Imagine getting invited to a party held by a prominent woman. Being poor, you have nothing to wear to such a formal event. After you buy a dress with the scarce money that you have, then you realize that there is no money left for a necklace or even some jewelry. To go to this party you must have a necklace, because everyone will have jewelry, at such an astonishing event. So, you borrow one from a friend. But, when you lose your friend’s marvelous necklace you are devastated. That is what happened in this short story. “ The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is the trajic mode of literature and an has an enormous symbol which is the nighttime.
First of all, the plot line helps prove that this story is the trajic mode of literature. To be invited to this party was a huge honor for Matilda, but when she doesn’t have a necklace her world is in conflict. Her rise to power was when she was able to borrow a necklace from her friend, to go with her dress. She was overjoyed to have such an exquisite dress and breathtaking necklace to go to the party, but she had one flaw. Being poor, Matilda didn’t have the impressive fur coats that everyone was putting on as it got colder, and she was embarrassed. She wanted to get away from there and she left so fast that she wouldn’t even wait for a cab. When she started running her husband exclaimed “wait let me call you a cab.”, but she kept running. While she was running, she didn’t notice that she lost her necklace, and that is the tragic fall. Lastly, the death symbolism is at the end of the book when she realizes that after ten years of paying for a new necklace that the necklace that she lost wasn’t real. Matilda’s friend said “Oh my poor Matilda, mine were false.”
The fact that it is nighttime when Matilda has her tragic fall and loses her necklace help prove that this story is the tragedy mode of literature. That is a characteristic of a tragedy story because the time of day is night. It is late when she realizes that she lost the necklace. The nighttime is a huge symbol in the story “the necklace" becuase it is dark and terrifying things can happen.
The story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is a heartbreaking story about a woman who doesn’t have much in her life. But, when she loses one of the most important things that she brought to the party; the necklace she is devastated. This short story is the tragedy mode of literature and one humongous symbol is the nighttime. The purpose of this story is always tell the truth because if Matilda would have told her friend that she lost the necklace then she wouldn’t have had to buy her a new necklace, and work for ten years.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Creative Writing story
Penelope is a black belt. She can do that flippie thing in that air and break a board. She could also break a board with her head. But, when she wasn’t learning tai-cuan-do she was a ninja. When she was 6 she went to Japan on vacation, but her parents both died in a plane crash. She can speak Japanese! But there was one problem Penelope was a loud ninja. The head ninja told her if she didn’t learn to be quiet she couldn’t be a ninja anymore, so Penelope went to America to try to figure out how to be a quiet ninja. She had a flashback of her 2 parents dying and she started to hyperventilate, so she decided to take a boat to America. So two days later, she boarded the one of the biggest cruise ships in the word, the Titanic 2.The boat ride took 2 and ½ weeks. From the coast of Japan to the Coast of California. By the time the ship hit land Penelope was already running to get off the boat, she was so sick. The first thing she saw when she got to America was the biggest McDonalds she had ever seen, so she decided to go check it out. As she walked in she was greeted by 5 obnoxious kids playing tag by the doorway. Then as she took one more step in a soccer ball flew right past her head. She took one more look at the two story McDonalds and walked right out, planning to come back when all of the kids were gone.
“Wow” she thought, “I haven’t been here since I was little and it is so different” Then she saw her hotel and rental car place about a half a mile away so, she took a taxi their so she could put her stuff down and get a car. When she got to the hotel she went up to her room and put her stuff down. “ Wow this is amazing” she said as she looked at the giant chocolate fountain in the corner, and the towels folded like elephants. Then she saw the best thing of all their, on the deck there was a huge hot tub with jets. After that she had to go get her rental car, and as soon as she got to the parking lot she found out that they had already rented out the car she wanted. They decided to give her any car she wanted so she got a baby blue convertible. So she drove her baby blue convertible all around Hollywood looking for celebrities. Then she saw Brittney Spears with her bodyguards. So it was finally 9 o’clock when all of the kids had left McDonalds, so she went back there. This time when she walked in it was quieter and more peaceful. The only people there was an elderly couple, drinking coffee. So she went upstairs into the play land. She climbed through the tiny tunnels quietly on my elbows until I got to the top by a huge swing. The top of the play ground was open so she used the swing to swing myself onto the top of the tunnels. She landed on the top quietly and gracefully. She then walked around for a while and then she remembered something. The reason she was in America was to become a quiet ninja, and if she didn’t even try to be quiet you couldn’t even hear her move. So she returned back to Japan and she was the quietist ninja in the whole group. Everyone was jealous and they wanted to go to America and become quieter too.
“Wow” she thought, “I haven’t been here since I was little and it is so different” Then she saw her hotel and rental car place about a half a mile away so, she took a taxi their so she could put her stuff down and get a car. When she got to the hotel she went up to her room and put her stuff down. “ Wow this is amazing” she said as she looked at the giant chocolate fountain in the corner, and the towels folded like elephants. Then she saw the best thing of all their, on the deck there was a huge hot tub with jets. After that she had to go get her rental car, and as soon as she got to the parking lot she found out that they had already rented out the car she wanted. They decided to give her any car she wanted so she got a baby blue convertible. So she drove her baby blue convertible all around Hollywood looking for celebrities. Then she saw Brittney Spears with her bodyguards. So it was finally 9 o’clock when all of the kids had left McDonalds, so she went back there. This time when she walked in it was quieter and more peaceful. The only people there was an elderly couple, drinking coffee. So she went upstairs into the play land. She climbed through the tiny tunnels quietly on my elbows until I got to the top by a huge swing. The top of the play ground was open so she used the swing to swing myself onto the top of the tunnels. She landed on the top quietly and gracefully. She then walked around for a while and then she remembered something. The reason she was in America was to become a quiet ninja, and if she didn’t even try to be quiet you couldn’t even hear her move. So she returned back to Japan and she was the quietist ninja in the whole group. Everyone was jealous and they wanted to go to America and become quieter too.
Day of a Butterfly
Do you know how it feels to be left out once in a while? People talking, and you’re just sitting on the side being ignored. Well, that’s what Myra Sayla faces every day at her school. That is until Myra gets leukemia and makes a friend. In the short story “The Day of The Butterfly” by Alice Munrow the purpose of the story, Helen, and Myra all play a huge part in the story.
First of all the purpose playes a significant part in this short story. The purpose of this story is that every cloud has a silver lining. Even though Myra had no friends and leukemia she didn’t give up and eventually made one friend named Helen. A lot of people in Myra’s grade didn’t even know that she existed. On page 234 the narrator says “I do not remember when Myra Sayla came to town, though she must have been in our class two or three years.” The narrator didn’t even know when Myra came to their school, so nobody really paid attention to her. She was in desperate need of a friend and in the end Helen provided the support she need to get through her cancer.
Helen, provides support for Myra when she gets cancer, but she also strays from her crowd of friends and gives Myra a chance to become her friend. The first time that Helen even gave Myra a chance to talk to her was a day before Myra stopped coming to school. Helen hesitated before going to talk to Myra. Helen said “I had often loitered in that way, wanting to walk with some important who was behind me, and not quite daring to stop and wait.” Because of Myra’s reputation and because Helen didn’t want to be seen with her. Helen hesitated and finally went over to Myra and it paid off. They became friends. Helen is also the narrator in the story. Everything in the story is heard from Helen's point of view, including her thoughts on Myra.
When Helen and Myra became friends their friendship benefited Myra the most because she didn’t have a friend and she needed one. At first when Helen told her to wait, Myra didn’t trust Helen when she told her to wait so she could walk with her. When Myra hesitantly stopped to wait for Helen, Helen thought “perhaps she thought I was playing a trick on her, perhaps she expected me to run past her and throw an empty cracker jack box at her.” When she developed cancer she couldn’t tell anyone and when she was probably going to tell Helen about it the next day she had to stay in the hospital. In the end, when Myra was in the hospital her class at school threw her a birthday party. She was overwhelmed when she got so many presents, and asked Helen to take some. She had an amazing friendship with Helen and she trusted her even though they hadn’t known each other for long.
Some considerable aspects this short story are Myra, Helen, and the purpose of the story. Myra never gave up and eventually made a much needed friend. The name Myra is a name from a Latin word meaning extraordinary. Myra is really extraordinary, she is definitely not an average person like everyone else. She has her own personality and when Helen realizes how great of a person Myra is they become friends.
First of all the purpose playes a significant part in this short story. The purpose of this story is that every cloud has a silver lining. Even though Myra had no friends and leukemia she didn’t give up and eventually made one friend named Helen. A lot of people in Myra’s grade didn’t even know that she existed. On page 234 the narrator says “I do not remember when Myra Sayla came to town, though she must have been in our class two or three years.” The narrator didn’t even know when Myra came to their school, so nobody really paid attention to her. She was in desperate need of a friend and in the end Helen provided the support she need to get through her cancer.
Helen, provides support for Myra when she gets cancer, but she also strays from her crowd of friends and gives Myra a chance to become her friend. The first time that Helen even gave Myra a chance to talk to her was a day before Myra stopped coming to school. Helen hesitated before going to talk to Myra. Helen said “I had often loitered in that way, wanting to walk with some important who was behind me, and not quite daring to stop and wait.” Because of Myra’s reputation and because Helen didn’t want to be seen with her. Helen hesitated and finally went over to Myra and it paid off. They became friends. Helen is also the narrator in the story. Everything in the story is heard from Helen's point of view, including her thoughts on Myra.
When Helen and Myra became friends their friendship benefited Myra the most because she didn’t have a friend and she needed one. At first when Helen told her to wait, Myra didn’t trust Helen when she told her to wait so she could walk with her. When Myra hesitantly stopped to wait for Helen, Helen thought “perhaps she thought I was playing a trick on her, perhaps she expected me to run past her and throw an empty cracker jack box at her.” When she developed cancer she couldn’t tell anyone and when she was probably going to tell Helen about it the next day she had to stay in the hospital. In the end, when Myra was in the hospital her class at school threw her a birthday party. She was overwhelmed when she got so many presents, and asked Helen to take some. She had an amazing friendship with Helen and she trusted her even though they hadn’t known each other for long.
Some considerable aspects this short story are Myra, Helen, and the purpose of the story. Myra never gave up and eventually made a much needed friend. The name Myra is a name from a Latin word meaning extraordinary. Myra is really extraordinary, she is definitely not an average person like everyone else. She has her own personality and when Helen realizes how great of a person Myra is they become friends.
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