Today, Friday, we moved from color coding to annotating the passage - discussing how Hurston's stylistic decision effect how we interpret the passage.
Journal 3: Your job this weekend is to write an outline for a commentary. The outline should be formal and must include the following: thesis, topic sentence, paragraph points, quotation(s) to support the point, analysis, and concluding sentence.
On, Friday we also discussed prolific African American Stereotypes of the 20's -30's, discussed a "Jody" and how cultural information can alter or add to our understanding of a text.
Read Chapter 5:
Journal 4: After reading chapter 4, write a 200-300 word cultural reflection discussing how learning about the Harlem Renaissance and the African American Stereotypes influenced your understanding of the text.
Start with what you thought about a specific aspect, write about what you learned, then discuss how the information altered your understanding and how the culture of the time period would have interpreted that aspect.
Example (Annotation in progress)
"Folkses, de sun is goin' down. De Sun-maker brings it up in de mornin', and de Sun-maker sends it tuh bed at night. Us poor weak humans can't do nothin' tuh hurry it up nor to slow it down. All we can do, if we want any light after de settin' or befo' de risin' , is tuh make some light ourselves. So dat's how come lamps was made. Dis evenin' we'se all assembled heah tuh light uh lamp. Dis occasion is something for us all tuh remember tuh our dyin' day. De first street lamp in uh colored town. Lift yo' eyes and gaze on it. And when Ah touch de match tuh dat lamp-wick let de light penetrate inside of yuh, and let it shine, let it shine, let it shine[...]" (45)
Euphemism: for God and God's power to create and end life
Analysis:
creates a clear link between God and nature- Connection to life cycle? The euphemism creates a distance between character and God, but it isn't formal or fatherly. Seems to connect to time and suggests a fated element - something out of control of the character.
Allusion: "This Little Light of Mine" is a gospel children's song written
by Harry Dixon Loes
Analysis: The repetition of "let it shine" establishes Jody's simple hope that the progress and the prosperity of the town will continue. However the allusion to the gospel song directly connects Jody's actions to God's power. The correlation shows Jody's attempts to control the "fated" (not the right word, I'll need to change this- but going in the right direction) aspects of his life.
Symbol: Street lamp symbolizes the economic progress of the town, Lamp also suggest no longer relying on God, but a personal step forward.
Time: This could also be about the beginnings and endings. The passage moves quickly.
Analysis: The repetition of "let it shine" establishes Jody's simple hope that the progress and the prosperity of the town will continue. However the allusion to the gospel song directly connects Jody's actions to God's power. The correlation shows Jody's attempts to control the "fated" (not the right word, I'll need to change this- but going in the right direction) aspects of his life.
Symbol: Street lamp symbolizes the economic progress of the town, Lamp also suggest no longer relying on God, but a personal step forward.
Time: This could also be about the beginnings and endings. The passage moves quickly.
Tone: Sermonizing
Personification: Penetrating light... Is Jody trying to change the internal belief of the town?
Diction: Note the pronoun use - quite a few you and we's. This is a communal speech. He's not focusing on himself...
Personification: Penetrating light... Is Jody trying to change the internal belief of the town?
Diction: Note the pronoun use - quite a few you and we's. This is a communal speech. He's not focusing on himself...
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