*Vocab*
1. clandestine: kept or done in secret (44)
2. condescendingly: showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority (42)
*Appeals*
1. "What the dogs knew was that there were four distinct environments in our house and they rarely came together" (43). This is an emotional appeal because Alice talks about how she felt like everyone in her house was separate and didn't spend a lot of time together, which Alice wished they had.
2. "When I was little, I worried about losing my mother" (38). This is emotional because it makes me wonder why she worries, and she talks about these her having "flaps" and I don't understand what is wrong with her mother.
3. I like the story of how my parents met" (38). This is an emotional appeal because it says how she is feeling and it makes me want to know how they did meet.
*Quote*
"Mom and Dad and Jill's mom and dad said your family is weird" (37). This quote is important because when Alice was little her family was considered "not normal". It changed how she grew up and viewed things in her life about her family. She started to realize things about her parents that didn't bother her before. For example, she realized that her parents did not show a lot of affection for each other, which made her somewhat upset.
*Theme*
Since this part of the book right now is a flashback, I'd say the theme of these chapters is discovery. Alice learns more about how people see her and her family. She goes to school and plays in the band, but what she really secretly desires is to be a Broadway star. She also tells her mother that when she is older she wants to live in New York, which is the place that she ends up getting raped.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Post B
Dear Alice,
I am so terribly sorry about this event that happened to you. Obviously, my words cannot take back what happened but hopefully they can give you some hope. My biggest fear in life is what happened to you. Getting grabbed by a man I do not know and getting raped. I have not found out with how you dealt with it completely, and I don't know how you could. But, from what I do know, I would for sure say you are a very brave person. How you could just go and tell people right away that that had happened to you is remarkable. I would be to scared and embarrassed to tell anyone that. I don't understand the man who did it to you though. I don't get how he could wake up the next morning and just flip around and ask you if you are alright. Of course you aren't alright. But, I respect your decisions on helping him out when he needed it, otherwise you could have gotten more injured or even killed if you did not do as he pleased. I can't believe the things he said to you or made you do. It made me sick to my stomach when you described what happened and also when he said, " You're the worst bitch I've ever done this to." I don't even understand how someone in their right mind would have the guts to say that to anyone. If anything, I think he should thank you because you did what he wanted, right? But of course, never can you accept a thank you that gives you no happiness back. But I believe you have the strength to fight through this and I hope more than anything that you find you rapist.
Sincerely,
Ellie Gleason
I am so terribly sorry about this event that happened to you. Obviously, my words cannot take back what happened but hopefully they can give you some hope. My biggest fear in life is what happened to you. Getting grabbed by a man I do not know and getting raped. I have not found out with how you dealt with it completely, and I don't know how you could. But, from what I do know, I would for sure say you are a very brave person. How you could just go and tell people right away that that had happened to you is remarkable. I would be to scared and embarrassed to tell anyone that. I don't understand the man who did it to you though. I don't get how he could wake up the next morning and just flip around and ask you if you are alright. Of course you aren't alright. But, I respect your decisions on helping him out when he needed it, otherwise you could have gotten more injured or even killed if you did not do as he pleased. I can't believe the things he said to you or made you do. It made me sick to my stomach when you described what happened and also when he said, " You're the worst bitch I've ever done this to." I don't even understand how someone in their right mind would have the guts to say that to anyone. If anything, I think he should thank you because you did what he wanted, right? But of course, never can you accept a thank you that gives you no happiness back. But I believe you have the strength to fight through this and I hope more than anything that you find you rapist.
Sincerely,
Ellie Gleason
Post A
*Vocab*
1. frumpy (frump): a girl or woman known as dull, plain, or unfashionable (23)
2. puttered (putter): to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner (25)
*Appeals*
1. "This is what I remember" (5). This is an emotional appeal because it makes me want to know what does she remember? What happened to her?
2. "You're the worst bitch I've ever done this to" (8). This is an emotional appeal because this is what the raper believed. And after he said that to her, the sentence comes back to her and seems to repeat over and over again in her head.
3. "I was just raped and beaten in the park" (16). I think this statement could go either way depending on how you see it. But I would for sure call it a logical appeal because of how it all happened in the park and him grabbing her and everything.
*Quote*
"Get back on the ground," he said, "and do what I say." This quote is important because it showed how powerless Alice was during the attack. Yeah, she tried to scream and shout, and kick her way out. But, she just wasn't physically strong enough to do it.
*Theme*
So far the theme of the book is recovery. Alice got raped, and now it is up to her to recover in what ever way she desires to leave this terrible event behind. And having it become something of her past in order to not let it haunt her future.
1. frumpy (frump): a girl or woman known as dull, plain, or unfashionable (23)
2. puttered (putter): to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner (25)
*Appeals*
1. "This is what I remember" (5). This is an emotional appeal because it makes me want to know what does she remember? What happened to her?
2. "You're the worst bitch I've ever done this to" (8). This is an emotional appeal because this is what the raper believed. And after he said that to her, the sentence comes back to her and seems to repeat over and over again in her head.
3. "I was just raped and beaten in the park" (16). I think this statement could go either way depending on how you see it. But I would for sure call it a logical appeal because of how it all happened in the park and him grabbing her and everything.
*Quote*
"Get back on the ground," he said, "and do what I say." This quote is important because it showed how powerless Alice was during the attack. Yeah, she tried to scream and shout, and kick her way out. But, she just wasn't physically strong enough to do it.
*Theme*
So far the theme of the book is recovery. Alice got raped, and now it is up to her to recover in what ever way she desires to leave this terrible event behind. And having it become something of her past in order to not let it haunt her future.
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