Literary Analysis #3

1. Edna is in the cottages of Madame Lebrun  in Grand Isle with her two sons and her husband. Edna is friends with Adele who helps her open her eyes to some emotions and desires that she didn't even know she had. Then Edna meets Madame Lebrun's eldest son, Robert Lebrun; who has the reputation of choosing one women who most of the times is married and attends her. Robert and Edna start off as friends but then begin to have feelings for eachother and in the end Robert leaves to keep himself from making a mistake with a married women. Then Edna returns to New Orleans but different and her husband is worried so asks for guidance from their family physician, Doctor Mandelet. He suspects that Edna might have had an affair but doesn't say anything and tells Leonce (Edna's husband) to let this phase run its course. Edna then moves by herself and then cheats on her husband  with a man named Alcee Arobin but since she is still in love with Robert she only uses Alcee for her sexual needs. Edna meets a women named Mademoiselle Reisz her encourages her art and is a  pianist. Mademoiselle Reisz is the only one to know of Robert and encourages Edna to act upon her feelings. Robert goes to New Orleans and tells her what he feels but tells her that they cant be together. she tries to convince him, but he doesn't want to enter an adulterous affair. Adele has a difficult childbirth and Edna goes and speaks to her and Adele reminds her of her children and so does Doctor Mamdelet. So she starts thinking that she was acting selfishly. Robert leaves her unable to do such a relationship, then Edna moves to Grand Isle. She ends up killing herself in the sea.
2.  I felt the theme of this book is to always follow your heart rather than what society wants you to do, but from the beginning.
3. The author's tone is considerate and understanding of a women who has been blind to what she wanted for herself and what other people wanted for her. Even though the author knows that this will cause some suffering, so maybe even a little apologetic.

• “The years that are gone seem like dreams—if one might go on sleeping and dreaming—but to wake up and find—oh! well! Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life.”  
• “The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.”  
• “She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.” 

4. Foreshadowing: Robert was known to choose one women, often a married one and attend her. 

Personification: “The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.” 

Metaphor : “Goodbye -- Because I love you.” IF you truly love something let it free if it comes back its your if it doesn't it never was.

Simile: “She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.” 

 Imagery : “She turned her face seaward to gather in an impression of space and solitude, which the vast expanse of water, meeting and melting with the moonlit sky, conveyed to her excited fancy. As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself.” 

Diction:  “A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her,—the light which, showing the way, forbids it.” - The way she said " forbids" in the end in really bringing out how women are oppressed.

Gradation: “He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.” 

Hyperbole: “I love you, only you; no one but you. It was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream.” 

Symbolism: That could be the sea in which Edna learned hoe to swim with Robert it could be refer back to the first time where she felt free.

Incongruous: “Who can tell what metals the gods use in forging the subtle bond which we call sympathy, which we might as well call love.” 

Poetry Comparison

Poetry isn't done the same way nor do they have to have similar ideas, but it's funny to see how similar poems can be to each other when you analyze them. For example the poem that my group analyzed was "Everything is Going to be Alright"- by Derek Mahon, but when we were going over what we  wanted to do our essays on and we decided on "Where the Sidewalk Ends"- by Shel Silverstein. If you would have noticed the titles seem like total polar opposites, one is talking about continuing no matter what while the other one sounds like there is going to be an end of the road. These two poems have a lot of things in common like the message they are trying to get through to people, and the desire for something better and perseverance.
I feel that Mahon's poem had the message or idea of what his poem was going to be about in the title while in the second poem you actually have to go out of your way and try to look for what the author means by "Where the Sidewalk Ends". At first I thought that the poem had something to do with death but it wasn't until I broke down the poem that I started to realize some similarities. They are both positive even though I still feel that the second one is talking about death. I feel both of these are motivating and reassuring because of the author's tone and when they use lines like,"and the far cities are beautiful and bright" which is from, "Everything is Going to be Alright" and "And there the sun burns crimson bright" from "Where the Sidewalk Ends". Like I mentioned before I feel like its motivating the reader to try to go further or at least to notice the beauty in our surroundings.  In hope of taking as much as you  can get out of life.
Although I'm not saying that they're trying to give you the same message. The messages might be positive and relatively close but I feel like "Where the Sidewalk Ends" talks more about how you should enjoy the present as much as you can get because we are all going to die at a point but me will only be able to take with us our memories and what we learned to the grave. That's why I feel like the author mentioned youth in the end because usually those are the most memorable, fun, or happiest times of someones life.

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT - REMIX

http://lillyananavarrete.blogspot.com/2014/12/poem-remix.html?m=1

Group members: Lilly Navarrete, Naiomi Desai, Antonia Arredondo, and me.

Intro to Poetry

Everything is Going to be Alright
by Derek Mahon

1.  The title foreshadows what's going to happen in the poem and after you read the poem you realize that the title is the theme of the poem.
2. The tone of the poem is hopeful, inspiring, and encouraging.
3. the poem made me feel hopeful, motivated, and assured.
4.  There is 3 shifts I believe it begins calm and joyful then shifts to the dark or sad moments of life, but then goes back to saying that it shouldn't prevent you form continuing because everything is going to be alright in the end. My group also looked in deeper on a certain line which was," I lie here in a riot of sunlight", because we felt that there was a shift within that sentence because it used the word riot (usually used for bad or chaotic occasions) and used it the context to explain a great amount rather than chaos, so then adding sunlight to it, it shifted it from negative to positive, so I thought it was very clever of the author to use those words.
5. The theme of the poem was that no matter how bad things may be things will always turn out okay in the end, so just continue and try to focus on the beauty of life rather than the bad.

A Quote from Hamlet Essay

Polonius is not one of the most reliable of characters within the play, but he did give pretty good advice to his son before leaving to France, which would be "To thine own self be true" meaning, always be true to yourself. I feel it would've done a greater effect on his son if he would've been a better role model and instead of always just speaking and giving advice to others, he should've actually taken his own advice. Polonius says this quote in Act 1 Scene 3 and tries to guide his children with his fatherly wisdom although coming from Polonius its hard to believe that he is advising his children to be true to themselves when he can't even do that.
I feel Shakespeare took advantage of having the family setting to leave the impression of a loving and caring family. Which is something great to included in a play because like how we mentioned today in class, throughout the play it has only been a slow rising action building up for the climactic end. I feel showing the caring and loving, brother a sister relationship between Laertes and Ophelia builds more of a sentiment into the scene in which Laertes finds out his sister is dead. Yet throughout the conversation you get to know a little bit more about the characters and how they feel for each-other, for example how Polonius is trying to tell his children to be careful and what to avoid, but like a said before, it brings Polonius into question about his own character.
I feel that for the most part Laertes does stay true to himself  within the play because even though he was being maneuvered by King Claudius he did it because he thought it was the right thing to do, to avenge his father just like how Hamlet was planning to do, and in the end Laertes did realized his mistakes and decided to no longer kill Hamlet. I feel that to be yourself is a lot harder than what it sounds because it is true that a lot of things intervene and cause you to mess up and start doubting or questioning yourself, so I feel that throughout this play a lot of characters went through that especially Hamlet. This quote served as a reminder because even if things happen in the end, if you remember this quote you will do what you think is best, so what is right to you even if it might not be right to someone else.

Chespirito A Mexicacan Icon

On November 28, 2014 one of Mexico's most comedic icons passed away. He was able to bring families together with his jokes and skits. I know he was a big part of my life and was able to give me family memories that I still cherish 'til today. It makes me a little sad to have to say that we are at a huge lose without this man, because he came into this life and set off to be a comedian with a clean comedy style and he didn't just succeed but was able to become very near and dear to our hearts. He was a  screenwriter, actor, comedian, film director, television director, playwright, songwriter, and author. He was most commonly known for his 2 most famous characters "El Chavo del 8" and " El Chapulin Colorado". This man did great things in his life and I am thankful to have been able to witness them. I wanted to thank him for all the things he did, especially for my family and me, which is why I'm doing this post. I wish him all the luck in the world where ever he may go and may he rest in peace. Thank you.

      

HAMLET (THE MADMAN?)

 There is more depth in Hamlet than to just assume that he is a madman. I madman be definition is a man who is mentally ill, and Hamlet doesn't seem lost enough to be considered ill. Now I'm not saying that ill  means that you lose your mental capacity I would say that at a certain point you do but lets take as an example a mad scientist. A mad scientist is crazy enough to think of something unnatural or supernatural like bringing someone back to life. See madmen can still have capacity to make their goals come true, but I feel that they think of themselves of having no limitations, and that's totally different to Hamlet he is a very intelligent and calculative person  enough to make anybody second guess themselves about their idea of him.
I t does take King Claudius a while to realize that Hamlet poses an actual threat, because in the beginning he wouldn't have thought Hamlet was capable of doing anything against him. Hamlet was very calculative in the beginning of the play and very sane. A madman in my perception wouldn't have been able to sustain such a persona they might still be intelligent but they might have not been able to hide their feelings as well as Hamlet. I feel a madman would be even weaker when talking to the person they love unable to hide their true feelings well enough to actually make it believable. Like how Hamlet made Ophelia believe that he no longer loved her even though he did. Ophelia was brought into a depression because she was fooled by Hamlet's measured and knowledgeable responses.
I feel that the reason for some to view Hamlet as a madman would be because we aren't to his mental capacity for example Galileo who at his time was the only one to believe that the earth revolved around the sun instead of the sun around earth. He at his time was also believed to be a madman because what he believed seemed ludicrous to those around him even though we know now that he was right. That's why I feel that if a certain group or a majority isn't able to completely understand something or someone we would set them off as weird or mad.

Act III & The Performative Utterance

• A successful learner takes new information and acknowledges it and isn't afraid to change their mind.
• Hamlet knows what to do but isn't able to do it.
• Perlocutionary: of or relating to an act (as of persuading, frightening, or annoying) performed by a speaker upon a listener by means of an utterance.
• Polonius is a character of words and King Claudius is a character of action.
• Hamlet is shifting his anger from King Claudius and Queen Gertrude to himself, because he is unable to do his duty.
• Queen Gertrude's punishment would come form her own conscience. 
•  Hamlet's uncertainty to kill Claudius was forgotten after he killed Polonius.
• Killing someone in mid-prayer would automatically send them to hell.

Act III Notes

• King Claudius and Polonius send Ophelia to try to get information from Hamlet, after Rosencrantz and Guildenstern  report to them that Hamlet seemed ok to them.
• Hamlet said that he used to love Ophelia
• Hamlet says "To Be or Not to Be"
• After hearing Hamlet and Ophelia's conversation King Claudius decides that Hamlet is a danger to him and decides to send him away.
• Ophelia is a little dumbfounded after their conversation.
• Hamlet tells Horatio about to pay attention to King Claudius and Queen Gertrude and he informs Horatio of King Claudius killing King Hamlet.
• King Claudius admits to his son.
• Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius even though he had a chance but accidentally kills Polonius instead.
• Why did Claudius have to die rather than King Claudius? Does Hamlet have any hiden feeling about the death of Polonius?

To Be Or Not To Be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMDNenV_MRE&feature=youtu.be

Literary Analysis #2

1) It begins with the only surviving sister reflecting on the past because there is an interviewer asking her questions of their life. Through  the book the sisters continue to tell the story of how they were able to get rid of their corrupt government system, and adding their own perspective. Patria, Dede, Minerva, and Maria Teresa (Mate)went to a Catholic all girls school, but Minerva was the one who became the first political because she met a girl named Sinita who apparently had lost a lot of her loved ones because of the Dominican dictator Trujillo. Since then Minerva began fighting against injustice and became the face of the revolution. The youngest daughter entered the cause after seeing her future husband. Then Patria entered after experiencing something horrific and decided to fight for her brothers and sisters( the people). Dede mostly maintained her distance because her husband Jaimito wouldn't let her join her sisters. Eventually they get caught so Minerva, Manolo ( her husband), Mate, Pedrito (Patria's husband), and Leandro (Mate's husband) all go to jail. The girls are there for about 9 months but come out changed.The sister's continue to visit their husbands in jail and after a visit they are ambushed and killed. Dede remains and takes care of their kids.

2) I would say that the theme was to just stand up for whats right to the bitter end, even if your a woman because they are a lot stronger than what they seem, especially if they are as courageous and intelligent as Minerva. There is something else that can be a theme for  example throughout the book people would think of Trujillo as a God, even though he was an abusive, corrupt, and perverted man.

3)  The author seem to speak of the girls as an admirer of their actions yet a little sad for how they are going to end up.

•  "Voz del pueblo, voz del cielo." - means "Voice of the people, voice of heaven" 
• "And that's how I got free. I don't mean just going to sleepaway school on a train with a trunkful of new things. I mean in my head after I got to Inmaculada and met Sinita and saw what happened to Lina and realized that I'd just left a small cage to go into a bigger one, the size of our whole country."
• "A chill goes through her, for she feels it in her bones, the future is now beginning. By the time it is over, it will be the past, and she doesn't want to be the only one left to tell their story."

4)  1. Foreshadowing: In the beginning the father said that, Dede will bury them "in silk and pearls". pg. 8
2.  Symbolism: The mariposas were the symbols of the revolution and freedom.
3. Diction: It used spanish words also to draw in more of their actual culture, and to remind the reader of the setting.
4. Bandwagon: Minerva was a very persuasive activist and was able to get most of her sister to help in the cause against Trujillo, especially Maria Theresa.
5. Flashback: Dede is the one in present time since she is the only one that survived so she flashes back to the point where the whole story began and that's how the story begins.
6. Imagery: Minerva was really good at describing how things trully were in the government and was able to open peoples eyes to Trujillo's corruption.
7. Syntax: I really liked how the author did the structure of this book it isn't like other books but the way that its structured gives you hints of how the book is going to end but you don't truly know so the curiosity gets to you.
8. Allusion: "Las Mariposas" was an allusion to the Mirabal sisters.
9. Degradation: " If they had only known how frail was their iron-will heroine. How much it took to put on that hardest of all performances, being my old self again."
10. Hyperbole: "That room was silent with the fury of avenging angels sharpening their radiance before they strike."

Characterization:
1. 2 examples of direct characterization would be like, " I guess after three months of addressing him, I was sure I’d feel a certain kinship with the stocky, overdressed man before me." and,"There were hundreds of us, the women all together, in white dresses like we were his brides, with white gloves and any kind of hat we wanted"
2 examples of indirect characterization would be like, "I opened a cage to set a half-grown doe free. I even gave her a slap to get her going. But she wouldn't budge! She was used to her little pen. I kept slapping her, harder each time, until she started whimpering like a scared child. I was the one hurting her, insisting she be free. Silly bunny, I thought. You’re nothing at all like me." and “I’d sooner jump out that window than be forced to do something against my honor.”
2. His diction does change for example since Maria Theresa is speaking his words embody the voice of a 7 year old little girl because it wouldn't make sense if she sounded really sophisticated it wouldn't make sense, so he makes her vocabulary sound like a little girls. His syntax usually starts from the beginning then goes back to a certain point then works its way up, he breaks it up into like three sections and does the same for all three sections.
3. The real protagonist of this story I would have to say is Minerva and I would say she is a dynamic round character because you do get to see her grow as a person but so do her ideas so does her understanding of the world, and near the end of the book she's even questioning herself and her own strength, yet has enough to continue going because she knows that she's gone too far and she's going to finish it, even if its the last thing she does.
4.  I feel like a read a character, I wish I could meet a person as brave as this but it seems to me that these type of great people only are in books even if they are in history books. Its just hard for me to believe that there is people like this, yet I know that there is people like this. It's just that I guess I've never met one so it's hard for me to believe in a person so great as this.

LITERARY FICTION & EMPATHY

After reading the article I was a little surprised that reading literary fiction could have benefits like gaining emotional intelligence and social perception. I always thought that reading in general would have the same educational benefits, but it does make sense to me after reading the article how literary fiction can help people perform better.” Literary fiction often leaves more to the imagination, encouraging readers to make inferences about characters and be sensitive to emotional nuance and complexity.” Hamlet's first soliloquy would be a great example of that because if I were to imagine myself in the same position as him, I would have been angry at my mother, so when I was reading it I thought of him as angry, furious and even betrayed. His father had just died and with her marrying within a month, it made it seem like his death and their marriage had meant nothing to her.

HAMLET ACT I SCENE II

• Claudius begins as appearing sorry and mournful for his brother's death.
• Yet says that we should not forget about ourselves and continue our lives but to keep him in our memories .
• He mentions how the kingdom has been brought together do to him marrying his sister in law.
• He tries to get everybody to unite against a common enemy, young Fortinbras.
• Claudius gives priority to Laertes and allows him to go to France to study,but denies Hamlet that right; instead he tell's him it's best if he stays there.
• Hamlet's first line,"[Aside] A little more than kin, and less than kind."
• Claudius tells Hamlet that it is very "sweet" and " commendable that he is still mourning his father but it is "unmanly grief", and that he should get over it. (as nicely as possible)
• After everyone leaves Hamlet unleashes his true feelings toward his mother and uncles's wedding. He accuses his mother of not mourning enough and from going from one bed to the other, because it was only a month after his father's death that she decided to marry again. He feels very upset and angry.
• Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo enter and tell him that they saw a ghost that appeared to be his father.
• Hamlet interrogates them of what they saw and easily believes them. He decides to go tomorrow in hope of seeing the ghost.

HAMLET ACT I SCENE I

• The scene begins with Francisco at his post  he is replaced by Bernardo.
• Bernardo and Marcellus say that they've seen a ghost, but Horatio doesn't believe them until he witnesses it himself. 
• The ghost appears,  Horatio questions it but doesn't answer him then disappears.
• The three men realized that the ghost appeared to be the late king. 
• The ghost appears again and seems like he's going to speak but the cock crows and he vanishes again.
• The men decide that they will bring this up with prince Hamlet.

Vocabulary #6

abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
* I dislike to cause abase on others, it doesn't make me feel any better, so I don't see the reason for it.
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
* King Hamlet didn't abdicate his position, because it was taken from him.
abomination - noun an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust
*I would consider a mutation between a fly and a mosquito and abomination.
brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
* When I am agitated I have a tendency to be brusque.
saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
* My brother was the saboteur because he helped prank the teacher, which ended up with a bucket on her head.
debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
* A debauchery would be like the teen parties that we see in the movies.
proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
* The radish seeds that we did an experiment on proliferated faster than what I expected.
anachronism - noun an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
* An anachronism would be like a caveman in modern time.
nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
* Nomenclature would be like naming the animals in a food web.
expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
* Sometimes people have to edit their personal essays because they are expurgate.
bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
* The bellicose students were ready to show their karate teacher that they have improved.
gauche - adj. lacking social polish
* Someone who doesn't know manners is considered gauche.
rapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
*Lions are rapacious since they kill other animals in order to live.
paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
* Paradox is a contradicting statement like, bittersweet and wise fool.
conundrum - noun a difficult problem
* I would consider, not being able to make a decision on what you want to study a conundrum.
anomaly - noun (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun); a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
* For a moment I wanted to study the anomaly of planets I even bought a telescope.
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
* I ask myself why there is so many flies if they are supposed to be ephemeral.
rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
* Rancorous is very similar to despising the difference is that one has accumulated hatred.
churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
* I find it hard to be around people who are churlish.
precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep;done with very great haste and without due deliberation
* Running up a precipitous mountain is such a hassle, I am surprised that people don't fall off of it. 

Transmedia Remix/Composition

 "Better is a rotten apple kept out of the batch than one that rots the rest." 

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 The apprentice did get fired for stealing so I asked myself what brought him to the point of doing that. How is it that that he became that way enough to lead him to a gambling addiction. He lost everything to someone who was like himself. Chaucer wants us to look deeper into the story so we can know the reason for it. What basic need did he not receive because he doesn't seem to have good morals.I feel that we all do have a good side and a bad one, but we are able to identify ourselves by the choices we make, but all of us make bad choices once in a while which makes us human and in this case fish ( basic human needs make us equal). The last picture is manly to just bring the main point back which was that we are different to a certain point and can be totally contradictory to who we think we are and who we truly are, until we peel back the layers.
I chose the video because while i was looking for pictures this video popped up and after watching it I thought it went well with what Chaucer was trying to represent.

Transmedia Draft

 

      

I would like to start it with the apprentice and his reasons for being fired and even though he was supposed to be an apprentice he neglected his duties and even stole from his boss, which is why I put the second picture also to explain that Chaucer wants us to look deeper into the story so we can know the reason for it. The fish can be interpreted in many ways but I feel that we all do have a good side and a bad one, but we are able to identify ourselves by the choices we make, but all of us make bad choices once in a while which makes us human and this case fish ( basic human needs make us equal). The last picture is manly to just bring the main point back which was that we are different to a certain point and can be totally contradictory to who we think we are and who we truly are, until we peel back the layers.

CANTERBURY OUTLINE

THE POINT OF CANTERBURY TALES IS...

Chaucer's Canterbury tales are used to bring many different aspects to a character which may represent vices and virtues of human nature. It shows the underlying layers of people and yet how similar they can be because of their basic human needs.

GREEN EGGS & HAMLET

 a) What do you know about Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"?
 Honestly I don't know anything about Hamlet other than the very famous phrase," to be or not to be."

b) What do you know about Shakespeare? 
 I know  Shakespeare was a poet. playwright and actor. His early works consisted of comedies. which practically means that characters didn't die. Then he began writing tragedies after having certain hardships in his life. I don't remember exactly what they were,but that's basically what I remember.

c) Why do so many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare"?
 Well I don't know why other people frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare" but I frown because it's  hard for me to understand him sometimes.

d) What can we do to make studying this play an amazing experience we'll never forget?
 I think this lesson can become more memorable if we were to do videos on sections of the story or actually act out the play, because it would make it fun and entertaining.

Vocabulary #5

shenanigans- noun secret or dishonest activity or maneuvering; silly or high-spirited behavior; mischief

ricochet - noun a glancing rebound; verb spring back; spring away from an impact
schism - noun division of a group into opposing factions; the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
eschew - verb avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
plethora - noun extreme excess
ebullient - adj. joyously unrestrained
garrulous - adj. full of trivial conversation
harangue - noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion; verb deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
interdependence - noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
capricious - adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; changeable
loquacious - adj. full of trivial conversation
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
inchoate - adj. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
juxtapose - verb place side by side
perspicacious - adj. acutely insightful and wise; mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
codswallop - noun nonsensical talk or writing

mungo- noun cloth made from recycled woven or felted material

sesquipedalian- adj. (of a word) polysyllabic; long; characterized by long words; long-winded

wonky - adj. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; turned or twisted toward one side
diphthong - noun a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

TALE OF A CANTERBURY TALE

The Cook's Tale: Prologue

The Cook was pleased by Reeves tale. Then said that the miller got what he deserved and quotes Solomon's works to back up his opinion that its dangerous to let someone stay in your home. The host refers to the Cook as Roger and tells him to make the story good so it can be entertaining.  I think the host tells the Cook not to get offended  by his playful critics, yet there might be some underlying truth. The Cook then tells the Host that the story will be about a hosteler (someone that lodges guests ).

The Cook's Tale:

An apprentice with the name of Perkin Reveler  was learning victuals (food) trade. He was brown, happy and a dancer. At every wedding he would sing and dance. He would also drink beer than work in the shop. If there was a festival he wouldn't leave until he saw everything and was able to dance himself. Then he would meet up with people and gamble . Then his boss /master noticed that he had been stealing money to use in parties, women, and gambling. So his master/ boss decided to relieve the apprentice of his agreement, and sent him off with a "Good riddance!" Since the apprentice wasn't able to steal anymore he had no money and lost his things to someone like him; whom happened to have a wife that was only for appearances. 

1) Perkin Reveler, the apprentice is the main character. 

• "Blithely he'd cavort Like a finch in the wood"
•  "He loved the tavern better than the shop"
•  "And he was free In what he spent--his master easily Had learnt this in the shop, for that is where He often found his box completely bare."
•    "  "A rotten apple's better thrown away Before it spoils the barrel." "
•   "He sent his bed and clothes without delay To a compeer, a chap of his own sort Who loved to dice, to revel and disport"

 These indirect characterizations give you the idea of how the apprentice was and his morals. He took on life with ease and with no concern for others only for himself, and how he could have a good time without having to lift a finger 

2)Chaucer's purpose for this story was to make people aware that nothing in life is free and if you are cheating through life by living off of others; then life is going to get you back and sometimes it'll give you a taste of your own medicine.