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"Day of the Butterfly"
Envision being the outcast at your school only because of your little brother. Just because he wets himself at school, no one wants to talk to you. In the story “Day of the Butterfly,” by Alice Munro, it shows how one continuing problem can leave you with no friends. Alice Munro does accurately describes what is going on at school for Myra.
The author starts off this story by explaining the problems that Myra has at school. One of the main scenes is at recess when Myra and her brother sit by themselves and watch other kids play and have fun. The sit by themselves, because no one wants to play with them because they are the outsiders. My view of this story is that Myra is trying to help her brother by sending him home when he gets embarrassed. But he’s not the one feeling embarrassed, it’s Myra. In the middle of class her brother Jimmy will come in and makes her feel uncomfortable by saying that he wet his pants. Later in the story though Myra starts to talk to her teacher Ms. Darling and a girl named Helen. These characters are brought in the story, because they realize Myra sitting by herself all of the time.
But one day though Myra doesn’t show up to school, and some people start to realize where she is, after days gone. Even though the kids weren’t her friends, they still thought about her when she didn’t come to school. Further on comes her birthday and the class soon figures that it would be the right thing to go visit her, so that they could show her that they care for her. I thought that the student’s did a good job, and go visit Myra.
In addition I made a connection from the story’s “Day of the Butterfly” and “Speak.” The two stories include the fact that one consequence can change a lot of things that go on in your life. In “Day of the Butterfly” all of this commotion starts when Myra’s brother isn’t potty trained, and when he embarrasses Myra. In the story “Speak” Melinda loses her friends just because she went out to a party, and things changed.
The story shows what can happen to you if you are one of the outcasts in elementary school. It means that once you get to grade school things could stay the same. It also shows that if someone in your family is one of the outsiders, people will think that you are too. In the story “Day of the Butterfly” Alice Munro does a great job describing the struggles that Myra has in elementary school.
The author starts off this story by explaining the problems that Myra has at school. One of the main scenes is at recess when Myra and her brother sit by themselves and watch other kids play and have fun. The sit by themselves, because no one wants to play with them because they are the outsiders. My view of this story is that Myra is trying to help her brother by sending him home when he gets embarrassed. But he’s not the one feeling embarrassed, it’s Myra. In the middle of class her brother Jimmy will come in and makes her feel uncomfortable by saying that he wet his pants. Later in the story though Myra starts to talk to her teacher Ms. Darling and a girl named Helen. These characters are brought in the story, because they realize Myra sitting by herself all of the time.
But one day though Myra doesn’t show up to school, and some people start to realize where she is, after days gone. Even though the kids weren’t her friends, they still thought about her when she didn’t come to school. Further on comes her birthday and the class soon figures that it would be the right thing to go visit her, so that they could show her that they care for her. I thought that the student’s did a good job, and go visit Myra.
In addition I made a connection from the story’s “Day of the Butterfly” and “Speak.” The two stories include the fact that one consequence can change a lot of things that go on in your life. In “Day of the Butterfly” all of this commotion starts when Myra’s brother isn’t potty trained, and when he embarrasses Myra. In the story “Speak” Melinda loses her friends just because she went out to a party, and things changed.
The story shows what can happen to you if you are one of the outcasts in elementary school. It means that once you get to grade school things could stay the same. It also shows that if someone in your family is one of the outsiders, people will think that you are too. In the story “Day of the Butterfly” Alice Munro does a great job describing the struggles that Myra has in elementary school.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
The Lottery
Having to see a man present to you a piece of paper containing a dot inside, you don’t know what to think at this time. You are with all of your neighbors crowded together in your subdivision for a contest that is about to happen. But then all of a sudden everyone starts to throw rocks at you, and you feel the dash of pain run down your body. It then stops, because you have died from all of this disastrous pain. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the traditions that are celebrated in this town.
In this story one of the main character is Mr. Summers. He is the man who makes everything worse, and cause all of the deaths in the town. He is the one in the story with the evil spirit, because of what he does. He should be named that, because he gives innocent people the black dot which kills them. The author put this character in the story, because she wanted to show you that one person could affect everything that happens around them.
Shirley Jackson also does a excellent job of describing the symbols in this story. She uses symbols like the black box and black dot. These symbols would be known as tradgedy, because black usually means tragedy. When Shirley starts off the story,she uses symbols like clear-sunny day, and fresh green grass. It makes you feel like to story is going to great, but in the ends tragically when Mr. Summers opens the black box. This refers back to the sentence that talks about the tragedy that is going to happen. You think a lottery is about winning money, but not in this lottery. If you get a black dot you die.
In this story the author referred back to the symbols and the main character, Mr. Summers. She did this because she wanted you to think at the beginning that everything was going to go well, but then she adds in Mr. Summers who just makes the story worse. Shirley Jackson demonstrates how traditions can change when one person controls what happens in the town.
In this story one of the main character is Mr. Summers. He is the man who makes everything worse, and cause all of the deaths in the town. He is the one in the story with the evil spirit, because of what he does. He should be named that, because he gives innocent people the black dot which kills them. The author put this character in the story, because she wanted to show you that one person could affect everything that happens around them.
Shirley Jackson also does a excellent job of describing the symbols in this story. She uses symbols like the black box and black dot. These symbols would be known as tradgedy, because black usually means tragedy. When Shirley starts off the story,she uses symbols like clear-sunny day, and fresh green grass. It makes you feel like to story is going to great, but in the ends tragically when Mr. Summers opens the black box. This refers back to the sentence that talks about the tragedy that is going to happen. You think a lottery is about winning money, but not in this lottery. If you get a black dot you die.
In this story the author referred back to the symbols and the main character, Mr. Summers. She did this because she wanted you to think at the beginning that everything was going to go well, but then she adds in Mr. Summers who just makes the story worse. Shirley Jackson demonstrates how traditions can change when one person controls what happens in the town.
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