“Probably one of the best portraits I’ve ever taken. He’s an Irishman with blue eyes and has some funny marks on him. He was lying every night by a bonfire near a vegetable market. Some Hare Krishna types would come around at night giving these people soup, then they’d daub their faces with that absurd kind of religious sign. So he had to put up with that to get that bowl of soup. You can see he’s a man whose soul has been destroyed or possibly didn’t exist even. It’s a picture I call Neptune because he looks like that Roman god under the sea with his spiky hair rising with the undercurrents of the ocean. Sometimes I get carried away and romanticize about things because I need to indulge myself in some journey into fantasy because I’ve seen so much ugliness.” Homeless Irishman, Aldgate, East End, London, 1970. Gelatin silver print. (Don McCullin /Contact Press Images) source: Adams, James. "Don McCullin: A photographer goes back to the war zone at age 77." The Globe and Mail. January 30, 2013 1. Read the Christie McLaren article/story, The Suitcase Lady. 2. Download the Suitcase Lady Questions. Word process your responses. 3. Suitcase Lady Analysis Tips A Father's Journey by Frank Bruni The following is a brief DIDLS breakdown of the Fran Bruni article. The Diction: wordlessly, discomfort, whisper, mulling are used to connote a rather pensive, quiet, and reflective tone; commandeered is used to connote a powerful, self-confident tone. The Images : "He’d heard it said that peculiar upbringings turned children gay. “I thought about it a lot,” he said, “and I came to the conclusion that it had to be in your genes, in you, because I couldn’t think how the environment for you was any different than it was for your two brothers.” The Details : Bruni highlights the personal, mostly one-on-one, interactions with his father. He describes these as light on discussion and heavy on the more subtle, yet infinitely more profound, messages that are shared through body language. He stresses the times where he and his father would eat together. The act of eating together seems to be the unspoken, sincere love that binds them together. It's his father's way of saying - without saying - that, "You are my son. You will always be my son and I will always be your father. I will always protect you, love you, and give you what you need." The Language: Simple, yet emotional. The Syntax : Bruni's use of short, antithesis sentences - "not in disgust but in discomfort, not in a huff but in a whisper "- and crisp simple sentences to end off paragraphs - "I saw a lot of his back" and, " A corner was turned" - leave the most resonance. The antithesis sentences provide a very powerful image of an "old school" male dealing very singularly and silently with the changing times. The simple sentences are incisive hammers that neatly sum-up the main message of the their respective paragraphs. DiDLS : AN ONGOING ANALYSIS Test your skills identifying TONE and MEANING in a variety of prose selections; test your skills applying TONE to impact your own writing.
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LITERATURE STUDIES EVALUATION : PART A can identify important diction and comment on the importance (i.e. connotation) 1 2 3 4 5 can identify powerful and meaningful images within prose selections 1 2 3 4 5 can identify details and summarize details 1 2 3 4 5 can identify language style 1 2 3 4 5 can identify examples of effective syntax and comment on effectiveness 1 2 3 4 5 WRITING EVALUATION : PART B can use diction effectively, accurately and creatively 1 2 3 4 5 can use syntax effectively, accurately and creatively 1 2 3 4 5 can use literary/poetic devices effectively, accurately and originally 1 2 3 4 5 can write a clear, organized, engaging, and original piece of prose 1 2 3 4 5 MEDIA STUDIES/ORAL EVALUATION : PART C can use powerful, consistent images that capture the tone of a narrative within a media product 1 2 3 4 5 can use effective and powerful music/sound effects to enhance the media product 1 2 3 4 5 can use voice enhance the media product 1 2 3 4 5 |
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