My plan of attack for tabbing while reading The Stranger is basically the same concept that I followed for Eyes. Each color of my tabs will represent each of the five categories of literary content. I will then write down the technique used on the tab after putting it in the book.
Red- Character
Orange- Language
Yellow- Narrative
Green- Setting
Blue- Plot
I've noticed and intend to follow that Mersault has a habit of speaking before fully thinking about it. Also he describes/thinks of older people more harshly and critically than younger people.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Journal 10: Theme + Quotes
Theme: To find confidence and recognize themselves as an individual liberated from coercion by male figures, women must take in the luxury of believing in herself to fulfill her rights.
[I'm not quite sure this is clarified enough. I'm not sure if there are words that are too vague even though I've reworded it three times now.]
"'Mah fust wife never bothered me 'bout choppin' no wood nohow. She'd grab dat ax and sling chips lak uh man. You done been spoilt rotten.'" (26)
"She wasn't even angry. Logan was accusing her of her mamma, her grandmama and her feelings, and she couldn't do a thing about any of it." (32)
"She got up without a word and went off for the shoes. A little war of defense for helpless things was going on inside her. People ought to have some regard for helpless things. She wanted to fight about it. 'But Ah hates disagreement and confusion, so Ah better not talk. It makes it hard tuh git along.'" (57)
"No matter what Jody did, she said nothing. She had learned how to talk some and leave some. She was a rut in the road. Plenty of life beneath the surface but it was kept beaten down by the wheels. Sometimes she stuck out into the future, imagining her life different from what it was. But mostly she lived between her hat and her heels, with her emotional disturbances like shade patterns in the woods--come and gone with the sun. She got nothing from Jody except what money could buy, and she was gibing away what she didn't value." (76)
"'Naw, Jody, it wasn't because Ah didn't have no sympathy. Ah had uh lavish uh dat. Ah just didn't never git no chance tuh use none of it. You wouldn't let me.'" (85)
[I'm not quite sure this is clarified enough. I'm not sure if there are words that are too vague even though I've reworded it three times now.]
"'Mah fust wife never bothered me 'bout choppin' no wood nohow. She'd grab dat ax and sling chips lak uh man. You done been spoilt rotten.'" (26)
- The simile of "slinging chips like a man" is used in this quote. It shows how women were just another slave to the men even in pure African-American settings.
"She wasn't even angry. Logan was accusing her of her mamma, her grandmama and her feelings, and she couldn't do a thing about any of it." (32)
- Hurston throws in rising action and possible tension in this quote, adding fuel to the fire inside Janie's emotional threshold.
"She got up without a word and went off for the shoes. A little war of defense for helpless things was going on inside her. People ought to have some regard for helpless things. She wanted to fight about it. 'But Ah hates disagreement and confusion, so Ah better not talk. It makes it hard tuh git along.'" (57)
- "A little war of defense" is a metaphor that is inserted into the statement to put emphasis on how much internal conflict is taking place within Janie.
- Internal conflict is illustrated through the above metaphor. She is struggling with downplaying the "helpless things."
"No matter what Jody did, she said nothing. She had learned how to talk some and leave some. She was a rut in the road. Plenty of life beneath the surface but it was kept beaten down by the wheels. Sometimes she stuck out into the future, imagining her life different from what it was. But mostly she lived between her hat and her heels, with her emotional disturbances like shade patterns in the woods--come and gone with the sun. She got nothing from Jody except what money could buy, and she was gibing away what she didn't value." (76)
- Hurston uses a variety of literary techniques here. She uses a simile and metaphor to drop a hint at how Janie feels like she is living her life
- There is diction where Hurston uses "beaten down by the wheels" as a reference to the oppression placed upon Janie.
- Alliteration with "rut in the road".
"'Naw, Jody, it wasn't because Ah didn't have no sympathy. Ah had uh lavish uh dat. Ah just didn't never git no chance tuh use none of it. You wouldn't let me.'" (85)
- External Conflict is used by Hurston between Jody and Janie to illustrate that she openly acknowledges Jody's oppression.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Journal 9: Mini Pastiche #2
Write a pastiche of Hurston by duplicating a theme that she uses and three stylistic elements. Use these elements with your own characters, setting, and conflict. After you finish your pastiche clarify what theme and techniques you used and how they were used in a way that mirrors Hurston's own use of them.
"Welcome to Microsoft, Mr. Tybalt. We look forward to having you on this accounting team and I wish you the best of luck," said Mr. Coleman.
"I look forward to being here," answered Frank Tybalt, a new hire at the Microsoft accounting department.
He traversed the maze of cubicles and found his newly assigned station next to a middle-aged, brunette woman named Nora. Her heels were kicked off under her desk as she vigorously crunch numbers into a computer. As the days turned into weeks, paychecks were due to be handed out. Frank opened the envelope at his desk and glared at the $5800 check and gasped, "$5800 for my first month?! Woo-hoo!" Nora glanced at him and then back to her usual paycheck of $4600.
"This job does have it's ups," she said with slight sarcasm.
Later that night as she lay in her bed, thinking to herself, she spoke, "How can that hotshot just come in here, do the same amount of work at the same position as myself and get that much more money?! I can't believe it! I have been crunching numbers for six years and i haven't been offered one raise! But, should i bring this up to Mr. Coleman? I could ultimately lose my job, but I'm not sure I can take much more of this sexism. I suppose I shall make up my mind tomorrow."
The next day, Nora was going to confront Mr. Coleman about the paycheck discrepancies. Each step walking to his office felt like someone had nailed Nora's shoes to the ground as she was trying to pick up her feet to get closer and closer to her future with Microsoft accounting. As she opened the door, Frank walked out grinning and greeted her with a "Hello." She slipped in.
"Mr. Coleman, I must inquire as to why Frank has been making more than me when we are working the same position."
"What about it? You both rightfully earned the money you make and that should be all that matters."
"We both do the same work! How is our payout not the same?"
"Can we save this for later? I have an appointment."
"No we can not," she barked at him, "As of today I am no longer putting up with your sexism and male dominance crap! I am going to find a job that respects my gender and will treat me equally with men. I quit."
Theme: To find confidence and recognize themselves as an individual liberated from coercion by male figures, a woman must take in the luxury of empowering herself to fulfill her rights.
1.) Apostrophe - Nora talks to herself and projects her thoughts to show the reader what is really going on inside herself with her feelings. Hurston uses apostrophes with Janie to better project her internal conflicts and mixed emotions about the men in her life.
2.) Simile - The shoes being nailed to the ground represents how much reservation Nora had against confronting Mr. Coleman. Hurston uses similes and metaphors all over her book to put emphasis on what the characters are feeling. She even injects it into the dialogue when characters are describing details of important events.
3.) Diction - During the apostrophe, Nora described Mr. Coleman's actions as "sexist" which provokes a stronger reaction than if "biased" was used. Hurston uses diction to strike a stronger vibe during important thoughts by characters to illustrate their more precise feelings.
"Welcome to Microsoft, Mr. Tybalt. We look forward to having you on this accounting team and I wish you the best of luck," said Mr. Coleman.
"I look forward to being here," answered Frank Tybalt, a new hire at the Microsoft accounting department.
He traversed the maze of cubicles and found his newly assigned station next to a middle-aged, brunette woman named Nora. Her heels were kicked off under her desk as she vigorously crunch numbers into a computer. As the days turned into weeks, paychecks were due to be handed out. Frank opened the envelope at his desk and glared at the $5800 check and gasped, "$5800 for my first month?! Woo-hoo!" Nora glanced at him and then back to her usual paycheck of $4600.
"This job does have it's ups," she said with slight sarcasm.
Later that night as she lay in her bed, thinking to herself, she spoke, "How can that hotshot just come in here, do the same amount of work at the same position as myself and get that much more money?! I can't believe it! I have been crunching numbers for six years and i haven't been offered one raise! But, should i bring this up to Mr. Coleman? I could ultimately lose my job, but I'm not sure I can take much more of this sexism. I suppose I shall make up my mind tomorrow."
The next day, Nora was going to confront Mr. Coleman about the paycheck discrepancies. Each step walking to his office felt like someone had nailed Nora's shoes to the ground as she was trying to pick up her feet to get closer and closer to her future with Microsoft accounting. As she opened the door, Frank walked out grinning and greeted her with a "Hello." She slipped in.
"Mr. Coleman, I must inquire as to why Frank has been making more than me when we are working the same position."
"What about it? You both rightfully earned the money you make and that should be all that matters."
"We both do the same work! How is our payout not the same?"
"Can we save this for later? I have an appointment."
"No we can not," she barked at him, "As of today I am no longer putting up with your sexism and male dominance crap! I am going to find a job that respects my gender and will treat me equally with men. I quit."
Theme: To find confidence and recognize themselves as an individual liberated from coercion by male figures, a woman must take in the luxury of empowering herself to fulfill her rights.
1.) Apostrophe - Nora talks to herself and projects her thoughts to show the reader what is really going on inside herself with her feelings. Hurston uses apostrophes with Janie to better project her internal conflicts and mixed emotions about the men in her life.
2.) Simile - The shoes being nailed to the ground represents how much reservation Nora had against confronting Mr. Coleman. Hurston uses similes and metaphors all over her book to put emphasis on what the characters are feeling. She even injects it into the dialogue when characters are describing details of important events.
3.) Diction - During the apostrophe, Nora described Mr. Coleman's actions as "sexist" which provokes a stronger reaction than if "biased" was used. Hurston uses diction to strike a stronger vibe during important thoughts by characters to illustrate their more precise feelings.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Journal 8: Stylistic Attributes
1.) The first stylistic attribute I recognized was started on page 100 but then completely developed over the next couple of pages. For this scene, Janie asserts herself that Tea Cake is a young man who is just trying to take advantage of her. She is set with the idea of being so cold to him that he never wants to talk to her again where it says, "Fact is , she decided to treat him so cold if he ever did foot the place that he'd be sure not to come hanging around there again." (100) But later she realizes, "It was so crazy digging worms by lamp light and setting out for Lake Sabelia after midnight that she felt like a child breaking rules. That's what made Janie like it." (102) Janie begins to feel a change of heart and begins to let Tea Cake slowly into her life through the rest of the chapter. Hurston applies dynamic character to Janie by beginning with Janie's distrust and skepticism toward Tea Cake. The author then projects a more open and friendly tone when talking about her thoughts and actions with Tea Cake. By using dynamic character, Hurston created drama within the story and a desire in the reader to discover what Janie would eventually choose.
2.) The next attribute that revealed itself began on page 104. Tea Cake had been doing his best to stir up feelings within Janie by spending time with her. In this part, the two of them are sitting on Janie's sofa when they start to argue. Janie states that she is just some friend of Tea Cake's and his reaction is described in the line, "Janie walked towards the stair way slowly, and Tea Cake sat where he was, as if he had frozen to his seat, in fear that once he got up, he'd never get back in it again." (104-5) Here, Hurston uses connotation to give a possibility that Tea Cake may never get this close with Janie ever again. This technique instills a fear that their future together is nonexistent and propels the reader to investigate further, almost like the townspeople.
3.) After their fight, Janie lies in her bed, consoling and reassuring herself that Tea Cake was an absurd waste of time. She said to herself, " Bet he's hangin' round some jook or 'nother. Glad Ah treated him cold. Whut do Ah want wid some trashy nigger out de streets? Bet he's livin' wid some woman or 'nother and takin' me for uh fool. Glad Ah caught mahself in time." (106) The author utilizes an apostrophe to peer into Janie's inter thoughts and grab ahold of her feelings and opinions on Tea Cake. This gave me, the reader, a better insight to how all of these emotions are organized and laid out within the characters mind.
2.) The next attribute that revealed itself began on page 104. Tea Cake had been doing his best to stir up feelings within Janie by spending time with her. In this part, the two of them are sitting on Janie's sofa when they start to argue. Janie states that she is just some friend of Tea Cake's and his reaction is described in the line, "Janie walked towards the stair way slowly, and Tea Cake sat where he was, as if he had frozen to his seat, in fear that once he got up, he'd never get back in it again." (104-5) Here, Hurston uses connotation to give a possibility that Tea Cake may never get this close with Janie ever again. This technique instills a fear that their future together is nonexistent and propels the reader to investigate further, almost like the townspeople.
3.) After their fight, Janie lies in her bed, consoling and reassuring herself that Tea Cake was an absurd waste of time. She said to herself, " Bet he's hangin' round some jook or 'nother. Glad Ah treated him cold. Whut do Ah want wid some trashy nigger out de streets? Bet he's livin' wid some woman or 'nother and takin' me for uh fool. Glad Ah caught mahself in time." (106) The author utilizes an apostrophe to peer into Janie's inter thoughts and grab ahold of her feelings and opinions on Tea Cake. This gave me, the reader, a better insight to how all of these emotions are organized and laid out within the characters mind.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Journal 7: Mini Pastiche
Abstract Noun: Revenge
Vessel: Snake
2nd Noun: Hatred
And Lucius started to taste Revenge. Revenge, a complex animation with a slick emerald figure that exists beyond existence. A vile creature who thrives within a home without walls, and without bounds. Hast Revenge a reason for intrusion, and whom can deny its fruitful temptations? She stalks in the grass beneath our feet. Stalks with reserve and an inviting glare, biding her time for an infectious opportunity. Always in a slither from the time there was a hither until that hither starts to wither. He knew the sign of the dead silver skin and knew he was apt to be poisoned. He was consumed by fear and what he would become. Dear Narcissa! She deserves naught to deal with this by his side. He proposed separation before the deed was done, but Narcissa disagreed. They entered these circumstances as one, and shall depart as one with the responsibility of Her on their shoulders. The temptation stirred within his mind, but did not arise. He would find forgiveness within his heart. Oh how he was mistaken. He would pull out of this as soon as the dagger had sunk into his enemy's chest. But if there was taken temptation, they would never understand but still hang their heads in remorse under the sycamore. Strangers that couldn't comprehend the actions now hold a grasp and remain silent. Basking in awe under the slithering sycamore. Hatred, that scarlet serpent, had infected the bystanders.
I tried to incorporate a vessel with as many descriptions as a bird, so i chose a snake because of the many verbs and alternative names for it. Like Hurston, I did my best to tell a story in the later half of the passage. I didn't want to stick to the same story outline so I created a story of how the temptation to deal revenge is consuming and relentless.
Vessel: Snake
2nd Noun: Hatred
And Lucius started to taste Revenge. Revenge, a complex animation with a slick emerald figure that exists beyond existence. A vile creature who thrives within a home without walls, and without bounds. Hast Revenge a reason for intrusion, and whom can deny its fruitful temptations? She stalks in the grass beneath our feet. Stalks with reserve and an inviting glare, biding her time for an infectious opportunity. Always in a slither from the time there was a hither until that hither starts to wither. He knew the sign of the dead silver skin and knew he was apt to be poisoned. He was consumed by fear and what he would become. Dear Narcissa! She deserves naught to deal with this by his side. He proposed separation before the deed was done, but Narcissa disagreed. They entered these circumstances as one, and shall depart as one with the responsibility of Her on their shoulders. The temptation stirred within his mind, but did not arise. He would find forgiveness within his heart. Oh how he was mistaken. He would pull out of this as soon as the dagger had sunk into his enemy's chest. But if there was taken temptation, they would never understand but still hang their heads in remorse under the sycamore. Strangers that couldn't comprehend the actions now hold a grasp and remain silent. Basking in awe under the slithering sycamore. Hatred, that scarlet serpent, had infected the bystanders.
I tried to incorporate a vessel with as many descriptions as a bird, so i chose a snake because of the many verbs and alternative names for it. Like Hurston, I did my best to tell a story in the later half of the passage. I didn't want to stick to the same story outline so I created a story of how the temptation to deal revenge is consuming and relentless.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Journal 6: Why "Death"? (Ch.8)
I commented on Anthony Quach, Andy Luu, and Sean Sakaguchi's theses.
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Hurston's Literary Choices in "Death Passage" (Ch. 8)
"Death, that strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West. The great one who lived in the straight house like a platform without sides to it, and without a roof. What need has Death for a cover, and what winds can blow against him? He stands in his high house that overlooks the world. Stands watchful and motionless all day with his sword drawn back, waiting for the messenger to bid him come. Been standing there before there was a where or a when or a then. She was liable to find a feather from his wings lying in her yard any day now. She was sad and afraid too. Poor Jody! He ought not to have to wrassle in there by himself. She sent Sam in to suggest a visit, but Jody said No. These medical doctors wuz all right with the Godly sick, but they didn't know a thing about a case like his. He'd be all right just as soon as the two-headed man found what had been buried against him. He wasn't going to die at all. That was what he thought. But Sam told her different, so she knew. And then if he hadn't, the next morning she was bound to know, for people began to gather in the big yard under the palm and china-berry trees. People who would not have dared to foot the place before crept in and did not come to the house. Just squatted under the trees and waited. Rumor, the wingless bird, had shadowed over the town." (84)
Personification: Death
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Hurston's Literary Choices in "Death Passage" (Ch. 8)
"Death, that strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West. The great one who lived in the straight house like a platform without sides to it, and without a roof. What need has Death for a cover, and what winds can blow against him? He stands in his high house that overlooks the world. Stands watchful and motionless all day with his sword drawn back, waiting for the messenger to bid him come. Been standing there before there was a where or a when or a then. She was liable to find a feather from his wings lying in her yard any day now. She was sad and afraid too. Poor Jody! He ought not to have to wrassle in there by himself. She sent Sam in to suggest a visit, but Jody said No. These medical doctors wuz all right with the Godly sick, but they didn't know a thing about a case like his. He'd be all right just as soon as the two-headed man found what had been buried against him. He wasn't going to die at all. That was what he thought. But Sam told her different, so she knew. And then if he hadn't, the next morning she was bound to know, for people began to gather in the big yard under the palm and china-berry trees. People who would not have dared to foot the place before crept in and did not come to the house. Just squatted under the trees and waited. Rumor, the wingless bird, had shadowed over the town." (84)
Personification: Death
- Gives it/him a fearsome aura that creeps into the mind of the reader and helps the reader sympathize with Janie that death is a very real factor of life.
Metaphor: Death & Living
- Hurston is describing Death's cruel and awesome power through the wind, the house, and the sword.
- The wind speaks about Death's tenacity and relentlessness
- The house speaks about the all-seeing, all-knowing presence of Death because he "stands high in his house."
- The sword speaks about how Death is always ready to strike and never rests
Consonance & Assonance: Orange & Green Highlights
- This emphasizes the power, immortality, and omnisciency of Death and possibly foreshadows to an inevitable death of a main character later in the novel.
- Also creates a mystery of how he/it was created or where it came from.
Symbolism: Birds/Wings
- Hurston compares Jody to a bird. She is saying that Janie is obligated to retain a memory from Jody before he is buried in her yard.
- Hurston also infers that the story of Jody's death ("wingless bird") will spread and be distorted through the town.
Alliteration: F sound
- Helps the bird/wing symbols come to life by including "feather" in the alliteration.
Motif: Trees
- The author continues to use the tree motif in this passage to illustrate that life has down points and it is constantly under a state of development.
- This also shows how someone can believe that things will get better because tree are dependably ever-changing beings.
Journal 5: Thesis
Tone:
Zora Neale Hurston creates and utilizes a harsh tone towards male characters in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God to emphasize the coercion women face with their husbands, and other male figures. Hurston does this because empowerment within women unleashes freedom and individuality.
Zora Neale Hurston creates and utilizes a harsh tone towards male characters in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God to emphasize the coercion women face with their husbands, and other male figures. Hurston does this because empowerment within women unleashes freedom and individuality.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Journal 4: Three patterns
1.) Time or a time-related word used in the first sentence of a chapter.
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer." (21)
"Long before the year was up [...]" (26)
"On the train the next day, Joe didn't make many speeches with rhymes to her" (34)
2.) Porches
"It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road."(1)
"They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the nigh emerged" (33)
3.) Bloom/Parts of a flower (Metaphors for stages of maturity and emotional development)
"From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds; from the leaf-buds to snowy virginity of bloom." (10)
"She had glossy leaves and bursting buds and she wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her." (11)
"She wasn't petal-open anymore with him. She was twenty-four and seven years married when she knew." (71)
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer." (21)
"Long before the year was up [...]" (26)
"On the train the next day, Joe didn't make many speeches with rhymes to her" (34)
2.) Porches
"It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road."(1)
"They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the nigh emerged" (33)
3.) Bloom/Parts of a flower (Metaphors for stages of maturity and emotional development)
"From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds; from the leaf-buds to snowy virginity of bloom." (10)
"She had glossy leaves and bursting buds and she wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her." (11)
"She wasn't petal-open anymore with him. She was twenty-four and seven years married when she knew." (71)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Journal 3: Dialect and Harlem Renaissance
Part 1: Harlem Renaissance Figure
Duke Ellington is a 12-time Grammy-winning big band frontman, as well as a pianist and a composer. He took control of a big band in 1924 and led them into their first gig at the Kentucky Club. His career with his band survived through the 30's by touring on the the road and playing gigs wherever possible. Soon the big band rose in popularity up to its peak in the 40's. Ellington composed many jazz songs with influences from Harlem, New York. Even through the 50's, Duke Ellington refused to conform to the changing culture and continued to produce variants of jazz music. He appeared on the cover of Time Magazine on August 20, 1956.
Part 2: Dialogue Rules
My dialect is the generic "Boston/New England" language in the eastern United States.
Grammar:
- Add "s" to end of certain nouns
- Short, broken sentences
- Argument statements are usually repeated for emphasis
Pronunciation:
- Broad enunciation of the A sound
- The dialect is non-rhotic (replace "r" with "ah")
- Other vowels are kept the same
Vocabulary:
- Use of doubled nouns (Burger-sandwich)
- Are-->Ah
- Park--> Paak
Part 3: Conversation
Duke Ellington is on his way through New England on a tour and heard about a spectacular hamburger joint that he had to try. While ordering, Duke had a little trouble the the general manager, Donnie.
"I will take a cheese burger with a medium Pepsi, sir," ordered Duke.
"What?! In this town, you just ordered a burger-sandwich with a Pepsi-soda, pops," replied Donnie.
"What the heck is a burger-sandwich?" questioned Duke.
"A Burger-sandwich," said Donnie as he lifted one up, "is what you southernahs call a hamburger."
"Well what is the point of adding sandwich to the if we already know it's a burger?" asked Duke.
"Becahz the dahn thing is a burger and also a sandwich, old man!" quarreled Donnie.
"That is absolutely absurd! And why would you need to inform your clients that Pepsi is a soda?" retorted Duke.
"Becahz," started Donnie, "the dahn thing is Pepsi as well as sodah!"
"My my, you people are crazy!" shouted Duke.
Donnie quickly snapped back, "No sah, yous is a crazy one for weahin' dat Yankee hat in Bahston tahritory."
Duke bounced back, "It's certainly not my fault that we Yanks are a superb baseball team!"
"Yous peoples ah a disgrace to basebahll," said Donnie angrily.
"Well fine then! I refuse to dine in at your establishment, sir. Have a nice day," said Duke slamming the door.
"Dahn outsidahs... They act like theys all gone to Haavahd and ah smahter than all of us," complained Donnie.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
TEWWG Journal 2: Analytic
"'Come to yo' Grandma, honey. Set in her lap lak you use tuh. Yo' Nanny wouldn't harm a hair uh yo' head. She don't want nobody else to do it neither if she kin help it. Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Maybe it's some place way off in de ocean where de black man is in power, but we don't know nothin' but what we see. So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have to, but he don't tote it. He hand it to his womenfolks. De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see. Ah been prayin' fuh it tuh be different wid you. Lawd, Lawd, Lawd!'
For a long time she sat rocking with the girl held tightly to her sunken breast. Janie's long legs dangled over one arm of the chair and the long braids of her hair swung low on the other side Nanny half sung, half sobbed a running chantprayer over the head of the weeping girl." (14)
Elements are highlighted, colored, underlined, italicized, etc.
For a long time she sat rocking with the girl held tightly to her sunken breast. Janie's long legs dangled over one arm of the chair and the long braids of her hair swung low on the other side Nanny half sung, half sobbed a running chantprayer over the head of the weeping girl." (14)
Elements are highlighted, colored, underlined, italicized, etc.
- More repetition of "eyes" and "sight"
- Motif of how people believe things just by what they see and then pass judgement
- Contrasts the treatment of the nanny to the treatment of the white master
- The grandmother tells her hardships of being a slave through first person experiences
- Alliteration of "long legs"
- Illustrates the internal conflict within a slave to maintain integrity but not get punished
- Repetition of "long"
- The aqua highlights relate by sadness or greif.
- "Ocean" is repeated from the first paragraph on the first page
- In the beginning of the novel, it says that men's wishes are always visible but too far away, but women chose to forget their dreams (ie: the black man in power is out of sight on the ocean)
- The grandmother repeatedly says that she is trying to create a better life for her granddaughter
- She degrades the black women and tells how they are more objects than people; possibly alluding to later in the novel.
- The author uses striking diction when the grandmother shouts "Lawd" because it illustrates her greif she has and the worry bottled up inside about her granddaughter.
TEWWG Journal 1: Reflective
If I were to tell my life story, I would begin with the event or decision that paved the way for the rest of my life. Sure, life has its big moments such as marriage and children. Yet, there is one pivotal point in your life that is the beginning of the rest of your life. My story would begin with the discovery of the occupation, or even the way of life, that I love and want to sustain for the rest of my days. It is important to do something that you feel strongly about and to love what you do, otherwise you won't try your hardest. Pushing your limits is how a person becomes stronger and allows you the self-confidence to be able to do anything.
When I make this discovery, I want to pass it on to the next generation. It's vital that children understand what the possibilities in life are. Reaching full potential is a major problem in today's society with school budget cuts as well as college growing ever more expensive. Not everyone will reach their potential, which is a shame because the world is founded on the fulfillment of individuals' potential. I want to give my children a better life than I ever had, but also teach them the morals and lessons to succeed as an individual.
When I make this discovery, I want to pass it on to the next generation. It's vital that children understand what the possibilities in life are. Reaching full potential is a major problem in today's society with school budget cuts as well as college growing ever more expensive. Not everyone will reach their potential, which is a shame because the world is founded on the fulfillment of individuals' potential. I want to give my children a better life than I ever had, but also teach them the morals and lessons to succeed as an individual.
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