Monday, May 6, 2013
Journal Topic
I feel pretty confident in my essays. I feel like the ones that I have written do not properly show my skills in essay writing, but I always write better under pressure. So I am not too worried about the AP exam. The only thing I need to work on is my opening sentence. I can never come up with a good hook, so I end up starting with "in the novel by so and so.." and I know that there is no way I can get a good score on the exam with that. So I plan to look at previous essay topics and just write opening sentences for 5 or 6 of them just to get more practice in. As far as multiple choice, I feel like I am ready to rock and roll. I feel confident. honestly... I just want the test to be over with. I'm tired of the stress.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Essay Day 4
In the novel the Kite Runner, the main character is taken over by guilt due to what he didn't do as a child. It ends up haunting him his entire life. This helps the meaning of the novel to really be brought out to the attention of the reader.
The main character witnesses his best friend being raped, and does nothing about it. Everyone knows he witnessed it and he could have stopped it. But he chose not to because he was afraid of conflict. so he avoided the situation and it ended up that he best friend had to move out of town. They broke all contact before the age of 10. They didn't end up rekindling their friendship until they were both full grown men but the friend had died from a sickness. This realization destroyed the main character.
The friend is a minor character. He role in the novel is small, but his role in the meaning of the novel is huge. He was the reason why the main character couldn't sleep at night and couldn't really ever move on past the terrible scene he witnessed as a young boy. He had troubles trusting people after that. He moved to America with his father and that helped him to forget, but it was always there in the back of his mind. To say that it ruined his life is an overstatement, but it for sure made a large impact.
This single event in the novel of the main character choosing not to stop the rape and choosing not to tell an adult about it helps to illuminate the central meaning of the work because it shows that what you do as a child will come back and hit you as an adult. What seemed like such a small decision at the time ended up being the biggest decision of his life. Yes, he ended up living happily ever after, but it took him 30 years to get to that point of being truly happy. All due to a lack of communication and lack of compassion as a child.
The main character witnesses his best friend being raped, and does nothing about it. Everyone knows he witnessed it and he could have stopped it. But he chose not to because he was afraid of conflict. so he avoided the situation and it ended up that he best friend had to move out of town. They broke all contact before the age of 10. They didn't end up rekindling their friendship until they were both full grown men but the friend had died from a sickness. This realization destroyed the main character.
The friend is a minor character. He role in the novel is small, but his role in the meaning of the novel is huge. He was the reason why the main character couldn't sleep at night and couldn't really ever move on past the terrible scene he witnessed as a young boy. He had troubles trusting people after that. He moved to America with his father and that helped him to forget, but it was always there in the back of his mind. To say that it ruined his life is an overstatement, but it for sure made a large impact.
This single event in the novel of the main character choosing not to stop the rape and choosing not to tell an adult about it helps to illuminate the central meaning of the work because it shows that what you do as a child will come back and hit you as an adult. What seemed like such a small decision at the time ended up being the biggest decision of his life. Yes, he ended up living happily ever after, but it took him 30 years to get to that point of being truly happy. All due to a lack of communication and lack of compassion as a child.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Essay Day 3
In the exerpt from Fasting, feasting by Anita Desai, Arun is confused and lacks understanding in his host families actions. The author uses speech and point of view to show the reader how he is really feeling.
Desai's use of an omniceint 3rd person point of view allows the reader to understand Arun's confusion and nervousness in lines 43-46. Arun does not understand why they prefer the country over the city. He sees the city as being a much better place to live. He feels safe and protected in the city, but in the country he feels alone and insecure. He decides that these people are crazy. His lake experience can be concluded as negative based on the passage.
The author uses phrases like "the hair on the back of his neck began to prickle, as if in warning." to show Arun's discomfort for the trip they are about to take. He seems to have this feeling of regret.
The diction that the author uses helps the reader to get a better image of Arun's discomfort and the fact that he doesn't want to go. Her words like sweaty, benighted, prickle, and pale are all examples of Arun's negative feelings.
Desai uses speech and point of view to show her readers how Arun is really feeling about the situation, even though he does not show it to his host family. She takes advantage of the omniscient point of view to really let the readers get inside his head and understand what is really going on.
Desai's use of an omniceint 3rd person point of view allows the reader to understand Arun's confusion and nervousness in lines 43-46. Arun does not understand why they prefer the country over the city. He sees the city as being a much better place to live. He feels safe and protected in the city, but in the country he feels alone and insecure. He decides that these people are crazy. His lake experience can be concluded as negative based on the passage.
The author uses phrases like "the hair on the back of his neck began to prickle, as if in warning." to show Arun's discomfort for the trip they are about to take. He seems to have this feeling of regret.
The diction that the author uses helps the reader to get a better image of Arun's discomfort and the fact that he doesn't want to go. Her words like sweaty, benighted, prickle, and pale are all examples of Arun's negative feelings.
Desai uses speech and point of view to show her readers how Arun is really feeling about the situation, even though he does not show it to his host family. She takes advantage of the omniscient point of view to really let the readers get inside his head and understand what is really going on.
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