http://lit114.edublogs.org/2008/03/28/dq-5/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:36:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://lit114.edublogs.org/2008/03/28/dq-5/comment-page-1/#comment-36 marie slattery Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:19:30 +0000 http://lit114.edublogs.org/2008/03/28/dq-5/#comment-36 considering the family situation that Rose came from, there was, as he said, no "benign future" beckoning. there was no reason to believe that he had any real control over his life. whatever success he realized would be largely via the mercy of unseen forces, the will of God, or blind luck, however you wish to express it. that is true for all of us to some extent, but for someone with so little opportunity visable on the horizon, there is little else to latch onto. i don't think this brought out a sense of insecurity in Rose. on the contrary, i think it provided a sort of protection from failure -- a line of reason that just didn't exist in his environment. his own life already had plenty of insecurity. "Se vuol Dio" was the anchor. considering the family situation that Rose came from, there was, as he said, no “benign future” beckoning. there was no reason to believe that he had any real control over his life. whatever success he realized would be largely via the mercy of unseen forces, the will of God, or blind luck, however you wish to express it. that is true for all of us to some extent, but for someone with so little opportunity visable on the horizon, there is little else to latch onto. i don’t think this brought out a sense of insecurity in Rose. on the contrary, i think it provided a sort of protection from failure — a line of reason that just didn’t exist in his environment. his own life already had plenty of insecurity. “Se vuol Dio” was the anchor.

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