Kamis, 19 Juni 2008

Death in The wood by Sherwood Anderson (1879-1941)


1. The character of the story is about woman whose name is Mrs. Grimes. She always accompanied by her dogs. She sells some eggs or even beg in grocer and some shops to get some supplies that she will bring to their house. I like the character in this story, it teaches us that we must survival in our life whatever happen, we don’t give up to our life we should struggle.
2. The story taken place in a town of the Middle West. I like this setting, it easy to understand.
3. The story tells us about a good things. As a human we don’t give up when we get a problem, we must survival in our life.
4. The story is reasonable and the style of the story is story communicative figurative, it is using many figurative language to show the message.
5. The important event in this story is when Mrs. Grimes’s death. According the narrator, when she died, her face buried by the snow but she looked like a beautiful young girl. She did not look old. She was lying frozen in the snow. It show to us that someone with her kindliness will always remember by the other; although, she was died

Worn Path by Eudora Welty


1. The main character of this story is phoenix Jackson : an old black woman, she is poor, humorous, brave, disoriented, and seems to be pitiful person. I like the character in this story. As an aging black woman he want that African and Americans and must conquer these unjust obstacles in order to complete the path to racial equality.
2. The story takes setting in early morning in the country outside Natchez, December. I like this setting.
3. the story tells us about Equality of human right.
4. symbolism; the most obvious symbol in the story is phoenix Jackson’s comparison to the mythological bird, the phoenix,
5. the important event in the story is at the climax of the story that is, Elisa begin to give up to her goal and ideas to be free from man dominating in the society

The Egg by Sherwood Anderson


1. The main character of this story is the narrator (son). From the story he presents, we know that is a gloomy man who always sees the darker side in life. He blames on his childhood days spent on the chicken farm instead of happy, joyful days of life. I like character in this story, he tried to show how struggle in our life.

2. This story takes place from a chicken farm in the country to restaurant across the railroad station in Bid well Ohio. Both settings reflect the same internal of the characters; the son is not happy on the chicken farm; the family decides to move because they are unsuccessful, a gloomy looking place in the restaurant.

3. This short story “The egg” illustrates the harsh realities of life. The father who cannot reach succeed because of his internal ambition. His family’s life is compared to the egg which cannot stand up without breaking its shell.

4. The style if the story is Personification, many words which are liked with a human life.

5. The important event from this story is when the father who becomes momentarily insane. He is getting mad, comes to his wife and son, and then cries. It is show how the struggle in the life

Chrysanthemums by Jhon Steinbeck


1. The main character in the story is Elisa Allen who loves planting Chrysanthemums in his garden. She is brave woman he tried to struggling the women Right in America at the time. I like that.

2. The story takes place in Salinas Valley in California. I like this setting, it can develop our mind.

3. the story tells about how Allen tried to struggling the women’s Right and she wants it is same with the condition of men in this story. It is show us how we can see the women’s Right in our life.

4. The style of this story are Personification

5. The important event from this story is at the end of this story. Elisa begins give up on her goal and ideas to be free from men dominating in the society. She has believed that there is someone out there who knows her ability but in contrast, this stranger also becomes the one who make her realize that she cannot break dominance of men in her life.

the swimmer by Jhon Cheever


1. The characters in the story; Shirley Adams is Neddy’ s former mistress. When Neddy arrive at her home, she is shocked by his presence and warns him that she will not him any money. She is with a younger man. I don’t like character in this story, because it doesn’t develop, it is monotone character.

2. The story takes place in the affluent suburbs of Westechester County, New York, and focuses on Neddy Merril, who sespite being Middle-aged, wants to retain his youth and believes that he is vibrant individual. I don’t like setting in this story, although it just use one setting, I feel confuse after read it.

3. I just get a little point from this story, example; as human we don’t life alone without help another ones.

4. Style; Allegory, the swimmer is often considered an allegory about decline, the aging process, and the life cycle. An Allegory is symbolic representation through character or events of truths or generalization of human existence. In allegory people, places, and events often have more than one meaning-that is, they can stand more than one thing

A good man is hard to fimd

1. The character in this story (grandmother) is represented a person who retained her Christian value system and resented changes in morality. I like the character of the grandmother, it is a good character; although, she must died cause that.
2. The story happen in or taken place in Florida. I like this setting; although, it does not develop our mind, but it is easy to understood.
3. Yes it does, the story tells about a good things, that is tells about the religious values. For example; through the character of grandmother author suggested that a person’s high religious values can lead her too feel superior and have misjudgment about good and evil.
4. Yes it is, the story are reasonable and the story’s style is communicative of figurative, it is many use figurative language to explain something important to the reader, like a oral message and etc.
5. I think the important event happen in this story is when the grandmother tries to flatter two men who kill her that he was a good man and that Jesus would help him. In this part contain religious values, when she will died she still remembering someone to remember of God

Jumat, 30 Mei 2008

A good man is hard to fimd

1. the main character of the story I think not good, and I don't like her because she was selfish. She didn't want to accept someone's opinion. I can write this because when they argued about the house they wanted to visit, she didn't want to accept Bailey's idea to not go to the house.
2. I think the story happened in the way of their trip to Florida. I don't relly like the setting because I think the author didn't describe the situation in the story.
3. In my opinion this story tells me a good thing, I can find it when the grandmother realized that she was wrong because of she upsetted her valise. And we should control our temptation.
4. today there is no impossible thing in the world, so everything can be happened included the story of A good Man is hard to find. this story used any kinds of figurative language, such as : Simile,"whose face as broad and innocent as a cabbage".
5. The important event that I find when I read the summary of that story is when they got accident because the grandmother's cat sprang up and clang to Bailey's neck, Bailey couldn't control the car, so they got accodent. It is the important event, actually we aren't allowed to argue when we are driving because we can't control our temptation and it will influence our mind in driving a car.