This week from November 18 to November 24, 2007, I wrote a total of 2,512 words.
John Steinbeck’s Use of Intercalary Chapters
November 30, 2007In my advanced English class with Mrs. Nelson, we each wrote a literary analysis on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck to venture deeper into its pages. We were assigned to write an essay that was at least four paragraphs long, each paragraph around 15 sentences in length. Here is my essay if anybody is interested or bored enough to read it…
When imagining the Great Depression of the 1930’s, rarely does a person suddenly feel a deep and pure sympathy for each individual person who suffered through the historical event or quickly visualize the scenes the migrants had struggled through and the pain they had felt. Most people are unable to suddenly feel sorrow for something they don’t know much about or for something that seems so vast. When John Steinbeck wrote his book, The Grapes of Wrath, he kept his main purpose always on his mind. He wanted to inform the public of this impacting tragedy and wished that his piece would move people so deeply that they would actually act upon what they had just read. To make people feel so emotional, he had a great writing technique in mind that broke down the unimaginable sorrow in the Great Depression and first showed the reader the Joads, a compassionate family, strong-willed and always looking out for one another. Once he had snatched his reader’s heart, he then spanned out and showed them that just about every migrant suffering from the Great Depression was like the Joad family allowing the reader an easier transition from a single family to the society in whole. John Steinbeck used intercalary chapters to give the effect that he wanted.
Check Up: November 25, 2007
November 28, 2007Dude, I have been so busy, I didn’t even have the time to do a Check Up! Seriously, I didn’t mean to miss it, and I did remember it, I have just been so swarmed with life and stuff that I haven’t been able to do much of anything else. This also means writing, so this week from November 18 to November 24, 2007 I only managed to write a total of 925 words. Most of it is on my third chapter of The Club which I am still working on. I officially decided last night that this school year is the worst I have had for a few reasons. The bell just rang though, so I have to return to my busy life. Maybe I will have the time to type up a rant later on…
Check Up: November 18, 2007
November 18, 2007This week from November 11, to November 17, 2007, I wrote 1,352 words on Magic Pens and 3,020 words off to make a total of 4,372 words. I read the last 65 pages of The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck, but then re-read 206 pages again making a total of 271 pages. I’m sorry that I didn’t do more than that, but I was really busy and was once again bombarded with a lot of homework.
The Club: My Chapter 2 – Difficult Desicion
November 12, 2007I tried making this as real as possible and even asked my dad what he would do in this situation. I wrote what he said that he would do and the next chapter will also be what he suggested that I do because of it.
Should I go? The question drifted within my mind, invading all of my other thoughts. I couldn’t stop thinking about it each moment of my day, and it had been keeping me awake at night. I yawned and stretched out my arms, leaning my back over the worn cushioning of the backrest of my quaint computer chair. I had already been tired, yet homework insisted that it take more from me.
Check Up: November 11, 2007
November 11, 2007This week from November 4, 2007 to November 10, 2007, I wrote a total of 2,122 words. I also read 148 pages of The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck.
Guide to my Blog?
November 5, 2007I’m not sure if anybody uses the Guide to my Blog that I have linked on my sidebar, so I have stopped updating it for a while. If people still use it, just comment here and I will resume updating it and make it even better than before, but if not, I will just take it down.
The Club: My Chapter 1 – The Invitation
November 4, 2007I kept forgetting to start The Club…but here’s my first chapter! This was actually a little strange to write because this entire chapter is exactly what happens to me on a normal school day, from the bus ride to the dogs, and even to my dad’s quotes. Well, everything except for the very last paragraph…
“Finally, I’m almost home…” I thought to myself as I glanced out the window to my left on the school bus, brushing my long brown hair out of my face. I saw the base’s surrounding chain link fence passing by bit by bit as the bus continued down the highway slowing to turn left onto the air base. Squeezed against the window in the seat with the wheel, my knees were raised with my backpack resting in my lap taking over my face. The person next to me was turned into the alley of the bus, paying no attention to me, as usual. It was another usual and boring day. I gave a heavy sigh before returning my glance to the window next to my face on my right and crossing my arms over the top of my backpack to rest my head on the warm black fabric of my hoodie’s sleeves with a frown and a yawn. With the bus turning off the highway, I was given a clear view to the highway stretching on, the same question entering my mind. I’d never been past this turn…what was out there?
Check Up: November 4, 2007
November 4, 2007This week from October 28 to November 3, 2007, I wrote a total of 3,040 words and read 251 pages of The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck.
