Travels Through Time

 Sexually transmitted diseases are a very serious health problem. They can lead to permanent physical and emotional damage, social problems, and very annoying.. complications... for all affected. So in Boswell's London Journal  we get a slight inside glance at the problems that they can cause. We read of Boswell's various encounters with women while on his travels and we see the slights based on gender throughout this. It was not much of a problem for women to sell their bodies, but then they are considered to be women of low class. It is extremely common for men to want to go to these women because its such a male urge. It is often normalized for men to have sexual relations, but demeaning for women to.  The scenes where Boswell contracts a disease after having relations with Louisa is problematic for many reasons. Lets start with the first error. Boswell was having known relations with multiple women (most of them being prostitutes with a higher chance of illnesses) mer...

It sometimes concerns me that there are people (Beside Dr. BReed) who read these. Your lives are most likely not as entertaining as you hope, therefore you get sucked into a rabbit hole of my absolutely ridiculous thoughts and ideas that probably should have stayed in my head. My apologies to all of you who suffer through this with me.  On a lighter note, here are some quick blurbs on my long essay that are (hopefully) going to help met get my life in some order. -topic: how gender in Jane Austen's Persuasion  is portrayed versus how society thinks it should be portrayed and displayed.  -women have a limited sphere of choice when it comes to their lives and their futures, often needing a man to ensure them better lifestyles -men are expected and allowed much more than most women - women's influence is based on their relationship to men -Austen's personal interruptions in the writing to give her own opinions -How Austen's writing can and has impacted societal changes in ...

Sunday, October 18th, 2020- I spent today with my family. A family including my mother, father, brother, my two beloved dogs and my cat. This was an especially nice end to a blissful weekend, as we watched Sunday football in the comfort of pajamas and warmth. I do not think Boswell had such an exciting time as I. This week looks dreadfully rainy, and will probably bring some distasteful grey skies with it.    Monday, October 19th, 2020- I had two online classes today, neither which was very much fun on a dreary, wet Monday morning. US History took a turn for the worst after receiving a passive aggressive email on how those who were in class had felt no obligations to participate. This left the online group both annoyed and confused on how that was our issue as well considering we normally were quite engaging when in the classroom. Sociology, however, was less unique. We discussed the upcoming assignments we were to do, which made me slightly stressed. Who knew we wou...

     Oliver Goldsmith's work entitled The Vicar of Wakefield might be my favorite we have read thus far. Goldsmith starts by describing a fairly wealthy, kind, and happy family consisting of two loving parents and six children. The family suddenly become poor, moving to a smaller place with an..unusual landlord. The family faces an absurd number of challenges throughout their time in poverty. This novel is well-written and engaging, keeping the reader quite involved with the story line. However, this is not why this is my favorite for this class thus far.      The Vicar of Wakefield  gives me major Jane Austen vibes. The writing, minus Austen's classic personal intrusions in the plot, reminds me very much of some of Austen's classic novels. For example, the themes and plot have major similarities. A family faces misfortune, find a way to navigate through life's obstacles, and overall becomes successful in the end. A cliché happy ending, if you will....

       Alright.. let's face it. Gulliver goes on some pretty wild adventures. Some seem to be fun, some are pretty outrageous, others are downright weird. However, he is almost always doing something away from home. That's fine and all if you're single, but we know Gulliver is married with a couple of kids.      If I was Gulliver's wife, I would be furious. Come on man.. you can't even stay home to help with the kids for more than a couple months, and then you come back from your last little adventure and absolutely despise people? That's a woman you had kids with. The woman who cared for your kids while you went out on crazy journeys for extended periods of time with pretty much no explanation. She dealt with all your garbage excuses just for you to come back and not even talk to her? You couldn't even be around your WIFE? Trash.      On the whole, I understand why Gulliver wants to travel. He wants to have some worldly experiences and ...