Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Final Blog
On the first day of this class, all I could remember was feeling really nervous. I did not know anything about acting. I knew that I wanted to do performances and act things out, but I did not know how to, plus I had a bad case of stage fright when I started this class. The first big performance that we did in front of the class, was a skit that we based off of the word "fence." It was so bad. Our acting skills were terrible. However, this first project that we did helped me to realize that acting was really fun. I enjoyed working in a group and I realized how much fun it was to create an original idea and perform it. As the months went by, my perspective on literature changed. When I was doing the reading homework, I started to imagine how these scenes would look on stage. I also payed more attention to the little details in the books that we read because I knew that these details would be important in the performances. I learned many lessons over the course of the last two years in this class. The first lesson that I learned was to listen. In order to create a great performance, you must listen to each others ideas. I learned this lesson this year in my IA when we were writing the script. Everyone in the group has to have input on things like the script, the stage setup, the lighting ect. This is so important because when multiple ideas are combined together, they create one great performance. Another lesson that I learned was that it is okay to fail as long as you keep trying and do not let it stop you. There were numerous times in the last two years where I messed up my lines or forgot where I was supposed to be on stage during a performance. However, because I did not give up on what I was trying to do, I was eventually able to succeed. I also learned that it is okay to be nervous on stage. Everyone at some point gets nervous on stage, but it provides valuable lessons that help you to grow as a person. In my first performance I was nervous as anyone could be, but after it was over I realized that it was not that bad. Then when the next performance came up, I was less nervous. As I continued to perform I continued to not get nervous. This not only helped me in this class but in daily life. I started to become more outgoing. On the first day of this class, Ms Guarino asked us what we thought literature was and performance. She asked us how they were related. I really did not know what either really were because I did not think about it ever until I started this class. What I have come up with now is this. Literature is something that is original, that provides a message to the reader. Performance is how people understand that message and then turn it into something that people can see. They turn the words into actions so that they can spread that message that they took from the literature. I still do not know the full answer to these two things but I am still learning and I know that I will know exactly what they are and how they are related. I greatly appreciate the time that I have spent in this class. It provided many lessons and skills that I will be able to use down the road in my life. Thank you.
Saturday, May 11, 2019
6. While some poems focus exclusively on a personal or private experience, others reflect on
the place of the individual in the larger human community. In the work of at least two poets,
explore the ways in which poems have conveyed the poet’s sense of the world beyond the private
sphere.
Naimi Shihab Nye has a very interesting writing style in her poetry. The reason for this is because she writes about her personal stories and her poems do not rhyme. On top of that her poems are extremely long. In her poems she writes a lot about Arab people because she is Arab. One of her poems that adress her Arab culture is the poem "Blood." This poem explains what a true Arab is. In this poem she is writing about her father and how he is a true Arab who is kind and caring. The reason why she talks about the true Arab is because of what was happenning with events like 911. People were confused as to what a true Arab was and what the terrorists were. An example of this is in the first line when she writes, "A true Arab knows how to catch a fly in his hands." The reason for this sentence is because she is trying to say that a true Arab wouldn't even hurt a fly. Another poem that she has written that reflects on her personal life was one about her father and how he told her stories when she was a little girl. In every story her father included a fig tree or just a fig but he always added it into the story. This is important because her father is trying to pass down his culture to his daughter. He does not want her to forget who she is and why that is a good and special thing.
the place of the individual in the larger human community. In the work of at least two poets,
explore the ways in which poems have conveyed the poet’s sense of the world beyond the private
sphere.
Naimi Shihab Nye has a very interesting writing style in her poetry. The reason for this is because she writes about her personal stories and her poems do not rhyme. On top of that her poems are extremely long. In her poems she writes a lot about Arab people because she is Arab. One of her poems that adress her Arab culture is the poem "Blood." This poem explains what a true Arab is. In this poem she is writing about her father and how he is a true Arab who is kind and caring. The reason why she talks about the true Arab is because of what was happenning with events like 911. People were confused as to what a true Arab was and what the terrorists were. An example of this is in the first line when she writes, "A true Arab knows how to catch a fly in his hands." The reason for this sentence is because she is trying to say that a true Arab wouldn't even hurt a fly. Another poem that she has written that reflects on her personal life was one about her father and how he told her stories when she was a little girl. In every story her father included a fig tree or just a fig but he always added it into the story. This is important because her father is trying to pass down his culture to his daughter. He does not want her to forget who she is and why that is a good and special thing.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Class Notes
Naomi Shihab Nye
- contemporary american poet
- no rhyme scheme/no meter/structure(free verse)
- narrative- tells a story
- autobiographical poetry (about her life)
- people and family
- connection
- nature
- world is not possitive all the time
- rooted in the history of right now
- 9/11 Israeli-Palestinian war
- contemporary american poet
- no rhyme scheme/no meter/structure(free verse)
- narrative- tells a story
- autobiographical poetry (about her life)
- people and family
- connection
- nature
- world is not possitive all the time
- rooted in the history of right now
- 9/11 Israeli-Palestinian war
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Emily Dickinson Blog Post
5.)
Emily Dickinson uses pace and rhythm very effectively in her poems. Her usage of this skill provides deeper meaning to her poems. Two poems that she does this in are "I am Nobody who are you?" and "To make a prairie." In "To make a prairie" the third line in that poem does a great job of slowing down the pace of the poem and forcing the reader to think about. In the beggining of the poem she says "To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee. One clover and a bee." These lines have a good pace to them but the next line is "and revery." Those two words make me stop and think about what she is saying. After that she say "The revery alone will do." In "I am Nobody who are you," Dickinson uses structure to control the pace of the poem. In the second line of the poem, she uses a lot of dashes for pauses in the sentence. "Are you - Nobody - too?" In this sentence we learn a lot of things about this poem. One of the things we learn is that the person writing this is talking to somebody else. Another thing is that they are a nobody who is trying to find a match. The third thing we learn is that the writer is shy because of the breaks in the sentence. These examples show how important pace is in a poem.
Emily Dickinson uses pace and rhythm very effectively in her poems. Her usage of this skill provides deeper meaning to her poems. Two poems that she does this in are "I am Nobody who are you?" and "To make a prairie." In "To make a prairie" the third line in that poem does a great job of slowing down the pace of the poem and forcing the reader to think about. In the beggining of the poem she says "To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee. One clover and a bee." These lines have a good pace to them but the next line is "and revery." Those two words make me stop and think about what she is saying. After that she say "The revery alone will do." In "I am Nobody who are you," Dickinson uses structure to control the pace of the poem. In the second line of the poem, she uses a lot of dashes for pauses in the sentence. "Are you - Nobody - too?" In this sentence we learn a lot of things about this poem. One of the things we learn is that the person writing this is talking to somebody else. Another thing is that they are a nobody who is trying to find a match. The third thing we learn is that the writer is shy because of the breaks in the sentence. These examples show how important pace is in a poem.
Friday, April 26, 2019
3 Questions
6.) One passage that contains a scene of pivotal importance to the theme is when Desiree realizes that Daniel and Andrea are going to get married. This is an important scene because this is when Desiree gives up on trying to marry Daniel. It is a known fact to her that they will be married and she becomes filled with anger inside.
Staging
- red lights
- all of the lines would be said with an angry voice. Maybe some yelling towards the end of this scene such as "How could he even marry her!"
- empty stage accept for a knife on the ground.
- no other characters because Desire is by herself.
- spotlight on Desiree and on the other side of the stage a spotlight on the knife.
" Daniel Beauxhomme had betrayed her! He had sworn to love her. Now he had pledged himself to Andrea Galimar. Now his life was hers to take. As her anger rose, she saw beneath her window a knife gleaming."
5.) One passage that provides an an effective introduction of an important character is when Daniel's father Gabriel went to the peasant village to bring him home from his accident. Gabriel is a very rich and important man on the island. In this passage it shows how powerful he is over everyone especially the peasants. Everything that Gabriel does is easy for him because he is so rich.
Staging
- all of the peasants crowded together following Gabriel but not being too close.
- peasants bow their heads while Gabriel holds his head high
- peasants wearing old dirty colorful clothes
- Gabriel wearing a nice black and white suit
- bright lighting because it is the daytime outside
"It was a carrier - and it had come for him. The carrier landed and was surrounded by dozens of wet, curious men who had never before seen a helicopter. (after Gabriel picks up Daniel) He climbed in and then they were off. The visit had taken less than ten minutes."
8.) One passage in the book that deals with a fantasy or dream is when Desire is dreaming about leaving the peasant village and living with the Grande Hommes. In the beginning of the book, Desiree constantly daydreams because she is bored with where she lives. Her mother does not like it. It worries her.
Staging
- Bright lights because she is daydreaming
- other peasants work around her
- Mother Euralie constantly reminding Desiree to focus on her tasks
- props . would be things like shovels and rakes, buckets, hay, baskets full of fruits and vegetables
"The peasant girl blushed. She no longer knew what she had wished for. Had it been for rain? Or had her wish to do with the car that had just gone by? More and more her wishes, dreams - day and night - were tangled. She no longer knew where one began or the other ended."
Staging
- red lights
- all of the lines would be said with an angry voice. Maybe some yelling towards the end of this scene such as "How could he even marry her!"
- empty stage accept for a knife on the ground.
- no other characters because Desire is by herself.
- spotlight on Desiree and on the other side of the stage a spotlight on the knife.
" Daniel Beauxhomme had betrayed her! He had sworn to love her. Now he had pledged himself to Andrea Galimar. Now his life was hers to take. As her anger rose, she saw beneath her window a knife gleaming."
5.) One passage that provides an an effective introduction of an important character is when Daniel's father Gabriel went to the peasant village to bring him home from his accident. Gabriel is a very rich and important man on the island. In this passage it shows how powerful he is over everyone especially the peasants. Everything that Gabriel does is easy for him because he is so rich.
Staging
- all of the peasants crowded together following Gabriel but not being too close.
- peasants bow their heads while Gabriel holds his head high
- peasants wearing old dirty colorful clothes
- Gabriel wearing a nice black and white suit
- bright lighting because it is the daytime outside
"It was a carrier - and it had come for him. The carrier landed and was surrounded by dozens of wet, curious men who had never before seen a helicopter. (after Gabriel picks up Daniel) He climbed in and then they were off. The visit had taken less than ten minutes."
8.) One passage in the book that deals with a fantasy or dream is when Desire is dreaming about leaving the peasant village and living with the Grande Hommes. In the beginning of the book, Desiree constantly daydreams because she is bored with where she lives. Her mother does not like it. It worries her.
Staging
- Bright lights because she is daydreaming
- other peasants work around her
- Mother Euralie constantly reminding Desiree to focus on her tasks
- props . would be things like shovels and rakes, buckets, hay, baskets full of fruits and vegetables
"The peasant girl blushed. She no longer knew what she had wished for. Had it been for rain? Or had her wish to do with the car that had just gone by? More and more her wishes, dreams - day and night - were tangled. She no longer knew where one began or the other ended."
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Exam Practice Questions
5. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which provides an effective introduction of an important character or characters. How would you use staging, design and acting to ensure that this introduction would have dramatic importance for the audience?
The most important introduction in this book is when Desiree is introduced to the audience. She is the main character in the book so it is important for her to be introduced to the audience in a meaningful way. The staging would very simple. Desiree would be laying on the ground in the center of the stage. Nobody would be around and there would be no props or set pieces. The reason for this is because Desiree is in a dream. There would be a spot light on her. There would be a lot of sounds. One of them would be rolling thunder. The other would be big crashing waves. The reason why I would use these for her dream is because I would be trying to show the audience what happened to her when she was a child and she survived the big storm. For the lights I would want to have them flash to represent lighting. Desiree would be asleep but I would have her scream two or three times in this scene to show that she is scared. Then after a minute or two I would end this scene. The way that I would do this is while Desiree is dreaming is I would have all of this stuff going on and then at the end Mama Uralie would yell as loud as she could saying "Desiree wake up!" Then Desiree would get up and go with Mama Uralie. I think that doing these things would ensure that the character Desiree would have dramatic importance with the audience.
The most important introduction in this book is when Desiree is introduced to the audience. She is the main character in the book so it is important for her to be introduced to the audience in a meaningful way. The staging would very simple. Desiree would be laying on the ground in the center of the stage. Nobody would be around and there would be no props or set pieces. The reason for this is because Desiree is in a dream. There would be a spot light on her. There would be a lot of sounds. One of them would be rolling thunder. The other would be big crashing waves. The reason why I would use these for her dream is because I would be trying to show the audience what happened to her when she was a child and she survived the big storm. For the lights I would want to have them flash to represent lighting. Desiree would be asleep but I would have her scream two or three times in this scene to show that she is scared. Then after a minute or two I would end this scene. The way that I would do this is while Desiree is dreaming is I would have all of this stuff going on and then at the end Mama Uralie would yell as loud as she could saying "Desiree wake up!" Then Desiree would get up and go with Mama Uralie. I think that doing these things would ensure that the character Desiree would have dramatic importance with the audience.
Friday, April 19, 2019
Question #1
1. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study where the appearance of a character in a specific setting raises unsettling questions for the reader. Outline how you would stage this appearance and setting for an audience, paying particular attention to elements of intrigue and/or surprise.
One passage from the book My Love My Love or the Peasant Girl, that shows a good example of when the appearance of a character in a specific setting raises unsettling questions for the reader when Papa Ge takes over the body of Lucifus. I would do many things to stage this appearance and setting for the audience. For the appearances I would start with Lucifus. Papa Ge has taken over his body so his eyes would be red. He would be wearing a trench coat and he would have a cigar in his mouth so that the audience would recognize him as papa ge. He would wear a black shirt and black jeans to resemble Papa Ge but he would not wear a robe the way that Papa Ge would is his own form. Lucifus would also have on black boots to complete his costume. For his appearance he would have a beard and he would have to be tall and strong so that it would be believeable for Desiree to be afraid of him. His preseance on the stage would be very strong and the audience would feel it as soon as he entered because of his size and his costume. His character is meant to be intimidating.
Desiree's appearance is very important in this scene because she is so beautiful that Lucifus would not touch her. So for this scene she would be wearing a white gown and her hair would be nice and she would look very pretty. Her facial expressions would have to be very good because she is deathly afraid of Papa Ge. She might scream when she sees him because he is trying to attack her. There is no dialogue in this passage of the book so the actors would have to do a good job of stage directions, facial expressions and silent communication so that the audience will understand.
The way that I would stage this is Desiree would be running around in the garden and pool trying to find a butterfly. Then the lights would dim and Lucifus would enter onto the stage. Desiree would be facing the audience while he walked up behind her. In the scene I would add some sound such as a drumb beat every time the Lucifus walked closer to Desiree. I think that he should walk slowly behind her so that the audience gets more time to understand who it is that is on the stage with Desiree. This should get the audience interested into whats about to happen. Some questions that I think this would raise are, is Desiree going to die now? Is Papa Ge here for her soul because she said that she would give it up for Daniel?
This scene is so important in the book because it shows that Papa Ge can find her and get her at anytime in any place. This should let the audience know that Papa Ge is going to get his promise no matter what. The keys to raising these questions in the audience's head are the lighting and the sound. These are two elements that create a feeling. If the lights dim, the audience should get that feeling of what is going to happen. The music should let them know for sure that something bad will happen. These are some of the thingd that I would do to stage this appearance in a play.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Chapters 12-14
Chapter 12-
- Desiree is able to stay with Daniel untill he gets better.
- they start to really fall in love.
-Daniel is getting stronger and healthier.
-his father is away in France so Desiree is worried when be comes back.
-people are jealous of her because Daniel is in love with her.
-at the end of the chapter Desiree sees Papa ge in the garden.
Chapter 13-
- Daniels father comes back home from France and Daniel throws a ball for him.
-Desiree dresses up very beautifully and many people want to marry her but she stay loyal to Daniel.
- Madame Mathilde warns her that she should leave so that she should leave and marry somebody else because the island people cannot handle their love because of the past where there is deep hate between the rich and poor.
- Then she sees Papa Ge again at the pool when Daniel left to see old friends.
- he tries to grab her but the body that he took over would not touch her because she is so beautiful.
Chapter 14-
- Andrea comes home and Daniel is invited to her coming home party.
-Desiree only hears about her from Daniel's stories untill she sees her when they come back to the hotel.
- She meets Desiree and talks about how pretty she is for a black girl.
- Desiree knows that Andrea and Daniel will get married.
The 4 Gods 500 words
One of the biggest scenes in this book that represent the gods and their characteristics is on page 72 -79. These passages give a good idea of the type of personalities and relationships that the gods have with each other and the peasants. The biggest conflict between all of the gods is between Erzulie and Agwe. Agwe says that the peasants are very weak. "Oh, but how they love to blame the gods for their weaknesses. They spend their lives on it." Erzulie agrues back saying "The blameless peasants must carry the burden of your guilt? For the floods and destruction you cause?" In this agruement Erzulie seems to care a lot about the peasants whereas Agwe sees them as a weakness and does not care about them at all. Agwe says to Erzulie "Its they who destroy her(Asaka). They and their greed." I would describe Agwe as selfish and uncaring because he thinks that everything is about himself and nothing else matters. Erzulie is very full of herself as well and she thinks that she is always right. She is very arguementative as well as Agwe. Asaka is not really present in this scene but she is being talked about and it seems like she is sad and angry because of what Agwe has done to her. This is important because Erzulie says that all of the storms that have happened is because Agwe is mad and guilty about his relationship with her. Even though Agwe is selfish he is still techincally a good god compared to papa ge. Papa Ge is the god of death and he goes around and gets people who are dying and takes them away. "I came to make certain that vows given in trust be kept in trust." This is what papa ge said to Agwe when they were discussing Desiree's promise to trade her soul for Daniel. He is an evil demon and looks for any way to get what he wants.
For the costume of Agwe they would be wearing all blue robe because he is the god of water. He would talk loud all the time and he would act very prideful. Erzulie is the god of love. She would be very pretty and wear a violet dress and she would talk kindly and calm. Asaka would wear all green. She would be very quiet and sad because of what Agwe has done to her. If she talks it would be very quiet. Papa Ge would wear all black. He would talk in a very deep voice and would be hunched over when he walked. He would always have an evil grin on his face. These things would be very important for their characters because it would help the audience to know who they are and what they are the God of. On stage they would be on a platform together above everyone else to show that they are gods. This is how I would describe the gods, create their costumes and have them act.
For the costume of Agwe they would be wearing all blue robe because he is the god of water. He would talk loud all the time and he would act very prideful. Erzulie is the god of love. She would be very pretty and wear a violet dress and she would talk kindly and calm. Asaka would wear all green. She would be very quiet and sad because of what Agwe has done to her. If she talks it would be very quiet. Papa Ge would wear all black. He would talk in a very deep voice and would be hunched over when he walked. He would always have an evil grin on his face. These things would be very important for their characters because it would help the audience to know who they are and what they are the God of. On stage they would be on a platform together above everyone else to show that they are gods. This is how I would describe the gods, create their costumes and have them act.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
- Desiree wants to go inside the grounds of the hotel so that she can see Daniel.
- so she cleans herself up, puts on her blue dress and wears her shoes.
- now she is very pretty and the guards let her through without question.
- she stays there for a few nights and wants to see Daniel but is afraid that if she is caught that she will be thrown out of the hotel grounds.
- then one night she finally sees Daniel and he speaks to her in Creole because she does not understand French.
- he recognizes her from somewhere but does not remeber the time that she takes care of him. He is very weak and she helps him back to bed and lays there with him the whole night.
- Desiree wants to go inside the grounds of the hotel so that she can see Daniel.
- so she cleans herself up, puts on her blue dress and wears her shoes.
- now she is very pretty and the guards let her through without question.
- she stays there for a few nights and wants to see Daniel but is afraid that if she is caught that she will be thrown out of the hotel grounds.
- then one night she finally sees Daniel and he speaks to her in Creole because she does not understand French.
- he recognizes her from somewhere but does not remeber the time that she takes care of him. He is very weak and she helps him back to bed and lays there with him the whole night.
Chapters 8-10
Chapter 8
- Desiree starts to run away from her family and go to find Daniel.
- but she initially starts to run because papa ge was there when she talked to the gods.
- so she starts on her journey to the Black Mountains where Daniel lives.
Chapter 9
- She has now been on her journey for 2 or 3 days and she ends up in a village.
- she is very hungry but has no money.
- she learned that if you are patient and kind then people would help her by giving her food.
- she also meets an orphan that reminded me of what happened to her when she was rescued from the storm.
Chapter 10
- Desiree finally makes it to the city where all the rich people are.
-- but she is out of place because she has ripped clothing and no shoes so people think that she is crazy.
- she tries to go to the beauxhomme house but is not allowed to enter.
- people were making fun of her that she was a peasant and had no shoes.
- so she ends up trading a fruit for a pair of shoes and a dress because the person she traded with really valued the fruit that she had.
- Desiree starts to run away from her family and go to find Daniel.
- but she initially starts to run because papa ge was there when she talked to the gods.
- so she starts on her journey to the Black Mountains where Daniel lives.
Chapter 9
- She has now been on her journey for 2 or 3 days and she ends up in a village.
- she is very hungry but has no money.
- she learned that if you are patient and kind then people would help her by giving her food.
- she also meets an orphan that reminded me of what happened to her when she was rescued from the storm.
Chapter 10
- Desiree finally makes it to the city where all the rich people are.
-- but she is out of place because she has ripped clothing and no shoes so people think that she is crazy.
- she tries to go to the beauxhomme house but is not allowed to enter.
- people were making fun of her that she was a peasant and had no shoes.
- so she ends up trading a fruit for a pair of shoes and a dress because the person she traded with really valued the fruit that she had.
Friday, April 5, 2019
Chapters 6-7
Chapter 6-
- Dersire wants to leave and go to Daniels house.
- she is determined to do it and knows that he needs her.
- her father Tonton Julian agrees that she needs to follow her heart and go to him even though he is sad about it.
-Mama Euralie strongly disagrees and wants to force her to stay.
Chapter 7-
Mama Euralie wants to consult the gods about Desiree leaving to go find Daniel so they go to them.
- Erzulie who is the god of love says that Desiree does not need to go.
- but agwe says that she must because he has plans for her and demands that she leaves.
- So they start agrueing about this while Desiree sits there and watches.
-Agwe goes on about how he is the greatest god and will kill all if the peasants if he wants to.
-Erzulie yells at him in extreme anger and talks about how selfish he is.
- then Papa Ge shows up and starts talking to Agwe who does not want him there.
- Then Desiree runs away out of fear.
- Dersire wants to leave and go to Daniels house.
- she is determined to do it and knows that he needs her.
- her father Tonton Julian agrees that she needs to follow her heart and go to him even though he is sad about it.
-Mama Euralie strongly disagrees and wants to force her to stay.
Chapter 7-
Mama Euralie wants to consult the gods about Desiree leaving to go find Daniel so they go to them.
- Erzulie who is the god of love says that Desiree does not need to go.
- but agwe says that she must because he has plans for her and demands that she leaves.
- So they start agrueing about this while Desiree sits there and watches.
-Agwe goes on about how he is the greatest god and will kill all if the peasants if he wants to.
-Erzulie yells at him in extreme anger and talks about how selfish he is.
- then Papa Ge shows up and starts talking to Agwe who does not want him there.
- Then Desiree runs away out of fear.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
In Class Writing
If you were to stage this novel as a play how would you costume Desiree to show that she is a member of the peasant village but also an outsider as a dreamer? Would her costume connect with any of the characters?
The costume that I would pick for Desire is a long blue dress. The dress would be run down because she is a peasant. I think that there would be a lot of stiches on the dress because any time it ripped Desire woukd fix it. This shows that she cares about the things that she has and wants to stick out from the rest of the peasants. The dress would be a darker blue but not quite navy. The dress would always be clean once again because she wants to be presentable if somebody from the city were ever to show up. She would not have any makeup because she is very poor and that is probably too expensive for her but she would be prettier than all of the rich women who wear it to show that she stands out from the rest of the people around her. Her hair would be long probably down to the middle of her back maybe a little bit higher. She would not wear any shoes. She would be bare foot throughout the scenes where she is apart of the peasant group. She might carry a hairbrush around as an accessory prop because she would want to keep her hair nice and strait to try and stand out from the other peasant women who's hair might be shorter and curl.
The dress that she wears does connect to one of the characters in the book. The dress would represent her belief and love for Agwe who is the god of the waters in their religion. She has a connection with the water because of what happened to her when she was a young child. This dress would mean a lot to her. The hairbrush would be connected to the rich people in the city. She would want to keep it nice so that she could fit in with the rich people.
The costume that I would pick for Desire is a long blue dress. The dress would be run down because she is a peasant. I think that there would be a lot of stiches on the dress because any time it ripped Desire woukd fix it. This shows that she cares about the things that she has and wants to stick out from the rest of the peasants. The dress would be a darker blue but not quite navy. The dress would always be clean once again because she wants to be presentable if somebody from the city were ever to show up. She would not have any makeup because she is very poor and that is probably too expensive for her but she would be prettier than all of the rich women who wear it to show that she stands out from the rest of the people around her. Her hair would be long probably down to the middle of her back maybe a little bit higher. She would not wear any shoes. She would be bare foot throughout the scenes where she is apart of the peasant group. She might carry a hairbrush around as an accessory prop because she would want to keep her hair nice and strait to try and stand out from the other peasant women who's hair might be shorter and curl.
The dress that she wears does connect to one of the characters in the book. The dress would represent her belief and love for Agwe who is the god of the waters in their religion. She has a connection with the water because of what happened to her when she was a young child. This dress would mean a lot to her. The hairbrush would be connected to the rich people in the city. She would want to keep it nice so that she could fit in with the rich people.
Monday, April 1, 2019
25 Pictures
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Sunday, March 31, 2019
Chapters 3-5 Notes
Chapter 3-
- The chapter begins with Desiree discovering the car accident.
- at first she does not know what it is and she is scared but then she gets excited because its a car.
- she calls for help but people were not around untill later.
- she discovers that it is a man who is hurt badly.
- she really wants to help him.
- then other peasants show up and they help get the man out of the car.
- Desiree convinces the people that the gods sent the man for her to take care of so they have him sleep in Desiree's house.
Chapter 4-
- Julian and M. Bienaime went out of town to try to find out who this man was and to tell his family where he was.
- While they do this Desiree continues to take care of the man.
- she feels this connection to him and even though she does not know his name, she loves him and is very loyal to him when other people tell her that she is dying and that it is not worth it to take care of him.
- then there is a huge storm that takes place.
- the storm last for about 4 or 5 days and it completely wipes out the village.
Chapter 5-
- after the storm is over, there is a helicopter that comes to pick up the man.
- his father comes out and thanks the people for taking care of his son and they leave just like that.
- Desiree is heartbroken by this because she felt a connection to the man.
- the man's name is Daniel Beauxhomme.
- about a week later Julian arrives back at the village.
- The chapter begins with Desiree discovering the car accident.
- at first she does not know what it is and she is scared but then she gets excited because its a car.
- she calls for help but people were not around untill later.
- she discovers that it is a man who is hurt badly.
- she really wants to help him.
- then other peasants show up and they help get the man out of the car.
- Desiree convinces the people that the gods sent the man for her to take care of so they have him sleep in Desiree's house.
Chapter 4-
- Julian and M. Bienaime went out of town to try to find out who this man was and to tell his family where he was.
- While they do this Desiree continues to take care of the man.
- she feels this connection to him and even though she does not know his name, she loves him and is very loyal to him when other people tell her that she is dying and that it is not worth it to take care of him.
- then there is a huge storm that takes place.
- the storm last for about 4 or 5 days and it completely wipes out the village.
Chapter 5-
- after the storm is over, there is a helicopter that comes to pick up the man.
- his father comes out and thanks the people for taking care of his son and they leave just like that.
- Desiree is heartbroken by this because she felt a connection to the man.
- the man's name is Daniel Beauxhomme.
- about a week later Julian arrives back at the village.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Read first two chapters of MLML -- post notes about the setting, characters and plot on your blog
- setting is on sn island where it is separated between the rich and the poor.
- battles between the gods effect the people on the islands.
- the gods used to get along and provide for the people.
- First character named is Monsieur Bienconnu. He is older and telling a story.
- The other characters are Mama Euralie and Julian.
- rain is very important because if there is too little then the drought will continue but too much will wash everything away.
- two gods are Agwe and Asaka.
- peasant girl does a lot of day dreaming.
- rain is very important because if there is too little then the drought will continue but too much will wash everything away.
- two gods are Agwe and Asaka.
- peasant girl does a lot of day dreaming.
Friday, March 8, 2019
Winter Play Review
The title of the play that I watched was the musical Footlose. I saw it on Saturday March 2nd in the Black Box Theatre.
The plot of the play is that there is a teenager named Ren who moved from Chicago to this little town called Boumont. Ren is a rebel type of character and he does not like to follow the rules. One of the things that he loves doing in dancing. It is something that he loves to do. However, one of the laws I the town is that dancing is not allowed because of an accident that happened year ago. The general plot is that Ren comes to this town and revolts against the reverend of the church to allow dancing again. There is a lot of conflict between Ren and the reverend. By the end of the play the law is changed and dancing is allowed again.
The stage was pretty open throughout the play. There were a lot of scenes where at least half of the stage was empty such as in the church scenes, the dinner scenes and the train track scenes. The costumes were pretty good throughout the performance. It was easy to tell that Ren was from a modern area while everyone else looked like they lived in the country side. This was shown through the costumes that the characters wore. The characters that were highlighted as the most important was Ren, Shaw, and Ariel. This was done by them always being in the center of the stage and everybody always talking to them or about these characters. Some characters that were similar to each other were Ren and Ariel because they both want to be adventurous. Two characters that are different are the reverend and Chuck because Chuck is a person who likes to do bad things whereas the Reverend is an upstanding preacher in the church.
My favorite actor was Nan. She was the character of Chuck. She did a great job of being the bad guy in the play. She talked with attitude and her presence was always felt on the stage.
I really enjoyed the play. I felt like it was well put together and all of the performers did a great job. I really liked the group songs and dance and I also liked the one on one character interactions.
The plot of the play is that there is a teenager named Ren who moved from Chicago to this little town called Boumont. Ren is a rebel type of character and he does not like to follow the rules. One of the things that he loves doing in dancing. It is something that he loves to do. However, one of the laws I the town is that dancing is not allowed because of an accident that happened year ago. The general plot is that Ren comes to this town and revolts against the reverend of the church to allow dancing again. There is a lot of conflict between Ren and the reverend. By the end of the play the law is changed and dancing is allowed again.
The stage was pretty open throughout the play. There were a lot of scenes where at least half of the stage was empty such as in the church scenes, the dinner scenes and the train track scenes. The costumes were pretty good throughout the performance. It was easy to tell that Ren was from a modern area while everyone else looked like they lived in the country side. This was shown through the costumes that the characters wore. The characters that were highlighted as the most important was Ren, Shaw, and Ariel. This was done by them always being in the center of the stage and everybody always talking to them or about these characters. Some characters that were similar to each other were Ren and Ariel because they both want to be adventurous. Two characters that are different are the reverend and Chuck because Chuck is a person who likes to do bad things whereas the Reverend is an upstanding preacher in the church.
My favorite actor was Nan. She was the character of Chuck. She did a great job of being the bad guy in the play. She talked with attitude and her presence was always felt on the stage.
I really enjoyed the play. I felt like it was well put together and all of the performers did a great job. I really liked the group songs and dance and I also liked the one on one character interactions.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Oral Presentation rough draft
• Mix of a Wall of Fire Rising and Night Women. Performed in a Black Box.
• These two stories appealed to me because I felt like they were connected to each other. As the reader I assumed that the two stories were connected to each other because after a wall of fire rising, we do not know what happens to the family after Guy dies. All we know is that it is just Lili and Little Guy left to live by themselves. In Night women, the family consists of just the mother and her son who live in poverty. Because of these correlations between the two stories we can assume that Lili is the Night Women and Little Guy is the son.
• A Wall of Fire rising was my favorite story in the book because there was so much going on within the family.
• I felt like I could relate to Guy in the story because he wanted to be something great in his life and he expressed himself wanting to be great with the hot air balloon. He also wants to provide for his family but cant because he is low on the list. Understanding this allowed for me to perform the role of Little Guy better because I wanted to show that Little Guy wanted to provide for his mother and himself the way that his father tried to.
• I also felt like I could relate to Little Guy because he wants to be something great as well.
• Little Guy is in school and he is memorizing his lines throughout the story, so at the end when his father dies, he is able to remember them and says them over his fathers dead body.
• In night women, the mother wants to protect her son from the world and the truth about herself. She is ashamed but she is doing the job because it is the only way to provide for her son. This is an important relationship in the book and in our performance because we mix the two stories together. So the themes that really stood out to us was hopelessness because of what happebed to guy and the importance of the relationships between mother and son as well as father and son.
• There is a good amount of conflict in both Night women and a wall of fire rising internally in each character and also between the characters.
• This was something I felt was important to understand for our performance.
• For our adaptation we mixed the two stories together.
• We assumed that Lili from a Wall of Fire Rising was the prostitute in the story Night Women. We also added guy after he died from jumping out of the hot air balloon, and an angel that advises him throughout the performance. Little Guy is a little older from when his dad died but is still a child.
• We wanted to show the audience what we thought as a group might have happened after Guy died. We wanted to show the struggle that the family faced because he left them without anything.
• We wanted to show the poverty that the family has by laying on an empty mattress or a blanket on the floor. We also did not wear any socks for the same reason.
• We also wanted to show that people can change for the better. This is shown in our performance when Guy at the beginning of the story wants his son to work at the sugar mill, but by the end wants him to stay in school.
• In order for this to happen he speaks with his wife and is constantly advised by the angel to make the right decision.
• I was Little Guy and in my performance I wanted to show him trying to grow up and become responsible because he knows that his family is struggling. I wanted to help my mother especially when I found out that she was a night women. I felt responsible for the family especially since I had to memorize the lines from Boukman. He always said to be strong and independent, and I took that to heart and tried to express that to the Angel and my mother. However, once I knew that my mother really wanted me to go to school and that is why she was a night women, I realized that it was the right thing to stay in school. That was the strong and independent thing to do.
• I felt like I performed okay. There were times where I was not loud enough so it was hard to hear me. I also felt like I was not showing enough emotion in the first couple of scenes with my mother. I think that I did better in the later scenes with my emotions and my voice on stage.
• I think that we could have improved our performance by working more in the interaction between characters. When I watched the video it still seemed a little but boring in my scenes.
• I felt like the execution of our lines and stage directions were successful. I think that we did a great job of knowing where we needed to be on stage.
- Some of the things that made our performance better was the staging and the props that were chosen. The prop that had the most meaning to Little Guy was the book that he carries for school. Not only does it represent his schooling but it represents the hope that Lili has for her son. I think that as the performance went on Little Guy understands the importance of this book and gives it back to his mother after she kills herself.
• I learned a lot throughout this performance. I learned how to memorize a large amount of lines. I also learned how to work in a group to come up with a good idea for a performance. I also learned how to set up a scene and lighting for the performance. Last I learned how important it is to stay relaxed in a performance which is very important to do.
• These two stories appealed to me because I felt like they were connected to each other. As the reader I assumed that the two stories were connected to each other because after a wall of fire rising, we do not know what happens to the family after Guy dies. All we know is that it is just Lili and Little Guy left to live by themselves. In Night women, the family consists of just the mother and her son who live in poverty. Because of these correlations between the two stories we can assume that Lili is the Night Women and Little Guy is the son.
• A Wall of Fire rising was my favorite story in the book because there was so much going on within the family.
• I felt like I could relate to Guy in the story because he wanted to be something great in his life and he expressed himself wanting to be great with the hot air balloon. He also wants to provide for his family but cant because he is low on the list. Understanding this allowed for me to perform the role of Little Guy better because I wanted to show that Little Guy wanted to provide for his mother and himself the way that his father tried to.
• I also felt like I could relate to Little Guy because he wants to be something great as well.
• Little Guy is in school and he is memorizing his lines throughout the story, so at the end when his father dies, he is able to remember them and says them over his fathers dead body.
• In night women, the mother wants to protect her son from the world and the truth about herself. She is ashamed but she is doing the job because it is the only way to provide for her son. This is an important relationship in the book and in our performance because we mix the two stories together. So the themes that really stood out to us was hopelessness because of what happebed to guy and the importance of the relationships between mother and son as well as father and son.
• There is a good amount of conflict in both Night women and a wall of fire rising internally in each character and also between the characters.
• This was something I felt was important to understand for our performance.
• For our adaptation we mixed the two stories together.
• We assumed that Lili from a Wall of Fire Rising was the prostitute in the story Night Women. We also added guy after he died from jumping out of the hot air balloon, and an angel that advises him throughout the performance. Little Guy is a little older from when his dad died but is still a child.
• We wanted to show the audience what we thought as a group might have happened after Guy died. We wanted to show the struggle that the family faced because he left them without anything.
• We wanted to show the poverty that the family has by laying on an empty mattress or a blanket on the floor. We also did not wear any socks for the same reason.
• We also wanted to show that people can change for the better. This is shown in our performance when Guy at the beginning of the story wants his son to work at the sugar mill, but by the end wants him to stay in school.
• In order for this to happen he speaks with his wife and is constantly advised by the angel to make the right decision.
• I was Little Guy and in my performance I wanted to show him trying to grow up and become responsible because he knows that his family is struggling. I wanted to help my mother especially when I found out that she was a night women. I felt responsible for the family especially since I had to memorize the lines from Boukman. He always said to be strong and independent, and I took that to heart and tried to express that to the Angel and my mother. However, once I knew that my mother really wanted me to go to school and that is why she was a night women, I realized that it was the right thing to stay in school. That was the strong and independent thing to do.
• I felt like I performed okay. There were times where I was not loud enough so it was hard to hear me. I also felt like I was not showing enough emotion in the first couple of scenes with my mother. I think that I did better in the later scenes with my emotions and my voice on stage.
• I think that we could have improved our performance by working more in the interaction between characters. When I watched the video it still seemed a little but boring in my scenes.
• I felt like the execution of our lines and stage directions were successful. I think that we did a great job of knowing where we needed to be on stage.
- Some of the things that made our performance better was the staging and the props that were chosen. The prop that had the most meaning to Little Guy was the book that he carries for school. Not only does it represent his schooling but it represents the hope that Lili has for her son. I think that as the performance went on Little Guy understands the importance of this book and gives it back to his mother after she kills herself.
• I learned a lot throughout this performance. I learned how to memorize a large amount of lines. I also learned how to work in a group to come up with a good idea for a performance. I also learned how to set up a scene and lighting for the performance. Last I learned how important it is to stay relaxed in a performance which is very important to do.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
350 Words Performance Reflection
Reflect on your group's performance (strengths, weaknesses, etc.) as well as your individual performance. 350 words
I felt like our group did a great job of performing our scene. I feel like everyone did a great job of memorizing their lines. Everybody did a good job of showing good emotion and knowing where they needed to be on the stage. As I was watching our video one thing that I really liked about our performance was the physical interactions between the characters. This was shown when it was the first scene with Yun and Josh where they were arguing and Yun was poking Josh and Josh hit his hand away. This was incorporated into the performance because we realized that a good way to show a characters emotion was by physical contact. I also did the same thing that Josh did in my first scene with Yun where I was given the two options on if I should work at the sugar mill or go to school. One of the strengths that I felt our group had was chemistry on stage. When we were performing it was easy to show emotions of angry or sad or happy because our group did that naturally. One of the weaknesses that I saw from the video was that in scene 8 with Josh, Yun and I. It was very easy to tell that we were trying not to laugh on the stage. We ended up getting through the scene without messing up but because we had to hold back our laughter, it effected our ability to perform our scene. Also, in scene 10 when Helen dies and I go out and find her, Helen was dead but she was moving in the scene. So Helen was supposed to stab herself and die and I was supposed to replace the knife with a flower and the book that Little Guy had for his schooling. During this transfer I messed up and did not put the book in the right place and because of this Helen moved her hand. I would say that it was my fault that she had to move. I really liked the way our performance of ended where Guy and Lili are reunited back together. I felt like this was the perfect ending to show them back together again because they know that their son is safe. Overall I felt like our group did a great job in our performance.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
300 Words Progress Evaluation
We have made a lot of progress on our performance since our draft before Christmas Break. We have been able to incorporate more emotion into our performance as well as stage directions and additional props to our oringinal setup. We have been mainly working on the dramatic aspect of our performance because of how dry and uneventful our first draft was. So we have been performing each individual scene between the characters in that scene. This has been helpful for us because in our other performance drafts we have seen great improvement in the emotions of everyone in the group. Another thing that we have been working on is our stage directions. It is important to know where to go on the stage when the characters are performing in the scenes. This gives our performance a more realistic feel rather than the characters just standing in place. Another thing that we have been working on is owning our character. This means that we have been working on thinking the way that our characters would think in the book. My character is Little Guy, so I am working on acting more childish in the begining of the scene but then maturing and becoming older in the later scenes. There are some things that we have to working on. One of those things is line memorization. This is very important for our performance to be successful. If everyone knows their lines, then the performance will flow better, but if somebody does not, then there may time in the performance where nobody is saying anything. It is also important to know when to go on and off the stage. The last thing that we need to work on is to remember to have fun and relax on the stage. I perform better when I am not nervous and having fun. These are some of the things that we have been working on and what we need to improve for our final project.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Oral Presentation Outline
Our group adapted A Wall of Fire Rising and Night Women. We decided that the mom in Night Women was Lili from A Wall of Fire Rising. We also decided that the son in Night Women was Little Guy from A Wall of fire rising. We adapted these two performances together because we wanted to show what happened to Lili and Little Guy after Guy commited suicide. Because we wanted to do this the characters in out performance were Guy, Lili, Little Guy and an Angel.
I was Little Guy in the performance. In my prrformance I tried to show that Little Guy wants to become the man of his family. He knows that his mother is struggling and that she needs help making money so he wants to work at the sugar mill instead of going to school. Also, because he has been protected by his mother he believes that his father is still alive. He does not know that he committed suicide for the majority of the performance. Because of this he wants to be like his father.
I was Little Guy in the performance. In my prrformance I tried to show that Little Guy wants to become the man of his family. He knows that his mother is struggling and that she needs help making money so he wants to work at the sugar mill instead of going to school. Also, because he has been protected by his mother he believes that his father is still alive. He does not know that he committed suicide for the majority of the performance. Because of this he wants to be like his father.
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