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Mr. Fortune is a missionary who ...英美二 410302010 洪寧孺<br />Mr. Fortune is a missionary who has come to the island of Fanua. Himself stands for the icon of a typical white man, who upholds the Christian imperialism and European colonialism belief. However, he is a humble man who lived by the dictum "Good things come to those who wait". Thus, instead of forcing the boy, Lueli to convert his religion from the start, he patiently waited, and didn't tell the boy to abandon his God. Something peculiar is that when Lueli's gieving over the loss of his idol, being burnt in the conflagration, though Mr. Fortune express empathy; telling Lueli that he had also lost his God, but his solution to comfort Lueli is teaching him math! What is he even thinking? Making the boy learn something that may seem useful and cultivated in the developed countries,like Europe, while it's actually meaningless in Fanua. In the process of being taught of math, Lueli let Mr. Fortune know that he can't compel the imperialism and colonialism ideals on him. He won't accept those things, which are taken for granted by the White. Many of the White don't respect and value others' culture, especially those of different races and religions. When Mr. Fortune asks him what are "points", even though he knows the answer, he replies "holes" so that Mr. Fortune doesn't prevail. By slapping Mr. Fortune in the face,leading to Mr. Fortune's failure, Lueli stays true to himself, appreciating his culture and never falters a second. Throughout the passage, Mr. Fortune is just like a representative of the Christian imperialism and European colonialism, but have mixed feelings within, making his story qualified as a critique of Christian imperialism and Europe colonialism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746232231209819098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-2936793798997832672016-06-25T21:13:06.086+08:002016-06-25T21:13:06.086+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746232231209819098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-82954659554946853462016-06-25T20:40:53.055+08:002016-06-25T20:40:53.055+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746232231209819098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-21073554665410996492016-06-22T12:04:05.773+08:002016-06-22T12:04:05.773+08:00Question 1
The failure of Mr. Fortune is ironic an...Question 1<br />The failure of Mr. Fortune is ironic and satirized. From the story, we learned about that his personality is his own flaw. People on Fanua are happy and simple. However, Mr. Fortune is so arrogant to think that he can transform this situation and bring so-called civilization to the island. He always want to control and dominate not matter people or the environment. He didn’t realize that his role in this novel definitely expose the futility of religious zealotry among societies that functioned perfectly happy without it. Take Lueli’s suicide for example. He drown himself in order to refuse this kind of pathetic imperialism and colonialism. Because he realize that Mr. Fortune is unable to resist a last hurrah for the stupidity of colonialism and missionary mentality- not to mention a final triumph for the purity of unconditional love- rushes to get help and save Lueli. Just like the teacher said Fortune’s failure are productive because they propose a different relation to knowledge, a relation not based on mastery and domination, but on their refusal. Mr. Fortune’s failure proves that this sort of unilateral thoughts which tries to enlighten them, regards them as savages, and wants to bring them civilization are so ridiculous and shows how hilarious imperialism and colonialism are. According to Sylvia, she didn’t criticize directly, instead using “failure” as an alternative way of thinking to strike back is really impressive. In the novel, we can find out some details prefigure Mr. Fortune’s mastery and religious mentality that will ultimately leads to his Failure. One is the earthquake part, the person who saves Mr. Fortune is the vary Lueli; nevertheless, Fortune turns out to gratitude the love from god. The other one is that when Lueli’s worshiping idol is lost in the conflagration, Fortune tries to teach him math, which the symbol of rational, his subconscious domination, and western world rather than help him. Lack of the awareness of racial and religious difference, Fortune ultimately gives up and surrenders to their refusal.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390985069337389049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-28646909690965526702016-06-04T00:00:46.480+08:002016-06-04T00:00:46.480+08:00Question 1
英美三410202028 杜元
In “Mr. Fortune’s Magg...Question 1<br />英美三410202028 杜元<br /><br />In “Mr. Fortune’s Maggot”, it seems that the first time Mr. Fortune step on the wonderful island is a failure. I always view missionaries’ activity as an sort of imperialism, because they try to change the belief of the colonist.European colonialists’ purpose is to take large benefits, those colonial countries conquer Africa, Asia, the Antillean islands in Caribbean Sea, and etc. It’s not only result in bad effects of great uncertainty and environmental damage, but also has discriminations in every aspects.Sylvia Townsend Warner uses all the frustrations that Mr. Fortune had encountered to make her readers realize there are something wicked in those frustrations he had meet. <br />First, we can find out that those failures in the process of preaching religion and different racial exist between Lueli and Mr. Fortune. Also, there are so many misunderstandings truly occur to the conversation between Mr. Fortune and islanders. For instance, Mr. Fortune starts a conversation with Lueli’ s mother because he wants to live with Lueli; however, there are still many misunderstandings happen in their conversation due to their language barrier. Sylvia Townsend Warner make Mr. Fortune as her protagonist reveals the ambition of imperialism and colonialism of European. Moreover, she uses him as a critique to point out that European are selfish and arrogant. <br />I like the part that Mr. Fortune’s mission had ended in failure. He headed up to the volcano to find a piece of wood and began carving Lueli a new idol. It was time for him to leave the island. His story that had begun with a bang of creative promise had fizzled out in an authorial whimper.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595155734752858157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-28298186273068019352016-06-03T23:59:03.542+08:002016-06-03T23:59:03.542+08:00Mr. Fortune is described as a house-wife-like man,...Mr. Fortune is described as a house-wife-like man, who find domestic life, such as making clothes, interesting. Hence, Mr. Fortune also compares himself as Sappho, who was a lesbian poet. Meanwhile, Mr. Fortune also finds himself attracted by Leuli, and his desire for this little boy somehow makes Mr. Fortune’s behavior masculine. What's more, the young girls on the island are described as bevy girls by Mr. Fortune. This description implies that in fact, Mr. Fortune is not atrracted to women. On the other hand, Leuli is described as one who “would have stayed coquetting like a girl with a new coral necklace had not Mr. Fortune called him into the hut.” From all these we can see that Mr. Fortune and Leuli are both given androgynous characteristics. And this gender ambiguity which Sylvia Townsend Warner creates, is total opposite of what the society tends to inform public. By creating these two characters and their characteristics, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells the world that not only women can be soft, domestic but men as well. Although 89 years from the publishing of the novel, the society is still full of stereotypes, we can still say that the novel deeply influence how people see each other. I think that Mr. Fortune and Leuli make every reader feel that androgynous is nothing weird and that people who are different from the traditional gender expectations are not unbearable at all. I quiet like how the author creates their characteristics and their relationship. The sweet and sorrow atmosphere makes me wants to read it again and again.410202007 英美三 洪明蓁noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-46827850945715710852016-06-03T23:58:22.287+08:002016-06-03T23:58:22.287+08:00410302049 洪子宸
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Mr.Fortune had done...410302049 洪子宸<br />Question 1<br /> Mr.Fortune had done many mistakes in the story. The first one was that he told the islanders what he's coming for when he approached the island, but they just looked at him and crunched on the cookies; the second was when Mr.Fortune tried to persuade Lueli's mother that he wants Lueli to live with him, but Lueli's mother couldn't understand what he was trying to say, and she didn't know what he was going to do, either. Mr.Fortune and the islanders not only have barriers on their languages but also their conventions, religious and race. The Archdeacon regarded the islanders as barbarians and dissolute.<br /> Although Mr.Fortune was a missionary who came from a imperialism country, he didn't preach and change their own culture by force. Instead, he tried to join their lives and attempted to spread the lifestyle of his home country little by little. Even though he always failed, still engaged in a peaceful way. Mr.Fortune would gave up when he failed, for he wouldn't let any one to follow new ideas against their own will.<br /> Imperialism countries usually take down the smaller countries and take their resources and make a devastating damage to their own culture, so Mr.Fortune is a good example for the irony of imperialism at that time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811336323938610824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-27544486120566967042016-06-03T23:57:23.542+08:002016-06-03T23:57:23.542+08:00410202079
Q1:Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Mr. Fortune’...410202079<br />Q1:Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Mr. Fortune’s Maggot is a story about failure. The failures began to happen since Mr. Fortune arrived at Fanua. Sylvia Townsend Warner used Mr. Fortune as a character to criticize Christian imperialism and European colonialism. Mr. Fortune thought Fanua was a wonderful island and the natives are kind, so he really likes there. Mr. Fortune is confident and enthusiastic about converting Fanua. But there are so many differences between Mr. Fortune and the local people, like religion and customs. So many things happened that showing Mr. Fortune’s awareness of religious differences, cultures differences, his self-examination, and reflection on the Christian imperialism and European colonialism.<br />Miscommunicating with Lueli’s mother, failed of teaching Math…all of the failures show the differences between aboriginal and colonialism. In the end, Mr. Fortune gave up, all the failures made him realized. He didn’t want to bring the torch of civilization into the island and destroy Fanua. Because all the things he done to this island made himself think about the disadvantages of imperialism and European colonization. His self-examination gives readers awareness of all the colonialism, imperialism or mainstream power. Sylvia Townsend Warner takes Mr. Fortune as an example of imperialism and colonialism. And there is an irony part of the story, even though Mr. Fortune leaves because he wants to keep this island original, there are still a lot of preachers and imperialists will come and destroy the beautiful island. These are the reasons how this story become a critique of Christian imperialism and European colonialism.<br />豬豬哈蒂德https://www.blogger.com/profile/11167418420400929149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-20832856585643188402016-06-03T23:56:41.515+08:002016-06-03T23:56:41.515+08:00410002061 英美系 申傳勝
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In the beginning, Mr. Fortu...410002061 英美系 申傳勝<br /><br />Q1<br /><br />In the beginning, Mr. Fortune believes that he can do something in Fanua. It is as the sign of European colonialism. The European believe that they are better than others, and they have the right to educate others. However, the islanders are innocence and they enjoy their lives. The people of Fanua are pure. They need no interruption. They own their way of life and have no religious.<br /><br />Obviously, it is a huge mistake that Mr. Fortune wants Leuli to live with him. Also, it is unnecessary that Mr. Fortune wants to teach Leuli mathematics. Mr. Fortune only wants to teach him, but he even doesn’t understand him. It is as the reflection of European Imperialism. They believe their culture and religion are better than others. But they spend no time to appreciate other country’s culture and religion. In their eye, they see other cultures are lag behind civilization.<br /><br />Mr. Fortune has problems in communication with Leuli. They have deep differences in racial and religious. Although Mr. Fortune tries his best to convert him, in the end, Leuli does not change his religion. In conclusion, there is the huge gap between Mr. Fortune and Leuli. Mr. Fortune is symbolized as some European countries.<br /><br />In the first, Mr. Fortune thinks he can be successful, but after he decides to do something, he fails, and then he gives up.<br />In the end, he seems to be totally a loser. But part of Mr. Fortune is unlike the aggressiveness of European Imperialism and colonialism. However, there is also difference between Mr. Fortune and European Imperialism and colonialism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-84990153601485647042016-06-03T23:54:18.245+08:002016-06-03T23:54:18.245+08:00410202034 英美三 謝岱蓉
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When it comes to male gay co...410202034 英美三 謝岱蓉 <br />Q2<br />When it comes to male gay couples, I often think of a man who is more masculine and another is more feminine. However, this case is different although Mr. Fortune and Leuli are not couple. Both of them are more feminine and in other words, they are androgynous. <br />Mr. Fortune, who comes from English grew up in a traditional patriarchal society and he was taught to be a “man”. But, in fact, he has another soul in his body. For example, his feeling of happiness about the hanging lamp is as same as what Sappho felt about the evening star. Also, he identifies himself as Delilah and he can even feel the domestic bliss. In his childhood, he liked to read Leila’s story secretly because the book is not for boys but girls. Besides, he likes sewing, so he makes clothes for Leuli, and he enjoys things like preparation. Obviously, Mr. Fortune has a housewifely mind.<br />As for Leuli, he likes flowers and is like a coquettish girl. Leuli is good at weaving garlands and puts one round his neck, and he regard the tin box as a mirror that he loves to bend over it. When Leuli returns home with fish and fruits, he is just like Demeter, goddess of plenty rather than any male gods.<br />We still live in a patriarchal society, but I believe that someday gender ambiguity will be accepted and become common for everyone. There are so many gender expectations exist, but every single person is unique, so we should not be expected to have some characteristics. People have their own freedom to decide who they are and who they want to be. Fanua is a great place that people live there have no any gender norms and stereotypes, and this is what our society should learn.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175835966599167986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-35911721485786571982016-06-03T23:54:12.126+08:002016-06-03T23:54:12.126+08:00410102018 英美四 林庭筠
Mr. Fortune’s Maggot describes...410102018 英美四 林庭筠<br><br /> Mr. Fortune’s Maggot describes that Reverend Timothy Fortune goes to an island called Fanua to preach the local people. He meets a boy named Lueli who is young, graceful, and unusual to him. Mr. Fortune tries to change Lueli and teach him the “civilized” knowledge, but he always fails. By using Mr. Fortune’s failure, the author criticizes the Christian imperialism and European colonialism.<br><br /> The author likens Mr. Fortune to Christian imperialism or European colonialism and likens Lueli to the aboriginal people. In addition, their totally different culture background creates some cultural conflict between Mr. Fortune and Lueli. First, when Mr. Fortune finds that Lueli still worships his idol, he feels angry and betrayed. However, after Lueli’s idol burns out, Lueli becomes mournful and depressed. Therefore, Mr. Fortune tries hard to make Lueli happy, but it turns out more and more failure on Mr. Fortune. The last failure is that Mr. Fortune tries to teach Lueli math. Because for Mr. Fortune, math can take him into “a inexpressibly romantic air” and give him “a kind of swoon and ecstasy,” he thinks that Lueli also can experience the same feelings. However, learning math leads Lueli to commit suicide. From the beginning to the end, Mr. Fortune and Lueli cannot balance the harmony.<br><br /> In the end of the novel, Mr. Fortune gives up civilizing “the barbarous people” in Fanua, and he starts to accept the traditions of the island. Through Mr. Fortune’s failure, we can understand that the author wants to tell the readers every culture has their own originality, and it is wrong to force them to transform.<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-17105188075794056252016-06-03T23:43:42.868+08:002016-06-03T23:43:42.868+08:00Q1
The islanders of Fanua who has not been implant...Q1<br />The islanders of Fanua who has not been implanted Christian imperialism or European colonialism are free and pure. They are not restricted by civilization or religion. Therefore, when Mr. Fortune goes to Fanua as a missionary, he is struck by failure continually. <br />The author adds many incidents ingeniously to show the failure of Mr. Fortune’s missionary plans. The first failure is when he explains the reasons for coming to Fanua, the islanders do not understand what he is talking about being a Christian at all because the religion means nothing to them. Second, after Mr. Fortune gets his first follower, Lueli, he talks to Lueli’s mother about the holy faith in order to get her approval, but he still cannot get the answer. Third, Mr. Fortune has a plan to dress Lueli and show off the superiority of civilization to get more followers. However, people do not accept it, so does Lueli. It is uncomfortable for the islanders of Fanua because they never wear clothes. Finally, Mr. Fortune finds that Lueli still talk to his own God, and this is the biggest failure for him. Lueli does not know what exactly a Christian is; he only knows that talking to his God makes him release. Through the incidents, we can see the different aspects of race and religion between the islanders and Mr. Fortune, who stands for Christian and European. <br />Most things around our lives are filled with imperialism and colonialism. Although Mr. Fortune who as a loser fails to propagate them, he finally understand that they are not the truth to everyone.<br />410202019 英美三 丁珮之noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-49966849970549657032016-06-03T23:40:06.152+08:002016-06-03T23:40:06.152+08:00林儀濃49802075
Mr. Fortune experiences culture impact...林儀濃49802075<br />Mr. Fortune experiences culture impacts when he lives on the island of Fanua. There are many differences between Mr. Fortune’s country and the island of Fanua.<br />First, the personalities of Fanua people are natural and innocent, their life style are free and unconstrained; however, Mr. Fortune is so-called well-educated and reserved, the villagers in Fanua to him are immoral and uncivilized. For example, Fanua people do not keep their huts clean, they do not favor wearing clothes, and the women in Fanua are too sexually aggressive to Mr. Fortune. Second, the religions between Mr. Fortune and the islanders are also different. As a Christian priest, Mr. Fortune’s mission is to convert the islanders, so he tries different ways, such as giving the islanders bread and preaching them the doctrines of Christianity. But the islanders are only interested in the bread. <br />Then, after many times of preaching failures, Mr. Fortune again and again introspect himself upon him as an outsider living among the Fanua islanders, trying to change them with his belief and his ways of living. He even trying to educate the boy, Lueli, who he once thought is his first converter, yet, after he discovered Lueli is still worshipping his idol, he is full of anger and despair. The typical dominant and arrogant Christian thinking overwhelm Mr. Fortune’s mind and he takes it out on Lueli and accusing him a deceit. The monotheistic Christianity excludes other religions, which means it has no rooms for people who worships pagan Gods, just like Mr. Fortune’s angry reactions on Lueli’s secretly worshipping his idol. <br />However, Mr. Fortune has changed after many times of failures. His failures represent how the monotheistic Christianity pressing the pagans or the islanders’ belief and also reveal the European countries’ ambitious invasion to other small islands or countries. The changed attitude towards the islanders is a salvation to Mr. Fortune and a brief peace to the people in Fanua.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-27091903301496870812016-06-03T23:30:09.713+08:002016-06-03T23:30:09.713+08:00410202033 Zoe 廖家寧
Those “civilized” force “savages...410202033 Zoe 廖家寧<br />Those “civilized” force “savages” to take their western value and religion, and belittle the local culture and custom. It’s a kind of violence, as well as a kind of arrogance.<br /><br />At the first time Mr. Fortune meets the boy Lueli, he asks the boy’s name, and then he decides to give the boy a new name, Theodore. At that time, he hasn’t realized that Lueli’s own name is a part of him, not to mention noticing that the naming itself is a kind of violence. He names the boy just like colonist claim a new land and rename it in their words. Yet, it seems that Mr. Fortune forgets that he once renames the boy. Except the day he renames Lueli, he never calls Lueli Theodore again in the rest of the story. He doesn’t even notice that he unconsciously fails to call him Theodore.<br /><br />As the story moves on, with all the failures he encounters, Mr. Fortune starts to feel what he deeds is wrong and refuses to put his own will on poor Lueli. (The clothes he makes for Lueli is a symbol that the “enlightenment” of civilization isn’t suitable for Lueli’s nature.) He appreciates the way Lueli is and decides not to interfere with Lueli’s true color.<br /><br />Often, people think that only people who are people are people who think and look like them. Different from them, Mr. Fortune doesn’t possess that attitude. And it’s the key that makes Mr. Fortune see the bizarre things with tolerance instead of prejudice. And it’s his open mind and humbleness that makes he reflect on himself and start to realize things he used to believe is not necessarily true.<br /><br />When he loses his God, It seems that he gives up his belief. But the truth is, he finds his belief.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-79469596588341358582016-06-03T23:21:08.292+08:002016-06-03T23:21:08.292+08:00410102029 英美四 彭靜怡
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Befor...410102029 英美四 彭靜怡<br />I would like to answer Q1<br /><br />Before discussing Mr. Fortune’s failure, we should get to know the role of missionaries. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, missionary are driven by strong aspiration to serve humanity and also bring some material things and social changes to somewhere they think is uncivilized. Simultaneously, they also possess a sense of superiority which makes them get used to make judgments on indigenous behavior, values and belief which they don’t even try to understand or realize. The missionary compulsorily impose western morality and value upon the local people. They think the standard of living achieved by the “civilized” and “developed.” By means of spreading Christianity, missionary believes that it will eliminate natives’ superstitions and heathen customs. However, what does it mean to be civilized? Does Western life symbolize civilization in culture? <br /><br />As a missionary, Mr. Fortune without a doubt is totally a failure. During his missionary time, he isn’t able to make converts except Lueli who doesn’t actually believe in Christianity at the end. He encounters so many frustrations when he try to preach to natives, he doesn’t force people to accept what he said, instead, he liberate from his egotism. Mr. Fortune tries to find out what native religion is. What he learns is that each of the islanders has his or her own individual god, a god that is carried with them and worshiped in their own ways. He finally discovers that Lueli has been secretly worshiping his god – a wooden statue while pretending to be converting to Christianity. He is shocked by his jealous possessiveness when Lueli’s come back. The idea is that he wants to smite his body down on the grass and ravish it which completely threatens him. Humble and meekest like him also has an unconscious desire to dominate and control his converts; both physically and mentally. There is no difference between him and other “successful” missionaries. His self-examination gives readers awareness that somehow Christianity is a form of imperialism. It is the conquest of the mind, spirit and culture of a person.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-91597726826836269712016-06-03T23:15:10.278+08:002016-06-03T23:15:10.278+08:00410102051 黃昱孜
In Mr. Fortune's Maggot, Sylvia ...410102051 黃昱孜<br />In Mr. Fortune's Maggot, Sylvia Townsend Warner uses a serious of failure of Mr. Fortune to criticize the Christian imperialism and the European colonialism. Just like Kurtz who represents civilization in the Heart of Darkness. The Christian imperialism and European colonialism; one is force others to convert the same religion as they are and the other one is trying to make the savage civilized. Mr. Fortune, an English man, as a missionary his mission to Fanua is to convert the natives. But it turn out that he only convert one boy named Lueli who be found does not convert in the end of the story. Also Mr. Fortune failed when he tries to teach or show him something about civilization. Even though he does not success at all, with his humble and simplistic personality he accepts every failure. Besides, he shows his respect to the islander and even seems to blend in with them. If Warner uses the Christian imperialism and European colonialism position to narrate the story, then Mr. Fortune’s mission should be completed finally. But in the story Mr. Fortune does not eliminate the racial and religion differences of the islander also face a lot of failure. I think Warner uses the novel to present that try to change others or think its own culture and religion are superior to others is a wrong thoughts. Also Warner uses the failures to bring our awareness of the difference, and wants the reader to respect the differences as Mr. Fortune does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-50017967772796762942016-06-03T23:11:39.469+08:002016-06-03T23:11:39.469+08:0041020A039 李季穎
After reading the novel, Mr.Fortune ...41020A039 李季穎<br />After reading the novel, Mr.Fortune Maggot. I rethink what is “gender” Is it means that the character of the outward appearance? It is means our inherent gender? Nevertheless, both of two questions are contained social stereotype. But, the two stereotype is the expecrion of our society. People in our society always think men are strong, they are not afraid of anything certanly, they can protect everyone and they have masculine. Women are gentle, temperamental and they should have long hair. Neverthelss, I think everyone should rethink is that should gender characters are drew a line absolutely?<br />In the “Mr. Fortune Maggot”, the gender feature of Mr.Fortune is ambiguous. Though Mr.Fortune is a male, his many abilities is really like a girl. For example, he likes to do many I n our society, many people put themselves into the box He has a housewifely mind. Other example is when Mr.Fortune was a child, he liked to read Leila’s story, which is supposedly a book for girls. Fortune identifies himself with Delilah. Lulie likes to act as coquet. Leuli has maidenly demeanour, it is so big difference from the horrible girls in the island. The ambiguous gender is different from the patriarchal society. The family of patriarchal society is means that the power of the family is made of the male. Nevertheless, when the gender feature is no longer clear and it becomes ambiguous, the distribution of the house work is not absolutely. For example, male do the house work mainly. Female works out. When the gender feature become ambiguous, their distribution of the house work is according to everyone’s ability not be according to gender stereotype. It is more equal to everyone. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039308680597256865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-66604085014876487592016-06-03T23:00:19.710+08:002016-06-03T23:00:19.710+08:00410202013 英美三 林靖瑜
Mr. Fortune is described as a h...410202013 英美三 林靖瑜<br /> Mr. Fortune is described as a humble, simple, gentle, and empathetic missionary who constantly reflects on himself. Unfortunately, because of his personality he becomes a total failure throughout the story; nothing really follows his intention. However, these obstacles seems to be fortunate and meaningful for him. Also, Sylvia Townsend Warner uses his defeats as satire, irony, and critique to mock Christian imperialism and European colonialism. The following examples are his frustrations which brings out the discrepancy of two culture/religion.<br /> First of all, misunderstandings and miscommunications are common in conversations between Mr. Fortune himself and the islanders. There is one time when Mr. Fortune decides to match-make for Lueli, and he asks whether Lueli is interested in any of the girls on Fanua or not; Lueli misunderstands the whole conversation and thinks that Mr. Fortune himself is getting married. Also, Mr. Fortune has trouble communicating with Lueli’s mother and the chief, Ori, while he is trying to explain the difference between obeying God’s will and the lawful authority; Lueli’s mother offers a netful of shrimps and Ori, women, for their answers. <br /> Secondly, when he returns after visiting the Archdeacon, he decides to make some clothes for Lueli in order to show the islander the benefits of wearing clothes and provoke their sense of shame. Turns out everything goes wrong, not only the trouser is two-dimensional which makes Lueli really uncomfortable wearing it, but also the islanders, especially Lueli’s mother, think of the clothing as a blasphemy. <br /> His next failure is teaching Lueli math. Mathematics as well as the clothing which symbolize civilization and the superiority of the western world are supposed to be good for Lueli and the Fanuans, but these so-called advantages seems to be fatal in the story. Although Mr. Fortune explains the concept of dots gently and patiently, Lueli still cannot understand anything about geometry, and even upsets Lueli. Moreover, it also leads Lueli to commit suicide.<br /> Mr. Fortune is the representative of Christian imperialism and European colonialism, but being humble, and always aware of the main causes of his failures makes his mission unsuccessful; he does not convert and ‘civilized’ anyone on the island. Furthermore, he refuses to be prejudicial and violent, that is why he does not force the residence to burn their idols. Instead, he chooses to respect the Fanuan culture and even admires the beauty of the island itself and the culture. Ironically, his decision and way of thinking let him fail to ‘tame’ these immoral aborigine. Sylvia uses his story as a critique to attack the stupidity of imperialism and make us the readers to rethink about our own society and even ourselves as individuals.Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03158319847977591066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-5662277098080165902016-06-03T22:47:57.111+08:002016-06-03T22:47:57.111+08:00410102040 英美四 林欣慈
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There has been a seri...410102040 英美四 林欣慈<br />Answer Q1<br /><br />There has been a series of failure during Mr. Maggot’s journey in Fauna. Even though carrying a sacred mission to the island, he shows his respect to accept brand-new things, and learns from his introspections. Without any successful convert, Mr. Maggot’s admirable disposition of being humble preserves Lueli’s uniqueness, and saves his own identity.<br />To some degree, Mr. Maggot is an invader of Christian imperialism. He does not eliminate the culture and the religion differences of the island fiercely. He makes his efforts to preach, convincing his only convert, Lueli, to believe in his god. One day, Mr. Maggot is struck by an incident that Lueli suddenly disappears for the first time. Examining his inner self with great loss and anxiety, he realizes it is egotism that leads him to his down fall. He knows how the civilized countries work; however, they are not the center of the universe.<br />Then, later comes the biggest failure. Mr. Maggot wants to introduce the beauty of math to Lueli, who is freaking out by this abstract culture monster. Again, he puts his will on his lover, which not only kills Lueli’s identity, but also half of his life. He intends to drown himself to death. Finally, the only way not to assimilate his true love is to leave forever. Go back to the civilized world, where he does not belong to anymore.<br />To sum up, even though Mr. Maggot is a failed missionary, he is a real man who cares about his beloved one. He gives up his religion, and departs from Western imperialism to keep Lueli’s completeness identity, which can be considered a great love.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-2553564216632104812016-06-03T22:43:14.623+08:002016-06-03T22:43:14.623+08:00410202045 英美二 楊涵喻
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Since Mr. Fortune is a Reve...410202045 英美二 楊涵喻 <br />Q1<br /><br />Since Mr. Fortune is a Reverend from European, we can see him as a symbol of Christian imperialism and European colonialism in this story. And the island, Fanua, symbolizes places where religion and race that are different from European’s and Christianity. And we can know from Mr. Fortune’s failure which is based on not thinking for others, enforcing Christianity and European culture on people with different religion and culture would eventually fail, for example, the islanders received his speech in silence broken only been crunching, his miscommunication with Lueli’s mother and Ori, he failed to present Lueli’s clothes, he couldn’t arrange Lueli’s marriage and Lueli disliked to play spillikins with him and got bored when he was using magnifying-glass to observe. Sometimes people with different religion and culture could get hurt or had a negative impact in the progress, for instance, Lueli was terrified by the wild bees attracted by honey and water, Lueli’s nose bled while playing ping-pong and hit by the nut, Lueli was scratched and bit by their pet baby flying fox, and the worst of all, Lueli tried to drown himself because he couldn’t stand mathematic and geometry. Also, the unfeasible duet plan is an evidence that two different religion and culture are incompatible with each other when one enforce their perspective on the other.<br />Since Mr. Fortune did examine himself carefully, and discovered mistakes in him, he changed his behavior and appearance, and the truth of Mr. Fortune having no convert at the end, these are suggesting that enforcing Christianity and European culture on people with different race and religion is wrong, Christian imperialists and European colonialists won’t succeed and should change their mind of being superior to others. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056648314988515573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-71456699009544206352016-06-03T22:43:11.902+08:002016-06-03T22:43:11.902+08:00Q2:
In the story, we see lots of descriptions towa...Q2:<br />In the story, we see lots of descriptions toward Lueli. For examples, the first time he described Lueli “Coquetting like a girl” or “Only some women, happy in themselves and in their love, will show to a lover or husband this kind of special grace.” <br />Although it said that Mr. Fortune did not know, we could obviously see the difference between Leuli and our normal gender expectation toward males.<br />There was a special part I’d like to talk about is those native women. Teacher said this kind of people called nymphomania. For Mr. Fortune, those women are like “a pack of wolves,” “a swarm of mosquitoes,” and “a horde of Tartars.” I think this is kind of gender ambiguity in the story. This kind of situation for most men are like heaven; but for Mr. Fortune, hell. Maybe it’s due to his religion, but I think it can also be a gender ambiguity.<br />These gender ambiguities actually can make our thought toward gender issues more multivariate. We wouldn’t view some behaviors or sayings as specific genders’. That’s totally wrong. Our established impression toward gender is made up by the mainstream values. However, there was no any rule telling us which kind of gender should behave or talk in restricted way.<br />Another example is charming domestic ease. It gives Mr. Fortune domestic bliss. This also subverts our expectation toward male’s hobby. In the patriarchal society, females do those house chore. Housework wouldn’t be the priority for male, but it gave Mr. Fortune joys. This can also give us another thought about this kind of stuff.<br />英美二410302058石浩翔noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-35557940159985548732016-06-03T22:24:22.401+08:002016-06-03T22:24:22.401+08:00
英美二 410302062 王郁婕
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Mr. Fortune’s Maggot...<br />英美二 410302062 王郁婕<br />Question 1<br />Mr. Fortune’s Maggot is a story about failures. Fortune’s failures produce a new relation which is not based on European colonialism but multiculturalism. Mr. Fortune, a humble missionary, deals things with multiculturalism. He makes everything fail, but his failures show his kindness. Also, his failures give prominence to European colonialism which is aggressive and inhuman. There are some examples. Lueli disappears for three days to fish with his cousins. Before he left, he didn’t ask Mr. Fortune. Mr. Fortune scolds Lueli in an infuriated manner when he comes back. But suddenly, he realizes his desire which is to control Lueli. Mr. Fortune introspects himself. Lueli is no longer a convert but a person. As an European, he should civilize and change heathens, because he is “superior.” However, he changes himself, instead of changing others like an European. Another example, Mr. Fortune wants to find a Christian wife for Lueli, because Mr. Fortune thinks that Lueli is young and vigorous. Lueli refuses to have a wife, he is already quite happy as he are. Mr. Fortune fails as before. This thing improves that he doesn’t dominate Lueli, but respects his will. Third example, Mr. Fortune finds Lueli’s idol. He realizes Lueli has been playing a double game, betraying him, feigning to be a Christian. Mr. Fortune is totally failed, he is an ineffectual missionary. His only convert isn’t a Christian. Mr. Fortune asks Lueli to burn his idol. Before long, a fire which caused by an earthquake destroys Lueli’s idol. Lueli falls into a great sorrow. Finally, Mr. Fortune feels it seemed ungentlemanly to have such a superior invulnerable God, part of that European. Then, he criticizes how aggressive European colonialism is.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-52116940345707657512016-06-03T21:32:20.634+08:002016-06-03T21:32:20.634+08:00英美三 410202075 李家欣
Mr. Fortune’s Maggot is a story...英美三 410202075 李家欣<br /> Mr. Fortune’s Maggot is a story about Mr. Fortune’s failures, which propose a different relation to knowledge and not based on mastery and domination. Some of Mr. Fortune’s failures can seem as critique of imperialism. For example, his purpose of going to Fanua was to preach and convert the islanders to believe the true God. Also, Mr. Fortune tried to teach Lueli Mathematics, which was the other truth to him after he no longer believed in God. These two examples show how the powerful countries try to change the colonists’ religions and even force the colonists accept their knowledge. Another example is Mr. Fortune gave a new name, Theodore, which means ‘the gift of God’ to Lueli. It is also violence of colonialism. <br /> There are still many different failures. To make Lueli more like a Christian, Mr. Fortune presented him in hand-made clothes, but this behavior only made Lueli’s mother terrified and thought it would ruin the boy’s prospects. Second, after Lueli’s idol destroyed in the fire, Mr. Fortune tried many ways to cheer Lueli up, such as teaching him ping-pong and pet a parrot.<br /> However, he didn’t success. He forgot the purpose of being in Fanua, instead, he enjoyed spending time with Lueli. Lueli didn’t really change his belief and become a Christian; he still worshiped his idol secretly. Also, Mr. Fortune didn’t really cheer Lueli up with teaching and petting. To Mr. Fortune, going to Fanua is a journey full of failures, but he never give up. With his humble and easy-going personality, he reflected himself, change, learn, and grow up from the failures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-4360176147623761742016-06-03T21:05:36.892+08:002016-06-03T21:05:36.892+08:00410185071 幼教四 許馨文
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Sylvia Townsend Warner des...410185071 幼教四 許馨文<br />Q1:<br /> Sylvia Townsend Warner described a series of failures which Mr. Fortune went through in “Mr. Fortune’s Maggot”, and this work also shows the process of change of Mr. Fortune’s concept owing to author’s ingenious use of continuous “failures”. First, there are two clergymen told Mr. Fortune: “I must warn you, Fortune, you are not likely to make many converts in Fanua.” When Mr. Fortune decides to set out on a journey to Fanua, people around him entirely have no hope for his missionary journey. I think those words which clergymen said also predicted that Mr. Fortune’s journey is doomed to fail. Then, Mr. Fortune really suffers endless frustration during the process of missionary journey. For example, when he is full of zest to make a little formal speech to the islanders, the islanders receive his speech in silence. Mr. Fortune’s speech can’t resonate with the islanders at all, because they have entirely different cultural background. In addition, Mr. Fortune makes a new cloth to Lueli, and he wants Lueli to wear it. In my opinion, wearing clothes might be a behavior which represents civilization, and it can make the islanders look like “people” rather than “creatures”. However, Lueli avoids wearing the cloth as far as possible. Also, Mr. Fortune tries to make Lueli become a Christian, a child of God, but he still fails in achieving this purpose at the start. Just like most missionaries or colonists, Mr. Fortune wants to make those “creatures” become converts in the island of Fanua at first, but he is always in a state to do anything that is desperate. These examples just reflect the critique of Christian imperialism or European colonialism. <br /> <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842080291345050046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5362401385200130605.post-28833400041487192102016-06-03T21:03:57.891+08:002016-06-03T21:03:57.891+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842080291345050046noreply@blogger.com