https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj Van Der Sluys/ block A en-us 2018-02-21 21:29:43 UTC 2024-09-23 22:53:51 UTC hello@padlet.com juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234008927 The narrator is not a character in the book, but knows what the character Ally knows and feels.]]> 2018-02-21 21:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234008927 juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234037333 The story is told in second person view, putting the reader in the place of the character Ally.]]> 2018-02-21 23:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234037333 juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234037905 1) Ally and her mother sit in the garden
2) Ally journey down the path
3)Ally reaches the top of the stairs
4) Ally hears the comforting voices from outside
5) Ally leaves the stairs and returns to the path and her mother
6) Ally tells her mother that she is managing perfectly]]> 2018-02-22 00:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234037905 juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234050624  "but the sun is beginning to warm them gently as if it were glad to see them again"(Goddenn 1).
" The wind brings the garden scents and the sounds to you; sounds of birds and neighbors and the street"(1).
"The visitor's voice falls from high up, almost into your lap, cutting off the wind and the birds"(1).
"You feel the stairs behind you with your foot and they are still there but now you are afraid to let go in case you can't step away"(3).
"At the end of the path are two orange bushes with bitter-smelling leaves; they are bad little bushes, with twigs that catch on your coat; you don't like them and you think you will hurry past"(2).]]> 2018-02-22 01:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234050624 juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234062846 "Her name is Alice," says Mother loudly and clearly to blot out the whisper. "We call her
Ally"(1). Ally is shy and would rather her mother speak for her than speak for herself.
"You are sitting in the garden for the first time this year, sitting on a cushion on the grass by
Mother. The feel of the grass is good; when press it down and lift your hand the blades spring
up again at once as strong as ever"(1). She loves nature and the summer, she is intrigued by it.
"Now? Or not now? Are you facing the right way? That is an old fright. Did you turn round
without noticing?"(3). She is very cautious, doesn't want to make any mistakes.]]> 2018-02-22 02:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234062846 juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234065896 Ally describes many things by the way she perceives them through sound, smell, and texture; but never sight. "Mother has often told you. 'Flowers have shapes and smells as well as colors"(2). color is set off to the side  is if it is less important to Ally. Using this information one could infer that Ally is blind.]]> 2018-02-22 02:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234065896 juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234067782 The stairs are like the antagonist of the story. Ally is scared and nervous while traversing the stairs, but in the end she pushes through and conjures them. this ties into a theme of overcoming your fears and coming out stronger than before.]]> 2018-02-22 03:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234067782 juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234069870 Phrases like cold, far away, afraid, and can't move contribute to the anxious tone when Ally is trying to get down the stairs. When Ally and Mother were sitting in the garden diction like spring, strong, warm, gently and glad; set a welcoming tone.]]> 2018-02-22 03:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234069870 juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234083408 Descriptive language
"Drops of water burst out on your neck and under your hair"(4). 
"a sharp pain ringing in your shin"(3).

Dialogue
"Is she all right? Is she?'
 'Ally, are you managing?' calls Mother.
 'Perfectly,' you answer, and you shut the loo door"(4).]]> 2018-02-22 05:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234083408 juhlinl https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234084405 Character vs. nature
Ally is naturally blind, which turns something as simple as going up stairs into a struggle.

The conflict in this story comes when Ally who is blind has to Make the treck across the garden, into the house and up and down the stairs. Making it down the stairs is especially challenging for her because she could not see where she was placing her feet and could fall.]]> 2018-02-22 05:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/234084405 https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/3134239547 2024-09-23 22:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/juhlinl/krnz11jdf8oj/wish/3134239547