Friday, September 24, 2010

Post for Monday, September 27

Hello All,

For this weekend's post, I want you to do the same thing you did in class on Friday; write one sentence that uses the third method of introducting quotes in an analysis of Tom Waits's song "I Don't Wanna Grow Up."

In other words, construct a sentence that uses this format:

Tom Waits's use of the symbol of ___________ signifies _____________ (Stevens, 1998, p. ).

The first blank should be filled with an image or quote from the song; the second blank should be filled with a quote from Stevens with the relevant page number.

22 comments:

  1. nadee ramirez:
    Tom Waits's uses of the symbol of a dog signifies, "loyal affection and faithfulness...", but he also says it can be "associated with death." (stevens,1998,p357 )

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  2. Toms Waits's use of the symbol of loss of hair signifies "the loss of [youthful vigour, sex appeal and abundant vitality]these things or the fear of losing them"
    (Stevens, 1998, p.409).

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  3. Diana Camacho:
    Tom Waits uses the symbol of money signifies evil. Stevens states it [invades] a patient and [causes]disease, especially mental disease." (1998, o276).

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  4. Melchor Ynostroza:
    Tom Waists' use of the symbol of 'work them fingers to the bone,' to signify the "act of [...] punishment" should he take out a loan. (Stevens, 1998, p. 408)

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  5. Eva Marie Salas

    Tom Waits's use of the symbol of night that signifies “…a threat throughout the evolutionary history of our species, it is still a source of dread to children and many adults.” (Stevens, 1998, p.141).

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  6. Trisha Morrissey

    Tom Waits's use of the symbol of today signifies "a more hopeful image bringing with it the promise of new life and a good harvest." (Stevens, 1998, p. 283)

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    Lindsey Garibay:
    Tom Waits's use of the symbol fog signifies “unconsciousness, fearful mystery and evil.”(Stevens, 1998, p.141 ).

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  8. Tom Waits's use of the symbol of room signifies "sex, birth, sickness and death."(Stevens, 1998, p.153 ).

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  9. Tom Waits's use of the symbol of don't want hair to fall out signifies, "youthful vigour, sex, appeal and abundant vitality." (Steven, 1998, p.409).

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  10. Erma Morales
    Tom Waits's use of the symbol I don't want my hair to fall out signifies, loss of these things, or the fear of losing them." (stevens, 1998, p 409).

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  11. Jessica Delgadillo

    Tom Waits's use of the symbol of a child signifies the boy's "future and carries within itself the seeds of its own maturity and completion"(Stevens, 1998, p.240).

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  12. Basil Qumsiyeh:

    Tom Wait's use of the symbol of dog signifies it as its reputation for carnivourous scavenging and also as death "(Stevens, 1998, p.257).

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  13. Danielle Williams:

    Tom Waits's use of the symbol of 'fog' signifies "mists [and] clouds [which] are a fusion of the 'elements' air and water, a combination of form and formlessness, undergoing perpetual metamorphosis" (Stevens 141).

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  14. Tom Wait's use of the symbol of fog in the third stanza signifies, confusion. In our text Steven's does not elaborate on fog itself but gives us the significance of mist with respect to clouds, " Like mists, clouds are a fusion of the elements air and water, a combination of form and formlessness, undergoing perpetual metamorphosis, like the
    human imagination which readily projects different images on to them" (Stevens p. 141)
    Steve S.

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  15. Renee Wilson

    Tom Waits's use of the symbol of the biggest amount signifies "a 'free-rider' attitude to life [...] The last thing he wants is to be tied down or committed"(Stevens, 1998, p.311).

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  16. Janae Burres:

    Tom Waits's use of the symbol checking signifies "a means of verification to ensure that something is the way one thinks it is or wishes it should be" (Stevens 416).

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  17. Mark Macanas

    Tom Waits's use of the symbol of "...drinking all night" signifies "that darkness- the time when we are most vulnerable to natural predators and conspecific attacks. (Stevens,1998,p. 141)

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  18. Tom Waits's use of the symbol of hair signifies "youthful vigour, sex appeal, and abundant vitality." (Stevens, 1998, p.409 ).

    Joey Rico

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  19. Nate Whiting

    Tom Waits’ use of the symbol of the “room” signifies the protection and intimacy felt within the confines of the walls- as well as symbolizing the Mother archetype ad the Womb. (Stevens, 1998, p. 153)

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  20. Jorge Solis


    Tom Wait’s use of the symbol of money signifies, “a symbol of value, which permits a more impersonal form of gift-exchange than barter”(Steven, 1998, p. 268).

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  21. Tom Wait's use of the symbol of going out and drinking all night signifies "the time when we are most vulnerable to natural predators and conspicuos attacks." (Stevens, 1998, p. 141). -Maria De La Riva

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  22. Megan Reimer:
    Tom Waits's use of the symbol of the tomb signifies "The perception of death is unavoidable has consqeuntly given rise to the religious imperative to prepare for it, meet it, and over come it" (Stevens, 1998, p. 256 ).

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