Willa Cather in her novel "My Antonia" offers her view of pioneer times. This book could have been a tiny bit more interesting than it was, and it could have been done by changing the point of view.
I think the book would be a lot more interesting if it was told in Antonia's perspective. I think Antonia went through more difficult situarions than Jim. She went through getting pregnant before she was married, she planned to get married but her soon to be husband backed out, and her father committed suicide. I just think that the book would have been more meaningful to girls mainly, because we would get to take a look on how woman back then dealt with rough situations.
I think that Jim sounded a tiny bit fruity, feeling wise. I could tell a woman wrote the story because not many men talk about their feelings about things. I think Willa Cather should have told her story in a woman's point of view rather than a mans, due to the fact women tend to put their feelings into place, even if they do not need to.
I think Jim changed the title because he was in love with Antonia and they had been best friends for a while, so instead of just saying Antonia he wanted to show a little bit of ownership of her and named it "My Antonia."
All in all it was not the best book I have ever read, but it also was not the worst. The book "My Antonia" was just a happy medium for me.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Book Review
My book was Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper. The setting of my book is a little village in Africa, called Ziavi. The way Amari, the main character, described her village didn't seem real. I couldn't imagine having to live on dirt floors, with bamboo houses and having to sleep on the floor in a sleeping bag. The setting of Copper Sun doesn't change much throughtout the book. The main conflict in Copper Sun faced by Amari is how she reacts to being a slave and losing her family,because the white men killed them. A couple characters in the book are Amari and Afi. Amari is a 15 year old girl,and she is by far the most important character in the book. Amari was kidnapped from her village by white men who sold her to be a slave. The last character that is important is Afi. Afi is a woman that Amari met in Cape Coast Castle. Afi helped Amari throughout the book. She taught Amari to stay confident and to never to give up on something, and she taught her to stay alive and well also.
Effects of Setting
Author Willa Cather embedded literary devices, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, within her writing.
"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
Chunk #1: Comment the effect of the setting on the characters within the novel.
The setting effects Antonia in a few ways. Women and girls now do not have to be the stay at home mother, they are not expected to do all the inside work, or farming. So as Antonia learns to be a hard worker from her setting of a rural area. Jim's setting also effects him in the same way. From living in a rural area he has learned to be very respectful and a good worker.
Chunk #2: discuss the effect a setting on you, including imagery (lots of adjectives) and a simile or a metaphor as you describe the land.
The setting that effects me most is Batesville's setting. Living in a small town, it is like the town tattles on you twenty four seven. Batesville has made me into the young adult I am today. Batesville has so many good things about itself, but Batesville has a few of bad things also. Batesville acts like a hole you can not get out of. No matter how hard you try to run away from all the mess inside the town, that same mess follows you until you can't go any longer. That's how I have learned to be so blunt and to just confront something or someone right when it happens. The good things about Batesville are widespread though. Batesville is so small that I know most of everyone, and when I need something, there's not one doubt in my mind that somewhere in this town I can find help. Batesville is like your best friend, and your enemy at one time.
Paragraph:
The setting effects Antonia in a few ways. Women and girls now do not have to be the stay at home mother, they are not expected to do all the inside work, or farming. So as Antonia learns to be a hard worker from her setting of a rural area. Jim's setting also effects him in the same way. From living in a rural area he has learned to be very respectful and a good worker. The setting that effects me most is Batesville's setting. Living in a small town, it is like the town tattles on you twenty four seven. Batesville has made me into the young adult I am today. Batesville has so many good things about itself, but Batesville has a few bad things too. Batesville acts like a hole you can not get out of. No matter how hard you try to run from all the mess inside the town, that same mess follows you until you can't go any longer. That's how I have learned to be so blunt and to just confront something or someone right when it happens. The good things about Batesville are widespread though. Batesville is so small that I know most of everyone, and when I need something, there's not one doubt in my mind that somewhere in this town I can find help. Batesville is like your best friend, and your enemy at one time.
"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
Chunk #1: Comment the effect of the setting on the characters within the novel.
The setting effects Antonia in a few ways. Women and girls now do not have to be the stay at home mother, they are not expected to do all the inside work, or farming. So as Antonia learns to be a hard worker from her setting of a rural area. Jim's setting also effects him in the same way. From living in a rural area he has learned to be very respectful and a good worker.
Chunk #2: discuss the effect a setting on you, including imagery (lots of adjectives) and a simile or a metaphor as you describe the land.
The setting that effects me most is Batesville's setting. Living in a small town, it is like the town tattles on you twenty four seven. Batesville has made me into the young adult I am today. Batesville has so many good things about itself, but Batesville has a few of bad things also. Batesville acts like a hole you can not get out of. No matter how hard you try to run away from all the mess inside the town, that same mess follows you until you can't go any longer. That's how I have learned to be so blunt and to just confront something or someone right when it happens. The good things about Batesville are widespread though. Batesville is so small that I know most of everyone, and when I need something, there's not one doubt in my mind that somewhere in this town I can find help. Batesville is like your best friend, and your enemy at one time.
Paragraph:
The setting effects Antonia in a few ways. Women and girls now do not have to be the stay at home mother, they are not expected to do all the inside work, or farming. So as Antonia learns to be a hard worker from her setting of a rural area. Jim's setting also effects him in the same way. From living in a rural area he has learned to be very respectful and a good worker. The setting that effects me most is Batesville's setting. Living in a small town, it is like the town tattles on you twenty four seven. Batesville has made me into the young adult I am today. Batesville has so many good things about itself, but Batesville has a few bad things too. Batesville acts like a hole you can not get out of. No matter how hard you try to run from all the mess inside the town, that same mess follows you until you can't go any longer. That's how I have learned to be so blunt and to just confront something or someone right when it happens. The good things about Batesville are widespread though. Batesville is so small that I know most of everyone, and when I need something, there's not one doubt in my mind that somewhere in this town I can find help. Batesville is like your best friend, and your enemy at one time.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Argument: Abortion Should Be Legal
Assertion/Claim (Topic Sentence) = Main Idea
Opposing Claims/They Say:
My Rebuttal/I say:
My Paragraph
Abortion should be legal. Abortion should stay legalized because in some situations it could be harmful to the mother, or she could have been rapped. If the woman was rapped or she accidentally got pregnant and abortion was illegal, the woman may not be financially ready for a child and won't be able to care for the child anyway. Also what if the woman was rapped I do not think there is one woman on this earth that wants to take care of the child that is father rapped her. The child would just make the mother have constant memories on the day/night the incident happened, no one wants that. Another reason to support keeping abortion legalized is if the government does not keep abortion legalized woman may proceed to do self-induced abortions, which is very harmful to the woman. If abortion is illegal women that were rapped or truly despise children, and does not want to have a child may try self-induced abortion which includes punching the abdomen or being kicked in the abdomen. People also use hangers and sharp objects, which could cause a bad infection, and if the infection is bad enough it could kill the woman too. If the women does not do the self-induced procedure correctly she could still have the child but it could have defects from trying to do that damage, and those defects wont be minor in any circumstance. Just because part of the government says it's wrong because of their beliefs in God should not be the only reason it should be illegal. Because the government is just a bunch of crap. They want us to agree abortion should be illegal because God says its wrong, yet they wont let us pray in schools or let teachers about God, but when abortion comes into the picture heaven forbid we go against. I say it should be the woman's decsion, her body, her choice. The government should stay out of it! Now you and everyone can see I'm obviously right about this situation.
My Thinking:
This paragraph is based mainly on inductive thinking because it only shows my side of the argument.
Source:
-Why Abortion Should Be Legal
- Abortion should be legal.
- Abortion should stay legalized because in some situations it could be harmful to the mother, or she could have been rapped.
- Commentary 1: If the woman was rapped or she accidentally got pregnant and abortion was illegal, the woman may not be financially ready for a child and won't be able to care for the child anyway.
- Commentary 2: If the woman was rapped I do not think there is one woman on this earth that wants to take care of the child that's father rapped her. The child would just make the mother have constant memories on the day/night the incident happened, no one wants that
- If the government does not keep abortion legalized woman may proceed to do self-induced abortions, which is very harmful to the woman.
- Commentary 1: If abortion is illegal women that were rapped or truly despise children, and does not want to have a child may try self-induced abortion which includes punching the abdomen or being kicked in the abdomen. People also use hangers and sharp objects, which could cause a bad infection, and if the infection is bad enough it could kill the woman too.
- Commentary 2: If the women does not do it correctly she could still have the child but it could have defects from trying to do that damage, and those defects wont be minor in any circumstance.
Opposing Claims/They Say:
- The people that oppose abortion say it is wrong because part of the government says God says no, and its like murdering.
My Rebuttal/I say:
- Just because part of the government says it's wrong because of their beliefs in God should not be the only reason it should be illegal. Because the government is just a bunch of crap. They want us to agree abortion should be illegal because God says its wrong, yet they wont let us pray in schools or let teachers about God, but when abortion comes into the picture heaven forbid we go against. I say it should be the woman's decsion, her body, her choice. The government should stay out of it!
My Paragraph
Abortion should be legal. Abortion should stay legalized because in some situations it could be harmful to the mother, or she could have been rapped. If the woman was rapped or she accidentally got pregnant and abortion was illegal, the woman may not be financially ready for a child and won't be able to care for the child anyway. Also what if the woman was rapped I do not think there is one woman on this earth that wants to take care of the child that is father rapped her. The child would just make the mother have constant memories on the day/night the incident happened, no one wants that. Another reason to support keeping abortion legalized is if the government does not keep abortion legalized woman may proceed to do self-induced abortions, which is very harmful to the woman. If abortion is illegal women that were rapped or truly despise children, and does not want to have a child may try self-induced abortion which includes punching the abdomen or being kicked in the abdomen. People also use hangers and sharp objects, which could cause a bad infection, and if the infection is bad enough it could kill the woman too. If the women does not do the self-induced procedure correctly she could still have the child but it could have defects from trying to do that damage, and those defects wont be minor in any circumstance. Just because part of the government says it's wrong because of their beliefs in God should not be the only reason it should be illegal. Because the government is just a bunch of crap. They want us to agree abortion should be illegal because God says its wrong, yet they wont let us pray in schools or let teachers about God, but when abortion comes into the picture heaven forbid we go against. I say it should be the woman's decsion, her body, her choice. The government should stay out of it! Now you and everyone can see I'm obviously right about this situation.
My Thinking:
This paragraph is based mainly on inductive thinking because it only shows my side of the argument.
Source:
-Why Abortion Should Be Legal
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