Ms. Hyde, this post was made for you to guide you through my webpage. Below are the required assignments for you class upon which I will be graded. Under each assignment you will find the date it was posted. I do please request that you visit each posting individually to analyze it independently. Thank you very much and if you have any questions please ask me.
1. ELA Session One Part B Essay (text and graph)
date posted: 1/10/08...Ms. Hyde just returned it to me today!
2. ELA Session Two Part B Essay (critical lens)
date posted:1/8/08...I just got it back today because I was absent, that is why it is just posted today.
3. Questions on Session One Part B
date posted:12/19/07...Ms. Hyde, this date is not displayed at the top of the post-i don't know why- but i can show you from my logged-on account, i can see it from there.
4. Area of Weakness on ELA Regents Exam and have people comment on how to help you
date posted:1/2/08
5-6. Analysis of 2 Critical Lens Quotes (you had to write the introductory paragraphs)
date posted:12/3/07
7. One of the 2 critical lens quote developed into a complete outline
date posted:12/5/07
8-9. Plot of Fences and August Wilson's Bio with Works Cited
date posted:12/10/07
Note:#s 8 and 9 are both in the same post as asked I was told in the beginning to do so.
10. Story Map on Fences
date posted:1/8/08...Ms. Hyde just asked us to post it today on our blogs.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Story Map on Fences
Information Technology High School 1
Ms. Hyde
English E5H
12/30/07
Lourdes Vicuna
Fences by August Wilson
Characters & Characterization:
Troy Maxson-is known as the protagonist of the book. He is 53 years old African American and his occupation is a sanitation man. Troy is the husband of Rose, brother of Gabriel and father of Lyons, Cory and Raynell.
Jim Bono-He is Troy’s best friend.
Rose-She is the wife of Troy and has faithfully maintained herself on his side. Rose is the mother of Cory, stepmother of Lyons and raises Raynell.
Lyons-Troy’s son, who is a musician and comes to ask for money on Troy’s payday.
Gabriel-Troy’ brother who served as a soldier in WWII and now has a metal plate in his head because of an injury.
Cory-Son of Troy and Rose, great football player in High School and later serves in the Marines.
Raynell-Daughter of Alberta and Troy, innocent child raised by Rose after mother’s death.
Alberta-Mother of Raynell, she dies when she gives birth. This is the woman who Troy had an affair with.
Death-Death is the antagonist of the play because Troy fears it and it kills him too.
Setting:
This play takes place mostly in the backyard of a two-story brick house or the house itself in Pittsburgh, PA. The time during which this took place was 1957-1965 and this time period is very important because it was a time of Civil Rights Movement and a time of segregation. The reader was able to perceive a feeling of separation in this town because they were African American and thus were limited to certain rights.
Vocabulary: (from www.dictionary.com)
1. sickle(p.11)- an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hook like blade mounted in a short handle.
2. hauling(p.35)- To pull or drag forcibly; tug.
3. recruited(p.49)- To engage (persons) for military service.
4. penitentiary(p.70)- a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, esp. a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
5. maneuver(p.85)- a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
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Information Technology High School 2
Ms. Hyde
English E5H
12/30/07
Lourdes Vicuna
Plot: (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion/Resolution):
This play begins with the fact that Troy and Bono are drinking on payday at Troy’s backyard. As they are talking Bono suspects that Troy is cheating on Rose. Lyons later appears asking for money and permission to play football at North Carolina, but is denied. Late into the play, after talking with his boss, Troy gets to drive the garbage truck. As Troy and Cory are working on the fence, Bono tells them that Rose wants to have a fence because she loves them and she wants to keep them all to herself. Troy confesses that he had an affair with Alberta to Bono and later more importantly to Rose. Months later he brings home the baby that belongs to Alberta and Troy and Rose in a feeling of love and emotion agrees to raise baby Raynell. Troy and Cory later have a physical fight and eight years later, Troy dies from a heart attack. By this time he had already build the fence that Rose had always wanted.
2 “Quotes”: (With explanation, 1 paragraph each)
“Death ain’t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner”-Troy (p.10)
As quoted above, Troy’s antagonist was death. He knew that once it came, that was the end of him. That is why he compares it as a fastball, because it is something that occurs without giving warning, spontaneously, like as if he was waiting online for his turn to come. This quote was foreshadowing the future death of Troy because it would be fast and unexpected by the reader.
“Some people build fences to keep people out …and other people build fences to keep people in. Rose wants to hold on to you all. She loves you.”-Bono (p.61)
This quote is very important because it gives a sense of symbolism. This quote means that in this play Rose tried to keep her family protected, but little did she know that this would not happen. Here the fences symbolize protection for her family. It is also important to not forget how fences keep the evil away from Rose’s family because her family is her priority. This quote is very important because August Wilson tells the reader how the fences symbolize protection or put a stop to something and in this case it was keeping the family together despite the racial society that surrounds them.
Conflicts: (External, Internal)
Troy vs. Troy (Internal Conflict)-Tory has to battle within himself the fact that he always tries to give his family the best of him; attention, love and support. But when he tries to do so, it somehow fails, especially since he had an affair with Alberta. It’s like as if he wanted to give of himself more than what he has.
Troy vs. Cory (External Conflict)-Troy confronts his son because they had an argument, they physically interacted with each other. Mostly because Troy doesn’t approve Cory’s
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Information Technology High School 3
Ms. Hyde
English E5H
12/30/07
Lourdes Vicuna
desire to play professional football. This conflict leads to a rough relationship between father and son which later is seen in the end of the play because Cory refuses to go to his dad’s funeral. Rose makes him realize that not going to his dad’s funeral doesn’t make him a man so he decided to go.
Themes:
Family is Priority
Family is priority to Rose because she was always trying to find out ways to keep her family together. Like when Troy confessed that he was having an affair with another woman, she could of have left, but yet she chose to put her family first and make sacrifices for them by staying with them because her family was her priority.
Protection of Fences
Protection of Fences was a main topic in this play because it was constantly brought up to Troy that he had to build fences for Rose. What makes fences a theme is the fact that protection was necessary for everything. Fences served as a barrier to what was going around society.
Literary Elements:
Tone- a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; mood.
p. all of the book
This play had a tranquil tone because it was very moderate; it was always kept at the same tone to let the reader know how there was barely any trouble.
Motif- a dominant theme or central idea.
p. all of the book
In this play, family is a motif because anything any character did affected the family. Like when Troy died, it devastated the entire family. Every character tried to do their best to keep the family together in peace and in harmony.
Symbolism- the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.
p. all of the book
Fences are a symbol of protection, protection shown by Rose’s struggle to keep her family together. Fences is also a symbol of barriers, barriers seen in life when Troy struggled to get a garbage truck position at his job because he was an African American.
Annotated Bibliography:
Wilson, August. Fences. New York: Penguin Books, 1986.
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Information Technology High School 4
Ms. Hyde
English E5H
12/30/07
Lourdes Vicuna
Fences is an amazing work of art by August Wilson that tells about the life of an African American family in the 1950s and in the 1960s and their struggle to keep their family together. The Maxson family has difficulties like the other families, but what makes this family stand out is their desire to reunite themselves and be the best that they can. This family is made up of different ways of thinking and yet they all know what they should do to make their family go through difficult times. That is what makes a family so great, which is why August Wilson won many awards and among these Pulitzer Award. Clearly August Wilson wants to make it clear that when everyone turns their back on you, your family will be there for you.
Ms. Hyde
English E5H
12/30/07
Lourdes Vicuna
Fences by August Wilson
Characters & Characterization:
Troy Maxson-is known as the protagonist of the book. He is 53 years old African American and his occupation is a sanitation man. Troy is the husband of Rose, brother of Gabriel and father of Lyons, Cory and Raynell.
Jim Bono-He is Troy’s best friend.
Rose-She is the wife of Troy and has faithfully maintained herself on his side. Rose is the mother of Cory, stepmother of Lyons and raises Raynell.
Lyons-Troy’s son, who is a musician and comes to ask for money on Troy’s payday.
Gabriel-Troy’ brother who served as a soldier in WWII and now has a metal plate in his head because of an injury.
Cory-Son of Troy and Rose, great football player in High School and later serves in the Marines.
Raynell-Daughter of Alberta and Troy, innocent child raised by Rose after mother’s death.
Alberta-Mother of Raynell, she dies when she gives birth. This is the woman who Troy had an affair with.
Death-Death is the antagonist of the play because Troy fears it and it kills him too.
Setting:
This play takes place mostly in the backyard of a two-story brick house or the house itself in Pittsburgh, PA. The time during which this took place was 1957-1965 and this time period is very important because it was a time of Civil Rights Movement and a time of segregation. The reader was able to perceive a feeling of separation in this town because they were African American and thus were limited to certain rights.
Vocabulary: (from www.dictionary.com)
1. sickle(p.11)- an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hook like blade mounted in a short handle.
2. hauling(p.35)- To pull or drag forcibly; tug.
3. recruited(p.49)- To engage (persons) for military service.
4. penitentiary(p.70)- a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, esp. a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
5. maneuver(p.85)- a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
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Information Technology High School 2
Ms. Hyde
English E5H
12/30/07
Lourdes Vicuna
Plot: (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion/Resolution):
This play begins with the fact that Troy and Bono are drinking on payday at Troy’s backyard. As they are talking Bono suspects that Troy is cheating on Rose. Lyons later appears asking for money and permission to play football at North Carolina, but is denied. Late into the play, after talking with his boss, Troy gets to drive the garbage truck. As Troy and Cory are working on the fence, Bono tells them that Rose wants to have a fence because she loves them and she wants to keep them all to herself. Troy confesses that he had an affair with Alberta to Bono and later more importantly to Rose. Months later he brings home the baby that belongs to Alberta and Troy and Rose in a feeling of love and emotion agrees to raise baby Raynell. Troy and Cory later have a physical fight and eight years later, Troy dies from a heart attack. By this time he had already build the fence that Rose had always wanted.
2 “Quotes”: (With explanation, 1 paragraph each)
“Death ain’t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner”-Troy (p.10)
As quoted above, Troy’s antagonist was death. He knew that once it came, that was the end of him. That is why he compares it as a fastball, because it is something that occurs without giving warning, spontaneously, like as if he was waiting online for his turn to come. This quote was foreshadowing the future death of Troy because it would be fast and unexpected by the reader.
“Some people build fences to keep people out …and other people build fences to keep people in. Rose wants to hold on to you all. She loves you.”-Bono (p.61)
This quote is very important because it gives a sense of symbolism. This quote means that in this play Rose tried to keep her family protected, but little did she know that this would not happen. Here the fences symbolize protection for her family. It is also important to not forget how fences keep the evil away from Rose’s family because her family is her priority. This quote is very important because August Wilson tells the reader how the fences symbolize protection or put a stop to something and in this case it was keeping the family together despite the racial society that surrounds them.
Conflicts: (External, Internal)
Troy vs. Troy (Internal Conflict)-Tory has to battle within himself the fact that he always tries to give his family the best of him; attention, love and support. But when he tries to do so, it somehow fails, especially since he had an affair with Alberta. It’s like as if he wanted to give of himself more than what he has.
Troy vs. Cory (External Conflict)-Troy confronts his son because they had an argument, they physically interacted with each other. Mostly because Troy doesn’t approve Cory’s
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Information Technology High School 3
Ms. Hyde
English E5H
12/30/07
Lourdes Vicuna
desire to play professional football. This conflict leads to a rough relationship between father and son which later is seen in the end of the play because Cory refuses to go to his dad’s funeral. Rose makes him realize that not going to his dad’s funeral doesn’t make him a man so he decided to go.
Themes:
Family is Priority
Family is priority to Rose because she was always trying to find out ways to keep her family together. Like when Troy confessed that he was having an affair with another woman, she could of have left, but yet she chose to put her family first and make sacrifices for them by staying with them because her family was her priority.
Protection of Fences
Protection of Fences was a main topic in this play because it was constantly brought up to Troy that he had to build fences for Rose. What makes fences a theme is the fact that protection was necessary for everything. Fences served as a barrier to what was going around society.
Literary Elements:
Tone- a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; mood.
p. all of the book
This play had a tranquil tone because it was very moderate; it was always kept at the same tone to let the reader know how there was barely any trouble.
Motif- a dominant theme or central idea.
p. all of the book
In this play, family is a motif because anything any character did affected the family. Like when Troy died, it devastated the entire family. Every character tried to do their best to keep the family together in peace and in harmony.
Symbolism- the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.
p. all of the book
Fences are a symbol of protection, protection shown by Rose’s struggle to keep her family together. Fences is also a symbol of barriers, barriers seen in life when Troy struggled to get a garbage truck position at his job because he was an African American.
Annotated Bibliography:
Wilson, August. Fences. New York: Penguin Books, 1986.
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Information Technology High School 4
Ms. Hyde
English E5H
12/30/07
Lourdes Vicuna
Fences is an amazing work of art by August Wilson that tells about the life of an African American family in the 1950s and in the 1960s and their struggle to keep their family together. The Maxson family has difficulties like the other families, but what makes this family stand out is their desire to reunite themselves and be the best that they can. This family is made up of different ways of thinking and yet they all know what they should do to make their family go through difficult times. That is what makes a family so great, which is why August Wilson won many awards and among these Pulitzer Award. Clearly August Wilson wants to make it clear that when everyone turns their back on you, your family will be there for you.
ELA Session One Part B Essay (text and graph)
MS. HYDE THIS WAS JUST POSTED BECAUSE YOU JUST GAVE IT BACK TO ME, NOT BECAUSE I WAS IRRESPONSIBLE!!!
Grade I Received: 6A
Task: Write an article for the community health newsletter. Using relevant information from the text and graphs, discuss the factors that influence teenage smoking and the implications of those factors for reducing teenage smoking.
Grade I Received: 6A
Task: Write an article for the community health newsletter. Using relevant information from the text and graphs, discuss the factors that influence teenage smoking and the implications of those factors for reducing teenage smoking.
Session One: Part B Essay
Teenage smoking has been an issue of controversy for many years. While some people try to promote smoking, others try to reduce it. So then, what are these factors for reducing teenage smoking?
A passage by B. Feder mentioned that "Teenage smoking rates are still lower than in the 1970's, but they are rapidly increasing". In fact according to a survey conducted by the University of Michigan, 12th graders who smoke on a daily basis are up to 20% since 1991, 10th graders went up to 45% and 8th graders went up to 44% between the years of 1991 and 1996. The cause of this was due to the industries spending on domestic advertising and promotions such as on tv went up from $361 to $4.83 billion. These promotions caused people to buy more cigars. Also propaganda has been used to attract children such as the "ever-hip Joe Camel and Philip Morris' use of the rugged Marlboro man and the Marlboro Adventure Team". These type of factors influence a "cool" and "trendy" way to promote smoking.
The passage also informed how Reynolds and Philip Morris gave "T-shirts in return for coupons accumulated by buying their cigarettes". Thus more people would buy their cigarettes, another factor that would influence teenage smoking. According to the passage, some artist would sell their CDs at bargain prices only if they bought cigarettes. Hollywood would also be another factor because they made cigars a "symbol of success in the movies" which would promote the idea to teenagers that smoking would involve success, especially if artist smoked. Artist smoking made teenagers use them as role models to do as well like seen in the movies. All of these factors influenced smoking in teenagers.
One factor to reduce teenage smoking was the high inflation of taxes, according to the FDA as seen in the passage. The industries also used seen in the passages. The industries also used people "older than 25" to focus their messages on adults to stop teenage smoking. Industries have also perceived how students don't see smoking as a cool but a normal activity. One person said in the passage by B. Feder "If I buy anything but Camel, it feels like I wasted money because I collect Camel cash" he said, referring to the coupons that can be redeemed for Camel merchandise.
Graph 1 shows the percentage in each grade who told surveyors that they smoked at least 1/2 a pack of cigarettes a day provided by th University of Michigan. It is evidently clear that it is increasingly rapidly over the years and thus can be caused because of the factors that influence smoking. These factors can be Hollywood, Artist, give-aways, etc. Graph 1 supports the factors that influence smoking in teenagers. However on the other hand, Graph 2 supports in part how smoking has declined over the past to decades but of those who smoke once in a while have increased their habits has rapidly increased over the recent years because smoking is promoted in teenagers.
Society points their finger at one another for the evidence that is seen in daily life. Teenagers were influenced to smoke because of factors by Hollywood, Stars, etc. But smoking in teenagers was also trying to be stopped through the FDA's higher taxes and propaganda using older people to promote smoking for older people only. At the end of the day it is the teenager who decides what he or she will do with the "factors that influence teenagers smoking and the implications of those factors for reducing teenage smoking".
A passage by B. Feder mentioned that "Teenage smoking rates are still lower than in the 1970's, but they are rapidly increasing". In fact according to a survey conducted by the University of Michigan, 12th graders who smoke on a daily basis are up to 20% since 1991, 10th graders went up to 45% and 8th graders went up to 44% between the years of 1991 and 1996. The cause of this was due to the industries spending on domestic advertising and promotions such as on tv went up from $361 to $4.83 billion. These promotions caused people to buy more cigars. Also propaganda has been used to attract children such as the "ever-hip Joe Camel and Philip Morris' use of the rugged Marlboro man and the Marlboro Adventure Team". These type of factors influence a "cool" and "trendy" way to promote smoking.
The passage also informed how Reynolds and Philip Morris gave "T-shirts in return for coupons accumulated by buying their cigarettes". Thus more people would buy their cigarettes, another factor that would influence teenage smoking. According to the passage, some artist would sell their CDs at bargain prices only if they bought cigarettes. Hollywood would also be another factor because they made cigars a "symbol of success in the movies" which would promote the idea to teenagers that smoking would involve success, especially if artist smoked. Artist smoking made teenagers use them as role models to do as well like seen in the movies. All of these factors influenced smoking in teenagers.
One factor to reduce teenage smoking was the high inflation of taxes, according to the FDA as seen in the passage. The industries also used seen in the passages. The industries also used people "older than 25" to focus their messages on adults to stop teenage smoking. Industries have also perceived how students don't see smoking as a cool but a normal activity. One person said in the passage by B. Feder "If I buy anything but Camel, it feels like I wasted money because I collect Camel cash" he said, referring to the coupons that can be redeemed for Camel merchandise.
Graph 1 shows the percentage in each grade who told surveyors that they smoked at least 1/2 a pack of cigarettes a day provided by th University of Michigan. It is evidently clear that it is increasingly rapidly over the years and thus can be caused because of the factors that influence smoking. These factors can be Hollywood, Artist, give-aways, etc. Graph 1 supports the factors that influence smoking in teenagers. However on the other hand, Graph 2 supports in part how smoking has declined over the past to decades but of those who smoke once in a while have increased their habits has rapidly increased over the recent years because smoking is promoted in teenagers.
Society points their finger at one another for the evidence that is seen in daily life. Teenagers were influenced to smoke because of factors by Hollywood, Stars, etc. But smoking in teenagers was also trying to be stopped through the FDA's higher taxes and propaganda using older people to promote smoking for older people only. At the end of the day it is the teenager who decides what he or she will do with the "factors that influence teenagers smoking and the implications of those factors for reducing teenage smoking".
ELA Session Two Part B Essay (critical lens)
Grade I Recieved:5 to 5.5 depending on the teacher grading my essay.
Task: Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from the two works. You may use scrap paper to plan your response.
Quote: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Note: Since indenting doesn't work, I skipped a line to show when a new paragraph began.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." as quoted by Martin Luther King Jr. taken from Strength To Love,1963. This quote simply means that a person really proves to be themselves best not when their life is going well, but rather in times of difficulty in life. I agree with this quote because it is clear in today's society, that men and women seem to get proper respect and honor of other only after they have faced and overcomed their obstacles. Harper Lee personified Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird through characterization and imagery because he also showedan attitude like the one in Martin Luther King Jr. described. Ray Bradbury did as well in Farenheit 451 when Guy Montag ironicly proved to be a man like the one in the quote.
Atticus Finch, the protagonist from To Kill a Mockingbird fills the requirements of a man who proves to be strong despite the "challenges and controversy " life may present. Harper Lee characterized Atticus Finch as a strong man who is able to help out his community and still have time for his family. The author creates an image in the readers mind where the town is tranquil and free of trouble. The town is also known to have a good reputation and yet Atticus is pictured as a personof strength in times of difficulty. Furthermore into the novel, Atticus is asked if he wants to defend Tom, an African American, accused of possible rape. Harper Lee characterized Atticus as a humble person who is willing to help and therefore accepted the offer. We must remember that this is where the action begins to rise because Atticus is a white man who offers to defend Tom, an African American who is not accepted by the community. Here Atticus proves "the ultimate measure of a man who stands" firm and doesn't change who he is " at times of challenge and controversy". The reader is now able to visualize how tough it was for Atticus to face racial opposition because he lived in a white community in the South during the 1930s when African Americans were not well accepted because of segregation. Once again Atticus proved to be that man who stood firm of all times.
Guy Montag from Farenheit 451 was a person who ironicly becamethe man who stood firmly "at timesof challenge and controversy". We have to remember that the exposition Ray Bradbury proposed was important because he went against something that was censored. Books were not allowed to be read and if someone was caught doing so, fireman were called over to burn books. Ironicly, Guy Montag decided to read some of the books and denied that he any when he was asked if he did. But as the plot advances, he knew that there was no way out and decided to move out of his house and live with the rest of the people that read books. Guy Montag was able to prove he stands at the line as a man with and "ultimate measure" who "stands" firm "at times of challenges and controversy" when he chose to read books knowing that they were censored.
Both Harper Lee and Ray Bradbury conveyed the same theme for their protagonist when they became heroes as they stood firm for who they really were. Atticus Finch an Guy Montag, proptagonists of both novels faced conflicts that made them seem as humble people. Atticu s Finch had an external conflict with society because he faced racial challenges when he was defending a possible black rapist. Many people thought he was doing wrong. Atticus didn't pay mind to this, but rather didi what he thought was the ight thing. Once again proving to show the "ultimate measureof a man"where he "stands at times of challenges and controversy". Even though Guy Montag from Farenheit 451 didn't have to go through the same situation that Atticus went through from To Kill a Mockingbird, he was still able to prove that he was a man of strength when he decided to go against something thatwas censored. Both Harper Lee and Ray Bradbury showed that Martin Luther King Jr. quoted in their novels through characterization, exposition, conflict, imagery and irony as seen above .
The man that is the greatest is the one who stands strong in times of difficulty despite his/her surroundings. Harper Lee and Ray Bradbury were both able to show the reader how a man can be when faced life's challenges. It was very clear that Atticus Finch and Guy Montag fit these standards when they faced racial accusations and went against society just to prove that they were better when they were under pressure.
Task: Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from the two works. You may use scrap paper to plan your response.
Quote: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Note: Since indenting doesn't work, I skipped a line to show when a new paragraph began.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." as quoted by Martin Luther King Jr. taken from Strength To Love,1963. This quote simply means that a person really proves to be themselves best not when their life is going well, but rather in times of difficulty in life. I agree with this quote because it is clear in today's society, that men and women seem to get proper respect and honor of other only after they have faced and overcomed their obstacles. Harper Lee personified Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird through characterization and imagery because he also showedan attitude like the one in Martin Luther King Jr. described. Ray Bradbury did as well in Farenheit 451 when Guy Montag ironicly proved to be a man like the one in the quote.
Atticus Finch, the protagonist from To Kill a Mockingbird fills the requirements of a man who proves to be strong despite the "challenges and controversy " life may present. Harper Lee characterized Atticus Finch as a strong man who is able to help out his community and still have time for his family. The author creates an image in the readers mind where the town is tranquil and free of trouble. The town is also known to have a good reputation and yet Atticus is pictured as a personof strength in times of difficulty. Furthermore into the novel, Atticus is asked if he wants to defend Tom, an African American, accused of possible rape. Harper Lee characterized Atticus as a humble person who is willing to help and therefore accepted the offer. We must remember that this is where the action begins to rise because Atticus is a white man who offers to defend Tom, an African American who is not accepted by the community. Here Atticus proves "the ultimate measure of a man who stands" firm and doesn't change who he is " at times of challenge and controversy". The reader is now able to visualize how tough it was for Atticus to face racial opposition because he lived in a white community in the South during the 1930s when African Americans were not well accepted because of segregation. Once again Atticus proved to be that man who stood firm of all times.
Guy Montag from Farenheit 451 was a person who ironicly becamethe man who stood firmly "at timesof challenge and controversy". We have to remember that the exposition Ray Bradbury proposed was important because he went against something that was censored. Books were not allowed to be read and if someone was caught doing so, fireman were called over to burn books. Ironicly, Guy Montag decided to read some of the books and denied that he any when he was asked if he did. But as the plot advances, he knew that there was no way out and decided to move out of his house and live with the rest of the people that read books. Guy Montag was able to prove he stands at the line as a man with and "ultimate measure" who "stands" firm "at times of challenges and controversy" when he chose to read books knowing that they were censored.
Both Harper Lee and Ray Bradbury conveyed the same theme for their protagonist when they became heroes as they stood firm for who they really were. Atticus Finch an Guy Montag, proptagonists of both novels faced conflicts that made them seem as humble people. Atticu s Finch had an external conflict with society because he faced racial challenges when he was defending a possible black rapist. Many people thought he was doing wrong. Atticus didn't pay mind to this, but rather didi what he thought was the ight thing. Once again proving to show the "ultimate measureof a man"where he "stands at times of challenges and controversy". Even though Guy Montag from Farenheit 451 didn't have to go through the same situation that Atticus went through from To Kill a Mockingbird, he was still able to prove that he was a man of strength when he decided to go against something thatwas censored. Both Harper Lee and Ray Bradbury showed that Martin Luther King Jr. quoted in their novels through characterization, exposition, conflict, imagery and irony as seen above .
The man that is the greatest is the one who stands strong in times of difficulty despite his/her surroundings. Harper Lee and Ray Bradbury were both able to show the reader how a man can be when faced life's challenges. It was very clear that Atticus Finch and Guy Montag fit these standards when they faced racial accusations and went against society just to prove that they were better when they were under pressure.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Area of Weakness on ELA Regents Exam and have people comment on how to help you
What is part 4?
Critical Lens is Part 4 and it consists of reading a quote and interpreting the quote. This part of the regents also involves supporting the quote through 2 works of Literature depending or not on whether you agree or disagree with the quote. You must also use literary elements to support your interpretation.
My Weakness:
My weakness in this part of the regents is remembering with exact detail both of the works of literature. I don't always remember the characters, plot summary and of course where to identify the literary elements.
How I can improve:
1. I could briefly review two novels before the regents to assure my self that I know these novels with exact detail (but i wouldn't read these novels due to the shortage of time...it's impossible).
2."decide if you want to agree or disagree. it might be easier from there."-Hanna Jang
3."I think that you should read the summary of the novel and write down key ideas of each novel and just revise them until the regents!"-Marya Altaf
Critical Lens is Part 4 and it consists of reading a quote and interpreting the quote. This part of the regents also involves supporting the quote through 2 works of Literature depending or not on whether you agree or disagree with the quote. You must also use literary elements to support your interpretation.
My Weakness:
My weakness in this part of the regents is remembering with exact detail both of the works of literature. I don't always remember the characters, plot summary and of course where to identify the literary elements.
How I can improve:
1. I could briefly review two novels before the regents to assure my self that I know these novels with exact detail (but i wouldn't read these novels due to the shortage of time...it's impossible).
2."decide if you want to agree or disagree. it might be easier from there."-Hanna Jang
3."I think that you should read the summary of the novel and write down key ideas of each novel and just revise them until the regents!"-Marya Altaf
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