List of complaints begins with "He..."
1. Why do they repeat it?
They repeat it because the listed offenses have been committed repeatedly.
2. Why do they make it personal?
They are hoping that by making the complaints personal to the people, the people will recognize their faults and be instilled with a new desire to change their ways.
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
The D.I. anticipates that the people of the independent colonies are more likely to suffer than to change because they do not want to leave behind what they are used to.
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
parallelism: when a writer uses similar grammatical forms or sentence patterns to express ideas of equal importance.
The D.I. uses "He..." and "For..." to represent that everything they are saying shares the same amount of importance.
5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? Why?
The most convincing thing that stands out to me is when the D.I. states that the colonies are no longer controlled by the British government, but is now independent. This stands out to me because this shows to the people that some serious change is about to occur in how the government is run.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage by Mark Twain
-John Grey is a farmer
-the setting is a small town, Deerlick
-Reverend John Hurly
-Mary Grey is John Grey's father and she wants to marry Hugh Gregory
-Sarah/Sally Grey is John's wife, Mary's mother
-Tom Grey is Mary's brother
-David Grey-very rich, brother to John, hates Hugh because he tried to cheat Hugh's father out of money/land and Hugh stopped him
-David and John don't like each other
-George Wayne/Count Hubert Dee Fountingblow/Jean Mercier
-David Grey and Hugh Gregory get in a tiff
-David Grey is murdered and Hugh Gregory is in jail for it
-the count pursues Mary Grey
-Hugh and Mary are trying to send each other messages, but John keeps them from doing so
-The count is going to marry Mary, but the hanging is scheduled for the same day as the wedding.
-Hugh doesn't get hung, the count is guilty of David Grey's murder
-Hugh and Mary get married.
-The count wanted to marry Mary to get her fortune that was to be left to her by her uncle, David Grey
-Jean Mercier talks about his revenge on Jules Verne and how he came to the prairie that he was in in the first place. (Mark Twain uses Jules Verne as a kind of condescending character in his book to directly reference the circumstance in which Jules Verne published a work that was almost exactly like what Twain was working on).
-the setting is a small town, Deerlick
-Reverend John Hurly
-Mary Grey is John Grey's father and she wants to marry Hugh Gregory
-Sarah/Sally Grey is John's wife, Mary's mother
-Tom Grey is Mary's brother
-David Grey-very rich, brother to John, hates Hugh because he tried to cheat Hugh's father out of money/land and Hugh stopped him
-David and John don't like each other
-George Wayne/Count Hubert Dee Fountingblow/Jean Mercier
-David Grey and Hugh Gregory get in a tiff
-David Grey is murdered and Hugh Gregory is in jail for it
-the count pursues Mary Grey
-Hugh and Mary are trying to send each other messages, but John keeps them from doing so
-The count is going to marry Mary, but the hanging is scheduled for the same day as the wedding.
-Hugh doesn't get hung, the count is guilty of David Grey's murder
-Hugh and Mary get married.
-The count wanted to marry Mary to get her fortune that was to be left to her by her uncle, David Grey
-Jean Mercier talks about his revenge on Jules Verne and how he came to the prairie that he was in in the first place. (Mark Twain uses Jules Verne as a kind of condescending character in his book to directly reference the circumstance in which Jules Verne published a work that was almost exactly like what Twain was working on).
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Unit 4 Research
Mark Twain got his name when he worked as a riverboat pilot. When there were two fathoms of water, (two fathoms is the same as 12 feet) calling out "mark twain!" meant that it was safe to navigate the boat.
Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. His books are controversial because the inappropriate word to describe African Americans is used, and also just the fact that African Americans are used as characters in his books (this was a lot more controversial when Mark Twain first wrote his books). Mark Twain was born in Hannibal, Missouri and growing up as a boy said his only real academic skill was spelling. Mark Twain married an Olivia Langdon. They had four children, 3 of which died. The only one that survived, a girl named Clara, had one child who died. Because of this, there are no relations to Mark Twain living today. Mark Twain's two arguably most famous books are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Irony-using words that are contrary to their actual meaning; saying something and meaning something else.
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
-The song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette is ironic because she is singing about irony, but her song doesn't contain any irony; that's what makes it ironic. Ha ha.
-Alanis Morissette "Ironic" Lyrics. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html
Jules Verne was an author during the same time period as Mark Twain. He wrote works such as Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Mark Twain and Jules Verne were both the great writers of their time.
Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. His books are controversial because the inappropriate word to describe African Americans is used, and also just the fact that African Americans are used as characters in his books (this was a lot more controversial when Mark Twain first wrote his books). Mark Twain was born in Hannibal, Missouri and growing up as a boy said his only real academic skill was spelling. Mark Twain married an Olivia Langdon. They had four children, 3 of which died. The only one that survived, a girl named Clara, had one child who died. Because of this, there are no relations to Mark Twain living today. Mark Twain's two arguably most famous books are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Irony-using words that are contrary to their actual meaning; saying something and meaning something else.
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures
-The song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette is ironic because she is singing about irony, but her song doesn't contain any irony; that's what makes it ironic. Ha ha.
-Alanis Morissette "Ironic" Lyrics. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html
Jules Verne was an author during the same time period as Mark Twain. He wrote works such as Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Mark Twain and Jules Verne were both the great writers of their time.
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher
-Unity of Effect: single overall feeling
-Poe had a plan/purpose for everything; his particular focus was exploring the strange, fantastic, conveying psychological terror through carefully chosen details and events.
-Mood: the feeling or atmosphere; obtained by the word choice, how the story is set up.
The narrator goes to the house of Usher to visit his friend. The friend and his sister are connected to the house, and because they are damned and dying, the house is slowly dying along with them. They are the last members of their family. Roderick is a hypochondriac, sensitive to everything. He himself looks dead. He ends up entombing his sister alive to "end her suffering," but he can hear her scratching at the coffin and screaming. She escapes her encasement and finds Roderick, and the two die along with the house. The narrator leaves the house before it crumbles to the ground and is absorbed by the swampy land that it stood on.
-Unity of Effect: single overall feeling
-Poe had a plan/purpose for everything; his particular focus was exploring the strange, fantastic, conveying psychological terror through carefully chosen details and events.
-Mood: the feeling or atmosphere; obtained by the word choice, how the story is set up.
The narrator goes to the house of Usher to visit his friend. The friend and his sister are connected to the house, and because they are damned and dying, the house is slowly dying along with them. They are the last members of their family. Roderick is a hypochondriac, sensitive to everything. He himself looks dead. He ends up entombing his sister alive to "end her suffering," but he can hear her scratching at the coffin and screaming. She escapes her encasement and finds Roderick, and the two die along with the house. The narrator leaves the house before it crumbles to the ground and is absorbed by the swampy land that it stood on.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Signalman by Charles Dickens
-A spector is a ghost.
Summary:
The signalman is visited by a man, and they become friends in a way. The man is interested in why the signalman is spooked. The signalman tells the man the story about the strange happenings that have taken place at his post. There's a ghost that appears before an accident is going to take place, but the signalman doesn't know when or where or how the accident is going to happen. At the end, the signalman hears the ghost again and walks on to the train tracks to investigate. He hears the ghosts warning and sees him, but he doesn't hear the train that is approaching. The train instructor man is yelling warnings and waving at the signalman, but the signalman doesn't even seem to notice. THe man at the top of the hill is even shouting down fro the signalman to "watch out!" But he doesn't hear. The signalman gets hit by the train and dies.
Summary:
The signalman is visited by a man, and they become friends in a way. The man is interested in why the signalman is spooked. The signalman tells the man the story about the strange happenings that have taken place at his post. There's a ghost that appears before an accident is going to take place, but the signalman doesn't know when or where or how the accident is going to happen. At the end, the signalman hears the ghost again and walks on to the train tracks to investigate. He hears the ghosts warning and sees him, but he doesn't hear the train that is approaching. The train instructor man is yelling warnings and waving at the signalman, but the signalman doesn't even seem to notice. THe man at the top of the hill is even shouting down fro the signalman to "watch out!" But he doesn't hear. The signalman gets hit by the train and dies.
The Raven
The Raven is a poem by Edgar Allen Poe that tells a story about a man that is grieving over his lost love. A raven appears and sits in his room, speaking only "nevermore." The man takes this as some kind of sign and asks the bird questions that he knows will be answered as "nevermore," and that will make him sad; the man likes being sad.
-the raven is a bird of prophecy; associated with mystery, evil omens, and death.
- end rhyme: similar or identical sounds at the ends of lines
-internal rhymes: rhymes within a line
-rhyme scheme: the basic pattern of the end rhymes (A,B,C,B,B...etc.)
-the raven is a bird of prophecy; associated with mystery, evil omens, and death.
- end rhyme: similar or identical sounds at the ends of lines
-internal rhymes: rhymes within a line
-rhyme scheme: the basic pattern of the end rhymes (A,B,C,B,B...etc.)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Danse Macabre by Stephen King (Dance of Death) The Masque of Red Death
-big bug behind the door- getting to the door is the scariest part; behind the door is a relief. It's a no win situation-must find out what is behind the door eventually, can't drag out the suspense for too long or it loses its effect.
Allegory: two layers of meaning; most of the persons, objects, and events stand for abstract ideas or qualities. (In Danse Macabre, the masked man represents the red death; this is an allegory)
The Masque of Red Death
-Prince Prospero and his friends went into the abbey to try and avoid the plague.
-Prince Prospero had musicians, food, wine, and dancing within the abbey; it was like a big party whereas outside the abbey was just a lot of death and despair.
-Black and scarlet "apartment," like death ebony, monotonous clock that announces the hour, and as it does so, all that are partying stop/pause for a moment to aknowledge it, just for a moment until it's done chiming the hour. (disconcert, tremulousness, meditation instilled in the people by the chiming of the clock)
-Imagery with the description of the scene and how the clock makes all go silent and then light laughter and resuming partying.
-Masked stranger in the ballroom instills in the people surprise, then terror, horror, and disgust.
-masked man represents death-dressed like death, all are afraid of his "gaunt" figure-blood on himself
-Prince Prospero orders his courtiers to seize the dark intruder, and says he shall be hanged come morning, but no one will go near enough to the dark man to seize him.
-the masked man's costume is "untenanted by any tangible form"-represents the plague and that no one can escape from it. "He" kills everyone, and the clock stops chiming.
Allegory: two layers of meaning; most of the persons, objects, and events stand for abstract ideas or qualities. (In Danse Macabre, the masked man represents the red death; this is an allegory)
The Masque of Red Death
-Prince Prospero and his friends went into the abbey to try and avoid the plague.
-Prince Prospero had musicians, food, wine, and dancing within the abbey; it was like a big party whereas outside the abbey was just a lot of death and despair.
-Black and scarlet "apartment," like death ebony, monotonous clock that announces the hour, and as it does so, all that are partying stop/pause for a moment to aknowledge it, just for a moment until it's done chiming the hour. (disconcert, tremulousness, meditation instilled in the people by the chiming of the clock)
-Imagery with the description of the scene and how the clock makes all go silent and then light laughter and resuming partying.
-Masked stranger in the ballroom instills in the people surprise, then terror, horror, and disgust.
-masked man represents death-dressed like death, all are afraid of his "gaunt" figure-blood on himself
-Prince Prospero orders his courtiers to seize the dark intruder, and says he shall be hanged come morning, but no one will go near enough to the dark man to seize him.
-the masked man's costume is "untenanted by any tangible form"-represents the plague and that no one can escape from it. "He" kills everyone, and the clock stops chiming.
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