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Dialectical Journal
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What is important about this passage?
What is its effect or purpose?
“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come…. That is the life of men.”
Chapter 1
Page 1
Paragraph 1
This paragraph is the introduction to the whole novel. Usually an author would use some background information about the main character, or maybe even the time period, but not this one. This author chose to introduce her book with a long metaphor about dreams, men’s in specific. This metaphor talks of how the dreams of man are like ships on the horizon, always in sight but never in reach. She implies that no man has control over his dreams, and that no matter what they do; it is only by chance that they will achieve these dreams. Another important part of this paragraph is that “Time” is capitalized, as if it were a person mocking the Watcher by showing them what they can never achieve, and aging them so that they will never even have a chance.[
“Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they want to forget. The dream is the truth. They act and do things accordingly.”
Chapter 1
Page 1
Paragraph 2
This paragraph is written in comparison to the first. It speaks of the dreams of women rather than men. It states that women’s dreams are the truth, and they act based on that truth. That they have no control over their dreams, but at the same time, they have complete control, because their dreams are reality and no matter what they try to remember or forget, the truth is the only dream they know and their dreams will be truth.
“Seeing the woman as she was made them remember the envy they had stored up from other times. . . Words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song.”
Chapter 1
Page 2
Paragraph 1
In this paragraph the author speaks of
Evidence
Direct quotation, summary, or paraphrase of text
Source
Page Number
(possible line or paragraph)
Interpretation
What is important about this passage?
What is its effect or purpose?
“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come…. That is the life of men.”
Chapter 1
Page 1
Paragraph 1
This paragraph is the introduction to the whole novel. Usually an author would use some background information about the main character, or maybe even the time period, but not this one. This author chose to introduce her book with a long metaphor about dreams, men’s in specific. This metaphor talks of how the dreams of man are like ships on the horizon, always in sight but never in reach. She implies that no man has control over his dreams, and that no matter what they do; it is only by chance that they will achieve these dreams. Another important part of this paragraph is that “Time” is capitalized, as if it were a person mocking the Watcher by showing them what they can never achieve, and aging them so that they will never even have a chance.[
“Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they want to forget. The dream is the truth. They act and do things accordingly.”
Chapter 1
Page 1
Paragraph 2
This paragraph is written in comparison to the first. It speaks of the dreams of women rather than men. It states that women’s dreams are the truth, and they act based on that truth. That they have no control over their dreams, but at the same time, they have complete control, because their dreams are reality and no matter what they try to remember or forget, the truth is the only dream they know and their dreams will be truth.
“Seeing the woman as she was made them remember the envy they had stored up from other times. . . Words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song.”
Chapter 1
Page 2
Paragraph 1
In this paragraph the author speaks of