Willa Cather in her novel My Antonia (yes, a signal phrase) offers her view of life during the pioneer time.
How would My Ántonia be different if it were told from Ántonia's perspective?
We would know another side of Antonia of how she's feeling, thinking and everything.
How effective is Cather, a woman, at narrating a story from the point of view of a man? Does Jim sound like a man writing, or does the narrative sound like a woman pretending to be a man?
It sounds like a man writing.
Why do you think Jim changed the title from Antonia to My Antonia?
Because he was in love with Antonia in the novel.
Based on this, I reccommand this novel to anyone.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The Effects of Setting
Author Willa Cather embedded literary devices, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, within her writing.
"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
The effects with the characters with the land is they see it as of what they're feeling.
The city of Batesville is a setting that has an effect on me. At night, when everything has lighted up in town, it looks amazingly beautiful. The Christmas lights that they lit up at the park makes it go great with everything else. During the winter when its snows, there's a pretty blanket that covers all of the city, making as if the trees are sparkly. In the summer time, boats are out at the sand bar. Trucks are parked beside each other and people are out in the river enjoying the coolness of the water, splashing them in the face or just going swimming.
"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
The effects with the characters with the land is they see it as of what they're feeling.
The city of Batesville is a setting that has an effect on me. At night, when everything has lighted up in town, it looks amazingly beautiful. The Christmas lights that they lit up at the park makes it go great with everything else. During the winter when its snows, there's a pretty blanket that covers all of the city, making as if the trees are sparkly. In the summer time, boats are out at the sand bar. Trucks are parked beside each other and people are out in the river enjoying the coolness of the water, splashing them in the face or just going swimming.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Argument: Nap Time in School
Assertion/Claim: We need to have nap time in school
Opposing Clamis/They Say
My Rebuttal/I Say
My Paragraph
"Due to overwhelming amount of homework and school related activities, I often get less than five hours of sleep every night." When students get up in the morning, there not all the way awake. In order for them to get fully awake they drink coffee and drink or eat a lot of sugar to help them stay awake. Sleepy students or any student should be able to sleep each day at school for 30 minutes. Taking naps helos students wake up and get full alert on what's going on around them at school. Naps should be something schools should really consider looking at. The easiest way, and more healthful than cafefeine, to overcome tiredness during the day is to take naps. Not an hour nap but a quick 20 min. "power nap." Power naps helps students feel more awake and mentally alert on what is going on around them during school hours. Nap time might help boost test scores also. During study hall or anywhere, teachers should spare 30 mins each day. Some claim that taking naps really isn't worth wasting time over and that it takes away from learning. A quick 30 or even 20 minute nap can change a lot on that learning.
My Thinking:
This paragraph is deductive thinking based on the facts and the quotes that are given.
Source:
Assertion/Claim: We need to have nap time in school
- School should provide nap time each day
- "Due to overwhelming amount of homework and school related activities, I often get less than five hours of sleep every night."
- Commentary 1: When students get up in the morning, there not all the way awake. In order for them to get fully awake they drink coffee and drink or eat a lot of sugar to help them stay awake. Sleepy students or any student should be able to sleep each day at school for 30 minutes.
- Commentary 2: Taking naps helps students wake up and get full alert on what's going on around them at school. Naps should be something schools should really consider looking at.
- Commentary 1: Power naps helps students feel more awake and mentally alert on what is going on around them during school hours.
- Commentary 2: Nap time might help boost test scores also. During study hall or anywhere, teachers should spare 30 mins each day.
Opposing Clamis/They Say
- Some people think the time taken to sleep in school would take time out of learning.
My Rebuttal/I Say
- Nevertheless, I say the time taken to sleep helps the brain revise whats been learned.
My Paragraph
"Due to overwhelming amount of homework and school related activities, I often get less than five hours of sleep every night." When students get up in the morning, there not all the way awake. In order for them to get fully awake they drink coffee and drink or eat a lot of sugar to help them stay awake. Sleepy students or any student should be able to sleep each day at school for 30 minutes. Taking naps helos students wake up and get full alert on what's going on around them at school. Naps should be something schools should really consider looking at. The easiest way, and more healthful than cafefeine, to overcome tiredness during the day is to take naps. Not an hour nap but a quick 20 min. "power nap." Power naps helps students feel more awake and mentally alert on what is going on around them during school hours. Nap time might help boost test scores also. During study hall or anywhere, teachers should spare 30 mins each day. Some claim that taking naps really isn't worth wasting time over and that it takes away from learning. A quick 30 or even 20 minute nap can change a lot on that learning.
My Thinking:
This paragraph is deductive thinking based on the facts and the quotes that are given.
Source:
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Remembering 9/11
9/11 is the day that noone will never forget. It made such an impact on many people, it has changed many lives around the world. I believe that the people that hijacked the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center should be tortured and be brought to lots of pain just like they caused many people in the world. So many people were killed and there family's now have to live with there loved ones gone. I don't remember 9/11, I don't know what I was doing that day but I know this was a day of horror and pain.
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