No Disrespect By Sister Souljah Journal Entry #5

Five Comments

1. She was preparing to head to college

2. Her fist day in college she made friends with this girl named Mona

3. She felt happy in college, she had things there that she didn't have at home, like an all you can eat buffet

4. She went to the pub, but she didn't drink alcohol, she was just there to hang out and enjoy the music

5. She is going to study race relations, well the class is actually called "Black Education"

Four Questions

1. So she didn't cherish her childhood ?

2. What is she going to study while she's in college?

3. What courses did she choose?

4.  Is she planning to read all those books?

Three Words

1. Figment: a mere product of mental invention

2. Manifestations: a public demonstration

3. Subdued: inhibited, repressed, controlled

Two literary Terms

1. Personification "I knew that this body was a weapon, but I also considered it to be sacred"

2. Simile "Freshmen women ain't considered nothing around here but pieces of meat. These dudes is like sharks smelling blood"

One Sentence Summary

1. She was now in college, excited about her future and how she was going to become the person that she has always wanted to be from her college experiences.

No Disrespect By Sister Souljah Journal Entry #4

Five Comments

1.  Her mother is somewhat bitter about her past relationships and now only cares about supporting her and her siblings.

2. Her mom is know dating a rich white man

3.  Her brother Tony is in college and works as a roofer

4. She was very helpful, and did not want to see her mother suffer

5. Her mother changed, she had become a "lady"

Four Questions

1. Why didn't her mother listen to her?

2. How did her brother get this job as a roofer ?

3. What college does Tony go to?

4. Why didn't her mom try to go with her proposition?

Three Words

1. Roofer: a person who makes or repairs roofs

2. snatchers: to make a sudden effort to seize something; as with a hand, grab

3. clashes: to come together or collide

Two Literary Terms

1. Allusion "I told her about a beautiful woman in history named Sally Hemings whom I had once read a book about" (p.48).

2. Simile "It was as though body snatchers  had somehow invaded her body and turned her heart cold"

One Sentence Summary

1. Life had treated her mother harshly, so the only solution her mom saw was to date white men with money.

No Disrespect By Sister Souljah Journal Entry #3

Five Comments

1. She wanted to better herself, she did not want to be like everybody else in the projects.

2. She did not believe in relationships, so she focused on her education

3. Did not believe in friends, she did not believe that real friends existed, so she only had temporary acquaintances

4. Her mom does not teach her the right things, well does not thinks that sex is cool because she does not know any better herself

5. Drugs are tearing her family apart

Four Questions

1. Why didn't she get in trouble for being where she wasn't supposed to be?

2. Why is her mom cool with the fact that her daughter almost got raped ?

3. Is she going to keep talking to Dana after this incident ?

4. Does she still have respect for her mom?

Three Words

1. Trounce: to beat severely; thrash

2. Hound: to pursue or harass  without respite

3. Gage: to appraise, estimate or judge

Literary Techniques

1. metaphor: "There seemed to be short commercials of pleasure and long-running dramas of pain, tragedy, and confusion " (p.35).

2. Simile "He had lips like comfortable pillows a light mustache" (p.36)

One Sentence Summary

1. There were good things and bad things that she witnessed growing up in the projects, which helped her learn how to be strong since she had dealt with many horrible situations.

No Disrespect By Sister Souljah Journal Entry #2

Five Comments
1. Everyone in the family had problems, the women in the family were mainly single mothers trying to make ends meet, and some of the men in the family were involved with drugs
2. She is starting to notice that in the adults in her life say one thing but do another
3.  Her mother was letting Tyrone, one of the men from the block take charge of the household
4. Tyrone was helping the kids out, and the kids started to like him
5. She realized that Tyrone wasn't as nice as he seemed
Four Questions
1. Why wasn't the church teaching the people how to develop their minds spiritually and intellectually?
2. Why was everything blamed on the devil?
3. Was Tyrone her mother's boyfriend?
4. Why would her mother let a man, that she hasn't long for to long take her place as the head of her household? 
Three Words
1. Reefer: a short, close fitting coat
2. jiffy: a very short time
3. ebb: a point of decline
Two Literary Terms
1. metaphor: "I lay in my bed in my bed paralyzed with fear..." (pg.23)
2. personification: "We therefore were to meet a few more men from the neighborhood... they were just rentals passing through." (pg. 25)
One Sentence Summary
1. Things start to change in the family, men from the neighborhood start coming inside the apartment.

No Disrespect By Sister Souljah Journal Entry #1

Five Comments
1. Their father didn't want them to trust anybody
2. Their dad gave them a picture of a crying clown and said told the kids
3. The dads visits became less frequent
4. Their mom was hated by all the other women in the neighborhood, she was thought to be stuck-up
5. The family was on welfare and now living in the projects
Four Questions
1. Why would the dad let her fall?
2. Why did the dad start visiting the kids less?
3. Why were they on welfare?
4. Why did they move into the projects?
Three Words
1. Intermittent: not continuous or steady
2. Perversely: showing a deliberate or obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable in spite of the consequences
3. Deacons: an ordained minister of the ranking below that of a priest
Two Literary Terms
1. Onomatopoeia: "I zoomed down the slide and came crashing onto the ground, causing my head to bleed."
2.Metaphor: "The projects were an endless maze in which a wrong could result in a little bleeding..."
One Sentence Summary
1. There was no way of getting ahead, or improving your life style when your on welfare, it was a system that only helped people feel worthless and help them fail.

The Color Purple Film

• Dolly at the beginning as Nettie is running
• Mid-shot when Nattie and Celie are playing the hand game
• Close Up on Nettie's face, Reaction shot
• Reaction shot of Celie while Nettie was giving her the baby
• Establishing shot when Celie, Nettie and their dad are walking
• Low angle shot when Nettie is trying to get away from Pa
• Mid-shot of Celie and Nettie at the Church
• Long Angle shot of Albert
• Mid-shot of Pa
• Mid-shot of Albert
• Point of view shots (From Celie and Netties point of views)
• Mid-shot of Pa
• Mid-shot of Albert
• High angle shot of Celie
• Long shot of Alberts children
• Pan across the room
• Reaction shot
• long shot of messy room
• Jump cuts of different rooms in the house
• Mid-shot of when Celie is combing the girls hair
• Reaction shot of Albert when Celie talks back to him
• High angle shot when Albert smacked Celie
• Reaction shot of Celie
• Establishing of the town
• Dolly back as Celie is walking into the store

The Color Purple By Alice Walker Journal Entry # 5

Five Comments

1. Corrine died and she buried wrapped in bark cloth under a tree

2. Samuel and Nettie got married in England

3. Nettie, Samuel, and the children return back home

4. The Missionary Society failed which everyone was disappointed by

5. Tashi is no where to be found

Four Questions

1. Why would Olivia be looked upon as an outsider for talking to another girl about her private parts?

2. When is Celie going to get to see her kids?

3. How do the kids feel about Nettie being married to their dad?

4.  why would Tashi deliberately hide?

Three Words

1. Stray: move without a specific purpose or mistake

2. Astern: behind or toward the rear of a ship or aircraft

3. Corrugated: cause to contract into wrinkles or folds

Two Literary Terms

1. Metaphor:" Beating so loud it shook the room" (p.224).

2. Imagery: "She is a jaunty, stringy, blue-eyed woman with hair the color of silver and dry grass" (p.228).

One sentence Summary

1. After, Corrine dies Samuel and Nettie get married, and they all return back home.