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Posted by Brad at 9/26/2007 11:27:00 AM

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Natalia said...

Hello, everybody.

These are our group answers for your consideration and comments.
Till now, I didn’t meet all Brad’s requirements:
-the quotations are long; sometimes they are not the complete sentences.
-it is too long (200 words). Can you help me with cutting it wisely?
-look for, may be, the better quotations to support the character’s qualities.
-check, please, the grammar

I put down several quotations, about “Granther” Pendleton character, but I am not sure how to use them.I am also not sure about the student. Should we consider him as a antagonist too?
Looking forward to hearing from you,

Natalia


Group Answers to Question #1 (“The Heyday of the Blood” by Dorothy Canfield Fisher)

The “Granther” Pendleton is the protagonist of the Dorothy Fisher’s story.

Even though he is an eighty-nine years old man with numerous serious health problems, he is young at heart - brave, courageous, adventurous, boisterous, sociable, humorous, enthusiastic and generous. At the same time he has not a polished character; his grand grandson and the narrator, professor Mallory, describes him as ”a rebellious, unreasonable, whimsical old madcap and electric element in the orderly society”.

On his way towards his adventure he faces different kind of antagonists. The first ones are his age and aging, damaged body. The second is the pressure of the family, who overprotected him from his dangerous way of living. Under his influence, little Joe (professor Mallory in his childhood) gradually transformed from antagonist into a person with the same attitude. “We were welded into one organism,” says he.
Also, there is the harsh environment on the way to the desirable goal: hot weather, long distances, old and slow horse. People with opposite life motto, such as doctors, that predict early death and ones that half-lived their life also belong to the antagonists.


“We plunged head over ears into the saturnalia of delights”.
”While we’re about it, always go to the whole hog.”
“Everybody’s likely to mistake about some things”
“We’re going skylarkin!”

September 27, 2007 at 10:32 AM
Catherine said...

Dear Natalia,

You conclude and organize the answer full and deeply. Thank you very much!

I have read this story one more time today and got a little bit new idea that we didn’t mention last time. I add it here as a supplement of our group reaction of question 1.

Hi, all my classmates,

I would very appreciate it if you would like to give us more advices and suggestions about this question. Thanks in advance!


1. Who is the protagonist in the story in your opinion? What is that protagonist’s character (or personality)? What antagonists does the protagonist face?

Professor Mallyory’s great-grandfather is the main protagonist in this story. He is a “naughty old man” who loves and knows how to enjoy life. He ignores his doctor’s advice, steals and devours “a whole mince pie.” Even he goes to “the country fair” on the sneak to have a lot of fun with his great-grand son and the old horse. Although he has to pay a great price of the day later, he thinks it is “wuth(worthy) it.” It shows great-grandfather’s optimistic character— he never worries death. In fact, he faces many physical and outside difficulties. For eighty-eight years old man who has only one arm, weak stomach, weak heart, and asthma, it is dangerous to have a long trip in the hot day. His doctor and families is also a part of antagonists of him. Often, they restrict the protagonist’s behavior too much because of his health condition.

—149 words

September 27, 2007 at 7:36 PM
Natalia said...

Hi dear Catherine,

I like your version better than mine. The only thing that I consider important in my version - is his grand-grandson transformation from antagonist to the same kind of personality.
I would change grammar a little:
It shows great-grandfather’s optimistic character; he never worries about death. In fact, he faces many physical and outside difficulties. For eighty-eight years old man who has only one arm, weak stomach, weak heart, and asthma, it is dangerous to have a long trip in a hot day. His doctor and family also belong to his antagonists.
What do you think?
I wonder where our two members of the team are. How long should we wait till we agree about the final version?

Natalia

September 27, 2007 at 10:54 PM

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