Lit Analysis #2 Fifty Shades Of Grey

You said I could do my Lit Analysis on these books in class! 

1. 
The plot of this book is about a women named Ana who graduates from who is about to graduate college and before she graduates she interviews a rich man named Christian Grey because her room mate was doing a piece for graduation and then from there the whirl wind "romance"started. The man Christian Grey had very traumatic events in his life, such as his birth mom being a drug user leading him into being adopted by the Grey family who were very rich. They helped him become a successful person that he now is in the story. It was hard for him to adjust to his new life and try to stay out of trouble until he met one of his mom's friend and she sort of seduced him and introduced him to a submissive and dominant life style. From there on he finds submissive that will do as he pleases, until he met Ana. Ana doesn't understand his wants and needs but some how still loves him. Together they figure out his problems. 

2.  
The theme of the novel to me is darkness and light. I think there are very dark scenes and feelings in this story, but I also think there are light scenes and feelings in this story. Some examples of dark  feelings  are of the dominant and submissive lifestyle and then some examples of light feelings are of the love that Ana & Christian share. 

3. 
The author's tone in the book is very risqué, some people might even call it "porn" in a book. But really yes their is sexual scences but it's about the love they conquer together. For example when they first met in Christian Greg's office, the author shows so much of Anastasia Steele's emotions. Or when Christian comes to get anastasia when she is drunk. Or lastly when they make love for the first time. All of these examples have a tone of risqué and is definetely a romantic love story book. 

4. 

1.) Theme: love can conquer anything is the theme because throughout the whole book they conquer some major events and things and they still love each other. 

2.) Bildungsroman: How Ana changes into a more confident person and how Christian changes his ways. Also how Christian's story gets told within the story. 

3.) Protagonist: Ana, she is the one we get to know way more about then Christian. 

4.) Dialogue: the dialogue in this book has straight dialogue but it also gets come across through emails 

5.) Hyperbole: pg. 358 "his eyes widen with surprise, and I see a glimmer of

Excitement." 

6.) irony: in the beginning of the story Christian told Ana that he doesn't do the romantic stuff but he definetely does takin her out on helicopter rides and such. 

7.) Onemotopia: pg. 358 "ta-da! He says playfully" 

8.) utopia: a utopia to Christian is definitely the "red room of pain"

9.) tragedy: what Christian had to go through when he was little. His birth mom was a "crack whore" and he starved some days. He was then adopted by the rich Grey family, but he was then taken advantage of from his neighbor. 

10.) Point of view: narrator- Anastasia Steele 

CHARACTERIZATION 
1. 

Two examples of direct characterization in the book is when Ana and Christian are first describes they are described on what they are wearing and what they see on the outside. Two examples of indirect characterization is one the way Christian feels towards Ana, you sort have to figure out yourself of he is has feelings for Ana or if she is just another dominant. Another indirect characterization is how their personalities play out and what they do for them toward the end of the story. At the beginning Ana isuch shy and toward the end she becomes confident in herself and Christian. 
2. 
I think yes the author's syntax and diction does change when focusing on different characters because whenever talking about Christian its more dark and moody while talking about other characters such as

Ana more light. 

3. 
I believe Anastasia Steele, or Ana is a very dynamic and round character. She develops through the story figuring out who she is and who Christian is. She reveals her feelings and thoughts with every word written.Ana from the beginning was very shy and not confident and then toward the end of the book she is the opposite, she will speak up for her self and is confident in her self.

4. 
I don't think I've met anyone like Christian Grey because I think this character is too dominant and I've never met anyone like that. I do think I've met someone like Anastasia Steele because we all sort of innocent until life and different obstacles hit us. I relate to Ana because she sort of is questioning everything and I do that a lot. Reading through her thoughts make it so I'm in her shoes trying to figure out if what I am doing is right for me.

Brave New World Notes (Foreword-Chapter 4)

-Utopia does not mean perfect world 

-Dystopia: literally "nowhere" coined by Thomas More 

-Foreword was interesting because the essay was made to make us really think about the time it was written and how similar it is right now. 

-Writing about imagination is some point not a bad place. 

-Chapter 1 has no sympathy 

-Restatement is important in Chapter 1 

-Influence of science at the beginning 

-Tone: cold & detached & boring & like textbook written 

-The feeling of the first chapter is to get us to keep reading because it was boring 

-Reification: every culture does this, ex-love & god

-Maturity in the book is weird, children are playing sex games?! 

-Maturity comes with age and then maturity is forced upon them. 

-Took away personal feelings, factory made, proto types, creating "people" that are more disireable. 

-Specific set of rules 

-Vision of Utopia is all up to you

the love of learning can inspire a vision of the future

So I finally watched the videos of Isaac Asimov on Bill Moyers World of Ideas and man it was interesting to hear about what Asimov had to say about his love for learning. The love of learning can inspire a vision of the future like Asimov has a love for learning about things he wants to know about because I know when I learn, I'm not interested in what I'm being taught unless I really enjoy or fascinated by the subject. I think he is right about computers and the internet because it is like a personal tutor rather than a threat to learning because we have everything at literally the tip of our fingers if we wanted to know about something. I know that the internet and computers have changed a lot for our world and it will continue to change because we just get to learn so much more. 

Lit Terms #6

simile: a figure of speech comparing two essentially unlike things through the use of a specific word of comparison. 
soliloquy: an extended speech, usually in a drama, delivered by a character alone on stage. 
spiritual: a folk song, usually on a religious theme.
speaker: a narrator, the one speaking stereotype: cliche, a simplified, standardized conception with a special meaning and appeal for members of a group; a formula story. 
stream of consciousness: the style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character's thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories, and mental images, as the character experiences them.
structure: the planned framework of a literary selection; its apparent organization. 
style: the manner of putting thoughts into words; a characteristic way of writing or speaking.
subordination: the couching of less important ideas in less important structures of language. 
surrealism: a style in literature and painting that stresses the subconscious of the non-rational aspects of man's existence characterized by the juxtaposition of the bizarre and the banal.
suspension of disbelief: suspend not believing in order to enjoy it.
symbol: something which stands for something else, yet has a meaning of its own.
synesthesia: the use of one sense to convey the experience of another sense. 
synecdoche: another form of name changing, in which a part stands for the whole. 
syntax: the arrangement and grammatical relations of words in a sentence
theme: main idea of the story; its message(s). 
thesis: a proposition for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved of disapproved; the main idea 
tone: the devices used to create the mood and atmosphere of a literally work; the author's perceived point of view. 
tongue in cheek: a type of humor in which the speaker feigns seriousness; aka "dry" or "dead pan." 
tragedy: in literature any composition with a comber theme carried to a disastrous conclusion; a fatal event; protagonist usually is heroic but tragically (fatally) flawed. 
understatement: opposite of hyperbole; saying less than you mean for emphasis
vernacular: everyday speech 
voice: The textual features, such as diction and sentence structures, that  convey a writer's or speaker's persona. 
zeitgeist: the feeling of a particular era in history. 

Aldous Huxley

“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.” 
― Aldous Huxley

This quote spoke out to me when I was researching for something to read about Huxley. I believe this quote has so much meaning to it because of all the what ifs in this world. Or are we all just trying to manage to get through life through each struggle that gets thrown at us?  Or does that make our life? I might be getting off topic of what his quote actually meant, but that is why it spoke to me while reading it. I go through so many subjects trying to figure out the meaning of life or the meaning of why we are here or the meaning of blank. Aldous Huxley seems like a smart person, hopefully reading "Brave New World" will do the exact same for me, like this certain quote I read now.

Lit Terms #5

parallelism: the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way
Ex- I sometimes use parallelism in my writing. 
parody: an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

Ex- the movie is a parody of the horror genre

pathos: a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
Ex-the actor injects his customary humor and pathos into the role.
personification: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Ex-the design on the franc shows Marianne, the personification of the French republic
pedantry: excessive concern with minor details and rules.

Ex-to object to this is not mere pedantry. 

plot: a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.

Ex-there's a plot to overthrow the government.

poignant: evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
Ex-a poignant reminder of the passing of time.
point of view: a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
Ex-I'm trying to get Matthew to change his point of view. 
postmodernism: a late-20th-century style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism that represents a departure from modernism and has at its heart a general distrust of grand theories and ideologies as well as a problematical relationship with any notion of “art.”\
Ex- We learned about postmodernism junior year English. 
prose: written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

Ex- a short story in prose.

protagonist: the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
Ex- The protagonist in stories is almost always the good guy. 
pun: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

Ex- The pigs were a squeal (if you'll forgive the pun).

purpose: the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.

Ex- the purpose of the meeting is to appoint a trustee. 

realism: the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.

Ex- the summit was marked by a new mood of realism. 

refrain: stop oneself from doing something.

Ex- She refrained from comment. 

requiem: an act or token of remembrance
Ex- he designed the epic as a requiem for his wife. 
resolution: a firm decision to do or not to do something.

Ex- she kept her resolution not to see Anne any more. 

restatement: The revision and publication of one or more of a company's previous financial statements. 
Ex- A restatement is necessary when it is determined that a previous statement contains a material inaccuracy.
rhetoric: language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.

Ex-all we have from the opposition is empty rhetoric. 

rhetorical question: A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point, rather than to elicit an answer.
Ex- I ask rhetorical questions in my essays all the time. 
rising action: In the rising action, a series of related incidents builds toward the point of greatest interest. 
Ex-The rising action of a story is the series of events that begin immediately after the exposition (introduction) of the story and builds up to the climax.
romanticism: the state or quality of being romantic.

Ex- a quality of romanticism about women that leads to the creation of a pipe-dream fantasy.

satire: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Ex- a stinging satire on American politics. 
scansion: the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm.
Ex- Scansion is the rhythm of a line of verse.
setting: the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

Ex- cozy waterfront cottage in a peaceful country setting. 

"all science begins as science fiction"

Lit Terms #4

Interior Monologue: Also known as inner voice, internal speech, or verbal stream of consciousness is thinking in words.
Ex- I wrote an interior monologue for my drama class. 
Inversion: something inverted, esp a reversal of order, mutual functions
Ex- an inversion of their previous relationship
Juxtaposition: an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
Ex-The drama of the juxtaposition was lost in the shuffle.
Lyric: pertaining to or writing lyric poetry
Ex- a lyric poetic
Magic(al)Realism: a style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner.
Ex-Much of your work has aspects of magical realism,even surrealism.
The editors of the book have not succumbed to the current mania for metonymy  that has infected some recent art picture books.
Metaphor (extended, controlling, & mixed): A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
Ex-Her metaphor implied that astronomers were mightily confused about how the universe had formed
Metonymy: a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as“scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for“strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for“count people.”.
Modernism: modern character, tendencies, or values;adherence to or sympathy with what is modern
Ex- I remember learning about modernism junior year. 
Monologue: a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo,or the like by a single speaker.
Ex-a comedian's monologue.
Mood: a state or quality of feeling at a particular time.
Ex-What's the boss' mood today?
Motif:a dominant idea or feature
Ex-The profit motif of free enterprise.
Myth: stories or matter of this kind
Ex-realm of myth.
Narrative: the art, technique, or process of narrating or of telling a story:
Ex-Somerset Maugham was a master of narrative.
Narrator: a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc. 
Ex-The narrator of the story is sometimes the person that the story is happening to. 
Naturalism:a manner or technique of treating subjectmatter that presents, through volume of detail,a deterministic view of human life and actions.
Ex-

Quine, starts from a theory known as scientific naturalism.
Novelette/novella: a brief a novel  or long short story.
Ex-I like to read novellas.
Omniscient point of view: third person
Ex- I sometimes like to talk in omniscient point of view. 
Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk,or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
Ex- I like onomatopoeia. 
Oxymoron: a figure of speech by which a locution produces anincongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect,as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”
Ex- 
This proves to me that the buzz term of "a jobless recovery" is an oxymoron.
Pacing: a rate of movement, especially in stepping,walking, etc.:
Ex-to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hou
parable: a short allegorical story designed to illustrate orteach some truth, religious principle, or morallesson
Ex- 
The first he illustrates with a true story, which might be called the parable of the pheasant.
Paradox: a self-contradictory and false proposition.
Ex- Halpern is attuned to the paradox of treating memory,a basic aspect of the self, as a biological puzzle