Literary Analysis

       The three stories I read independently were "The Return", "The Sniper", and "Hills Like White Elephants. In "The Return" Wanjiku comes out as a very dynamic character. He comes across dramatic and was described in the story as akin. Wanjiku was a character who argued with himself. Also as he walked there was a cloud of angry dust that would rise and then settle again.
       I choose "The Sniper" as my short Story literary analysis. I am going to focus on the setting. In this short story the setting is particularly important. The sniper is jumping from roof to roof, ally to ally, and running from place to place. He is hiding from shooters, and trying to shoot other hiders. The story took place during June and was at the beleaguered Four Courts.
      "Hills Like White Elephants" is a story where setting is very well portrayed. For example there are multiple paragraphs with descriptive scenes that include the setting in depth. There in the hills across Ebro. In this place the hills are long and white, there is no shade, no trees. The main characters are going to Madrid on a train. While on the train the girl describes the hot, dry, white sun beamed hills as looking like white elephants, hence the name of the title.

10/24 The Sniper- 15 min

10/22 Hills Like White Elephants- 10 min

10/24 The Return- 26 min

22/28 Matched- page 55-129 (1hour, 30 min)

"To Da-Duh, in Memoriam" character

     In "To Da-Duh, in Memoriam" Da-Duh is the grandmother who is a very diverse character. In this story she is perceived as a kind of stuck up old lady. At the same time though, her granddaughter is pushing her down, figuratively. This story really brings out all the different characteristics of a character.
    Da-Duh is a main character in her memoriam. At the beginning her daughter and granddaughters describe her as some ugly old bag of a grandmother. Then by the end she turns out to be an understanding grandmother. "To Da-Duh, in Memoriam" really captures the essence of how main characters develop overtime.

Quarter 1- participation

   I feel that my participation for quarter one was well. I feel that I have participated in class discussions with well developed ideas. I know that our short store discussions were in depth and I feel I contributed to them. I come to class prepared and ready with pencils paper and my binder. I am particularly bad at remembering my Wordly Wise cards every other Monday.
  I usually stay on task and don't distract others which I can always improve on. I can also improve on remembering my Wordly Wise cards by setting reminders. My note taking is also average which I can improve on by writing down everything.

Reading Times

And Clay Are We Created- 31 min

Dry September- 25 min

Harrison Bergeron- 13 min

Waltz of the Fat Man- 20 min

Matched- page 1-55 (77 min)

Reading Times

To Build a Fire- 75 min

To Da Duh, in Memoriam- 45 min

A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings- 20 min

A and P- 20 min

Total- 160 min