8/20

1. Culture is how a society works and what makes it unique.
2. The places, people, and resources surrounding them.
3. I think that it is taught as you grow older. You could grow up in any culture and live by that because that is what you were raised with.

8/17

Facts:
1. The stool seats are green.
2. The boy's shirt is yellow.
3. The man working is smoking.
Claims:
1. The police officer is scolding the boy.
2. The food at the diner is good.
3. The man working at the counter is mean.
Analytical Claim:
The police officer and diner employee aren't taking the boy seriously. They think it is all innocent.

The Pearl- 2

Juana seems to be the only one who believes that the pearl is evil. And that forshadows that it will bring misfortunes later on. Juana seems like a very wise woman, so if anyone would notice the evil in the pearl, it would be her. And she is right. Someone breaks into their house to try to steal the pearl. That is when the audience really believes that the pearl is evil and will cause more harm later on in the story.

I thought that all the misfortunes caused by the pearl were to be expected. The forshadowing in this story made it very easy to predict that there would be more bad things that would happen to Kino, Juana, and Coyotito. The author's plotline seemed pretty basic to me.

The Pearl- 1

I thought it was interesting that the doctor was so stuck up. It was kind of cruel that he just said no to helping a very sick baby. He just comes across as a really self-centered person. He acts like he's too good to be helping Kino and his wife, Juana. It's kind of sad knowing that there's not much that they can do if the doctor won't help them.

I noticed that the author first describes the pearl as having a "ghostly gleam". This is basically forshadowing that this pearl with be significant in the story. It's pointing out something that sets it apart from the rest.

Pygmalion- 2

I think it's interesting how Higgins treats his job. He almost treats it as a game. Eliza is like an experiment of his. Especially when he brings her to meet people and observes how they react to her. They definately don't think that she is a poor flower girl with terrible speech. I also think it's funny how he reacts when he actually has to socialize with people. It's a bit awkward. He's just so used to observing it, and he's not really a people person to begin with.

I think that the ending of the play was a little sudden. All of the problems just seemed to fix themselves very fast. But maybe it just felt that way because it was a play and it's not written like a novel. There's not much description about what's going on aroung them.

Pygmalion- 1

I like how we really don't learn the identities of most of the characters until later on in the play. We don't learn Eliza's name for a little while, and we don't learn the identities of the mother and daughter until later on in the story as well. I also think it is strange how rude Professor Higgins is. He is just plain rude to almost everyone, except for Pickering (usually). But I guess it makes him a more interesting character because of that. It makes him more unpredictable, which is amusing.

I thought it was an interesting choice by George Bernard Shaw to write out Eliza's speech in the beginning exactly how she was pronouncing it. It was sort of a pain to read, but I guess he does that to emphasize just how bad her speech and grammer was. You can definately tell the difference by later on in the play.