The key to knowledge is to understand what surrounds you and the uniqueness in yourself. Observation is the act of focusing on someone or something to obtain knowledge about the object it also helps the observer get information. The three readings chosen are Passing, Candide, or Optimism, and Go greyhound. Passing by Nella Larsen, which was written in the Harlem Renaissance or 1920’s. Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire was published during the Enlightenment period, and Go Greyhound by Bob Hicok, published in 2004. Through observation, our characters attain valuable information about themselves through specific moments in each novel.
For instance, in the novel, Passing, Irene, through her observation of Brian, has learned that some type of love …show more content…
As for Irene from Passing, she believes her husband and Clare are intimate, while she stares at her reflection the reader can gather that this was nothing Irene had suspected and the narrator, as well as the reader, are distraught with the information gathered. In relation to Hicok, his observations of the tattooed man are essential to trying to figure out who Hicok is, as a passenger on the Greyhound bus. He uses the tattooed man to show that his own adventures are entirely different than the man who Hicok is sitting next to. Candide, on the other hand, has an abnormal observation. His observation is imperative to the text because of Candide’s swift thoughts and reactions lead him into trouble with Oreillons. Candide lacks main knowledge of several affairs that it leads him to terrible complications. Such as when he encountered the pirates who stole his last red sheep. His lack of knowledge is what makes him …show more content…
In Candide, the text chosen is, “The river…carried them along with dreadful noise and rapidity. Only after twenty-four hours did they see daylight again; but their canoe smashed to pieces” (Voltaire 43). As for Passing, “I do think… that you’ve been something – oh, very much- of a damned fool” (Larsen 90). Lastly, for Go Greyhound the chosen text says, “The ultra-blond who removed her wig and applied fresh loops of duct tape to her skull, her companion who held a mirror and popped his dentures in and out of place” (Hicok). All the texts have something to include about their partners. For instance, Irene feels betrayed by her husband and childhood friend, on the other hand, Candide is taking this terrible journey to be with his long love, Cunégunde. Though both are thinking of their loved ones they have different feelings about them. As for Go Greyhound, this particular couple is a little strange but maybe that is what they enjoy out of each other and that was why Hicok decided to add “her companion” into the poem. Their difference between these texts is the emotions they have toward their loved one. All Candide desires is to be reunited with Cunégunde whereas Irene cannot believe that Clare would do something so horrific to Irene, and for Hicok, he is lost in the couple’s strange habits that neither one of the seems to be annoyed
For instance, in the novel, Passing, Irene, through her observation of Brian, has learned that some type of love …show more content…
As for Irene from Passing, she believes her husband and Clare are intimate, while she stares at her reflection the reader can gather that this was nothing Irene had suspected and the narrator, as well as the reader, are distraught with the information gathered. In relation to Hicok, his observations of the tattooed man are essential to trying to figure out who Hicok is, as a passenger on the Greyhound bus. He uses the tattooed man to show that his own adventures are entirely different than the man who Hicok is sitting next to. Candide, on the other hand, has an abnormal observation. His observation is imperative to the text because of Candide’s swift thoughts and reactions lead him into trouble with Oreillons. Candide lacks main knowledge of several affairs that it leads him to terrible complications. Such as when he encountered the pirates who stole his last red sheep. His lack of knowledge is what makes him …show more content…
In Candide, the text chosen is, “The river…carried them along with dreadful noise and rapidity. Only after twenty-four hours did they see daylight again; but their canoe smashed to pieces” (Voltaire 43). As for Passing, “I do think… that you’ve been something – oh, very much- of a damned fool” (Larsen 90). Lastly, for Go Greyhound the chosen text says, “The ultra-blond who removed her wig and applied fresh loops of duct tape to her skull, her companion who held a mirror and popped his dentures in and out of place” (Hicok). All the texts have something to include about their partners. For instance, Irene feels betrayed by her husband and childhood friend, on the other hand, Candide is taking this terrible journey to be with his long love, Cunégunde. Though both are thinking of their loved ones they have different feelings about them. As for Go Greyhound, this particular couple is a little strange but maybe that is what they enjoy out of each other and that was why Hicok decided to add “her companion” into the poem. Their difference between these texts is the emotions they have toward their loved one. All Candide desires is to be reunited with Cunégunde whereas Irene cannot believe that Clare would do something so horrific to Irene, and for Hicok, he is lost in the couple’s strange habits that neither one of the seems to be annoyed