Sunday, April 26, 2009

Girl with a Pearl Earring by TC #4

5 Comments:
  • Griet was now feelinf more welcoe and comfortable living with the new family.
  • All these other painters were influencing Johannes.
  • Pieter the son can't seem to understand Griet sometimes.
  • Maria Thins was beginning to do favors for Griet.
  • The way she ended hear was like he was doing something to her that she didn't like (reminded me of rape)
  • Pieter was a sick pervert.
  • Griet said no to her master for the first time.

4 Questions:

  • Was Johannes afraid to mention that Griet was helping him?
  • Was Catharina really happy to have Johannes paint Griet?
  • What was going to happen not that Fran's knows about Griet's feelings for her master?
  • Why was Catharina constantly getting pregnant?

3 Words:

  • Curlicues(pg. 164): an ornamental
  • Bravado(pg. 156): a pretentious
  • Querulous(pg. 174): full of complaints

2 Literary Terms:

  • Imagery(pg. 142): " The sea is visible but can never be reached"
  • Simile(pg. 169): "...their grey was ike the inside of an oyster shell"

1 Sentence Summary:

  • Griet sneaks around behing mostly everyone in the household as Johannes paints her, but he then asks her to put on his wife's earrings.

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