Name: Jessie Karangu
Date: 3/19/08
Mod: 2
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
In this book we meet the Logan family, they own a small piece of farmland where sharecropping occurs, they live in a very racist neighborhood, and everyone in the family has different opinions on racism, some treat it in a fiesty way, some in a calm way; anyway the kids are walking to school when they see some kids on a bus, the bus drives and sprays mud on all their faces, they also realize that they have books in school but that they are old books from the white school. A burning of a black man occurs and it seperates the town, causing a store to have less business because blacks are boycotting the place. The Logans go through many personal, emotional and financial issues but are able to persevere. I would recommend this to anyone, what stands out to me in this book is the things that the Logans went through and them still pressing on, that is amazing to me.
Literary Question 12
In this book we meet the Logan family, they own a small piece of farmland where sharecropping occurs, they live in a very racist neighborhood, and everyone in the family has different opinions on racism, some treat it in a fiesty way, some in a calm way; anyway the kids are walking to school when they see some kids on a bus, the bus drives and sprays mud on all their faces, they also realize that they have books in school but that they are old books from the white school. A burning of a black man occurs and it seperates the town, causing a store to have less business because blacks are boycotting the place. The Logans go through many personal, emotional and financial issues but are able to persevere. I would recommend this to anyone, what stands out to me in this book is the things that the Logans went through and them still pressing on, that is amazing to me.
Major Work Review
Title and Author:
Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Genre, Characteristics of Genre:
Historical Fiction;
fascinating, historical, unpredictable, wise
Brief Plot Summary
In this book we meet the Logan family, they own a small piece of farmland where sharecropping occurs, they live in a very racist neighborhood, and everyone in the family has different opinions on racism, some treat it in a fiesty way, some in a calm way; anyway the kids are walking to school when they see some kids on a bus, the bus drives and sprays mud on all their faces, they also realize that they have books in school but that they are old books from the white school. A burning of a black man occurs and it seperates the town, causing a store to have less business because blacks are boycotting the place. The Logans go through many personal, emotional and financial issues but are able to persevere.
Author's Style
Author's Style was very normal not too happy and not too mad, it's very formal because it is trying to be as unbiased as it can be.
Quotes
Check blog entry below titled "Favorite Lines/Quotes"
Characters
Protagonist: Cassie
Symbols: leader, stern, never gives up
Antagonist: Wallaces, Harlan Granger
Symbols: rascist, fire, foreclosure
minor Characters: T.J.- dumb, turns his back on you, Melvin and R.W.
Stacy- confident, friendly, loving
Setting
I'm guessing it takes place in Mississippi because that is where the author, her family and ancestors were born and raised at.
Recurrent Symbols
Land and freedom- as a symbol of never giving up and the courage that gave the Logans strength to go on with life
Three Themes
-Never Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up
-Fight for your rights
-Pain and suffering evolves into healing and celebration
Parallel Situations
-N.C. State 1984? College Basketball Team was being doubted by many because they had'nt won any important regular season games, but the ended up winning the tourney
-Texas Western was doubted because they were an all black team but they ended up winning the title
Resolution
Despite the circumstances, fight for your life and never give up
Other Considerations
Even though mobs threatened to kill them, people threatened to foreclose their house, and nobody supported them in their cause against the Wallaces in the end, everyone of the members of the Logans continued to press on and never moved a step back they always moved forwards.
Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Genre, Characteristics of Genre:
Historical Fiction;
fascinating, historical, unpredictable, wise
Brief Plot Summary
In this book we meet the Logan family, they own a small piece of farmland where sharecropping occurs, they live in a very racist neighborhood, and everyone in the family has different opinions on racism, some treat it in a fiesty way, some in a calm way; anyway the kids are walking to school when they see some kids on a bus, the bus drives and sprays mud on all their faces, they also realize that they have books in school but that they are old books from the white school. A burning of a black man occurs and it seperates the town, causing a store to have less business because blacks are boycotting the place. The Logans go through many personal, emotional and financial issues but are able to persevere.
Author's Style
Author's Style was very normal not too happy and not too mad, it's very formal because it is trying to be as unbiased as it can be.
Quotes
Check blog entry below titled "Favorite Lines/Quotes"
Characters
Protagonist: Cassie
Symbols: leader, stern, never gives up
Antagonist: Wallaces, Harlan Granger
Symbols: rascist, fire, foreclosure
minor Characters: T.J.- dumb, turns his back on you, Melvin and R.W.
Stacy- confident, friendly, loving
Setting
I'm guessing it takes place in Mississippi because that is where the author, her family and ancestors were born and raised at.
Recurrent Symbols
Land and freedom- as a symbol of never giving up and the courage that gave the Logans strength to go on with life
Three Themes
-Never Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up
-Fight for your rights
-Pain and suffering evolves into healing and celebration
Parallel Situations
-N.C. State 1984? College Basketball Team was being doubted by many because they had'nt won any important regular season games, but the ended up winning the tourney
-Texas Western was doubted because they were an all black team but they ended up winning the title
Resolution
Despite the circumstances, fight for your life and never give up
Other Considerations
Even though mobs threatened to kill them, people threatened to foreclose their house, and nobody supported them in their cause against the Wallaces in the end, everyone of the members of the Logans continued to press on and never moved a step back they always moved forwards.
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Is your vocab up to par with the book?
Sort of. Majority of it. Not Really though.
FIVE NEW WORDS!!!!!!!!!!
(1)Sharecropping- working, growing crops as a group
(1)Knell- a bell
(4)Expounding- explained in detail
(5)Malevolently- malicious, harmful
(last chapter)Menacingly- foolishly, dumb, threatening
Sort of. Majority of it. Not Really though.
FIVE NEW WORDS!!!!!!!!!!
(1)Sharecropping- working, growing crops as a group
(1)Knell- a bell
(4)Expounding- explained in detail
(5)Malevolently- malicious, harmful
(last chapter)Menacingly- foolishly, dumb, threatening
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Enjoy reading? Why/Why Not? How can you enjoy reading?
No, I did'nt enjoy reading because I kept on having to look back at the 2 worksheets, to look for stuff that had to do with it instead of just chilling back relaxing and reading, it was'nt a fun experience like it should be because I had work to do at the end. After a couple of chapters, I decided that I would just do this journal after I finish reading, I can enjoy reading by concentrating more and rereading stuff I don't understand more.
No, I did'nt enjoy reading because I kept on having to look back at the 2 worksheets, to look for stuff that had to do with it instead of just chilling back relaxing and reading, it was'nt a fun experience like it should be because I had work to do at the end. After a couple of chapters, I decided that I would just do this journal after I finish reading, I can enjoy reading by concentrating more and rereading stuff I don't understand more.
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Duration of attention span?
Because I'm doing this late at night my attention span is very low because I am very sleepy and have'nt gotten much sleep since last week, but usually when I was reading in the daytime, I was very interested, it kept me in touch and awake throughout the day, you always wanted to know what happens next and you always had different thoughts, inferences and predictions at the back of your head, that's the main reason why I could'nt do this journal during the reading session. No, not really, I did'nt really reread passages, I just could'nt focus enough because I was trying to finish the book so I could finish the project, it was'nt interesting enough when I was reading which is why I need to read it again.
Because I'm doing this late at night my attention span is very low because I am very sleepy and have'nt gotten much sleep since last week, but usually when I was reading in the daytime, I was very interested, it kept me in touch and awake throughout the day, you always wanted to know what happens next and you always had different thoughts, inferences and predictions at the back of your head, that's the main reason why I could'nt do this journal during the reading session. No, not really, I did'nt really reread passages, I just could'nt focus enough because I was trying to finish the book so I could finish the project, it was'nt interesting enough when I was reading which is why I need to read it again.
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