Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The Good Earth Chapter One Response
Wang Lung, a very poor farmer, got married in the first chapter of this novel yet in a very different way than if you were to get married now. First of all, Wang had never even met the woman; how would a person feel not knowing who they would spend the rest of their lives with? "[H]e knew nothing of the woman who was to be his, except that on this day he could go get her." (p. 9) This woman whose name is O-lan was a slave for a rich family. Neither one of them had very much money at all leaving them in a very bad financial situation. "Why are you wasteful? Tea is like eating silver." (p. 4) When he went to get O-lan, he stood before the biggest house he'd ever seen, changing his point of view of how poor he was to an even worse state. It's somewhat ironic that this newlywed couple is suffering from poverty yet there is romantic symbolism in this chapter such as "spring" and "morning" so this could be an irony or a romance-- two completely different modes of literature. Based on my knowledge of literature, this novel sounds more like a romance due to the fact that The Good Earth starts out with a marriage which symbolizes happiness. Although they are poor, the situation could get better as the novel reaches the end.
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Very well done. I like how you follow each of your ideas with a concrete piece of evidence. Don't forget to use some more paragraphing when you post to organize the response a little better.
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ReplyDeleteI really liked how you were able to incorporate quotes into your writing. They backed up your ideas perfectly. Next time try using different syntax or vocabulary just to change it up.
-Karen
I really like how you used a ton of text evidence to back up all of your ideas. Maybe next time you could elaborate a little more on why exactly you think it could be an irony or romance.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your response Leah. I think that you did a very good job using the text evidence like the quotes and the symbolism... The modes that you thought of really make me think now that you say those things about it. Maybe it could be. Anyways... maybe next time you could talk a little more about like how the queen treated them and how woman are not treated fairly. But anyways I think that you did an AMMAAZZIINNGG Job!!! hahahaha... Great Job Leah!
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