personal narrative analysis by Nicholas Shadduck

personal narrative analysis by Nicholas Shadduck https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357 en-us 2022-11-09 16:54:58 UTC 2023-01-26 07:02:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Main Message shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377181262 The main message in the story is that pretty can be bad luck or result in negative impacts.]]> 2022-11-09 17:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377181262 Most Included Tone shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377182190 Conflicted]]> 2022-11-09 17:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377182190 List of Characters shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377182813 - Narrator
- Mom
- The first husband
- Her father
- Her grandmother
- Concubine man

The most significant character: Mom

The mom is the most significant character to the story/the protagonist because she helps develop the belief pretty can be bad luck, not just good to the narrator. She also develops the narrator's understanding of this and builds up her confliction on the matter by providing examples of past experience. ]]> 2022-11-09 17:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377182813 Setting and how it Changes shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377183678 The setting changes throughout the story in time periods. It develops according to what supports the main idea of the passage, from her early childhood (sixties-seventies), her mother’s past, her grandmother’s past, and her as an adult after her mothers passing.

]]> 2022-11-09 17:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377183678 a Line to show the Author's Reflections shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377184982 "How else is my face changing? If beauty is bad luck, why do i still want it?" (Tan paragraph 11)]]> 2022-11-09 17:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377184982 identify and explain the significance of noteworthy features. shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377186688 A noteworthy feature in the story is its dialogue. The dialogue is noteworthy because it conveys the generational differences in opinion the narrator has with her mother. The mother’s broken or grammatically incorrect speech also shows a difference in language.]]> 2022-11-09 17:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2377186688 Most Included Tone shresthasaina https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383297571 Anxious

In the story when it states "I cried whenever I thought about it" (Jones 95), it shows the tone is anxious.

]]> 2022-11-14 17:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383297571 Main Message shresthasaina https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383299526 The main message in the story is to be yourself with those you trust instead of carrying the burden by yourself. This can be seen when the narrator states, "I didn't feel as if a burden had been lifted because my being gay was never actually the burden" (Jones 97-98), showing he felt it would have been better to just have shared with his mom instead of holding the burden.]]> 2022-11-14 17:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383299526 List of Characters shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383310525 -Saeed
-His Mother
-Speech Kids
-Rob

The most significant character: Mother

It is the mother because she is what makes Saeed anxious, as shown when it says"[Saeed] coming out to her, ..., became such a daunting task", (Jones 95). This causes Saeed to faulter when coming out to her and "realize that [he] had not come out to her as herself" (Jones 98).]]> 2022-11-14 17:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383310525 How The Setting Changes shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383318684 The setting changes as Saeed goes from "walking up the hill to class" to partying "at Rob's house" (Jones 95 - 96). When he is walking up the hill, it develops he story by representing how suddenly he came out to his mother.]]> 2022-11-14 17:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383318684 A Line to Show The Author's Reflection shresthasaina https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383326126 When the author states, "I had come out to her as a gay man, but within minutes, I realized I had not come out to her as myself" (Jones 98), it shows hes reflected and come to the conclusion he didn't come out to her as himself.]]> 2022-11-14 17:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383326126 Identify and Explain the Significance of Noteworthy Features. rameshbabutushar https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383334224 A noteworthy feature in this story is the dialogue between Saeed and his mother. The dialogue moves the story forward because the conversation between Saeed and him mother leads to the climax; Saeed is also nervous to come out to his mother and can this be seen happening through dialogue when it says Saeed "chattered aimlessly, until the word gay finally dropped out of" his "mouth"(Jones 96).]]> 2022-11-14 17:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383334224 List of Characters shresthasaina https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383347965 -Narrator
-Dad
-Old Nurse
-Berta Caceres
-Her dad's friend(head of secutity team)
-People with the last name Ferrera

the most infulential character is america ferrera's father because it made her "[try] to grasp on to one single thought," and reflect on her heritage and all that she has missed. (ferrera 4)]]> 2022-11-14 17:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383347965 A Line to Show the Author's Reflection shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383348964 When the narrator states, "For the first time I caught a glimpse of the unlived version of my life, and it wasn't as simple as I wanted it to be" (Ferrera 177), it shows she had reflected, realizing there was a lot more to her origins then what she brushed off for. ]]> 2022-11-14 17:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2383348964 Main Message shresthasaina https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2385209130 The main message in the story is that your origin's make up a part of who you are even if you may not realize it. When in the narrator says "[I] let myself feel the full deepth and complexity of the role immigration played on my life" (Ferrera 177), it shows how her background still played an important part of her even though she wasn't aware of it.]]> 2022-11-15 17:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2385209130 Most Included Tone shresthasaina https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2386972068 Perplexed

In the story when she says she "let [herself] feel the full complexity of the role immigration played in [her] life" (Ferrera 177) it shows shes trying to think about its complexity/is perplexed.]]> 2022-11-16 17:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2386972068 How the Setting Changes shresthasaina https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2386984240 When in the story it says "I have taken [trips] though Africa, India, Australia, and the United States to educate myself on the struggles, solutions" (Ferrera 166), it shows how the setting changes and develops according to her belief in cultural understanding. ]]> 2022-11-16 17:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2386984240 Main Message rameshbabutushar https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2386997049 When in the stroy it says "[I was] like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. And then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first life line"(Angelou 238), it expresses the main message that everyone needs a little help from someone else.]]> 2022-11-16 17:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2386997049 Noteworthy Features shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2386999556 The biggest noteworthy feature is the figurative because it also helps lead us on her journey along with her physical journey through Honduras. This can be seen when she "did not come in search of [her] connection to [her] Honduran identity.", but "in the blood that coursed through [her] veins. This [was] part of [her] identity, which [she] had doubted and struggled with for decades" (Ferrera 48).]]> 2022-11-16 17:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2386999556 List of Characters rameshbabutushar https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387012149 -Maya
-Mrs. Bertha Flowers
-Momma(Grandmother)
-Mrs. Henderson
-Teachers
-Little Brother

Mos significant character: Mrs. Flower

When in the story it states "no one is going to make you talk, possibly no one can. But bear in mind, language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it alone which separates him from the lower animals" (Angelou 243), it shows how Flower develops Maya's self-confidence and her signifcance to her.]]> 2022-11-16 17:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387012149 setting and how it changes shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387014056 The story begins at Angelou's home, where she is the most comfortable, where she still doesn't talk; adding to the depth of her trauma. She then goes to Mrs. Flower's home which becomes her new comfort zone because of her new found confidence. When in the story it says "to be allowed, no, invited, into the private lives of strangers, to share their joys and fears" (Angelou 181) it shows how a change in setting can develop different feelings.]]> 2022-11-16 17:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387014056 The Most Included Tone shresthasaina https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387019437 Insecurity

In the story when the narrator says, "it would be fitting if I got a sunstroke died before they came outside" (Angelou 242), it shows the tone is expressing insecurity. In this case it's Maya's insecurity on how shes viewed.]]> 2022-11-16 17:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387019437 A Line to Show the Author's Reflection shresthasaina https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387028974 In the story when it says, "like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. And then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first life line"(Angelou 238), it shows her reflection being shes now gratful for what Ms. Flowers did for her. This is different from her younger self, where she felt more prideful thinking "it was enough to prove that she liked me" (Angelou 245).]]> 2022-11-16 17:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387028974 Noteworthy Features rameshbabutushar https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387044473 The most important noteworthy feature is figurative language, as it describes and helps create a vivid picture of Mrs. Flowers, and Maya's admiration for her. The narrator describes Mrs. Flowers as "the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the Arkansas summer

days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her"(Angelou 238). This expresses how much the narrator looked up to Mrs. Flowers, and makes Mrs. Flowers a noteworthy character.

]]> 2022-11-16 17:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2387044473 Color Codes: shadducknicholas https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2390174442 Red: Pretty Beyond Belief
Black: How We Fight for Our Lives
Purple: America ferrera
Green: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]> 2022-11-18 16:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shadducknicholas/eqgbnjtme8eoz357/wish/2390174442