The metaphor I chose to focus on in Sula is seeing or looking as a metaphor for not knowing, and assumptions. One example of this metaphor is when Nel and Sula accidentally cause the death of Chicken Little, and they believe that Shadrack sees them; “[she felt] his gaze turning, turning with her” (56). As… Continue reading Margarethe Conner – Journal 6
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Prompt 6: Carmen Yohannes
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor–Bare.” Langston Hughes The vivid image of a staircase occupies your brain and allows you to imagine what your life would be if it… Continue reading Prompt 6: Carmen Yohannes
Reading Journal 6 — Amy Chou
Metaphor is a figurative device that compares two things and create a connection between them. The use of metaphor could help the audience to better understand what the author wants to say by analyzing and characterize the comparison made. The metaphor I choose to analyze is on page 71-72, where Eva compares Plum to a… Continue reading Reading Journal 6 — Amy Chou
Reading Journal 3 – Arielle Wallenstein
The song I have decided to analyze is “Dear John” by Taylor Swift. The genre of this song is pop country, and it is allegedly written about Swift’s relationship with John Mayer. A Dear John letter is a letter that an individual writes to their romantic parter to inform them that they are ending the… Continue reading Reading Journal 3 – Arielle Wallenstein
Reading Journal 5 – Arielle Wallenstein
TEXT CHOSEN: I have chosen as a text to read for my midterm: All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) DESCRIPTION/SUMMARY: Here is what this text means to me: The 10 minute version “All Too Well” has been my most listened to song since it came out. I have always been one to… Continue reading Reading Journal 5 – Arielle Wallenstein
Prompt 5 – Jackson Schneider
TEXT CHOSEN: I have chosen the film Funeral Parade of Roses to close-read for my midterm. DESCRIPTION/SUMMARY: Funeral Parade of Roses is a 1969 Japanese art-house film about a trans sex-worker named Eddy and her ascent through the ranks of the queer underbelly of ’60s Tokyo. It is a loose retelling of the ancient Greek… Continue reading Prompt 5 – Jackson Schneider
Reading Journal Prompt 6 Joe Byun
A metaphor, to me, compares two or more unlike objects or concepts together that relate with each other as it serves the purpose of defining an exaggerated aspect of the character as it associates itself with a characteristic of what it is being compared to. For example, in this case, there is the description of… Continue reading Reading Journal Prompt 6 Joe Byun
Chloe Wegrzynowicz Journal 6
A metaphor is a way to express a relationship between two things or to expose the identity of one thing through the comparison of that thing, to another thing. Metaphors thus, can be used to illuminate and depict identity and characterizations through comparison. I will analyze the following metaphor from Tony Morrison’s Sula: “In that… Continue reading Chloe Wegrzynowicz Journal 6
Reading Journal – 5
I have chosen to close read The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang which is a graphic novel about Sebastian, who is the crown prince of Belgium by day and a fashion icon who puts on bold and glamorous dresses as the Lady Crystallia by night, and Frances, who is an aspiring dressmaker hoping… Continue reading Reading Journal – 5
Reading Journal Prompt 5 – Laura Zvinys
TEXT CHOSEN: I have chosen as a text to read for my midterm: Sula by Toni Morrison. DESCRIPTION/SUMMARY: Here is what this text means to me: The discussion about how binaries are flipped upside down in Sula resonated with me. This concept connects to the way I interpret things that happen in my own life… Continue reading Reading Journal Prompt 5 – Laura Zvinys