Literary Fiction & Empathy

Reading fiction can help you understand others because you can make up a character and pretend to have it be the one you are trying to know more about.

What I Meant To Say Was

In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer satires the peoples way of life and writes them into characters stories. The use of subject matter, tone and characterization forms his writing style.

Green Eggs & Hamlet

A. I know nothing about Hamlet. I have heard of the writing before but am not sure about it.
B. I know that Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
C. Students do not like when they here Shakespeare because his writing is usually long and wordy. It is also hard to understand.
D. I am not sure how to make studying this more fun. I think we should discuss this in class to get an opinion from everyone.

Vocabulary #7/ End of Journey

Shenanigans- Mischief 

Ricochet- The motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding
 
Schism- Division

Eschew- To keep way from

Plethora- Overabundance

Ebullient- High spirited

Garrulous- Excessively talkative in a rambling

Harangue- A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack

Interdependence- The quality or condition of being interdependent
 
Capricious- Subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change
 
Loquacious- Talkative 

Ephemeral- Lasting a very short time

Inchoate- Not yet completed 

Juxtapose- To place side by side

Perspicacious- Having keen mental perception and understanding
 
Codswallop- Nonsense 

Mungo- A low-grade wool from felted rags
 
Sesquipedelian- Given to using long words

Wonky- Unsteady

Dipthong- An unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound

 I am glad that I left with everyone at the station because we have started on a great journey together. We have decided to go to the institute together. From there we would discover what happens next. The journey took 3 days to get there and we each took turns driving so that way there was no lost time. 
Something very strange occurred when we arrived at the institute. There was nobody at the gate to let us in. I thought it was codswallop because you would think someone would be there. The minute we go out of the car Hingle Mcringleberry, Quatro Quatro, and Sequester Migriclle M.D. were up to there usual Shenanigans. We went inside the facility and discovered again that no one was there. In the office we saw that it was filled with sand and camel drawings. It took us several hours and then the Scholar finally figured out what the drawings meant. We were to find a camel and it will show us the way. In the back or the lot there were dozens of camels there and the minute we sat on one they took off towards the ocean. The ride was Ephemeral because we did not walk that far before we stopped at the ocean. We borrowed the boat that that was there and Quatro Quatro shot a gun and the bullet Ricochet the steal frame and put a hole in the boat. We had to think fast and decided to patch it with mungo. After going for about a week with no end in sight we reached land. When we got off the boat the camels just disappeared and we learned that we have reached are destination. The scholar had announced that we had arrived in Egypt.

If I Just Had More Time

I could have prepared better and more efficiently if I would have started to study weeks before instead of just a week. But I think I did well on the essay and vocab part. I only had time to write down so many vocab words because I had to manage my time and write my essay as well.

Literature Analysis #2

David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens

1. In the beginning of David Copperfield David is a happy child who lives with his mother and servant Miss Peggotty. All of this changes once David's mother marries a man by the name of Mr. Murdstone. As the story progresses David is not happy anymore because he is constantly getting beaten by his step father. As the story comes to an end David is happy once again.

2. The theme of David Copperfield is that a boy named David is trying to grow up but is constantly changing from happy to sad throughout the book.

3. Charles Dickens tone towards David is that he wants you to feel sorry for him. An example is that he is getting beaten by his step father and can't do anything about it." Dickens also wants you to feel happy for David as well. An example is when he meets a girl named Emily. This is giving him a friend that he can finally spend some time with.

4. Literature Elements/ Techniques

   1. Indirect Characterization- An example is when Mr. Murdstone decides to said David to a Private school in London. This shows me that Mr. Murdstone wants to set David straight so that way he can finally become a good boy.

    2. Indirect Characterization- Another example is when David's Aunt and Mr. Dick become his legal guardians and Mr. Murdstone doesn't do a thing about it. This is showing me that he wants nothing to do with David.

    3. Allusion- An example is when David meets Emily for the first time. This is an allusion because I beleive that something more will come from them in the future. (I was write because they did get married for a time in the book but then broke up.)

    4. Symbolism- Mr. Murdstone symbolizes evil. Mr. Murdstone symbolizes evil because ever since the very beginning he has made David uncomfortable and scared.

    5. Symbolism- Another example is Peggotty. Peggotty symbolizes goodness and kindness. She is especially like this with David because she basically helped him grow up and was with him as best as she could be during the hard times. 

    6. Protagonist- The protagonist is David because he is just a boy and needs to be treated better and finds a way to survive it all and become a grown man. 

    7. Antagonist- The antagonist is Mr. Murdstone and hos sister Miss Murdstone. The two of them together are a mean force because they only care about themselves and what they think is right.

    8. Imagery- An example of imagery is when Charles describes David receiving his beating and how red his face is. You can only imagine the pain that the young boy is feeling. 

    9. Conflict- An example of conflict is when David marries Emily and they begin to argue hours after getting married. This is a problem because you are to be happy when married and not fighting.

    10. Diction and Syntax- This helped me understand everything because as Charles wrote you could feel how he wanted you to be with each character.

Characterization 

1. Direct Characterization- One example of Direct Characterization is when David's face is red and he is crying from the beatings. This is showing us that he is in pain. 

2. Yes, the author uses diction and syntax when focusing on different characters because for David he wants you to be on his side and when he goes to another character like Mr. Murdstone he wants you to feel how angry he really is.

3. David is a dynamic character because he has many changes throughout the story and he changes from happy to sad constantly. He is also a round character because you can tell everything about David throughout the story. You know his emotions and thoughts. 

4. I did come out feeling like I met David because he has gone through hard times but still managed to be ok.

Tale Of A Canterbury Tale

I am working in a group with Ian Steller, Lesther Valenzuela, Danny Luu, and Miranda Nillo. I am in charge of pages 228-285 in The Physician's Tale. Please go to their blogs and search Tale Of A Canterbury Tale to find there research.

The Physician's Tale

The daughter wanted to die before she was given shame.

Her head was cut off and brought to the judge.

The physician was exiled from the village.

Forsake sin or for sin you'll be forsaken.
     This is indirect characterization because it is saying that you will be hurt by your sins if you just forget about them.