Monday, February 16, 2009

Jornal entry: Mrs. Turner

Mrs Turners relationship with her husband makes her character a more dominant and proud type of person. her husband claims her wild, which gives her confidence and an air of snootiness. because of this control, she probably craves control in all her relationships, which explains why she attempts to have Janie fall in love with her brother, because she want to control her love life. when comparing her relationship with others, the clear difference between theirs and every other relationship in the book is that the female seems to be the dominant spouse. Janie's and teacakes relationship are on a reasonably equal level, while in her past relationships the male has always been the dominant spouse, inconsiderate too. the roles have switched in Mrs. Turners case. They also seem less fun loving and active in their relationship when compared to Janie and Tea Cake.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

jornal entry:more literary terms( 13-15)

page:119
Term:Figurative language
Quote: "all she found out was that she was too old a vessel for new wine."
why/effect: this was used in order to convey figuratively how Janie is becoming too old for much change or even a new life partner. using this particular type of figurative language allows for the audience too picture how Janie feels about her self in a way that isn't obvious and allows the audience to think on it. the word choice in particular also lets us understand how she feels through imagery.

jornal entry:more literary terms(13-15)

page:131
Term:Parallel structure
quote: "Dancing, fighting, singing, crying, laughing, winning, and losing love every hour."
why/effect: this parallel structure is used in order to convey constant action, as well as make it easy to read. but mostly to help the audience understand whet life was like every night now for Janie, and how action packed and fun it was to her. it helps the audience connect to the character and create their own feelings of excitement, and project or imagine it in the book.

jornal entry:more literary terms( 13-15)

Page: 137-138
Term: Imagry
Quote: "They wrestled on until they were doped with their own fumes and emanations; till their clothes had been torn away; till he hurled her to the floor and held her there melting her resistance with the heat of his body, doing things with their bodies to express the inexpressible; kissed her until she arched her body to meet him and they fell asleep in sweet exhaustion".
why/effect: the reason for using such provocidive imagry is to express teacakes and janies passion in a raw way. using such sensual tones and making it almost seem like a romance novel helps the audiance connect to the couple, and imagine their passion and even the way their passion takes shape. all the emotional conflict that had occured between them melt away in their sea of love, being able to "express the inexpressible" through such provocitive imagry is somthing a realistically sexualized audience can relate too.

Jornal entry: janies changes, and motivations

Janie has gone through radical change in the last two chapters. her past marriages both ended in what should be defined as disappointment, and hurt full. this gives Janie a very cynical outlook on the idea of men and of marriage. but then Tea Cake comes along and dramatically changes her attitude by treating her like a person as opposed to a second class citizen as her past husbands had. through the course of chapters 11-12, Janie slowly becomes trusting and positive. she also becomes confident in her appearance, outlooks, and actions. when relating her changes through the book, it can be observed that Janie becomes experience and intelligent as time goes on, but only now is she able to use these things she has gained and channel them towards a positive outlook on life. She also now has new motivation. she wants to make Herself and tea cake happy, and doesn't care about the opinions of others other than tea cake. she wants to start a new life for love and not out of what others pressure her to do, but for what she desires.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Jornal entry-mimicing Mrs. Hurston

Then Alexis began to ponder in isolation. isolation, that intriguing being with shining pleasantry who lived close in the mind. The despaired who existed on the land like a prairie with no grass, and no flowers. What need has isolation for grass, and what life can grow upon her? She sits upon her surly steppe, sadness that stalks the galaxy. Sits observing and stoic with her words conserved, waiting for her envoy to breeze her in. Been sitting there before there was a where or a when or a then. She was subject to find a claw from her paw lying in her living room any night now. She was disheartened and petrified at the thought. Rotten Andrea! She shan't not to condone fisticuffs in there by herself. She summoned Siouxsie in to submit a stay, but Andrea said no. The herbalists wher untrained in accordance with the unearthly physical complexity's, but they were knowledgeable in things for a case such as this. she would become sickly as soon as the double tailed man found what spell had been cast over her. She was sure to die. That's what she anticipated. but Siouxsie spoke to her in contrary, so she understood. And then if she had not, the next evening she was meant to know, for people strayed from her abode near the ice cream shop and pine forest. Beings who had typically visited the old house strayed away and did not glance at the house. Simply, they wandered away past the pine forest and walked on. Breeze, that claw less paw, had moved over the forest.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

this is my outline for the people watching thing

I. Introduction
A. This Observed man is in need of friendship and security in his life.
B. Thesis: This observed man can be seen as insecure, afraid of rejection and attention starved when considering his unnaturally dark hair, his tense body language, and walking speed.
II. Body
A. Unnaturally dark hair
1. The man’s darkened hair points to an insecurity with himself
a. He most likely dyes his hair because he feels he is inadequate, and his natural hair color is unacceptable.
b. His hair was extremely dark and shiny because of the gel he put in it, which further points to a want to change himself.
2. The man’s darkened hair points to a fear of rejection
a) He dyes his hair because of his want to please others, and fear of being disliked by another person
b) Whether people realize it or not, people dye their hair in order to do the same thing, win acceptance from others
B. His tense body language
3. The man’s tense body language points to a stressed mind due to fear of rejection
a. He appears relaxed at first glance but upon further inspection, his arms are stiff on each arm of his chair, his stomach is protruding, and his neck is stiff looking around slowly.
b. He could be sitting like that because he is afraid of judgment, if he sits too casually people could judge him negatively
1. The man’s tense body language points to a strengthening insecurity
a. He sits like this because he fells the way he sits comfortably is wrong or bad
C. His waking speed and drink consumption
1 . The man’s walking speed is the final stage of a fear of rejection
a. The man just bolted out before he could finish his drink with no known cause. He could have felt a rejection by the others sitting around him who weren’t talking to him.
b. The way he sipped his drink as he was dashing out could be a nervous tick
2. The man’s walking speed points to a need for attention
a. The way he dashed out so abruptly did get him some turning heads, he could have done it because he knew if he went out then he would get his attention.

Conclusion