Continuing on with the Novel Studies, our task today was to read the Yellow Brick Road novel. After reading the story we had to answer questions in full sentences, about what the story was all about. There were also specific pages we had to talk about.
1) The narrator (speaker) of the story believes they are moving to Wellington so they can begin a new, better life by discovering new jobs, finally making money to help his family out of suffrage. Evidence for this statement: "We'll make lots of money and be rich as anything because Wellington is where the money is and you have to go where the money is, ay Dad. No use staying in Waituhi and being poor all the time, ay"
2) On Page 1, the big difference between Waituhi and Wellington, that was mentioned by the narrator was that "Wellington is where the money is. And you have to go where the money is, ay Dad. No use of staying in Waituhi and being poor all the time". The meaning of that quote is basically saying that there is a bigger population of Pakehas than their own hometown.
3) On Page 3, the narrator's dad told Uncle Sam that they were moving to Wellington because there were no more jobs back at home and they had plenty of seasonal work like shearing, fruit-picking etc. On top of that, Wellington had plenty of work there; plenty of factories. Another reason is that he wanted his kids to have a better life.
4) The narrator's attitude towards moving to Wellington changes, as they were getting closer to the city. Earlier at the beginning of the trip and during, he was optimistic, curious and interested but then later on when they got closer to the city, his whole mood switched and started feeling worried and anxious. While that being said, there were signs ahead that made him feel those kinds of emotions, additionally also by some people who they encountered that were not so friendly.
5) Emerald City, Yellow Brick Road, Flying Monkeys, scarecrow, tinman and cowardly lion, are all allusions (references) to a famous book titled "The Wizard of Oz". I think the author made this comparison to show the audience what it's like to be in two different worlds, Rich and Poor. It shows that moving into a different or unalike place can make a big difference in peoples lives and that life can be an obstacle.
Hi Anneleise
ReplyDeleteI like how you followed the instructions carefully as mentioned in the slides which is where you write in full sentence instead of copy-pasting the questions onto your post. I also like how well-organised your post is, almost every question has the same amount of sentences in it. Maybe next time you could improve by proof-reading your post before publishing to make sure no grammatical errors are included. Other than that, I think you did a very good job.