Book: The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Part 1: The exposition starts out with Jonas and explains the setting. The setting is taken place in the future where everything is strict and you can't really do much. Rising actions are when Jonas starts his training and begins to open his mind to other realizations such as color. Another few rising actions are when Jonas realizes and learns about feelings such as love. The climax is when Jonas breaks into the nurturing center and takes Gabriel, who was going to be released, and has the chief chase after him. Falling actions are when Jonas tries to survive in the wild with Gabriel.
Part 2: The main theme of the novel are either the importance of memory or the importance of the individual. The author chose to write about this because she wanted to show how important it is to remember certain things and show you how great it is being yourself by showing a society where everything is the same and people aren't really given a choice.
Part 3: The protagonist is a round character because later in the book you got to see other different characteristics about Jonas. For example, like how he is brave and he believes in what he thinks is right.
Part 4: A symbol would be freedom from clothing. In the book it showed Larissa, an old woman, being bathed by Jonas. In society it was against the rules for children or adults to look at another naked. It didn't apply to new children or the old. Being free from clothing is a symbol because it is like being free from society's code.
Part 5: I chose this book because it seems like everyone has read it and there is even a movie about it. I wanted to keep reading because it's not like other books that I have read.
Part 6: I think the whole strictness on everything being the same is kind of like that in today's society. We're told to be ourselves yet society is acting like being yourself is weird and you get shunned, or others trying to be the same as others.
Part 7: "We really have to protect people from the wrong choices." I will remember this for a long time because today we get to make our own choices, choices that may effect us for the rest of our lives. In the book, people aren't allowed to because society doesn't get the have a choice to choose a 'wrong' choice.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Antigone questions
1. What kind of prize is given for dancing choruses of worshippers?
The prize is a bull or a goat.
2. How many spectators would gather in the open-air theatre of Dionysos?
Fourteen thousand spectators would gather at Dionysos.
3. How does the mask affect the voices of the actors?
The mask affects the voices because they had exaggerated mouth pieces to amplify the actors voice
4. Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?
Suspense came from their knowledge of things that the characters on stage don't know.
5. How is the shepherd to leave the infant on the mountainside?
He left the infant with a Corinthian Shepard to raise the infant.
6. What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?
"What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?" is the riddle that was given to Oedipus.
7. Who are Oedipus’ kids?
Antigone, Ismene, Etcocles, and Polynecies.
8. After Oedipus is exiled, who takes over Thebes?
After he was exiled, Creon took over.
9. What did the family do to the dead body?
Decided that Polynecies is a traitor and so they didn't bury him, but left him to be eaten by scavenging animals.
The prize is a bull or a goat.
2. How many spectators would gather in the open-air theatre of Dionysos?
Fourteen thousand spectators would gather at Dionysos.
3. How does the mask affect the voices of the actors?
The mask affects the voices because they had exaggerated mouth pieces to amplify the actors voice
4. Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?
Suspense came from their knowledge of things that the characters on stage don't know.
5. How is the shepherd to leave the infant on the mountainside?
He left the infant with a Corinthian Shepard to raise the infant.
6. What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?
"What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?" is the riddle that was given to Oedipus.
7. Who are Oedipus’ kids?
Antigone, Ismene, Etcocles, and Polynecies.
8. After Oedipus is exiled, who takes over Thebes?
After he was exiled, Creon took over.
9. What did the family do to the dead body?
Decided that Polynecies is a traitor and so they didn't bury him, but left him to be eaten by scavenging animals.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Antigone Quickwtrite
I would bury my brother because it is a tradition to bury your loved ones in a certain fashion. Plus, my Uncle doesn't even know the real things behind the situation- so I wouldn't stand it if I wasn't able to give my favorite brother a proper burial.
I plan to go ask a few trusting family members if they want to help out with the burial. If no ones up for it, then I will go behind my Uncle's back and sneak a private funeral for my brother someplace remote. It will be between my brother and I if it has to be.
If I was found by my Uncle and he asked about the burial, I would totally lie. If I was still accused even though I lied, I wouldn't care because I gave my brother the proper burial. If I get executed, I will haunt my Uncle for the rest of his miserable life.
I plan to go ask a few trusting family members if they want to help out with the burial. If no ones up for it, then I will go behind my Uncle's back and sneak a private funeral for my brother someplace remote. It will be between my brother and I if it has to be.
If I was found by my Uncle and he asked about the burial, I would totally lie. If I was still accused even though I lied, I wouldn't care because I gave my brother the proper burial. If I get executed, I will haunt my Uncle for the rest of his miserable life.
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