Friday, May 14, 2010

Critique on This Boy's Life Project

-Marrissa had a cool painting with really vivid colors. It showed jack falling down a road and into a mess. It reminded me of when he was moving in with Dwight. It was a very interesting painting.


-Albert had a great poem that had examples from the book. It expressed Jack's different poses throughout the book and has examples of things he did. The diction was really creative and gave the poem more meaning. It was a great poem.


-Ashley Rockwell had a poster with different themes from the memoir. There were many pictures from the movie that illustrated the themes. One theme on the poster was dream big. Jack was a dreamer and he wanted to go to college and get a career. The poster was very creative.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Fact and fiction in a memoir

Where should a writer draw the line between fact and fiction in a memoir? Does Tobias Wolff lie about who he really was? Does it matter?

A memoir should be only facts that the writer remembers. There shouldn't be any made up stories or fiction in a writers memoir.

Monday, May 3, 2010

this boys life crossword

down: 1. grovel 5. curtly 7. abjection 10. pretentious 11. ludicrous 14. reverie 17. coy

across: 4. timbre 6. strident 9. implacable 15. furtive