1. This story takes place in the 1820's and is about a women named Manon Gaudet, who is married to an unsuccesful slace owner. She live in their plantation home along with five other slaves that do house work. Manon wishes for a life away from the plantations and back into the city where she fits in more with the livelyness but is controlled by her self absorbed husban R. P. Gaudet. During this time, their is a slaveryrebillion admist. I feel that the auther did a great job highlighted the main points of slavery and it really pulled me in more than I originally thought it would.
2. The theme of this story i would have to say is to appriciate the little things in life. You may never know when these luxuries will be taken away.
3. The authors tone sounds like she is disgusted towards this time in America. Manon was always trying to get away from it all and trying not to deal all those problems. "I'll be off as soon as I can pack... I'll take Sarah with me." p.59 Manon was tired of her husbands fake emotions and treatment because all he was trying to do was have sex so she was very egar to leave to New Orleans where she would find out she would inhert her mothers house in the city.
4.Imagery- the begining of this story immediatly brings the feel that I'm on this plantation watch slaves compete in games in which the loser grts whip by the plantation master. I can imagine myself looking through the window watching as these games happen and from here im lost... deep in the south.
Setting- this story takes place around the mid 1820's near New Orleans. The plantation where Manon lives is next to a river where it is mentioned throughout the stroy about a group of runaway slaves may come up and rebel agaist plantation owners.
Mood- from the different perspectives, there is a feel of fear coming from the slaves and occasionally Manon during the rebellious nights. When following Manon, you can feel the depression that she is facing because she is coanstantly moaping about how she hates her life.
Characterization- their are no give acts or traits said about Manon but as the story goes you can get the sence of her depression because she turns to alcohol and gets angry when she sees her husbands son walter, whos mother is Manon's house servant Sarah.
Figurative language- there is some very descriptuve wordsused in this story, most of them very sorid ways to describe how she felt about the slaves and the other people she didn't like like her husband.
Allusion- when sarah is finally captured by Manon and her slave tracker they find out that she was living that time gone as an actress and had expericed freedom. When talking to her aunt about how sarah would act when she came back, Manon says shes experienced more than just freedom, she experienced more that what we have in are freedom, she's experienced what its like to be a free white man.
Symbolism- Manon has a hatred for her husbands son walter. It bugs her so much to know that her husband has had a child with a slave and walter is to show what a terrible relationship that the two have with eachother.
Tone- the author sounds as if she hates the slaves when speak through the eyes of Manon Gaudet but the true meaning is that she was completly against slavery and she used great descriptions on how to describe the horrors that occured during slavery.
Suspension of disbelief- when i originally picked this book up, i wasn't very excited to read this and thought well let's get this over with. I started reading it and after a couple pages found myself lost in the story. Time flew by while I was reading and i wasn't brought back to reality until my mom called me to help her. All the literary elements in this story all come together to just suck you into Louisiana.
Diction- the author uses the style of talking that sounds like someone that is worn out from stress. Manon is very snappy and rude in her tone to most people except for her mother and Joel Borden. She is always asking for peace and quiet but it is never possible as she is always interupted by something like Walters crazy nonsense.
1. indirect- "I wonder how you know when you have so little society." This address was made by Manon's husband after he notices her new appearence.
direct- "He was a man who required his linen to be scented and spotless, who could not stay long in the city because the stench from the sewers offended him." This line gave a clear idea of how Manon's husband acted on a normally.
direct- "He was a small, swarthy man, his thin hair gray at the temples, his eyes slightly crossed..." This was Manon's description of her doctor who she went to vistit to see why she couldn't have a child.
indirect- " The gash in your cheek was so crooked it was the devil to sew." This is the doctors description of one of Manons injuries after the night her house was broken into by the runaways.
I think that the author uses direct and indirect characterization to give the reader a quick picture of things they don't want to get focused on like looks and behaviorsbut as the story goes on gives clues to these hidden in dialouge which help to develoup the character more.
2. When the author is using dialouge, each character has their own unique sound to them. Manon has a snappy, rude, and somewhat offensive way to how she talks to people due to the stresses in her life. Sarah is in away kind of a smart alec towards Manon which sometimes really makes Manon mad but is kept to herself. Sarah's way of talking along with most of the other slaves also has broken english so sometimes the lines arent gramatically correct like this, " Delphine say he don't hear."
3.Manon Gaudet in this story if a hard character to describe. It's hard to tell if she is static or dynamic because she starts the story stressed out and unhappy and ends that way too, but there are parts in the story where she is happy and at peace, but these don;t usually last to long. In this case, I would have to say that Manon is a flay character because she never does get over her depression like state and never changes whats so over in the way she thinks or acts.
4. I feel that I read a character more than actually met one because Manon was really a flat character. And actually, a majority of them were. I feel that the only thing that was actually keeping me hooked was the storyline and the choise of words.
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