Morning reflection: Raina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqZR3pqMjg
Listen to interview:
http://www.thewrap.com/mudbound-tiff-2017-video/
Post a comment to questions 5, 6, and 7 (for Friday)
5. What is the significance of the title? In what ways are each of the characters bound—by the land, by circumstance, by tradition, by the law, by their own limitations? How much of this binding is inescapable and how much is self-imposed? Which characters are most successful in freeing themselves from what binds them?
6. All the characters are products of their time and place, and instances of racism in the book run from Pappy’s outright bigotry to Laura’s more subtle prejudice. Would Laura have thought of herself as racist, and if not, why not? How do the racial views of Laura, Jamie, Henry, and Pappy affect your sympathy for them?
7. The novel deals with many thorny issues: racism, sexual politics, infidelity, war. The characters weigh in on these issues, but what about the author? Does she have a discernable perspective, and if so, how does she convey it?
8. We know very early in the book that something terrible is going to befall Ronsel. How does this sense of inevitability affect the story? Jamie makes Ronsel responsible for his own fate, saying "Maybe that's cowardly of me, making Ronsel's the trigger finger." Is it just cowardice, or is there some truth to what Jamie says? Where would you place the turning point for Ronsel? Who else is complicit in what happens to him, and why?
9. In reflecting on some of the more difficult moral choices made by the characters—Laura's decision to sleep with Jamie, Ronsel's decision to abandon Resl and return to America, Jamie's choice during the lynching scene, Florence's and Jamie's separate decisions to murder Pappy—what would you have done in those same situations? Is it even possible to know? Are there some moral positions that are absolute, or should we take into account things like time and place when making judgments?
10. How is the last chapter of Mudbound different from all the others? Why do you think the author chose to have Ronsel address you, the reader, directly? Do you believe he overcomes the formidable obstacles facing him and finds "something like happiness"? If so, why doesn't the author just say so explicitly? Would a less ambiguous ending have been more or less satisfying?
(Questions from author's website.)
(Questions from author's website.)
Continue to work on stories: DUE FRIDAY
Finish reading the book over the weekend. Test on Tuesday
How colours change and differ in every culture is really fascinating. Good video.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first morning reflection that actually taught us something. It was interesting to learn about different colors and how they are represented in different countries.
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DeleteYou didn't think "One Froggy Evening" taught you something? I thought the lesson there was clear: Free beer gets you friends!
DeleteWatching the interview for Mudbound was really interesting. The actors seemed so similar to what I was imagining while I was reading the story. I can't wait till we get the chance to watch the movie to compare it with the book. When we watched the trailer, it seemed so similar to the book that I hope it is all like that. The actor that I liked the most was Ronsel.
ReplyDeleteThe video was very informational and interesting. It showed how different languages or cultures interpret colors. It seems like every color has a direct translation but this showed me that its not always the case. It's crazy that in some languages there is or was as little as three colors mentioned. In English and in Spanish there are multiple variations of colors, so it's very weird to see that some have so little.
ReplyDeleteThe video was very informative and interesting. It also makes sense because while the english language is always evolving, other languages keep their words and descriptions basic.
ReplyDeleteColors are cool, and so is language. Seeing how other languages interpret color is twice as cool. It is kind of strange how general they seem to be with their colors, though.
ReplyDeleteI find it funny how people always forget there are more languages than just English. So I find it fascinating when I am able to hear the words others use to describe words we know in English. It's amazing how a simple word like cat or dog or even sky can be translated so differently from someone else. So in all I found that video very fascinating and as a reminder that words in our language can be translated so differently in another.
ReplyDeleteThe color video was interesting. Every culture has its own color spectrum. They have different names for every color. I was kind of mind blown that everyone has a different outlook on the shades of every color.
ReplyDeleteThis video was vert interesting and I actually learned from it. Overall, It really is nice to see how other languages differ from ours. I never even thought about the concept of color being different so I was happy to learn about that.
ReplyDeleteThis morning reflection was different and unique. It actually taught me something that I had no idea about and I would like the other morning reflections to teach me something new.
ReplyDeleteFinally a writing reflection that has nothing to do with something common, like those believe in yourself YouTube videos. Not that those aren't great either. It's cool to think about how all the other different types of languages there are in the world. These types of things aren't really the types of things that you think about all the time. It's fascinating.
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