5/4/3/2/1 NOTES #5
5) *Mai's mom is a very devoted catholic. She became a catholic in a French boarding school.
*Mai's mom says that her in America everything changes at a point that everything turns all the way around of what we are used to see and feel. She says in page number 60 " In Vietnam, the saying used to be 'parents point, children sit.' In this country, it's become 'Children point, parents sit.' "
*Mai's mom says in her letter that it was because of her long, long ears that she was first tugged from her mother's womb.
*Mai also says that college is the "American equivalent of the Shaolin Temple and the bo tree and the emperor's court and other, similar nonsense." Pg. number 53
*Baba Quan is described as a "not big man, and although he could look delicate and slender like an impeccable specimen of driftwood, it would be more accurate to compare him to a bamboo.
4) *Why does our narrator tell us her mom's religion?
*Why does the narrator tell us about Baba Quan's features and character until now?
*Why is Baba Quan very a religious character?
*What does Baba Quan mean when he says " the farther we wander from the earth and water of the burial ground, the weaker our ties to our ancestors become" on page number 59?
3) *Burial: interment.
*Bulge: protuberance.
*Reassure: encourage.
*Sleek: glossy.
2) *Simile: " and slender like an impeccable specimen of driftwood." Page number 59.
*Hyperbole: "it can get so cold that dragons have to blow fire into the sun so hard their scales drop off." Page number 48.
1) In this chapter number 6, a little of background and exposition is shown with the exposition of Baba Quan' features and character. Also, we discovered that Mai's mom is a devoted catholic because of the school she went to, and her more of the story of her ears.
Monday, April 27, 2009
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 4
5) *The only reason why Mai wanted to leave was because she wanted to attend to college as she says in one of her quotes in page number 32. "I tricked her into believing the reason I wanted to leave was to attend to college, not to flee from a phantom world that could no longer offer comfort or sanctuary."
*Mai is the kind of person who does not believed in the spiritual world. As she clarifies in page number 46 " If I were the kind of person who believed in the spirit world, I would describe the feeling as that of someone who had come upon the presence of an enormous ghost."
*Mai has found a letter that her mom had hidden for a long time. In this letter her mom clarifies how she got her ears to be like they are, deformed.
*Mai's mom says that she inherited her grandmother's ears from a strange ritual they used to do when Mai's mom was little.
*Besides, in this letter Mai's mom declares that she is very worried about what Mai does and wants because she is the most important part of her life.
4) *Why is the story of her ears involved in the situation?
*When did they start to talk about their ears?
*What does Baba Quan have to do with all these story of the ears?
3) *Stupor: state of unconsciousness.
*Tassel: decoration.
*Pummel: punch.
*Monsoon: torrential rain.
2) Hyperbole: "it can get so cold that their breath does acrobatics in the air just to keep warm."
*Personification: "its muscular letters, erect and vertical, marched across."
1) At this point of the book, we have been shown that Mai, which for the first time was name-mentioned, is completely the opposite of her mother. First because Mai is not a spiritual girl at all, meaning that she doesn't have the same believes of her mother. Secondly because Mai does not want to stay in the same situation as her mother, Mai wants to go to college and become something else. Also, in this part of the book the story of the deformed ears is presented to the reader and we now know that is inherited from generation to generation. Since the strange rituals from a long time ago.
5) *The only reason why Mai wanted to leave was because she wanted to attend to college as she says in one of her quotes in page number 32. "I tricked her into believing the reason I wanted to leave was to attend to college, not to flee from a phantom world that could no longer offer comfort or sanctuary."
*Mai is the kind of person who does not believed in the spiritual world. As she clarifies in page number 46 " If I were the kind of person who believed in the spirit world, I would describe the feeling as that of someone who had come upon the presence of an enormous ghost."
*Mai has found a letter that her mom had hidden for a long time. In this letter her mom clarifies how she got her ears to be like they are, deformed.
*Mai's mom says that she inherited her grandmother's ears from a strange ritual they used to do when Mai's mom was little.
*Besides, in this letter Mai's mom declares that she is very worried about what Mai does and wants because she is the most important part of her life.
4) *Why is the story of her ears involved in the situation?
*When did they start to talk about their ears?
*What does Baba Quan have to do with all these story of the ears?
3) *Stupor: state of unconsciousness.
*Tassel: decoration.
*Pummel: punch.
*Monsoon: torrential rain.
2) Hyperbole: "it can get so cold that their breath does acrobatics in the air just to keep warm."
*Personification: "its muscular letters, erect and vertical, marched across."
1) At this point of the book, we have been shown that Mai, which for the first time was name-mentioned, is completely the opposite of her mother. First because Mai is not a spiritual girl at all, meaning that she doesn't have the same believes of her mother. Secondly because Mai does not want to stay in the same situation as her mother, Mai wants to go to college and become something else. Also, in this part of the book the story of the deformed ears is presented to the reader and we now know that is inherited from generation to generation. Since the strange rituals from a long time ago.
5/4/3/2/1 Notes # 3
5) *The narrator was told that she would just stay temporarily with Colonel Michael McMahon and her Aunt Mary and she would return to Vietnam when the communist offensive was pushed back.
*A few months before she came to the United States of America, the war ended in Vietnam but our character never went back to her loved country.
*The narrator stayed separated from her mother for six months because mom was trying to convince Baba Quan, her father, to come to the United States, nevertheless as we know old people always want to stay where they are and die in the same place.
*Apparently, her mother has had issues with the Americans because in one quote she says " you have to stand up to the Americans if you want anything in this country". This means that perhaps in someway she has confronted conflicts in this country already.
*According to her father, "one wrong move" was what decided or conduced the course on one's life. It is something like "think before you leap" meaning.
4) * Who is Ho Minh?
*What type of war was going on in Vietnam by that period time?
*Why did the family never return to Vietnam?
*Who governed the United States by that time?
3) *Impend: be about to happen.
*Hex: curse.
*Prowl: hang around.
*Plaster: make public.
2) *Simile: " his beard, my father described, silver and majestic like a thunderbolt in a dark night.
*Vocabulary word: in page number 20, there is a word from our vocabulary book. The word is "ominous."
1) in this part of the book, we see that the narrator has told us the story of how and why she came to the United States. She has also showed us the reason her mom gave her so she would come to the country. Her mom told her that after the war was done they would go back to their home country. Nevertheless the war ended and they never went back to Vietnam.
5) *The narrator was told that she would just stay temporarily with Colonel Michael McMahon and her Aunt Mary and she would return to Vietnam when the communist offensive was pushed back.
*A few months before she came to the United States of America, the war ended in Vietnam but our character never went back to her loved country.
*The narrator stayed separated from her mother for six months because mom was trying to convince Baba Quan, her father, to come to the United States, nevertheless as we know old people always want to stay where they are and die in the same place.
*Apparently, her mother has had issues with the Americans because in one quote she says " you have to stand up to the Americans if you want anything in this country". This means that perhaps in someway she has confronted conflicts in this country already.
*According to her father, "one wrong move" was what decided or conduced the course on one's life. It is something like "think before you leap" meaning.
4) * Who is Ho Minh?
*What type of war was going on in Vietnam by that period time?
*Why did the family never return to Vietnam?
*Who governed the United States by that time?
3) *Impend: be about to happen.
*Hex: curse.
*Prowl: hang around.
*Plaster: make public.
2) *Simile: " his beard, my father described, silver and majestic like a thunderbolt in a dark night.
*Vocabulary word: in page number 20, there is a word from our vocabulary book. The word is "ominous."
1) in this part of the book, we see that the narrator has told us the story of how and why she came to the United States. She has also showed us the reason her mom gave her so she would come to the country. Her mom told her that after the war was done they would go back to their home country. Nevertheless the war ended and they never went back to Vietnam.
Monday, April 13, 2009
5/4/3/2/1 Notes #2
5) * The characters, the protagonist and Bobbie are heading to Canada in order to call Baba Quan and tell him that Mama is sick.
*Background: in 1975 thousands of Indochinese began settling in Virginia. They came to the country as refuges from the Vietnam War.
*Their mission in Canada was to phone the post office from Vietnam and have the Baba Quan located, and tell him that his daughter was in the hospital with a blood clot in her brain.
*Apparently, Baba Quan had never assumed his role as father or had never gotten his fatherhood as the writer says in the quote" He would assume a new form and step into the ways of fatherhood."
*Our main character is heading to college and needs her grandfather to come to America to take care of her daughter in order for her to can go to college.
4) *Why do they have to travel all the way to Canada to call Baba Quan?
*How did the Indochinese refugees come to America?
*Who else lives with the character and her mom?
*How old is the character? Because they are driving.
3) *Cozy: pleasant.
*Tug: jerk.
*Jiggle: waggle.
*Gust: blast of air.
2) *Personification: " But the vast vacant sky was shrinking fast." The author has given the sky characteristics of living organisms.
*Allusion: in page number 21, the author makes reference of a major league baseball team, The Orioles.
1) At this point, our characters are heading towards Canada to call her grandfather and tell him that Mom is in the hospital with a blood clot in her brain so he could now " assume a new form and step into the ways of fatherhood" the author says in page number 17. Also, now we now what the real purpose of this trip is for; she wants Baba Quan to come to America so she can go to college while he takes care of her sick mom at home.
5) * The characters, the protagonist and Bobbie are heading to Canada in order to call Baba Quan and tell him that Mama is sick.
*Background: in 1975 thousands of Indochinese began settling in Virginia. They came to the country as refuges from the Vietnam War.
*Their mission in Canada was to phone the post office from Vietnam and have the Baba Quan located, and tell him that his daughter was in the hospital with a blood clot in her brain.
*Apparently, Baba Quan had never assumed his role as father or had never gotten his fatherhood as the writer says in the quote" He would assume a new form and step into the ways of fatherhood."
*Our main character is heading to college and needs her grandfather to come to America to take care of her daughter in order for her to can go to college.
4) *Why do they have to travel all the way to Canada to call Baba Quan?
*How did the Indochinese refugees come to America?
*Who else lives with the character and her mom?
*How old is the character? Because they are driving.
3) *Cozy: pleasant.
*Tug: jerk.
*Jiggle: waggle.
*Gust: blast of air.
2) *Personification: " But the vast vacant sky was shrinking fast." The author has given the sky characteristics of living organisms.
*Allusion: in page number 21, the author makes reference of a major league baseball team, The Orioles.
1) At this point, our characters are heading towards Canada to call her grandfather and tell him that Mom is in the hospital with a blood clot in her brain so he could now " assume a new form and step into the ways of fatherhood" the author says in page number 17. Also, now we now what the real purpose of this trip is for; she wants Baba Quan to come to America so she can go to college while he takes care of her sick mom at home.
Monday, March 30, 2009
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 1 Monkey Bridge
5) *Setting: the story is happening at Arlington Hospital some day around 1978.
*It seems that the narrator has immigrated to the United States when he/she was very young. She moved from Saigon, Vietnam.
*The narrator explains that she/he moved fro that country because of military issues.
*The narrator's mom apparently suffered a domestic accident five years before this, and this accident provoked the deformation of her face. Also, the narrator introduces us to Bobbie, the narrator's best friend from High school.
*During most of this very first chapter, the narrator has described his/her mom and the story of the accident and also the description of where they are right now, Arlington Hospital.
4) *What was happening in Vietnam by the 1970's?
*How was the environment during those military problems?
*Why is the narrator describing his/her mom a lot?
*Why is the narrator so scared of Saigon, Vietnam?
3) *Languidly: energetically.
*Sturdy: powerful.
*Subvert: destabilize.
*Hollowness: empty space.
*Coax: persuade.
2) *Exposition: in this chapter, the narrator has introduced us to the setting of the story and also some background that could explain and give more sense of why the situation is happening. Also characters such as Bobbie, mom, and Baba Quan are introduced.
*Imagery: "The smell of blood, warn and wet, rose from the floor and settled into the solemn stillness of the hospital." Page # 1. This quote shows imagery because it gives us a sense of images and makes the reader sense in almost the five senses.
1) In chapter number one, we have been introduced to the story with some background to better understand what is going on in the story. The characters are at Arlington Hospital taking care of mom's accident that now has to be revised at the hospital. Also, mom has some dreams that involve the narrator's grandfather, Baba Quan, who could have maybe been a very important part of this family's life.
5) *Setting: the story is happening at Arlington Hospital some day around 1978.
*It seems that the narrator has immigrated to the United States when he/she was very young. She moved from Saigon, Vietnam.
*The narrator explains that she/he moved fro that country because of military issues.
*The narrator's mom apparently suffered a domestic accident five years before this, and this accident provoked the deformation of her face. Also, the narrator introduces us to Bobbie, the narrator's best friend from High school.
*During most of this very first chapter, the narrator has described his/her mom and the story of the accident and also the description of where they are right now, Arlington Hospital.
4) *What was happening in Vietnam by the 1970's?
*How was the environment during those military problems?
*Why is the narrator describing his/her mom a lot?
*Why is the narrator so scared of Saigon, Vietnam?
3) *Languidly: energetically.
*Sturdy: powerful.
*Subvert: destabilize.
*Hollowness: empty space.
*Coax: persuade.
2) *Exposition: in this chapter, the narrator has introduced us to the setting of the story and also some background that could explain and give more sense of why the situation is happening. Also characters such as Bobbie, mom, and Baba Quan are introduced.
*Imagery: "The smell of blood, warn and wet, rose from the floor and settled into the solemn stillness of the hospital." Page # 1. This quote shows imagery because it gives us a sense of images and makes the reader sense in almost the five senses.
1) In chapter number one, we have been introduced to the story with some background to better understand what is going on in the story. The characters are at Arlington Hospital taking care of mom's accident that now has to be revised at the hospital. Also, mom has some dreams that involve the narrator's grandfather, Baba Quan, who could have maybe been a very important part of this family's life.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES #10 J
5)*In this viewpoint, Friends of the Earth Scotland (an organization) argues that nuclear power is not a practical alternative to fossil-fuel energy sources in attempting to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with global warming.
*"Nuclear power is not cost effective in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, poses serious problems to environmental safety, and contributes carbon dioxide to the atmosphere through uranium mining and plant construction." Page #191
*It has become clear that nuclear power cannot exist in a competitive energy market without significant subsidy from the UK government.
*"If fully comprehensive insurance was required to cover all of the risks of nuclear accidents, the cost of electricity from nuclear power would increase many times from the present level." Page #191
*Countries in Central and Eastern Europe, are continuing to build new nuclear plants even though it has been shown that investment in energy efficient measures is the quickest and fastest way to tackle their energy crises.
4) *How is it possible that nuclear power produces energy faster?
*How long would it take to finish global warming with nuclear power?
*Who created the idea of nuclear power?
*How does it affect the economy?
3) *Solely: exclusively.
*Monetary: financial.
*Scrutiny: examination.
2) *Variation: the topic of the point of view again changes. Now the author refers to nuclear power as a solution to global warming.
*Dénouement: "The external costs of nuclear power include the cost of environmental damage".
1) At the end of the book, we can conclude that all this types of solutions and effects to the global warming have their own point of view. Each one of the opinions is very credible and discussable, this mean their theory could be true or could be just trash. Besides, the different opinions show all the different way of thinking all around the world depending in the conditions. This means that their points of view are based on their surroundings and needs.
5)*In this viewpoint, Friends of the Earth Scotland (an organization) argues that nuclear power is not a practical alternative to fossil-fuel energy sources in attempting to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with global warming.
*"Nuclear power is not cost effective in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, poses serious problems to environmental safety, and contributes carbon dioxide to the atmosphere through uranium mining and plant construction." Page #191
*It has become clear that nuclear power cannot exist in a competitive energy market without significant subsidy from the UK government.
*"If fully comprehensive insurance was required to cover all of the risks of nuclear accidents, the cost of electricity from nuclear power would increase many times from the present level." Page #191
*Countries in Central and Eastern Europe, are continuing to build new nuclear plants even though it has been shown that investment in energy efficient measures is the quickest and fastest way to tackle their energy crises.
4) *How is it possible that nuclear power produces energy faster?
*How long would it take to finish global warming with nuclear power?
*Who created the idea of nuclear power?
*How does it affect the economy?
3) *Solely: exclusively.
*Monetary: financial.
*Scrutiny: examination.
2) *Variation: the topic of the point of view again changes. Now the author refers to nuclear power as a solution to global warming.
*Dénouement: "The external costs of nuclear power include the cost of environmental damage".
1) At the end of the book, we can conclude that all this types of solutions and effects to the global warming have their own point of view. Each one of the opinions is very credible and discussable, this mean their theory could be true or could be just trash. Besides, the different opinions show all the different way of thinking all around the world depending in the conditions. This means that their points of view are based on their surroundings and needs.
5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 9
5)*The sun is a star that provides the earth with most of its energy. The sun's temperature is about 6,000 degrees C. and its radiation of light and heat across vats distances of space weakens in proportion to the inverse square of that distance.
*"Solar-Max" satellite provided us with a 9-year old sample of solar radiation from 1980 to 1989 that proved conclusively that the sun was indeed a variable star.
*The Shanghai's observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences provided even further evidence of the Sun's variability in April 1990. They reported that the radius of the sun had shrunk 410 kilometers from 1715 to 1987.
*Scientists can measure the variability of the Sun by either direct measurement of its radiation, as done by the "Solar- Max", or by its emission of microwave energy.
*"The most remarkable event in the last 500 years was the 'Maunder Minimum', a 50-year period from 1650 to 1700 when there were hardly any sunspots at all, indicating a proportioned longed cooler period on the Sun.
4)*How can the sun's energy travel so far away?
*What is the cause of the sun's radiation of light?
*Why does the sun have cycles of heat and less heat?
*When did the sun appear the first time?
3) *Shrink: to reduce in size.
*Blemish: spot.
*Nimbus: radiance.
*Proxy: alternative.
2)*Repetition: the author of this argument repeats the word "maximum" at least ten times throughout his whole scripture.
*Tone: the tone of the author of this opinion seems to be serious about the sun's radiation causing global warming. Moreover, his type of writing is formal and like that he attracts audiences.
1) View point number three of the second chapter is the introduction to a completely new theory about global warming. This theory refers to the sun's radiation as the cause of global warming on Earth. According to John L. Daly, the sun has cycles in which heat is either increasing or decreasing every 10-12 years approximately. That sun's radiations are cause by blemishes in the sun that are the points in which radiation is emitted the most. There is evidence that the sun changes its radiation throughout the time, for instance, The Shanghai's observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences provided even further evidence of the Sun's variability in April 1990. They reported that the radius of the sun had shrunk 410 kilometers from 1715 to 1987.
5)*The sun is a star that provides the earth with most of its energy. The sun's temperature is about 6,000 degrees C. and its radiation of light and heat across vats distances of space weakens in proportion to the inverse square of that distance.
*"Solar-Max" satellite provided us with a 9-year old sample of solar radiation from 1980 to 1989 that proved conclusively that the sun was indeed a variable star.
*The Shanghai's observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences provided even further evidence of the Sun's variability in April 1990. They reported that the radius of the sun had shrunk 410 kilometers from 1715 to 1987.
*Scientists can measure the variability of the Sun by either direct measurement of its radiation, as done by the "Solar- Max", or by its emission of microwave energy.
*"The most remarkable event in the last 500 years was the 'Maunder Minimum', a 50-year period from 1650 to 1700 when there were hardly any sunspots at all, indicating a proportioned longed cooler period on the Sun.
4)*How can the sun's energy travel so far away?
*What is the cause of the sun's radiation of light?
*Why does the sun have cycles of heat and less heat?
*When did the sun appear the first time?
3) *Shrink: to reduce in size.
*Blemish: spot.
*Nimbus: radiance.
*Proxy: alternative.
2)*Repetition: the author of this argument repeats the word "maximum" at least ten times throughout his whole scripture.
*Tone: the tone of the author of this opinion seems to be serious about the sun's radiation causing global warming. Moreover, his type of writing is formal and like that he attracts audiences.
1) View point number three of the second chapter is the introduction to a completely new theory about global warming. This theory refers to the sun's radiation as the cause of global warming on Earth. According to John L. Daly, the sun has cycles in which heat is either increasing or decreasing every 10-12 years approximately. That sun's radiations are cause by blemishes in the sun that are the points in which radiation is emitted the most. There is evidence that the sun changes its radiation throughout the time, for instance, The Shanghai's observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences provided even further evidence of the Sun's variability in April 1990. They reported that the radius of the sun had shrunk 410 kilometers from 1715 to 1987.
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