Friday, December 10, 2010

Who do you respect?

The person I respect the most is my grandpa Chapman, he died 4 years ago but it only feels like a few weeks a go. He was a wonderful man he always gave to the community and he was a hardworking man. He was a tax collector but he always did tons of peoples taxes for free. He was a very respectful man that's why when he passed away the library in Hartland donated a stone in my grandpa's memory. He even got a tree donated to him at the Hartland Ballpark because he helped out a lot there and he played baseball down there for a very long time. That was my grandpa and why I respect him the most.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Christmas

The sky is dark blue, and it is snowing out. All of a sudden we start to see people pull in the drive way. The people start getting out of the car, I started to sweat because I was so nervous. It turns out it was just my grandma and Grandpa. I just realized that today was Christmas, and we never put up Christmas decorations. But on the bright side, I get to open presents today,I am so excited. Every year I always just get one big gift for Christmas and my birthday. I hate getting just one present even ask anyone whose birthday is around Christmas. I don't know why I don't like getting just one present, maybe it is because I don't have as much things to play with; I don't know? I guess this is just how life works!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Mary Poppins literal annalysis

All of a sudden the howling wind started blowing and the sky got darker, and then a mysterious woman started floating down with her umbrella. The other nannies were gone and the only one left was the mystery woman that floated down with nothing but her umbrella. Her name was Mary Poppins and she was the answer to Mr. Bank’s family problem. In the movie “Mary Poppins” by P.L. Travers the plot line and characteristics proved that the mode of literature is Romance.

Although the characteristics helped prove the mode of literature, I am going to talk about the plot line first and how it helped prove the mode. The two main things on the romance plot line are a life symbolism and a minor conflict. Mary Poppins was the life symbolism because she was the new nanny for the kids. The minor conflict was that Mary Poppins almost got fired for bringing Bert and his chimney sweep friends into the house.

Although there was a minor conflict with the chimney sweeps Mary Poppins could do nothing wrong and she was completely in control. Also the movie was highly unrealistic and it was such a fantasy vision, because they could jump into pictures and fly with umbrellas. Things seemed much better than they really were and good was powerful while evil was weak. Which meant the dad was weak while Mary Poppins was strong.

The characteristics were just another thing to prove that the mode of literature of “Mary Poppins” is romance but the symbolism just topped it off. The movie took place in the spring time, where there are little birdies flying around and the flowers are starting to bloom. The baby animals and the singing really helped me find out the mode of literature for the movie “Mary Poppins.”
As you can see the movie “Mary Poppins” follows the romantic mode of literature. I said before that the plot line, characteristics and symbolism helped me figure the mode out. That is my take on the movie “Mary Poppins” by P.L Travers.