Theme of World in Hounding Me

The theme of World in Hounding Me is simply " True beauty lies not in material possessions but in souls." Sor Juana de la Cruz believe that educating and nourishing one's mind is the true way to achieve and appreciate beauty. She despise the act of embracing all beauties that show themselves in front of one's sight. In a brownie example, (I like food...) instead of going to a pastry shop and buy all of the appealing brownies (chocolate, milky, walnut, dark chocolate, those with sprinkles on it, those dusted in sugar, etc.) she would go on Google and type"making brownies" clicking on the recipes and start making them herself. By learning this, she can carry this art of "beauty" around but not embracing those every of those other beauties/brownies she see. Occasionally, she might buy a gold brownie (is there any??) for the sake of it. She embraces only a selective beauty. (Personally, I like sprinkle one more)...In the end, the theme is really trying to tell us that don't simply and fooly plunge into every beauty but select them before you do, or don't date all the hot girls but selectively choose those that are hotter and easier to get...(epic....)

How Effective is the Poem’s Title?

I believe the poem's title sucks. I personally think there is no idea or meaning behind this title. Unless you read the poem, there is absolutely no way for you to understand or even have a clue what the author might say. Hounded by the world can have many different meanings, like I said in the previous entry, stuff like global warming can be part of the hounding process. It seems like the author try to convey a more of a mental process than a worldly view. Somehow, she try to say that beauty can only be achieved selectively, and material possessions are not beautiful. Expressing her thought is just fine, but her title is meaningless and fail to serve its purpose of hinting the reader what might the poem be about.

Hounded by the World

The world hounds me makes me feel more like if it haunts me. When the world hounds you, it means the world is asking something from you, like a child wanting a lollipop. It nags you and bothers you to a point you can longer bear. At this stage of the world, it seems more like pleading one to do his responsiblity, ex. recycling. The world wants you to do a job that you should've done so that the world can live longer. It tries to annoy you with smog and bother you with global warming. Its telling you that you should start doing stuff that can prolong the life span of the world.

Poem

Burn baby burn!
For my files i mourn,
For music in iTunes,
For docs i have earn,
stuff that i have learn,
It kill it all.
Oh! Hail! All Mighty virus,
Oh! The Great Destroyer,
killed my comp and around it turn.
Why was it my turn?
My files lost, an epic loss.
Now I end my turn.
Who is the next
to endure this disaster?

Guilt

Guilt is a kind of self tormenting feeling that resides deep down in your heart and stays there until you repent your sin. I felt guilty for wrecking 2 of my old computers. I know they are kind of expensive so I do feel bad. After this, even thought guilt still lingers deep inside, I am inclined to try and forget those sins as if they never happened. This gives me more internal space.

Puritans and Possessions

Sigh*...Puritans believe that all are created by God and all are destroyed by God. All misfortune or unexplainable phenomenon are God's decision, mostly uncomprehensible by men. Bradstreet believed that she should not dwell over material possesions as all comes from dust and will return to dust. Puritans seem to value life only as intermediate process to salvation. In her poem, she deem the spot in heaven for her built by the Great Architect is what really matters and show no feelings toward her burnt house.

HESTER PRYNNE'S INNOCENT!!!

Humans are animals, living beings. We have a desire of pleasure and company. Who knows if Chillingworth cheated on Hester as well. She only need to be loyal to herself. Why should she stay loyal to a man who ditched her, for whatever reasons he had. After all that loniless, it is absolutely reasonable for her to have another affair. Since Chillingworth was thought to be dead, Hester is a (supposively) widow. As a result, she has every right to remarry. The Puritans establish such a ridiculous rule as God should never forbid any couple for connection of love. Sex, the primary pleasure of human (originally), should not be forbidden to a widow. If Chillingworth really loves her, he should not blame her for adultery. Simply put, Chillingworth never loved her and thus, marriage of that is non sense. HESTER is INNOCENT.

Discussion on Material Possession

Many people asked, "does material possessions bring happiness?". To be honest, it is a YES. Happiness is probably the next important thing under life, so material possessions are crucial to anyone. There are some people that goes around teaching people to try and live a life without obsession of material possesion, which is not only absurd, hypocritical, but also ridiculous. Without material possessions, i.e. house, money, food, they wouldn't be alive to teach others to "live". Such important thing in life, if it was ever destroyed and obliterated, i will find all means to take revenge, 1 month, 1 year, 10 years, half a century, whatever time and energy it takes, i will do it. The hardest possession to lose is probably my computer, with all my files, works and a lot of other stuff in there, it probably worth more that i can ever earn in my life..(considering that those value grow over time). On contrast ,the one thing i believe is worthless and extra in my possesion is slippers. Those half-shoes doesn't protect your feet and does essentially nothing.

9/6 journal

Puritans believe in strict rules and only the chosen ones can go to heaven as it's going to get overpopulated over the course of our history. They believe humans are born sinful and are damned for eternality, seeing that Adam and Eve screwed up in the Garden of Eden. On contrast, rationalist believe that God created the universe by a set of rules. Figuring out the rules that were made by God is a demonstration of piety. In my opinion, the puritans are foolhardy. If it is already chosen, it really doesn't matter if you work hard for your whole life. They would probably go crazy if they weren't chosen in the end. Our modern society is going with the rationalist theology without much faith going around.

First Post

Hi!!!