A glimpse inside Bilbo's Hobbit hole
Hey Everyone,
Thanks for a good class on Friday. I am looking forward to reading about your own personal Hobbit holes.
Remember to have your paragraph ready to hand in at the beginning of class on Tuesday. If you have misplaced your assignment sheet you can find a copy of it here
*****Please read up to page 33 (the end of chapter 1) for next class as well.******
As I promised, here is a link to the Hobbit and Elvish name generator site. The link will bring you to the Hobbit name generator, just click on the "elf name" link at the top to get to the next page. If you are interested in your classmates' Hobbit names, the full list can be found here
I have also posted the Rune translation sheet here
If you thought that runes were pretty cool, check out this website. It has tons of information on runes, their history, meaning and links to magic and tarot. There's also a link about runic tattoos.
Last but not least....
Clarification about Leah's question on Friday about 2nd person. I wasn't too terribly clear in my explanation (I actually wasn't so sure about the definition myself since we use it so seldom)
Anyway, I did a little checking and here's a better definition.
2nd person is used very rarely as a point of view in literature. It is so rare because it is the type of narration most often used in instruction manuals. It refers to the reader as "you" and directs them through the story. An example that you might have experience with is the "choose your own adventure" genre of novels that you may have read in elementary school. In these books you as the reader are traveling through the book as if you were an actual character in the book. An example of 2nd person narrative is the following:
"You walk through the door into Mr. Low's class, you look over and see that Ms. Zeiler has taken over. You think to yourself - 'SWEET!' and then run to your desk barely able to contain your excitement."
So there your go. I am a fountain of knowledge but don't always have the answers right away.
Hope that helps and I'll see you on Tuesday.
5 comments:
Yes, the paragraph should be 150 words minimum. If you lost your assignment sheet there is a link to it in the second paragraph (it's in yellow)
What if our place that we chose, we think that we made it clar how our personalities are, but your arent able to see that...?
(weird question i know, also quite hard to understand)
I understand your question :)
Think back to the activity we did in class and how easy it was to pick out Bilbo's character traits from the description. Tolkien told us very little directly but we filled up a whole blackboard with character traits.
Here's a few suggestions to help you along. I should be able to understand your hobbies and likes by what I find in the room /place (CDs, sports equipment, books, posters on the walls, a band playing in a cafe, the food at the restaurant you go to, the stuff stuck on the door of your locker etc)
About your personality - it is tidy, is it messy, does it smell nice or like an old gym bag? Is it organized in a particular way?
Where is this place located is it dark or are there a lot of windows? If it's your locker is it full of stuff or are there only a few things in there. Is there a mirror?
Is your place a busy place with lots of action and people or is it quite and secluded. Is it in nature or is there no hint of nature at all.
Does this help?
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