1.aficionado: enthusiast: somebody who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about something
2.browbeat: intimidate, typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words
3.commensurate: corresponding in size or degree; in proportion
4.diaphanous: light, delicate, and translucent
5.emolument: a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office
6.foray: a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory
7.genre: a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form,
style, or subject matter
8.homily: commentary that follows a reading of scripture
9.immure: enclose or confine against their will
10.insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
11.matrix: an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure
12.obsequies: funeral rites
13. panache: flamboyant manner and reckless courage
14. persona: the image or personality that a person presents
15.philippic: a bitter attack or denunciation
16.prurient: having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
17.sacrosanct: regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with
18.systemic: of or relating to a system, esp. as opposed to a particular part
19.tendentious: expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view
20.vicissitude: a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Tools That Change the Way We Think.
The use of media and technology changes the way I think by giving me information and knowledge about things I don't know much about. For example, I may thing that a company is a good place to buy things from, but then after going on and researching that company i find that they use sweat shops to mass produce their products. Obviously, after reading that I would no longer think that company is a good place to buy products from.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Literary Analysis #3
The Crucible
Plot Summary:
The crucible is play about the witch trials in Salem, it begins with us finding out about a young girl who is unable to move in her bed. The villagers suspect witchcraft but they do not know that the night before all the girls in the village sneaked out to the woods where they made a potion, with the help of black slave, Tituba The potion was supposed to allow the girls to have the man they love. It was fine until one girl, Abigail, took things too far and wished death on the wife of John Proctor. The girls went crazy, dancing and stripping but then Abigail's uncle walks in and finds them. This is the real reason the girl is unable to move, she is just scared she is going to get into trouble. The girls turn on the rest of the village and blame them for the witchcraft. Which leads to everyone pointing fingers at each other. If you say you are not a witch you are killed, but if you say you are a witch you are sent to jail forever.
Theme: Lies and Deception
Most of the characters in The Crucible are lying, if not to other people, then to themselves. Abigail lies about her ability to see spirits, as do the other girls. Proctor is deceitful first for cheating on his wife with Abigail and then for hiding it. The judge, lieutenant governor, and ministers lie to themselves and everybody else in saying that they serve the cause of God’s justice. The twist in the story is that by telling the truth (“I am not a witch”), you die, but you also gain your freedom, you retain your standing with God and you become a martyr.
Tone: Malicious
Excerpt 1:
"ABIGAIL: She comes to me every night to go and drink blood!"
Abigail is telling the court that Tituba is a witch and that she has committed witch craft. I believe she chooses Tituba as her victim because she is essentially an "easy target", because she doesn't have any defense to the accusations.
Excerpt 2:
"ABIGAIL: smashes her across the face: Shut it! Now shut it!"
Abigail hits Betty because she is reminding Abigail that she drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor. Abigail hits her and tells her to be quiet because she doesn't want the court to find out that she is lying. Abigail will do anything to not get into trouble.
Excerpt 3:
"ABIGAIL:I am but God's finger, John. If he would condemn Elizabeth, she will be condemned."
This quote shows that Abigail has gone crazy with power because she knows the court will believe anything she tells them, no matter how crazy it sounds.
Literary Elements:
Imagery:
"sweated like a stallion" (p.29). Abigail describes the way in which Proctor enjoyed their affair. While also a simile, this gives the reader or audience an image which is animistic and vivid.
Metaphor:
"the magistrate sits in your heart that judges you" (p.55). Elizabeth says this to Proctor to suggest that she does not judge him for his actions, but he is judging himself.
Symbolism:
The poppet which Mary Warren makes for Elizabeth, which results in her being accused of witchcraft, is a key symbol in the play. Poppet's are seen as voodoo dolls, used to hurt others and therefore the tool of a witch. Abigail plays upon this, faking an injury in order to condemn Elizabeth.
Foil:
Abigail Williams is the foil of Elizabeth because Abigail lies about the accusations while Elizabeth is an “honest woman” who “cannot lie” (p.221).
Internal Conflict:
An example of internal conflict would have to do with Mary Warren. She is a prime example of internal conflict because she doesn't know whose side to take during the trials. Either Abigail Williams or John Procter. Throughout the play she changes sides because Abigail has threatened her life if she tells the truth but then she wants to help save John’s life and her job. She doesn't know to choice either the right choice or the wrong one and is in constant battle with herself.
External Conflict:
An example of external conflict within The Crucible would be person VS. Person. The conflict happens between Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Procter.This conflict starts when Elizabeth’s husband John has an affair with Abigail. When Elizabeth finds out she fires Abigail and tells the town that she was not doing a proper job. Once Abigail wants to be with John she starts to make false accusations against Elizabeth to try to get her in jail so she can be with John. Her plan back fires when John is the one who ends up being hanged, then Abigail is forced out of town because society has rejected her for all of the lying she has done.
Irony:
Proctor was asked to name the ten commandments, the one he "forgot" was adultery. This is the commandment that he broke earlier in the story.
Characterization:
Indirect Characterization:
Ex1) John Proctor is an example of direct characterization. “He was the kind of man-powerful of body, even-tempered, and not easily led-who cannot refuse support to partisans without drawing their deepest resentment. In Proctor’s presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly- and a Proctor is always marked for calumny therefore.” (p.19) This Quote from the story clearly describes Proctor.
Ex2) "I must know it now, for surely my enemies will and they will ruin me with it” it shows that he more concerned with his ministry rather than his own daughters life. (p.10) Miller indirectly characterizes Reverend Paris as being greedy based on his actions of demanding to have the deed in the house he lives in and more firewood.
Direct Characterization:
Ex1) "It's strange how I knew you, but I suppose you look as such a good soul should. We have all heard of your great charities in Beverly." This lets us, as the readers know, that Rebecca Nurse is a good person.
Ex2) "It's her dearest hope, John I know it, there be a thousand names; why does she call mine? She thinks to take my place John" This quote shows that Abigail is crazy and will do anything to be with John.
Diction:
I noticed a change in diction as the author changed from character to character. He gave each character their own way of speaking, which makes sense because everyone has their own way of speaking.
Dynamic:
Proctor is a dynamic character, he does not want to be involved in the trials at first, but once his wife get brought into it he changes his mind.
Round:
John Proctor is clearly a round character because by the end of the story. He had gone through so many ups and downs. He was very well developed and characterized.
Do I Know the Character:
By the end of this story I felt like I knew Proctor as an actual person instead of a character in a book. His character was portrayed very well throughout this book which allowed me as the reader to picture and hear him in my head as i read along.
Plot Summary:
The crucible is play about the witch trials in Salem, it begins with us finding out about a young girl who is unable to move in her bed. The villagers suspect witchcraft but they do not know that the night before all the girls in the village sneaked out to the woods where they made a potion, with the help of black slave, Tituba The potion was supposed to allow the girls to have the man they love. It was fine until one girl, Abigail, took things too far and wished death on the wife of John Proctor. The girls went crazy, dancing and stripping but then Abigail's uncle walks in and finds them. This is the real reason the girl is unable to move, she is just scared she is going to get into trouble. The girls turn on the rest of the village and blame them for the witchcraft. Which leads to everyone pointing fingers at each other. If you say you are not a witch you are killed, but if you say you are a witch you are sent to jail forever.
Theme: Lies and Deception
Most of the characters in The Crucible are lying, if not to other people, then to themselves. Abigail lies about her ability to see spirits, as do the other girls. Proctor is deceitful first for cheating on his wife with Abigail and then for hiding it. The judge, lieutenant governor, and ministers lie to themselves and everybody else in saying that they serve the cause of God’s justice. The twist in the story is that by telling the truth (“I am not a witch”), you die, but you also gain your freedom, you retain your standing with God and you become a martyr.
Tone: Malicious
Excerpt 1:
"ABIGAIL: She comes to me every night to go and drink blood!"
Abigail is telling the court that Tituba is a witch and that she has committed witch craft. I believe she chooses Tituba as her victim because she is essentially an "easy target", because she doesn't have any defense to the accusations.
Excerpt 2:
"ABIGAIL: smashes her across the face: Shut it! Now shut it!"
Abigail hits Betty because she is reminding Abigail that she drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor. Abigail hits her and tells her to be quiet because she doesn't want the court to find out that she is lying. Abigail will do anything to not get into trouble.
Excerpt 3:
"ABIGAIL:I am but God's finger, John. If he would condemn Elizabeth, she will be condemned."
This quote shows that Abigail has gone crazy with power because she knows the court will believe anything she tells them, no matter how crazy it sounds.
Literary Elements:
Imagery:
"sweated like a stallion" (p.29). Abigail describes the way in which Proctor enjoyed their affair. While also a simile, this gives the reader or audience an image which is animistic and vivid.
Metaphor:
"the magistrate sits in your heart that judges you" (p.55). Elizabeth says this to Proctor to suggest that she does not judge him for his actions, but he is judging himself.
Symbolism:
The poppet which Mary Warren makes for Elizabeth, which results in her being accused of witchcraft, is a key symbol in the play. Poppet's are seen as voodoo dolls, used to hurt others and therefore the tool of a witch. Abigail plays upon this, faking an injury in order to condemn Elizabeth.
Foil:
Abigail Williams is the foil of Elizabeth because Abigail lies about the accusations while Elizabeth is an “honest woman” who “cannot lie” (p.221).
Internal Conflict:
An example of internal conflict would have to do with Mary Warren. She is a prime example of internal conflict because she doesn't know whose side to take during the trials. Either Abigail Williams or John Procter. Throughout the play she changes sides because Abigail has threatened her life if she tells the truth but then she wants to help save John’s life and her job. She doesn't know to choice either the right choice or the wrong one and is in constant battle with herself.
External Conflict:
An example of external conflict within The Crucible would be person VS. Person. The conflict happens between Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Procter.This conflict starts when Elizabeth’s husband John has an affair with Abigail. When Elizabeth finds out she fires Abigail and tells the town that she was not doing a proper job. Once Abigail wants to be with John she starts to make false accusations against Elizabeth to try to get her in jail so she can be with John. Her plan back fires when John is the one who ends up being hanged, then Abigail is forced out of town because society has rejected her for all of the lying she has done.
Irony:
Proctor was asked to name the ten commandments, the one he "forgot" was adultery. This is the commandment that he broke earlier in the story.
Characterization:
Indirect Characterization:
Ex1) John Proctor is an example of direct characterization. “He was the kind of man-powerful of body, even-tempered, and not easily led-who cannot refuse support to partisans without drawing their deepest resentment. In Proctor’s presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly- and a Proctor is always marked for calumny therefore.” (p.19) This Quote from the story clearly describes Proctor.
Ex2) "I must know it now, for surely my enemies will and they will ruin me with it” it shows that he more concerned with his ministry rather than his own daughters life. (p.10) Miller indirectly characterizes Reverend Paris as being greedy based on his actions of demanding to have the deed in the house he lives in and more firewood.
Direct Characterization:
Ex1) "It's strange how I knew you, but I suppose you look as such a good soul should. We have all heard of your great charities in Beverly." This lets us, as the readers know, that Rebecca Nurse is a good person.
Ex2) "It's her dearest hope, John I know it, there be a thousand names; why does she call mine? She thinks to take my place John" This quote shows that Abigail is crazy and will do anything to be with John.
Diction:
I noticed a change in diction as the author changed from character to character. He gave each character their own way of speaking, which makes sense because everyone has their own way of speaking.
Dynamic:
Proctor is a dynamic character, he does not want to be involved in the trials at first, but once his wife get brought into it he changes his mind.
Round:
John Proctor is clearly a round character because by the end of the story. He had gone through so many ups and downs. He was very well developed and characterized.
Do I Know the Character:
By the end of this story I felt like I knew Proctor as an actual person instead of a character in a book. His character was portrayed very well throughout this book which allowed me as the reader to picture and hear him in my head as i read along.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Green Eggs and Hamlet
1. I know that Hamlet is a revenge story written by Shakespeare.
2. I know that Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets and that he also wrote Romeo and Juliet.
3. I think students frown when they hear Shakespeare because he uses old English, which is very hard to understand because it is much different from our modern English.
4. I think it would help if we had group discussions as we read because it would allow everyone to discuss what is going on, thus everyone would understand it better.
2. I know that Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets and that he also wrote Romeo and Juliet.
3. I think students frown when they hear Shakespeare because he uses old English, which is very hard to understand because it is much different from our modern English.
4. I think it would help if we had group discussions as we read because it would allow everyone to discuss what is going on, thus everyone would understand it better.
What I Meant to Say Was
I noticed that Chaucer was able to alter his style for each of the tales. He keeps the same scheme, but he gives distinctive personalities to each of the speakers within the tales. In the Lawyer's Tale he makes the speaker out to be a straight forward person that didn't have much motion. Then in the Merchant's Tale he makes the main character, Januarie a kind of sad older person, all just by switching their vocabularies and having them express themselves in different ways.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
If I Just Had More Time
I could improve my preparation for the midterm by making flash cards for the vocabulary words. Studying the vocab more would've allowed me to have ore time to rite my essay, which would've improved my overall score.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Literature Analysis #2
Catcher In the Rye
Plot Summary:
Holden Caulfield is a seventeen year old boy, the narrator of the story, and also the protagonist. His journey begins after he gets expelled from Pency for failing his classes. He is told by the school that after winter break he is to not come back. After a fight with his roommate, Stradlater, Holden leaves school two days early to explore New York before returning home. Holden encounters a large number of people as he roams through the city and goes into nightclubs. Feeling lonely and in need of someone to talk to he accepts the offer of the hotel elevator operator to find him a prostitute, but he fails to have sex with her and ends up fighting her pimp. The next day he takes his old girlfriend, Sally Hayes, ice-skating and tries to convince her to run away with him. Holden starts to feel like he doesn't belong anywhere and is in need of a friend. Every time he extends himself he is shot down.With his mental health quickly going down hill, Holden returns to his parents' home, where things are no better for him. Even his young sister, Phoebe, questions his negativity and asks him to name one thing he would like to be. Holden says that he would like to be "the catcher in the rye" and explains that his job would be to prevent the children, who are playing nearby in a field of rye, from going over the cliff. Holden goes to see Mr. Antolini, his former English teacher. When the teacher tries to make moves on him, Holden flees in horror. Returning home, Holden experiences a complete mental breakdown and is sent to a psychiatric center in California for treatment.
Theme: Loneliness
Holden is a very lonely seventeen year old kid. He admits to his loneliness openly, and it gives him evidence that perhaps he might still have some emotions left. At the same time, Holden takes few steps to minimize his loneliness. Whenever he feels the urge to meet someone, or to have a social experience, he ends up sabotaging it before he can get hurt. He tries so hard to protect himself from getting hurt that he never gets to really know anyone. He might want to call Jane, for example, but he hangs up before she gets on the phone. He might want to sleep with a prostitute to feel human comfort, but this will not do. He might want to interact with friends at a bar, but he ends up saying something hurtful so that they abandon him. Pushing them away provides a deeper and deeper loneliness, but he would rather take this route than take the chance of getting hurt by someone.
Tone: Bitterness
Holden always says things are "phony" and is constantly pointing out the negative in things. He does this because this is how he projects his feelings. I think he really sees himself as a phony and just calls everything else phony as a way to make himself feel and seem better.
Excerpt 1:
Holden describes himself as the “most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (16).
Holden knows that being a liar isn't a good thing, but he tries to make himself feel better by only focusing on how good of a liar he is.
Excerpt 2:
Holden believes that Stradlater is a stuck-up guy, and that the “the reason he fixed himself up to look good was because he was madly in love with himself” (27).
I think Holden is jealous of Stradlater because he has friends and a goes out at night while he just sits in the dorm room by himself.
Excerpt 3:
“I am always saying "Glad to have met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.”
Holden likes meeting new people, but in his head he knows that he is going to shut them out, do to his insecurity. That's why he says he is always saying glad to have met you when he doesn't mean it.
Literary Elements:
Metaphor:
"I certainly began to feel like a prize horse's ass, though, sitting there all by myself." (86)
Hyperbole:
"It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair. I really do. The one side of my head–the right side–is full of millions of gray hairs. I've had them ever since I was a kid. And yet I still act sometimes like I was only about twelve." (9)
Simile:
“That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddamn toilet seat.” (55)
Symbol:
The Broken Record: Before going home to talk with Phoebe, Holden buys her a record with a song entitled "Little Shirley Beans." However, while walking toward Central Park, he drops it and it shatters. Perhaps the record represents Holden. After his latest failure he goes home "in pieces".
Theme:
Rebellion: Holden has perfected the art of rebellion–against his school, his peers, his parents, and society in general. He uses rebellion as a defense mechanism because he feels he could not fit in if he tried.
Irony:
"I'm the one that's flunking out of the goddamn place and you're asking me to write you a goddamn composition." (28)
Foreshadow:
Holden talks about how wonderful and nice his brother Allie was. Holden describes how he " broke all the windows in the garage". (39) When his brother died. He said his family wanted to psychoanalyze him, this foreshadows that Holden will carry his trauma with him throughout the story.
Imagery:
"she crossed her legs and started jiggling this one foot up and down, she was very nervous for a prostitute." (94) Holden is describing the prostitute that he had sent to his hotel room.
Conflict:
Holden his facing conflict within himself, Mr. Antolini pointed this out towards the end of the book by telling Holden that "This fall I think you're riding for - it's a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn't permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The whole arrangement's designed for men who, at some time or other in their lives, were looking for something their own environment couldn't supply them with. Or they thought their own environment couldn't supply them with. So they gave up looking. They gave it up before they ever really even got started."
Characterization:
Indirect Characterization:
Ex) "'Do you happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over?'" (60). He isn't really asking about the ducks. Holden's asking about himself, what will he do in the dead of winter. It's sad that he has to go to such lengths just to get an answer, and people won't even listen to him.
Ex2) "You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy," (79) Holden is describing Jane as someone that can make you happy.
Direct Characterization:
Ex) "All you do is make a lot of dough and play golf and play bridge and buy cars and drink Martinis and look like a hot-shot" This is when Holden is describing Lawyers.
Ex2) "All the people around me are phonies" Holden is saying that he is the only good person.
Diction:
I did not really notice any difference in diction when the author would talk about a different character. He seemed to keep the same kind of writing style and word choice throughout the whole story, no matter who he was talking about.
Static or Dynamic:
Static, he learns nothing from his experiences. His view of the world and the people in it never changes throughout the whole story. To him everyone is a phony.
Flat or Round:
Round, He's round because his personality and world view are thoroughly explored throughout the course of the novel. He is seen going through emotional struggles and these struggles reveal much about his character.
Do I Know The Character:
After reading this book I felt like I actually knew Holden as a person, not just a character. The author used Holden as the narrator, which allowed me as the reader insight into what Holden was thinking. The imagery the author used made it easy for me to picture Holden and all of the "phony" people around him.
Plot Summary:
Holden Caulfield is a seventeen year old boy, the narrator of the story, and also the protagonist. His journey begins after he gets expelled from Pency for failing his classes. He is told by the school that after winter break he is to not come back. After a fight with his roommate, Stradlater, Holden leaves school two days early to explore New York before returning home. Holden encounters a large number of people as he roams through the city and goes into nightclubs. Feeling lonely and in need of someone to talk to he accepts the offer of the hotel elevator operator to find him a prostitute, but he fails to have sex with her and ends up fighting her pimp. The next day he takes his old girlfriend, Sally Hayes, ice-skating and tries to convince her to run away with him. Holden starts to feel like he doesn't belong anywhere and is in need of a friend. Every time he extends himself he is shot down.With his mental health quickly going down hill, Holden returns to his parents' home, where things are no better for him. Even his young sister, Phoebe, questions his negativity and asks him to name one thing he would like to be. Holden says that he would like to be "the catcher in the rye" and explains that his job would be to prevent the children, who are playing nearby in a field of rye, from going over the cliff. Holden goes to see Mr. Antolini, his former English teacher. When the teacher tries to make moves on him, Holden flees in horror. Returning home, Holden experiences a complete mental breakdown and is sent to a psychiatric center in California for treatment.
Theme: Loneliness
Holden is a very lonely seventeen year old kid. He admits to his loneliness openly, and it gives him evidence that perhaps he might still have some emotions left. At the same time, Holden takes few steps to minimize his loneliness. Whenever he feels the urge to meet someone, or to have a social experience, he ends up sabotaging it before he can get hurt. He tries so hard to protect himself from getting hurt that he never gets to really know anyone. He might want to call Jane, for example, but he hangs up before she gets on the phone. He might want to sleep with a prostitute to feel human comfort, but this will not do. He might want to interact with friends at a bar, but he ends up saying something hurtful so that they abandon him. Pushing them away provides a deeper and deeper loneliness, but he would rather take this route than take the chance of getting hurt by someone.
Tone: Bitterness
Holden always says things are "phony" and is constantly pointing out the negative in things. He does this because this is how he projects his feelings. I think he really sees himself as a phony and just calls everything else phony as a way to make himself feel and seem better.
Excerpt 1:
Holden describes himself as the “most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (16).
Holden knows that being a liar isn't a good thing, but he tries to make himself feel better by only focusing on how good of a liar he is.
Excerpt 2:
Holden believes that Stradlater is a stuck-up guy, and that the “the reason he fixed himself up to look good was because he was madly in love with himself” (27).
I think Holden is jealous of Stradlater because he has friends and a goes out at night while he just sits in the dorm room by himself.
Excerpt 3:
“I am always saying "Glad to have met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.”
Holden likes meeting new people, but in his head he knows that he is going to shut them out, do to his insecurity. That's why he says he is always saying glad to have met you when he doesn't mean it.
Literary Elements:
Metaphor:
"I certainly began to feel like a prize horse's ass, though, sitting there all by myself." (86)
Hyperbole:
"It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair. I really do. The one side of my head–the right side–is full of millions of gray hairs. I've had them ever since I was a kid. And yet I still act sometimes like I was only about twelve." (9)
Simile:
“That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddamn toilet seat.” (55)
Symbol:
The Broken Record: Before going home to talk with Phoebe, Holden buys her a record with a song entitled "Little Shirley Beans." However, while walking toward Central Park, he drops it and it shatters. Perhaps the record represents Holden. After his latest failure he goes home "in pieces".
Theme:
Rebellion: Holden has perfected the art of rebellion–against his school, his peers, his parents, and society in general. He uses rebellion as a defense mechanism because he feels he could not fit in if he tried.
Irony:
"I'm the one that's flunking out of the goddamn place and you're asking me to write you a goddamn composition." (28)
Foreshadow:
Holden talks about how wonderful and nice his brother Allie was. Holden describes how he " broke all the windows in the garage". (39) When his brother died. He said his family wanted to psychoanalyze him, this foreshadows that Holden will carry his trauma with him throughout the story.
Imagery:
"she crossed her legs and started jiggling this one foot up and down, she was very nervous for a prostitute." (94) Holden is describing the prostitute that he had sent to his hotel room.
Conflict:
Holden his facing conflict within himself, Mr. Antolini pointed this out towards the end of the book by telling Holden that "This fall I think you're riding for - it's a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn't permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The whole arrangement's designed for men who, at some time or other in their lives, were looking for something their own environment couldn't supply them with. Or they thought their own environment couldn't supply them with. So they gave up looking. They gave it up before they ever really even got started."
Characterization:
Indirect Characterization:
Ex) "'Do you happen to know where they go, the ducks, when it gets all frozen over?'" (60). He isn't really asking about the ducks. Holden's asking about himself, what will he do in the dead of winter. It's sad that he has to go to such lengths just to get an answer, and people won't even listen to him.
Ex2) "You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy," (79) Holden is describing Jane as someone that can make you happy.
Direct Characterization:
Ex) "All you do is make a lot of dough and play golf and play bridge and buy cars and drink Martinis and look like a hot-shot" This is when Holden is describing Lawyers.
Ex2) "All the people around me are phonies" Holden is saying that he is the only good person.
Diction:
I did not really notice any difference in diction when the author would talk about a different character. He seemed to keep the same kind of writing style and word choice throughout the whole story, no matter who he was talking about.
Static or Dynamic:
Static, he learns nothing from his experiences. His view of the world and the people in it never changes throughout the whole story. To him everyone is a phony.
Flat or Round:
Round, He's round because his personality and world view are thoroughly explored throughout the course of the novel. He is seen going through emotional struggles and these struggles reveal much about his character.
Do I Know The Character:
After reading this book I felt like I actually knew Holden as a person, not just a character. The author used Holden as the narrator, which allowed me as the reader insight into what Holden was thinking. The imagery the author used made it easy for me to picture Holden and all of the "phony" people around him.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
The Comparisons Tale
My group read the Merchant Tale, which I think can be related to the Lawyer Tale. In the Merchant Tale, Januarie is blind. He finds a wife, but she cheats on him without him knowing because he is blind. The Gods see this and grant him the ability to see again. So essentially his life gets a lot better. I think this can relate to the Lawyer Tale because in this story Constance goes through a rough time where she is broken up from her husband, the King. Then at the end of the story she has a boy and the King brings her back home. Her son then becomes king. The main character in both of these stories start out with some problems, but then by the end of the story have pretty good lives.
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