Semester Endgame

1. I actually do find myself reading my friend's work online. I like to read their posts to see what ideas they had on the topic that I have to write about. I like seeing the different point of views compared to my own. After every assignment, I check everybody's blog who sits at my table and occasionally some others as well to see what they had to say. Sometimes I will read other people's blogs to see what they have posted that I don't. I also read others blogs for ideas when I am stumped on the topic we are given to write. I like reading others blogs and I feel like if I didn’t understand the reading that well, by looking at how other people viewed the story and their ideas on the topic, it helps me to better understand it as well.
2. I think that the always visible course blog has made it different from other courses without a blog because I know that everybody can see my work. Other people in my class can actually benefit from my work by reading what my ideas on a subject are whenever they want. If the blog suddenly disappeared tomorrow, I would feel like all this work that I put into my blog was for nothing. I am tired of the old traditional classroom setting and I would be bummed out if we had to go back to text books and turning in homework.
3. Publishing work for the public to see has changed my approach to completing an assignment because I feel like I actually need to know my information before I post something on a topic. Some random person can come across my blog that knows a lot more about a subject than I do and read my perspective on it and think I am a complete idiot. So I find myself putting in extra research to make sure that I have my facts straight. If I couldn’t post my work online, I would actually be kind of relieved. To be honest, I would be able to do the bare minimum to just get my homework turned in or not complete questions that I don’t know. So this is actually kind of a good thing I guess because I have to actually research things that I don’t know and have to complete my post.
4. I like how in class all we do is talk about the work that we did online the night before and what we need to do online for the current day. It is a nice break in the day to relax and just discuss what I have already learned. The learning happens at home when i am doing my assignment and looking up information on different websites or reading stories online that I need to answer questions on.
5. I would say that seriously it is the learning of the future. Just imagine if the entire country's English classes collaborated online to study for tests. I could have a discussion with somebody over in Florida who has the take the same test as me the next day. I feel like the whole entire country as a whole would do better and have millions of different perspectives behind them when it came to the AP test questions.
6. They think that it is pretty interesting. My sister believes that Dr. Preston is onto something here that not many people realize. My mom thinks that it would be cool to talk with other people around the world about a class subject and help each other out.
7. They share the same ideas about the class as i do. I feel that in a few years, everything will be online and we might not even need to go to a classroom.

Lit Anal #5

The Color Purple
by Alice Walke

1)Summary:
Celie is a poor uneducated girls form rural Georgia. Celie writes letters to God because her father rapes and beats her. Celie gave birth to two children as a result, however her father took both and killed them in the woods. After Celie's mother died, her father married a new woman, but continues to abuse Celie. We soon learn that a man named Mr.____ wants to marry Nettie, Celie's younger more beautiful sister. However, Mr.____ also likes Shug Avery. Celie's father refuses to marry off Nettie to Mr.____ but offers Celie instead. Mr.____ eventually accepts the offer. Nettie runs away form home and takes refuge with Celie at her new home. Mr.____ advances on Nettie, who becomes frightened and runs away never to be seen again. Celie believes she is dead. Shug comes to town to sing at a local bar and Mr.____'s son marries a girl named Sofia. Both the son and father try to abuse Sofia but she is stronger than the to and fights back. Shug falls ill and Mr.____ takes her in forcing Celie to take care of her. Celie starts to become attracted to Shug. Their relationship grows more intimate. Shug and Celie learn that Mr.____ has hidden letters to Celie from Nettie over the years. Celie reads them and wants to kill Mr.____. Nettie became a missionary in Africa with the help of a kind couple. That couple had adopted two children, who look like Nettie. Nettie confesses that they are her sisters children. The wife of the couple dies and Nettie marries the husband. Celie eventually begins to like Mr.____ and starts to enjoy her life. Sofia remarries Mr.____'s son and works in Celie's clothing store. Nettie finally returns home and she and Celie live happily together. They never felt younger.

 

2)Theme:
The main theme is that the ability to express one's thoughts and feelings is important to find oneself.

 

3)Tone:
The tone of the novel is very serious and tragic.

4)Literary Elements:
Structure-the novel is written in a first person narrative format.
Symbolism-purple, the color, represents all things created by God that are good.
Syntax-the author writes in short chapters each one a different letter to God written by Celie
Mood-the mood is sad and tragic
Diction-Walker uses words that Celie would have used since she was a poor uneducated girl from Georgia.