1. Do you think that Louisa is in any way a victim? Discuss whether you believe that either of the men love Louisa with textual evidence to prove it?
2. Feel free to put forth any ideas that struck you when reading this story. You could also post questions about any aspect related to the subject matter and I hope everyone responds and gets a discussion going.
For next week: We will do a mini workshop with Paper 2. No, you will not be exchanging papers with your peers. We will discuss a little bit about Works Cited so that there are no errors on your final draft of Paper 2. Please bring in your papers on Wednesday next week for the workshop.
The deadline for submission of Paper 2 -(hard copy only) after all revisions is Friday, April 19th. No late submissions will be accepted.
We will also discuss "Blood Burning Moon", "Everyday Use" and "Lynching in Tennessee".
Quiz on Friday, the 9th, on the above three stories. Do not miss it.
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I believe that Louisa is indeed a victim in this story. I think this because she is the one who is getting hurt physically emotionally and mentally throughout the story.
ReplyDeleteI do not think either of the men love her or are in love with her. I just think they're in lust with her. Neither of the two men have any connection with her besides her appearance.
Yes, I do think Louisa in “Blood-Burning Moon” is somewhat a victim in the story because she is caught in a love triangle and can’t do anything to escape it. Even thought the conflict is between her two lovers, she faces an internal conflict of her own fighting against love itself. The conflict isn’t only between “man and man.” It is also between “man vs., woman” as well as “white vs. black.” Because Louisa is caught in the middle she has to fight a battle of her own despite the story’s Romeo & Juliet theme.
ReplyDeleteYes I do think both men love Louisa in their own ways. Even though Bob seems a bit embarrassed about the whole situation, he obviously ha deep feelings for Louisa. Tom, on the other hand has known Louisa since childhood, and has deep feelings for her as well. Both men love her in their own special way. They just express their loves differently.
I actually enjoyed reading this story. While reading it I felt like I was on an adventure of my own. I love how the author used vivid details to get the reader involved in the story, making them seem as if they were almost there. The reader can feel the tension, the love, the hate, and the feelings the characters feel which makes this story a great piece of literature.
-Tahliah M. Davidson
I believe that Louisa is a victim in this story. Although both men are very different from each other they both treat Louisa as if she is an object. Both men see Louisa as a possession to be purchased and they both desire control and possession over her. Louisa is in the middle of a love triangle and she is the one bearing the most physical and emotional pain.
ReplyDeletei believe louisa is a victim. neither men seem to show nay love for her, and all she seems it content with both of them. however she is unable to escape either of them men for various reasons thus why she remains quiet. Bob is her former master and current employer. if she says no to him, or offends him in an way she is out of a job. even though reconstruction was in the process former slaves had limited access to employmetnt for no real education and the continued racial prejudice in the south. As for Tom, he is known for his acts of violence apperently , if lousis was to out right turn him down it would only be logical to assume he would attack either her or Bob. BY the end of the story this is what happened. but luisa did what she could to control it by doing nothing. A lesson learned in this story is that you cant control poeples actions, human natureis to try to influence them but in the end people will do what what they want.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Louisa is the victim in the story "blood-burning moon". She is giving way more to these two men than she is receiving. I think these men are only interested in her because of her looks and not who she is. Louisa is interested in who these men are inside not just appearance. The two men are not in love with her like she is in love with them. Louisa is the victim.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Louisa is most definately a victum in this story. In addition, I believe that both Tom and Bob do not love Louisa. Bob treats her like an object or slave because of the fact that the story takes place right after the demise of slavery. It is scary to think that some of the same problems that were happenning back then are happenning now as well.
ReplyDeleteLouisa is definitely not a victim of anything. She was fully aware of the fact that she had both of these men chasing after her, for whatever reason, but did absolutely nothing about it. She didn't choose one and let the other go, she led them both on. She literally sat back and let them fight to the death over her. I don't think she loved either one and i don't think either of them loved her. Their actions prove that it was all just a game. To see who could win the girl and she was just sitting back and enjoying all the attention.
ReplyDeleteI do think that Louisa was a victim because she was caught in the middle of a love triangle and didn’t know what to do. Bob was her master so she needed to follow what he wanted or she could lose her job. I think that she loved both men and found it hard to choose one over the other. I don’t think that either of the men lover her because at one point the story said “He was going to see her tonight, and love her. She was lovely-in her way. Nigger way” (1277). This showed that Bob didn’t really love Louisa he just loved the idea of having her.
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