QUALITY By John Galsworthy

QUALITY

By John Galsworthy

• Summary

Tired, miserable even bored is the way that many people feel when they wake up in the morning to get ready for work. Even the very thought of work puts some people in a bad mood. Others may not mind work but still do not look forward to going. It is a rare occasion to find someone who is completely satisfied with his or her career. However, for one man, work is bliss.

Yah, we can see in “Quality” by Galsworthy , Gessler, the shoemaker, is shown to be a man of integrity and of complete dedication to his work. the story of the hopeless struggle of good craftsmanship against low-price industry.
Mr. Gessler had his own shoe business where he made leather boots. His dedication is shown through the fact that, “He made only what was ordered, never taking ready-made shoes down from the shelf.” He wanted each pair of boots to be a custom fit to each individual and for every pair he made, he used a pattern taken from the customer’s foot size. One day the narrator of the story walked into Mr. Galsworthy’s shop wearing a pair of boots from a big business. Mr. Gessler noticed them right away and after a short time he said, “Dey get id all, dey get id by advertisement, nod by work. Dey take it away from us, who lofe our boots.”

Later in the story, the reader comes to find out that Mr. Gessler is forced to sacrifice half of his shop to a big business. He continued to make his boots for the same price and with the same amount of painstaking work. He must be truly dedicated in order to love his business unconditionally.

Mr. Gessler spent such an incredible amount of time preparing the shoes, never trying to forget the process, in order to make them as perfect as possible and because of this, he stood behind all of his work. The narrator, absent-minded of the fact that Mr.Gessler was so passionate about his boots once said to him, “Mr. Gessler, that last pair of boots creaked, you know.” Angered by the boy’s comment, Mr. Gessler said, “Zend dem back! I will look at dem.” He went on to say, “Zome boods, are bad from birdt. If I can do noding wid dem, I dake dem off your bill.” Not only does this show dedication, but also integrity because he was honest about his work and wanted to satisfy his customer.

Near the end of the story, the narrator comes back to Mr.Gessler’s shop after a long hiatus, only to find out that Mr. Gessler was no longer alive. When he questioned the worker about his death the man said, “Slow starvation, the doctor called it. You see, he went to work in such a way!… Never gave ‘imself time to eat; never had a penny in the house. All went in rent and leather… He regular let his fire go out…But he made good boots.” That last sentence was the meaning of the whole story. Mr. Gessler dedicated his life to making boots. No matter what he had to sacrifice, including his life, he was willing to do it for the love of his work. Even in his last few days of life, he never stopped making boots, and he even finished the narrator’s boots before he died.

Mr. Gessler indeed was a man of integrity and dedication. His dedication was shown through his struggle to please every customer, and his integrity was shown through his honest way of life and his credibility in his work. In his mind, the needs of his customers more important than his own, and when he was no longer in business, he had no reason to go on living.

• Comment

Quality is kind of Masterpiece . This short story has a deep meaning. In this case Galsworthy, as the author, take a thoughtful interpretation of humanity. Has a deep philosophy of life of the meaning of existence as the theme.

The panorama or setting of place in Quality is The West End of London, The streets and the two shop (of the Getleers).

Galsworthy take himself as a narrator in Quality. It makes the reader feel so close to the characters and the situation there. The conflics appears between the Getleer and the big firm when they lose one of their two shop. The climax arrives when the surviving Gessler can no longer make living. And the resolution is when the Gessler’s death and the success of the firm. This plot make the characters and the theme of Quality reveal then the reader can take the message from it.

Overall I do not have any difficulties when read this story. But I must be honest that my vocabulary is not ‘enough’ to read this story.

chrysanthemum

DIFFERENT STYLE OF COMMUNICATION

Men are from Mars women from Venus. They are really different, body (of course), up to the way of thinking, feel and so on. Although men and women really different in some many ways, they related each other and have complex relationship. Take a look at many differences between them, there is one way that can connected them one another. Communication. Men and women have different style of communication. It is getting deep when they already engaged in marriage.

People think that the real habit of somebody appear when they already married. Everything about our “partner” (wife or husband) from A to Z we can see here whether it is good or bad. Why? Because we spend our whole life time with him/her. Then if two head become one (marriage) of course in facing the new world together problems will coloring their life. Again, here communication is needed between the couple. According to Deborah Tannen’s You Just Don’t Understand there are some facts (problem) that always occur in marriage and they dominated by non-verbal communication between couples related with the issue of gender and relationship. This is reflected also in John Steinbeck’s The Chrysanthemums.

The Chrysanthemums is set in Salina’s Valley in winter.

“…like a lid on the mountains and made of the great valley a closed pot…” (par 1)

Elisa and Henry Allen own a ranch, where Henry takes care of the cattle and Elisa looks after their home and works on her flower garden and works on her flower garden which consist of the gorgeous chrysanthemum that she really takes pride in. Elisa become the center of the story. Elisa Allen is a lonely woman who enjoys growing and also nourishing her chrysanthemum. Since her husband is always working in their farm, she never has enough attention or any kind affection.

In this short story tell that Elisa is a woman capable of doing many things but she cannot show her skills due to the social implications imposed on her by the males of society. Elisa’s figure is described as “blocked and heavy”.

“… She was thirty-five. Her face was lean and strong and her eyes were as clear as water. Her figure looked blocked and heavy in gardening costume, a man’s black hat pulled low over her eyes…” (par.5).

Elisa can be seen as Elisa can be seen as unhappy with her female role, and her unhappiness as a woman has led her to try to take on both more masculine activities and to put more fervor into the feminine tasks she already does—when she is pruning the chrysanthemum stalks,

“…her face was eager and mature and handsome; even her work with the scissors was over-eager, over-powerful..”(par. 6)

Men are generally described as being “handsome,” and the adjectives used to describe Elisa’s activities reflect the personality of someone who is either incredibly strong.

The communication between Elisa and Henry is not good enough. They can live together but actually they cannot understand each other. So that’s why Elisa describing as a lonely women that unhappy with her marriage. The flowers (chrysanthemum) here reflected Elisa. Then we can see Elisa’s mind about Henry’s utterance about her “pride” chrysanthemum.

“…I wish you’d work out in the orchard and raise some apples that big.” (par.12)

It shows how only little interest that he has for her chrysanthemum that reflected herself. Then as shown here Elisa does not feel appreciated by her husband. Henry absolutely do not know about this. Although his ways of doing things might sound like a better way, his wife needs as a woman are being smothered and her spirit would die. It is hurt her as a women. We know that due to Tannen, women needs support and sympathy to do all the things in her life especially from their close people. So that women can feel being appreciate and loved by her husband or close friend.

The traveler, unlike Henry, is able to gain access to Elisa’s garden and therefore her heart as well. The traveler, unlike Henry, is able to gain access to Elisa’s garden, and therefore her heart as well. Although the appearance is not the greatest, she is interested in him. Why? The reason is that he shows interest in her “pride” chrysanthemum in order to persuade her to find something for him to fix. Again, the connection there is that he was interested in her flowers that reflected herself.

“Kind of a long-stemmed flower? Looks like a quick puff of colored smoke?” he asked. “That’s it. What a nice way to describe them.”(par.52-53)

With this response, she now feels appreciated and attractive to the stranger. Furthermore, the traveler pretends again, tells Elisa about someone that like flowers too but does not have any chrysanthemum in her garden. Of course as the same flower lover, she wants to share her some seeds of chrysanthemum and put it in a pot and give it to the traveler. All his compliment to her about the flower lead her to feel obligated to allow him to fix her pots.

"Here. Put it in your wagon, on the seat, where you can watch it. Maybe I can find something for you to do." (par.79)

His manner changed. He became professional. "Good as new I can fix them." At the back of his wagon he set a little anvil, and out of an oily tool box dug a small machine hammer. …(par.80)

Elisa does not realize that the traveler just pretend about that and cover all of it with the compliment about flower. Just pretend. Sometimes if we are feel appreciated with someone, we could not see what’s behind.

Other miscommunication between Elisa and Henry when he ask Elisa to have a dinner to town as celebrating the sale of the cattle. Elisa in a good mood after meeting the traveler. Then, she prepare her best dress and performance indeed. Henry sees his wife change surprisedly.

"Why--why, Elisa. You look so nice!"

"Nice? You think I look nice? What do you mean by 'nice'?"

Henry blundered on. "I don't know. I mean you look different, strong and happy."

"I am strong? Yes, strong. What do you mean 'strong'?"

He looked bewildered. "You're playing some kind of a game," he said helplessly. "It's a kind of a play. You look strong enough to break a calf over your knee, happy enough to eat it like a watermelon."

That is not the definition Elisa wants to hear she wants make he knows that she is strong of spirit not muscle. Henry tries to compliment her in a way that he believes will appease her, she actually takes offense. There is a misunderstanding between them. In this case Henry tries to says his surprise of the changing of his wife but in a men style. But, his wife cannot accept that. Henry supposed says his compliment in other way that can make her truly notice his meaning. On the way to Salinas for dinner with Henry, she find the chrysanthemum that given to the traveler on the road without the pot. Her heart is broken.

Her face was turned away from him. "It will be enough if we can have wine. It will be plenty." She turned up her coat collar so he could not see that she was crying weakly--like an old woman.(last paragraph)

She just realize that the Traveler attentions to her and her flowers was false. He only wanted to flatter her into giving him some business.

At least the the short story really show us how women and men both have a different way to expressing their own feeling each other. Not every willing can show in a language or orally. Body language also take a big part in men and women relationship. In this case husband-wife. We cannot prevent this kind of problem (misunderstanding etc) but in this case we learn how to knowing our wife/husband well in order to finish the problem that could appear in a relationship.

the dead of the hired man

“ Meaning of Home for Silas “

“The Death of the Hired Man” is one of Robert Frost’s poem. When I read this poem, it makes me wondering. The poem is just like kind of short story but this is a poem actually. The poem ‘starring’ by the couple Mary and Warren which is has the dialogue here and tell whole story, and of course Silas as the center of the story.

We have two contradictory speakers, each one right in his or her way, and only when the points of view are joined is the poem resolved. Yet the resolution is not tied up in a neatly restful way. On the contrary, it is open-ended, that is, we are left with two points of view, but although they have clung to their differences, they have made a species of truce, and the poem concludes, concludes in an open-ended way.

The poem itself tell about the return of Silas, the ex worker in the couple’s field. After all the time had passed he was back to the couple’s house. It makes the couple feel confuse in order to accept him back or not and they have the different opinion about this. The differences between the attitudes of Warren and Mary become clear. In lines 31-36. Warren is frustrated because of his past experience while Mary is compassionate because she has observed Silas’s current condition. Although Mary attempted to care for him physically, Silas seemed to be too exhausted to receive her care. The fact that he was unable to wake up to drink tea or smoke foreshadows the end of the poem, when he will be permanently unable to wake up.

He speculates that Silas has “come to ditch the meadow” as he’s promised to do in the past, but Warren knows Silas is incapable of the task. Even after Mary provides more detail about her conversation with Silas, Warren remains unsympathetic. Their conversation here provides some additional background material regarding Silas. He has a brother who is quite successful by conventional standards but with whom Silas does not get along. Since Warren feels Silas did not keep up his end of the bargain, Warren believes he owes Silas nothing. Mary, on the other hand, placates Warren in the tradition of principle based on need — that those who can must take care of those who cannot, regardless of whether they deserve it. Warren gradually acquiesces to Mary’s entreaties and agrees to keep Silas on at the farm. When Warren goes to check on Silas, Silas is dead.

In this case I want to talk about why Silas is back in the couple’s home after all the time. ”The Death of the Hired Man,” as you'll recall, begins as the wife informs her husband that Silas, the hired man, "is back...be kind." He answers: "when was I ever anything but kind to him? / But I’ll not have the fellow back." Many lines later, after the sketched-in background, the key exchange occurs. "Warren," she tells her husband, "[Silas] has come home to die: / you needn't be afraid he'll leave you this time." "Home," the husband mocks gently, "home." "Yes, what else but home?" she answers:

It all depends on what you mean by home.
Of course he’s nothing to us, any more
Than was the hound that came a stranger to us
Out of the woods, worn out upon the trail.

To which the husband answers: "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, / They have to take you in." But she cannot agree: "I should have called it / Something you somehow haven’t to deserve."

The Hired man has returned "home" to die. Though kinship would suggest that the old man’s rich brother ought to provide a home for him, Silas evidently feels more at home with the farm couple, who have supported him over the years. The poem presents two definitions of "home": " ’Home is the place where, when you have to go there, / They have to take you in.’ / ’I should have called it / Something you somehow haven’t to deserve.’ "

In this case Silas appears to have come "home" by both definitions. Despite his initial refusal, it looks as if Warren (the farmer) will have to take his old hand in, though Silas has done nothing to deserve it. Of course, when the moment of truth arrives, Silas is already dead. Perhaps after “The Death of the Hired Man” the definition of home will not be the lesser good that Warren called “the place where they have to take you in,” but the greater good Mary calls “something you somehow haven’t to deserve.”

ANTON CHEKHOV.s THE BOOR

Anton Chekov’s The Boor Analysis

Death is a secret of life. Everybody in this world will facing the death someday somewhere we don not know well because it is the God’s secret. In The Boor we will see about the story of a death and the story around it. The Boor is a drama that written by Anton Chekov in 1860-1904. The characters in The Boor are Helena Ivanovna Popov a young widow, Grigori Stepenovitch Smirnov a proprietor of a country estate and Luka the widow’s servant. The drama is about a desperate young widow named Helena Ivanovna Popov. Her husband, Nikolai Michailovitch already dead. As time goes by, she never cannot accept that his beloved husband already dead.

MRS. POPOV: And I shall never leave it--why should I? My life is over. He lies in his grave, and I have buried myself within these four walls. We are both dead.

Mrs.Popov feels that her world already end when her husband dead. The sadness still covered her from the outside’s world. She never go outside the house and make a small talk with her neighbor like make a wall with outside. Then as a royal servant, Luka try to remind his master to stop sink in a sadness. The dead is still in the ground. But the survive must continuing her life. Do not stuck in one way.

Suddenly a man is coming to the widow’s house. Yap. He is Grigori Stepanovitch Smirnov. He comes to Mrs. Popov house with a special mission, to ask the money to pay the loan from the bank in the named of his dead husband. He comes not in a polite way. Mrs. Popov still does not want to accept a guest no matter what, but Smirnov still in his own argument must meet the widow right now. He speaks rudely to Luka and also Mrs. Popov.

Of course Mrs.Popov still could not pay the money now. She will pay it the day after tomorrow. Because she does not have the money now. Then Smirnov cannot stand in this case he is he must pay the loan now. But, he is cannot say it in a polite way. He talks to Mrs. Popov rudely, he does not know about the way treating woman. When he talks to her seems he treat her like a man talks even animal. It makes Mrs. Popov is getting angry with him. Boor. It is the word that used by her to described how rude his word. They are arguing each other.

The climax is the rudeness of Smirnov, becoming so hot I think. Here we comes he bring a emancipacy there.

SMIRNOV: I'll shoot her down! I'm no fledgling, no sentimental young puppy. For me there is no weaker sex! LUKA: Oh, sir. [Falls to his knees.] Have mercy on me, an old man, and go away. You have frightened me to death already, and now you want to fight a duel. SMIRNOV: [Paying no attention.] A duel. That's equity, emancipation. That way the sexes are made equal. I'll shoot her down as a matter of principle. What can a person say to such a woman? [Imitating her.] "The devil take you. I'll put a bullet in your impudent head." What can one say to that? She was angry, her eyes blazed, she accepted the challenge. On my honor, it's the first time in my life that I ever saw such a woman.

It is not a good way of treating a woman. As a man you should can control your emotion. Not only with a woman I think. You should behave and polite. Not like Smirnov’s did to Mrs. Popov. He does not care about Mrs. Popov condition. He keeps speaking and arguing. Well, I do not know is this a part of his action in order to knowing Mrs. Popov well or not. Mrs. Popov take the gun but she does not know how to use it. Then Smirnov teaches her to use it. In the middle in teaches Mrs. Popov, suddenly he talks about his feelings to Mrs. Popov. Of course she cannot believe that. they argued again.

SMIRNOV: My mind is not clear--I can't understand. Servant--water! I have fallen in love like any young man. [He takes her hand and she cries with pain.] I love you! [He kneels.] I love you as I have never loved before. Twelve women I jilted, nine jilted me, but not one of them all have I loved as I love you. I am conquered, lost; I lie at your feet like a fool and beg for your hand. Shame and disgrace! For five years I haven't been in love; I thanked the Lord for it, and now I am caught, like a carriage tongue in another carriage. I beg for your hand! Yes or no? Will you?--Good! [He gets up and goes quickly to the door.] MRS. POPOV: Wait a minute! SMIRNOV: [Stopping.] Well? MRS. POPOV: Nothing. You may go. But--wait a moment. No, go on, go on. I hate you. Or--no; don't go. Oh, if you knew how angry I was, how angry! [She throws the revolver on to the chair.] My finger is swollen from this thing. [She angrily tears her handkerchief.] What are you standing there for? Get out!

Here we can see that all of the debating in a couple of hours about the debt. Finally bring them into I don not know how exactly to call it. Just like a love that happening in a sudden in Smirnov. Everything wired, strange could happen in love’s world. in this case I don not know what is really happened between them. All I know, death is bring a deep sadness but we should not have to sink in lament all the time. We must continue our life and facing the reality clearly.

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ITL II Assignment

Dhita Retnaningdyah K.

062154008

English Literature 2006

ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM FAULKNER’S DRY SEPTEMBER

In William Faulkner’s short fiction “Dry September”, we are presented with a vision of small town Southern life during reconstruction. This story has it all: a crime of passion, racism, and violence. Faulkner has riddled this story with violence issues and shows us what kind of effect it can have on individuals and society. Small town life can be scary when everyone knows everyone else. Rumors run like water. The violent nature of man has a slippery slope affect in society. The violent actions of one man lead to the actions of another, and the ones this violence is used against are affected and will continue to affect others in society. In addition to these currents of brutality Faulkner includes other subjects like racism and the position of women in this society. Faulkner is showing us what is happening underneath all of the problems on the surface.

“Dry September” touches on a subject that many authors of Faulkner’s time chose to comment on: Black relationships with the white community. Faulkner shows us men who had to make the decision of the times by asking themselves the question, "Am I okay with black people?" It is a question many people are faced with even today. The men of the barbershop are pondering this idea in the opening scenes of the story. The first line in “Dry September” reads, "Through the bloody September twilight, aftermath of sixty two rainless days, it had gone like a fire in dry grass – the rumor, the story, whatever it was." The first line of the story is one of the most effective and meaningful lines in the entire work. The title of the story is “Dry September” and the story takes place in on dry September in Jefferson, Mississippi. Rumors fly in small towns just like fire in a dry field. It moves fast and burns everything in its path. After sixty-two days with no rain, the grass is dead, and apparently the town has been dead, with no excitement and not much to do or talk about. The rumor gives the town something to talk about. Faulkner describes the scene as bloody. The blood could be symbolic of the life that rumor will soon fill the town with. The bloody twilight could be a simple description of the color of the sky, or perhaps a comment on a Southern sunset. The blood could be symbolizing death or injury, the reader cannot be to sure, of Will Mayes, or the general disgust and injury of the town. This short line is full of description of the town and the characters that live in it.

The story revolves around a rumor that Will Mayes, a young "black son" in Jefferson, attacked Miss Minnie Cooper, the resident old maid. The writer describes the air as vitiated, which means corrupt, perverted, debauched, debased, and degraded. The air is of the people of the town, who are in fact, perverted and vitiated in thought, and in action. The men of the town are out to defend the honor of a southern white woman. The problem is the truth is unknown, and no one seems to care. The ceiling fan, stirring but not freshening, is symbolic of the barber’s unsuccessful efforts to convince the town’s men that Will Mayes is not a bad man. He is about as convincing as the ceiling fan is triumphant is at cooling down the tempers of the entire collection of racists in the South. Cooling down and calming down are the tireless efforts of the barber. In the story, the fan stirs up the shop goers stale breath and lotion. It is in the barbershop that their feelings about the "black son" are stirred up. Though the barber is trying to calm their emotions, the fact that he believes a black man over a white woman of the South only further infuriates the men. Even though the writer establishes the barber as a benefactor of Mayes, the writer still remembers to have the barber refer to Mayes as a "good nigger" instead of a "good man", ensuring that the walls of separation between black and white are recognizable and obvious to the reader. Will Mayes is severely beaten and taken somewhere away from town and presumably left to die.

The town’s men in the shop are appalled at the barber’s disbelief of the white woman, Minnie Cooper. The writer is sure to describe Minnie’s unmarried status and what is thought of unmarried women in the south in his time. Women were expected to marry, and when they did not, something fishy must be going on. Women could not be single and "okay." A woman’s place in society was strict.

The barber seems to believe that these men are reasonable, and that the truth will make a difference, but even if Minnie Cooper herself came forward and offered evidence in Mayes favor, it is likely not to make a difference in the world. John McLendon the typical trash-talking Southerner, and he is dangerous because he acts on his convictions. McLendon is looking for an excuse to kill a black man because he is hateful. He doesn’t care if the crime was actually committed, he believes he should set an example before one of their white women is actually harmed. He is an angry man and needs a way to express his hatred. Many of the men in the shop are curious at best about the truth behind the accusations, but McLendon is irrational and because of his fear of others not supporting his convictions, he wants to act immediately on his suspicions. McLendon is the leader of the pack. His energy and confidence in his beliefs convinces the doubtful and inspires the youth. He is an example of how racism and violence affect society. Anyone who is vocal and convincing has a profound affect on society. Prohibition was widely spread by convincing preachers. Movements begin with strong leaders.

McLendon’s violent nature effects everyone in Jefferson, both those who contribute to his vehemence and those who are victims. McLendon’s violence can also most likely can be attributed to some one else before him. Given his vehemence towards his wife in the last scene, it is feasible to say, according to Freudian philosophy, that McLendon has violence and control issues, which tend to manifest in the early stages of childhood development. The dry September is having an affect on McLendon. He sweats profusely. If the blood and decay throughout the land is symbolic of the death/injury of Will Mayes, what is the sweat of McLendon? Sweat is excrement. Sweat cools you off, sweat is wet, and sweat stinks. No matter how much McLendon wipes off, more comes back. McLendon keeps sweating but he won’t cool off, his temper that is. Maybe this is why he continues to sweat, even after the deed has been done. His hate and anger have not gone away. Sweat stinks, like McLendon and dry air. It is also noted that Will Mayes stinks. This is a connection between the white man, the black man, and the air in-between. It all stinks. He is a slippery fellow as well, he talks big during the day, but by night his actual actions concerning Will Mayes are covert.

The last scene is mysterious. The writer leaves the reader with many questions. This last scene tends to lead the reader to a subject Faulkner often comments on, the way of Southern life during those years of reconstruction/post reconstruction. The author leaves us to question weather or not the rumor is reality or fantasy. We are not given any facts or information, except for the word of the hand of rationality in the story, the barber, which leads us to believe that Mayes is in fact innocent of his crime. However, innocence and reality do not seem to be an issue, the actual violence and punishment of the man is more important. McLendon is intent on setting an example for the other "black sons" in Jefferson. Does he really want to protect the women of the world? Given the hostility towards his wife, and the indication that this anger isn’t just from his hard day, I think his problem with Mayes is hardly the questionable assault of Minnie Cooper. She is an old maid, an unmarried woman in her late thirties. She is a woman of questionable reputation, assumed as an adulteress in her town. She is alone, probably starved for attention, and concerned about what others think. By accusing a man of attacking, peeping, or whatever at her, she can convince her self that she is desirable. Maybe she is seeking the affection of the colored man in reality and in order to compensate for her social mistake, she accuses the man of coming at her with force. As Minnie Cooper moves on after her attack, she goes to a "moving picture" with the other women of the town, when she burst out in an uncontrollable fit of laughter. There is no explanation in the story for her laughter. She is probably laughing at what she has accomplished. After going into town, and realizing what she has down, and that the whole town is aware of her situation, she laughs. She is laughing at her town, and laughing at the ways of the South. She is laughing at the foolishness of her town, and how one person can have such an affect on a whole town, but when a town is as DRY as Jefferson, it is easy to see what can happen with a few simple accusing words. She is laughing at how fast rumors can fly and spread in a dry September and at how much damage they can do, almost like bloodshed at wartime.

The story shows how we affect each other’s lives. Each of our actions affects how we live and interact with each other on a day to day basis. The story also ingeniously connects characters’ mindsets to the surrounding setting. Violence feeds violence, and violence only produces more violence. Many movements and periods in history are the causes of society’s beliefs and convictions about race relations and individuals positions in society. This short fiction, “Dry September” comments on how these positions relate to one another as well as the consequences when the rule is broken. Faulkner also includes the race element. We see how difficult it was to be a black man in the South when nearly the entire white population was out to get you because of race.

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tapi ternyata di balik itu ada sebuah sejarah panjang sodara !

Fotofgrafi (Photography, Ingrris) berasal dari 2 kata yaitu Photo yang berarti cahaya dan Graph yang berarti tulisan / lukisan. Dalam seni rupa, fotografi adalah proses melukis / menulis dengan menggunakan media cahaya. Sebagai istilah umum,fotografi berarti proses atau metode untuk menghasilkan gambar atau foto dari suatu obyek dengan merekam pantulan cahaya yang mengenai obyek tersebut pada media yang peka cahaya. Alat paling populer untuk menangkap cahaya ini adalah kamera.

itu harfiahnya .. nahh masi ada beberapa jalan terjal lagi niih ..
LEBAI ...

pada prinsipnya mah fotografi adalah

memokuskan cahaya dengan bantuan pembiasan sehingga mampu membakar medium penangkap cahaya. Medium yang telah dibakar dengan ukuran luminitas cahaya yang tepat akan menghailkan bayangan identik dengan cahaya yang memasuki medium pembiasan (selanjutnya disebut lensa).

Untuk menghasilkan intensitas cahaya yang tepat untuk menghasilkan gambar, digunakan bantuan alat ukur berupa lightmeter. Setelah mendapat ukuran pencahayaan yang tepat, seorang fotografer bisa mengatur intensitas cahaya tersebut dengan merubah kombinasi ISO / ASA (ISO Speed), Diafragma (Aperture), dan Kecepatan Rana (Speed). Kombinasi antara ISO, Diafragma & Speed selanjutnya disebut sebagai Eksposur (Exposure)

behh ! pusing kan ?
pertama ak dapet materi itu mah sama !!!
pusing !!
hahahahah
tapiii overall masi banyak yang kudu diketahui . bagian2 d kamera contohnya .

yuuk marii knalan ...

Mengenal Kamera dan bagian-bagiannya
Kamera
Ada beberapa jenis kamera seperti:
1.View finder kamera

2.View kamera

3.Twin lens camera (Box)

4.S.L / Single Lens Refflex

5.Instamatic camera

6.Polaraid kamera

7.Kamera digital

Bagian-bagian kamera

Lensa
Menurut macamnya dikenal lensa normal sudut lebar, lensa dan lensa tele. Lensa normal adalah lensa yang sudut pandangnya serupa mata kita. Jarak antara lensa dengan film normal (50 mm). Sudut lebar adalah lensa yang panjang fokalnya lebih kecil dari normal. Dan lensa tele adalah lensa yang panjang fokalnya lebih besar dari normal.
Gabungan dari ke tiga lensa disebut lensa zoom (zoom lens).
Selain itu masih ada lensa tambahan seperti lensa makro, lensa C.U dan lain-lain

Diafragma a
sejumlah lempengan-lempengan baja yang dapat diatur, sehingga lubang menjadi besar atau kecil. Bilangan diafragma disebut stop biasanya disingkat F.
contohnya : F4 ,F5, F8 dan seterusnya.
Diafragma bisa diatur dengan merubah angka skala diafragmanya yang terdapat pada gelang yang melingkar pada lensa dengan angka-angka 1,4. 2,8 . 4,5 . 6,8. 1,1. 16.

Kecepatan /rana /shutter speed
Rana adalah sejenis tirai yang dapat dibuka selama waktu tertentu, misalnya 1/60 detik
Fungsi rana atau kecepatan adalah sebagai alat pembuka dan penutup masuknya cahaya kebidang film serta untuk melindungi film dari cahaya.
Biasanya nih yaaa angka kecepatan pada kamera tertulis T.B, 1.2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 500, 700, 1000, dan sebagainya. Angka-angka 1.2, 4, 8,15 menunjukkan lamanya waktu membuka kecepatan 1 detik, 1/4 detik, 1/8 detik, 1/15 detik dan seterusnya.
T: time, bila tombol kecepatan ditekan akan membuka dan kalau ditekan lagi akan menutup.
B: Blub, bila tombol kecepatan ditekan akan membuka dan jika dilepas akan menutup.(biasanya untuk pmotretan low light)
T dan B : dipergunakan untuk pencahayaan lebih dari 1 detik.

Fokus (Pengatur Jarak)
Fokus adalah pengaturan lensa yang tepat untuk jarak tertentu.
Untuk menajamkan gambar pada bidang film kita perlu mengatur jarak atau focus pada kamera dengan cara memutarnya lalu melihatnya pada jendela bidik.

Diafragma,
makin kecil lubang diafragma, makin luas ruang tajamnya. Makin besar lubang diafragma, ruang tajamnya semakin sempit.

Film
Film yang dijual dipasaran ada dua macam yaitu: film negatif dan film positif. yang paling sering kita temuin mah film negatip kan ya ? yang positip udah jarang dan RARE! jarang banget !
Film negatif terbagi dua: film negatif B/W dan negatif color dan film positif pun terbagi dua B/W dan color.

huftt .. benernya mah masi banyak ya ...
hhe ..
i'm not expert to explain that ..
heheheh ..

nahhh next .. untuk teknik2 pengambilan gambarnya ...


Prinsip-prinsip Komposisi Fotografi

Komposisi
cara mengatur/menyusun bagian-bagian dari gambar (misalnya garis-garis, bentuk, ruang bebas, bayangan, warna, tekstur, dan lain-lain) agar gambar lebih menarik dan mudah dimengerti.

yang harus kita perhatiin sih biasanya ...

1.Subjek
Tampilkan suatu subjek utama dalam sebuah gambar. Kesampingkan bagian-bagian lain dan pisahkan hal-hal yang tidak perlu ada dalam foto.

2.Penempatan subjek utama
a.Bayangin kamu sedang membagi gambar dengan garis bayangan mendatar dan tegak lurus menjadi 3 bagian yang sama besar. Titik temu dari garis-garis tersebut adalah tempat dimana kamu dapat meletakan subjek utama dan elemen-elemen pelengkap.

b.Jika menggunakan garis mendatar sebagai subjek utama, misalnya garis batas (cakrawala) antara udara dan lahan pertanian, aturlah agar bagian yang satu lebih besar dari bagian lainnya.

c.Posisi subjek tidak harus selalu berada di tengah-tengah agar komposisi nampak lebih menarik. Dan hindari penempatan subjek pada posisi yang gelap.

3.Titik pandang
Pilihlah posisi kamera yang paling tepat saat mengambil gambar, sehingga hal-hal yang ingin kamu perlihatkan menjadi lebih jelas.

4.Cahaya dan bayangan.
Gunakan pencahayaan yang menyebar agar gambar nampak jelas dan usahakan agar subjek anda menghadap sumber cahaya.
5.pengambilan angle . biar lebih menarik .
Gunakan jarak yang berbeda antara kamera dan subjek dalam setiap pengambilan. nahh ..

bisa dari atas .. bawah .. samping kanan kiri banyak . nanti kita bisa mengeksplornya ...

but hopefully kalian bisa tau aja dasar2nya ...

mariii kita belajarr bersamaaaa ....