No reading tonight. Catch up on your assignments.
1. Edit your topic sentence for your group commentary paragraph.
FYI Tomorrow the groups will get together examine the topic sentences and edit one to share with the class. The class will place all of the topic sentences on the board and choose the best topic sentences and then organize them for the class paper. Once the topic sentences have been chosen for the class, return to your groups and edit your commentary paragraphs. One student is charged with commenting on my blog with the paragraph.
2. Finish your blog
3. Check your journal entries for completeness
4. Take tonight as a chance to apply the information you learned about commentary writing to your commentary paragraphs or your cultural paper.
Hello Ms. Townzen! Hope you had a lovely day! Here is the Group Commentary Paragraph for Joe's view of Janie.
ReplyDeleteJoe objectifies Janie through the use of metaphors and repetition. The passage we read occurs just after Logan leaves to purchase a mule. Shortly after his departure, Joe comes strolling down the street and begins chatting with Janie. During their conversation, Joe comments that Janie shouldn't be working because she is a "pretty doll baby" (29). This metaphor displays that Joe feels that Janie is a helpless, unintelligent "doll baby" that he can easily shrink and control. Later, Joe tells Janie that he doesn't "aim to tole" her off "and make a dog outa" her, but aims "to make a wife outa" her (29). This repetition foreshadows that he has a future plan for her that will benefit him. The term "dog" reflects his desire to have her simply "sit", "eat", and do the things he asks of her. He will treat her as a trophy wife that he can add to his stack of accomplishments.
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ReplyDeleteJanie views Joe as a hope for a happier life. Although Janie feels trapped in her marriage with Logan Killicks, she is hesitant about having a future with Joe and his wish for "change and chance". "Janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees, but he spoke for change." (29). Janie uses the expression "sun-up" to represent how the sun nurtures and how Jody should nurture her with love. Jody does not reassure Janie of a fresh start and of growth like pollen does to a flower. Janie's "blooming tree" expresses true love which Jody does not represent. "You mean dat, Joe?" (29). Janie questions Joe's promises to her because she has never experienced being "treated lak a lady" (29). In Joe's mind, a lady symbolizes a trophy and Logan thinks women should do just as much work as a man.