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5 Comments:
- Overall the movie skipped some on the key important parts that the book had mentioned.
- Sometimes, the events did not happen in the exact same order.
- Some of the characters weren't described in the same detail.
- The ending was confusing because Griet looked the same and you couldn't tell that she was older.
- Tanneke didn't seems as mean as she was in the book.
4 Questions:
- Why did they eliminate key parts?
- What could they have done to improve the ending?
- Why was Cornelia such a brat?
- Was Johannes having micxed feelings about Griet?
6 Film Terms:
- Long shot - when Tanneke shows her the studio
- Over the shoulder - when Griet is cleaning windows and Johannes is by the door lookin [in darkness]
- Midshot - Griet & Johannes are at the window look at the clouds.
- Long shot & Zoom - When Griet is being painted with earring, just like the picture
- Establishing shot - when she left the house because Catharina had found out about her sneaking around
- Bird's Eye - gets to the center of town and has to decide where to go
1 Sentence Review:
- Overall, I think the movie was okay, it could have been better if only it inquired the main points and theme of the story.
5 Comments:
- I Can't stand Van Ruijven.
- Johannes didn't want to say anything to help Griet.
- I think Griet made the correct choice in marrying Pieter.
- After all those years Cornelia and her mother dipised Griet.
- Griet kept the 5 coins because she still had love for Johannes.
- It's about time Griet slapped Cornelia**Met her with a slap and left her with a slap**
4 Questions:
- Deos van Ruijven want to cause trouble?
- What was missing from the painting?
- What was so special about the pearl earring that Griet noticed?
- Where did Greit decide to go?
- Did Johannes committ suicide?
3 Words:
- Placate(pg.197): to appease or pacify
- Cumbersome(pg. 200): burdensome
- Tavern(pg 229): a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
2 Literary Terms:
- Flashback(pg. 232): "I reached over and slapped her"
- Symbolism(pg. 233): " I would hide them somewhere that Pieter nd my sons would not look, some unexpected place that only I knew of. I would never spend them."
1 Sentence Summary:
Griet is caught in the act, runs away.. 10 years later she starts a new life and it is finished when Catharina gives her the pearl earrings.
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.
5 Comments:
- Maria Thins now knows what Griet was up to, and she does not mind.
- Griet's parents like Pieter and want him to marry her.
- Maertge was 18 years old and the oldest sister.
- Tanneke acts this way towards Griet because Williem beat his sister Catharina.
- Catharina was very conscious of herself.
4 Questions:
- What does the painter want from the apothecary?
- Was the painter aware of the situation he was putting Griet into?
- Is Johannes going to paint Griet and get her pregnant for him?
- Why is Tanneke jealous of Griet?
3 Words:
- ocher(pg. 95): any of a class of natural earths
- winced(pg. 137): to draw back or tense the body
2 Literary Terms:
- Man Vs. Man Conflict(pg. 109): "So this is what you've been up to, eh, girl?"
- Simile(pg. 141): "Maertge was a little like my sister, Agnes, had been lively"
1 Sentence Summary:
- Griet becomes more closer in contact with the painter as she run errands and grinds things for him.
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.
5 Comments:
- The woman that came to the house was pregnant.
- Griet's father had lost his eye sight because his kiln exploded.
- The father could tell that the man was good, based on his paintings.
- Griet has still not seen the man of the house.
- She went to her family's butcher at first.
4 Questions:
- Why does the mistress treat her so badly and making her sleep in the dark basement?
- Was she going to start buying the meat from her family's butcher?
- Why did Griet hide when the father came out of the house?
- Why did Griet's father only smile when she mentioned light?
3 Words:
- Flagon(pg. 3): a large bottle for wine
- Stuivers(pg. 9): a former nickel coin of the Netherlands
- Chemises(pg. 24): a woman's loose-fitting
2 Literary Terms:
- Simile(pg. 3): "A woman's bright as polished brass, and a man's low and dark like he wood of the table"
- Motif(pg. 3): Pearls
1 Sentence Summary:
- Griet gets to know this new rich family, in which she is the new maid, order to help make money for her family.
5 Comments:
- Beatty came back to help Montag
- Even though Montag didnt bring books back to the town, he brought it so that he could use it.
- Now it isn't good to write books and have them be about women.
- It shows how even in the future there will be discrimination against women
4 Questions:
- So Beatty jus ratted out Montag because it was his job?
- What was he going to do now living, somewhat lonely?
- Was it bad to write about women?
3 Words:
- Prefaces (pg. 169): A preliminary statement or essay
- Tiffin (pg 170): to eat lunch
- umpires (pg. 179): A person appointed to rule on plays
2 Literary Terms:
- Simile (pg. 170): "the stacks like a chimpanzee"
- Personification (pg. 1750: "... my mountain of mail delivered"
1 Sentence Summary:
- Montag had to do what he had to do
Griet is caught in the act, runs away.. 10 years later she starts a new life and it is finished when Catharina gives her the pearl earrings.