Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Out Stealing Horses week 5 post b
This chapter of Out Stealing Horses shows that Trond's father has not been truthful to Trond about many things. ONe of the things is that he and Jon's mother have been seeing eachother in secret, which is understandable that he would not tell Trond this, because if you are having an affair, you might not want to tell your son, but still. Also, Franz decides to tell Trond about his fathers involvemnet in World War II. He and Jon's mother and Trond's father work to aid the Allies, when Norway has been taken over by Germany. He aids a Jewish man by allowing him to stay in his barn, but the man is discovered, and while they are trying to smuggle him out, things go awry and the man gets shot, and Trond's father and Jon's mother are forced to flee to Sweden.
OUt Stealing Horses week 5 post a
Unassailable: (152) not open to attack or assault, as by military force or argument
Aplomb: (153) imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.
“And she took hold of his jacket, and with a violent jerk hauled him like an unresisting sack out of the boat (160)." This is an example of simile becasue he is compared to a sack.
“On top of the slope behind them the motorcycle was chuntering away like an animal out of breath, and they pulled their machine guns from their shoulders, and my father shouted: Run like hell! (161)” This is also an example of imagery because the motorcycles are compared to an animal.
“A grey layer of cloud floats across the sky like a duvet (163).” This is also an example of imagry because the sky is compared to a duvet.
“‘why are you telling me these things when my father will not talk about them?” I said.
‘Because he asked me to,’ said Franz. ‘when the opportunity arose. And it did, now.’ (162)”
This is an important quote because it shows the strained relationship between Trond and his father.
The theme of this novel is that relationships are tricky.
Aplomb: (153) imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.
“And she took hold of his jacket, and with a violent jerk hauled him like an unresisting sack out of the boat (160)." This is an example of simile becasue he is compared to a sack.
“On top of the slope behind them the motorcycle was chuntering away like an animal out of breath, and they pulled their machine guns from their shoulders, and my father shouted: Run like hell! (161)” This is also an example of imagery because the motorcycles are compared to an animal.
“A grey layer of cloud floats across the sky like a duvet (163).” This is also an example of imagry because the sky is compared to a duvet.
“‘why are you telling me these things when my father will not talk about them?” I said.
‘Because he asked me to,’ said Franz. ‘when the opportunity arose. And it did, now.’ (162)”
This is an important quote because it shows the strained relationship between Trond and his father.
The theme of this novel is that relationships are tricky.
out Stealing Horses week 4 post a
Vocabulary:
Flank (85): the side of anything, as of a building.
Fathom (87): to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand
Literary Terms:
“The sun was baking, my father was laughing. I was like a man intoxicated (81).” This is an example of personification bec
ause the sun cannot bake and an example of simile because he compares himself to an intoxicated man using like.
“… there was the clinking of chains, and the sun was sparkling on the water, and the horse was dark and hot and sweating in large patches (84).”This is an example of imagery because of the sparkling sun, etc.
Quote:
“”Well you’re a man now’
‘Not quite,’ I said, for I knew that there were things going around me that I did not understand, and that the grown-ups did understand, but that I was close to being there.
‘No maybe not quite (93).’”
This quote is significant because it shows that he understands a lot about life by not understanding everything about life.
Theme:
A theme is to work hard because you will get satisfaction.
Flank (85): the side of anything, as of a building.
Fathom (87): to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand
Literary Terms:
“The sun was baking, my father was laughing. I was like a man intoxicated (81).” This is an example of personification bec
ause the sun cannot bake and an example of simile because he compares himself to an intoxicated man using like.
“… there was the clinking of chains, and the sun was sparkling on the water, and the horse was dark and hot and sweating in large patches (84).”This is an example of imagery because of the sparkling sun, etc.
Quote:
“”Well you’re a man now’
‘Not quite,’ I said, for I knew that there were things going around me that I did not understand, and that the grown-ups did understand, but that I was close to being there.
‘No maybe not quite (93).’”
This quote is significant because it shows that he understands a lot about life by not understanding everything about life.
Theme:
A theme is to work hard because you will get satisfaction.
Out Stealing Horses week 4 post b
In chapter 7 of Out Stealing Horses, it is a flashback again. Jon has left his family because of the incident with him not locking his gun and it going off on his brother, killing him. Trond’s father has decided to cut down the forest around them, and the neighbors are all helping, including Jon’s parents. Trond and his father both have a small crush on Jon’s mother, which leads to tensions between Jon’s father and Trond’s father. They fight for power, with Jon’s father undermining the authority of Trond’s father, who is in charge. They keep cutting and cutting down the trees, each refusing to stop working. One day, Jon’s mother looks very sad, and out of it, because she is thinking about the loss of two of her sons. Trond stops to console her, which distracts Jon’s father and Trond’s father. Trond’s father lets go of his part of the log, which they were taking down from the pile or something, and Jon’s father falls and gets injured. The next day after Jon’s father has been taken to the hospital, Trond and his father go out in a rain storm and play in the water, which bonds them and allows them to forgive each other.
Out Stealing Horses week 3 post a
Vocabulary:
Percolator (78): a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
Flagstone (79): rock, as sandstone or shale, suitable for splitting into flagstones.
Literary Devices:
“It may all be all very well in Dickens, but when you read Dickens you’re reading a long ballad from a vanished world, where everything comes together in the end like an equation, where the balance of what was once disturbed must be restored so the gods can smile again (67).” This is an example of simile because he compares the outcome of the story to an equation.
“The chainsaw is a Jonsered. Not that I think Jonsered is the best brand, but they only use Jonsered here… So Jonsered rules here. And Volvo (69).” This is an example of personification because it is saying that a brand rules.
“They drive like the Greeks do and use the horn instead of braking. Only a few weeks ago, I had to drive into the ditch, the colossal brute thundered past me well into my lane (70).” This is an example of simile and metaphor because he compares the driving to the Greeks using like, and the truck to a colossal brute.
Quote:
“You can learn a lot from films if you have a good memory, watch how people do things and have done them always, but there is not much real work in modern films, there are only ideas. Thin ideas and something they call humour, everything has to be a laugh now. But I hate being entertained, I have no time for it (78).” This quote explains a lot about his personality, and shows that he is intelligent because he has never actually seen a person sharpen a saw, but remembers seeing it in e documentary he watched years ago.
Theme: A possible theme is that one should be self-sufficient, because you cannot always rely on others.
Percolator (78): a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
Flagstone (79): rock, as sandstone or shale, suitable for splitting into flagstones.
Literary Devices:
“It may all be all very well in Dickens, but when you read Dickens you’re reading a long ballad from a vanished world, where everything comes together in the end like an equation, where the balance of what was once disturbed must be restored so the gods can smile again (67).” This is an example of simile because he compares the outcome of the story to an equation.
“The chainsaw is a Jonsered. Not that I think Jonsered is the best brand, but they only use Jonsered here… So Jonsered rules here. And Volvo (69).” This is an example of personification because it is saying that a brand rules.
“They drive like the Greeks do and use the horn instead of braking. Only a few weeks ago, I had to drive into the ditch, the colossal brute thundered past me well into my lane (70).” This is an example of simile and metaphor because he compares the driving to the Greeks using like, and the truck to a colossal brute.
Quote:
“You can learn a lot from films if you have a good memory, watch how people do things and have done them always, but there is not much real work in modern films, there are only ideas. Thin ideas and something they call humour, everything has to be a laugh now. But I hate being entertained, I have no time for it (78).” This quote explains a lot about his personality, and shows that he is intelligent because he has never actually seen a person sharpen a saw, but remembers seeing it in e documentary he watched years ago.
Theme: A possible theme is that one should be self-sufficient, because you cannot always rely on others.
Out Stealing Horses week 3 post b
Out Stealing Horses has turned out to be a surprisingly melancholy book. It is the reflection of an old man on his life, and is written in a style that leaves a feeling of loneliness and makes me ache for this man. He has not yet revealed the cause for this sadness; but has revealed that it might have something to do with his father and childhood neighbor, Jon. His life lately has not been too bad, and he does not need much to satisfy his needs. He has recently purchased a house on top of a hill in the woods of Norway, a prime piece of property with a cabin that needs many repairs that are hard for an old man to complete. He does not know how to do many of these things on his own, but can think back to the time when he lived with his dad in a cabin in the summers of his childhood and remember what his father would do.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Post B Week 2 OUT CHASING HORSES
Out Chasing Horses has been a really sad book so far. First Jon and Trond go out chasing horses, which means they steal horses and ride them for a while. It's cool because they are like those cowboys on TV, one of them scares the horses, and the other hangs from a branch of a tree. When the horses run underneath him, he drops and lans on a horse. Unfortunately, it looked easier than it truly was and Trond gets hurts when he hits the horse, and then gets bucked off. That's not the sad part though. After Jon and Trond have done this, the go climb a tree. There is a tiny birds nest, which they look at for a while. Trond comments on how precious life is, and how lucky these birds will be when they have grown and are able to fly away and live thier lives. This affects Jon in a way Trond could not have anticipated, and Jon is hurt and crumbles the nest, and lets it drop from the tree. What Trond didn't know is that earlier that day, Jon had returned from his favourite pastime, hunting, and set his gun down on the table and left to bathe in the river. His younger brothers, who idolized him, went to the table and found the gun, and begun to play than they are hunting, just like thier older brother Jon. Not knowing the gun was not locked, Lars jokingly pulls the trigger, accidentally killing his brother.
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