Friday, March 9, 2007

Active Reading--- Week 1 Magical Realism

Magical Realism Chp. 1-6
Chp.1
* Gypsies bring him technology and new inventions that lead people to question what kind of life they are really leading in Macondo.
* Jugglars with six arms on their body
* A trained monkey who read minds and can tell people stuff they want to know. There isno way that you can train a monkey to do this kind of stuff for people or for himself.
* A hen who an lay 100 eggs at one time and make them gold for you. I never even though that golden eggs really existed in the world so this got to be the most made up thing ever.

Chp.2
* Prudencia Aguilar is the ghost that returns and hunts the family repeatedly until they leave.
* The pig tail begin on the cousin.

Chp.3
* Plague of Insomnia

Chp.4
* Pietro Crespi because he's said to be a fairy by the way that he acts and looks.

Chp.5
* The way that JAB learns to speak Latin so fast and the way that they keep him tied to a tree.

1 comment:

mbrown8625 said...

I am absolutely impressed, Andrea. Your blog is creative, well organized, and detailed. I also like the humor you include ("go to hell, friend" as something you'd include in your everday speech). Great explanation for quotes and theme.

Your Grade: A