Kaly Worthington
Feb. 20, 2010
Literary Analysis
Some of the background of the novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, was published in 1859. This book is introduced because of the French Revolution. There were a lot of social problems back then. The people in France weren’t treated well. The theme that I will discuss is revenge. Madame Defarge wants revenge on the Evrémondes., because they exterminated her family. A man named Alexander Manette was imprisoned due to the murders that he knew about on the Evremonde family. She tried to get rid of Lucie and her husband Charles Darnay.
Pg. # 282 states, “You will be good to my poor husband. You will do him no harm. You will help me to see him if you can? Your husband is not my business here,” returned Madame Defarge, looking down at her with perfect composure. “It is the daughter of your father who is my business here. For my sake, then, be merciful to my husband then. For my child’s sake! She will put her hands together and pray you to be merciful. We are more afraid of you than of these others.”
Pg. # 282 and 283 “As a wife and mother,” cried Lucie, most earnestly, “I implore you to have pity on me and not to exercise any power that you possess, against my innocent husband, but to use it in his behalf. O sister-woman, think of me. As a wife and mother!” Madame Defarge looked, coldly as ever, at the suppliant, and said turning to her friend The Vengeance: “The wives and mothers we have been used to see, since we were as little as this child, and much less, have not been greatly considered? We have known their husbands and fathers laid in prison and kept from them, often enough? All our lives, we have seen our sister-woman suffer, in themselves and in their children, poverty, nakedness, hunger, thirst, sickness, misery, oppression and neglect of all kinds? We have seen nothing else,” returned The Vengeance. “We have borne this a long time,” said Madame Defarge, turning her eyes again upon Lucie. “Judge you! It is likely that the trouble of one wife and mother would be much to us now?” She resumed her knitting and went out. The Vengeance followed. Defarge went last, and closed the door.
The passage is shows how Lucie is begging for mercy for her family, and that her daughter will too. They are begging for mercy from Madame Defarge. She overlooks it as part of her revenge because they’re at her mercy, instead of the other way around. It also helps Madame Defarge finally feel like she’s releasing the anger she feels. Madame Defarge doesn’t help them because she wants them to suffer just like she did.
Sensory imagery is used well...like in the example of “Madame Defarge looked coldly as ever”. It also portrays how she tries to get others to feel how she does by having Lucie at her mercy. Madame Defarge feels strong, and Lucie is weak.
The tone of voice is very well described through Madame Defarge because she is the main character wanting revenge, and very powerful in a lot of the other character’s eyes. She doesn’t care about anyone else besides herself. The only reason that she waited until the end to try to get rid of Lucie and Darnay, is because she wanted the ultimate recognition. It’s almost as if you can sense the anger and darkness, just waiting to let you take a step, then fall to your death.
In conclusion, the book is very dark in nature. It depicts a very sad time with a lot of chaos going on. The characters seem to come out of the woodwork as each book opens up. In the end the characters that sacrificed the most, are rewarded and the ones like Madame Defarge pay the price.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
My "Grandma Sue" Rough Draft 4
Susan Anne Wells, was born September 17, 1947. We call her “Grandma Sue” though. Her last name was previously Jones. Public School # 27 was an elementary school she attended, in New York. Uniforms weren’t her favorite, but she had to wear one when she went to a private high school.
She talked about not being able to keep her job because she’s getting older. When she was 10 years old, she got her first job, and it’s pretty much all she knows. Her first job was at a pet store. Her dog’s name was Sarah, and it was a border collie. I think she has a love of animals because of her first job.
She loved to horseback ride and started around 6 or 7 years old. Some of the names of the horses that she rode were, “Big Red”, “Aristotle” and “Cortez”. She was unable to have horses of her own because she grew up in the Bronx of New York City, New York. She did what was called English horseback riding, and loved it because you jump over bars while on the horse. Her least favorite thing about taking care of horses was the bad stench they gave off, and all the mess that had to be picked up.
As a child, my grandma loved to play with boys mostly, and had a few girlfriends. My grandma avoided wearing dresses, jeans, and t-shirts were her thing. She loved the smell of trees when she climbed in them, and loved to play basketball or other sports to pass the time. One of her favorite friends was named Jan, and they did everything together. Sometimes my grandma and her friends would go and play in a wooded area. It was lots of fun because they could play hide and seek out there or just goof around. My grandma was very tough, and could often be seen fighting other boys, to defend herself from a possible problem. I keep imagining her as a great fighter, defending everyone in the school, and everyone depending on her. On the other hand it’s also hard for me to imagine her fighting people.
Color television didn’t come out until she was in her 20’s. Wow, how weird would that be? Some of the television shows that were out during that time were:
I Love Lucy, Dennis the Menace and Fifties Trivia Quiz. Television became one of the things that she was only able to do on occasion because she was too busy with college, as she got older. I also think it’s cool because I Love Lucy, and Dennis the Menace are still show’s that we can watch.
One of the Universities that she went to was NYU, and Westchester University. She ended up with 2 different diplomas, which resulted in 2 bachelors degrees. She always loved college, and was a very good student. I hope to be like that also. Studying hard and really wanting to succeed were two of her greatest assets. It resulted in her being able to get a job at L3. At L3 they make things for our soldiers at war, so that it makes it possible for us to live. So I guess you could say their a manufacturing company.
It’s funny because sometimes when I look around at the fashions of now, they are somewhat like they were when she was younger. A lot of people wear the same type of jeans that flare at the bottom, like back in the 70’s. Also, the collars and prints were the same. I guess history tends to repeat itself. I am sure that when I am her age, my kids will be wearing the same type of styles I wear now.
Most importantly, I love my grandma Sue because she has told me so many cool stories about her past that I just don’t have the words to express right now. I remember all of the nice things that she’s done for me to sacrifice her time and money in order for me to have a better life. My grandma has always been there for me during tough times. My grandma has gotten me out of all my tough spots, and supported me whenever I needed support.
One of my most treasured moments was when I would spend time with her on the weekends, and she’d have so many awesome snacks for me to eat. I love eating goldfish crackers to this day. She always had a root beer or sprite handy when I got thirsty. It’s the little things like those, that I remember the most, and make my grandma...well, my grandma.
She talked about not being able to keep her job because she’s getting older. When she was 10 years old, she got her first job, and it’s pretty much all she knows. Her first job was at a pet store. Her dog’s name was Sarah, and it was a border collie. I think she has a love of animals because of her first job.
She loved to horseback ride and started around 6 or 7 years old. Some of the names of the horses that she rode were, “Big Red”, “Aristotle” and “Cortez”. She was unable to have horses of her own because she grew up in the Bronx of New York City, New York. She did what was called English horseback riding, and loved it because you jump over bars while on the horse. Her least favorite thing about taking care of horses was the bad stench they gave off, and all the mess that had to be picked up.
As a child, my grandma loved to play with boys mostly, and had a few girlfriends. My grandma avoided wearing dresses, jeans, and t-shirts were her thing. She loved the smell of trees when she climbed in them, and loved to play basketball or other sports to pass the time. One of her favorite friends was named Jan, and they did everything together. Sometimes my grandma and her friends would go and play in a wooded area. It was lots of fun because they could play hide and seek out there or just goof around. My grandma was very tough, and could often be seen fighting other boys, to defend herself from a possible problem. I keep imagining her as a great fighter, defending everyone in the school, and everyone depending on her. On the other hand it’s also hard for me to imagine her fighting people.
Color television didn’t come out until she was in her 20’s. Wow, how weird would that be? Some of the television shows that were out during that time were:
I Love Lucy, Dennis the Menace and Fifties Trivia Quiz. Television became one of the things that she was only able to do on occasion because she was too busy with college, as she got older. I also think it’s cool because I Love Lucy, and Dennis the Menace are still show’s that we can watch.
One of the Universities that she went to was NYU, and Westchester University. She ended up with 2 different diplomas, which resulted in 2 bachelors degrees. She always loved college, and was a very good student. I hope to be like that also. Studying hard and really wanting to succeed were two of her greatest assets. It resulted in her being able to get a job at L3. At L3 they make things for our soldiers at war, so that it makes it possible for us to live. So I guess you could say their a manufacturing company.
It’s funny because sometimes when I look around at the fashions of now, they are somewhat like they were when she was younger. A lot of people wear the same type of jeans that flare at the bottom, like back in the 70’s. Also, the collars and prints were the same. I guess history tends to repeat itself. I am sure that when I am her age, my kids will be wearing the same type of styles I wear now.
Most importantly, I love my grandma Sue because she has told me so many cool stories about her past that I just don’t have the words to express right now. I remember all of the nice things that she’s done for me to sacrifice her time and money in order for me to have a better life. My grandma has always been there for me during tough times. My grandma has gotten me out of all my tough spots, and supported me whenever I needed support.
One of my most treasured moments was when I would spend time with her on the weekends, and she’d have so many awesome snacks for me to eat. I love eating goldfish crackers to this day. She always had a root beer or sprite handy when I got thirsty. It’s the little things like those, that I remember the most, and make my grandma...well, my grandma.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
My Grandma Sue
When I was younger I used to visit my Grandma Sue every other weekend, but that was also when I lived with my step mom and dad. Whenever my grandma would pick me up she would have a small cooler in the back seat filled with treats in it. It would have goldfish crackers, a root beer or sprite, and sometimes a cheese stick.
Whenever I woke up in the morning my grandma was always awake. She would let me choose what I wanted to eat. She always had my favorite cereals handy, like “Rice Krispies”, or “Pops” brand. I loved to take a bath at my grandma’s house, but also remember her being very worrisome. If she couldn’t here me splashing around in the water she would call up and say “Kaly are you all right?”, and I would respond with, “Yes, I am”. I love her very much because she is loving and caring.
One day I asked her, “How come you wake up so early?” She would say, “It’s out of habit because I have to get up early for work.” She told me that she usually wakes up around 4:00 a.m. That’s pretty early. I definitely wouldn’t want to have to get up at that time! One of her favorite things to do in the morning is watch the news.
My grandma’s name is Susan Anne Wells, and was born September 17, 1947. We (meaning the grandkids), call her “Grandma Sue”. She is a very smart woman, with 2 bachelor’s degrees. She’s employed at a company called “L-3 Communications”, in Salt Lake City. Hard work was how she was able to get a job there.
My grandma went to 2 universities. One of them was New York University, or “NYU”, and Westchester University. Grandma Sue had to study all the time, and work hard to get where she is today. At L-3, they make things for our soldiers at war, so that we can survive. My grandma is very pretty for being 62 years old. She has blond hair, blue eyes, and is Jewish. She’s also very proud of her heritage. Luckily, my grandma wasn’t born when Adolf Hitler was alive.
I don’t like getting clothes that often, but when she does, they are really pretty. I feel like she takes into consideration what I need, and what type of clothes I would look good in. She wants all of my siblings and I to look the best, and that’s why she gets us really cute clothes.
Her favorite sport is English horseback riding. She started it around 6 or 7 years old. My grandma couldn’t have her own horses because she lived in the Bronx of New York City, New York. She cared for other peoples horses whose names were “Big Red”, “Aristotle”, and “Cortez”. Her least favorite thing about taking care of horses was the bad stench they gave off, and all the mess that had to be picked up.
Most importantly I love my grandma Sue because she has told me so many cool stories about her past that I just don’t have the words to express right now. I remember all of the nice things that she’s done for me to sacrifice her time and money in order for me to have a better life. My grandma has always been there for me during tough times.
Whenever I woke up in the morning my grandma was always awake. She would let me choose what I wanted to eat. She always had my favorite cereals handy, like “Rice Krispies”, or “Pops” brand. I loved to take a bath at my grandma’s house, but also remember her being very worrisome. If she couldn’t here me splashing around in the water she would call up and say “Kaly are you all right?”, and I would respond with, “Yes, I am”. I love her very much because she is loving and caring.
One day I asked her, “How come you wake up so early?” She would say, “It’s out of habit because I have to get up early for work.” She told me that she usually wakes up around 4:00 a.m. That’s pretty early. I definitely wouldn’t want to have to get up at that time! One of her favorite things to do in the morning is watch the news.
My grandma’s name is Susan Anne Wells, and was born September 17, 1947. We (meaning the grandkids), call her “Grandma Sue”. She is a very smart woman, with 2 bachelor’s degrees. She’s employed at a company called “L-3 Communications”, in Salt Lake City. Hard work was how she was able to get a job there.
My grandma went to 2 universities. One of them was New York University, or “NYU”, and Westchester University. Grandma Sue had to study all the time, and work hard to get where she is today. At L-3, they make things for our soldiers at war, so that we can survive. My grandma is very pretty for being 62 years old. She has blond hair, blue eyes, and is Jewish. She’s also very proud of her heritage. Luckily, my grandma wasn’t born when Adolf Hitler was alive.
I don’t like getting clothes that often, but when she does, they are really pretty. I feel like she takes into consideration what I need, and what type of clothes I would look good in. She wants all of my siblings and I to look the best, and that’s why she gets us really cute clothes.
Her favorite sport is English horseback riding. She started it around 6 or 7 years old. My grandma couldn’t have her own horses because she lived in the Bronx of New York City, New York. She cared for other peoples horses whose names were “Big Red”, “Aristotle”, and “Cortez”. Her least favorite thing about taking care of horses was the bad stench they gave off, and all the mess that had to be picked up.
Most importantly I love my grandma Sue because she has told me so many cool stories about her past that I just don’t have the words to express right now. I remember all of the nice things that she’s done for me to sacrifice her time and money in order for me to have a better life. My grandma has always been there for me during tough times.
Friday, February 12, 2010
More Projects
I have so many projects it's ridiculous I swear. I have a power point that I'm doing for Earth Science. Because the books for this term, for that class are really hard to understand. Plus a power point isn't that hard to do. I think that it's going to be really easy to get an A+, on my power point. I added some really cool animation to it. My mom added a little bit of information to some of the slides that I did, because I didn't have enough information. I added some really cool animation to some of the slides. It took a little while to do, because my mom added animation to some stuff. And it kind of messed up some stuff.
For my English class I’m doing a grandparent interview. I have to make it into a story, or a conversation. It’s pretty hard because it has to have figurative language, and description. There are many characteristics of figurative language. Some of them are sensory imagery, personification, hyperbole, simile, idiom, metaphor, irony, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. Sensory imagery is where you describe stuff using the five senses. Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an animal, object, or idea. A hyperbole is an intentional or obvious exaggeration. A simile compares things to one another. An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not predictable. A metaphor is a figure of speech where it suggests a resemblance to something. Irony is basically using sarcasm. Alliteration is a group of the same consonant sounds. Onomatopoeia is a use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect. If you got confused at all with the definitions I’m not surprised. Because I did when I first had to do anything with the figurative language. Especially being able to tell the difference between them.
For Orchestra I have to do a quartet ensemble, but it ended up having to be only three people. Because our fourth person never showed up. We played a Fanfare for Strings. I played first violin, Ansen played second violin, and Justin played cello which is the same as what he always plays. Ansen and I played the same positions that we always play so that way it would be easier. We did our ensemble today. I think we did really well. We ended up getting full credit which is fifty out of fifty. The next big thing for Orchestra is the Festival. Where Mrs. Tuke has us play the music that she picked out for us. It will be a lot like a concert. Were going to be judged by judges, and also be playing against other schools. The judges are going to give us a piece of music that we have to sight read, and we’ll get judged on how well we do. This is how well in tune we are, whether we played in the correct position, whether we played in the correct key, whether we played the correct sharps and flats, and much more.
For my English class I’m doing a grandparent interview. I have to make it into a story, or a conversation. It’s pretty hard because it has to have figurative language, and description. There are many characteristics of figurative language. Some of them are sensory imagery, personification, hyperbole, simile, idiom, metaphor, irony, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. Sensory imagery is where you describe stuff using the five senses. Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an animal, object, or idea. A hyperbole is an intentional or obvious exaggeration. A simile compares things to one another. An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not predictable. A metaphor is a figure of speech where it suggests a resemblance to something. Irony is basically using sarcasm. Alliteration is a group of the same consonant sounds. Onomatopoeia is a use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect. If you got confused at all with the definitions I’m not surprised. Because I did when I first had to do anything with the figurative language. Especially being able to tell the difference between them.
For Orchestra I have to do a quartet ensemble, but it ended up having to be only three people. Because our fourth person never showed up. We played a Fanfare for Strings. I played first violin, Ansen played second violin, and Justin played cello which is the same as what he always plays. Ansen and I played the same positions that we always play so that way it would be easier. We did our ensemble today. I think we did really well. We ended up getting full credit which is fifty out of fifty. The next big thing for Orchestra is the Festival. Where Mrs. Tuke has us play the music that she picked out for us. It will be a lot like a concert. Were going to be judged by judges, and also be playing against other schools. The judges are going to give us a piece of music that we have to sight read, and we’ll get judged on how well we do. This is how well in tune we are, whether we played in the correct position, whether we played in the correct key, whether we played the correct sharps and flats, and much more.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
LIBRARY/HIKES I’VE BEEN ON
Today I’m going to the library to type up my blog. Our internet at home isn’t working so I have to go some where else to type it right. Well anyways maybe if my parents leave me there I can read when I’m done, or if I still have time I could play games on the computer. They only let you have thirty minutes of time to use a computer, so that any one else that needs to can. I hope that I’ll be able to catch up on taking care of my animal on foopets.com, because I haven’t been able to play it in a long time.
Maybe I’ll be able to read some of Inkheart. Because right now my mom isn’t letting me read any books except for A Tale of Two Cities. I’ve been reading Inkheart at school during homeroom or when ever I can. I don’t really understand A Tale of Two Cities, but she says she’ll help me with my explanatory explanation. I wish we didn’t have to read anything from Charles Dickens right now. It’s hard to understand most of it. I understand some of it, and now I get why people get bored when I start telling stuff in tons of detail. I mean who really wants to listen to this story that becomes really complicated, and is really hard to understand.
Some other games that I want to play if I get done early are something on postopia.com, and funnygames.org, their games are really fun. I want to play this matching game, or a four wheeler game, or a penguin game, or even a hockey game where you play against an octopus. I also want to play Diner Dash; it’s a type of restaurant game. Where you put people where their sitting, take their orders, have the chef cook it, bring them their orders, take their dishes to a bin thing, and you also earn money depending on how well your service was.
Some hikes that I’ve been on are Spooky and Peek-a-boo, which is a slot canyon. You can hike in either end; we’ve hiked it both ways. It’s an awesome hike. You’ve got to know the signs of flooding though. When we were hiking in the Narrows, which has water about up to my knee, we heard thunder and saw lightning. We started getting out because we didn’t want to get stuck in a flash flood. In the Narrows it was lots of fun because you could go in the water and down these small water falls. Kadee, Milaya, and I all went down the small water falls. You had to stay on your back and butt, unless you wanted to hit your butt or back on something. One time Kadee, Milaya, and I all ended up getting our heads sunk under the water, but luckily we held our breath right before we went under. It was lots of fun. We saw a ranger on our way out of the Narrows, and we told her that we had seen lightning, and heard thunder. She said she was going to leave once she got the stuff cleaned off the wall of the cliff. It was lucky that we left, because it did end up flash flooding. I’ve been on a lot more hikes than that, but maybe I’ll tell you some other time.
Maybe I’ll be able to read some of Inkheart. Because right now my mom isn’t letting me read any books except for A Tale of Two Cities. I’ve been reading Inkheart at school during homeroom or when ever I can. I don’t really understand A Tale of Two Cities, but she says she’ll help me with my explanatory explanation. I wish we didn’t have to read anything from Charles Dickens right now. It’s hard to understand most of it. I understand some of it, and now I get why people get bored when I start telling stuff in tons of detail. I mean who really wants to listen to this story that becomes really complicated, and is really hard to understand.
Some other games that I want to play if I get done early are something on postopia.com, and funnygames.org, their games are really fun. I want to play this matching game, or a four wheeler game, or a penguin game, or even a hockey game where you play against an octopus. I also want to play Diner Dash; it’s a type of restaurant game. Where you put people where their sitting, take their orders, have the chef cook it, bring them their orders, take their dishes to a bin thing, and you also earn money depending on how well your service was.
Some hikes that I’ve been on are Spooky and Peek-a-boo, which is a slot canyon. You can hike in either end; we’ve hiked it both ways. It’s an awesome hike. You’ve got to know the signs of flooding though. When we were hiking in the Narrows, which has water about up to my knee, we heard thunder and saw lightning. We started getting out because we didn’t want to get stuck in a flash flood. In the Narrows it was lots of fun because you could go in the water and down these small water falls. Kadee, Milaya, and I all went down the small water falls. You had to stay on your back and butt, unless you wanted to hit your butt or back on something. One time Kadee, Milaya, and I all ended up getting our heads sunk under the water, but luckily we held our breath right before we went under. It was lots of fun. We saw a ranger on our way out of the Narrows, and we told her that we had seen lightning, and heard thunder. She said she was going to leave once she got the stuff cleaned off the wall of the cliff. It was lucky that we left, because it did end up flash flooding. I’ve been on a lot more hikes than that, but maybe I’ll tell you some other time.
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