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The Whaler... HJælp til rettelser
30. januar 2007 af
T.J (Slettet)
håber der er en venlig sjæl der lige vil kigge det jeg har skrevet igennem indtil videre. staver ikke så godt så en hjælpende hånd ville gøre under værker.
Hilsen T.J
The Whaler
In the short story The Whaler, you meet a young boy, and an old man. The young boy had always looked upon the old man with great anticipations. The boy believed that the old man was a whaler, and therefore a hero in his eyes. The young boy meets his hero on a hill, where the talks about several things. Among the things, the old man crushes the boy’s perception about the old man being his hero and idol. The old man drops the bomb, be saying that he hadn’t even seen a real life whale, and actually, only been a sailor on a little ship in Canada. The whole conversation takes place on the hill, where there is a view over the town.
I believe the short story takes place in a small town/village some where out in the country. Because in the Whalers story about Mrs. Early he explains how he is riding her in the hayfield and in the byre. And that’s some typical signs for a farm. Also that the whaler is defecating right under the open sky, that is clearly not something you would find in city picture. And at last but none of the less, the young boy was sent out to the grocery store, to buy food all by him self. And that is typically small town society behaviour. That is why I believe that the short story takes place out on the country. Maybe also close to a harbour, where the boy’s imagination about the whaler could wonder freely.
In the short story I get a picture of the narrator as a young quite friendly boy, and someone who had been raised properly. Because when the Whaler sees the boy, and the young boy is being placed in an odd situation, he behaves him self and talks friendly and grasped to the Whaler. Even tough the Whaler didn’t have any pants on. And even tough the Whaler crushes his dreams about his idol, and properly also his dreams about the feature. I also see the boy as kind of a loner. Someone who goes his own ways, and have his own dreams. Because he had this strange roll model and hero, like the Whaler, that I think, not many other young boys had at that age or time. He also was really in to geography, and was wondering around imagine that he was a whaler out in the open sea. And like his teacher had said, he was an imaginative boy.
The meeting with the Whaler is quite significant. Because the Whaler is the young boy’s idol and hero, and the young boy have placed the Whaler on a throne in his imagination and mind. The boy have almost built his own identity upon the stories and telling about the great whaler, and how he should turn out to be, if he waned to be a real man. So when he is brought face to face with his imaginary man and it turns out that the Whaler is not like anything he had imagined, the young boy’s life takes another turn.
Hilsen T.J
The Whaler
In the short story The Whaler, you meet a young boy, and an old man. The young boy had always looked upon the old man with great anticipations. The boy believed that the old man was a whaler, and therefore a hero in his eyes. The young boy meets his hero on a hill, where the talks about several things. Among the things, the old man crushes the boy’s perception about the old man being his hero and idol. The old man drops the bomb, be saying that he hadn’t even seen a real life whale, and actually, only been a sailor on a little ship in Canada. The whole conversation takes place on the hill, where there is a view over the town.
I believe the short story takes place in a small town/village some where out in the country. Because in the Whalers story about Mrs. Early he explains how he is riding her in the hayfield and in the byre. And that’s some typical signs for a farm. Also that the whaler is defecating right under the open sky, that is clearly not something you would find in city picture. And at last but none of the less, the young boy was sent out to the grocery store, to buy food all by him self. And that is typically small town society behaviour. That is why I believe that the short story takes place out on the country. Maybe also close to a harbour, where the boy’s imagination about the whaler could wonder freely.
In the short story I get a picture of the narrator as a young quite friendly boy, and someone who had been raised properly. Because when the Whaler sees the boy, and the young boy is being placed in an odd situation, he behaves him self and talks friendly and grasped to the Whaler. Even tough the Whaler didn’t have any pants on. And even tough the Whaler crushes his dreams about his idol, and properly also his dreams about the feature. I also see the boy as kind of a loner. Someone who goes his own ways, and have his own dreams. Because he had this strange roll model and hero, like the Whaler, that I think, not many other young boys had at that age or time. He also was really in to geography, and was wondering around imagine that he was a whaler out in the open sea. And like his teacher had said, he was an imaginative boy.
The meeting with the Whaler is quite significant. Because the Whaler is the young boy’s idol and hero, and the young boy have placed the Whaler on a throne in his imagination and mind. The boy have almost built his own identity upon the stories and telling about the great whaler, and how he should turn out to be, if he waned to be a real man. So when he is brought face to face with his imaginary man and it turns out that the Whaler is not like anything he had imagined, the young boy’s life takes another turn.
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30. januar 2007 af arildsoe (Slettet)
Hej.....
Da jeg gik på HF, engelsk B niveau, havde jeg os the whaler.....
Her er hvad jeg skrev om det: (fik 9 for det)
The Whaler.
The story takes place on a hill in a small town in Ireland.
The narrator of this story is a boy, who’s still in school, and his teacher Mrs Eileen Early tells everyone that he is a very smart and imaginative boy. “I hear you’re a clever lad at school. Eileen Early tells me y’are.” (Line 44).
As the boy meets the Whaler, he has an imagination about the Whalers life and experiences. He imagines how the Whaler participated in catching giant whales in a heroic fight, and he also imagines how the whaler always was the first person in the first lowered boat.
The boy knows a lot about whaling, the Whaler is his hero.
The significance of his meeting with the Whaler is that the boy’s imaginative picture of the Whaler and his life is shattered, by the Whalers true story. “Involuntarily I turned to stare at him in the shock of disbelief. Never saw a whale. The hero of my lonely stories. The harpoonist of my wild imaginings”. (Lines 70–72).
Another important experience for the boy is, when he is told about the Whaler and Mrs Eileen Early’s relationship. It is as if he suddenly realises that Mrs Eileen Early is not just a teacher, but that she is a woman. He suddenly sees her in a different way.
The people in the town think that the Whaler is a secretive man and a mysterious man. They think that he lives alone and drinks alone. But in reality the Whaler has a relationship with Mrs Eileen Early. “Many a good ride I had from her. Even when Jack was alive.” …. “I rode her in the kitchen when he was lying upstairs and in the hayfield and in the byre. I never met a woman like her.” (Lines 132-144).
The Whaler lets the people think these things about him, because he means that the people need to believe in heroism. So that is why nobody knows the truth about him, until he tells the boy.
In the end of the story, the boy becomes aware of his sexuality.
I have chosen to interpret the last line in the story as a sign of the boy becoming aware of his own lust. I interpret it as if he is identifying with the Whaler and sees Mrs. Eileen Early as a pray to be conquered.
The theme of this story is a boy becoming a man. He looses his childhood idol, and he feels his sexuality awakening.
Håber at det kan hjælpe.
Da jeg gik på HF, engelsk B niveau, havde jeg os the whaler.....
Her er hvad jeg skrev om det: (fik 9 for det)
The Whaler.
The story takes place on a hill in a small town in Ireland.
The narrator of this story is a boy, who’s still in school, and his teacher Mrs Eileen Early tells everyone that he is a very smart and imaginative boy. “I hear you’re a clever lad at school. Eileen Early tells me y’are.” (Line 44).
As the boy meets the Whaler, he has an imagination about the Whalers life and experiences. He imagines how the Whaler participated in catching giant whales in a heroic fight, and he also imagines how the whaler always was the first person in the first lowered boat.
The boy knows a lot about whaling, the Whaler is his hero.
The significance of his meeting with the Whaler is that the boy’s imaginative picture of the Whaler and his life is shattered, by the Whalers true story. “Involuntarily I turned to stare at him in the shock of disbelief. Never saw a whale. The hero of my lonely stories. The harpoonist of my wild imaginings”. (Lines 70–72).
Another important experience for the boy is, when he is told about the Whaler and Mrs Eileen Early’s relationship. It is as if he suddenly realises that Mrs Eileen Early is not just a teacher, but that she is a woman. He suddenly sees her in a different way.
The people in the town think that the Whaler is a secretive man and a mysterious man. They think that he lives alone and drinks alone. But in reality the Whaler has a relationship with Mrs Eileen Early. “Many a good ride I had from her. Even when Jack was alive.” …. “I rode her in the kitchen when he was lying upstairs and in the hayfield and in the byre. I never met a woman like her.” (Lines 132-144).
The Whaler lets the people think these things about him, because he means that the people need to believe in heroism. So that is why nobody knows the truth about him, until he tells the boy.
In the end of the story, the boy becomes aware of his sexuality.
I have chosen to interpret the last line in the story as a sign of the boy becoming aware of his own lust. I interpret it as if he is identifying with the Whaler and sees Mrs. Eileen Early as a pray to be conquered.
The theme of this story is a boy becoming a man. He looses his childhood idol, and he feels his sexuality awakening.
Håber at det kan hjælpe.
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