Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Post B Week 7 Suite Francaise
This novel is really quite depressing. I can only read a few pages at a time with out feeling disgusted, and when I start reading the book again I feel as though I have already read this passage before, as all of the pages are similar. Also there are too many subjects or characters in this book to be able to truly understand what is going on. You finish a chapter and need to go back to several chapters to find out what the next set of people have to do with anything. It’s a frustrating read at times, but I still suppose I like it.
Post a Week 7 Suite Francaise
Vocabulary:
Ochre(148):
any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
or
a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
Despondent(149):
feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom
Literary terms:
“Meanwhile, he was absently following the service, his heart so heavy and hard it caused him physical pain.(143)” This quote is an example of imagry because you can imagine him being so sad his heart hurts.
“Evil is visible, it burns, it smugly displays itself for all to see(144).” This is an example of personification because it makes the evil a tangible thing.
“Her face, normally so soft, so well made up, so rested, was covered in a shiny coat of sweat; it no longer absorbed the powder and foundation, but turned them to thick lumps, like curdled mayonnaise (147)” This is an example of simlie because her face is compared to curdled mayonnaise.
Quote:
“… To see what I’ve seen! Closed doors where you knock in vain to get a glass of water and refugees who pillaged houses; everywhere, everywhere you look, chaos, cowardice, vanity and ignorance! What a wonderful race we are! (143) This quote sums up the way many of the French feel about what the war has done to the people of France.
Theme: The theme of this novel has consistently been despair and death.
Ochre(148):
any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
or
a moderate yellow-orange to orange color
Despondent(149):
feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom
Literary terms:
“Meanwhile, he was absently following the service, his heart so heavy and hard it caused him physical pain.(143)” This quote is an example of imagry because you can imagine him being so sad his heart hurts.
“Evil is visible, it burns, it smugly displays itself for all to see(144).” This is an example of personification because it makes the evil a tangible thing.
“Her face, normally so soft, so well made up, so rested, was covered in a shiny coat of sweat; it no longer absorbed the powder and foundation, but turned them to thick lumps, like curdled mayonnaise (147)” This is an example of simlie because her face is compared to curdled mayonnaise.
Quote:
“… To see what I’ve seen! Closed doors where you knock in vain to get a glass of water and refugees who pillaged houses; everywhere, everywhere you look, chaos, cowardice, vanity and ignorance! What a wonderful race we are! (143) This quote sums up the way many of the French feel about what the war has done to the people of France.
Theme: The theme of this novel has consistently been despair and death.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
post a Week 6 Suite Francaise
Vocab:
Indignantly(114):
feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
bequeath(116):
to hand down; pass on, especially by will.
Literary terms:
"He was like a fire. His throat, the inside of his mouth semmed to crack from the heat, dried out by the intensity of the flames. This bright, soft skin quenched his thirst(123)." This is a simile because she compares him to a fire.
"... a ripple of urgency which, once he had opened someones' heart to God, propelled him torwards other conquests, leaving him forever frustrated.(127)" This is personificatoin because urgency cannot truly ripple.
"When they left the villege, they saw a large, overgrown private park, a beautifully deep, clear lake and a house up on a hill. (129)" This is an example of imagry because you can clearly see the area in your head.
Quote:
Theme;
The theme of this now is people relish in the aid of others, but are not truly thankful.
Indignantly(114):
feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
bequeath(116):
to hand down; pass on, especially by will.
Literary terms:
"He was like a fire. His throat, the inside of his mouth semmed to crack from the heat, dried out by the intensity of the flames. This bright, soft skin quenched his thirst(123)." This is a simile because she compares him to a fire.
"... a ripple of urgency which, once he had opened someones' heart to God, propelled him torwards other conquests, leaving him forever frustrated.(127)" This is personificatoin because urgency cannot truly ripple.
"When they left the villege, they saw a large, overgrown private park, a beautifully deep, clear lake and a house up on a hill. (129)" This is an example of imagry because you can clearly see the area in your head.
Quote:
Theme;
The theme of this now is people relish in the aid of others, but are not truly thankful.
Post B Week 6 Suite Francaise
There is a saying about helping others; that no act of kindness, no matter how small, will be unnoticed. Or Somthing to that affect. When I finished chapter 25, this saying popped into my head and I immeadiatly began to laugh. Father Pericand had been trying to lead a group of orphaned boys out of France, so thay would be away from all of the destruction of the German invaders. He walked miles and miles with these boys, when he should have been with his family, as they desprately needed his help. But he was a priest, so he felt it was his responsibility to the lord to held these ungrateful boys. The boys despised him, as he controlled every aspect of their lives from sun down to sun up. But nontheless, Father Pericand was trying to help them, to get them out of teh danger of the germans into the welcoming hands of his god. So one night, the troop was sleeping in a field along side a large deserted mansion. A few of the older boys snuck away from the group to steal the objects that had once belonged to the family that had lived there. Father pericand caught them, and to make a long story short, the killed him and put his body in a lake. This was a very cruel thing for the boys to do, as he was only trying to help them survive.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Post B Week 5 Suite Francaise
I have noticed that in the beginning or end of almost every chapter, there is a cat mentioned. The cat is meoing, begging for help, or diggng through the trash, frantically searching for food. I think the author may be comparing the desprate people to animals. They are moving in a herd, stampedeing out of Paris in a mad rush. They have lost their civilized manner, and now have only the animalistic way of survival left in thier heads. They have been stripped all convienience, thrust into a world clearly outside thier comfort zones, and most cannot handle it well.
Post A Week 5 Suite Francaise
Vocabulary:
Predestined(75):
to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine
Gables(76):
The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.
Literary Terms:
Whenever Philippe spoke, he seemed both enlightened and pasionate at the same time; as if lit up by a very pure flame(75). This is an example of a simile becaus eif compares one thing to another using the word as.
They could smell smoke, very faintly, carried by the soft June wind (77). This is an example of personification because wind cannot literally be soft.
Pale with hunger, blackened by dust, hair dishevelled, eyes burning, a sad and stubborn look upon thier faces, they seemed suddenly older. Thie is imagry because the author throughouly describes the terrbile shape the soldiers were in.
Quote:
This is a disaster Hubert thought with a sigh. This is defeat, I am here watching an enormus defeat, worse than Waterloo. we are all lost.(83) This quote is important because it shows the state of dispair the French military is in. Everyone around hubert most likely feels the same way he does.
Theme: A theme for this novel is despair. The people feel dispair all around them, as they are desprately fleeing the distroyed French land.
Predestined(75):
to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine
Gables(76):
The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.
Literary Terms:
Whenever Philippe spoke, he seemed both enlightened and pasionate at the same time; as if lit up by a very pure flame(75). This is an example of a simile becaus eif compares one thing to another using the word as.
They could smell smoke, very faintly, carried by the soft June wind (77). This is an example of personification because wind cannot literally be soft.
Pale with hunger, blackened by dust, hair dishevelled, eyes burning, a sad and stubborn look upon thier faces, they seemed suddenly older. Thie is imagry because the author throughouly describes the terrbile shape the soldiers were in.
Quote:
This is a disaster Hubert thought with a sigh. This is defeat, I am here watching an enormus defeat, worse than Waterloo. we are all lost.(83) This quote is important because it shows the state of dispair the French military is in. Everyone around hubert most likely feels the same way he does.
Theme: A theme for this novel is despair. The people feel dispair all around them, as they are desprately fleeing the distroyed French land.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Post A Week 4 Suite Francaise
Vocabulary:
circuitous: marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct, deviating from a straight course.
tacit: understood without being openly expressed; implied
Literary Terms:
There is symbolism in the quote "Between the leaves faded by the burning sun, you could see thier pale faces, weary, angry, and exausted." (50) The soldiers are like the leaves, thier confidence has faded as the war has proceded.
"Their flesh, beneath the bluish, pearly skin, had been as pink as a small childs." (63) This is an example of a simile because he is comparing a fish to a child using the word as.
"The man was small and scrawny, with a big forehead and enormus eyes, a weak mouth and a little weasely chin." (65) This is an example of imagry because i can see the mans face very vividly in my mind.
Quote:
"The faint purfume of strwberries wafted up now and then through the petrol fumes and smoke. The cars inched torward a bridge. Women were calmly washing thier clothes in the river. The horror and strangenss of recent events were softened by these images of peace. Far away, a windmill turned it's wheel." (62) This quote is significant because it shows the calmness and mental tranquillity one can recieve from everday events when one's entire world has been torn apart.
Theme: A theme for this novel is that one should always be kind to others because one never knows the consequences they will suffer from the uncalled for hatred they show to others.
circuitous: marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct, deviating from a straight course.
tacit: understood without being openly expressed; implied
Literary Terms:
There is symbolism in the quote "Between the leaves faded by the burning sun, you could see thier pale faces, weary, angry, and exausted." (50) The soldiers are like the leaves, thier confidence has faded as the war has proceded.
"Their flesh, beneath the bluish, pearly skin, had been as pink as a small childs." (63) This is an example of a simile because he is comparing a fish to a child using the word as.
"The man was small and scrawny, with a big forehead and enormus eyes, a weak mouth and a little weasely chin." (65) This is an example of imagry because i can see the mans face very vividly in my mind.
Quote:
"The faint purfume of strwberries wafted up now and then through the petrol fumes and smoke. The cars inched torward a bridge. Women were calmly washing thier clothes in the river. The horror and strangenss of recent events were softened by these images of peace. Far away, a windmill turned it's wheel." (62) This quote is significant because it shows the calmness and mental tranquillity one can recieve from everday events when one's entire world has been torn apart.
Theme: A theme for this novel is that one should always be kind to others because one never knows the consequences they will suffer from the uncalled for hatred they show to others.
Post B Week 4 Suite Francaise
This novel skips around between protagonists a lot. The first chapters are about the rich Periand family, then there is the story of the poor servants who work for a rich aristocratic family, then the story from the point of view of that family the servants just worked for, and so on and so forth. The story changes from person to person, however there are continuities in that everyone, rich or poor, is living in terror, evcauating Paris in a frenzy of emotion.
There are many different characters in the book, a new group of people in almost every chapter. It is a confusing writing style, but the novel is immensly interesting.
There are many different characters in the book, a new group of people in almost every chapter. It is a confusing writing style, but the novel is immensly interesting.
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