1. What scenes, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in your reading of the stroy?
"From below, it looked as though even a squirrel would have had trouble jumping from the tree onto the house..." This phrase will stand out in my reading of the story, because it is the phrase that let us know Anna still have the skill and she still can do the things well.
2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
It make me fee happy, it's an image showing a performance, I will like to enjoyed their performance.
3. which of your five senses did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?
"Seen". Because it help us to enjoyed the performance and I think that is what author want us to see too.
4. How do you think your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
I think my reaction will give the clue of the meaning of the story.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Point of View
1. What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the character in the story, and refer to himself or herself as "I"? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?
The point of view in this story is third-person perspective, because the narrator didn't participate in the events of the story. The story was talking about Anna's life, and Anna is not the one who is talking in the story, so this can't be first-person perspective.
2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
Use third-person perspective as the point of view can help the reader to know more detail about the accident and the story, if they use first-person, then the detail about the accident may not be that much.
3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
The narrator is relible, she is the daughter of the main character. She have a limiter knowledge of characters and events in the story, because she didn't see by her own eyes. Everything that she know is from her mom, so she may not know that much about the events in the story.
4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he even unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?
The author used point of view primarily to reveal. She try her best to tell everything that she know to the reader.
The point of view in this story is third-person perspective, because the narrator didn't participate in the events of the story. The story was talking about Anna's life, and Anna is not the one who is talking in the story, so this can't be first-person perspective.
2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
Use third-person perspective as the point of view can help the reader to know more detail about the accident and the story, if they use first-person, then the detail about the accident may not be that much.
3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
The narrator is relible, she is the daughter of the main character. She have a limiter knowledge of characters and events in the story, because she didn't see by her own eyes. Everything that she know is from her mom, so she may not know that much about the events in the story.
4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he even unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?
The author used point of view primarily to reveal. She try her best to tell everything that she know to the reader.
Characters
1. Who is/are the main character(s) in the story? What does the main character look like?
Anna Avalon- Trapeze performer (with blindfold), famous in the a period of time.
2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?
Anna live in a small farm which belong to her new husband. She live with her new husband and her daughter. Anna dependent on her daughter and husband for support, after she quit the job.
3. What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes, and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?
Anna was cheerful when she was a trapeze performer, but after the accident that took her husband's life she became a sad woman. You can't find the smile appear in her face like before anymore. She don't want to talk, she couldn't write or read because she was sad. She don't want to communicate with others until a doctor comforted her. And the doctor became a new husband of Anna. Anna's attitude toward her life start change, from helpless become helpful, at least her husband will help her, and she is not alone anymore, she have a duaghter now. She become happier than before.
4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is the conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
There have no conflict appear in the story, except Anna herself. She couldn't control herself after she face the death of Harry Avalon. But after she meet her new husband, she find the reason that can support her from now on.
5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?
Anna is a developing character and she change a lot. It is plausible enough gor her. Her new husband's love motivated her, new husband can comforted her, and there have a lot of time for her to change.
Anna Avalon- Trapeze performer (with blindfold), famous in the a period of time.
2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?
Anna live in a small farm which belong to her new husband. She live with her new husband and her daughter. Anna dependent on her daughter and husband for support, after she quit the job.
3. What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes, and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?
Anna was cheerful when she was a trapeze performer, but after the accident that took her husband's life she became a sad woman. You can't find the smile appear in her face like before anymore. She don't want to talk, she couldn't write or read because she was sad. She don't want to communicate with others until a doctor comforted her. And the doctor became a new husband of Anna. Anna's attitude toward her life start change, from helpless become helpful, at least her husband will help her, and she is not alone anymore, she have a duaghter now. She become happier than before.
4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is the conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
There have no conflict appear in the story, except Anna herself. She couldn't control herself after she face the death of Harry Avalon. But after she meet her new husband, she find the reason that can support her from now on.
5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?
Anna is a developing character and she change a lot. It is plausible enough gor her. Her new husband's love motivated her, new husband can comforted her, and there have a lot of time for her to change.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Setting
1. Place:
Indoor, inside the tent where they perform the trapeze.
In a small farm, where the fire accident occured.
2. Time:
June, when Anna's husband died in accident.
3. Social Environment:
Anna- A trapeze perfomer
Harry Avalon- Anna's husband who died in an accident.
Indoor, inside the tent where they perform the trapeze.
In a small farm, where the fire accident occured.
2. Time:
June, when Anna's husband died in accident.
3. Social Environment:
Anna- A trapeze perfomer
Harry Avalon- Anna's husband who died in an accident.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Plot
1.What is the story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?
The story is about Anna Avalons,who was a trapeze performer. Working with trapeze you will take a great risks, and her first husband was her partner, he died from an accident during the perform. Her first baby died in the bomb, at the same time too. At her second marriage, their house got on fire, the child was save, but not the mother. Anna was in the room, and it's too high to save her, but she save herself by her own, using the trapeze skills. These events are all about Anna's career, trapeze performer.
2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
The main events of the story arranged chronologically.
3.How the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories, within the stroy used?
The story mostly used flashbacks. The daughter is the narrator, she use flashbacks to talk about her mother's life.
4.Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?
The plot is fast-paced.
5. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?
Anna's first husband died during the performance, and Anna was injure and send to the hospital at the same time. In the hospital Anna met her love one, and soon they get married when Anna got her hope again. After the daughter was born, once their house got on fire and Anna use her trapeze skills to safe her life. Anna may make a slight mistake but at the end she safe the child's life, so they still be happy about it.
6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, more or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
The conflict in the plot is about Anna and herself. She was injured because of an accident, and she think she couldn't do trapeze anymore, since she fail once already. The conflict is physical and emotional, Anna is injured that is physical, and what did she think about herself that is emotional. The conflict was solved by Anna's love one, because of him, Anna got the hope again, and she got her confidence back again. There don't really have good and evil, so there have no conflicts between these two.
7. What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur? Is the ending of the story happy, unhappy, or indeterminate? Is it fairly achieved?
The climax of the story is when the house got on fire, Anna try to save her child by using the trapeze skills that she learned before, and the one she use in the performance. The ending of the story is happy, because Anna did save her child and the story is fairly achieved. They live happily after.
8. Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?
The plot have unity, and all the episodes relevant to the total meaning of the story. Each incident also grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next.
9. What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? how improbable are they?
The story make the chance to let the character change themselves and their lives, and there occurrences used to initiate. I think it wasn't improbable at all, because performer, athlete or actors, may face this kind of situation in the real life.
The story is about Anna Avalons,who was a trapeze performer. Working with trapeze you will take a great risks, and her first husband was her partner, he died from an accident during the perform. Her first baby died in the bomb, at the same time too. At her second marriage, their house got on fire, the child was save, but not the mother. Anna was in the room, and it's too high to save her, but she save herself by her own, using the trapeze skills. These events are all about Anna's career, trapeze performer.
2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
The main events of the story arranged chronologically.
3.How the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories, within the stroy used?
The story mostly used flashbacks. The daughter is the narrator, she use flashbacks to talk about her mother's life.
4.Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?
The plot is fast-paced.
5. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?
Anna's first husband died during the performance, and Anna was injure and send to the hospital at the same time. In the hospital Anna met her love one, and soon they get married when Anna got her hope again. After the daughter was born, once their house got on fire and Anna use her trapeze skills to safe her life. Anna may make a slight mistake but at the end she safe the child's life, so they still be happy about it.
6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, more or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
The conflict in the plot is about Anna and herself. She was injured because of an accident, and she think she couldn't do trapeze anymore, since she fail once already. The conflict is physical and emotional, Anna is injured that is physical, and what did she think about herself that is emotional. The conflict was solved by Anna's love one, because of him, Anna got the hope again, and she got her confidence back again. There don't really have good and evil, so there have no conflicts between these two.
7. What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur? Is the ending of the story happy, unhappy, or indeterminate? Is it fairly achieved?
The climax of the story is when the house got on fire, Anna try to save her child by using the trapeze skills that she learned before, and the one she use in the performance. The ending of the story is happy, because Anna did save her child and the story is fairly achieved. They live happily after.
8. Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?
The plot have unity, and all the episodes relevant to the total meaning of the story. Each incident also grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next.
9. What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? how improbable are they?
The story make the chance to let the character change themselves and their lives, and there occurrences used to initiate. I think it wasn't improbable at all, because performer, athlete or actors, may face this kind of situation in the real life.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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