Lenina Crowne

Dramatic Monologue

I never understand why he worries himself.
There is no reason to worry;
We are all happy nowadays.
And he knows the people look at him differently when he worries,
Because they are all happy.
But I don’t, he is still the same to me.
I long for him to be more forward with me.
Maybe if he remedied himself like the other men
He would be more fun.
I always tell him,

“Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.”
He doesn’t seem to listen, but I do.
Another one I can’t grasp is the other boy;
He refuses to have fun with me.
I know he adores me, so why does he fret?
There is nothing to fret over.
We are all happy nowadays.
If we could just be together,
He would not be so bothered all the time;
We would have fun
And doesn’t he know?
A gramme is always better than a damn.

Allusion paragraph, Telemachus and Jack Burden

Nicole Abinajem
October 25, 2008
Allusion Paragraph
Within the novel All the King’s Men are many subtle allusions to Greek mythology. One such allusion is that of Jack Burden reflecting Telemachus. The two characters have many parallels between them. For example, both Jack and Telemachus are put in the position of caring for their mother because their fathers left them. Also, neither of them recognize their true father right away. While Jack goes through life thinking Ellis Burden was his dad, he discovers later it was Judge Irwin all along. When reminiscing about the tiny catapults Jack and the Judge used to make together, Jack says, “He looked up as I came in, and said, ‘Been looking at our peashooters, huh?’ He put the slightest emphasis upon our. ‘Yes,’ I said. They yellow eyes bore into me for a second, and I knew he knew what I’d found out.” Jack discusses how he came to understand that the Judge was constructing the peashooters for Jack, not for himself. This insight is much like when Telemachus realizes the man he had suspected least of being his father was actually the one who could draw the bow and arrow like only his true father could. Even then, Telemachus does not comprehend the fact immediately, just as Jack Burden does not recognize the judge as his father even after it seemed obvious. For both Jack and Telemachus, the quest they persist through to discover their selves involves discovering who their father is. Although they both struggle with realizing their true kin, they eventually recognize someone who has been in front of them all along.

Found Poem

Nicole Abinajem

"Having Farewell"


We listened to the rain beat the trees,
And at each clap of thunder,
We clung together on the porch swing.
Each time that flicker appeared across his white face,
I could grasp all of the thoughts running through his mind;
They were tangible for a moment.
Just an instant inside of those eyes,
Red but tearless, and I knew the world.
The block without the street lamp took eternity to reach.
But we wandered straight into the darkness,
Where true eternity absorbed into the body of our experience.