Lit Analysis Response

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.

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.

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.

Latin Roots #4

Roots and Derivatives

1. bon, boun
2. capit, capt
3. carn(i)
4. ced(e), ceed, cess

Word List

1. accession: the attainment of a certain rank or dignity, an increase by means of something added. Sent- an accession of the throne
2. bona fide: in good faith. Sent- a bona fide statement of intent to sell.
3. bonanza: a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches. Sent- The play proved to be a bonanza for its lucky backers.
4. bounteous: inclined to be generous. Sent- The bounteous goddess of the god.
5. capitulation: a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions.
6. carnage: a great slaughter.
7. carnivorous: flesh-eating.
8. incarnate: in the flesh.
9. intercede: to act on another s behalf
10. precedent: a previous act or decision taken as a valid model.
11. recapitulation: a brief repetition.
12. reincarnation: a thing that is reborn.

Literature Analysis #1

 The novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak first starts out in a small town in Germany.It is taken in the point of view of Death, and a little girl named Liesel Meminger who loses her family in World War II, goes to live with her foster family. The book is taken place to the time where they were experiencing the holocaust with the Nazi Party and etc. As the story goes on Liesel starts to develop her own identity, starts to learn the value of words as Germany moves towards war and helps her foster family hide a man named Max, a Jew. Later in the novel, Liesel starts writing a book and learns to move on when something life changing happens.

I chose the book because of the title and that I vaguely remember it from the movie. Who wants to steal books? What's the significance of the books in the story and what's the importance of it? Once I began reading I had to keep going because it really shows the importance of words and what they mean. Shows the struggles a girl in Germany had to go through to just read a book, while now I can probably go buy one for a few bucks at a store, Liesel had to go steal one.

I did find the book realistic. It made connections to the Holocaust that I read about and went to The Museum of Tolerance in eighth grade for a field trip. It mentioned the whole segregation with the Nazis and Jews and how the worst thing to be is a Jew.

The authors tone was mostly sadness or tragedy. In the novel it started out with the tragic event with Liesel's family being killed in the War in the beginning of the movie. There was also the time where Hans was taken away to war and L

Some personification,, "Twenty-three minutes later, when the train stopped, I climbed out with them. A small soul was in my arms." Death, a thing, is personified. He does not just happen, but actively taking away souls

Myth: Perseus and Medusa

• Main Characters: The main characters are Perseus and Medusa. 

Perseus is tall, handsome with brown hair, muscular and human.

Medusa is a Gorgon and has snakes as her hair and is like a serpent type thing with a tail and such.

• Setting is taken place first at a place called Arogos. Then the setting changes to an island where Perseus and his mom land from being sent out to sea.
• The main plot of the myth is that Perseus and his mother are sent out to sea and they land on an island. The king of the island, Polydektes, wanted Perseus' mother to himself, but in order to have her, he needed to get rid of Perseus. So he sent him for Medusa's head. Perseus managed to do that and saved the love of his life, Andromeda.
• The main conflict would be the king, Polydektes. He wanted Perseus' mom and he was the one who sent Perseus onto the mission.
• The myth attempts to explain that the power of love can make you do anything. Perseus went out to the dangerous mission for his mother, and he battled the huge monster for Andromeda.

Latin Roots #2

Roots and Derivatives

1. anni, annu, enni
2. aqua, aque
3. arm
4. art

Word List

1. aqua: the hue of the sea; bluish-green. Sent- The sea had an aqua color.
2. aquaculture:the cultivation of water plants and animals for human food. Sent- People back then practiced aquaculture as a way of getting food.
3. aqueous: a like or form by water; watery. Sent- the spaghetti was quite aqueous.
4. armada: a fleet of warships. Sent- the army sent an armada during the war.
5. armature: any protective clothing; an armlike extension.  sent- in order to be in football, all players must have all armature in order to participate.
6. armistice: a temporary agreement to end hostilities, like a peace treaty. sent- the armistice was declared on November 11th.
7. artifact: any object produced by the human hand; objects from the past. Sent- There are a lot of artifacts kept in museums.
8. artifice: clever or sly trickery. Sent- He had a smirk just dripping with artifice.
9. artisan: a person skilled with craft. Sent- He wanted to become an artisan when he grew up.
10. millennium: a period of peace and prosperity. Sent- There was a small millennium until someone started another fight.
11. perennial: Year after year. Sent-  her perennial beauty.
12. superannuated: worn out; retired. sent- he had superannuated ideas.