Qtr1Vocab+Claire

Vocabulary - Clair
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1. Both novels are titled Invisible Man - the one by H.G. Wells is titled "The Invisible Man." The one by Ellison is titled "Invisible Man" 2. In both novels, "the Invisible" is the outcast in the society even though one is really invisible and the other one is only socially invisible. 3. They are both extremely intelligent and talented, but the way they put their talent to use is differ in the way that "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells, uses his skill to do cause bad, while the other one (by Ellison) uses his intelligence in and his skill in language to find himself and thrive. 4. Their physique (their skin tone) is different from the norm. The Invisible Man from the novel by Wells is albino while the one is African American. 5. The invisible man by Wells uses his power to terrorize the society and the invisible man by Ellison is almost "terrorized" by the society. 6. Their names are not identified until very late in the book.

__ December 1 - Series without conjunction __
1. Look carefully at the following sentence. Does it work? If so, why? If not, where can the sentence be broken into two or shorter ones that are not overwhelming. Robert Mondavi's father, Cesare, came from Sassafarento near Ancona, on the Adriatic coast of the Marches -- not a particularly rich or fertile part of Italy even now, nor, except for Verdicchio, much of a wine-growing region, and a good deal less so, no doubt, in 1883, when Cesare was born, the son of a large, simple family and possibly the first member of it, I have read somewhere, to be able to sign his name. -- by Cyril Ray "Robert Mondavi of the Napa Valley"


 * //I don't think this sentence works. The reader - me - quickly loses track and gets confused. I would break this sentence into two. i would end the first sentence after "wine-growing region." And then start a new sentence. Plus, i think there are too many distractions like "no doubt" and "I have read somewhere."//**

2. Does this sentence work? If so, why? If not, please correct. The typical teenage user of snuff is white, active, and athletic, and subjected to very heavy peer pressure.


 * //Even though the sentence flows, I would use the conjunction "and" after each adjective of the series, or don't use conjunctions at all.//**

3. Same instructions -- The children gathered around the clown wishing for a balloon, angling for a smile, bowing before the childhood consumerism.


 * //I think this sentence works without a conjunction. It flows perfectly.//**

=__ **Parallelism** __= Parallel preposition: I headed to school with my backpack, with my pencils, with my flashcards, and with my flute. Parallel dependent clauses: Although I failed my first test, and though I failed my second one as well, I did a little better on my third one. Repetition: I presented my idea, but the only problem they had was the way I presented it.

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__** Heart of Darkness **__

Motif: Darkness – death and mystery

Ever since Marlow gets the job as the captain of the steamboat for trade in Congo River, he seems to relate a lot of things to death, gloom, and mystery. Even when he visits the Company Headquarters, he senses something ominous in the atmosphere, and he says the two women in the house were guarding the door of Darkness as if they were hiding something evil in the interior. He describes the house as “still as a house in a city of the dead.” When he is on the steamboat stopping at different trading places, he calls them the places where the merry dance of death and trade goes on in a still and earthy atmosphere.” He continuously is reminded of death and gloom throughout his whole journey, and the word death and darkness come up as a pattern. When he sees the black prisoners, he describes them as having “deathlike indifference of unhappy savages.” At the grove, Marlow sees some black laborers lying against some trees, and Marlow is convinced that “they [are] dying slowly. Nothing but black shadows of disease and starvation, lying confusedly in the greenish gloom.” Marlow sees these black suffering people as people who are already dead. The words ominous and mystery are also used repeatedly to describe the Company’s station.

4 Settings

1. Company’s office – the place was where Marlow went to sign the contract. He constantly feels like something’s not right and uneasiness grows as he spends more time at the building. The atmosphere is very ominous, and the two women knitting black wool in the outer room add to the uncanny atmosphere. The house is still as a house in a city of the dead. 2. Company’s station – the place is in serious state of disrepair. There are pieces of decaying machinery and undersized railway-truck lying on its back on the hills. Black people – prisoners and laborers- are seen looking miserable and dead. “The rapids were near, and an uninterrupted uniform, headlong, rushing noise filled the mournful stillness of the grove, where not a breath stirred, not a leaf moved, with a mysterious sound – as though the tearing pace of the launched earth had suddenly become audible.” 3. Accountant’s office – there are flies everywhere almost slapping your face. It is very hot in the office and it is built of horizontal planks badly put together. 4. Central Station – “it is situated on back water surrounded by scrub and forest, with a pretty border of smelly mud on one side, and on the three others enclosed by a crazy fence of rushes.” The place makes you think of a flabby devil at first glance.

Book Report


 * a. identify climax, major conflict, resolution or denoument, what type of plot (see page of literary terms)
 * climax - The climax is when the Invisible Man follows Mr. Kemp down the town to murder him, but instead gets assaulted by a mob of workers, townspeople, and a navvy, and gets injured to death.
 * major conflict- I think the major conflict was the Invisible Man vs. the town. After Mr. Griffin turned invisible, his enemy became the townspeople, since he had to live as an outcast and a freak. He always had to cover his whole body, and his deliberate distance from all the people made hatred grow inside the townspeople towards Mr. Griffin. And Mr. Griffin wants to terrorize the people with his queer power.
 * Resolution- the resolution follows right after the climax, the Invisible Man's death. After this new threat to the town is killed, the town becomes normal again.
 * __The Invisible Man__ - has a chronological plot. Almost everything happens in order except when the author tries to explain a single situation (when Marvel is stealing the books for Mr. Griffin) from three different points of view.
 * b. comment about setting
 * The setting - the story takes place in a small town called Iping where rumor spread quickly and the townspeople know each other. It is not clear in the book in which time the story took place, but my guess is that it takes in a similar time period as the author's time which was around late 1800's or early 1900's. The descriptions about the horses as means of transportation, and the the descriptions of the people's clothes (bowler hats and ribbons) on the Whit-Monday festival implies this time period.
 * c. identify one major symbol and one minor.
 * Major symbol - the invisibility of Mr. Griffin is the symbol of power. Mr. Griffin wanted to use this supernatural power in order to start his own "Reign of Terror."
 * d. discuss two characters. Label as round or flat, dynamic or static. Are they archetypal or foils?
 * Mrs. Hall is a round character. We know from the narration that she owns an inn, Coaches and Horses, and we learn a great deal about her character. She is very friendly and sociable.

or other (just not all plot) to the rest of the book.
 * e. Open to the exact middle. What page? Write one paragraph about how this one page relates thematically, symbolically,
 * f. Tell me one thing other that really only someone who has read the book will get.

My Story written with the style of Borges
Here I bring my lunch to a close. The leftover is in the garbage can (if not left on the table or on my shirt in the form of stains) of the KIS cafeteria. Let it suffice for me to recall or mention the following facts about the lunch I had. Around 10:45, I was standing in line to get my Western meal, but all these people kept cutting in front of me or pushing me out of the line. Even right now, there is a controversy inside my head over whether this rudeness was accidental or motivated by their selfishness. The latter is most likely. Some of the incredible aspects of the lunch (for example, the chicken fajita) put me in a better mood though, and I was able to leave the cafeteria content. Plus, the fact that the French fries were so crisp and delicious immediately convinced me that whether the people really did try to push me or not does not matter.

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