Using DIDLS, please pick quotations from the story that prove each letter of DIDLS. Write the letter represented from DIDLS, write your quote, and then explain how the quote applies to that aspect of DIDLS/Tone. At the end of your DIDLS, please write a short synopsis of your group's overall reaction to the story. Be as detailed as possible.
Due at the end of class on Friday, 4/1
Thank you!
Laine, Carolyn, Casey
ReplyDeleteDiction – “their bodies stuffed with honey” this quote applies because their bodies are not literally ‘stuffed’
Imagery – “By using her bones like the sails of a ship” is a metaphor, creating the image of the old lady using all of her strength to get up the hill to her house.
Details – “She opened her purse which was like a small autumn field and near the fallen branches of an old apple tree, she found her keys” The small details in this quote really paint an image of a field inside the old lady’s purse, and makes you wonder what Brautigan was thinking or implying here.
Language - “Bees on the photograph of her dead parents” this quote is clinical, it is cold and lifeless. How could someone mention the death of their parents so nonchalantly?
Shift – “…while she unwrapped the liver and placed it upon a cloudy silver platter that soon changed into a sunny day” The setting changes entirely, she is talking about two completely different things here.
Our reaction to the story is that there must be a hidden meaning, because otherwise it does not make sense and/or these are simply just random thoughts. Maybe the author is trying to prove a point by not being straightforward. Maybe this story is a cry for help? No one will ever know…
Diction: Informal and dry. Cryptic but forward in telling the story. Also intriguing
ReplyDelete“ There was something about it that made him very nervous, he didn’t want to talk to her anymore.”
Imagery: “She carried the liver as if it were victory to the bottom of a very steep hill.” The story used very descriptive but uses dissimilar aspects to describe people or the settings.
Details: Very descriptive in every action like, “He reluctantly sliced a pound of liver off a huge red chunk and wrapped it up in white paper and put it into a brown bag.”
Language: Good usage of metaphors, to the point. “By using her bones like the sails of a ship the old woman passed outside into the street.”
Shift: Twist when the “cloudy day” turned sunny as noted in the beginning of the story but then the cloudy plate turned into a sunny day because of the bees, so it did turn sunny but in a different way than previously stated.
DGM, SH, EJ
Diction- Uses words like, reluctant, nervous, stunned
ReplyDeleteImagery- "He reluctantly sliced a pound of liver off a huge red chunk and wrapped it up in white paper and put it into a brown bag." Good imagery of the liver.
Details- She opened her purse which was like a small autumn field and near the fallen branches of an old apple tree. Detailed description of purse.
Language- "By using her bones like the sails of a ship, the old woman passed outside into the street." Descriptive language.
Shift- She climbed the hill and being very old, it was hard on her. She grew tired and had to stop and rest many times before she reached the top. Before she struggles with the hill, her character is very strong willed and seems to be in charge. This struggle starts a change in tone.
There was a lot symbolism and personification throughout the story. The bees swarming the platter was the sun, the purse an autumn field. Other than the great detail, it was a very unusual story.
MZ, FG, MR
-Diction-
ReplyDelete"She said,"hamburger is something else".
""Yeah its lean. I ground it myself. I put a lot of meat in it"
"Hamburger doesn't sound right"".
This shows the absence of normality in this woman. This automatically makes you think she is weird.
-Imagery-
"She unwrapped the liver and placed it upon a cloudy silver platter that soon changed into a sunny day"
The description of how the platter becomes sunny is unique. They use the platter as the sun.
-Details-
"There were bees everywhere in the room, bees on the chairs. Bees on the photograph of her dead parents. Bees on the curtains. Bees on an ancient radio that once listened to the 1930's. Bees on her comb and brush."
This tells that her family is dead and that she is outdated with a 1930's radio. The bees seem like they are substituting for the absence of the family.
-Language-
"By using her bones like the sails of the ship, the old woman passed outside into the street"
This story is full of similes and metaphors that help describe the personality of the old woman.
-Shift-
"She unwrapped the liver and placed it upon a cloudy silver platter that soon changed into a sunny day"
This changes the whole mood of the story. As the butcher said it was cloudy but her day changed to a bright one.
Synopsis:We thought this story was very odd in how it was described. The diction in the story brings a whole another point of view and quite frankly shocked us in how much it changed it.
DW and RB
Diction- "He reluctantly sliced a pound of liver off a huge red chunk and wrapped it up in white paper and put it into a brown bag. It was a very unpleasant experience for him."
ReplyDeleteThis is diction because of the way he is describing the cutting and the process of wrapping the meat. The word choice is strong and descriptive.
Imagery- "The bees came to her and gathered about her lovingly while she unwrapped the liver and placed it upon a cloudy silver platter that soon changed into a sunny day."
The author is depicting the image very well, as we read that quote we could perfectly picture it in our mind.
Details- "There were bees everywhere in the room. Bees on the chairs. Bees on the photograph of her dead parents. Bees on the curtains. Bees on an ancient radio that once listened to the 1930s. Bees on her comb and brush."
The author went further into describing where the bees were located, he didn't just say they were everywhere.
Language- "By using her bones like the sails of a ship, the old woman passed outside into the street."
This is a simile. It is comparing her bones to the sails of a ship.
Shift- "The bees came to her and gathered about her lovingly while she unwrapped the liver and placed it upon a cloudy silver platter that soon changed into a sunny day."
The story changes from a cloudy, rainy day into a sunny day, just like the woman wanted it to be.
This story was confusing, yet interesting at the same time. It was short and to the point, but somewhere in the story there is an underlying meaning. The author did a great job with imagery and details.
AV, EA, NW
Diction- odd word choice ie: nervous and stunned
ReplyDeleteImagery- "He reluctantly sliced a pound of liver off a huge red chunk"
Details- described a purse as an apple tree
Language- metaphors such as “By using her bones like the sails of a ship the old woman passed outside into the street.”
Shift- she unwrapped the liver and placed it upon a cloudy silver platter that soon changed into a sunny day”
strange story that perfectly described the schizophrenic author.
ZS