Willa Cather in her novel My Antonia (yes, a signal phrase) offers her view of life during the pioneer time.
How would My Ántonia be different if it were told from Ántonia's perspective? The book would be different because there would be more about Antonia and her adventure and might even be all about her.
How effective is Cather, a woman, at narrating a story from the point of view of a man? pretty effective because without her we wouldn't know what was going on.
Does Jim sound like a man writing, or does the narrative sound like a woman pretending to be a man? sounds like a man.
Why do you think Jim changed the title from Antonia to My Antonia? because she was his Antonia.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The Effects of Setting
Author Willa Cather embedded literary devices, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, within her writing.
"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
The setting had a big effect on Jim because that's where he was born and raised. The setting also had a big effect on Antonia because that's where she was born.
A setting that has a big effect on me is the football field, like when we went to Little Rock the atmosphere was so amazing. But when I'm out on the every day practice field then its not really that special. Being out there does make me feel important.
"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
The setting had a big effect on Jim because that's where he was born and raised. The setting also had a big effect on Antonia because that's where she was born.
A setting that has a big effect on me is the football field, like when we went to Little Rock the atmosphere was so amazing. But when I'm out on the every day practice field then its not really that special. Being out there does make me feel important.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Argument: Helmet to Helmet Contact Should be Legal in the NFL
Evidence -Concrete Detail
Helmet to Helmet Contact Should be Legal in the NFL
Making helmet to helmet contact legal would make the game more fun for all of the players and coaches. Mark Scholereth says that he loves and glorifies the big hits like that because that's what they get paid to do.Hitting the other team hard with the helmet make the other team not want to play therefore it intimidates the opposing team.The contact should be legal because that the way the game was first made, the game was made to be rough.All of the good features on ESPN are gone now because they cant glorify the big hits anymore.The intensity has changes allot in the last 50 years said Katz.Helmet to helmet contact should be illegal because it causes injuries and damage permanently.
Yes it does but so does regular tackling. So i say that you should be able to tackle anybody anywhere.
- Making helmet to helmet contact legal would make the game more fun for all of the players and coaches.
- Mark Scholereth says that he loves and glorifies the big hits like that because that's what they get paid to do.
- Hitting the other team hard with the helmet make the other team not want to play therefore it intimidates the opposing team.
- The contact should be legal because that the way the game was first made, the game was made to be rough.
- All of the good features on ESPN are gone now because they cant glorify the big hits anymore.
- The intensity has changes allot in the last 50 years said Katz.
- Helmet to helmet contact should be legal because it causes injuries and damage permanently.
- Yes it does but so does regular tackling. So i say that you should be able to tackle anybody anywhere.
Helmet to Helmet Contact Should be Legal in the NFL
Making helmet to helmet contact legal would make the game more fun for all of the players and coaches. Mark Scholereth says that he loves and glorifies the big hits like that because that's what they get paid to do.Hitting the other team hard with the helmet make the other team not want to play therefore it intimidates the opposing team.The contact should be legal because that the way the game was first made, the game was made to be rough.All of the good features on ESPN are gone now because they cant glorify the big hits anymore.The intensity has changes allot in the last 50 years said Katz.Helmet to helmet contact should be illegal because it causes injuries and damage permanently.
Yes it does but so does regular tackling. So i say that you should be able to tackle anybody anywhere.
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