Week Four

Welcome to Week Four!

For this week's blog you will post a thought-provoking question that does not have only one answer. Remember that you must make 10 comments this week, not 5. Please do not leave this until the last minute, you have the whole week to get it done.

Week 3 Blog

In Falling Leaves the best used technique is most definately how Adeline Yen Mah shows insteads of tells, much like McCarthy. Her use of this technique is shown here. "Early photographs show a solemn girl with clenched fists, pressed lips and serious eyes, dressed in pretty western frocks decorated with ribbons and bows." (ch 5, pg 34). The ways she describes herself as a very uptight and grumpy child is very good. She doesn't just say like early photos show a serious grumpy child in western clothing. Instead Adeline describes everything. This inclluding her serious eyes, her clenched fists, and pressed lips. This is also showed in this quote. "I remembered her as a quick-witted and strong-willed chain smoker with bound feet, short hair and a razor-sharp tongue." (ch 1, pg 11). The way she says razor-sharp tongue and all of the other descriptions really helps you imagine what's going on. Adeline Yen Mah's way of writing really helps people imagine things in their heads, which I guess would also be imagery then as well. Her descriptive words are key to her style. That concludes week 3.

Week Three

Welcome to Week Three of the Discussion! This weeks discussion will run from Monday, March 9 to Sunday, March 15.

This week's discussion will be on figurative language and literary elements in your book. Please find an example of these in your book and POST a 10-sentence comment on it. Don't forget to comment on 5 other posts on this blog. You have all week to complete this assignment, please don't wait until the last minute.

Setting

This is Andre B blogging on the setting in Falling Leaves. The setting in Falling leaves is in China, close to WWII. The family of Adeline Yen Mah moves very often so it is hard to tell the exact place in China. But currently in Tianjin China. The time period is in the midst of the beginning of WWII where the Japanese have just bombed Pearl Harbor. The house that Adeline and her family are currently living in is a very big house. The family had recently connected the two parts of their home to make one very large house. They had to do this due to a flood. So Adeline and her family live in a very prosperous place. They also live with servants and bunches of rich items. Overall, they live in a quite easy lifestyle.

Character (Had it as a comment before)

The main character in falling leaves is Adeline Yen Mah, who at this point in the book has not been in enough. I've read up to chapter 5, the beginning of it, and found out that her character is not shown that much, the first chapters are her families past. Her grandaunt was a sucessful bank owner who fought for women, she had a grandpa who was a sucessful import buisness man, and her father was also sucessful in owning his own company. When Adeline was born and her mother died 2 weeks later, she mentions not ever remembering her mom, she didn't even have a picture. This may make her feel as though she killed her mom, but it is too early to know because she is barely in the story. She having a extremely sucessful family easily puts her in a place of high society. This also allows her to go to school later on. She also has 4 older siblings and 2 younger half siblings, which I would think, would make her feel a bit left out being near the middle child. That is just a guess though. She also has a stepmom who the book described almost as a golddigger. At the very beginning of the book though, in the present time in which her father died, she and her siblings were very obedient to their stepmom which you could probably create the guess that Adeline was a very quiet and obedient child. But again that is a guess, you will here more as the story progresses

Week Two

Welcome to Week Two of our discussion. This discussion will last from Monday, March 2nd to Sunday, March 9th.

This week's discussion is on Setting. Please POST a 10-sentence comment on setting. Don't forget to comment on 5 other posts on this blog. You have all week to complete this assignment, but waiting is not recommended!

Week One!

Welcome to Week 1 of our Discussion. This discussion will last from Monday, February 23rd to Sunday, March 1.

This week's discussion is on Character. Please POST a 10 sentence comment on character. Don't forget to comment on 5 other posts on this blog. You have all week to complete this assignment, but don't wait until the last minute!!!