home somewhere in Ireland. The season is through fall and winter, and the time might be during the war in 1910's.PLOTLarry who is a 5year-old-boy, loves his mother as if he were her lover. His father is gone to the war, so the father comes back home occasionally. While the father is home, Larry is jealous of him for a position in his mother's love. They both try to get mother's attention and fight over a bed which is for sleeping with the mother. Before long, Larry has a baby brother, so the object of Larry's jealous changed to the baby from the father. The father's is also. Finally, Larry matures little, and Larry and his father accept each other.CHARACTERSLarry: A 5 year-old-boy. He loves his mother a lot and he thinks he is equal with his father and jealous of father. He wants to take the place of father.Mother: A pregnant. She is waiting and praying for her husband while he is in the war. She tried to be equal to her son and husband.Father: He visits home briefly from the war. He doesn't seem to have an attachment to his son, and fight with the son over his wife.CONFLICTAll through this story is conflict of jealousy which between a little son and his father over his mother.CLIMAXLarry tried to get into his parents bed, actually his mother's side, many times. Shortly, the father got mad at Larry, and Larry also resisted and shouted at the father. Soon after that, Larry's baby brother came out, so the relationship between Larry and father has changed.SYMBOLI think the bed is the most characteristic symbol in this story. Larry and his father fought for the bed in the bed, and finally they made good relationship in the bed. I could see Larry's maturity, mother's dilemma, and father's weakness in the bedroom.POINT OF VIEWThe point of view is from the first person who is Larry.TONEThe tone of this story is humorous. Sometimes Larry talks like a grown-up and he believes fantastic things. They are so cute and make me chuckle.IRONYTwo enemies who are father and son turn into a team (friends) by getting a new common rival, who is a baby.THEMEAn oedipus complex that little boys often feel jealousy to their fathers due to deep love to their mothers. In addition, in this story, a little boy's maturity overcomes the oedipus complex. He through out a tunnel which is the complex, so find the attachment to his father and accepts an appropriate position in his family. In this story, a little boy's mental growth is drawn. The boy is typical, not peculiar.[English Through Literature] "Mother" Write a memory piece of your teenage yearsRiding a Motorcycle An exhaust note of a motorcycle which passes my car makes me remember my youth. When I was sixteen, my parents got divorce, so I haven't seen my father ever since. In my country, general welfare for single mothers is not good enough; therefore, my mother had to work hard to raise my older brother and me. While I had been attending to a high school, I had worked part-time for my school expenses because my mother had been paying a lot of expenses for my brother's university. Thus I had to give up getting into an university, and I didn't have any hopes for my future. However, I had only one enjoyment. It was riding motorcycle. I bought my motorcycle by myself even though it was extremely expensive for a high school girl. It was too big for my tiny body, but I worked harder than before to keep it and did practice in riding to control the big machine. Of course, my mother had objected against dangerous riding motorcycle, but finally she admitted it because she found that I had been enjoying it safely and seriously. Since then, I had been riding the motorcycle for eleven years, almost every day until I got be a pregnant. In those years, I had had a lot of experiences through the motorcycle. I would go on journeys all around my country by my motorcycle and a tent, even to the southernmost island and the northernmost island. Moreover, I've met many generous and interesting people during the long journey, so I've learned a lot from the people and difficulties in my poor journey. In addition, I used to write article about motorcycles and travels for magazines for a long time. When I got be twenty years old, my mother said, "I couldn't do any thing for you, though you've already gotten your future by yourself. I'd been worrying about you all the time, but riding motorcycle has become valuable for you. Good for you, I'm proud of you." Now, I don't have enough muscles to control a big motorcycle although I've always wanted to ride it. Yet I've been scheming to get a motorcycle which matches with me again in the future![English Through Literature] "Mother" p.75-76 Grammar Practice1. When I was a teenager, I frequently behaved badly toward my mother.I knew that I had been behaving badly. I promised I would stop.2. It amazed my parents that they had achieved so much in such a short time."We have achieved so much in such a short time," said my father in amazement to my mother.3. My mother listened to music when I came home from school.My mother had listened to music every day of my school life.4. "I have talked to you for the past ten minutes and you haven't heard a word!" said my mother in exasperation.I had talked to you for at least ten minutes before I realized you hadn't heard a word.5. My parents have returned to Russia only once since they arrived in this country.My parents returned to Russia for the first time last year.6. Although my mother continually worried about dying, she didn't express her fears to me.Although my mother had been worrying about dying for years, she only expressed her fears to me last week.7. You have handed in your exam, so there is nothing we can do about it.You had handed in your exam, so there was nothing we could do about it.8. When I was younger, I ran around senselessly.I had run around senselessly for years before I was stopped by the death of my mother.9. After my father graduated, my mother quit working."I didn't know you have quit working!" exclaimed my father to my mother.10. I always looked for my mother in the garden.Although I had looked for my mother in the garden for nearly ten minutes, I still hadn't found her by the time dinner served.11. My father and mother studied English soon after they arrived in the United States.My father and mother have been studying English for the past three months.[English Through Literature] "Mother" p.76 Building Vocabulary Skills1. I read your manifesto last night and have decided to vote for you.2. Teenagers frequently act hastily and suffer the consequences.3. To play the violin well a musician needs a perfect pitch.4. After immigrating to new country, it is not uncommon to long for one's place of birth.5. Any student who hands in his essay late will be penalized.6. I don't know where you get your meanness from.7. The government issued a pamphlet explaining its policy toward immigration. 8. The lessons involving anatomy were my father's favorite classes at university.
