Term 2 Week 10a: IT Lesson 1 - Figurative Language

The chosen poem is as follows:

Life Is Fine by Langston Hughes

I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.

I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.

But it was cold in that water! It was cold!

I took the elevator sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.

I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.

But it was high up there! It was high!

So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born.

Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.

Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!

How Figurative Language is used in this poem-

1) Hyperbole: I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!

Reason for using this mode: Emphasizes on the emotion of the person in the poems

2) Personification: ~~~~~

3) Metaphor: ~~~~~

4) Simile: Fine as wine!

Reason for using this mode: Tells us how life is fine, like wine.

5) Symbolism: If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.

Reason for using this mode: Tell us how the water, height and the fact that she'll be dogged prevents her from commiting suicide.

Why I like this poem-

This is about how a mother, divorced, tries to kill herself, but in the end cannot, for the conditions were not right, and she can't leave her baby to fend for itself. So she lies to her child how fine her life is.

Term 2 Week 4d: IT Task #4 - Musical

Select a piece of ambient music that is suitable for a scene from the first five chapters of The Village by the Sea. If the music is available legally online, please provide a link to it. Explain the reasons for your choice.

I have selectively chosen Frederic Chopin's Nocturne, for the scene where Lila offers flowers to the sacred rock.



The reason I chose this piece of music for the selected scene is because it suits well, the ambient scene of the beach in the morning.

That is all for this week. See you next time with more blog posts.

Term 2 Week 4c: IT Task #3 - Intrapersonal

Write a journal entry from the point of view of one of the characters from The Village by the Sea. The entry should take place within the first five chapters of the novel, and must include key conflict details that prompted the character to write the entry.

The entry is as follows :

I've had it. I can't take it anymore. I've decided, I will leave this miserable little house, and go to Bombay, far, far away.
Just why must heaven make things difficult for me? My father, that stupid toddy addict, can't stop going to that blasted toddy shop and get himself drunk every night. Why can't he realise he is the centre of all the problems in the house? He no longer fishes and brings back money for us, sold away his cow and boat to pay debts, and now people want to harm us to get back their money. I just wish he could die soon.
My mother, she is always ill. Getting weaker day by day, but then, we do not know of any cure yet. She's having fever now, we don't have the money to take her to a doctor where hopefully, he could relieve Mother of her sickness. We can't do anything about it.
My family, it's so poor, no money! We can't cure Mother of her illness, can't pay off that toddy addict's debts, can't live a good life without pressure!
I can't take it! I will go to Bombay, I will get a job, experience that joy of having some money, and leave behind that hellhole.

To be continued with another blog post.

Term 2 Week 4b: IT Task #2 : Visual

b) Create an illustrated guide to “The Effects of Toddy.” You must generate at least four effects that alcoholic toddy has upon a person (familial, societal, physiological, etc.).

The following image is as shows:

To be continued with another blog post.

Term 2 Week 4a: IT Task #1 - Natualist

-Comparisons between Chapati and Roti Prata, Jalebi and 油条-

a) Chapati VS Roti Prata
1) Chapati
- is used to scoop up ingredients in a cone shape
- glazed with butter
- rolled out with a rolling pin
2) Roti Prata
- ingredients are inside the prata
- is flipped till flat

b) Jalebi VS 油条
1) Jalebi
- a sweet
- can be accompanied by warm milk
2) 油条
- a fried bread
- can be accompanied by rice congee or soy milk

-Recipe for chapati and jalebi-
1) Chapati

1. Ingredients
   

   3 cups

   1 1/2 teaspoon

   1 tablespoon

   1 cup
   

   Fine wholemeal flour or roti flour

   Salt or to taste

   Ghee or oil, optional

   Lukewarm water

2. Put flour in mixing bowl, reserving about half cup for rolling chapatis.

3. Mix salt through the flour in the bowl, then rub in ghee or oil, if used.

4. Add water all at once and mix to a firm but not stiff dough.

5. Knead dough for at least 10 minutes (the more it is kneaded, the lighter the bread will be).

6. Form dough into a ball, cover with clear plastic wrap and stand for 1 hour or longer (if left overnight, the chapatis will be very light and tender).

7. Shape dough into balls about the size of a large walnut.

8. Roll out each one on a lightly floured board (using reserved flour) to a circular shape as thin as a French crepe.

9. After rolling out chapatis, heat a griddle plate or heavy-based frying pan until very hot, and cook the chapatis, starting with those that were rolled first.

10. Put chapati on griddle and leave for about 1 minute.

11. Turn and cook other side a further minute, pressing lightly around the edges of the chapati with a folded tea towel or an egg slice.

12. This encourages bubble to form and make the chapatis light.

13. As each one is cooked, wrap in a clean tea towel until all are read.

14. Serve immediately with butter, dry curries or vegetable dishes.

2) Jalebi

1. Ingredients
   2 cups self-raising flour
   1/2 tsp baking powder
   1 cup yogurt
   Oil for deep frying
   1 cup sugar
   A few strands of saffron
   1/4 tsp cardamom powder
   2 drops orange food colour
   2 tps rose water
2. Mix the flour baking powder and yogurt into a batter and keep aside for 24 hours to ferment.

To be continued with another blog post.