Grannt's third post on the Color of Water

·        10/16/14

         Book: The Color of Water

     Grannt 

     Prompt: Make a text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connection to the book (You could easily write a paragraph on each and create links to other sites, videos, etc).

    

                 A text to self connection between me and The Color of Water is the fact me and Ruth are both Jewish. This will give me a deeper connection to the book. I get the connection by seeing things in my Jewish life, and seeing in the book. When I see things like how Ruth speaks Yiddish, and how my grandmother speaks Yiddish as well, I can fee the connection to Ruth as is with my grandmother. I could also have a connection with Ruth in the fact that she has strong morals just like the Rabbi at my Synagogue.

               

               I also have a connection with James in the book because I too was curious about my heritage.  You could see this when James is asking questions to his mom about where she is from and what happened to her family members. I did the same thing with my parents when I was young. The difference is that when I ask, I got a very detailed responds from both my parents. This connection allows me to get a deeper feel for the character of James, along with the books as a whole. 

       -Grannt Bell 4 

  

1984

Grannt Epstein

•  Describe the setting of the novel.  Include details about the time and place as well as lines from the book that include good imagery.  

                  In the book 1984, George Orwell talks about how life is in the totalitarian state of Oceania in London after a nuclear war. The main characters name is Winston Smith. You are not allowed to keep a journal, yet Winston does. London is a gloomy place in this timeline. Winston begins to question the role of government in his journal. Also the mentality of the people is different as children are interested in hangings. " ' They're dissipation that they couldn't see the hanging'..... 'Want to see the hanging! Chanted the little girl,"(pg 23). 

g               Also you see the mentality of the government with the slogan of "War is peace, freedom is slavery". This shows how the government is taking control of the people by changing the way they think. And Winston is beginning to question all of it. This is a brave think of him to do, when the thought police is watching you even in your house. The houses are very plain and in bad condition because they were made in the 1930's. I find the book to be really good. 

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- -Grannt Epstein 

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