Dramatic situation: Man in love
Structure: there does not appear to be any specific structure. But there is repetition in some lines
Theme: the theme is about moving on from a lost love.
Grammar: there are no abbreviations or shorthands, little punctuation as well, the meaning is about love
Literal vs figurative language: there is a lot of figurative, metaphorical language. Such as "branches" or "shores"
Diction: strong, natural, spiritual, metaphorical words
Tone: sad, forgiving, accepting
Procidy: it flows well, with some sources of repetition and alliteration even though there is no rhyming scheme or specific verse structure.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Great Expectations. Discussion notes
Why did convict cover for Pip?
Because Pip helped him out. E was a convict but still had a heart.
What's up with the woman in the wedding dress?
Woman is crazy left at altar and completely broken. She forces her daughter to become close with people and then takes them away from her.
Symbols:
Wedding cake-
Butterflies-
After Pip inherits money he turns into a jerk because he acts the way he expected to: proper, snobbish and starts spending money on useless things.
Foreshadowing: woman in dress is rich but a bad person, so it's seen that when Pip comes into money he will turn out the same way.
Because Pip helped him out. E was a convict but still had a heart.
What's up with the woman in the wedding dress?
Woman is crazy left at altar and completely broken. She forces her daughter to become close with people and then takes them away from her.
Symbols:
Wedding cake-
Butterflies-
After Pip inherits money he turns into a jerk because he acts the way he expected to: proper, snobbish and starts spending money on useless things.
Foreshadowing: woman in dress is rich but a bad person, so it's seen that when Pip comes into money he will turn out the same way.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Great Expectations
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, is one of the few stories that depict Charles Dickens' life as he grew up, he struggled with great poverty and the main character of Great Expectations mirrors this lifestyle. The story begins in England where a boy named Philip Pirrip, or Pip, is looking at his parents gravestones when suddenly a man in chains grabs him and forces Pip to bring him food and something to cut through his chains. These events make the reader wonder if it's a kind of metaphor for how Dickens felt growing up. Hungry, alone, and fathered by a criminal who was always in need of the family's help.
Monday, January 30, 2012
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Lit Anal
1) The rebellion has started and the men and women who survived the attack on district 12 have been relocated to the underground district 13 which was thought to have been destroyed in a previous war against the capitol. Everyone including Katniss and Peeta who escaped the arena alive. Although Peeta was taken by the capitol first and brainwashed to believe Katniss was evil. He slowly starts to take the side of the rebellion and Katniss, who is the face of the rebellion. Peta and others go off to fight the Capitol head on. They succeed and Katniss is given the opportunity to kill the president, she instead kills the women who was elected new president because she would not have reformed anything.
2) The theme of this novel is about doing what you know to be right in the face of hardship, and making sacrifices for love.
3) The tone is strong, brave, and fearless.
4) Symbols: The mockingjay is a symbol of rebellion
Metaohor: Katniss is the mockingjay of the rebellion
Peeta's hatred towards Katniss is a metaphor for her indecision.
Irony: Peeta used to love Katniss now he hates her and tries to kill her
2) The theme of this novel is about doing what you know to be right in the face of hardship, and making sacrifices for love.
3) The tone is strong, brave, and fearless.
4) Symbols: The mockingjay is a symbol of rebellion
Metaohor: Katniss is the mockingjay of the rebellion
Peeta's hatred towards Katniss is a metaphor for her indecision.
Irony: Peeta used to love Katniss now he hates her and tries to kill her
The Hunger Games : Catching Fire Lit Anal
1) The seventy fifth hunger games is here which means its time for the quarter quell. A special game that can break rules and traditions. Katniss and Peeta are picked again to fight in the games along with other previous victors. A rebellion against the capital has started and Katniss and Peeta are the face of it because of their suicide attempt that challenged the authority of the capitol. Little do they know that some of the other victors they are supposed to be fighting with are rebels that plot to take down the arena and keep help Katniss and Peeta escape to strengthen the rebellion.
2) The theme is not to bow down to oppressors, and to fight for whats right. Another theme is to trust those around you and those who know more than you.
3) The tone of this novel is much less sad than the previous but still hard and rough and adrenaline pumping at the same time.
4) Dramatic Irony: Some things are obvious or suspected by the reader while the main characters are oblivious
Characterization: The newer characters have contrasting personalities, they come off mean and tough and distant but have good intentions the whole time
Flashbacks: Reminiscing illicits feelings from the reader and helps the reader to understand whats going on and why.
Metaphor: The things the characters are tormented with in the arena are things that represent the hardest times and worst memories of their lives
2) The theme is not to bow down to oppressors, and to fight for whats right. Another theme is to trust those around you and those who know more than you.
3) The tone of this novel is much less sad than the previous but still hard and rough and adrenaline pumping at the same time.
4) Dramatic Irony: Some things are obvious or suspected by the reader while the main characters are oblivious
Characterization: The newer characters have contrasting personalities, they come off mean and tough and distant but have good intentions the whole time
Flashbacks: Reminiscing illicits feelings from the reader and helps the reader to understand whats going on and why.
Metaphor: The things the characters are tormented with in the arena are things that represent the hardest times and worst memories of their lives
The Hunger Games Lit Anal
1) Katniss Everdeen lives in the fictional, futuristic society of Panem on what used to be North America. She has volunteered to take her younger sisters place as tribute to represent their district (district 12) in the annual Hunger Games. Where a girl and boy between the ages of 12 and 18 are selected from each of the 12 districts to fight in an arena to the death for the entertainmet of the Capitol. Katniss and her friend Peeta fake a romance in order to gain support from the viewers and increase their chances of winning the games. Katniss and Peeta are the last two alive and end up both winning the games, which has never been done before, by threatening to commit suicide together, and was seen as an insult and challenge to the capitol.
2) The theme of the Hunger Games is that one cannot allow someone to control them. Conforming to a higher powers ideals, when they are clearly wrong, cannot be tolerated.
3) The tone of the Hunger Games is packed with attitude! It's a feirce and fiesty story with non stop action, but there are somber moments filled with fear and great sadness.
4) Characterization: The characters were depecited so well it was hard not to understand them and hurt when they died.
Irony: The winning tributes coach was old, fat, and a drunk
Symbols: Each district had something that defined the distritc, the tributes from the district represented those qualities
2) The theme of the Hunger Games is that one cannot allow someone to control them. Conforming to a higher powers ideals, when they are clearly wrong, cannot be tolerated.
3) The tone of the Hunger Games is packed with attitude! It's a feirce and fiesty story with non stop action, but there are somber moments filled with fear and great sadness.
4) Characterization: The characters were depecited so well it was hard not to understand them and hurt when they died.
Irony: The winning tributes coach was old, fat, and a drunk
Symbols: Each district had something that defined the distritc, the tributes from the district represented those qualities
Lit. Anal. Of Mice and Men
1) Of Mice and Men is a tale of two men, Lennie and George, who travel across a region of California in order to find work during the great depression. When they finally do find work at a ranch things don't go according to plan due to Lennie's mental disabilities which leads he and George to be harrassed. Lennie's actions result in the downfall of he and George's dreams to own their own land.
2) Companionship is a main theme in the novel. Even though it's incredibly obvious that Lennie brings George down George stays with him because he knows that Lennie couldnt survive on his own, and George likes the company. When they arrive at the ranch friendships are formed and brotherhoods grow especially with Crooks and Lennie. Curly's wife even confides in Lennie because she's lonely and wants to find some companionship.
3) The tone of Of Mice and Men is somber, serious, and rough. Capturing the feeling of the era, the Great Depression. At times the novel can even move the reader to tears and make the reader feel great sympathy for the characters
4) Foreshadowing: The title is taken from a poem which states "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley." (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go often askew.) this lays down in concrete the idea that things will not go according to plan.
Symbols: The characters are from Soledad which means "Solitude" in Spanish
Setting: The Great Depression in the California valley is self explanetory, its rough, tough, miserable, dry, and there is no work to be found.
Irony: Lennie has obsessions with small, soft, defensless creatures, which completely contradicts his stature and helps to define his character.
Metaphor: Lennie is innocent and defensless like the rabbits and mice he loves.
2) Companionship is a main theme in the novel. Even though it's incredibly obvious that Lennie brings George down George stays with him because he knows that Lennie couldnt survive on his own, and George likes the company. When they arrive at the ranch friendships are formed and brotherhoods grow especially with Crooks and Lennie. Curly's wife even confides in Lennie because she's lonely and wants to find some companionship.
3) The tone of Of Mice and Men is somber, serious, and rough. Capturing the feeling of the era, the Great Depression. At times the novel can even move the reader to tears and make the reader feel great sympathy for the characters
4) Foreshadowing: The title is taken from a poem which states "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley." (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go often askew.) this lays down in concrete the idea that things will not go according to plan.
Symbols: The characters are from Soledad which means "Solitude" in Spanish
Setting: The Great Depression in the California valley is self explanetory, its rough, tough, miserable, dry, and there is no work to be found.
Irony: Lennie has obsessions with small, soft, defensless creatures, which completely contradicts his stature and helps to define his character.
Metaphor: Lennie is innocent and defensless like the rabbits and mice he loves.
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