Monday, April 27, 2009

Wide Sargasso Sea

Comments:
1. Her mind about England would would never change, all she wants is to go over there.
2. The letter sent to him was about how his wife n her family owned slaves.
3. The girl does not have fault in her family owning slaves and they lived pretty bad too.
4. Amelie disrespected her by saying that her husband is tired of the honeymoon and they started fighting.
5. Christophine is leaving Antoinette because she feels that house if filled with evil and she wants her rest.
Questions:
1. What does the envelope contain?
2. Is he really her brother?
3. What is Daniels purpose in wanting him to go over there?
4. What will she do with out Christophine?
Vocabulary:
1. Obstinate: firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty pg. 94
2. Cypher: a person of no influence; nonentity pg. 98
3. Patois: a rural or provincial form of speech pg. 102
Literary Terms:
1. "She have no money and she have friends, for French and English like cat and dog in these islands since long time." Simile pg. 96
2. "I sit at my window and the words fly past like birds- with Gods help I catch some." Personification pg. 98
Overview Sentence:
1. Antoinette is living a bad life little by little and now she is going to be all alone.

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