Core Literature
1)Please select a book from the following list to read this month:
REQUIRED CORE - Author
A Streetcar Named Desire -Williams
THe Adventures of Huck Finn -Twain
2) Please post the following:
- The book you selected
3) TONE
Use the words below to describe the way a writer conveys attitude (“tone”). Notice that they are grouped to give different degrees of each. Describe the tone citing text to support your claim.
- affectionate, nostalgic
- approving, admiring, worshipping
- candid, direct, incisive, informative
- complicated, pedantic, didactic
- disliking, patronizing, contemptuous, abhorring
- easy, friendly, comic, jovial
- flippant, cynical, sardonic, sarcastic, irreverent
- formal, elevated, grand, lofty
- insolent, antagonistic, hostile, inflammatory
- interested, benevolent, sympathetic, passionate
- objective, indifferent, apathetic
- serious, solemn, elegiac, lugubrious
- subdued, indirect, understated, evasive
- vibrant, dramatic, urgent, forceful
- whimsical, fanciful, effusive
- wistful, regretful, resigned, bitter, grim
6 comments:
I chose the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. Twain uses the voice of Huck Finn as a narrator throughout the book, and shows many attitudes throughout the novel. He shows naivete due to his young age, comedy from his unintentional seriousness, relaxation through Huck's laid back outlook on life, and pureness through his truly good nature and heart.
Jo Jo,
Please give examples of tone by citing examples from your book. You are describing Hucks character, not the tone of the story. Here is one way to look at it- think about a person's tone of voice. It convey many different things. The tone in a story is set by the author's word choice.
Mrs. B
I was attempting to convey that the author (Twain) put his narration voice away and had to become Huck to write the narration, and since this now was in first person as Huck, we read his thoughts and feelings around the situation, as well as the dialogue, making the story the character's tone. But yes, I will cite some examples:
-In this quote, Huck is trying to convince Jim that he'd been dreaming, and that the events he is describing did not really happen (when in truth, they actually did, making the conversation funny). This quote's tone is reprimanding and direct, shown by Huck's assurance to Jim that his lie is correct. :
"It don't make no difference how plain it is; there ain't nothing in it. I know, because I been here all the time."
-This next quote shows Huck's fear from the crazy family feud and relief at finding his good friend Jim again:
"All right- that's mighty good; they won't find me, and they'll think I've been killed, and floated down the river- there's something up there that'll help them think so- so don't you lose no time, Jim, but just shove off for the big water as fast as ever you can."
I too chose Mark Twain’s classic.
I find Huck to be quite an interesting character, as he offers a stark contrast to the intellect of his creator. He is, to borrow some words from the above list, direct, friendly, insolent and comic; the epitome of an unruly schoolboy from days past. This all becomes entirely apparent from Huck’s first interactions with the Widow Douglas, especially his thoughts on Religion:
“After Supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers; and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by-and-by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn’t care no more about him; because I don’t take no stock in dead people” (Huckleberry Finn 2)
A less insolent and direct person might have at least feigned interest a while longer to appease his Guardian, and yet Huck dismisses her words in a most friendly and comical way. There is no thought-process, no questions or research, Huck sees things and decides that that’s the way they are.
I too chose Mark Twain’s classic.
I find Huck to be quite an interesting character, as he offers a stark contrast to the intellect of his creator. He is, to borrow some words from the above list, direct, friendly, insolent and comic; the epitome of an unruly schoolboy from days past. This all becomes entirely apparent from Huck’s first interactions with the Widow Douglas, especially his thoughts on Religion:
“After Supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers; and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by-and-by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn’t care no more about him; because I don’t take no stock in dead people” (Huckleberry Finn 2)
A less insolent and direct person might have at least feigned interest a while longer to appease his Guardian, and yet Huck dismisses her words in a most friendly and comical way. There is no thought-process, no questions or research, Huck sees things and decides that that’s the way they are.
I am reading "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Mrs. Chippman gave me this book as a choice before you posted to pick between the other two)
This book is narrated by Nick Carraway.The tone of this book is conteptuous, judgemental and contradictory.Nick shows contempt for his peers as they are involved in major extravagances and attempt to get away with whatever they can (Daisy actually gets away with murder)and although in the very first sentence he is warned by his father against being judgemental "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I have been turnig over in my mind. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had.'", he spends the rest of the book judging everyone and their actions.He especially thinks that everyone is dishonest and are putting on charades for those around them. "Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."
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