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Yeats Tour

Kipling Short Story

“The Other Man”
     Of all its lessons, I believe that “The Other Man” screams the lesson of honesty the loudest. Honesty, not only to others, but also to oneself, is very important in life. Lying to others will only have the illusion of leading to a savory outcome for a while but it will inevitably lead to bad consequences-such as bad health or a terrible meeting with an old “friend.”

“When the earth was sick and the skies were gray,

And the woods were rotted with rain,

The Dead Man rode through the autumn day

To visit his love again.”

     I found this wonderfully written story to be sad and good at the same time. I think that Miss Gaurey’s life was particularly hard, but her actions still bothered me in that the narrator does not mention her giving input for anything that made her life seem difficult.  

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Other Man." Web. 11 Apr. 2011.           

http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2468/.

A Poem Inspired by Kipling

If you love looking at the ordinary

And seeing something extraordinary,

By seeing with different perspectives,

If you enjoy looking at life

Through the framed view of a lens,

If you find yourself full of curiosity,

If you find wonder in the simple things,

If you love hearing the click of the shutter

As another moment is captured in time,

Then you may be a photographer at heart.

Dickens' Stories

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

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Pip, who is a poor orphan boy, helps a hungry convict and wishes he could be a rich gentleman to impress the snobby object of his affections.
Due to mysterious circumstances, Pip is able to temporarily have what he wished for, all the while learning many things from his mistakes and struggles.
One silver lining to Pip losing his fortune is that his old love’s husband is dead and they can now walk hand-in-hand.

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Hound of Heaven

Housman

Eight O'Clock

He stood, and heard the steeple

Sprinkle the quarters on the morning town.

One, two, three, four, to market place and people

It tossed them down.

 

Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour,

He stood and counted them and cursed his luck;

And then the clock collected in the tower

Its strength, and struck.

Housman, A. "Eight O'Clock." British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 670. Print.