Thursday, August 25, 2016
Transit- Anna Seghers: Chapter One
The theme overall found in Chapter One was boredom. Our narrator talks to the readers either sarcastically or as if he was bored to death by everything. The only time he seemed to be amused was when he was nosy and read letters from the dead man's suitcase (Weidel). The unnamed narrator also seems to be carefree, since he had all the legal papers and documents to board the ship. Yet he did not end up boarding to leave the country...twice. What kind of man is our narrator? He was able to escape the concentration camps, time after time (a total of three times). Perhaps, he should flee the country to be an escape artist as a profession. He is so good at what he does, why not get paid for it? We learn that he is German, but he was sent to concentration camps. I wonder what he did to get himself in a sticky dilemma like that. Returning back to him snooping through stuff that is not his, he was left utterly disappointed after he found entertainment through Weidel's unfinished novel. *cue the drama queen* He should consider taking an occupation in theatre, in case he fails to be a great escape artist. If I were him, I would not have looked through other people's possessions, especially if they were deceased. His storytelling so far would be more useful towards falling asleep than counting sheep. I was told that it would get better, the more we read. The setting is shown to be chaotic, because there were cows that you could have resourceful with. The cows could have been a source for traveler's thirst, as well as a food source. Allusions to slavery and fairytales could be found on pages 9 and 21. Lastly, I would like to give props to our author, Anna Seghers, for incorporating many details for her descriptions and story, such as using real life locations and mentioning the taste of rosé.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Ten
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.
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.
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.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Six- Part One
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Six: The Present
1. The first sentence in Chapter Six was italicized, and it was the same sentence as the last sentence of Chapter Five.
2. This chapter takes place in early March.
3. The phrase on page 79, "I am absolutely alone" Dillard was not actually alone, but actually she was alone in her own space.
4. An alliteration on page 79, "alive and awesome with a brilliant blown lights" was a consonance alliteration.
5. I learned that lope is a slow jog.
6. On page 79, "purple vaults" the color purple is used as shadows.
7. A juxtaposition is found on page 79, and it was "the air cools; the puppy's skin is hot".
8. In Chapter Six, she goes from consciousness to self-consciousness.
9. Dillard thinks that innocence is like a hound. (conceit)
10. On page 84, "color-patches" is a motif from Chapter Two: Seeing.
Chapter Six: The Present
1. The first sentence in Chapter Six was italicized, and it was the same sentence as the last sentence of Chapter Five.
2. This chapter takes place in early March.
3. The phrase on page 79, "I am absolutely alone" Dillard was not actually alone, but actually she was alone in her own space.
4. An alliteration on page 79, "alive and awesome with a brilliant blown lights" was a consonance alliteration.
5. I learned that lope is a slow jog.
6. On page 79, "purple vaults" the color purple is used as shadows.
7. A juxtaposition is found on page 79, and it was "the air cools; the puppy's skin is hot".
8. In Chapter Six, she goes from consciousness to self-consciousness.
9. Dillard thinks that innocence is like a hound. (conceit)
10. On page 84, "color-patches" is a motif from Chapter Two: Seeing.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Five
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Five: Untying the Knot
1. This chapter still takes place in February.
2. I wonder how come the first sentence in every chapter is italicized.
3. In the beginning of the chapter, Dillard kinda goes back to the beauty is pain theme.
4. Dillard used a simile on page 74, "the skin had been pulled inside-out like a peeled sock for several inches".
5. Dillard used another simile on page 74, "wrinkles, looking exactly like a knot".
6. Dillard also used a simile on page 76, "the earth absorbs and releases heat slowly, like a leviathan breathing".
7. Dillard used a list on page 77, "trapped, slowed, grasped, fetched, peeled, or aimed:.
8. I learned what a hooped snake is.
9. Some themes in Chapter Five are wheels, circles eternity, and the continuity of time.
10. I learned who Nebuchadnezzar is.
Chapter Five: Untying the Knot
1. This chapter still takes place in February.
2. I wonder how come the first sentence in every chapter is italicized.
3. In the beginning of the chapter, Dillard kinda goes back to the beauty is pain theme.
4. Dillard used a simile on page 74, "the skin had been pulled inside-out like a peeled sock for several inches".
5. Dillard used another simile on page 74, "wrinkles, looking exactly like a knot".
6. Dillard also used a simile on page 76, "the earth absorbs and releases heat slowly, like a leviathan breathing".
7. Dillard used a list on page 77, "trapped, slowed, grasped, fetched, peeled, or aimed:.
8. I learned what a hooped snake is.
9. Some themes in Chapter Five are wheels, circles eternity, and the continuity of time.
10. I learned who Nebuchadnezzar is.
- Wheels, circles eternity, continuity of time
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Four
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Four: The Fixed
1. This chapter still takes place in February.
2. Dillard talks about how it is hard to see shadows, but that it is easy to see light and darkness (enlightenment).
3. Dillard refers back to her previous chapters for themes, such as galaxies and cosmos.
4. There was a good amount of similes, metaphors, oxymorons, and juxtapositions in this chapter.
5. Dillard uses colors for her adjectives to describe or compare something.
Example: pg 56 "smooth green face"
6. A main theme in this chapter was that Dillard prefers to let nature be.
7. On page 58, she uses "pure white" as a color to suggest purity in nature, then uses "red clay" to suggest pain, blood. Dillard is using a couple of warmer colors in this chapter.
8. I learned what a concertina is.
9. Dillard used rhyme on page 59, "catch the hatch".
10. I learned that the number "three" is known in religion as perfectness or holiness.
Chapter Four: The Fixed
1. This chapter still takes place in February.
2. Dillard talks about how it is hard to see shadows, but that it is easy to see light and darkness (enlightenment).
3. Dillard refers back to her previous chapters for themes, such as galaxies and cosmos.
4. There was a good amount of similes, metaphors, oxymorons, and juxtapositions in this chapter.
5. Dillard uses colors for her adjectives to describe or compare something.
Example: pg 56 "smooth green face"
6. A main theme in this chapter was that Dillard prefers to let nature be.
7. On page 58, she uses "pure white" as a color to suggest purity in nature, then uses "red clay" to suggest pain, blood. Dillard is using a couple of warmer colors in this chapter.
8. I learned what a concertina is.
9. Dillard used rhyme on page 59, "catch the hatch".
10. I learned that the number "three" is known in religion as perfectness or holiness.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Three
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
Chapter Three: Winter
1. This chapter takes place in early February.
2. Like Chapter Two, in Chapter Three Dillard used a lot of trappers, hunters, novelists, and other important people as a reference.
3. Dillard might have actually been a seamstress....because she compared a few types of fabrics to nature, especially animals.
4. Dillard enjoys puns.
5. On page 40, "mountains' bones poke through, all shoulder and knob and shin" it is a personification.
6. On page 45, "the light is diffuse and hueless, like the light on paper inside on paper inside a pewter bowl" it is a simile.
7. Dillard uses sensory (sound) words on page 50, "it made a thin, metallic sound like foil beating foil".
8. The spider Dillard chose to use in her novel is an "Orb Weaving Spider". She might have chosen this spider because of its orb-like shape like a galaxy or something.
9. Dillard uses syntax on page 53, "things out of place are ill".
10. Dillard believes that humans should not have control over animals.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: Chapter Two
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
This chapter was longer than the last chapter. Chapter Two seemed easier to read. So far by reading this book, it got me thinking some really deep thoughts.
Chapter Two: Seeing
1. This chapter takes place in January.
2. Dillard refers to a lot of artists and other people for inspiration.
3. On page 16, "a free gift from the universe"....I wonder if she is referring to herself as the universe through symbolism.
4. People in the world focuses on the complexities in life, rather than to enjoy the simplicities in life.
5. On page 18, "dancer who for my eyes only flings away her seven veils" is an allusion to the biblical dance in the Old testament.
6. I learned what an extended metaphor is.
7. There was some imagery in Chapter Two, as well as dark imagery.
8. People who collect certain objects would see more value in the objects they collect than people who do not.
9. In order to see space, you first need to understand light and darkness.
10. There was duality in this chapter, and it was vision vs. sight.
This chapter was longer than the last chapter. Chapter Two seemed easier to read. So far by reading this book, it got me thinking some really deep thoughts.
Chapter Two: Seeing
1. This chapter takes place in January.
2. Dillard refers to a lot of artists and other people for inspiration.
3. On page 16, "a free gift from the universe"....I wonder if she is referring to herself as the universe through symbolism.
4. People in the world focuses on the complexities in life, rather than to enjoy the simplicities in life.
5. On page 18, "dancer who for my eyes only flings away her seven veils" is an allusion to the biblical dance in the Old testament.
6. I learned what an extended metaphor is.
7. There was some imagery in Chapter Two, as well as dark imagery.
8. People who collect certain objects would see more value in the objects they collect than people who do not.
9. In order to see space, you first need to understand light and darkness.
10. There was duality in this chapter, and it was vision vs. sight.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Pilgrim at Tinder Creek: Chapter One
10-15 Things that I learned from "Pilgrim at Tinder Creek" by Annie Dillard:
When first read this book, I really did not understand much from the chapter at all. I think that this book is too deep in meaning and had an extreme amount of philosophy. I understood the book a lot better after the discussion. I managed to somewhat get the main idea of the novel.
Chapter One: Heaven and Earth in Jest
1. Dillard used a handful of literary devices to describe mainly nature, life, and death.
Example of Simile: "And suddenly the light runs across the land like a comber..." (12)
2. The creek in the water represented purification; referred to the Old Testament.
3. Like the water in the creek meant purification, the sycamore tree symbolized communication.
4. The author liked to use contrasts, such as heaven and earth.
5. An anchor-hold is what keeps you in place. For the narrator's case, her house is her anchor-hold to keep her in the creek/Virginia.
6. A bivouac is a temporary camp. She seems to use that word quite often.
7. When the narrator mentioned 'the oracle', in way she was referring to herself as insightful and wise.
8. I learned what an alliteration is.
Example of an Alliteration: "....ruck, and rumple" (8)
9. The narrator never really answer her own questions.
10. There was a lot of imagery in Chapter One.
When first read this book, I really did not understand much from the chapter at all. I think that this book is too deep in meaning and had an extreme amount of philosophy. I understood the book a lot better after the discussion. I managed to somewhat get the main idea of the novel.
Chapter One: Heaven and Earth in Jest
1. Dillard used a handful of literary devices to describe mainly nature, life, and death.
Example of Simile: "And suddenly the light runs across the land like a comber..." (12)
2. The creek in the water represented purification; referred to the Old Testament.
3. Like the water in the creek meant purification, the sycamore tree symbolized communication.
4. The author liked to use contrasts, such as heaven and earth.
5. An anchor-hold is what keeps you in place. For the narrator's case, her house is her anchor-hold to keep her in the creek/Virginia.
6. A bivouac is a temporary camp. She seems to use that word quite often.
7. When the narrator mentioned 'the oracle', in way she was referring to herself as insightful and wise.
8. I learned what an alliteration is.
Example of an Alliteration: "....ruck, and rumple" (8)
9. The narrator never really answer her own questions.
10. There was a lot of imagery in Chapter One.
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