Journal+Entry+Prompts_SuAhnChoi


 * Journal Entry Prompt Ch.4 #1

Topic: What does Ulysses look like and act like?**

I believe that Ulysses would have looked like an about fifty-year old grandfather with beard. I think Ulysses would have acted like a patient grandfather waiting for questions to be solved since he was famous for being smart and intelligent. In a comparison, I would compare Ulysses to Sherlock Holmes both in appearance and their behaviors. I believe that Ulysses would have been very wrinkly with black hair and small eyes. However, I also believe that he would have been very intelligent-looking and actually very generous to his people. Although he might have been quiet a bragger, I think he was a great leader, or a king of Ithaca.


 * Journal Prompt Ch.5 #2

Topic: Why did Ulysses' men betray him and open the bag of winds from Aeolus? What happened to those men?**

Ulysses’ men betrayed their general and opened the bag of winds from Aeolus because they were blind about the treasures. They assumed that the bag from Aeolus would be full of golds and jewels. So, they tried to steal them from Ulysses because they thought it was unfair for Ulysses to have all the treasures himself.

When those men cut the bag with their knife, the north wind, south wind, and the east wind came out. These winds were so powerful and mighty that they pushed one of those cruel men into the water. The winds have shown the result of betrayal to those men of Ulysses.


 * Journal Prompt Ch.6 #3

Topic: What would it be like to live on Cannibal Beach? What problems would it create to have a quicker cycle of day and night? How do you think this kept Ulysses from discovering what the trees were?**

It would be very scary and perilous to live on Cannibal Beach. I would be hiding among the rocks or plants to keep myself safe from the man-eating ogres. It would be more difficult to find food and drink if there was a quicker cycle of day and night. However, it would also be benefit to me because more darkness during the morning and afternoons would mean that other won't notice my location. I think the quicker cycle of day and night kept Ulysses from discovering what the trees were because he could not see the cloth on giant's leg in darkness. This will both result as benefit and detriments for me to survive on Cannibal Beach.


 * Journal Prompt Ch.9 #4

Topic: In Chap. 9,The Wandering Rocks, Ulysses has to decide what to do for himself. All of the advice that he has been given turns out to be useless. What does he decide to do? Have you ever been in a situation that required you to make an important decision on you own? How did you decide what to do?**

In chapter nine, Ulysses decided to ignore all of the advice that he has been given. He assumed that since the ghosts loved to trick the human-beings, they made up the whole predictions. However, later on, he changes his mind and listen to all of the advice that he has been given because he finds out that wandering rocks do exist and the predictions seemed to be true. I have been in a situation that required you to make an important decision myself few months ago. I had to choose either two of my best friends or one another friend. I chose two of my best friends and the other was very mad at me. She still blames me fore not being on her side. I regret sometimes, but it was easier for me to choose two of my best friends. They were my closest and they were two friends while their opposition was a single friend who was not as close as others were. It was very important to decide because whom I choose meant who I would accept as my best friends. I believe that Ulysses regretted after deciding not to listen to the advice.

Topic: Ulysses has gone through much physical and mental hardship. Through all of this he has been determined to return to Itacha. What people and/or places in your life would you be willing to ﬁght as hard as Ulysses to get to/see. Explain your answer.**
 * Journal Entry #5

I would be willing to fight as hard as Ulysses to get to my own family: my father, mother, and sister. Although they are sometimes meddlesome and annoying, they support me as hard as I can. Also, they are blood-related with me, so they seem to be most important and significant.


 * Crispin Question #1 Ch.8**

Question: Father Quinel reveals three things in chapter 8. What are they? What does he promise to reveal later?

Answer: Father Quinel reveals three things in chapter 8. One of them is that Asta's son's real name is "Crispin." Another was that Asta, Crispin's mother, could actually read and write. The last surprise was that Lord Furnival is ill after the war had ended. Father Quinel promised Crispin, Asta's son, to reveal some secrets about his father and their connection.

Use your literature book to look up the following literary terms.**
 * November 27th, 2009

1. Character is a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work. Characters can be classified as flat characters, characters who are one-sided, and round characters, which are characters with multiple viewpoints. Characters can be classified in another way, in which there are dynamic characters, ones with changes in processes, and static characters who do not change.

2. Conﬂict is a struggle between opposing forces, also the most important elements of stories. Conflict are the causes of the actions and problems.

-Internal conflicts are ones that take place in the minds of the characters.

-External conflicts are conflicts in which characters struggle against outside forces.

3. Foreshadowing is the use of clues to suggest events that might happen later on. Foreshadows or predictions are usually created with help of narrators' comments.

4. Mood is a feeling created in the reader, and by the author. While reading, the reader can have different types of atmosphere around them.

5. Protagonist is the main character of a story or novel.

6. Antagonist is a character opposing against the protagonist or the main character.

7. Setting is the time and place of the action of the story or novel. These time and place are usually very specific. For example, the setting of a story can be at February seventeenth of 1997, 10:49 a.m at Universal Studio, Hong Kong.

8. Symbol is anything that represents something else. Symbols are used to represent many different objects, situations, or events. For example, a red cross stands for RCY and hospitals.

9. Theme is a central message or the moral of the literary work. It may be stated directly or indirectly by the author. Usually, readers would have to read carefully to find out the message of the theme of the story.


 * Cripsin ch.10 literary terms**

Characters: Crispin (Protagonist), John Aycliffe, Cerdic, six men (Antagonist) Conflict: Crispin is trapped by John Aycliffe and Cerdic (external) Crispin is still not knowing whether to trust Cerdic or not (internal) Foreshadowing: Probably, Crispin will run away into the forest without notice and be safe for a while. Mood: Chapter ten made the readers feel afraid and scared. Setting: Medieval Times; in the woods and roads Symbol: glaives=death or end of life (of Crispin); boundary: freedom; cross: pope or church Theme: Do not believe anyone but whom you can trust for sake of your life.

Characters: Crispin, steward (Aycliffe), Father Quinel, steward's man Setting: the mill & the woods Protagonist: Crispin Antagonist: Aycliffe and the men; difficult environment with lack of food and needs Theme: One can survive in such a misery. Conflict: Internal: God betrayed me - Crispin External: John Aycliffe is up about killing me - Crispin Foreshadowing: Probably, Crispin will get caught since he had said that God had totally betrayed him. Mood: I feel sad and bad for Father Quinel and Crispin. Also, I feel afraid that the steward is going to catch Crsipin, Asta's son. Symbol: Father Quinel's death: bad situation or bad future for Crispin
 * Literary Terms for ch.11**

Characters: Crispin Setting: the forest Protagonist: Crispin Antagonist: John Aycliffe Theme: One can still survive in a miserable situation. Symbol: owl-devil's bird silence - misfortune or in a position of being spied cross - church or God Conflict: Internal: whether Father Quinel had died because of his help or the secrets he knew about Asta's family - Crispin External: suffering in the woods trying not be detected by John Aycliffe - Crispin Foreshadowing: I predict that Crispin will get caught soon since some of the matter like owl and death of Father Quinel represent bad fortune. Mood: The chapter created a feeling of misery and scariness for me, the reader.
 * Literary Terms for Ch.12**

Answer: Crispin encounters Father Quinel dead shortly after fleeing the village. When he detects this, Crispin or Asta's on becomes very frightened and start feeling sorry for Father Quinel. He believes that Father Quinel had died either because of him or the secrets Father had known.
 * Question**: Crispin encounters two dead men shortly after fleeing the village. How does each affect him?