Wednesday, March 6, 2013
March Lit Analysis
I've chosen to read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. I haven't started reading yet, but the title seemed interesting to me. Hopefully the book is just as interesting as the title.
BNW Ch.7
-meet John (son of director)
-his mother is Linda from Director's story
-Lenina is disgusted by Linda
-explains that she used contraceptives but something went wrong
-couldn't get an abortion on the reservation
-ashamed to return home with a baby
-used routines from home (sleeping with any man)
-women in village hated her for doing those things practiced at home
BNW ch.6
-Bernard doesn't want to take soma
-wants to feel like an individual
-eventually takes soma
-he wants to visit the reservation
-director tells of a story of how he went with a girl and she got lost
-realizes that he's revealed too much personal info.
-Bernard gets threatened to get moved to Iceland
-Lenina and Bernard go to the reservation
-forgets to turn off tap
-calls Helmholtz to turn it off
-tells him they're following through with exile to Iceland
Lit Terms Applied
I feel that our quizzes on these lit terms is very challenging. I'm really good at memorization, but having to recognize these terms in context is really hard for me. It's not that these words themselves are difficult it's just trying to be able to pick them out in a paragraph is hard.
Brave New World Ch.5
Chapter 5
-Lenina and Henry fly over a crematorium
-take somas
-oblivious to the world around them
-remember contraceptives
-solidarity service
-pass around soma and while playing rousing hymns
-orgy porgy
-Bernard feels more isolated
-Lenina and Henry fly over a crematorium
-take somas
-oblivious to the world around them
-remember contraceptives
-solidarity service
-pass around soma and while playing rousing hymns
-orgy porgy
-Bernard feels more isolated
Brave New World ch.4
Chapter 4
-Go down go down (repetition)
-sexual description (simile)
-sexual encounter (extended metaphor)
-looking into distance ( extended metaphor)
-Rook? (rhetorical)
-benito hoover
-size is a universal ideal
-Bernard feels out of place
-gets made fun of for being different
-Helmholtz is similar to Bernard
-curious of other life besides what they're taught
-Go down go down (repetition)
-sexual description (simile)
-sexual encounter (extended metaphor)
-looking into distance ( extended metaphor)
-Rook? (rhetorical)
-benito hoover
-size is a universal ideal
-Bernard feels out of place
-gets made fun of for being different
-Helmholtz is similar to Bernard
-curious of other life besides what they're taught
Brave New World 2&3
Chapter 2
-torture the babies to train them
-taught the babies not to like books or flowers
-flowers kept them from transport
-not supposed to like nature
-tried to teach kids in their sleep
-kids repeat what they heard in their sleep
-hypnopaedia to train the kids
Chapter 3
-children involve in erotic play
-Mustapha Mond: on of the top ten world controllers
-young girls take contraceptives
-no families or mothers
-everyone belongs to everyone else
-Lenina has been with Henry for four months
-this is frowned upon
-she needs to be with another man besides just one man
-Lenina has found another man to engage with Bernard Marx
-they don't get old
-torture the babies to train them
-taught the babies not to like books or flowers
-flowers kept them from transport
-not supposed to like nature
-tried to teach kids in their sleep
-kids repeat what they heard in their sleep
-hypnopaedia to train the kids
Chapter 3
-children involve in erotic play
-Mustapha Mond: on of the top ten world controllers
-young girls take contraceptives
-no families or mothers
-everyone belongs to everyone else
-Lenina has been with Henry for four months
-this is frowned upon
-she needs to be with another man besides just one man
-Lenina has found another man to engage with Bernard Marx
-they don't get old
Brave New World Notes
Foreward
- utopian or savage
- story is supposed to be about the future
- advancement of science
- science is the future
- in favor of conservatives
- negative attitude towards the judgement of humanity
- Bokanovskified eggs will bud, proliferate, divide
- His process leads to social stability
- 96 is the limit
- Podsnap's technique accelerated the process of ripening
- advancement of maturity
Literary Analysis: The Loved One
General
1. The plot of the novel is that a woman, Aimee, is stuck in love between two men, Dennis and Mr. Joyboy. Dennis Barlow is an English poet who works at a pets cemetery. He falls in love with Aimee, but has a poor way of showing affection. Mr. Joyboy works at a human cemetery, and he works with Aimee. He also falls in love with her, but he shows his love to her. Aimee becomes conflicted about who to choose as her husband because she loved both men, but in different ways. In the end she commits suicide as her final decision.
2. The theme of the novel to me to point out imperfection. Aimee realized the imperfections in both men which made who decision to choose even harder. She found out that Dennis worked at a pet cemetery and that he copied other poets. Mr. Joyboy's flaw was that he was in a way a momma's boy.
3. The tone I took away from the story was confusion. Everything seemed so complicated for all the characters. Neither men knew who would get to keep Aimee for themselves, and Aimee was confused about who to pick.
4. One literary element is style. The story is told in third person with a very dramatic point of view. Syntax was also included by the way the author added excerpts from poems into the story. Also the diction because sometimes it was written in old time English when reading the poems. The dialogue would change too from Aimee talking to Dennis in a casual form and to Mr. Joyboy in a more proper way. Finally the point of view being dramatic from Aimee's side.
Characterization
1. The author uses direct characterization in expressing Dennis' love for Aimee. He's very straight forward about it and tells her that he wants to get married. Direct characterization is also used in describing the Hollywood life. People talk of how it's a disgrace for a man like Dennis to work at a pet cemetery. Indirect characterization is used in reading into who Aimee wants to marry. She seemed very indecisive to me. It's also used in revealing that Mr. Joyboy lives with his mom because he seemed like the type of man who would live on his own in a nice house.
2. There was a small change in diction because Aimee spoke to Dennis very casually and then would talk to Mr. Joyboy more properly.
3. The protagonist, Dennis, was dynamic because he went from lying about his work to loving Aimee and admitting his faults. In the end he writes a poem for her like she'd always wanted because he truly loved her.
4. I definitely came away feeling like I'd met the characters. I felt most connected to Aimee because I felt so bad for her in having to make the decisions that she was forced to make.
First Quarter Review
a.) So far this semester I was doing really good on completing the required assignments, but recently I fell behind a little. I'm getting the work done now and I'm not going to be slacking off from here on. For the senior project my group hasn't done much yet, but we know what we have to do to finish the project on time.
b.) My goal for the rest of the semester is to finish strong. I want to get all my work done on time and find time to study as much as I can. I'm aiming to stay away from senioritis.
c.) I guess the only suggestion I have is to prepare more for the AP test. The free periods to work on what needs to get done is helpful, but occasionally I think we should work as a class instead of as an individual.
b.) My goal for the rest of the semester is to finish strong. I want to get all my work done on time and find time to study as much as I can. I'm aiming to stay away from senioritis.
c.) I guess the only suggestion I have is to prepare more for the AP test. The free periods to work on what needs to get done is helpful, but occasionally I think we should work as a class instead of as an individual.
Literary Analysis: Great Expectations
General
1. The novel is about a boy named Pip who lost his parents and lives with his sister and her husband. Later he meets a man at the churchyard who threatens him and makes him do as he says. Out of fear Pip starts stealing for the man. Then he meets another character, Estella, who he falls madly in love with. Estella is taught to hurt boys because that's how her mother was taught. Pip still tries to win her over, but has to move to London for schooling. He received a large fortune and blew most of it while living with a friend in London. While away his sister, Mrs. Joe, passes away and he returns home for the funeral service. When he was in town he discovered that the fortune he had received came from the man in the churchyard. After all that he had gone through he still managed to unite with his love Estella in the end.
2. The theme in this novel is ambition. This is because Pip had the ambition that led him back to Estella and not giving up on trying for her. He went through a long journey with having to move and dealing with loss, but didn't lose hope.
3. The tone I felt from reading was a sense of loss and determination. Obviously if I was in his shoes I'd feel a little more sorrow due to having no family, but for him it just brings about determination. Even through his hard times he had determination to go back to Estella.
4. Allusions were used in the novel in the fact that Dicken's based the story off of his own life. Also the diction because it was written in an older era. Along with diction is the syntax for the way Dicken's categorized the journey of Pip's life. The tone was also important because it really made me in a way feel bad for Pip.
Characterization
1. Dickens used direct characterization in describing Pip by expressing everyone of his actions. He also used direct characterization when telling of how Estella is taught to deal with guys. Indirect characterization is used on Miss Havisham because she's indirectly the problem. She seems like she's helping Pip, but she's really doing things for her own benefit.
2. I didn't notice a change in diction or syntax when focusing on different characters.
3. The protagonist, Pip, definitely is dynamic. Throughout the novel he goes from fairly immature to realizing importance and becoming a man.
4. After reading the novel I came away feeling like I'd met Pip and experienced the journey with him. The author really did a good job at allowing the reader to connect to the character.
1. The novel is about a boy named Pip who lost his parents and lives with his sister and her husband. Later he meets a man at the churchyard who threatens him and makes him do as he says. Out of fear Pip starts stealing for the man. Then he meets another character, Estella, who he falls madly in love with. Estella is taught to hurt boys because that's how her mother was taught. Pip still tries to win her over, but has to move to London for schooling. He received a large fortune and blew most of it while living with a friend in London. While away his sister, Mrs. Joe, passes away and he returns home for the funeral service. When he was in town he discovered that the fortune he had received came from the man in the churchyard. After all that he had gone through he still managed to unite with his love Estella in the end.
2. The theme in this novel is ambition. This is because Pip had the ambition that led him back to Estella and not giving up on trying for her. He went through a long journey with having to move and dealing with loss, but didn't lose hope.
3. The tone I felt from reading was a sense of loss and determination. Obviously if I was in his shoes I'd feel a little more sorrow due to having no family, but for him it just brings about determination. Even through his hard times he had determination to go back to Estella.
4. Allusions were used in the novel in the fact that Dicken's based the story off of his own life. Also the diction because it was written in an older era. Along with diction is the syntax for the way Dicken's categorized the journey of Pip's life. The tone was also important because it really made me in a way feel bad for Pip.
Characterization
1. Dickens used direct characterization in describing Pip by expressing everyone of his actions. He also used direct characterization when telling of how Estella is taught to deal with guys. Indirect characterization is used on Miss Havisham because she's indirectly the problem. She seems like she's helping Pip, but she's really doing things for her own benefit.
2. I didn't notice a change in diction or syntax when focusing on different characters.
3. The protagonist, Pip, definitely is dynamic. Throughout the novel he goes from fairly immature to realizing importance and becoming a man.
4. After reading the novel I came away feeling like I'd met Pip and experienced the journey with him. The author really did a good job at allowing the reader to connect to the character.
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