1. What are some of the symbols in the story?
1. Farm
2. Circus
2. Are there any objects which seem to have a symbolic meaning? What are their meanings?
There are no objects. There are only places.
1. Farm - peaceful, quiet, want to be away or free from the city.
2. Circus - fun
3. Do any people act as symbols in the story? What do they represent?
Anna's new husband - hope
4. Do aspects of the story's setting seem symbolic? In what way?
Yes, the setting seem symbolic by going along the mood of the main character and the situation of her to represent her feeling and thoughts.
5. Is one symbol used throughout the story or do the symbols change?
The symbols change throughout the story.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Imagery
1. What scenes, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in your reading of the story?
The scene where Harold Avalon and Anna Avalon were doing the performance. "The Flying Avalons loved to drop gracefully from nowhere, like two sparkling birds, and blow kisses as they threw off their plumed helmets and high-collared capews. They laughed and flirted openly as they beat their way up again on the trapeze bars. In the final vignette of their act, they actually would kiss in midair, pausing, almost hovering as they swooped past one another. On the ground, between bows, Harry Avalon would skip quickly to the front rows and point out the smear of Anna's lipstick, just off the edge of his mouth. They puckered their lips in mock kisses, lips destined 'never again to meet.'"
2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
It made me feel happy because it just shows how they enjoyed their performance and how well they have done their performances.
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?
It appealed to the sense of "seeing" the best. I couldn't listen, taste, smell, and touch the feeling of the image but only could feel with and by seeing the image. I think author wanted to let me feel about their happiness and their fun and enjoyment during their performances. The thrill when they fly around at very high place with blindfolded.
4. How do you think your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
My reaction will give the hint and clues for the meaning of the story.
The scene where Harold Avalon and Anna Avalon were doing the performance. "The Flying Avalons loved to drop gracefully from nowhere, like two sparkling birds, and blow kisses as they threw off their plumed helmets and high-collared capews. They laughed and flirted openly as they beat their way up again on the trapeze bars. In the final vignette of their act, they actually would kiss in midair, pausing, almost hovering as they swooped past one another. On the ground, between bows, Harry Avalon would skip quickly to the front rows and point out the smear of Anna's lipstick, just off the edge of his mouth. They puckered their lips in mock kisses, lips destined 'never again to meet.'"
2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
It made me feel happy because it just shows how they enjoyed their performance and how well they have done their performances.
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?
It appealed to the sense of "seeing" the best. I couldn't listen, taste, smell, and touch the feeling of the image but only could feel with and by seeing the image. I think author wanted to let me feel about their happiness and their fun and enjoyment during their performances. The thrill when they fly around at very high place with blindfolded.
4. How do you think your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
My reaction will give the hint and clues for the meaning of the story.
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 characters in the story, and refers 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?
It wasn't the first-person perspective, because she wasn't the main character. It may be the third-person perspective because even though she participated, it was some kind of extras because the main character of the story was her mother.
2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
The events can be explained to other people's view, not the first-person's view. It may explain the accident more detailed. It does furnish the clues as to the purpose of the story.
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 was reliable. She's the daughter of the main character of the story. She had the limited knowledge or understand of the character and event because she wasn't there and experienced the event with her own eyes, but heard it from her mom, the one who was there and experienced the events.
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 didn't unfairly withhold the important information know to the focal character. She somehow told everything she knows of.
It wasn't the first-person perspective, because she wasn't the main character. It may be the third-person perspective because even though she participated, it was some kind of extras because the main character of the story was her mother.
2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
The events can be explained to other people's view, not the first-person's view. It may explain the accident more detailed. It does furnish the clues as to the purpose of the story.
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 was reliable. She's the daughter of the main character of the story. She had the limited knowledge or understand of the character and event because she wasn't there and experienced the event with her own eyes, but heard it from her mom, the one who was there and experienced the events.
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 didn't unfairly withhold the important information know to the focal character. She somehow told everything she knows of.
Characters
1. Who is/ are the main character(s) in the story? What does the main character look like?
Anna Avalon - a trapeze performer (with blindfold). She was famous before she quit.
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 lives in a old farm of her new husband's. They settled down in the town in the valley. Anna lives with there with her daughter and her new husband. She depends on her husband for the support.
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, mannerism, 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?
She was cheerful especailly during the performance before her first husband died. After her husband's and baby's death, she became depressing and sad woman. She recovered some after her new marriage and having another life, her daughter. These characteristics were revealed by her actions and status, such as being admitted to hospital and didn't talk alot, couldn't write or read (she didn't want to because of depression) until the doctor, her new husband comforted her. She doesn't really interact with other characters, except chatting with them and listening to their book reading. Her attitude, feeling, thought, speech, value, and habit was all mixed up because of the depression. She didn't want to talk, think, read and write, which is her habit, as usual because her values, her baby and her husband, were gone. Everything of her were jambled up after the accident happend, but it went back as it was after finding her new love. She gave up her life but she got the hope back. She was sad and discontented because she lost her family. After the turning point of her life, she became happy and content because she got her family and her happiness back.
4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
She didn't face any conflict except within herself. She was having conflict with herself to live on happily even after her beloved ones' deaths. It was resolved by the support of her new beloved ones.
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 was the main character and a developing character. Her change was a large and it was plausible enough for her. She was motivated by her new love and it had enough time to change.
Anna Avalon - a trapeze performer (with blindfold). She was famous before she quit.
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 lives in a old farm of her new husband's. They settled down in the town in the valley. Anna lives with there with her daughter and her new husband. She depends on her husband for the support.
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, mannerism, 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?
She was cheerful especailly during the performance before her first husband died. After her husband's and baby's death, she became depressing and sad woman. She recovered some after her new marriage and having another life, her daughter. These characteristics were revealed by her actions and status, such as being admitted to hospital and didn't talk alot, couldn't write or read (she didn't want to because of depression) until the doctor, her new husband comforted her. She doesn't really interact with other characters, except chatting with them and listening to their book reading. Her attitude, feeling, thought, speech, value, and habit was all mixed up because of the depression. She didn't want to talk, think, read and write, which is her habit, as usual because her values, her baby and her husband, were gone. Everything of her were jambled up after the accident happend, but it went back as it was after finding her new love. She gave up her life but she got the hope back. She was sad and discontented because she lost her family. After the turning point of her life, she became happy and content because she got her family and her happiness back.
4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
She didn't face any conflict except within herself. She was having conflict with herself to live on happily even after her beloved ones' deaths. It was resolved by the support of her new beloved ones.
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 was the main character and a developing character. Her change was a large and it was plausible enough for her. She was motivated by her new love and it had enough time to change.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Setting
1. Place
- Indoor, inside of a tent for the circus.(where Anna's husband died)
- Old Farm in a valley (where the fire accident occurred)
2. Time
June - when the accident happened in the circus.
3. Social Environment
Harry Avalon - husband of Anna (was)
Anna - no.1 in trapeze performer (was)
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Plot Questionnaires
1. What is the story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?
This story is about the life of a woman, Anna Avalon who took great physical risks as a blindfolded trapeze performer, and now lost her sight along with her balance, coordination and her career. Her partner in trapeze performance was her husband, Harry Avalon and he passed away during performance with the accident, and their baby girl, her first child, inside her womb died along with him. In her 2nd marriage, their house got on fire and the narrator, the child was still inside the house. No one could rescue her because she was way up too high in her room, Anna got help and went up, then rescued her by receiving her jumping from the room with her trapeze skill. They all connected to her former career, trapeze performer and to her current child, the narrator of the story.
2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
The main events of the story are arranged chronologically.
3. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?
The story was narrated by the daughter of the main character. It was mostly narrated by flashbacks.
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?
Harry Avalon has lost his concentration during the performance and made the mistake, losing the sense of direction and missing his partner's grip, which led to his death. Anna was injured and was kept in hospital, where she met her new love and got married after getting her hope back. She regain her confidence to save her daughter in the fire by using her former career, trapeze skill. The characters made a slight mistake which led to disaster in the plot. But she regain her confidence and happiness throughout the plot with her hope and desire and was able to save her child with her act.
6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral 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?
There are not much conflicts in the plot except the conflicts with their own selves. Anna had a conflict with herself after the accident but was able to overcome it. They are mostly emotional but also contains little bit of physical. She was down with emotional but also physical because she also got injured during the accidents and lost her line in her hand. They were resolved. Anna's depression was cured by her new love. The main conflict of between good and evil were subtle and complex because actually there were no good and evil. The good and evil were not exact, accurate, and couldn't be differentiated.
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?
Climax of the story was when the narrator, the child was in the house on fire and her mother, Anna was on the rescue. The ending of the story was happy. It was fairly achieved. Anna was able to save her daughter by her own and was able to live on happily with her husband and her child.
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, All the episodes relevant to the total meaning of the story. Each incident grew logically out of the preceding incident and led 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?
They use chances and coincidences as a chance to proceed their situation to develop it to better way, and use it to change their lives and selves. These occurrences was used to initiate the story. It wasn't that improbable because this story could happen in the real life.
This story is about the life of a woman, Anna Avalon who took great physical risks as a blindfolded trapeze performer, and now lost her sight along with her balance, coordination and her career. Her partner in trapeze performance was her husband, Harry Avalon and he passed away during performance with the accident, and their baby girl, her first child, inside her womb died along with him. In her 2nd marriage, their house got on fire and the narrator, the child was still inside the house. No one could rescue her because she was way up too high in her room, Anna got help and went up, then rescued her by receiving her jumping from the room with her trapeze skill. They all connected to her former career, trapeze performer and to her current child, the narrator of the story.
2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
The main events of the story are arranged chronologically.
3. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?
The story was narrated by the daughter of the main character. It was mostly narrated by flashbacks.
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?
Harry Avalon has lost his concentration during the performance and made the mistake, losing the sense of direction and missing his partner's grip, which led to his death. Anna was injured and was kept in hospital, where she met her new love and got married after getting her hope back. She regain her confidence to save her daughter in the fire by using her former career, trapeze skill. The characters made a slight mistake which led to disaster in the plot. But she regain her confidence and happiness throughout the plot with her hope and desire and was able to save her child with her act.
6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral 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?
There are not much conflicts in the plot except the conflicts with their own selves. Anna had a conflict with herself after the accident but was able to overcome it. They are mostly emotional but also contains little bit of physical. She was down with emotional but also physical because she also got injured during the accidents and lost her line in her hand. They were resolved. Anna's depression was cured by her new love. The main conflict of between good and evil were subtle and complex because actually there were no good and evil. The good and evil were not exact, accurate, and couldn't be differentiated.
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?
Climax of the story was when the narrator, the child was in the house on fire and her mother, Anna was on the rescue. The ending of the story was happy. It was fairly achieved. Anna was able to save her daughter by her own and was able to live on happily with her husband and her child.
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, All the episodes relevant to the total meaning of the story. Each incident grew logically out of the preceding incident and led 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?
They use chances and coincidences as a chance to proceed their situation to develop it to better way, and use it to change their lives and selves. These occurrences was used to initiate the story. It wasn't that improbable because this story could happen in the real life.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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