Literature Analysis #3

Topics and Events

1.) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is an autobiography about her totally unique upbringing and family history. She explains the hardships that she faced along side her two sisters and one brother and her unbelievable journey through it all. To say the least, Jeannette and her siblings had it very difficult growing up with their parents' unique views that provided the children with a very unstable and rocky childhood. They were constantly moving, never offered a secure home to come home to and were neglected when it came to being fed and taken care of in terms of hygeine and cleanliness. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves and each other and despite the life they were dealt as children, they were all motivated to make a better life for themselves as adults.

Activity #7 - Considering the Structure of the Text (Hamlet)

1. Where does Hamlet ask the central question of his soliloquy?
Hamlet asks the central question, whether he should continue living or end his own life, at the very beginning  of his soliloquy.

2. Where does he restate this question in greater detail?
Hamlet restates his question of living in greater detail throughout the rest of his soliloquy. He goes deeper and deeper into his thoughts about what he should do, if he really could go on or if this was the end for him.

3. Does Hamlet ever answer this question?
Although throughout the whole speech Hamlet sounds melancholy causing you too think that, in the end, he will choose to give up on life instead of continuing it; he never really clearly states his answer to his own question.

4. Does he ask any other questions in this speech?
The whole speech is made up of smaller questions that coincide with his huge opening question. He starts his speech with the big question and the rest consists of smaller questions that lead into his first question of whether or not he wants to live.

5. Who or what interrupts Hamlet at the end of his soliloquy? Do you think he was finished talking?
Ophelia interrupts Hamlet at the end of his soliloquy, I don't think that he was finished talking, he just suddenly ended his thoughts and stopped speaking.

VALUE OF LEARNING

My week to be this week will hopefully be as productive as possible. Although we have a sub for the next three days, I hope to be able to remain focused and get use the time in class to get the project done with my group members. I hope after doing this project, I find that the activities and subject matters we cover over the next few days are helpful strategies that will help with the rest of the year in this class along with the rest of my classes and maybe even carry into the future as well.

Literary Analysis #2

Topics and Events

1.) A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard is a memoir about a young girl who got kidnapped at the young age of 11 on her way to school. One day she was living with her loving mother and step father and baby sister and the next she was forced to live with this stranger who decided to keep her and brainwash her for eighteen years of her life. Throughout the book, Jaycee shares a horrific experience that's difficult to even imagine and gives the reader a chance to follow the hardships that Jaycee faced for eighteen years.

Vocabulary #7

cursory: without noticing details

• She took a cursory glance at her econ text book the night before the big exam.