Reflection

Reflection 

During the course and the semestre we read and watch a lot of stories, that had different themes, messages, symbols , figurative languages etc. we discover new vocabulary and added it to our own, we learned to examine and analyze the stories from different point of views that the author was trying to explain and tell the reader with it different types of writing and literature from different times in history.  in my opinion the class was very helpful toward my reading comprehension because i learned to see different perspectives to a plot or climax in a story learned to find the different symbols, and figurative languages to distinguished the real purpose of the stories and their message. 

Proyecto final.

WOMAN IN GOLD

Woman in Gold.

Woman in gold is a the story of Maria Altaman, who takes on the Austrian government to recover her families heirlooms, specially a famous painting by the name woman in gold that was painted for her aunt Adele and was taken by the Nazis who eradicated her family. During the story we see a lot of different figures of speech like symbols, foreshadows, and flashbacks like the symbol of family that  is known as a symbol of unity and support, during the movie the mention this symbol a lot, Maria always reminds Randy that he is family, he reminds him about his heritage and this becomes a great factor for which Randy becomes attached and prioritized by the case. We see the unity and support randy and Maria have during the movie. On the other hand we foresee future action with scenes like At the begging of the movie When Maria tells Randy’s mom she needs a layer she can trust, and at the beginning of the movie we see that randy starts to help Maria with the case because of the price tag on the painting, however this scene foreshadows how randy becomes connected with the case and leaves his job, and makes this his number one priority, Being the right person Maria could trust that was foreshadowed in the first scene. Most important figure of speech in the movie are the flashback that g0 through out the whole story We see a flashback of the Nazis in Marias house, doing inventory over her family’s stuff, and how the paintings and jewelry was giving to Nazis generals and their families, and how their families name or last name was eradicated form the paintings and this is how the Adele’s portrait became the woman in gold. This is important in the movie because it gives important information to the spectator and to randy to understand the importance that is to Maria o get the painting back. Thanks to the use of figurative language, we understand why Maria Altman pursued to reclaim her aunts world famous painting that was stolen by the Nazis during World War II. that She did it  not just to recover what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain justice for the the Nazis actions.

The waltz

A visit to the Book fair. 

On Thursday October 15, I attended the International Book Fair in Monterrey. It was a curious experience because I never been to a book fair so big before, when I was in Jr. high we use to have book fairs in school I remember them being smaller but yet full of different experiences, that attracted you to at least buy a book. I’m not much of reader at but every time the book fair came to our school I bought a book and read it so I think that at least in my personal experience it achieved its purpose to make non readers read and readers read more.

So Now that I attended the International Book Fair in Cintermex, it was some how the same experience as when I was in Jr. High You could see many of the big book store names like Gandhi and Porrua, but you could see more local , international and national book store too, as well as Universities stands and a symposium for greet and meets with authors and Story tellers for kids or  “cuenta cuentos” as we call them here in Mexico, I attended the Book fair on Thursday morning, So it was full of schools that made the trip to bring their students to this experience it was packed,  you could barely walk, kids running around and lifting every book they could find, however it really didn't bother me at all I could easily look around in the different stands and stores and find some interesting books and topics of my  preference.

            As I explained earlier I’m not much of a reader but nevertheless I found a book that caught my attention and bought it, it's a book that a friend suggested for me, I hope it can meet my expectations and start a little reading habit in me, I usually read biographies or autobiographies, and this is more of a fictional novel so let’s see how it goes. furthermore, it was a good experience and like in other years it achieved its purpose and made a non reader read.