September 12th

This week, we discussed "Araby" and performed a close reading on the text. We also read the short story "The Lottery" and examined allusions and examined the text as a class.

We performed our own close readings and interpretations of the short story "Araby" and used DIDLS to help understand the reading better. Through reading "The Lottery" we also performed our own CQC's on the story and discussed allusions and our interpretations of the text with the class.

I realized that you might not notice everything about a story you can. Reading and doing CQC's as you read can help you better understand the story and makes you pay attention more to details. Also, the author doesn't always state a reason for everything in the story, like in "The Lottery." There is no clearly stated reason for the lottery but through examination of the text, we can make our own interpretations and opinions.

 I would really like to sit down with the Author of "The Lottery" and ask her about her inspirations for the short story.

AP Lit Close- Reading

The word I would use to describe the diction of this story is usage.  The words the author uses aids in the characterization and the tone of this work.  It sets a dark, gloomy setting.  These words also provide good imagery, and Personally, I can create this setting in my mind.  The street, the weather, and the kids, I can picture this with no problems.  The last sentence kind of threw out that dark mood, and provides us with the narrator’s change of mood from dark to light.

The last sentences of this passage throw me off.  He uses the words dark and brown-clad figure and it gives me this eerie feeling that something bad is going to happen.  Looking past these words, you remember that the narrator is admiring this wonderful woman that he is border-line obsessed with.  So it’s not a dark situation, but rather an enlightening one for the narrator because he is trying to win over this woman.

september 7th

We read "Araby" by James Joyce, and discussed meanings and applications of the text.

I shared that I thought the book had a lot of hidden evidence to fully understand the story.

We took notes on the story and answered questions from the book.

We also turned in a biblical allusions assignment on our blog, I chose a blog that alluded to how God created the world and how we got different types of people.

Week of August 29th

We covered our first short story, "Little Things", this week.  Also, we compared "little things" to Solomon in the bible.

We really picked apart "Little Things"  by going through a set of questions.  The questions didn't have a right or wrong answer but it was fun to see everyone debate on what they thought was the right answer.

Going through "Little Things" the way we did helped me personally, become better at really analyzing literature thoroughly.

I still wish that short story would have continued on just a little bit so it gave some closure, but I realize that's what the other wants.

Allusion

1)http://www.allanbevere.com/2008_09_01_archive.html
2) This cartoon is just adding a little humor to how God created the world as he is adding a different kinds of people.
3)Genesis 1-2
4)I think the author of this cartoon is using the idea of creation to just have a little fun.  He doesn't intend to make fun of creation but rather, shows god made the Earth.