If the story was told from Antonia's perspective it would of changed the whole book due to the fact that Jim and Antonia do not have the same thoughts. All the characters would be told in Antonia's perspective of them. The setting would be a bit depressed because of her father dieing. Her life story would be more clear instead of changing from one person to another like Jim did.
Cather is a very good writer because me myself could not tell that Jim the character was written by a women. She did a good job portraying a man's point of view. It is difficult to say what Jim sounds like because it is as if Jim is trying to tell the story through Antonia's eyes.
Jim knew Antonia like no one else did , they were best friends. He had feelings for her, and wanted her to be his therefore, My Antonia.
If the story was told from Antonia's perspective it would of changed the whole book due to the fact that Jim and Antonia do not have the same thoughts. All the characters would be told in Antonia's perspective of them. The setting would be a bit depressed because of her father dieing. Her life story would be more clear instead of changing from one person to another like Jim did.Cather is a very good writer because me myself could not tell that Jim the character was written by a women. She did a good job portraying a man's point of view. It is difficult to say what Jim sounds like because it is as if Jim is trying to tell the story through Antonia's eyes.Jim knew Antonia like no one else did , they were best friends. He had feelings for her, and wanted her to be his therefore, My Antonia. I prefer the book to be told from someone else's perspective so we would get to know about what people thought about Antonia.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The 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 winter has affected the Shimerda family because Mr.Shimerda suicided himself and the wife was left a widow and the kids including Antonia were left fatherless. The winter was at its worst and all started on Jim's eleventh birthday. Antonia cant go work on the fields because of all the blizzards.
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.
My front yard symbolizes a
"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 winter has affected the Shimerda family because Mr.Shimerda suicided himself and the wife was left a widow and the kids including Antonia were left fatherless. The winter was at its worst and all started on Jim's eleventh birthday. Antonia cant go work on the fields because of all the blizzards.
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.
My front yard symbolizes a
Monday, December 5, 2011
Arguement "Graffiti is A Way Of Art"
Claim
Commentary 2. Graffiti artist try to convince gangbangers who can graffiti good to use graffiti in a positive way not negative way.
Commentary 2. Gaffiti may not always be readable do to the artist style but it is always colorful and catches people attention.
Opposing Claims/They say
This paragraph is based mainly dedeuctive thinking because of the fact that are presented.
My paragraph:
Graffiti is a way street artist express there feelings.Not all graffiti artistt are the same some aren't artist at all, they are gangbangers.There is a difference between gangbangers and graffiti arist by the way there use a spray can in a positive or negative way.
Graffiti artist try to convince gangbangers who can graffiti good to use graffiti in a positive way not negative way.Graffiti is simply another way of art, just done without permission.
Just because graffiti is on walls, trains, street signs, sidewalks, and any other possible public place, doesnt mean it's not art, it's just the artist expressing him/herself. Gaffiti may not always be readable do to the artist style but it is always colorful and catches people attention.
It defaces public or private property that is not there's.
A graffiti artist will place graffiti anywhere to get there name out.
- Graffiti is a way street artist express there feelings.
- Not all graffiti artistt are the same some aren't artist at all, they are gangbangers.
Commentary 1. There is a difference between gangbangers and graffiti arist by the way there use a spray can in a positive or negative way.
Commentary 2. Graffiti artist try to convince gangbangers who can graffiti good to use graffiti in a positive way not negative way.
- Graffiti is simply another way of art, just done without permission.
Commentary 2. Gaffiti may not always be readable do to the artist style but it is always colorful and catches people attention.
Opposing Claims/They say
- It defaces public or private property that is not there's.
- A graffiti artist will place graffiti anywhere to get there name out.
This paragraph is based mainly dedeuctive thinking because of the fact that are presented.
My paragraph:
Graffiti is a way street artist express there feelings.Not all graffiti artistt are the same some aren't artist at all, they are gangbangers.There is a difference between gangbangers and graffiti arist by the way there use a spray can in a positive or negative way.
Graffiti artist try to convince gangbangers who can graffiti good to use graffiti in a positive way not negative way.Graffiti is simply another way of art, just done without permission.
Just because graffiti is on walls, trains, street signs, sidewalks, and any other possible public place, doesnt mean it's not art, it's just the artist expressing him/herself. Gaffiti may not always be readable do to the artist style but it is always colorful and catches people attention.
It defaces public or private property that is not there's.
A graffiti artist will place graffiti anywhere to get there name out.
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