2009년 9월 27일 일요일

Warm up

Hee-Young, which is one of my Korean friends, left an impression on me. She had long hair and wore dress like a other girl, but she was very cool and weird to me. When I first met her, she was thinking about why boys have short hair and girls have long hair. This made me to think, too. She had many boy friends than girl friends. She was my first girl that looked like boy to me. Her clothes became a glider when she jump to tree to tree. She had pretty voice so when she singing like a bard. She is kind and still she is my good friend.

Clue 5

1a. What is the theme of "About Effie"?
Finding the theme of "About Effie" was very hard to me. When I finished this story, I thought there is no theme of the story. At last, I think I found the theme of this story. I think the theme of this story is caring others. Because in the story, all the characters care each other.

1. Who is Effie waiting for?
Effie was waiting a man who come when rain come with lightning and music. She always waited "him". I think he is very importance to her. He was the meaning of the her life.

2. This story contains a lot of Christ imagery. Write down three separate sentences from the story that might symbolize Jesus and explain why Timothy Findley might have written these into his story.
In the Bible, Jesus told to his followers to waite for their father and pary to him. I think Timothy Findley wanted to show every people have someone who is very meaning for to them like a God.

3. Can non-Christian authors reveal truth about God's world?
I think the answer is yes or no, because I'm non-Christian. I have to research lots of data and try to understand the God to do my project of Bible class. Even I research and get information of God, I could not understand the God. If someone asked to write about God's world, my answer will NO!

Clue 4

1a. Who is a "character" in your life you admire?
Sin-hen is a "character" in my life I admire. He is one of my best friends in Korean school. He is really good at playing a guitar and I learned how to volunteer to poor. He was the head of service club and I was co-leader. We made that club together but that was his idea. My club went to many places, and I saw him servicing poorwith his love. He is really good and cool person. And also he is mt best friend.

1. What specific clues can setting reveal about the theme of a short story?
We can get clues that reveal about the theme of a short story in the setting. Theme is the idea of author want to tell and teach us. The characters have different feeling and idea in different setting. For example, if setting is the battle field, the character might have bad feeling of the world. Like this theme will change by setting of the story.

2. How does an author drop clues about characters and how their actions lead you to the theme of a story?
Characters are most importance thing in the story. Because without them, there is no conflict. If there is no conflict, there will be no theme and moral. Also no one will read that story, becasue it will be boring and no use. Feeling of chacters can show theme of the story like sad, happy, etc.

3. What is the strongest setting you have ever encountered in your own life (the place that has impacted you the most). Describe this place and ponder if God revealed anything about Himself or His truth in this place.
When I went to house of hope for service with service club, I saw lots of poor poeple who lost their home and family because there were handicap. There were same as us even kind to us and there were happy. They looked like a child who need love.

2009년 9월 13일 일요일

Reader’s Response of "Two Kinds"

In the page 93 line 13, I, the one who is in the story, was complaining to her mother that she is not a genius. Every mother want their child be best. My mother is one of them. She want me to be best in everything. If I make same small mistake that others do, she start disappoint to me. I know she is doing that beacuse she love me, but it hurts my feeling and want to say "I'm not a genius!!" to my mother.
In the page 90 line 33, her mother always discourage her daughthter. She always use discouraging words. When my mother gets angry to me, she always say with discouraging words. I think that will show her feeling to us, but it will makes us to give up.
In the page 91 line 30~33, her mother disappointed to her daughter, because her daughter did not get and not understand what she learned in her school. Sometimes I can see my parents' disappointment face when I tell my idea to them. I think my idea was right but they did not think like me. Until now, I cannot understand why they were disappointed to me.

2009년 9월 9일 수요일

Clue 3

1a. What is a literary theme?
The literary theme is a broad idea, message, or lesson provided by a literary work. "All you need is love" by Beatle, a song about love. The story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" portrays the author's opinion about honesty.

2a. What is the theme of your life, as you see it right now?
The theme of my life is happyness and exciment. Every day when a wake up in my bed, I have a family that help me, and a home which fill in love. Everyday I have conflicts and advenyure.

3a. In your opinion, what is the theme of God's plan for this world?
I think God did not plan for this world. I think he made it just fot his fun. Because before the creation of the Earth, he was lonely so I think that is why he create the world.

1. How can you figure out a theme in a start story? Describe the process.
I can read a title of the story and then think about what is this title relate to the story. Then start read the story. While I am reading a story, I will find each characters actions and their feelings. And then think about meanings of their actions. When I finish the story, think about the conclution of the story. Finally make connections of my ides(thought). Then I will find them of the story.

2. What is the theme of " The Utterly Perfect Murder" and how does this theme relate to your own life?
The themes of "The Utterly Perfecfect Murfer" are lonely, disappointment and regretment. Sometimes, I do dissappoint to my friends and so due them. They forget what they promised to me. That's hurt my feelings and my trust. I often regret thing that I made it. When I was in Korean school, I made a jok that can hurt my friends feeling. So she cried. I was so sorry for her and disappoint myself.

3. How is a moral of a story different from a theme?
The theme is the main point that the aurthor is trying to tell to the reader. Theme is ideas of the aurthor that is good for us. The moral is a practical lesson in the story.

2009년 9월 6일 일요일

Clue #6

1a. Metaphor and simile have similiar means that make connections with word to word. Simile use like or as to connect, but unlike simile, metaphor not use like or as.


1. Why do authors use figurative language?
Authors use figurative language because it describes an idea through comparison. Authors use it to make their messages more powerful. When audiences identify figurative language, their understanding will increases and they will improve their writing skills. For my case, I use it for fun. I like to find simile or metaphor in the story, so I often use them in my writing. I think it makes my work cool.

2. List 3 metaphors that you think are really beautiful or interesting?

"I'll be the grapes fermented, bottled and served with the table set in my finest suitlike a perfect gentlemen " in this metaphor, I can know that he will served someone gentle and feel graet like grapes fermented, which is wine. I always want to be a gentleman so this one is interesting to me.

"I'll be your winter coat buttoned and zippedstraight to the throatwith the collar up so you won't catch a cold" in this metaphor, I can feel love of someone this one wants to make one, who this person loves, to be warm. I think every loves are beauitful.

"I'll be the waterwings that save you if you start drowningin an open tab when your judgement's on the brink" This metaphor is also rerelate to love.

http://luccy.blogspot.com/2005/11/most-beautiful-metaphors.html

Clue 1

*What is beauty?
Definition of beauty is the quality of being pleasing to thesenses or to the mind. When we see amazing and wonderful things, We can say there are beauitful.


1. In your words, please summarize what Reader Reasponse analysis is, and what steps are involved.

Reader-response criticism is audience's experience of a literary work. Every people have different experiences and knowledges, so every one have different answers of literary work. When weread about literary work or texts, we need to find connections between you and the text to have better understand of text. Look personal reaction of book. Literature based on person own expectations and ideas. This wills guides the active creation of meaning.

2. How can Reader-response open our eyes to more truth as we read?

When you have same experience or hard about thing that in the literary work or texts, you will response to it. We can read deep inside of text so our eyes to more truth.

3. Why is it important for you to intercat/connect with literature?

It is important for reader to intercat/connect with literature because, we can have better understand of literature and think what I will do that in some kind of situations in the literature.

2009년 9월 2일 수요일

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