In A Raisin' In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, she shows her readers what a few weeks is like in the lives of the Youngers family in South side Chicago in the 1950s. When the play starts Mrs. Youngers is about to receive a $10,000 insurance check from her recently deceased husband Mr. Youngers. Everybody in the house has a different idea of what Mrs. Youngers should do with that money. Her son Walter Lee thinks that she should give it to him so that he can invest in opening a liquor store, and her daughter Beneatha thinks that she should keep it to herself or spend it on her going to medical school. Mrs. Youngers wants to spend it on her grandson Travis, because his family is going through a financial crisis and he has been wearing the same shoes since last semester.
I think that some of the themes in this book so far are; The importance of family, and The value and purpose of dreams. I say the importance of family because they are all working together to help each other in some way but then there is always one person working against them. Walter Lee is working against Beneatha, Ruth is working against Mrs. Youngers etc. The value of purpose and dreams because Walter Lee and Beneatha both have dreams tat they value and want to accomplish and are willing to take their father's insurance policy money to get it but they know it's wrong and want to either keep it for Mama or the other, and that's where it goes back to the importance of family.
I think that the protagonist- Walter Lee is going to do something reckless like try to steal Mama's money and end up getting caught.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Romeo and Juliet
My class recently watched the well known Shakespeare classic "Romeo and Juliet", but this was the modernized version with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. This was a very interesting movie, they kept the characters very well. They still spoke in verse like the original Shakespeare production but they were in a more modern time period where there were cellphones and gas stations.
Juliet's cousin Tybalt did not want Juliet to be with Romeo, but that did not stop the "Star cross'd lovers" from staying away from each other. They had a secret marriage that only Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet knew about. Tybalt had always been on the sidelines causing problems with Romeo and when he finally confronted him he ended up killing one of Romeo's best friends Mercutio. When this happened Romeo went after Tybalt and shot him to death. Romeo's cousin Benvolio told on Romeo and Romeo was banished from Verona.
One of the major problems with Romeo's being banished- other than the obvious he won't be with Juliet- was that Juliet was definitely going to have to marry the man that her parents want her to marry- Paris. To keep this from happening the day before the wedding Juliet drank a potion that Friar Lawrence gave her that would make her pulse go down and would make her sleep for twenty hours. When this happened the Friar would tell everybody that she had died, thusly escaping the dreaded marriage. Twenty hours later she would awaken and go to Romeo. The fatal flaw in this plan was that Romeo was no told about this, and when she was found dead Paris went to Romeo and informed him of the news. Romeo lost it and went back to Verona and bought a poison so that he could lay dead next to his love and they could be together.
There is an ongoing war going on with the Montagues and the Capulets, so you can imagine the damage of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet getting married was going to be considered absurd and they would not be able to have a normal open relationship together.
Mercutio even in death contributed to Romeo and Juliet's deaths. When he saw that Tybalt was beating Romeo, he went after him and got himself stabbed in the stomach. Romeo had no other chance then to avenge his friends death by killing Tybalt in return, and the price he had to pay was on unfaithful cousin and one banishment from Verona.
The last people to contribute to Romeo and Juliet's death was... Romeo and Juliet themselves. Their passionate love for each other was so intense that it clouded their thoughts and common sense. When Romeo heard of Juliet's "death" instead of thinking maybe she's not dead, or responding in any other way. All he wanted to do was lay with his wife once again even in death and go "up above" and rest with her there in peace. So he returns straight back to Verona which causes a wild goose chase and goes straight to the Apothecary and buys his most fatal poison. He goes to the church where Juliet "rests" and talks to her corpse stroking her hair. Then he drinks the poison and dies. Juliet's contribution was when she did not tell Romeo her plan and then when she woke up when Romeo was at her death bed and stared at him for too long when she realized that he was drinking poison it was too late. She kissed his lips hoping that there would be some drops of poison left, but there was not. So she took the gun that Romeo had with him and shot herself in the head.
In conclusion just about all of the characters in this movie all did something openly or subliminally that all lead up to Romeo and Juliet dying (for real) in each other's hands.
Juliet's cousin Tybalt did not want Juliet to be with Romeo, but that did not stop the "Star cross'd lovers" from staying away from each other. They had a secret marriage that only Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet knew about. Tybalt had always been on the sidelines causing problems with Romeo and when he finally confronted him he ended up killing one of Romeo's best friends Mercutio. When this happened Romeo went after Tybalt and shot him to death. Romeo's cousin Benvolio told on Romeo and Romeo was banished from Verona.
One of the major problems with Romeo's being banished- other than the obvious he won't be with Juliet- was that Juliet was definitely going to have to marry the man that her parents want her to marry- Paris. To keep this from happening the day before the wedding Juliet drank a potion that Friar Lawrence gave her that would make her pulse go down and would make her sleep for twenty hours. When this happened the Friar would tell everybody that she had died, thusly escaping the dreaded marriage. Twenty hours later she would awaken and go to Romeo. The fatal flaw in this plan was that Romeo was no told about this, and when she was found dead Paris went to Romeo and informed him of the news. Romeo lost it and went back to Verona and bought a poison so that he could lay dead next to his love and they could be together.
There is an ongoing war going on with the Montagues and the Capulets, so you can imagine the damage of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet getting married was going to be considered absurd and they would not be able to have a normal open relationship together.
Mercutio even in death contributed to Romeo and Juliet's deaths. When he saw that Tybalt was beating Romeo, he went after him and got himself stabbed in the stomach. Romeo had no other chance then to avenge his friends death by killing Tybalt in return, and the price he had to pay was on unfaithful cousin and one banishment from Verona.
The last people to contribute to Romeo and Juliet's death was... Romeo and Juliet themselves. Their passionate love for each other was so intense that it clouded their thoughts and common sense. When Romeo heard of Juliet's "death" instead of thinking maybe she's not dead, or responding in any other way. All he wanted to do was lay with his wife once again even in death and go "up above" and rest with her there in peace. So he returns straight back to Verona which causes a wild goose chase and goes straight to the Apothecary and buys his most fatal poison. He goes to the church where Juliet "rests" and talks to her corpse stroking her hair. Then he drinks the poison and dies. Juliet's contribution was when she did not tell Romeo her plan and then when she woke up when Romeo was at her death bed and stared at him for too long when she realized that he was drinking poison it was too late. She kissed his lips hoping that there would be some drops of poison left, but there was not. So she took the gun that Romeo had with him and shot herself in the head.
In conclusion just about all of the characters in this movie all did something openly or subliminally that all lead up to Romeo and Juliet dying (for real) in each other's hands.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Antagonist/ Author Patterns
In Vampire Diaries: The Return Series #2 Shadow Souls by L.J Smith, Elena Gilbert's boyfriends Stefan Salvatore was captured by the Kitsune Twins, Shinichi and Misao. The map to wear Stefan is located is in Damon -Stefan's evil younger brother- in the "Darkest Dimension" and she has to travel there with him. Damon wants Elena, and he hates Stefan. The only reason that he is helping because in one of Elena's other lives she made them swear to protect each other and her, she said this when she was dying on the floor. Damon is a man of his word and protects his brother and does not Influence Elena into "being with him".
I find that the Antagonist in the story is Damon, he is technically against Elena and Stefan though he is helping them out tremendously. He is extremely annoyed with the fact that he knows that he cannot have Elena, and it belongs to his "stupid younger brother". In one chapter he was being very mean to Elena, he was giving her the longest silent treatment, and making snide comments. Whenever she tried to touch him he would jerk away from her. He finally had a moment where he practically lost it, he grabbed her and kissed her, he smashed a window, he screamed at her to "leave him alone", and then he told her to run away. I was personally worried for Elena's sanity and health, you're in the room with an out of control vampire that's telling you to run away from him before he ends up hurting you and you're just yelling back claiming that you're not phased by his temper? I don't think that makes much sense if you ask me.
I find that there are a lot of Setting and Author Patterns. Usually what L.J Smith does is after every chapter ends she will switch to another scene with the other main characters so: Matt, Bonnie, Meredith etc. I have noticed that she is:
I find that the Antagonist in the story is Damon, he is technically against Elena and Stefan though he is helping them out tremendously. He is extremely annoyed with the fact that he knows that he cannot have Elena, and it belongs to his "stupid younger brother". In one chapter he was being very mean to Elena, he was giving her the longest silent treatment, and making snide comments. Whenever she tried to touch him he would jerk away from her. He finally had a moment where he practically lost it, he grabbed her and kissed her, he smashed a window, he screamed at her to "leave him alone", and then he told her to run away. I was personally worried for Elena's sanity and health, you're in the room with an out of control vampire that's telling you to run away from him before he ends up hurting you and you're just yelling back claiming that you're not phased by his temper? I don't think that makes much sense if you ask me.
I find that there are a lot of Setting and Author Patterns. Usually what L.J Smith does is after every chapter ends she will switch to another scene with the other main characters so: Matt, Bonnie, Meredith etc. I have noticed that she is:
- Staying in Damon's perspective.
- Staying in Elena and Damon's scene.
When I noticed this I realized that something big was going to happen between them and that it was going to be explosive. Damon and Elena were always in a situation where they were in close proximity to each other and the tension and awkwardness level kept on rising. It felt as if you could just reach out and touch it. This is also when I noticed these things. I am reading this book from my Nook Tablet ® and I am making copious notes of everything, patterns I'm noticing, funny phrases and lines, and metaphors that I find interesting. It's all leading up to one big event that I can feel coming and it's going to be big; they always are. What will happen next?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Nominated Mentor!!
My Blog Mentor nominee is Gabi!! I chose Gabi because she is very passionate with her writing. She shows that she has put work and thought into it. She always has something new to say about her current Independent Reading book! The way she formats everything her reader will really understand, she will give a brief retell of where she is in the story, pick and idea, and then elaborate and explain the idea. She will stretch it out and make some type of logical reasoning out of it. She is a great example of good blog posts that I know I can go to as a good recourse.
Gabi also is very good at making her book sound great, meaning that other people will want to read it. For her post for the Hunger Games the way Gabi explained the story made me really want to read it. I was never really a fan of the Hunger Games and after I read her post I started thinking Hmm... maybe this isn't such a bad book after all? I thought that was pretty amazing because I'm very stubborn especially when it comes to my likes and dislikes and the fact that Gabi could make me even reconsider my thoughts on the Hunger Games says a lot about her as a writer, and a lot about her as a person. All in all her posts are really great and I hope she keeps writing them!
Link: http://www.myclubhouseforbooks.blogspot.com
Gabi also is very good at making her book sound great, meaning that other people will want to read it. For her post for the Hunger Games the way Gabi explained the story made me really want to read it. I was never really a fan of the Hunger Games and after I read her post I started thinking Hmm... maybe this isn't such a bad book after all? I thought that was pretty amazing because I'm very stubborn especially when it comes to my likes and dislikes and the fact that Gabi could make me even reconsider my thoughts on the Hunger Games says a lot about her as a writer, and a lot about her as a person. All in all her posts are really great and I hope she keeps writing them!
Link: http://www.myclubhouseforbooks.blogspot.com
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