The Awakening-analysis of sentence in chapter 6

Check out the maps we made describing the diction, syntax, imagery and attitude of the sentence in The Awakening. Click on the bubbles to read our analysis. If the map will not load, click on the hyperlink title.

"Diction Detective"
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"Syntax Sleuth"
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"Imagery Imitator"
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"Attitude Analyst"
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Customized Shoes?

Customized shoes.  50 years ago, this was unheard of.  It's not only about the quality anymore, but also about the look.  People personalize their looks now, right down to their shoes.  I went to www.vans.com and created these shoes:

Who would have thought you could create your everyday shoes to look just how you want them?  You can also customize your cellphone, there are a lot of covers just for a certain type of cell phone.  You can even put your picture on your phone.  All of these products came from right-brained people.

Of Mice and Men

George and Lenny are traveling farm workers in the 1930's. The two men have a dream to rent their own farm and be their own bosses. Lenny is a gentle giant who is "slow". He loves to pet small furry animals because they are soft. George is often taking dead mice from Lenny. George is clever and is responsible for both of them. They are going to a new job.

Most of the characters have a dream-- there is a dream theme. George dreams of a farm of his own. Lenny dreams of caring for rabbits. The one handed worker dreams of a brighter future. The stable negro dreams of a place where he can feel free. The bride dreams of Hollywood and the movies. The son dreams of being the best of the men, stronger than any of them, above them all.

The House on Mango Street

A young girl discusses growing up in a poor, Latino neighborhood. She tells her story in short vignettes, describing her friends, her family, her neighbors, and her dream to have a "house all my own... Only a house quiet as snow, a space for myself to go, clean as paper before the poem."

The Giver

Jonas lives in a perfect society--no pain, no crime, no unhappiness. When he receives his life assignment to be the Receiver of Memories, he discovers secrets about the past, and the terrible things that make this world possible.

In the perfect future world in which Jonas lives, twelve-year-old children are given their life assignments at the Ceremony of Twelve. Jonas is shocked when he is chosen to be the new Receiver of Memories, a mysterious position of honor held by only one person at a time.
He is trained by the previous Receiver, now called the Giver.

The training consists of transferring to him memories of a past--before the imposition of Sameness--that the others in the community can't even imagine, in which there was war, hunger, and disease, but also color, weather, and strong emotions. Gradually Jonas comes to understand, and resent, the choices that had to be made to create his world, and the terrible secrets behind its perfection.

Together he and the Giver create a plan to change the way his world works, but before they can carry it out Jonas is forced to make a decision that may destroy them all.

Mom

So much depends upon

My mother.

Self-sufficient, independent,

She is my hero.

My friend, my role model, my mother.

Animal Farm

"Animal Farm" tells the simple and tragic story of what happens when the oppressed farm animals rebel, drive out Mr. Jones, the farmer, and attempt to rule the farm themselves, on an equal basis. What the animals seem to have aimed at was a "utopic" sort of communism, where each would work according to his capacity, respecting the needs of others. The venture failed, and "Animal Farm" ended up being a dictatorship of pigs, who were the brightest, and most idle of the animals.