Mikayla Coyne Outside Reading by Mikayla Coyne https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s Orange is the New Black, by Piper Kerman en-us 2017-12-15 19:31:40 UTC 2018-01-06 21:21:30 UTC hello@padlet.com "'I'm wondering when my fiancé and mother can come and visit me?' I could not control the querulous tone in my voice (39). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216609416

Querulous: adjective; complaining in a petulant or whining manner.


Original sentence: As she complained about having to do the dishes as a chore, you could hear the querulous tone in her voice. ]]> 2017-12-15 19:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216609416 Week 1 (1-90) 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216610380 December 15, 2017]]> 2017-12-15 19:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216610380 Short Bio of yourself - 60-100 words; why did you choose this particular book? 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216610420 One reason why I chose to read this particular book is because I have heard great remarks about the T.V. show that is based on this book. I have only seen the first couple episodes of the T.V. show and was interested in how the two compare. I wanted to get Piper Kerman's full perspective on her life in a women's prison facility and know all of the small details that may not seem important to others, but important to her. I was interested in how Piper Kerman would be able to accomplish such an in depth story into only 295 pages, while including all the details about her life in a women's prison. Also, the way that Piper Kerman would tell the whole story, so that the reader could fully follow and comprehend the events also intrigued me to read this memoir.]]> 2017-12-15 19:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216610420 Reading Schedule 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216610453 Week #1: 1-90
Week #2: 90-180
Week #3: 180-295]]> 2017-12-15 19:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216610453 “ International baggage claim in the Brussels airport was large and airy, with multiple carousels circling endlessly. I scurried from one to another, desperately trying to find my black suitcase. Because it was stuffed with drug money, I was more concerned than one might normally be about lost luggage” (3). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216610549 This is the first paragraph of the book, and one of the most important so far throughout the novel. I thought this was a great attention grabber at the beginning of the novel, then going into who she is and where she is from in the next paragraphs. Right away, the reader can get a sense of who she is, while foreshadowing why she ended up in jail (smuggling a bag of drug money). ]]> 2017-12-15 19:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216610549 "They count us five times a day, and you have to be here, or wherever you're supposed to be” (43). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216614382 Thoughout all of chapter three, Piper is meeting all of the other inmates and learning the new rules and orders around the prison. This is one of the first rules she learns as an inmate as her roomate, Annette explains. This is something Piper definitely is not used to and is another one of her freedoms that is taken away in prison. 














]]> 2017-12-15 19:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216614382 “One of the good things about living in B Dorm was that you had your choice of two bathrooms” (81). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216615347 This quote follows one of the main themes throughout the novel, which is freedom and confinement. The fact that she is excited about having two bathrooms to choose from, shows how little freedom there is in prison and how the smallest privileges can not be taken for granted. When someone goes to prison, a lot of their freedoms are taken away and this is something Piper needs to durastically adjust to throughout the novel. 










]]> 2017-12-15 19:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/216615347 "Break the rules, you're going to the SHU" (90). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217571350 The Special Housing Unit is one of the worst punishments in prison. This quote is able to show that if you even just break one rule, then you would end up in this worst place. Piper learns to adjust to all of the new rules  that she needs to take on when she went to prison. Throughout the whole novel, more and more rules keep coming up, which makes the reader remember them, as to saying them all at once, which is a very good strategy by Piper Kerman.


]]> 2017-12-20 18:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217571350 Week 2 (90-180) 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217571805 December 21, 2017]]> 2017-12-20 18:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217571805 “I breathed a little easier, hoping Crazy Eyes would spread the word to the other committed lesbians that I was not "like that," even though in some other lifetime I had been” (120). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217572292 This quote is able to show more of who Piper is with her personality and character. Throughout the whole novel, Piper Kerman opens up to the readers, not only about her life in the prison, but also about her past and who she used to be. The backstory that is provided is able to help the reader connect with Piper and understand her decisions.  ]]> 2017-12-20 18:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217572292 “Nina would be just a few hundred yards away behind that awful fence, but it might as well have been thousands of miles. I might never see her again” (107). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217572305 The inmates do not have the ability to go back and forth between the two seperate prisons in Danbury. When Nina is moved to the other prison that Piper is not in, she knows that she may never be able to see Nina again. This example is able to furthermore show the theme of limited freedom Piper has and is still adjusting to what life is like in prison. 


]]> 2017-12-20 18:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217572305 " I made small talk about the other woman's imminent return to the outside world" (103). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217747850
Imminent: adjective; about to happen.

Original sentence: She was able to predict many events before they happen and one imminent event she could sense would be dangerous. 
 
]]> 2017-12-21 16:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/217747850 "I would have scoffed at the idea that the "War on Drugs" was anything but a joke. I would have argued that the government's drug laws were best proven ineffectual every day and at worst were misguidedly focused on supply rather than demand, randomly conceived and unevenly and unfairly enforced based on race and class, and thus intellectually and morally bankrupt. And those things all were true" (180). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829206 Throughout the whole novel Piper shares her opinion about the law and the prison rules, but I especially thought that this was an interesting thought to include. Many people can disagree with her opinion, which is why it was risky for her to include this, but it also really makes the reader learn a lot more about Piper and who she is. ]]> 2018-01-04 19:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829206 "I turned and started walking briskly ahead of him. Ten yards farther I saw Larry, standing in front of the MCC, talking on his phone, until he turned and saw me. And then I was running, as fast as I could. No one could stop me" (295). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829225 This is the last line of the book and it is able to show Piper's excitement to finally be released from prison. She had been so used to giving up her freedom and not being able to do as she pleased, and she knew that as she was leaving the prison, no one could stop her from running. I feel like the last line is really able to wrap-up the book great and gives closure not only to the reader, but also hopefully to Piper. ]]> 2018-01-04 19:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829225 "Most important, we shared a deep reserve of humor, creativity in adverse circumstances, and the will to protect and maintain our own humanity despite the prison system's imperative to crush it. I don't think any of us could have managed those survival techniques alone; I know I couldn't-we needed each other" (292). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829242 Many people may assume that prison isn't a time to make friends, but Piper explains the opposite and how important the people she's become friends with are in her life. She explains how she couldn't have gotten through prison without them and how much they mean to her. What is interesting in this quote is how she mentions the prisons try to ruin these bonds that the women have with each other, but that seems to be impossible. ]]> 2018-01-04 19:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829242 "I would have scoffed at the idea that the "War on Drugs" was anything but a joke" (180). 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829262
Scoffed: verb; speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way

Original sentence: I scoffed at my sister when she expected me to pick up her room for her. ]]> 2018-01-04 19:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829262 Week 3 (180-295) 19coynem https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829576 January 5, 2018]]> 2018-01-04 19:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/19coynem/x4wygp5t103s/wish/218829576