Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Wide Sargasso Sea 10

Comments:

1. Time and money have lost meaning in Annotoinettes life
2. Shes has lost all sense of herself during the time that she was stuck in the attic
3. She dreams of her dress and its like a reminder to her life and the smell of the Caribbean
4. In her dream she dreams of a fire and Rochester telling her to jump he seems to be caring for her some how wanting her to jump away from it
5. Annotoinette believes that Richard thinks that she has tooken the same path as her mother hasd done a long time ago

Questions:

1. Why has Anntoinette completely forgoten who she was?
2. How doe sthe red dress help to remind her of her home?
3. What doe sthe fire mean in her dream?
4. Is Richard going to think that she is crazy now?

Vocabulary:

1. garret: an attic, usually a small wretched one
2. fragmenation: the disintegration, collapse, or breakdown of norms of thought, behavior, or social relationship
3. brazen: shameless or impudent

Literary terms:
1. expostition: on a cool, cloudy day , Rochester senses the approaching hurricane season ..
2. simile: Rochester compares Anntoinette to her mom

Overview Sentence:
Anntoinette has lost all of her sense and has become a silent zombie. All she does is lay around up in the garret attic with her servant. When she does talk she asks about time its seems as if she can not keep track of it.

Wide Saragasso Sea 9

Comments:
1. Rochester ; finally arrives a England with his wife
2. He is basically holding Anntoinette captive in the attic of their house
3. the only person allowed to know about Anntoinette is her servant
4. her step brother richard mason visits her ( shes attacks him )
5. she has weird dreams of her roaming the house and fianlly leaving the attic

Questions :
1. Why did they go to England?
2. Why is he keeping her in the attic?
3. Is Rochester ashamed of Anntoinette?
4. Will she ever escape the attic?

Vocabulary:
1. captive: being held like a prisioner
2. ashamed: feeling disgraced
3. insanity: realtiong to permanent disorder of mind

Literary terms:
1. allieterion
2. metaphor

Overview:
Anootionette is held captive up in the attic of their new home in England. No one is being allowed to know that she is there and no one is allowed to visit her. Though her personal servant does let her step brother Richard visit. Rochester seems to be ashamed of her because, he doesnt want her to be seen by anyone.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Wide Saragasso Sea 8

Comments:
1. Christophine was taking care of Anntoinette since the heart break she's had
2. She accuses Rochester of wanitng the money and not loving Anntoinette but making pretend he did by getting her hooked on sex
3. Christophine knows that Rochester does all these things on purpose to hurt Anntoinette
4. Rochester was thinking about letting Christophine take Anntoinette
5. He is thinking about fleeing with his wife

Questions:
1. Why did Rochester do all these horrible things to his wife?
2. How did he get her hooked on sex and she thought she loved it?
3. Does he not love Anntionette at all?
4. Why does Rochester want to flee with his wife?

Vocabulary:
1. gesticulating: to make or use gestures, esp. in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech
2. malignant: disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred
3. chemises: a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarmet

Literary terms:
1. alliteration
2. anther alliteration

Overview sentence:
After he kicks Christophine out a few days later decides to finally move out of Africa and go to England. To make her suffer even more he wnats to take her away from the island she loves.

Wide Saragasso Sea 7

Comments:
1. Rochester was feeling bad about the dream he had just had
2. He felt envious of Anntoinette while he watched her sleep
3. her husband slept with servant Amelie
4. the love potion that she had given him had made him want to sleep with her
5. she left the house for three days after

Questions:
1. Why was he feeling bad about his dream?
2. Why had they given a love potion?
3. Can anntoinette forgive her husband?
4. how did anntoinette feel about her husband betrayal?

Vocabulary:
1. sombre: dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color
2. patois: jargon; cant; argon
3. tricorne: having three horns or hornlike projections; three-cornered

Literary terms:
1.expostion
2. denounment

Overview Sentence:
Anntoinette gave her husband a love potion. Which made him end up sleeping with the servant Amelie , and she felt horrible about this.

Wide Saragasso Sea 5

Comments:
1. Rochestser sits with her at night getting drunk to forget
2. Rochester mentions a convo that he had with Daniel
3. Anntoinette accuses Daniel of being a liar
4. She describes Calabari of being "sacred to the sun"
5. Rochester thinks that christopher's suggestion about spending time
apart was a good idea

Questions:
1. Why do they get drunk?
2. Why does Anntoinette think that Daniel is a liar?
3. Where is Calabari's location?
4. Why does Rochester think that they should spend time apart?

Vocabulary:
1. dismounted: to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw
2. shamrock: any of several plants, such as a clover or wood sorrel, having compound leaves with three small leaflets, considered the national emblem of Ireland
3. tricorne: having three horns or hornlike projections; three-cornered

Literary terms:
1. Metaphor
2. Simile

Overview Sentence:
Annotointte and Rochester decide to get drunk I guess they dont feel good about themselves and their indiviual situations at the moment

Wide Saragasso 6

Comments:

1. the family saw a dead bird and i think they saw it as a sign of hope is lost
2. everyone said that the death of the bird was bad luck to have seen
3. Alexander helps Anntoinette when she dropped her books
4. After she told her nun about the dream
5. The nun believed she must forget about it because it wasnt a good dream

Questions:
1. Why was it that Annotionette always dreamed about her home?
2. Did Anntoinette miss living in her home?
3. Why would she want her old life back?
4. why did the nun think that she was sick?

Vocabulary:

1. convent: a community of persons devoted to religious life under a superior
2. melacholy-a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression
3. porter-a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel

Literary terms:

1. Metaphor
2. Simile

Overview Sentence:
She kept dreaming of her past life and her home and some of the experiences she had lived in the old house. The nun believed it was a bad dream.

Wide Saragasso Sea 4

Comments:

1. Anntoinette is feeling very nervous and is intimidated by all of the narrartor
2. Anntoinette had an encounter and with Alexander that was not pleaseant
3. She went to catholic school even if she wasnt really religious
4. the aunt wanted her to sing along with her
5. Anntoinette ended up fainting

Questions:

1. Why was race such a big part of life in africa?
2. Why are white called niggers?
3. What were the things that started race?
4. Can whites and blacks ever get along in africa?

Vocabulary:
crimson: deep purplish
redpious: having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations
bridle: part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit,

Literacy terms:
1.repetition: they repeat things more than once
2. metaphor

Overview Sentence:
Alot is happening to Annoinette , shes going through loads of downs and shes even fainted

Wide Sargasso Sea 3

5 comments
1. Anntoinette was told that she had to go to England , because of certain reasons
2. She the narrartor watched as the characters did the silk
3. Her step dad always gives her presents because he really does care about him
4. She wasnt able to take the presents
5. Anntoinette does care about her step dad and he about her so he asks her to move in with him

4 questions
1. what were all the presents for?
2. Will she decide to move into her step dads house?
3. Does the step dad have good intentions on Annotoinette ?
4. Are her and her family religious?

3 vocabulary
rheumatism:any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness
deportment: demeanor; conduct; behavior
chemises: a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarmet

2 literary terms
1.simile
2.repetition

overview sentence
Anntoneitte has alot to think about whether or not to move into her step dads house and she talks about alot of things she wants to do.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Wide Sargasso Sea 2

Comments:

1. When Anntionette was at Tia's house they made a bet and then they began to fight because Tia betrayed her and she took her nice clothes
2. After leaving Tias house she finds when she arrives at her own house that there are tow other starnge people at her house ( two girls & a gentleman )
3. Christophine believes that the strangers that have been inside the house are troublesome people that shouldn't be trusted
4. Mr. Mason turns out to be one of the stranger people, asks for Annette ( mom ) for her hand ain marriage and she accepts
5. Mr. Mason fixes the outside of the house so that it is back to its beautiful outlook

Questions:

1. What is a glacis?
2. Why does Mr.Mason suddenly want to marry Annette?
3. How does Anntoniette feel about her mother remarrying?
4. Why is Annette so distant from her daughter?

vocabulary:

1. Glacis : a covered balcony
2. improverished: reduced to poverty
3. aristocracy: a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, esp. the hereditary nobility

Literary terms:

1.metaphor : about white people & blacks each staying in their "place"
2. simile

Overview SEntence:
Anntoneitte is forced to accept the fact that her mother Annette is going to marry the strange gentleman Mr.Mason because, he asked for her hand in marriage.

Wide Sargasso Sea 1

Comments:
1. Antoniette is the main character and the daughter of ex-slave owners who went broke after
the Emanicipation act of 1833
2. They used to be rich but after the slaves were freed their plantation is no longer
full of life ; and has been run down
3. Black people are mean to Antoniette for being white
4. Antoneittes mom is Annette and her dad was Alexander Cosway but he died soon after the slaves were freed
5.She had a bad feeling something bad would occur
Questions:
1. Why do they live in Jamaica if they are a white family isnt that weird?
2. Did the dad really drink himself to death?
3. What's going to happen to the family?
4. Are they going to be able to survive without the dad?
Vocabulary:
1. Marooned: a deep purplish red color tinged with brown pg. 18
2. Sieve: a utensil consisting of a round frame surrounding a mesh and used to separate solids from liquids or large particles from small particles, or to purée foods pg. 29
3. Vexed: provoked to slight annoyance, anxiety or distress pg. 34
Literary Terms:
1. simile
2.simile
Overview Sentence:
1. Anntoinette and her family have just went into ruins and her dad just currently died so her family isnt doing well at all economically or in any other way. The people from Jamaica are beginning to treat them really badly becuase they used to be a fimly of slave owners befrore the emanicipation act of 1833.