JANNY CAI PERIOD 7

JANNY CAI PERIOD 7: MODERN MYTHOLOGY 2020  Aim: How does Cormac McCarthy use style and syntax to  create setting and develop meaning? Hello, internet,  Today in Ms. Fusaro Period 7 class, we started out by reading  “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost. After reading we analyzed the poem, making connections  between the similarities of the poem and our summer reading  book, “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy.In the poem, the  woods are seen as an extension for the “house,” and the  “house” was depicted as a sanctuary in the middle of the wood  for the narrator. The horse, in the poem, is the narrator’s guide.  The horse can be comparable to the Boy in “The Road” as  the Father’s drive to keep on going despite being in a world  with almost nothing.  We also discussed about the lack of structure in the book, with  no quotation marks, no chapter divisions, and the endless short  sentences, representing the loss of time and order in the  post-apocalyptic world. The Father’s goal is to keep on going  for the Boy and reach the south. We also related a little bit of  this to real life about time and purpose, prompting Ms. Fusaro  to sharing a little story.  I learned how to think outside the box and closely analyze the  author’s words to establish their meaning today. This skill  is very useful during standardized tests and helps with your  reading comprehension. It’s also interesting to break down  readings and find different interpretations of it and link them  together.  ReplyForward