Character Sketch

Character Sketch

This project was for the book Song of Solomon. We had to pick a character in the book and describe them as we were them. This was difficult because we could not just describe ourselves, we had to go into depth about our character. We had to put ourselves in the character shoes to be able to describe their actual identity. I chose Pilate Dead for my character. I was drawn to her because i admire her morals of family and her strength. 

Pilate Dead

         
My name, Pilate, was given to me by my father, who found the name in the Bible. When I was being born, my father had taken the Bible and randomly pointed at the name Pilate, which became my own. I am a single mother of one daughter named Reba. Reba also is a single mother, who has a daughter named Hagar. My brother is Macon, who has a son named milkman.

            Being as though I was on my own from a young age, and without a navel, I have lived a different style of life. In my past I was never able to hold on to someone for too long without my lack of a navel coming in a way. This has followed me to my future, where I do keep within my family mostly. This has caused for me to have a close-knit family.

My brother, Macon, has tried to keep his family distant from me. He, along with others, think of me as dirty or the way I live is unconventional.  Reba, Hagar, and myself grow and sell wine. We work all together in our house, picking the grapes, and then pulverizing them. Also in our house is unconventional. We don’t have any of the normal furniture one would usually have. There are two rooms: one we all sleep in, and the other has all the open space. We also do use candles for a source of light too.

Family is an extremely important part of me. I dearly love all of my family and would do anything to save them. I even had to put a knife up to a man just to get him to leave Reba alone. I also would not let Macon kill his own baby when it was still inside of Ruth. I was there to support her and help her. This strength that I have carries me throughout the book, even with my older age. I also like to love people. I can’t help but to open my heart up to others who need help. This is why I do try to give away a lot of what I have. Throughout the book I was always there for Milkman when he was on his own journey, trying to find himself. He came to me and learned about his ancestral land from my sounds that we would sing at night. I opened my heart up to milkman and others who needed me to lean on.

My characteristics of strength and youth come from my roots. These are from my African American traditional culture. I would consider myself to be a free spirited person. I do not follow the norms of society; I live my life the way I like to. This shows my individuality. My personal strength allows me to be the individual I am, and therefore I am able to help others.

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Kabul Poem

Reflection

This poem was used in relation to our class reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. This book took place in Kabul during the regime of the Taliban. Both of the main characters, Mariam and Laila, are forced into marrying Rasheed. In both relationships, in the beginning was good but turned bad. Mariam was not able to provide Rasheed with the son he longed to have, which turned into a sad, abusive relationship. Laila was able to have children, but her first daughter was actually Tariq's daughter. This turned into Rasheed also taking anger out on Laila too. The girls were able to overcome their conflicts with the killing of Rasheed, which enabled for Laila and her too children to live a happy life with Tariq. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The writing style was able to indulge me into the book. The use of the imagery of the author was able to make an impact of me. The book was a great read, along with the poem. The poem was about the sentiments of Kabul when he had visited it. The poem was about the author's endearment towards Kabul

Prompt: In a well written essay, address the poet's use of poetic devices such as imagery, personification, hyperbole, and metaphor to convey his sentiments of this city he once visited.

There is always going to be that one place where the sight of it is perfect. It is a place where a person is going to love everything about it, and is yearning to go back there. in "Kabul," the author Said-e-Tabrizi uses personification and imagery to reveal his love for Kabul.
Throughout the poem Kabul is referred to as a women. The author uses "her" and "she" when describing aspects that the author likes about Kabul. Commonly, men call objects, like cars, women. this is a sign of endearment. The author feels as though he has made a close connection with Kabul, and therefore, refers to Kabul as a prized possession. "But I love her," this shows that the author personifies Kabul as a women. It shows that the author feels love towards the land and has a kinship towards it. The author personifies Kabul in a positive way, "Her laughter." These are always about how beautiful Kabul is.

Imagery is used throughout the poem to show the beauty of Kabul. The mountains are described as "delights of heaven." this shows that to the author Kabul is a peaceful place. The author refers to Kabul as apart of heaven, which shows that it is perfect and the best place there is. Heaven is the absolute best place, which the author compares it alike to Kabul. The author describes Kabul's nature with "dazzling tulips" and "sparkling the water flow", this shows that it is a beautiful place. The author is showing that he loves all the aspects of Kabul because he describes all the aspects with passion and desire. This is shown when Kabul is described as "paradise", which is what everyone wants to obtain.

The author refers to Kabul as beautiful throughout the poem. Kabul is treated like a women, so he shows affection towards "her", which shows that the author loves Kabul. The author reveals his love with the use of personification and imagery by talking about how beautiful Kabul is.

Piano Lesson ppt. Work Songs

The Piano Lesson: Work Songs

For this presentation, different aspects in the book, The Piano Lesson, were chosen and a power point was created about it. Throughout the book there were many references to African American culture. I completed my power point on work songs, which is what the African Americans sang while working. I connected this motif to the piano lesson, and also was able to connect it back to Song of Solomon. Song of Solomon is another book that has African American motifs integrated into it. From the research for this presentation I was able to learn more about the African American culture. This is because the motif of Flying was integrated into these two works. Work songs are related to flying because both have to do with finding peace. work songs were able to make work more enjoyable and flying away was going to free the slaves and give them peace.