Literary Analysis 1a

GENERAL:
1) Plot sum: The third eldest child of the Pelzer family, David grows up in Daly City, California, a town not too far from San Francisco.  David describes his life in the beginning as picture perfect.  A loving Mom, Dad, and brothers.  Without warning, David's mother starts to horribly abuse and torture David; starving him to death to the point where he steals other kids' lunch just to survive.  His "hero", Davids dad, sneaks him food every now and then, but can't stand the house hold he lives in so he leaves the family.  Being saved from the help of his school teachers and nurses, David is finally set free from the place he had once called "home."
2) Theme: the main theme of this book is how anyone can overcome anything if you have enough faith
3)Tone: the tone David ended up inquiring overtime was extreme hatred towards everyone around him, especially his mother.
4) Conflict: David finding food to save his life
    Antagonist: David's mom, Catherine
    Allusion: David's memories of the good times with his family down by the Russian river
   Symbol: David's dad his "hero"
    Foreshadowing: David's would predict how his mother would torture him
CHARACTERIZATION:
1) Teachers and kids saw him as skinny and smelly.
2) David says he hated going home, and that he was miserable
1a) The teacher would cover her mouth and nose when David came near her.  -indicating that David smelt
2a) David would say how he would imagine himself eating a big hamburger when his stomach growled. -indicating that he was hungry
: The author uses both direct and indirect characterization because it makes the book come to life and make you feel everything that he felt.
2) Dave Pelzer's uses diction.  When talking about his mom, he uses words like "bitch" showing his hatred towards her.
3) David is dynamic in a sense that he gets stronger and stronger throughout the book.  He is also a round character, being that he is real
4) After reading this book I came away feeling so great full for the family that I have.  I have a lot more faith and want to help children like David when I'm older.


A CHILD CALLED IT  

Feb 1. Miyah Velazquez & Syerra Fox

Poems about friendship ...

THE PEEVED PEDESTRIAN:

Ray Bradbury written this novel to ramify from the everyday ordinary literature during this time.   I came to this conclusion because the literature seen back then when it was written  isn't anything like Fahrenheit 451 and might seem a little  concerning to the people reading it back then.

Title: I'M A POET AND I KNOW IT

MY HAIKU 

Thoughts of doubt linger

My legs start to shake

I still keep climbing

Cool breeze fills my lungs

The warm sun burns the daylight

Sweat runs down my face

Victory is mine

This mountain; a piece of cake

We will meet again

SHELL BEACH HIKE

Montag Version

Thoughts of doubt linger
My legs start to shake
I can't keep climbing

Ash clouds fill my lungs
Kerosene runs down my face
Finally over

Victory is mine
Books; all burnt to ashes
I sit back and think 

FAHRENHEIT 451

Five things I learned reading Fahrenheit 451:

-Books are not allowed
-Firemen will burn down your house if they find a book
-You will be arrested for having books
-Most people hide from others about the books they have
-Being interested in intellectual activities will make you an outcast

Poem: THEME FOR ENGLISH B By:Langston Hughes

This poem by Langston Hughes took me about a full day to memorize.  When first looking at this I thought to myself I would never be able to memorize this because it didn't even make any sense reading it the first time around.  Memorizing each line, the story soon became more and more familiar to me.  As I read it over and over in my head it felt like it was me telling the story to my instructor.  Going over this countless times the story became embedded in my mind and I could say it faster and faster each time I said it out loud.  After overcoming this obstacle, I realized that the poem wasn't so bad after all.

"SPRING SEMESTER PLAN 1"

My plan for this semester is basically the plan I try to keep every year.  Grades are very important to me and being able to maintain them is even more of an accomplishment.  Some goals i have outside of school is being able to travel the world and take pictures of all the experiences i have.

"SPRING POST 1: MUSIC AS LITERATURE"

Can we consider music to be literature? How do we define literature? What is the difference between a novel, a poem, a rap, a song, an opera, and a symphony?

 Music in my opinion is definitely a form of literature.  The whole thing is a story just telling it a different way.  We define literature as writing in which we express our deepest thoughts, feelings, and the world around us with immense detail.  There really is no difference between a novel, poem, rap, song,opera, or symphony because they all tell a story, just in different ways.