Monday, April 27, 2009

Wide Sargasso Sea

Comments:
1. There is a lot of feeling that these characters give away.
2. He marries Antoinette without knowing nothing about her only that she has money.
3. He was at the place in which the house burned down.
4. The trees and natural living things are signs that there living a bad life.
5. Antoinette doesn't care about money all she wants is to be loved and happy.
Questions:
1. Where is his dad and brother?
2. Who is that little girl?
3. What road was there before?
4. Why does she say he hates her?
Vocabulary:
1. Sparse: not thick or dense; thin pg. 103
2. Hibiscus: any of numerous other plants, shrubs, or trees of the genus pg. 109
3. Chandeliers: a decorative, sometimes ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling, usually having branched supports for a number of lights pg. 111
Literary Terms:
1. "...my fathers face and his thin lips, my brothers round conceited eyes." Direct Characterization pg. 103
2. "...clever like the devil." Simile pg. 112
Overview Sentence:
1. Antoinette feels her husband hates her and thinks about leaving far away since her life is a living nightmare.

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