If you choose to do #3 (Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Story/Character) you can use this poem as your inspiration.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Wallace Stevens
I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird.
II I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds.
III The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime.
IV A man and a woman Are one. A man and a woman and a blackbird Are one.
V I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.
VI Icicles filled the long window With barbaric glass. The shadow of the blackbird Crossed it, to and fro. The mood Traced in the shadow An indecipherable cause.
VII O thin men of Haddam, Why do you imagine golden birds? Do you not see how the blackbird Walks around the feet Of the women about you?
VIII I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know.
IX When the blackbird flew out of sight, It marked the edge Of one of many circles.
X At the sight of blackbirds Flying in a green light, Even the bawds of euphony Would cry out sharply.
XI He rode over Connecticut In a glass coach. Once, a fear pierced him, In that he mistook The shadow of his equipage For blackbirds.
XII The river is moving. The blackbird must be flying.
XIII It was evening all afternoon. It was snowing And it was going to snow. The blackbird sat In the cedar-limbs.
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Reader’s Sketchbook
Kitchen God’s Wife By: Amy Tan
Chapter 26: SORROWFREE
In this chapter Winnie is through telling Pearl her life’s secrets. Helen finally told Winnie her true feelings for Wen Fu. Helen tells Winnie that she always knew Wen Fu was a bad man. But she never admitted it because she didn’t want Winnie to blame pearl. She tells Winnie that she had always thought that since she thought Wen Fu was born “bad” then she would think pearl was born badly too. Pearl would be born that way too. She also tells Winnie that she always knew that Wen Fu might have been Pearl’s father.
I thin k this chapter and everyone before it means that a mother’s love is unconditional. What matters most in this chapter is the meaning the Kitchen God’s Wife has on this family. And that’s because Winnie wasn’t looking for a god that would give her daughter luck or money. She was looking for one that would watch over her child and guard her for the rest of her and her family’s lives. For example the shopkeeper was introducing her to many statues but Winnie was looking for a specific one.
“But sometimes, when you are afraid, you can talk to her. She will listen. She will wash away everything sad with her tears. She will use her stick to chase away everything bad. See her name: Lady Sorrowfree, happiness winning over bitterness, no regrets in this world.” This quote to me represents today’s woman. She is strong, loving, courageous, and determined. Doesn’t depend on anyone else but herself, especially when her husband leaves her.
-Kattia leger
Dear Tia:
I find The Kitchen God's Wife to be an interesting novel.i dont find it to be confusing so far. i want to keep reading until i finish the book. I am so anxious to find out what is going to happen next. I know you've been reading alot lately, what part are you in? How do you feel about it? I hated the part when Wen Fu started to act like such a jerk to winnie. I was highly upset. I know that winnie is the way she is now because of her past experience, like many people i know. I think that is one of the key elements that the author wants to bring out to the reader. she wants to accomplish that through winnie's experience. People become the way they are now or later because of their past experience. which may be struggles, suffage, pain, memoirs, happy moments....etc
Sincerely,
Ana Fortin
Character Log
For this character log I've chosen Winnie. Winnie is a very important character in this novel. I learned so much about her attitude and experience through out the book as she specifically describes her past.Growing up, Winnie was a very naive little girl. She was left by her mother at such a young age. She didn't know any better since she was raised by her Old and New Aunt that preffered Peanut over her. So far Winnie doesn't mention what she believes in but from her character I assume that Winnie believes that if she would have grown up with her mother, the marriage between her and Wen Fu would have never happened. Telling Pearl the truth about her past is very important to her. She just couldn't tell her before because she didn't know how to tell her and she was scared of what Pearl's reaction might have been. What motivated Winnie to tell Pearl the truth about her past sooner rather then later was Helen. Helen thinks she has cancer and is going to die soon so she told Winnie she didn't want to die without letting all their secrets out to Pearl. Winnie went ahead and told Pearl before Helen did. At the beginning of the book, the relationship between Pearl and Winnie seemed kind of sour. They argued alot. The relationship between Winnie and Helen is hypocritical. They know so much about each other that they maintain politeness towards each other.
Ana Fortin
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