Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Ruth's October 3 Group Work

Each student in the group is responsible for posting one short example. Group members are Natalia, Lydia and Max.

Posted by Brad at 10/03/2007 10:46:00 AM

7 comments:

Natalia said...

1. Character Portret of Grant'her Pendleton.
In the story “The Heyday of the Blood” Fisher lovingly describes different sides of the grand and contradictory character of Grant’her Pendleton and gives us some supportive examples. His “irresistible, adventurous spirit” motivates him to do "crazy things to think" such as going to the desirable, but hurtful for his health trip to the county fair.

October 4, 2007 at 9:20 PM
Lydia said...

Hello Brad,

I have already finished reading the handout you gave us yesterday.I am trying my best to follow the rules in my rewiting,and I would like to get your comments on my rewriting because it is so useful for me.
Here is my example:

Question 1:Write a character portrait of GrantherPandleton.Look closely at two of his actions in the story and explain what each one shows us about this man.

The Granther Pendleton is a brave and adventurous character in the story.He desires to go to the country fair,eventhough the hot wether and long distance drive would kill him,he tell Mollory,"But, I am eighty-eight!"When I read what he say,a dauntless old man vividly appeared in front of me.

October 4, 2007 at 9:42 PM
Lydia said...

Hi everyone,

I am sorry that my first example is as same as Natalia's.It was firstly posted in Linsay's group.When I came back to our group,I fund this error. Here is my new example.

Queston two: Why does Farrar act as he does,in your opinion?

Farrar is a pessimistic young man full of stress of his health problems.While professor Mollory'story goes on,Farror changes his conduct from hysteria to "laugh with the narrator,setting back in his chair." The author's describtion indicates that Farrar is being deeply touched by the "granther",a man with dauntless spirit.

October 4, 2007 at 10:38 PM
Ruth said...

Question 1: Character portrait example:

Fisher describes Gran’ther as a “rebellious” old madcap. Regardless of the consequence,
he would give his stomach “ frightful attacks of indigestion” by stealing out to the pantry
and devouring a whole mince pie. I can’t imagine what torture he would experience after this! Fisher uses “rebellious” for him, which is more proper for a teen. Gran’ther deserves it.

October 4, 2007 at 10:49 PM
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October 5, 2007 at 12:02 AM
Ruth said...

Ouestion5: Atmosphere example:

In the conversation between Mallory and Farrar, I can feel a nervous feeling generated from Farrar’s reaction. He waves his “thin, nervous, knotted” fingers, and “his face twitching as he spoke.” Although his nervousness is decreased during the talking, whethe
Farrar would be set free from his nervousness or not is still a question after Mallory’s story. After the suspense about Farrar’s reaction to the story, I still concern about Farrar’s
nervousness.

October 5, 2007 at 12:09 AM
max said...

To explain why the writer has included Farrar ,the young assistant of professor in the story, we notice that the writer describes the young man’s change from the beginning of the story to the end .Before he listens to the story, he feels like “at hell” ;during the story, he is affected by the characters, and he “ laughed with the narrator; at last, he is totally involved in the story and the character’s fortune. When he knows the Gran’the is really sick, he is “leaning forward eagerly” and asks “Did he die?”

October 5, 2007 at 1:45 AM

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