Blog Post no.3

Instructions for Post 3

Before you begin this week's post do the following:

1. Go to your dashboard (click on the blogger icon on the top left of your screen) and add the class blog address: ortellieng2dscss.blogspot.ca to your READING LIST.

HOW TO DO THIS...
While on your dashboard, scroll down to the bottom half where you will see 'READING LIST' Look for the button that says ADD - click on it and follow the instructions (once you have done this, it will be that much easier to access the instructions on the class blog, as you will only need to go to your own dashboard to get to the class blog.)

2. Finish your first two posts.....


BLOG POST 3

Define & Describe

This week you will be defining and describing.

As always, begin your blog post by identifying the novel you are currently reading.  Do this correctly using the MLA format for citations. You can use easybib.com - which is a great tool for creating correct MLA bibliographic entries.  See an example of a properly formatted MLA citation below:

Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay. New York: Scholastic, 2010. Print.

(You may also choose to add a visual for the novel using the 'Add Image' icon found on your NEW POST toolbar. Be sure to include a citation for your borrowed image.)

Remember too that when you include a DIRECT quotation from your novel, be sure to you include an 'in text citation' identifying its source.

For example:
(Collins, Mockingjay 15)


INSTRUCTIONS
This week I want you to write about the theme of justice or revolution as it applies to your novel (the characters and/or the plot). Define the theme as you understand it, then describe how it is presented through your novel (relate your description specifically to character, plot, conflict, setting etc.). Use a direct quotation to help you provide evidence of this. Finish your post by explaining what you believe the character, plot, conflict or setting you selected to describe has TOLD you about your theme.

The following are two student samples of the response: 

http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Catching_Fire

Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic, 2009. Print.

When hearing the word revolution I automatically think of an over rising of the government and that people have been being treated unfairly so things need to change. Revolutions could be as simple as an argument over someone being bullied or could be as devastating as a war, which means serious change must have been in order.

"I'm taken aback by the directness and even the sincerity of this speech. As if his primary concern is the welfare of the citizens of Panem, when nothing could be further from the truth."(Collins, Catching Fire 22.)

This quote is what is starting of the revolution our what exactly is causing the stress in Panem. The president is not at all caring of the citizens and really just want to kill them.

"And if a girl from District Twelve of all places can defy the Capital and walk away unharmed, what is to stop them from doing the same? What is to prevent, say, an uprising?"(Collins, 21)

This quote represents the beginning of the revolution and how one simple act by a strong girl can spark everyone else to get the courage to stand up for what is right.

Blog Post no.3

In The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, justice is one of the main themes in the novel. The story is about a 14- year old girl named Lily Owen's who is growing up in the deep and racist South of the USA in 1964. After her mother dies, her mean and distance father raises her on their family's peach farm with the help of Lily's African American "stand-in" mother Rosaleen. When Lily and Rosaleen run way from her father, they head to Tiburon South Carolina, the last place Lily can connect to her mother. Soon after arriving, Lily and Rosaleen are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters named May June and August. As the story progresses, Lily learns about justice and how her once racist society is about to revolved. Lily changes as she starts to understand what justice really means and how becoming more open minded can not only provoke changes in who you are but can also change a community. The theme justice presents itself in the novel when Lily and Zach ( August's apprentice and Lily's friend) go into town to get a car part for the "Honey Wagon". While in town, Zach's friends and some drunk racists get into a alteration. The men start to call the boys racist names which makes Zach stand up for him and his friends. This leads to the police being called who arrest Zach and his friend's even though they didn't do anything wrong. As it says in the text, " He turned his head and looked at me from the corner of his eye. Then he shrugged his shoulder slightly, and I knew it was over and done. He would never open his mouth. He was trying to say to me, I'm sorry but these are my friends. He chose to stand there and be one of them." ( Monk, Sue. The Secret Life of Bees.United States of America: Viking Penguin: 2002. Print) This shows justice because the rightness of the law and the rightness in morels were not held in this situation.


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