Initiation: Sparrows by Ivy Truong https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap Ivy Truong and Katie Vo en-us 2018-09-20 17:39:05 UTC 2024-06-06 14:46:14 UTC hello@padlet.com itruong101 https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284063108 2018-09-20 17:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284063108 "listening to the sparrows chirping in the gutters" itruong101 https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284063631 This imagery depicts a contemptuous tone.]]> 2018-09-20 17:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284063631 "Outside, the sparrows were still chirping, and as she lay in bed Millicent visualized them. pale gray-grown birds in a flock, one like the other, all exactly alike." itruong101 https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284065027 The reader can visualize the collectivism through the author's word choice. ]]> 2018-09-20 17:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284065027 itruong101 https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284487877           The sparrows in the short story embodies the idea of collectivism. The sparrows are introduced towards the end where Millicent hears them chirping. She visualizes them as looking exactly alike, and lacking individuality. She contrasts the sparrows by the idea of the vibrant and free heather birds.
         Millicent reaches an epiphany that she doesn't want to be a sparrow.  Instead of being confined to the standards of the sorority, she rejects the invitation to join.]]> 2018-09-21 17:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284487877 itruong101 https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284494233 2018-09-21 17:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284494233 Initiation: Sparrows itruong101 https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284498334 By Ivy Truong and Katie vo]]> 2018-09-21 17:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/itruong101/bkxphxvud2ap/wish/284498334