Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Girl with a Pearl Earring by TC #2

5 Comments:
  • Griet always mentioned the man as he... does not know his name.
  • That was rude... She disses her own sister just because she was with Maertge.
  • Her Agnes died... That was karma for turning her sister back the day she saw her.
  • He was planning on painting a picture of Griet.
  • Tanneke was mad because he was painting a picture of Griet.

4 Questions:

  • Was she ashamed when she saw her sister when she wasn't alone?
  • Was Griet beginning to fall for the painter or the butcher's son?
  • How did Griet feel when she found out her sister Agnes had died?
  • What does the painter want from the apothecary?

3 Words:

  • Subdued(pg. 48): to conquer and bring into subjection
  • Camera Obscura(pg. 56): a darkened boxlike device in which images of external objects
  • Pheasant (pg. 79): any of numerous large

2 Literary Terms:

  • Simile (pg. 58): "When he smiled his face was like an open window"
  • Personification (pg. 89): "Warm days rasied hopes until ice and grey skies shut over the town again"

1 Sentence Summary:

  • Griet becomes a different person as she spends more time with her new family, and her life begins to change.

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