Task: In a notebook/section of your binder for this book, after reading chapter one, identify:
1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
3. what is the setting and who is the speaker
4. five to ten words that support your answers to #3
5. five to seven key words that stand out to you as important or powerful
6. why you selected each of the words in #5 as important or powerful
(What makes each of these words seem important or powerful to you?)
7. Post your answers to either 1 and 2 or 5 and 6 on this blog. Put your name.
I will check your answers to 1-6 on Thursday. I will check the blog in the a.m. on Thursday.
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ReplyDeleteJulio Chen -
ReplyDelete1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
I think that the mood for chapter one is fear and loneliness. The narrator and some women seem to be confined by the guards with electric cattle prods. This could show a sense of fear since the women, and the narrator cannot go against the guards or they will get shocked. The narrator shows loneliness by the way the gymnasium is described such as her stating how the gymnasium was bright and filled with spectators at one point. But now, it is empty.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
Mood: Loneliness and Fear
A) “There was old sex in the room and loneliness, and expectation, of something without a shape or name.” (Atwood 3).
B) “They were objects of fear to us, but of something else as well.” (Atwood 4).
C) “ the music lingered, a palimpsest of unheard sound, style upon style, an undercurrent of drums, a forlorn wail...” (Atwood 3).
D) “some deal made, some tradeoff, we still had our bodies. That was our fantasy.” (Atwood 4).
E) “two by two around the football field, which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire.” (Atwood 4).
F) " and we weren't allowed out, except for our walks." (Atwood 4)
Janet Ceron-
ReplyDelete1)I think the mood for chapter one is anticipating, eager, and forward-looking. The speaker anticipates for a better future (Atwood 3). The speaker says "if only we can talk to them" (Atwood 4). Here, the speaker wants to question the guards and cannot. This shows all the women are eager to talk to the guards. The mood is as well forward-looking since the women were not allowed to speak to eachother during their sleep, therefore they all learn to lip read from eachother in order to communicate( Artwood 4). This shows the women are forward-looking since they are aware they are forbidden to talk to eachother, however they look on and decide to lip read eachother despise the situation they are in.
2)
-" we yearned for the future"
-" insatiability"
-" if only we can talk to them"
-" learned to lip read"
-" we weren't allowed out"
-" I thought I could smell, faintly like an afterimage"
-" a palimpsest of unheard sound"
- " we tried to sleep in the army cots...set up in rows, with spaces between so we could not talk"
1. What you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)?
ReplyDeleteI think the mood of chapter one is forlorn. The narrator clearly talks as if she everything is pointless. They ( being the other army cadets) yearned and wished for more, but do not take action because it is hopeless, or forlorn. They are basically prisoners who have no hope.
2) Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood.
a) "......in rows, with spaces between so we
could not talk" (Atwood 4).
b) "That was our fantasy" (Atwood 4).
c)"We weren’t allowed out, except for our walks, twice daily, two by two around the football field, which was enclosed now by a chain link fence topped with barbed wire” (Atwood 4).
d) ".....,a forlorn wail,..." (Atwood 3).
e) "We yearned for the future" (Atwood 3).
f)"I remember that yearning, for something that was always about to happen and was never the same as the hands that were on us there and then...." (Atwood 3).
g) "If only we could talk to them" (Atwood 4)
h) "If only they would look" (Atwood 4).
Charlie Perez
ReplyDelete1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
I think the mood for chapter 1 is dark, lonely and anxious. The speaker sounds like she is anxious to get out of the building, where her "aunts" patrol with cattle prongs and the building is guarded by barbed wire fences (Atwood 4). She also states that she yearned for her future(Atwood 4).
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
-"spaces in between so we could not talk" (Atwood 4).
-"the lights turned down but not out" (Atwood 4).
-"loneliness" (Atwood 4).
-"expectation" (Atwood 4).
-"We yearned for the future" (Atwood 4).
Mayada Musleh
ReplyDelete1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
I think the mood of this first chapter is yearning. The narrator keeps on saying how she wants to see a better future. She yearns for hope and that someone will be there to look out for them.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood.
a)"...if only we can talk to them." (Atwood 4)
b)"I remember that yearning, for something that was always about to happen and was never the same as the hands that were on us..." (Atwood 3)
c)"If only they would look. If only we could talk to them." (Atwood 4)
d)"We yearned for the future." (Atwood 3)
e)"That was our fantasy." (Atwood 4)
f)"...we weren’t allowed out..." (Atwood 4)
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ReplyDelete1) What you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion?
ReplyDeleteI think that the mood for chapter one is a feeling of isolation, lonliness, and expectation. The narrator tells about how lonly it was and how they were isolated. They were almost always inside, and hoped for a better future.
2) Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood.
"...lonliness..." (Atwood 3)
"...expectation..." (Atwood 3)
"We yearned for the future." (Atwood 3)
"The guards weren't allowed inside." (Atwood 4)
"...we weren't allowed out..." (Atwood 4)
"The angels stood outside it with thier backs to us." (Atwood 4)
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ReplyDelete1. What you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
ReplyDeleteI feel that the atmosphere for chapter one is one of recollection and reminiscence. The speaker is remembering what used to be, before the current state of society existed. The speaker (The Handmaiden) is trying to go back to a simpler time, in which the darkness she now faces does not yet exist, but rather the days of basketball games and sweet perfume (Atwood 3). She spends most of her confinement staring into the depths of the past, examining her surroundings and comparing them to their preceding state (Atwood 3). This strong infatuation with the time of yester-year helps further prove that the aspect of time fills much of the first opening pages.
Richard Gobin
ReplyDelete5. five to seven key words that stand out to you as important or powerful
a) "Games formerly played there" (Artwood 3)
b) "Even they could not be trusted" (Artwood 4)
c) "We weren't allowed out except for walks" (Artwood 4)
d) "was now enclosed by chain-link and barbed wire" (Artwood 4)
e) "The angels stood outside with their backs to us" (Artwood 4)
6. why you selected each of the words in #5 as important or powerful
(What makes each of these words seem important or powerful to you?)
a) "Games formerly played there" (Artwood 3)
This is important because this shows that games were no longer played, since it was probably replaced with hard labor.
b) "Even they could not be trusted" (Artwood 4) This
This is important because it shows that even though Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth had some power they could not be trusted with guns, because they might use them to escape.
c) "We weren't allowed out except for walks" (Artwood 4)
This is important since they only got two walks maybe they wanted the workers to not procrastinate.
d) "was now enclosed by chain-link and barbed wire" (Artwood 4)
This is important, since it shows that the workers are not trusted by there boss, because they might make a run for it.
e) "The angels stood outside with their backs to us" (Artwood 4)
This is important because it shows that the workers have lost their faith in god, and religion.
Taylor Capone
ReplyDelete1. What do you think the mood for chapter one is?
The mood conveyed in chapter one is gloomy and depressing. The narrator of the novel describes the setting with detail to convey a dull and gloomy feeling. The transition from the students at a school dance to army cots and guards holding electric cattle prods, shows a significant change in the mood. The narrator illustratrs this mood by using imagery. "There was old sex in the room and loneliness and expectation...they were objects of fear to us..."(Atwood 3-4). This quote shows that the narrator is feeling fear and grief which allows the reader o better grasp a glommy and depressing mood.
2. Words or phrases to describe the mood:
" We tried to sleep in army cots...set up in rows...we could not talk"(4)
"They were objects of free to us..."(4)
"...they had electric cattle prods slung on thongs from their leather belts"(4)
"...enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped waith barb wire"(4)
"...werent allow out..."(4)
PeiQing Huang
ReplyDelete5. five to seven key words that stand out to you as important or powerful
-"gone" (Atwood 3)
-"yearned" (Atwood 3)
-"loneliness" (Atwood 3)
-"semidarkness" (Atwood 4)
-"fear" (Atwood 4)
6. why you selected each of the words in #5 as important or powerful
-"Gone" is a powerful word because its meaning is vanished, dissapeared, and past. It is a negative word that uses for depressing mood and to represents saddness.
-"Yearned" is a powerful and important word because it means desire and have a thirst for something. This word gives the reader an idea of hope because it means it is hunger for something and wanting to get it. This also means there would be actions taken to support or fulfill the desire.
-"Loneliness" is an important word by that it gives you a feeling of isolation and left behind. It lets you feel that you are alone and all by yourslef that you can't get any help from anyone.
-"Semidarkness" is an important word becaus it gives the reader a plot and background feeling that things are bad. The author could had use semi-brightness instead of using the dark side, but she did't. That maybe foreshadowing some bad things are going to happen.
-"Fear" is a word with a strong emosthing, and it gives you an idea of something horrible is going to happen or had happened.
2. Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood.
ReplyDelete1. “What used to be the gymnasium” (Atwood 3).
2. “For the games that were formerly played there” (Atwood 3).
3. “The hoops for the basketball nets were still in place, though the nets were gone” (Atwood 3).
4. “I thought I could smell, faintly like an afterimage, the pungent scent of sweat...” (Atwood 3)
5. “Dances would be held there” (Atwood 3).
I am not sure about the setting but it seems that this women is in a prison. She describes the setting as a gymnasium where she slept in. She says the fence have barbed wire and that she wasnt a1lowed out. This shows the setting is probably in a prison sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 1:
ReplyDeletewhat you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
The mood in chapter one is very dark and a bit think. As i read i didn't imagine a stadium, or a field, but the street of New York at mid night. The streets of New York at midnight are very cold and lonely. I was getting that mood and atmosphere when reading. The atmosphere felt very thick, or awkward. Forced to breed babies and be patrolled over seems very uncomfortable.
Question 2:
Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
1) " Though the nets were gone...
2) "...and loneliness and expectation of something without shape or name."
3) " We Yearned for the future."
4) "We learned to whisper without sound."
5) " ...As we tried to sleep."
1) What you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion?
ReplyDeleteThe mood of the first chapter in some type place in which they are all locked down because the narrator says that they learned how to lipread and they felt loneliness and expectation.
2) Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood.
- we slept in what once had been a gymnasium
- smell, faintly like an afterimage
- loneliness and expectation
- we yearned for the future
- we learned to whisper almost with out sound
- in the semidarkness we could stretch out our arms
Winnie Chen
ReplyDelete1.I think the moods for chapter one are yearning and isolation. During this chapter the setting was described to be heavily guarded with the Angels, Aunts and barbed wired fence. Not only that, the characters in first person with “we” and “our” described how they had desires but were not able to recieve them (Art wood 3 -4).
2.“...army cots had been set up in rows...so we could not talk” (Atwood 4).
“...football field...enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire” (Atwood 4).
“We yearned for the future” (Artwood 3).
“If they would look” (Artwood 4).
“If only we could talk to them” (Artwood 4).
“That was our fantasy” (Artwood 4).
1. The mood or chapter 1 is clearly reminiscing the sweet things that were around before, in which is now lacking. When the narrator would mention something she missed she used the imperfect tense for the verb. For example the narrator said "dances would have been held there..." This shows that the narrator misses the dances. She also says "i remember". This shows that she is thinking back reminiscing the past.
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ReplyDelete1)
I think the mood or atmosphere for chapter one are miserable and yearning. With the imagery given, I can tell that Alma, Janine,Dolores,Moira, and June were imprisoned. They were surrounded by "chained-link fences with barbed wires" and were watched by guards. This shows that they are probably miserable because they were all imprisoned and they want freedom. They want a better future. They want to be free from the smelly, dirty, and cage-like prison.
2)
-"loneliness, and expectation, of something without sape"(Atwood 3)
-"insatiability"(Atwood 4)
-"we could not talk"(Atwood 4)
-""lights were turned down,but not out" (Atwood4)
-"guns were for the guards" (Atwood 4)
David Sosa
ReplyDelete2. The mood is set by phrases such as
"The lights were turned down but not out" (Atwood 4).
"football field, which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire" (Atwood 4).
""in the semi darkness we could stretch out our arms" (Atwood 4).
"we yearned for the future" (Atwood 3).
"Army cots that had been set up in rows" (Atwood 4).
5. Certain phrases exclaimed by the character held power
"Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled" (Atwood 4).
"Guns were for the guards, specially picked from the angels" (Atwood 4).
"The guards weren't allowed out" (Atwood 4).
"They were objects of fear to us" (Atwood 4).
"No guns though, even they could not be trusted with guns" (Atwood 4).
6. The phrases I chose stood out as powerful to me because they hold many strong words such as "guns" and "fear. Each of the sentences above created a powerful and scary image of aunt Sara and aunt Elizabeth along with the gun carrying guards.
2. "The lights were turned down but not out" (Atwood 4).
ReplyDelete"football field, which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire" (Atwood 4).
""in the semi darkness we could stretch out our arms" (Atwood 4).
"we yearned for the future" (Atwood 3).
"Army cots that had been set up in rows" (Atwood 4).
5. Certain phrases exclaimed by the character held power
"Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled" (Atwood 4).
"Guns were for the guards, specially picked from the angels" (Atwood 4).
"The guards weren't allowed out" (Atwood 4).
"They were objects of fear to us" (Atwood 4).
"No guns though, even they could not be trusted with guns" (Atwood 4).
6. The phrases I chose stood out as powerful to me because they hold many strong words such as "guns" and "fear. Each of the sentences above created a powerful and scary image of aunt Sara and aunt Elizabeth along with the gun carrying guards.
Kristal Beltre
ReplyDelete5. five to seven key words that stand out to you as important or powerful
-“old sex” (Atwood 3)
-“loneliness” (Atwood 3)
-“only the pictures flickering over lifting flesh” (Atwood 3)
-“instability” (Atwood 4)
-“enclosed by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire (Atwood 4)
-“semidarkness” (Atwood 4)
6. Why you selected each of the words in #5 as important or powerful?
-The phrase “old sex” seemed important to me because it made me wondered what the narrator meant by this. Could she be talking about a place where prostitution was held?
-Loneliness was a powerful word to me because the narrator is showing that she is suffering through her loneliness.
-The phrase “only the pictures flickering over lifting flesh” was important because I’m not sure of what the narrator was trying to show but I thought it can’t be pleasant because she used lifting flesh.
-Instability was a powerful word to me because it showed me that the narrator is living a life of instability.
-“Enclosed by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire” was a powerful phrase because it showed the environment the narrator is facing and it isn’t one that is much fun.
-The word semidarkness was important to me because it gave me an image of what the setting was like.
5&6
ReplyDelete-“We still had our bodies” (Atwood 4)
These words seem both powerful and important because it is expressed that unless the women did as they were told they would be hurt or even killed. The Angels have authority over these women and the women were overruled and controlled by the authority. In a way, the woman speaking, shows to fear the authority the Angels have because they wanted to live.
-“No guns though, even they could not be trusted with guns” (Atwood 4)
Not even Aunt Sara or Aunt Elizabeth were trusted, even though they patrolled. Aunt Sara and Elizabeth could possibly help out the women in some way causing the authority to not place more trust than what they already had to patrol them.
-“They were objects of fear to us” (Atwood 4)
The Angels frightened and scared the women because as the phrase says, “objects of fear to us”. The women were threatened by this group of people that they feared the Angels and did what they were told to do. The phrase is important because it shows exactly how much authority the Angels have that caused the women to fear them.
-“We yearned for the future” (Atwood 3)
The women had desire for the future showing that they still had some hope for what would happen afterwards. This is important because even though the women are treated a certain way to and were expected to follow the authority, nothing stopped them from hoping for the future.
-“Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled” (Atwood 4)
This phrase is important as well because it shows that the two women had authority over another group of women, leading to the questioning of why Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth had authority over the other women. As well as why were they given authority to maintain order but yet were not trusted to hold guns.
Jia Wen Cao
ReplyDelete1) Chapter one feels sorrowful and depressing. The narrator said "in what had once been the gymnasium" (Atwood 3). It seems that the narrator is trying to bring back memories from the past. Something sad. The descriptions of the place all leads back to the past as if those things were long gone. The mood is sad and depressing because the characters "yearned for the future" (Atwood 3). This shows that the characters desire to see the future as if the present isn't what they want.
2) -"We yearned for the future." (Atwood 3)
-"what had once been..." (Atwood 3)
-loneliness (Atwood 3)
-semidarkness (Atwood 4)
-faintly (Atwood 3)
-gone (Atwood 3)
Jon Catillo
ReplyDelete2. words or phrases that helped build the mood of reminiscence:
a)"the music lingered" (Atwood.3)
b)"undercurrent of drums" (Atwood.3)
c)"I remember that yearning" (Atwood.3
d)"that was our fantasy" (Atwood.4)
e)"specially picked from the angels" (Atwood.4)
5. five to seven key words that stand out to you as important or powerful
ReplyDelete"loneliness" (Atwood 3)
"expectation" (Atwood 3)
"future" (Atwood 3)
"Angels" (Atwood 4)
"Guns" (Atwood 4)
"Aunts" (Atwood 4)
"bodies" (Atwood 4)
6. why you selected each of the words in #5 as important or powerful
(What makes each of these words seem important or powerful to you?)
"loneliness" (Atwood 3): It seemed important to me because after I finished reading the chapter, I saw that the story isnt taking place in a happy place. It seemed like everything was so confined and since people were separated in rows, then there would be loneliness.
"remember" (Atwood 3: The author starts to have flashbacks that show how the gymnasium was before the type of confinement that he was in. It showed that everything isn't so happy as the book began, so it is easy to know that there is a different mood.
"future" (Atwood 3): It seems that since the speaker is trapped, he has hopes for a change in his future. Maybe it can benefit him or the people around him.
"Angels" (Atwood 4): When the author uses this word, the "angels" have a lot of power. The author says that the "angels" chose the people that can wield guns. Then later on the author said that if he had an opportunity to interact with the "angels", then hopefully he can make a trade since he has his body and that it was a fantasy. So I thought that having a body is important or maybe even a privelage to have.
"Guns" (Atwood 4): When I think of guns, i think of war. So maybe the Aunts aren't ready or aren't worthy to have the power of a gun. Maybe a gun in this story is more than a weapon of destruction.
"Aunts" (Atwood 4): Why do the aunts get to patrol the gym? Do they have more power over the people of the gym? So many questions came to my head when i saw that the aunts limit the freedom of the people.
"bodies" (Atwood 4): It seems like it is a privelage to have a body.
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ReplyDeleteShelly Guan--
ReplyDelete1. The mood seems very dull yet dreamy. It's as if someone was day dreaming about everything in their surroundings. She seems to linger about what was once a gym. She looks foward to the future. It's as if she wants to live badly and hopes the future comes fast. She's very excited. She wants to escape this gym and be free.
I also think that this speaker is more than one woman.
2.
"had once" (Atwood 3)
"I remembered that yearning" (3)
"We yearned for the future" (3)
"We tried to sleep" (4)
"The angels stood outside...If only we could talk to them. Something could be exchanged" (4)
"That was our fantasy" (4)
1)The mood for chapter one is dark and deep. The character expresses the setting as a lonely and mysterious settting becuase she says they are not allowed out. They are locked in a gymnasium with spiral fences around. They are sad becuase they are locked and the author ponders on what her future will be. This makes me feel sad becuase the character does not know what will be of her future. The mood is depressing in becuase the words the author uses to express the setting is sad, they say dark, old, what used to be, all things from the past.
ReplyDelete2)"loneliness"(Atwood 3)
"I remember that yearning"(Atwood.3)
"insatiability"(Atwood 4)
"that was our fantasy"Atwood.4)
"semidarkness"(Atwood 4)
"We learned to whisper without sound"(Atwood 4)
Santos Martinez
ReplyDeleteQuestions 5 and 6-
5) five to seven key words that stand out to you as important or powerful.
a) “the guns were for the guards” (Atwood 4)
b) “which was enclosed now by a chain-linked fence topped by barbed wire” (Atwood 4)
c) “ we learned to lip-read” (Atwood 4)
d) “ we learned to whisper almost without sound” (Atwood 4)
e)”they were objects of fear to us” (Atwood 4)
6) Why you selected each of the words in #5 as important or powerful.
a) I think it’s important because it describes how the guards were armed for guarding the football field. It also shows the mood of the settings because it describes how the guards are outside the heavily forted football field.
b) its important because it gives a description of the setting a bit more clearer.
c) its important because it shows how it is inside the gymnasium or how they are treated
d) describes the way they are treated more
e) it shows how the angels were feared by the prisoners inside the football field.
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ReplyDelete1. The mood for chapter one is lonely, depressing, and anxious. The character seems to be miserable at the state that she is in and wants to get over with what is yet to come. The setting is quiet and there are guards. This makes this scene kind of nervous and anxious.
ReplyDelete2. “I remember that yearning, for something that was always about to happen and was never the same as the hands that were on us there and then…” (Atwood 3)
“We yearned for the future” (Atwood 3)
“…as we tried to sleep, in the army cots that had been set up in rows, with spaces between so we could not talk” (Atwood 4)
“They were objects of fear to us…” (Atwood 4)
“…we weren’t allowed out, except for our walks, twice daily, two by two around the football field, which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire” (Atwood 4)
Alice Liang
ReplyDelete1) I think the mood for chapter one is private and lonely. It's private because there are guards surrounding the outside of the building, which shows that no one is allow to go in or out of the building. The guards are protecting the people inside from any harm or damage. It's also lonely because no one can contact the people inside and they aren't allowed to talk to each other without Aunt Sara or Aunt Elizabeth turned around.
2) "... guards werent allowed inside (Atwood 4)"
"... we weren't allowed out(Atwood 4)"
"If only we could talk to them(Atwood 4)"
"when the aunts werent lookng...hands across space(Atwood 4)."
"We learned to whisper without sound(Atwood 4)"
"... football field, which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire(Atwood 4)."
Kevin Joseph
ReplyDelete1. The mood of chapter 1 was more dark and a bit gloomy. The narrator explained how the room had loneliness and expectations in it. Also, the narrator mentions how everyone yearned for sepecific events to occur. Yearning is a deep longing from sadness. Thus, giving the chapter a dark emotion.
2.
"There was old sex in the room and loneliness, and expectation, of something without a shape or name."(Atwood 3)
"Cardboard Devils" (Atwood 3)
"We yearned for the future" (Atwood 3)
"The Angels stood outside it with their backs to us" (Atwood 4)
"...that talent for insatiability " (Atwood 4)
James Chen
ReplyDelete~Task #5
A) "Forlorn wail" (Atwood3)
B) "Old Sex" (Atwood 3)
C) "Cardboard devils" (Atwood 3)
D) "Snow of light" (Atwood 3)
E) "Objects of fear" (Atwood 4)
F) "Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June." (Atwood 4)
~Task #6
A) "Forlorn wail" (Atwood3)
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A) These two words (phrase) express a extream amount of fatigue, hopelessness and pain, in a simple phrase.
B) "Old Sex" (Atwood 3)
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B) At first this phrase confused me, because it could mean many things. After thinking about it, the phrase could mean a long lost relationship that occurred where ever chapter 1 (Night) takes place. The odd word choice makes it powerful and nevertheless interesting.
C) "Cardboard devils" (Atwood 3)
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C) Like letter B, this could phrase could contain many meanings. Personally I found this to be silhouette or figures, of scary or unwanted images. I thought of this because it is dark and possibly the cardboard is crating some kind of pareidolia.
D) "Snow of light" (Atwood 3)
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D) I found this three word phrase to be powerful since it evokes imagery. The idea of light and snow combined in my head creates a image of tiny falling pieces of light falling like snow. Personally this is beautiful image and makes me believe that it is powerful.
E) "Objects of fear" (Atwood 4)
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E) The phrase definitely show a powerful statement. It's authority is not only known it also known that this object will hurt you. In a sense its like saying fear is a physical object and it very well known. I like how Atwood personifys emotions to become something alive.
F) "Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June." (Atwood 4)
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F) The way each name is it's own sentence also show authority. Its a sign of respect and seriousness to each and every individual charter. This is very important because its not only a introduction of the setting but a introduction of who this book will be about, possibly individually.
Matthew Alfieri
ReplyDelete1. What you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
I feel that the atmosphere for chapter one is one of recollection and reminiscence. The speaker is remembering what used to be, before the current state of society existed. The speaker (The Handmaiden) is trying to go back to a simpler time, in which the darkness she now faces does not yet exist, but rather the days of basketball games and sweet perfume (Atwood 3). She spends most of her confinement staring into the depths of the past, examining her surroundings and comparing them to their preceding state (Atwood 3). This strong infatuation with the time of yester-year helps further prove that the aspect of time fills much of the first opening pages.
Matthew Alfieri
ReplyDelete2. Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood.
1. “What used to be the gymnasium” (Atwood 3).
2. “For the games that were formerly played there” (Atwood 3).
3. “The hoops for the basketball nets were still in place, though the nets were gone” (Atwood 3).
4. “I thought I could smell, faintly like an afterimage, the pungent scent of sweat...” (Atwood 3)
5. “Dances would be held there” (Atwood 3).
1.What you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
ReplyDeleteI think the mood for chapter one, the narrator describes it as if she is isolated, scared, dark and hoping. The narrator described how self in the beginning of the chapter that she slept with other women soon army cots in the gymnasium. She also described that both her aunts Sara and Elizabeth watched all the women and the women were forbidden to speak aloud. This brought fear to the narrator because both her aunts had electric cattle prods hanging from their leather belts, and the aunts could hurt her. Also the mood seems isolated because as she would walk outside and there was barbed wire, this example shows that she is isolated from others and as if she is trapped. It feels as if she is command and not allowed to do many things, because her aunts patrol everywhere. The narrator is hoping to be set free because he/she says “We yearned for the future,” (Atwood 3), this shows is that she is hoping to see the future.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
1) “We yearned for the future.” (Atwood 3)
2) “With spaces between so we could talk.” (Atwood 4)
3) “…Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled; they had electric cattle prods slung on throngs from their leather belts.” (Atwood 4)
4) “fence topped with barbed wire” (Atwood 4)
5) “Fear to us…”(Atwood 4)
6) “That was our fantasy.”(Atwood 4)
1)I think the mood of the first chapter of this book is lonely living in what use to be a gym and being anxious for the future. The room was dark and may have shown some type of fear for what was bound to possibly happen.
ReplyDelete2)"We yearned for the future" (Atwood 3).
"No guns though, even though they could not be trusted with guns" (Atwood 4).
"They were objects of fear to us" (Atwood 4).
"fence topped with bobwire" (Atwood 4).
"In the semidarkness" (Atwood 4).
"we were'nt allowed out" (Atwood 4).
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ReplyDelete#5-6:five to seven key words that stand out to you as important or powerful and why you selected each of the words in #5 as important or powerful
ReplyDelete1."insatiability" (Atwood 4)- This gives me a feeling of the main character being overworked because her boss or someone above her is never satisfied and expects more from her.
2. "electric cattle rods" (Atwood 4)- To add to the overworked feeling, there is also a sense of danger if she doesn't get her work done.
3. "could not be trusted" (Atwood 4)- If no one could be trusted, there is absolutely no feeling of safety in this environment.
4. "the angels" (Atwood 4)- It was more intriguing to me than important. If there is danger all around these people, why are there angels?
5. "objects of fear" (Atwood 4)- These words make the reader unsettled about where the main character is.
Juan D. Garcia
ReplyDelete1. The mood of this chapter is very hopeful but the atmosphere is that they are on lock down.
2. I decided that this was the mood because of various reasons. The people in the building yearned for a new future. In other words they want a new future for themselves. The people inside also weren't allowed to leave the building except for their daily walks twice a day. The building was guarded by a fence with barbed wire. The people were so much used to not talking at all that they were used to reading lips (Atwood 4).
1) The mood for chapter one seems to be dark, lonely, and depressing. The narrator describes the scene as dark and lonely, using sceneries. The scene is being described as if it’s like prison. The character seems depressed, since she yearns for future, hoping for the future to come faster and wishes for more. She doesn’t seem happy. Yearning for something shows depression.
ReplyDelete2)Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
- “…loneliness, and expectation, of something without a shape or name.” (Page 3)
-“We yearned for the future.” (Page 3)
-“...as we tried to sleep, in the army cots that had been set up in rows, with spaces between so we could not talk.” (Page 4)
-“That was our fantasy.” (Page 4)
-“They were objects of fear to us…” (Page 4)
Zurisaday Castellano
ReplyDelete1)what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
I think the emotion the auther is trying to give out is fear, ristriction, and a concentrated mood. In this chapter the reader is introduced to the situation and how these people are restricted to doing certain things. There's also alot of fear going on. The concentration is coming from the momories. The main character is remembering the "good" things about the past and how things used to be.
2)five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
1."what had ance been a gymnasium" (Atwood 3)
2."only the pictures flickering over lifting flesh" (Atwood 3)
3."...and loneliness, and expectation..." (Atwood 3)
4."we tried to sleep" (Atwood 4)
5."Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabethpatrolled;" (Atwood 4)
6. "Guns were for the gaurds" (Atwood 4)
7."...which was enclosed now by chain-linkfence topped with barbed wire." (Atwood 4)
Mandy Li
ReplyDelete1. The mood of chapter one is restriction and loneliness. There seems to be no interaction between the narrator and the other women besides the mouthing of words. The narrator seems to be alone with the other women and is held back to talk to each other with dialogue.
2.
"...loneliness..." (Atwood 3)
"...with spaces between so we could not talk" (Atwood 4).
"...barbed wire" (Atwood 4).
"If only we could talk to them" (Atwood 4).
"...when the Aunts weren't looking, and touch each other's hands across space" (Atwood 4).
1.I think that the mood is fear. The woman who is talking speaks about being lonely and sounds as if she is to be afraid of something that we are quite not sure about yet. Two women, aunt Sarah and Aunt Elizabeth, patrolled around the place where this woman and others were being held. They were not able to talk or make any noise whatsoever. Whoever these women were, they made the narrator show a sense of fear being they had electrical prods with them. No one was able to disobey these guards giving everyone present in the cell a sense of fear.
ReplyDelete2. - "...as we tried to sleep, in the army cots that had been set up in rows, with spaces between so we could not talk" (Atwood 4).
-"The lights were turned down but not out" (Atwood 4).
-"Aunt Sarah and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled..." (Atwood 4).
-"...they had electric cattle prods slung on thongs from their leather belts" (Atwood 4).
-"They were objects of fear to us" (Atwood 4).
-"In the semdarkness we could stretch out our arms, when the Aunts weren't looking..." (Atwood 4).
Powerful Key Words:
ReplyDelete1- yearned for future (Artwood 3)
2- exchange (Artwood 4)
3- electric cattle prods (Artwood 4)
4- instability (Artwood 4)
5- objects of fear (Artwood 4)
6- barbed wire (Artwood 4)
These words are powerful because they bring strong emotions such as fear, loss and imprisonment. There also seems to be an exchange of some sort that involves the women. The electric cattle prods and barbed wire makes me think of torture and people being held against their will. The women are living unstable lives; they are threatened with death and they spend their time yearning for the future. The women want to get out and they have some hope of a future.
John Huang
ReplyDelete1. The mood of chapter one is mainly revolving about strictness. The narrator is what seems to be in a prison locked inside a castle. The women are women are locked inside for most of the time except the only times they are allow to go outside is when they take a walk. The women are not allowed to speak at all so they had to learn how to lip-read or whisper with barely making any noise. Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth are patrollers holding an electric castle prods. This overall builds the mood of strictness because there is so little freedom for the narrator in the castle. She is only allowed to go outside two times daily which forbids her to have access to the outside work. Knowing that the narrator have to learn to lip-read, there must be painful consequences for speaking. Finally, the patroller (Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth) are holding electric castle prods which signifies strictness. Aunt Sara or Aunt Elizabeth can use their prods to electrocute anyone who does anything wrong in the castle. This scene creates a strict atmosphere which all the lower class people such as the narrator are being affected.
John Huang
ReplyDelete(2)
“.. they (Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth) had electric cattle prods slungs on things from their leather belt” (Atwoods 4).
“No guns thoughm even they could not be trusted with guns” (Atwoods 4).
“…we weren’t allowed out, except for our walks, twice daily…” (Atwoods 4).
“We had to whispser almost without sounds” (Atwoods 4).
“We learned to lip-read, our heads flat on the beds, turned sideways,watcjomg each other’s mouth” (Atwoods 4).
Danny Perez:
ReplyDelete1)The mood isn’t very appeasing because it is very depressing because it is remembering the past events that now don’t exist anymore. That shows that remembering all these events in the gym can lead to sad events. Then also there is loneliness because the character was remembering about how there was a certain room. Then everything started to change for everyone because there are now guards and they have guns making it scary and hostile like. Then also very dull because they can’t really do anything now, it like prison because they can’t go outside and enjoy the view. Now they can’t really talk nor do much. It is very depressing not able to do anything in this place.
2)“We slept in what had once been the gymnasium” (3).
ReplyDelete“Loneliness” (3).
“The lights were turned down but not out” (3).
“ They had electric cartel prods slung on thongs from their leather belts” (4).
“Guns” (4).
“Chain-link fence topped with bared wire” (4).
“Whisper” (4).
Matthew Durante
ReplyDelete1. I feel that the mood for chapter one is trapped. I think the narrator feels like a prisoner because she is being held as one. There are woman patrols with cattle prods, guards, "Angels", and contained in a facility surrounded by a barbed-wire fence.
2. "...we could not talk"(Atwood 4).
"seperate"(Atwood 4).
"patrolled"(Atwood 4).
"electric cattle prods"(Atwood 4).
"guards"(Atwood 4).
"We learned to whisper almost without sound"(Atwood).
Anna Liang
ReplyDelete1. What do you think the mood is for chapter one?
The mood for chapter one is nostalgic (in a gloomy way) and regretful. The character keeps on talking about what “used to be” in the gymnasium, meaning she is thinking about her past events. The character describes her past with very dull and dim words, so this character might not really liked what happened during the past, which this shows that this character is regretful.
2. Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood.
~“…loneliness, and expectation…” (Atwood 3).
~“I remember that yearning, for something that was always about to happen and was never the same…” (Atwood 3).
~“We yearned for the future” (Atwood 3).
~“How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability” (Atwood 3-4)?
~“If only they would look” (Atwood 4).
~“That was our fantasy” (Atwood 4).
1. What you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
ReplyDeleteThe mood of chapter one is fighting because of all the people being locked in an ex gymnasium. The patrol women can’t be trusted with guns. Only the guards had guns. The emotion of the girls has to be scared because they don’t know what will happen in the future.
2. Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
~”Faintly” (3) (not bright, clear, or loud. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/faintly)
~”Cardboard devil” (3)
~”Revolving ball of mirrors” (3)
~”loneliness” (3)
~”Yearning” (3)
~”lifting flesh” (3)
~”weren’t allowed out” (4)
~”chain-link fence topped with barbed wire” (4)
Amy (Parandis) Nejati
ReplyDelete1. The mood of the chapter seems to be dreary and secretive, with a feeling or wanting or unattainable desire. The women are seemingly treated like livestock or chickens, being confined to dark, small cells and having little contact with the outside world. However, there also seems to be a tinge of hope, and even friendship, in the atmosphere, primarily because of the fact that the women still found a way to communicate with each other.
2. Words: pungent, yearning, loneliness, expectation.
Phrases 1: "...that talent for insatiability?" (pg. 3-4)
Phrase 2: "...the hands that were on us..in the small of our back..or out back,...or in the television room..." (pg. 3)
1)The mood for chapter one is fear and anxiety for the women. There is also a hint of isolation based on where the women are kept hostage it seems in a camp. The narrator says that she felt lonely with what has happened and where she is, and the words she uses seem to show off anxiety. The narrator also stated that the guards were feared by the women where they were kept.
ReplyDelete2a)"loneliness" (Atwood 3).
b)"They were objects of fear to us"(Atwood4).
c)"We weren't allowed out" (Atwood 4).
d)"Which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire" (Atwood4).
e)"We yearned for the future" (Atwood 3).
Ken Li
ReplyDelete1) The mood of this chapter isn't pleasant because even the setting used to be a gymnasium, it changed to something else. The basketball hoops were suppose to have nets on it, but it doesn't. The place seem to be a run down place since everything fell apart. The place seem more like a prison than gymnasium.
2)"gone" (Atwood 3)
"loneliness" (Atwood 3)
"guns" (Atwood 4)
"guards" (Atwood 4)
"barbed wire" (Atwood 4)
1.) The mood of the first chapter is more of a depressing kind of mood. The speaker reminisces what used to go on in the gymnasium, when things were going good. Now she is basically a prisoner. Fear also shows up in the chapter. Inside this "prison" there are very strict rules. The women are not allowed to talk and are inside for most of the day. With guards around watching them, they are afraid of what might happen if they get caught.
ReplyDelete2.)"If only we can talk"
"Learned to lipread"
"We weren't allowed out"
"loneliness"
"What had once been a gymnasium"
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ReplyDelete5. Five to seven key words that stand out to you as important or powerful.
ReplyDelete-"Loneliness" (Atwood 3)
-"Gone" (Atwood 3)
-"Guns" (Atwood 4)
-"Fear" (Atwood 4)
-"Fantasy" (Atwood 4)
6. Why you selected each of the words in #5 as important or powerful.
Loneliness- I believe this word is important because it shows that the room expressed this type of feeling to the people in it which isn't such a pleasant one. It gives an idea of the position these people are in and their surrounding. Whether they are isolated from those around them emotionally and physically or have nobody to accompany them.
Gone- This word is powerful in my eyes since it holds a deep meaning of not coming back or the disappearance of something that may be valuable or needed.
Guns- Guns are deadly weapons which obviously makes this word powerful. The guards outside are holding these weapons which gives them power in this situation over the people inside the gym.
Fear- Fear is a powerful word and strong emotion. This word usually shows that something unpleasant is about to occur to something or someone due to an action or feelings. It is a negative term used in a negative situation or event.
Fantasy- This word stood out to me and I thought it was important. The people in this situation seem to be in a very restricted position and are very gloomy because of it. Therefore they may fantasize about certain things which may give them some positive mind or even increase the negativity flowing through them already.
1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
ReplyDeleteThe mood of chapter one comes across as fearful, timid, and disappointment. Sarah and Aunt Elizabeth are two women have very limited freedom, they are not even aloud to speak. It is apparent that the mood is fearful through these to women because they desire to act normally but know the predetermined consequences.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
1.Instability(Artwood 4)
2. Expectation (Artwood 3)
3. Lingered (Artwood 3)
4. Yearning (Artwod 3)
5."They were objects of fear to us" (Artwood 4)
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ReplyDeleteRobert Glass
ReplyDelete1) The mood of the first chapter is sad because all is gone from the gymnasium of the school where these people are residing. It is sad becasue the people can't talk to their loved ones even if they are lying next to them on old army cots that belonged to the US. It is also hopeful because the women look to leave the walls and talk to the angels that guard the outside wall protecting them.
2) a "...once had been the gymnasium" (Atwood 3)
b "...though the nets were gone" (Atwood 3)
c "We yearned for the future" (Atwood 3)
d "If only we could talk to them" (Atwood 4)
e "That was our fantasy" (Atwood 4)
Ms. Karvunis, I can make a connection to I am Legend because in this movie, everything was gone as is in the gymnasium. I can also connect it to the book, The Giver because in this book it mentions strict control which is evident here in the first chapter with the women being under strict rules of not to talk to each other.
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ReplyDeleteWilson Corella
ReplyDelete1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
I think the mood in the first chapter is lonely and mysterious. The Author remembers about the time that she spent in this certain place, and seeing and doing different things. It makes the reader wonder where was the author at the time, what has the author done to be in this situation and how did she get out of it. There are really so many questions that come up from this first chapter which is what makes it mysterious. She seems to be isolated since she is not allowed out, and is surrounded by a fence. I hope these questions will be solved during the book.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
".., which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire" (Atwood 4)
"loneliness" (Atwood 3)
"spaces between so we could not talk" (Atwood 4)
"we weren't allowed out, except for our walks" (Atwood 4)
"I remember that yearning" (Atwood 3).
"I could smell, faintly like an after image" (Atwood 3)
Jared Elraheb
ReplyDelete1) The mood for chapter one seems to be sadness along with confinement and fear. The narrator does not show any emotions or signs that signify and kind or type of a happy emotion. The narrator sounds depressed and down like that person is trapped.
2)Five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood:
-“A forlorn wail.” (Atwood 3)
-“Cardboard devils” (Atwood 3)
-“Loneliness” (Atwood 3)
-“Expectation for something without a shape or name.” (Atwood 3)
-“Insatiability” (Atwood 4)
-“We could not talk” (Atwood 4)
-“We weren’t allowed out” (Atwood 4)
5)-Guns -Angels -Fear -Patrolled -Whisper
ReplyDelete6)Guns: When someone has a gun it shows power and authority and power.
Angels: An angel has power and a higher being.
Fear: shows that the people are scared of someone.
Patrolled: Shows that someone with power is imprisoning someone else.
Whisper: They are scared so they don't rise their vocies.
Robert--nice connections to I AM LEGEND
1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
ReplyDeleteI feel like this mood has a sports feel to it. It is located in a gymnasium and there are hoops and nets and etc. I also feel like this place is crowded with people and it's pretty hot because there is a stench of sweat. At the same time it is also a bit lonely. It gives off a weird feeling.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
"Pungent scent of sweat"
"sweet taint of chewing gum"
"Powdering the dancers with a snow of light."
"loneliness, and expectation" [waiting for something?]
"We yearned for the future" [dreaming]
Sandy Wu
ReplyDelete1. What you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
I think the mood is unhappy, fearful and hopeful.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood.
"We yearned for the future" (Atwood 3).
The people are hoping for something.
“Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled; they had electric cattle prods slung on thongs from their leather belt” (Atwood 4).
There are guards watching over them with weapons and causes fear in them.
“…enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire” (Atwood 4).
The people may be imprisoned in this gymnasium and the only “outside” they have is a football field. The football field has barbed wire over it so it makes the people unhappy.
"If only we could talk to them" (Atwood 4).
“We weren’t allowed out, except for our walks” (Atwood 4).
“That was our fantasy” (Atwood 4).
The last three show that the people are hopeful of having more freedom. They aren’t allowed to talk or go outside.
Brandon
ReplyDeletePowerful/Important words & why:
Pungent (Atwood 3): This word describes a smell, and it makes this smell seem as strong as it can possibly be with this adjective.
Devils (Atwood 3): This describes the most evil that can possibly be, so the word choice for desrcibing evil is strong.
Flesh (Atwood 3): "Skin" makes you think of a person's outer layer, but flesh, which is basically the same as skin, can make you think of horror movies and loose skin.
Yearned (Atwood 3): This could've been the word "wanted", but that's a common word. "Yearned" makes you think.
Patrolled: This could've easily been a few words with the same definition, but "patrolled" makes you think of a higher authority.
Allyson Pinto-
ReplyDelete1. The author sets a very gloomy tragic mood for this chapter. It is as if the characters have endured something terrible to place them in this setting which is unrealistic.
2. A-"They were objects of fear to us, but of something else as well...If only we could talk to them(Atwood 4)".
B- " There was an old sex in the room and loneliness , and expectation, of something without shape or name (Atwood 3)".
C-"...only the pictures flickering over lifting flesh (Atwood3)".
D- "We yearned for the future (Atwood 3)".
E- "The light were down yet not out (Atwood 4)".
I'm really sorry for the amazingly late post. I've been setting up my new computer for hours. I am done, but irritated.
ReplyDelete1.There are definite desperate and lonely feelings in this chapter. There was "loneliness and expectation" in the room (Atwood 3). Nothing was said to happen as nothing was there to happen. The people in the room yearned for the future. The people were isolated in silence, yet they were so close together that they could reach for each other (Atwood 4). Those people are desperate enough for communication and sound that they read each other's lips. This also connects to how lonely the people in the room seem to be. They want to talk and are so anxious about the future, but they are left alone with their thoughts due to the strict rule. Everyone was alone in their minds even though they were inches apart.
2.
1)"loneliness" (Atwood 3)
2)"expectation" (Atwood 3)
3)"yearning" (Atwood 3)
4)"insatiability" (Atwood 4)
5)"touch each other's hands across space" (Atwood 4)
Kevin Zevallos
ReplyDelete1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
The mood of chapter 1 is confined because they live alone in an empty gymnasium. They aren't allowed to leave and there are always people patrolling in and out of the gym to make sure no one leaves. They were only allowed to go outside for their two daily walks around the football field but even there the field was covered by barbed wire.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
1. "Guns were for the guards.." (Atwood 4).
2. "We weren't allowed out.." (Atwood 4).
3. "Enclosed" (Atwood 4).
4. "A chain-link fence topped with barbed wire" (Atwood 4).
5. "If only we could talk to them" (Atwood 4).
1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
ReplyDeleteThe mood of the chapter is sad and depressing. she is trapped in the gymnasium and guards guard and surround her and a bunch of people for a reason I do not know
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
"If only we could talk to them"
"we werent allowed out"
There was old sex in the room and lonliness, and expectation, of something without a shape or a na,e."
"i couls smell the afteriamge...the pungent scent of sweat"
"we yearned for the future"
These all represent the sad and depressing mood becaue it shows that they were alll in conditions not normal for humans and also they were trapped in their area just like they were stuck in time.
1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
ReplyDeletei actually think that the mood is creepy. the person telling the story seems like she has never experienced the world and she's just fantasizing about it. however, she doesn't seem to give off emotion which is what makes it creepy.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
"..loneliness, and expectation of something without shape or name." (3).
"We yearned for the future" (3).
"How did we learn it? That talent for insatiability?" (3-4).
"... set up in rows, with spaces between so we could not talk" (3-4)
"...we weren't allowed out..." (4).
"enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire." (4)
To me, this sounds like a prison.
--vicky zheng
1. what you think the mood is for chapter one (mood is the atmosphere or emotion)
ReplyDeletei actually think that the mood is creepy. the person telling the story seems like she has never experienced the world and she's just fantasizing about it. however, she doesn't seem to give off emotion which is what makes it creepy.
2. five to seven words or phrases that help build this mood
"..loneliness, and expectation of something without shape or name." (3).
"We yearned for the future" (3).
"How did we learn it? That talent for insatiability?" (3-4).
"... set up in rows, with spaces between so we could not talk" (3-4)
"...we weren't allowed out..." (4).
"enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire." (4)
To me, this sounds like a prison.
--vicky zheng