Thursday, January 29, 2015
Lit terms #3
exposition
expressionism
fable
fallacy
falling action
farce
figurative language
flashback
foil
folk tale
foreshadowing
free verse
genre
gothic tale
hyperbole
imagery
implication
incongruity
inference
irony
Thursday, January 15, 2015
AP PREP POST1: SIDDHARTHA
1. Siddhartha has appeared in collections of Hesse’s writing under the title The Way Within. Why is this
appropriate? How is the novel a psychological journey? (Think beyond religion or spirituality.)
2. What does the novel ultimately suggest about the quest for knowledge?
3. Is this a novel about activity/experience/striving or about passivity/acceptance?
4. There are many Western elements in Siddhartha. Which ones do you see?
5. How can the presence of both Western and Eastern elements be a strength of the novel? How could
the presence of both be absolutely appropriate?
Courtesy of this website
I found the excerpt we read in class of Siddhartha to be quite intruguing. In fact, I have chosen to read the book for my literature analysis assignment. However, I am currerntly in no position to answer any of the above questions having only read a short excerpt of the novel. That would be like coming back from summer and writing an essay on a book I pretended to read but only googled the summary of. No one wants to read that word vomit.
appropriate? How is the novel a psychological journey? (Think beyond religion or spirituality.)
2. What does the novel ultimately suggest about the quest for knowledge?
3. Is this a novel about activity/experience/striving or about passivity/acceptance?
4. There are many Western elements in Siddhartha. Which ones do you see?
5. How can the presence of both Western and Eastern elements be a strength of the novel? How could
the presence of both be absolutely appropriate?
Courtesy of this website
I found the excerpt we read in class of Siddhartha to be quite intruguing. In fact, I have chosen to read the book for my literature analysis assignment. However, I am currerntly in no position to answer any of the above questions having only read a short excerpt of the novel. That would be like coming back from summer and writing an essay on a book I pretended to read but only googled the summary of. No one wants to read that word vomit.
Big Project Update
Per Dr.Preston's end of the semester kum-ba-ya party in lieu of a final where we all pushed the desks in a circle and shared our ideas in a peculiar heartfelt, and almost somber manner, I proposed the idea of a swing set that generated electricity. I thouhgt this pretty good. There would be a cross over from my AP Physics class and I would make a cool thing.
But recently it's come to my attention that good isn't good enough. So I build this swing set, swing on it, charge my iphone and blog about it. It's shallow, there is so much loss of potential, and most of all it isn't sustainable.
I'm not sure what I am going ot do about this yet but I know I am going to do something. Why waste an entire semester working on something that doesn't take me outside the classroom?
But recently it's come to my attention that good isn't good enough. So I build this swing set, swing on it, charge my iphone and blog about it. It's shallow, there is so much loss of potential, and most of all it isn't sustainable.
I'm not sure what I am going ot do about this yet but I know I am going to do something. Why waste an entire semester working on something that doesn't take me outside the classroom?
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