Sunday, September 27, 2009
A Person Who Left An Impression...
I met a person who left a big impression on me. I met her at camp one summer. She was extremely nice and always shared her lunch with me. Well, we always shared our lunches. I hurt my ankle one afternoon and she sat out with me when I couldn't play the group game so I wouldn't be lonely. Her voice was as low as mine, and we were as close as if we were siblings, so the kids at the camp teased us that we were brothers. She was a rock for me to lean on, and I was her great escape (She was the serious, playful one, and I was the hyper, playful one.) But the camp had to end, and we had to be apart... and we didn't stay in contact. But she left the biggest impression on me out of all the people I have met in my whole life.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Clue 5
Mini 1. What is the theme of "About Effie"?
I think the theme of "About Effie" is that you should never give up hope. She always hoped and hoped and never lost faith that "he" would come and take her away. I believe that the author wanted to tell us that if we don't give up hope, we will get what we hoped for. In real life though, sometimes no matter how much you want something, God just didn't put that in His plan. And so sometimes we don't get it even if we don't give up hoping. But this author wanted us to see the side of life where when you hope hard enough, and be patient, you'll get it.
Mini 2. Find a verse from the Bible that relates to the theme of "About Effie" and include it in your written responses.
1 Timothy 5:5
"The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help."
Forget the widow part, but the last, highlighted part is the best connection to the theme in "About Effie".
1. Effie is waiting for someone throughout the whole story. And finally he comes at the end. She never once mentions his name, only talks about him and leaves hints in her words. She is waiting for "him". I think she's waiting for Jesus to come and save her. To take her away.
2. Number 1: "She just called him "him," and sometimes it was even "they," as if there wre a thousand of them or something."
-----She could be talking about the Holy Trinity when she says "they". God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Number 2: "Of course not. Don't be silly. Why, if I went to Timbuctoo he'd just as soon find me there. Or in Madagascar even. I don't have to wait around in any old Toronto."
-----God can find us anywhere, no matter where we are.
Number 3: "Besides, it's not just me he's after."
-----God wants all his children at by his side. He wants all of us back. Not just one of us. Although, he's plenty happy when one of us is back to Him.
I think Timothy Findley put these clues into the story because he wanted to show us what he thought about God and his thoughts on God's character.
3. Sure. Why not? I'm not sure if Timothy Findley on purposely put those clues in the story, or he might actually have thought of something else and wrote. He left the readers to guess and decide who "he" was. Some people decided to interpret his clues this way. They decided that the author wanted Effie to wait for Jesus, to wait for him to come and save her, to take her away?
I think the theme of "About Effie" is that you should never give up hope. She always hoped and hoped and never lost faith that "he" would come and take her away. I believe that the author wanted to tell us that if we don't give up hope, we will get what we hoped for. In real life though, sometimes no matter how much you want something, God just didn't put that in His plan. And so sometimes we don't get it even if we don't give up hoping. But this author wanted us to see the side of life where when you hope hard enough, and be patient, you'll get it.
Mini 2. Find a verse from the Bible that relates to the theme of "About Effie" and include it in your written responses.
1 Timothy 5:5
"The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help."
Forget the widow part, but the last, highlighted part is the best connection to the theme in "About Effie".
1. Effie is waiting for someone throughout the whole story. And finally he comes at the end. She never once mentions his name, only talks about him and leaves hints in her words. She is waiting for "him". I think she's waiting for Jesus to come and save her. To take her away.
2. Number 1: "She just called him "him," and sometimes it was even "they," as if there wre a thousand of them or something."
-----She could be talking about the Holy Trinity when she says "they". God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Number 2: "Of course not. Don't be silly. Why, if I went to Timbuctoo he'd just as soon find me there. Or in Madagascar even. I don't have to wait around in any old Toronto."
-----God can find us anywhere, no matter where we are.
Number 3: "Besides, it's not just me he's after."
-----God wants all his children at by his side. He wants all of us back. Not just one of us. Although, he's plenty happy when one of us is back to Him.
I think Timothy Findley put these clues into the story because he wanted to show us what he thought about God and his thoughts on God's character.
3. Sure. Why not? I'm not sure if Timothy Findley on purposely put those clues in the story, or he might actually have thought of something else and wrote. He left the readers to guess and decide who "he" was. Some people decided to interpret his clues this way. They decided that the author wanted Effie to wait for Jesus, to wait for him to come and save her, to take her away?
Clue 4
Mini 1. Who is a "character" in your life (a real-life person) you admire? Why do you admire this person? (be specific and name the traits you admire).
A person I admire is my mother. I admire her because she is such a hard-worker; she has to clean the house, make meals, wash dishes, and she also goes to work. She never gives up; she finishes everything she starts and does the best she can. I admire her because she's always organized, when somehow, I never am. She has all these traits that I wish I had, because a person with these traits will always succeed in whatever they do.
1. The setting of a story can reveal many clues about the theme of a short story. The theme is a thought or idea about humanity, and where a person lives or hangs out can tell you a lot about the person. And the people of the story will be a basis for the theme. Like, if someone lives in a sunny country or state, they probably like the open sky and the sun. That tells a lot about their personality. If someone lives in Alaska, they probably like the cold. Or the snow. Therefore, the setting can help us find out what the theme is in a story.
2. Theme is all about people and what we do, or what we think. We act upon our thoughts (well, most of us do) and so a character's actions can help lead to theme. Authors put direct and indirect characterization into stories, and their actions count as a part of their characterization. So the author can put hints about the theme in a character, or what they think or do.
3. The place that has impacted me the most... would have to be... TCIS. It's like my second home; we spend half of almost every day there, I spend my weekends there with friends, and I've been here and attending that school for half my life. TCIS has been my school since 4th grade. If I hadn't attended this school, I would be like every other 14-year-old Korean girl living in Daejeon. But I'm not. Because I attend this school, I still have my English skills, and I can do things like sports and plays, I have a band class where I play bass clarinet, my hair is long, I can paint my nails, my ears are pierced, etc. This school is where all my friends are, and the place I know best in Korea. I know all the places outside of our campus, better than the places around my house. God also revealed Himself to me here. It was through this school that I realized exactly what it meant to be a Christian and to believe in God. God is everywhere in TCIS.
A person I admire is my mother. I admire her because she is such a hard-worker; she has to clean the house, make meals, wash dishes, and she also goes to work. She never gives up; she finishes everything she starts and does the best she can. I admire her because she's always organized, when somehow, I never am. She has all these traits that I wish I had, because a person with these traits will always succeed in whatever they do.
1. The setting of a story can reveal many clues about the theme of a short story. The theme is a thought or idea about humanity, and where a person lives or hangs out can tell you a lot about the person. And the people of the story will be a basis for the theme. Like, if someone lives in a sunny country or state, they probably like the open sky and the sun. That tells a lot about their personality. If someone lives in Alaska, they probably like the cold. Or the snow. Therefore, the setting can help us find out what the theme is in a story.
2. Theme is all about people and what we do, or what we think. We act upon our thoughts (well, most of us do) and so a character's actions can help lead to theme. Authors put direct and indirect characterization into stories, and their actions count as a part of their characterization. So the author can put hints about the theme in a character, or what they think or do.
3. The place that has impacted me the most... would have to be... TCIS. It's like my second home; we spend half of almost every day there, I spend my weekends there with friends, and I've been here and attending that school for half my life. TCIS has been my school since 4th grade. If I hadn't attended this school, I would be like every other 14-year-old Korean girl living in Daejeon. But I'm not. Because I attend this school, I still have my English skills, and I can do things like sports and plays, I have a band class where I play bass clarinet, my hair is long, I can paint my nails, my ears are pierced, etc. This school is where all my friends are, and the place I know best in Korea. I know all the places outside of our campus, better than the places around my house. God also revealed Himself to me here. It was through this school that I realized exactly what it meant to be a Christian and to believe in God. God is everywhere in TCIS.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Two Kinds Reader Response
Connections:
1. There were times when I also thought that there was no need to practice my instruments or try hard because I'd never be the best at it anyway.
2. I also played at monthly recitals for piano. OK, maybe not monthly, but I played frequently at recitals that my piano teacher arranged. She would tell all her students to prepare one piece and we got together one night at a room in the arts center and performed. I got to wear a pretty, velvet purple dress.
3. I thought the same things Jing-Mei said: "Why don't you like me the way I am? I'm NOT a genius!" My mother and my father are both good at studying, and are really smart, and so they have these high expectations for me. And I had been meeting them all the time. Until one math test. And I kept thinking "GOSH I'm not perfect, I'm not a robot made to solve math problems and do everything right. So WHAT if I make a few mistakes, at least I can fix it next time!"
4. There was a time when I wanted to quit piano. The teacher was so scary and piano just wasn't fun anymore. But my mom wouldn't let me quit. She MADE me keep playing. But she told me a story first. She told me how her mother let her quit so easily, and now she regretted it so much because she wishes she could play piano well still. So she made me continue. But she changed teachers, and with the new teacher, it was much better. Jing-Mei's mother made her go to the piano and practice.
5. Jing-Mei's rant about wishing she were never born is the classic tantrum line in stories that kids say when they're mad at their parents. I don't remember which book or movie, but I remember a child shouting this out when arguing with parents or someone they weren't getting along with.
6. At the end, Jing-Mei started playing piano again and was shocked to find it came easily. I was shocked when, after a whole month of not playing piano, I was actually able to play my songs easily. It amazed me that my fingers hadn't forgotten what my brain had.
My personal perspective:
Well, this story was pretty funny to me. I know, funny isn't really the first adjective that comes to mind when thinking of "Two Kinds", but it was to me. It was, because these thoughts that kept running through Jing-Mei's mind, were identical to mine. She kept thinking "I'm not a genius, I can't do this, so I might as well not try," and my thoughts are "I'm not good at this, why am I doing it?" There are really sometimes when I think this. I'm not quite at giving up, but still, it was so funny to me how I could connect so well with a character's feelings. "Two Kinds" is a story about a girl and her mother. The mother wanted her daughter to become a prodigy, to become famous, but the girl gave up trying, thinking that she couldn't be anyone else but herself. And eventually, her mother gave up to. She started piano lessons, but then gave up on it. And years later, when she is back on the piano her parents had bought, she realizes she had a natural talent. It was just that she never cared enough to try. It was a good story; the rising action added to the conflict and it was sad reading the climax scene. I was shocked she could take the feelings in my head and carry them out to that extreme extent. But this story was a very interesting one that I won't forget.
1. There were times when I also thought that there was no need to practice my instruments or try hard because I'd never be the best at it anyway.
2. I also played at monthly recitals for piano. OK, maybe not monthly, but I played frequently at recitals that my piano teacher arranged. She would tell all her students to prepare one piece and we got together one night at a room in the arts center and performed. I got to wear a pretty, velvet purple dress.
3. I thought the same things Jing-Mei said: "Why don't you like me the way I am? I'm NOT a genius!" My mother and my father are both good at studying, and are really smart, and so they have these high expectations for me. And I had been meeting them all the time. Until one math test. And I kept thinking "GOSH I'm not perfect, I'm not a robot made to solve math problems and do everything right. So WHAT if I make a few mistakes, at least I can fix it next time!"
4. There was a time when I wanted to quit piano. The teacher was so scary and piano just wasn't fun anymore. But my mom wouldn't let me quit. She MADE me keep playing. But she told me a story first. She told me how her mother let her quit so easily, and now she regretted it so much because she wishes she could play piano well still. So she made me continue. But she changed teachers, and with the new teacher, it was much better. Jing-Mei's mother made her go to the piano and practice.
5. Jing-Mei's rant about wishing she were never born is the classic tantrum line in stories that kids say when they're mad at their parents. I don't remember which book or movie, but I remember a child shouting this out when arguing with parents or someone they weren't getting along with.
6. At the end, Jing-Mei started playing piano again and was shocked to find it came easily. I was shocked when, after a whole month of not playing piano, I was actually able to play my songs easily. It amazed me that my fingers hadn't forgotten what my brain had.
My personal perspective:
Well, this story was pretty funny to me. I know, funny isn't really the first adjective that comes to mind when thinking of "Two Kinds", but it was to me. It was, because these thoughts that kept running through Jing-Mei's mind, were identical to mine. She kept thinking "I'm not a genius, I can't do this, so I might as well not try," and my thoughts are "I'm not good at this, why am I doing it?" There are really sometimes when I think this. I'm not quite at giving up, but still, it was so funny to me how I could connect so well with a character's feelings. "Two Kinds" is a story about a girl and her mother. The mother wanted her daughter to become a prodigy, to become famous, but the girl gave up trying, thinking that she couldn't be anyone else but herself. And eventually, her mother gave up to. She started piano lessons, but then gave up on it. And years later, when she is back on the piano her parents had bought, she realizes she had a natural talent. It was just that she never cared enough to try. It was a good story; the rising action added to the conflict and it was sad reading the climax scene. I was shocked she could take the feelings in my head and carry them out to that extreme extent. But this story was a very interesting one that I won't forget.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Clue 3
Mini 1. What is a literary theme? Provide an explanation and then 3 one-statement examples of a literary theme that reveals truth about the universal human experience.
A literary theme is a point or idea about the human race that the author wants to portray and show the readers in the text. A theme can be a sort of a main idea, but the author doesn't say it straight out. You have to analyze the characters and what they say, what they think, where the story takes place, and other things. The theme isn't there for you to read like a moral is at the end of some fables. You have to figure it out yourself. A theme is universal; everyone should be able to connect in someway to the theme. These are some examples of themes: Love lasts forever, even beyond death. War is useless. Actions are stronger than words.
Mini 2. What is the theme of your life, as you see it right now?
The theme of my life right now... would be "Wanting too much can destroy you." It's a little exaggerated, but it's my theme. Every time I've wanted something major, I haven't gotten it. And I would hope so much that when I didn't get it, I'd be so disappointed. People who don't want anything are never unsatisfied. But people like me who want and wish for things all the time, will never be satisfied. I realize that some of the things I want are unreasonable, but I can't help what I like. If I like it, I like it. All I have to do is stop hoping that I'll get what I want. Then my theme will be "People who don't want all the things in the world, are always satisfied."
Mini 3. In your opinion, what is the theme of God's plan for this world?
The theme of God's plan for this world, as to what I think, is "Love for Him is forever." In the Bible, it says multiple times that if we love Jesus, and accept him as our savior, we will be saved. We will never die, because Jesus has taken our sins. God has planned this since before even time began. He knew Jesus would die for us, that we were to trust that Jesus did, and whoever believed in him would become children of God. If we love Him, we live on. And our love will live on. Therefore, Love in Him is forever. This world shall love Him, forever, or never.
1. I've mentioned this a little in the first mini question. To find the theme in a story, you have to analyze the story, bit by bit. You have to take it apart and examine everything. Things like what the characters say, what the characters do, and where the story takes place. A writer, usually, will put their thoughts into the mouths of their characters. Through analyzing the characters' words and actions, you can see bits of what the author thinks of the world and human kind. These things will help you get to the theme. Where the story takes place can also help find theme. If the story takes place in a war-torn country, the theme could have something to do with war. So this is the process of finding the theme.
2. I think the theme of "The Utterly Perfect Murder" is that "Things change as time goes by." Doug remembers his childhood bully/friend Ralph. Ralph had bullied Doug all the time, but in some ways they were close and needed each other. Doug, though, has bad feelings for Ralph and wants to kill him...several years later. He remembers all the awful things Ralph had done to Doug when they were 12, and he gets prepared to kill his childhood enemy. But when he gets to Ralph's house, he sees that Ralph had changed so much since he was the bully. He aged...ungracefully. Him and Doug were the same age, but Ralph looked like he could easily be 10 or 20 years older. Doug now towered over Ralph. Doug was so shocked, he didn't kill Ralph. And so this shows that not all things last through the power of time. Most things will change, and that's what's happened to Ralph. So you've gotta put the past in the past, and leave it there.
3. The moral of a story is like a lesson of the story. A moral teaches the readers something about life. But that's not what a theme does. A theme doesn't necessarily 'teach' us anything; it more shows us something about life. Something about the human race. A moral is stated at the end of the story sometimes, especially in fables. But a theme has to be figured out. A moral tells us what we should do about something in the world, and a theme tells us the something in the world. So... I'm thinking the biggest difference is that morals teach and themes show. That's one way to be sure you're finding the theme and not the moral or main idea; a theme SHOWS and has an opinion in it.
4. Yes, I think it IS the theme statement to God's world. This verse talks about God sacrificing Jesus to save us. If we love Jesus and accept the gift God has given, we are saved from eternal death. This somehow relates to the truth in literature, because all people give. Whether they are fiction or real, they have to give something to receive anything. And so we see this in literature time and time again, the giving and the receiving. Or in some cases, sacrificing. Most conflicts need something to be solved. Therefore, this is how John 3:16 relates to literature and themes.
A literary theme is a point or idea about the human race that the author wants to portray and show the readers in the text. A theme can be a sort of a main idea, but the author doesn't say it straight out. You have to analyze the characters and what they say, what they think, where the story takes place, and other things. The theme isn't there for you to read like a moral is at the end of some fables. You have to figure it out yourself. A theme is universal; everyone should be able to connect in someway to the theme. These are some examples of themes: Love lasts forever, even beyond death. War is useless. Actions are stronger than words.
Mini 2. What is the theme of your life, as you see it right now?
The theme of my life right now... would be "Wanting too much can destroy you." It's a little exaggerated, but it's my theme. Every time I've wanted something major, I haven't gotten it. And I would hope so much that when I didn't get it, I'd be so disappointed. People who don't want anything are never unsatisfied. But people like me who want and wish for things all the time, will never be satisfied. I realize that some of the things I want are unreasonable, but I can't help what I like. If I like it, I like it. All I have to do is stop hoping that I'll get what I want. Then my theme will be "People who don't want all the things in the world, are always satisfied."
Mini 3. In your opinion, what is the theme of God's plan for this world?
The theme of God's plan for this world, as to what I think, is "Love for Him is forever." In the Bible, it says multiple times that if we love Jesus, and accept him as our savior, we will be saved. We will never die, because Jesus has taken our sins. God has planned this since before even time began. He knew Jesus would die for us, that we were to trust that Jesus did, and whoever believed in him would become children of God. If we love Him, we live on. And our love will live on. Therefore, Love in Him is forever. This world shall love Him, forever, or never.
1. I've mentioned this a little in the first mini question. To find the theme in a story, you have to analyze the story, bit by bit. You have to take it apart and examine everything. Things like what the characters say, what the characters do, and where the story takes place. A writer, usually, will put their thoughts into the mouths of their characters. Through analyzing the characters' words and actions, you can see bits of what the author thinks of the world and human kind. These things will help you get to the theme. Where the story takes place can also help find theme. If the story takes place in a war-torn country, the theme could have something to do with war. So this is the process of finding the theme.
2. I think the theme of "The Utterly Perfect Murder" is that "Things change as time goes by." Doug remembers his childhood bully/friend Ralph. Ralph had bullied Doug all the time, but in some ways they were close and needed each other. Doug, though, has bad feelings for Ralph and wants to kill him...several years later. He remembers all the awful things Ralph had done to Doug when they were 12, and he gets prepared to kill his childhood enemy. But when he gets to Ralph's house, he sees that Ralph had changed so much since he was the bully. He aged...ungracefully. Him and Doug were the same age, but Ralph looked like he could easily be 10 or 20 years older. Doug now towered over Ralph. Doug was so shocked, he didn't kill Ralph. And so this shows that not all things last through the power of time. Most things will change, and that's what's happened to Ralph. So you've gotta put the past in the past, and leave it there.
3. The moral of a story is like a lesson of the story. A moral teaches the readers something about life. But that's not what a theme does. A theme doesn't necessarily 'teach' us anything; it more shows us something about life. Something about the human race. A moral is stated at the end of the story sometimes, especially in fables. But a theme has to be figured out. A moral tells us what we should do about something in the world, and a theme tells us the something in the world. So... I'm thinking the biggest difference is that morals teach and themes show. That's one way to be sure you're finding the theme and not the moral or main idea; a theme SHOWS and has an opinion in it.
4. Yes, I think it IS the theme statement to God's world. This verse talks about God sacrificing Jesus to save us. If we love Jesus and accept the gift God has given, we are saved from eternal death. This somehow relates to the truth in literature, because all people give. Whether they are fiction or real, they have to give something to receive anything. And so we see this in literature time and time again, the giving and the receiving. Or in some cases, sacrificing. Most conflicts need something to be solved. Therefore, this is how John 3:16 relates to literature and themes.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Clue 6
Mini 1. Define a metaphor and a simile.
A metaphor is a comparison between two things without using like or as, and a simile is a comparison between two things using like or as.
1. Authors use figurative language because it's more eloquent than literally saying things sometimes. If everyone always wrote literally saying everything, then writing wouldn't be as beautiful as it is. A piece of writing just needs a dash of things like hyperbole, metaphor, simile, personification and/or idioms to make it a little more than just talking to someone. To use figurative language, you need a little imagination, because it takes a little imagination to compare, for example, a dog to the sky. Imagination can create more beautiful things than our eyes could possible see. Authors, in a way, are artists. They need to paint a picture for us, and sometimes figurative language helps us get to where they are, better. We can see what they are trying to show us, and all it takes is a little hyperbole or metaphor-ing.
2. a) And her voice is the air I breathe to survive everyday...
b) I'm the fat kid and you're the cake.
c) The clouds were the cotton candy at my parade, the wind the laughter and the bright shining sun the spotlight.
3. John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
Jesus is the Word, and the Word was God.
4. Well, when you first read it, it feels like one of those confusing riddles that say one thing is another, and that another is another thing. I had no IDEA what this meant until I took a closer look. This verse is talking about how the Holy Trinity works. In the beginning, before the world was created, there was the Word. But the Word was God, so God was there, too. God spoke the world into existence, and if you read Genesis, you can see that the Holy Spirit was hovering above the waters. So God the Father is there, the Holy Spirit is there, but where's the Son? The Son, otherwise known as Jesus, was the words that God spoke. Without the Word there was nothing. So this verse is saying that Jesus was at the beginning, Jesus was with God, and Jesus is God. I know it's confusing, and there are some times when I don't get exactly how God could be three and one. But I guess it's just a part of God's world, and it just works.
A metaphor is a comparison between two things without using like or as, and a simile is a comparison between two things using like or as.
1. Authors use figurative language because it's more eloquent than literally saying things sometimes. If everyone always wrote literally saying everything, then writing wouldn't be as beautiful as it is. A piece of writing just needs a dash of things like hyperbole, metaphor, simile, personification and/or idioms to make it a little more than just talking to someone. To use figurative language, you need a little imagination, because it takes a little imagination to compare, for example, a dog to the sky. Imagination can create more beautiful things than our eyes could possible see. Authors, in a way, are artists. They need to paint a picture for us, and sometimes figurative language helps us get to where they are, better. We can see what they are trying to show us, and all it takes is a little hyperbole or metaphor-ing.
2. a) And her voice is the air I breathe to survive everyday...
b) I'm the fat kid and you're the cake.
c) The clouds were the cotton candy at my parade, the wind the laughter and the bright shining sun the spotlight.
3. John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
Jesus is the Word, and the Word was God.
4. Well, when you first read it, it feels like one of those confusing riddles that say one thing is another, and that another is another thing. I had no IDEA what this meant until I took a closer look. This verse is talking about how the Holy Trinity works. In the beginning, before the world was created, there was the Word. But the Word was God, so God was there, too. God spoke the world into existence, and if you read Genesis, you can see that the Holy Spirit was hovering above the waters. So God the Father is there, the Holy Spirit is there, but where's the Son? The Son, otherwise known as Jesus, was the words that God spoke. Without the Word there was nothing. So this verse is saying that Jesus was at the beginning, Jesus was with God, and Jesus is God. I know it's confusing, and there are some times when I don't get exactly how God could be three and one. But I guess it's just a part of God's world, and it just works.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Personal Ads
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Well... that's my name. :]
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Well... that's my name. :]
I'm known to be a real easy-going person (*AHEM* you can call it LAZY). I'm not one to panic until absolutely necessary, like when the world comes to an explosive end. My voice is as beautiful and light as a humming bird's, and I use it to talk for hours on end: I never tire of talking. My voice also happens to be as loud as it is pretty, and I tend to catch the eye of every single person on the bus when I ride (I can't control it!) I play a trillion instruments, all incredibly well, and I enjoy playing them. I especially love the piano, and love playing beautiful, flowing songs. My fashion sense is so impeccable, even all the biggest stars would love my style. I love shopping like a fat kid loves cake. I need chocolate to live; me = serious chocoholic. And that's a basic description about me!
Clue 1
Mini 1. What is Beauty?
Beauty gives us pleasure physically (something beautiful in shape, sound or color; stuff like that) or gives us pleasure to the mind. So beauty is something that's admirable, adorable, pretty, lovely, and other adjectives like that. A lovely flower could be beautiful. A woman could be beautiful. A speech could be beautiful. There is a lot of beauty in this world, even in the small things everyday.
Mini 2. Find 2 Bible verses about God's view of beauty.
Proverbs 31:30 (New International Version)
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
1 Peter 3:3-4 (New International Version)
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
1. Reader Response analysis is when there is interaction between each reader and the text. Because each person has his or her own memories, thoughts and feelings, everyone brings something of their own to the text, and interprets the meaning of it in their own way. The theory of Reader Response says that a piece of literature has no true meaning and that it's all about the reader's interpretation of it. In other words, there isn't just one way to look at a text because of all the personal things a reader brings to it. Although, there are some people who disagree. There are actually some steps for Reader Response to happen. You may not recognize you're doing it, but most of the time you are when you read. For Reader Response to happen, the reader must be active by thinking, connecting, and understanding that they actually are creating meaning as they read. They are understanding what they read, connecting their emotions or settings or their personality traits to the characters and story, and that's how Reader Response happens.
2. Reader Response can open our eyes to more truth as we read. Reader Response is when we try and connect to a text to make meaning from it. As we try to connect, we tend to see more of the character and theme of the story. Truthfully, when you read while half-asleep, you don't really get anything from it, right? That's one of the steps of Reader Response: be an active reader. As you use Reader Response, you're bound to find that there are just one or two things that you didn't know or realize before you read the text. Maybe you found out something about yourself through the thoughts of a character in a book. Maybe you try and connect to the thoughts of an author about a subject and it sheds a new light on it. When you open your mind to literature, you add your meaning to the text, but new truths from the book enter in your mind as well. Simply put, it's a two-way street.
3. It's important for us to interact and connect with literature. Without that connection, we would never get anything from literature. There would be no meaning to reading. If we don't interact and connect, it pretty much means we're not understanding. Even if we're reading a book that seems like it has absolutely nothing about us, people from past, present, 'future', and 'fiction' all have this thing called EMOTIONS. We'll connect to the feelings, if nothing else, and that will give us a better understanding of the piece of text. Imagine reading Harry Potter without connecting to his vividly described emotions and adventures. In the beginning of one book, J.K. Rowling starts off with Harry being bored over the summer. Now, everyone's felt this way before, and knows what it's like to not have anything to do (especially in the summer). If no one could connect to a story, either the story itself isn't good enough, or we are all just heartless, emotionless people who wouldn't be able to make meaning of anything in life. Or books.
4. There's a book I've read called The Luxe that showed me something new about this world. The Luxe is actually a book based on a different time in the past, but I saw something new about our world and our people through this book. Actually, I sort of connected to something in our modern world. The Luxe is about the socialites and elite of the Upper East Side. Hear that line anywhere before? Yes, Gossip Girl. Just reading about people back then doing similar things as the characters in Gossip Girl just made me realize that the characters of human beings don't change over time. There will always be that stereotype of rich and spoiled, and they actually think in the same ways. Unless some tragic accident happened and humans all lost thought, every generation has their Blair Waldorfs, the goody-two-shoes, the responsible people, and strangely, we all think and feel similar things. I know it's just fiction, but when I thought more about it, what the book is saying about people isn't made up.
Beauty gives us pleasure physically (something beautiful in shape, sound or color; stuff like that) or gives us pleasure to the mind. So beauty is something that's admirable, adorable, pretty, lovely, and other adjectives like that. A lovely flower could be beautiful. A woman could be beautiful. A speech could be beautiful. There is a lot of beauty in this world, even in the small things everyday.
Mini 2. Find 2 Bible verses about God's view of beauty.
Proverbs 31:30 (New International Version)
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
1 Peter 3:3-4 (New International Version)
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
1. Reader Response analysis is when there is interaction between each reader and the text. Because each person has his or her own memories, thoughts and feelings, everyone brings something of their own to the text, and interprets the meaning of it in their own way. The theory of Reader Response says that a piece of literature has no true meaning and that it's all about the reader's interpretation of it. In other words, there isn't just one way to look at a text because of all the personal things a reader brings to it. Although, there are some people who disagree. There are actually some steps for Reader Response to happen. You may not recognize you're doing it, but most of the time you are when you read. For Reader Response to happen, the reader must be active by thinking, connecting, and understanding that they actually are creating meaning as they read. They are understanding what they read, connecting their emotions or settings or their personality traits to the characters and story, and that's how Reader Response happens.
2. Reader Response can open our eyes to more truth as we read. Reader Response is when we try and connect to a text to make meaning from it. As we try to connect, we tend to see more of the character and theme of the story. Truthfully, when you read while half-asleep, you don't really get anything from it, right? That's one of the steps of Reader Response: be an active reader. As you use Reader Response, you're bound to find that there are just one or two things that you didn't know or realize before you read the text. Maybe you found out something about yourself through the thoughts of a character in a book. Maybe you try and connect to the thoughts of an author about a subject and it sheds a new light on it. When you open your mind to literature, you add your meaning to the text, but new truths from the book enter in your mind as well. Simply put, it's a two-way street.
3. It's important for us to interact and connect with literature. Without that connection, we would never get anything from literature. There would be no meaning to reading. If we don't interact and connect, it pretty much means we're not understanding. Even if we're reading a book that seems like it has absolutely nothing about us, people from past, present, 'future', and 'fiction' all have this thing called EMOTIONS. We'll connect to the feelings, if nothing else, and that will give us a better understanding of the piece of text. Imagine reading Harry Potter without connecting to his vividly described emotions and adventures. In the beginning of one book, J.K. Rowling starts off with Harry being bored over the summer. Now, everyone's felt this way before, and knows what it's like to not have anything to do (especially in the summer). If no one could connect to a story, either the story itself isn't good enough, or we are all just heartless, emotionless people who wouldn't be able to make meaning of anything in life. Or books.
4. There's a book I've read called The Luxe that showed me something new about this world. The Luxe is actually a book based on a different time in the past, but I saw something new about our world and our people through this book. Actually, I sort of connected to something in our modern world. The Luxe is about the socialites and elite of the Upper East Side. Hear that line anywhere before? Yes, Gossip Girl. Just reading about people back then doing similar things as the characters in Gossip Girl just made me realize that the characters of human beings don't change over time. There will always be that stereotype of rich and spoiled, and they actually think in the same ways. Unless some tragic accident happened and humans all lost thought, every generation has their Blair Waldorfs, the goody-two-shoes, the responsible people, and strangely, we all think and feel similar things. I know it's just fiction, but when I thought more about it, what the book is saying about people isn't made up.
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