10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Ten: Fecundity
1.Dillard thinks that "fecundity" is an ugly word, and I also learned what that word meant.
2. I learned that Queen Anne's lace is a plant.
3. I also learned that there is an odor to sex, and it smells earthy.
4. Dillard probably read The Great American Forest and The Annual Report of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, 1875.
5.There was an allusion on Rachel Carson on page 168.
6. There was an astronomy reference on page 169; "space twenty-five hundred light years".
7. I learned what ichneumon is.
8. Dillard thinks that one must die to evolve.
9. I found a consonance alliteration on page 180, "blamelessly, benevolently".
10. Themes in this chapter that I found were variety of forms and extravagance.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014
Response Journal: Chapter Nine
Prompt #12:
Science and literature could be connected in some ways, when an author include nature in their work. This could work as a scientific fact kinda way, or it could also work when an author relates to an experience that dealt with nature.A poet could bring a positive environmental change to the world, by talking about a topic like global warming. "The real skill is to raise the sails and to catch the power of the wind as it passes by" (Thomas Berry). I wonder what Thomas Berry meant by his quote. When I read this quote, I instantly thought of nature, and it made me realize how powerful wind really is. Although, you can not see the wind, you can feel the wind.
Science and literature could be connected in some ways, when an author include nature in their work. This could work as a scientific fact kinda way, or it could also work when an author relates to an experience that dealt with nature.A poet could bring a positive environmental change to the world, by talking about a topic like global warming. "The real skill is to raise the sails and to catch the power of the wind as it passes by" (Thomas Berry). I wonder what Thomas Berry meant by his quote. When I read this quote, I instantly thought of nature, and it made me realize how powerful wind really is. Although, you can not see the wind, you can feel the wind.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Nine
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Nine: Flood
1. We are now entering summer (June).
2. There were a lot of different animals mentioned in this chapter.
3. Dillard used the word "opaque" on page 150.
4. Dillard used a simile on page 150 "an opaque pale green, pulverized jade".
5. The text I found on page 151, " the color is foul, a rusty cream"; I wonder what it meant.
6. Dillard used anaphoras on pages 152 and 153.
7. Dillard used an apostrophe in the third paragraph of page 152.
8. Dillard used a list on the bottom of page 153 and it continues on the top of page 154.
9. Dillard lists people like John Paul Jones, Amelia Earhart, Franklin, Lee Zacharias, and Governor Holton.
10. Dillard used an allusion on page 159 , and it was a reference to the Vietnam War.
11. Dillard used many colors to describe fabrics, animals, and nature.
12. On page 156, Dillard italicized "motorboat" to emphasize it.
13. Dillard used another list in the third paragraph of page 158.
14. Dillard found a mushroom in the wild. She picked the mushroom. She found out that the mushroom was not have toxic. It is rare.
15. The title of this chapter is actually an allusion to Noah from the Bible.
Chapter Nine: Flood
1. We are now entering summer (June).
2. There were a lot of different animals mentioned in this chapter.
3. Dillard used the word "opaque" on page 150.
4. Dillard used a simile on page 150 "an opaque pale green, pulverized jade".
5. The text I found on page 151, " the color is foul, a rusty cream"; I wonder what it meant.
6. Dillard used anaphoras on pages 152 and 153.
7. Dillard used an apostrophe in the third paragraph of page 152.
8. Dillard used a list on the bottom of page 153 and it continues on the top of page 154.
9. Dillard lists people like John Paul Jones, Amelia Earhart, Franklin, Lee Zacharias, and Governor Holton.
10. Dillard used an allusion on page 159 , and it was a reference to the Vietnam War.
11. Dillard used many colors to describe fabrics, animals, and nature.
12. On page 156, Dillard italicized "motorboat" to emphasize it.
13. Dillard used another list in the third paragraph of page 158.
14. Dillard found a mushroom in the wild. She picked the mushroom. She found out that the mushroom was not have toxic. It is rare.
15. The title of this chapter is actually an allusion to Noah from the Bible.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Eight
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Eight: Intricacy
1. Dillard used a simile on page 126 "as deep as any alpine landscape".
2. The themes in Chapter Eight are elaborate extravagance, creation, and multiplicity of forms.
3. Another theme was that intricacy = mystery.
4. Dillard used colors to describe animals such as goldfish, rotifers, starlings, caterpillars, African Hercules beetles, and dragonflies.
5. I learned what fascicles meant.
6. Dillard also used a couple of art terms in this chapter.
7. I learned what an anaphora is and that Dillard used a couple of them to emphasize what she wanted to tell us that we are many things.
8. There was a good amount of lists in this chapter, one of them was on page 131 "thin, flat, rounded at the apex, the exposed portions(closed cone) reddish brown, often wrinkled, armed on the back with a small, reflexive prickle, which curves toward the base of the scale".
9. Again in this chapter, Dillard asks rhetorical questions.
10. She talks about her Ellery goldfish.
Chapter Eight: Intricacy
1. Dillard used a simile on page 126 "as deep as any alpine landscape".
2. The themes in Chapter Eight are elaborate extravagance, creation, and multiplicity of forms.
3. Another theme was that intricacy = mystery.
4. Dillard used colors to describe animals such as goldfish, rotifers, starlings, caterpillars, African Hercules beetles, and dragonflies.
5. I learned what fascicles meant.
6. Dillard also used a couple of art terms in this chapter.
7. I learned what an anaphora is and that Dillard used a couple of them to emphasize what she wanted to tell us that we are many things.
8. There was a good amount of lists in this chapter, one of them was on page 131 "thin, flat, rounded at the apex, the exposed portions(closed cone) reddish brown, often wrinkled, armed on the back with a small, reflexive prickle, which curves toward the base of the scale".
9. Again in this chapter, Dillard asks rhetorical questions.
10. She talks about her Ellery goldfish.
Response Journal: Chapter Seven
Prompt #10:
Plants are both useful and used for show. Plants smells nice most of the time, and they provide oxygen. Plants might have "semi-consciousness" because they give to us humans. Plants are a significant and worthy object of study for an environmentalist. I picked wildflowers for my mom and my preschool teachers when I was little.
Plants are both useful and used for show. Plants smells nice most of the time, and they provide oxygen. Plants might have "semi-consciousness" because they give to us humans. Plants are a significant and worthy object of study for an environmentalist. I picked wildflowers for my mom and my preschool teachers when I was little.
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Seven
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Seven: Spring
1. Dillard also used repetition on page 107 "why, why, why....meaning, meaning, meaning".
2. Dillard used a list on page 121 "....they whirl, paddle, swim, slog, whip, and sinuate".
3. Dillard used the color green as a verb.
4. Dillard reused themes from previous chapters such as small things, and worlds within worlds. She also used the theme "different languages or codes".
5. There was a lot of plants in Chapter Seven such as flowers, shrubs, bushes, and trees.
6. Dillard talked about the Rosetta Stone.
7. Dillard also mentions about Adam's Woods.
8. I learned what sundogs is.
9. Dillard uses different ice terms; because of Eskimo background.
10. Dillard quotes from Albert Einstein.
Chapter Seven: Spring
1. Dillard also used repetition on page 107 "why, why, why....meaning, meaning, meaning".
2. Dillard used a list on page 121 "....they whirl, paddle, swim, slog, whip, and sinuate".
3. Dillard used the color green as a verb.
4. Dillard reused themes from previous chapters such as small things, and worlds within worlds. She also used the theme "different languages or codes".
5. There was a lot of plants in Chapter Seven such as flowers, shrubs, bushes, and trees.
6. Dillard talked about the Rosetta Stone.
7. Dillard also mentions about Adam's Woods.
8. I learned what sundogs is.
9. Dillard uses different ice terms; because of Eskimo background.
10. Dillard quotes from Albert Einstein.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Six- Part Two
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Six: The Present
1. There is a simile on page 93 "hardwood, like a thickening coat mail".
2. There was another simile on page 93 "fattening like puppies for our deaths".
3. I also found another simile on page 94 "scalloped like a blade of a kitchen knife".
4. A motif I found was "universes within universes".
5. I learned that ethos is like ethics.
6. There was a lot of the different types of wind names on pages 98-99.
7. I also learned what crescendo meant.
8. Dillard also mentioned a couple of people in this chapter.
9. The phrase on page 103, "tumbling live and about, over, under, around, between, through" were prepositions.
10. Dillard talks about not to dwell in the past.
Chapter Six: The Present
1. There is a simile on page 93 "hardwood, like a thickening coat mail".
2. There was another simile on page 93 "fattening like puppies for our deaths".
3. I also found another simile on page 94 "scalloped like a blade of a kitchen knife".
4. A motif I found was "universes within universes".
5. I learned that ethos is like ethics.
6. There was a lot of the different types of wind names on pages 98-99.
7. I also learned what crescendo meant.
8. Dillard also mentioned a couple of people in this chapter.
9. The phrase on page 103, "tumbling live and about, over, under, around, between, through" were prepositions.
10. Dillard talks about not to dwell in the past.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Response Journal: Chapter Six
Prompt #9:
Dillard felt that she had finally become self-conscious and self-aware. Because she believed that if you understand nature, then you can really understand life. After drinking the cup of coffee, she had a calm mind and she felt that she was able to connect with nature, as well as God. You could become "more alive than all the world" by maybe becoming one with God or having a calm mind to understand nature.
Dillard felt that she had finally become self-conscious and self-aware. Because she believed that if you understand nature, then you can really understand life. After drinking the cup of coffee, she had a calm mind and she felt that she was able to connect with nature, as well as God. You could become "more alive than all the world" by maybe becoming one with God or having a calm mind to understand nature.
Response Journal: Chapter Five
Prompt #8:
The knot can be referred to a never ending cycle. A knot is continuous, endless, a loop without beginning or end. Dillard compared a knot to snakeskin, which may be odd in my opinion. I guess there might have been an allusion that I must have not gotten. If I were to compare something to a knot, I would have used a donut.
The knot can be referred to a never ending cycle. A knot is continuous, endless, a loop without beginning or end. Dillard compared a knot to snakeskin, which may be odd in my opinion. I guess there might have been an allusion that I must have not gotten. If I were to compare something to a knot, I would have used a donut.
Response Journal: Chapter Four
Prompt #7:
Dillard goes back to the motif of "seeing" from Chapter Two. Dillard uses "When a mantis has crunched up the last shred of its victim, it cleans its smooth green face like a cat." The description Dillard used to describe how a praying mantis finishes its meal is both disgusting and interesting. It also left an image in my head that I shall not forget. The description was way too grotesque for me.
Dillard goes back to the motif of "seeing" from Chapter Two. Dillard uses "When a mantis has crunched up the last shred of its victim, it cleans its smooth green face like a cat." The description Dillard used to describe how a praying mantis finishes its meal is both disgusting and interesting. It also left an image in my head that I shall not forget. The description was way too grotesque for me.
Response Journal: Chapter Three
Prompt #6:
I despise insects. I think that insects are pesky and annoying. I have watched insects before. I am afraid of some certain insects, like beetles. I like ladybugs even though they are insects. I fear that insects would infest my home. I am fascinated on how insects can live their tiny lives.
I despise insects. I think that insects are pesky and annoying. I have watched insects before. I am afraid of some certain insects, like beetles. I like ladybugs even though they are insects. I fear that insects would infest my home. I am fascinated on how insects can live their tiny lives.
Response Journal: Chapter Two
Prompt #4:
When I was reading Chapter Two, I noticed that there was a lot references to authors, philosophers, and books. I don't really read books as often as I liked myself to anymore. Dillard compares how people would react to a penny on a sidewalk to the simplicities in life. Because a penny is so small and little in value, most people would not bother to pick it up. People in the world does not give gratitude to small things in life, instead we focus on the complexities in life. It is simply the way how we to view things and how we decide to cherish the littlest of things that determines how our life would go. It would be your choices that will either lead you to a simple, happy, carefree life or a complicated, miserable, selfish life.
Prompt #5:
To be honest, I don't know half of the scholarly references Dillard mentioned. A reading habit I have is that I often forget to finish a book I have started. I enjoy reading books with a bit of mystery, romance, and drama. I don't have a list of authors or experts that I rely upon on. I don't really think that I have a personal philosophy. I trust people that would listen to what I have to say and I also trust people that cares about me.
When I was reading Chapter Two, I noticed that there was a lot references to authors, philosophers, and books. I don't really read books as often as I liked myself to anymore. Dillard compares how people would react to a penny on a sidewalk to the simplicities in life. Because a penny is so small and little in value, most people would not bother to pick it up. People in the world does not give gratitude to small things in life, instead we focus on the complexities in life. It is simply the way how we to view things and how we decide to cherish the littlest of things that determines how our life would go. It would be your choices that will either lead you to a simple, happy, carefree life or a complicated, miserable, selfish life.
Prompt #5:
To be honest, I don't know half of the scholarly references Dillard mentioned. A reading habit I have is that I often forget to finish a book I have started. I enjoy reading books with a bit of mystery, romance, and drama. I don't have a list of authors or experts that I rely upon on. I don't really think that I have a personal philosophy. I trust people that would listen to what I have to say and I also trust people that cares about me.
Response Journal: Chapter One
Prompt #1:
To me I see nature as peacefully, relaxing, and beautiful. Nature is a sweet escape from the world of technology. I am a beach person. I have gone camping before, and I enjoyed it very much. I despise spiders, ants, and many other bugs. I think that people should not hunt. I have planted a garden before with my mum. I have not watched a butterfly emerge from its cocoon.
Prompt #2:
What astounds me about nature is that whenever I look outside my window, I take time to marvel at how beautiful nature really is. Sometimes I would take a morning walk outside, and I could feel the warmth from the sun tingling on my skin. During my morning walks, I could also hear the tree leaves rustling, the birds chirping, and the cool breeze that occasionally turns my hair into a hot mess. Although nature can be beautiful, I feel that other times nature can be painful as well. Like the time sand flew into my eyes.
Prompt #3
After already reading the first chapter of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard, I already felt that in this novel she wants to portray everything has a deep meaning behind it. I found it to be a hard read. Dillard's first focus on nature was "...power and beauty, grace tangled in a rapture with violence". I found it to be very dark and violent thought comparison.
To me I see nature as peacefully, relaxing, and beautiful. Nature is a sweet escape from the world of technology. I am a beach person. I have gone camping before, and I enjoyed it very much. I despise spiders, ants, and many other bugs. I think that people should not hunt. I have planted a garden before with my mum. I have not watched a butterfly emerge from its cocoon.
Prompt #2:
What astounds me about nature is that whenever I look outside my window, I take time to marvel at how beautiful nature really is. Sometimes I would take a morning walk outside, and I could feel the warmth from the sun tingling on my skin. During my morning walks, I could also hear the tree leaves rustling, the birds chirping, and the cool breeze that occasionally turns my hair into a hot mess. Although nature can be beautiful, I feel that other times nature can be painful as well. Like the time sand flew into my eyes.
Prompt #3
After already reading the first chapter of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard, I already felt that in this novel she wants to portray everything has a deep meaning behind it. I found it to be a hard read. Dillard's first focus on nature was "...power and beauty, grace tangled in a rapture with violence". I found it to be very dark and violent thought comparison.
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