Happy Friday! Happy Friday!

Cather’s Style;Cather’s Style; Efficient Presentations! Efficient Presentations!

Nature as a characterNature as a character

Pg 21 elm treePg 21 elm tree Pg 78 springPg 78 spring Pg 89 thunderstormPg 89 thunderstorm

Seasons and plot alignmentSeasons and plot alignment

What season was it, at the beginning What season was it, at the beginning of the novel? of the novel?

What seasons have we moved What seasons have we moved through? through?

How are the seasons related to events How are the seasons related to events that are happening in the novel?that are happening in the novel?

What season is it, in your reading right What season is it, in your reading right now? now?

Imagery/SimileImagery/Simile

““The snow did not fall this time, it The snow did not fall this time, it simply spilled out of heaven, like simply spilled out of heaven, like thousands of feather-beds being thousands of feather-beds being emptied” (60).emptied” (60).

Seasons…Seasons…

““When spring came, after that hard When spring came, after that hard winter, one could not get enough of winter, one could not get enough of the nimble air. Every morning I the nimble air. Every morning I wakened with a fresh consciousness wakened with a fresh consciousness that winter was over” (77). that winter was over” (77).

““July came on with that breathless, July came on with that breathless, brilliant heat which makes the plains brilliant heat which makes the plains of Kansas and Nebraska the best of Kansas and Nebraska the best corn country in the world” (89). corn country in the world” (89).

Nature Personified; Nature Personified; Characters “naturified”Characters “naturified”

Jim recalling Antonia: “Her neck Jim recalling Antonia: “Her neck came up strongly out of her came up strongly out of her shoulders, like the bolt of a tree out shoulders, like the bolt of a tree out of the turf” (79). of the turf” (79).

The prairie-grass dividing, its special odor The prairie-grass dividing, its special odor breathing, breathing,

I demand of it the spiritual corresponding, I demand of it the spiritual corresponding, Demand the most copious and close companionship Demand the most copious and close companionship

of men, of men, Demand the blades to rise of words, acts, beings, Demand the blades to rise of words, acts, beings, Those of the open atmosphere, coarse, sunlit, fresh, Those of the open atmosphere, coarse, sunlit, fresh,

nutritious, nutritious, Those that go their own gait, erect, stepping with Those that go their own gait, erect, stepping with

freedom and command, leading not following, freedom and command, leading not following, Those with a never-quell’d audacity, those with Those with a never-quell’d audacity, those with

sweet and lusty flesh clear of taint, sweet and lusty flesh clear of taint, Those that look carelessly in the faces of Presidents Those that look carelessly in the faces of Presidents

and governors, as to say and governors, as to say Who are you?Who are you? Those of the earth-born passion, simple, never Those of the earth-born passion, simple, never

constrain’d, never obedient, constrain’d, never obedient, Those of inland America.Those of inland America.

Found poemFound poem

Considerations: Considerations:

Weather, seasons, moodiness, wild vs. Weather, seasons, moodiness, wild vs. cultivated, sensory images, etc. cultivated, sensory images, etc.

Poetic style- repetition, line breaks Poetic style- repetition, line breaks (enjambment), dramatic pause (enjambment), dramatic pause (caesura); consider the expansiveness (caesura); consider the expansiveness of languageof language

HomeworkHomework

Read My Antonia, Book II, Chapters Read My Antonia, Book II, Chapters 1-71-7

Continue gathering examples that Continue gathering examples that illustrate your assigned topicillustrate your assigned topic

Finish found poem- Illustrate for ec!!!Finish found poem- Illustrate for ec!!!