Choose a motif not discussed in this book (as the horse reference on page 280) and note its appearance in one or two different works.
What does this idea seem to signify?
Think of a “baptism scene” from a significant literary work. How was the character different after the experience? Discuss.
Post By : Dalton Harmon
ReplyDeleteThis is my grand finale post so I have made it a little bit longer than the rest of my posts to finish things right.
Motifs, I will start out by defining what they are, in literature, movies, and games it is a recurring symbolic reference that like a Easter egg is sometimes hidden and also like a Easter egg in a way that it is also important to the creators and is also usually fun to find. One work that is not completely literature that I have found this in is in all of the final fantasy games, final fantasy unlimited, and in all of the final fantasy books there are Chocobos in there since the Chocobo is the "Mascot" of the fnal fantasy series they are in all of the works they have made and the only reason that they are not in Kingdom hearts is because Disney Though it would ruin the game so they forbid Square Enix To put them in the kingdom hearts games. They are used in Final Fantasy IV the after years as a way to get to where you want without having to battle at all and they can be summoned to kick your opponents and I literally mean that the move they do when you summon them is called Chocobo Kick.
Another work I have seen Motifs in is Wood pushers, the wood is the most recurring element in the entire story, the wood which symbolizes the tree where the village is and the villagers shelter as well, which is used to make the skateboards that they used for transportation and their weapons as well, they use the wood to make the tools they use to hunt as well. Also this much wood in the story makes it obvious that it is a motif.
it is longer than the rest of my posts except for the one about Irony
Deleteyour motif is pretty good the only thing is that you should've been a bit shorter.
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ReplyDeleteWhile there are thousands of motifs that weren’t addressed in the book, I went with the motif of color. Different colors are symbolic of different things, especially in literature.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” Gatsby is enchanted by this green light he can see at the end of a dock across the bay. For him, the green light represents hope that one day he and Daisy will be reunited and he can present her with a perfect life.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter,” Hester Prynne is marked with a red “A” because she has committed adultery. In Hawthorne’s novel, the color of the “A,” being a scarlet red, is a motif that symbolizes the sin that she has committed, or seems to have committed by having a baby without being married.
This was an interesting motif to choose. I never usually take color motifs into account when reading literature, but now I will try to look out for it!
DeleteI loved "The Great Gatsby" and how the green light gave Gatsby hope that he'd be reunited with Daisy each night.
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I agree that color is very symbolic. It is used in a variety of literature and is used to symbolize different things. It can show an emotion or represent an action.
DeleteInteresting work!
DeleteLove color, I think about the Giver seeing how color, or lack of color is a main theme. I don't know if that could tie into this . Great job, very unique.
DeleteGreat and interesting ideas
DeleteI totally agree this was my motif as well, your connections were a lot more deeper and i liked that.
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ReplyDeleteA leading motif in Arthur Miller's The Crucible is that of allegations. In the story, Abigail has understood that her recent statement will ensure her so she continues to blame more and more women in the town for Salem. Leading to many innocent people getting killed because they were being wrongfully accused. Abigail is manipulating and a liar. The increased influence of the confessions escalates until John Proctor declines to confess, what he’s being compelled to do. We know that John Proctor and Abigail William’s are ex lovers, they had an affair when Abigail was working for him and his wife.
Allegations serve as a popular motif in different literary works.
DeleteVery interesting story, and I really enjoy the motif you chose. Allegations are very interesting to me and I wish we read more stories like "The Crucible" in school.
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ReplyDeleteA motif I didn’t notice, unless I missed it by some chance, is an unreliable narrator. Unreliable Narrators use trickery to make their readers question assumptions they may have held beforehand in the story. This motif is used to keep readers in suspense and on the edge of their seats, waiting to find the truth of where the story goes, and if they can trust that the author gives a true ending. This idea signifies a sense of trickery, as I have stated before. The reader cannot trust their previous assumptions on what would happen in the story, because the narrator has made many twists, making the reader suspicious of their intentions.
This motif appears in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. He claims to have plastered Fortunato in a vault to die and rot for all eternity, and who would trust someone who is capable of doing something so evil? If he didn’t do what he claims to have done, we cannot trust him for he has lied.
Another example of an unreliable narrator is Nick Carraway, author of “The Great Gatsby.” Carraway is biased when describing other characters, and is also under the influence of intoxicating substances during some scenes in the story, giving readers an inaccurate view of what exactly happened.
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DeleteI really liked this because it's odd thinking that you can't trust the narrator. Your post reminded me of a book I read by James Patterson that was called Confessions Of A Murder Suspect. The narrator was telling about how she found her parents dead, yet she said a few times that she tells lies. She said things that lead me to think she committed the murders.
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That is definitely a motif since what is the point of believing the text if a drunk person is telling it all to you.
DeleteI've never thought about this as a motif before either! I find the idea of an unreliable narrator very interesting because it's like your eyes into the book are blurred by the narrator's own endeavors and problems.
DeleteI've never thought about the narrator not being a reliable source and it really opened my eyes to books I've read in the past.
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DeleteI love your idea of the author being an unreliable source, I would have never thought of it! The author being an unreliable source also helps me see literature in a different light because it gives me another perspective to look at the literature
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I love your connection with the motif and "The Cask of Amontillado".
DeleteI love this example!!
DeleteI love the connections you made with your motifs.
DeleteA motif that I did not see in the book was Ghost reminders in the fictional novel Scrooge. These ghosts reminded him of how he was by showcasing different time periods and the reader would not completely understand this until they see all the ghosts which would show him his sinful ways. The ghosts remind him in a physical form and he would first get a visit by the ghost of the past taking him through his past and a little pause before being visited by the next ghost which takes him through present time. Lastly one more pause before the last ghost makes their arrival, the future ghost that shows the future Scrooge will create. Afterwards he changes and does not act cruel as the ghost of the future gave him a scary but true future if he did not change his ways. These ideas signifie the past, present, and future which forever change Scrooge and he sees life in a whole different way.
ReplyDeleteGhost reminders always make a story a bit more interesting. Too bad they are not used a lot, but less frequent occurrences makes them all the more special.
DeleteYou have a cool motif. I didn't think about this one. Ghost are pretty interesting in literature because they can be used in many different ways.
DeleteI never thought about this, but now that you have pointed it out I see that it is a motif. Great example!
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Isolation serves as a great motif in many novels. Isolation can be defined as a time when a character is left alone with only their thoughts. Isolation may take the form being alone in a populated place like a jail in the novels "The Crucible" and "The Good Thief, a time without loved ones as seen in "The Hiding Place", or maybe even a time when they are completely alone, for example "The Fifth Wave". These times normally let the character have a bit of time to lament and monologue on the stories progression. Scenes like this really help us define a characters motives, goals, and relationships. Isolation may help or hinder a character. Being confined one's life may cause insanity, or being away for a bit of time may let them clear their heads for a moment. This motifs is typically plot inflicted due to the fact that characters do not normally want to leave their friends and family behind.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough I have not enjoyed going over the motifs in this story I did think of one that was not mentioned. Parental death is something I notice a lot of in television series and books. Parental death sets up a good story line, usually leading to a child out for revenge. In all four of the television shows I watch the main character has lost all of his or her parents. I will be going over three of the four shows.
The first show is Supernatural. Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother at a very early age in a fire. The fire was not accidental, so San and Dean's father began to hunt monsters in search of his wife's killer. John(Sam and Dean's dad) raised Sam and Dean to fight monsters as well. Soon the same demon who took their mother's life soon had their father's. This then made Sam and Dean even more vengeful.
The second show is Arrow. This one is a bit more complicated because Oliver's father was not murdered, but his mother's actions led to Oliver's father's death. Oliver's mother on the other hand was murdered right in front of him. The man who murdered his mother became Oliver's main focus. Although in the end Oliver did not kill his mother's killer, Oliver did avenge her death.
The last show I am going to talk about is The Flash. Barry Allen also lost his mother at a young age and his father was wrongly accused of her murder. Barry spent his life looking for his mother's killer so he could free his dad from jail.
All of the shows I have mentioned included children whose parent(s) were murdered. This is usually an indicator that a large portion of the first season or two will be centered around the child(now adult) trying to find their parent's killer. This also usually shows that our character is different from most because that character grew up without a parent. Not having a parent sets that character apart from the others.
I absolutely love your examples. I also agree that death is significant in driving the plot. Without theses deaths, the characters would not have a reason to find justice.
DeleteVery true, love your examples. There are many more too, wonder why something so sad has to be popular!
DeleteThis is a great set of examples and it really backed up what you were trying to say. Great job!
DeleteBy: Hannah Berckman
ReplyDeleteA motif common in stories is color. Color has a huge influence on emotions and can change the way a reader feels. For example, blue is commonly associated with sadness or gloominess.
The first thing that comes to my mind is in Star Wars Darth Vader, leader of the Galactic Empire wears all black. Black is symbolic of power. Since the force is strong with Anakin, he uses his power to attempt to fight the Rebel Alliance.
The Wizard of Oz is another example of color being used. The beginning of the movie is in black and white but once Dorthy goes into Oz, the film turns to color. This is significant because Oz is like a dream land and that's illustrated by bright, vivid color.
I enjoy both of the examples you've used. Color is very significant, it had much meaning behind it.
DeleteI love this movie, it is my #1 favorite!!!
DeleteI thought of "The Wizard of Oz" but I thought of the movie as a different way. Thank you for helping me to understand that color has a greater meaning to this movie. ~ Caleb C.
That's a great example. Color changes the whole perspective of a story.
DeleteThis is a wonderful example. Good job!
DeleteAwesome examples! Good job!
DeletePost By: Karmen Scruggs
ReplyDeleteA motif that was not found throughout the book but is still incredibly important is name.
Names, in works of literature can sometimes mean things and this impacts the way the character acts in certain situations. It can change what they act like and who they get along with all because of their name and what it means.
One example of this would be in the novel Paper Towns. The female lead, Margo is known for not being the most beautiful but for being the most unique. Margo means pearl. Pearls are not known for being the most beautiful, they are known for being unique.
I never thought name would be a motif but after explaining your example with Margo meaning pearl, there are many motifs we never come to see unless we spend time dissecting the text.
DeleteThis is great! I never thought of the meaning behind her name. I'm not too familiar with the novel, but I want to check it out soon.
DeleteThis is definitely something I never had thought about before. Your use of the example you provided was well matched with your chosen motif. Basically what I'm saying is good job.
DeleteI agree, names are very important in good novels. I never knew that Margo's name was symbolic of a pearl, although I did figure it meant something because John Green uses the name motif a lot. For example, in "The Fault in our Stars," his protagonist is Hazel, which is an in-between color for someone who is in-between living and dying.
DeleteOne of the motifs that intrigues me the most is the idea that death is inescapable. Two stories I am very intrigued by that help embody this idea are “The Tale of the Three Brothers” from the Harry Potter series and the movie The Book Thief.
ReplyDeleteIn “The Tale of the Three Brothers” three brothers create a bridge over a stream that would have been proven lethal upon their entry, thus cheating Death. Death being clever, he offers the brothers one wish apiece, leading directly to the deaths of the first two brothers. The youngest of the three brothers asked for a way to go forward without death following him. When the youngest brother was an old man, he gave his cloak to his son and went to Death willingly, allowing Death to claim the third brother.
The Book Thief is such an interesting movie for me because the narration of it done by Death. One of the things death said is that in war “[i]t’s always been the same.” Young men rush off to war, thinking “they are running at their enemy, when... they were running to [Death]” (Marcus Zusak, 2013). He also states that “no one lives forever” (Marcus Zusak, 2013).
-Jared W. Godwin
That is completely true; death really is unavoidable. The idea of death narrating a book is pretty amazing and interesting.
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ReplyDeleteOne motif I feel that is important is color. Not only is color important, but the things the color represents are typically important.
In the movie "A Series Of Unfortunate Events," all the eyes that were carved around Count Olaf's place were black. This symbolizes something dark and cruel. The color of the eye helps people understand that it doesn't mean a good thing.
In most movies where there is a marriage scene, the bride is wearing a white dress. The color white symbolizes purity of the soul. Snow, is pure and it is white and people can make that connection that the bride is pure as snow.
I have never thought about color being a motif. I knew colors stood for certain things but not a motif. -Kalynne
DeleteI have seen this movie, but it never crossed my mind that color had this much of an impact on the movie. Thank you for helping me to realize this. ~ Caleb C.
DeleteI like how you connect colors with certain moods.
DeleteI now have a better perspective of this movie, just from the color meaning different things.
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ReplyDeleteA motif is a recurring symbol in a story. A common motif that is evident in a lot of literary works is a forest. Forests in literature are never a good thing. My first example would be in "The Crucible" where Abigail and her friends are with Tituba in the middle of the forest. They were doing things they knew would be frowned upon by society like dancing and spell casting. This was the spark that started the Salem witch trials in "The Crucible." My next example is in the Harry Potter series. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is not too far from a forest they refer to as "the Forbidden Forest." The name is as it implies, forbidden. The students are not allowed to go in it because nothing good ever happens. On one occasion, they are assigned to help Hagrid rescue a unicorn but encounter who we later find out is Voldemort drinking from unicorns. On another occasion, Harry, Hermoine, and Ron sneak into the forest to talk to the giant spider Aragog. On their trip, they are almost unable to escape because the spiders tried to eat them. In both of these literary works, the forest was never anything good. The forest is symbolic because a lot of times the forest is associated with the devil because that is where he is said to reside.
Posted by: Caleb Costner
ReplyDeleteThrough the hundreds of motif's that can be found in literature, the motif that I am going to use is object.
In the movie "The wizard of Oz" by Victor Fleming, Dorothy Gale travels by cyclone to a magical world somewhere far over the rainbow. Once their Dorothy was given the ruby slippers (a.k.a. "The Object"). When Dorothy travels all over Oz to find the wizard to get back home, she is hunted down by a wicked witch that wants Dorothy's ruby slippers. The reason she wants the slippers is that they belonged to her late sister, but she also knows the power that they hold.
When Dorothy gets to the Emerald City, where the wizard lives she asks the wizard if he can take her home. When the wizard refuses and exclaims that the only way to get her wish is to bring the wicked witch's broom stick, Dorothy is frustrated by the thought but does as she is told.
When Dorothy defeats the wicked witch and brings the wizard the broom stick, he keeps his promise to take her home. When the time came to leave, Dorothy was unable to get in the wizards hot air balloon (which was how he was going to take her home), she then is told that the only way she was able to get home was by the ruby slippers. She is told to say "There is no place like home", and click her heels 3 times. Doing so she then wakes up at home.
What the ruby slipper's signify, is Dorothy's way home. She would not have been able to travel home in the wizard's hot air balloon, because The Land of Oz way only a dream by the imagination of Dorothy. With the ruby slippers, Dorothy was able to transport her away from the magical place to be home at the end of the story.
This is really good. I have never thought about the shoes as "the object."-Kalynne
DeleteI like how you used object as a motif that the author didn't talk about.
DeleteBy:Kalynne Helms
ReplyDeleteOne motif I tend to think of are forests. Usually in a movie or book, scary things or bad things happen in a forest. Just like in Harry Potter, at the middle /end of the movie Harry meets Voldemort in the forest to save his friends at Hogwarts but to also save Hagrid who is tied up to a tree, but what really happens is Voldemort tries to kills him.
In The Crucible, Tituba and the girls are out in the forest dancing and they cast spells with chicken blood. All the girls knew they weren't supposed to be doing these things but they go out in the forest at night and do them anyway.This is what caused the Salem Witch Trials.
Another movie that has a forbidden forest in it, is The Hobbit. Except this forest has a different name. It is called Mirkwood. Bilbo and his group of dwarves must go through the forest to escape Azog and his army. But the thing is the forest has one thin path to follow and if you step off the path then you will be lost forever. Well they stepped off of it or more like lost it. While Bilbo tries to climb a tree to see where they are, the dwarves are captured by huge spiders. Nothing is ever pretty in a forbidden forest and you know what happens in them.
I agree that forests are a pretty common motif. We see them pretty often in literature. I also like your example of the "Salem Witch Trials;" that was a fun play to read.
DeleteA motif that’s recurring in Morgan Matson’s “Since You’ve Been Gone” is the idea of an identity crisis. Emily has no idea what to do without Sloane to be with all summer and got stuck with one of Sloane’s list of things for her to do that she’d have to go out of her comfort zone to do. Slone was her only friend and Emily lived in her shadow for the most part, so she didn’t really know who she was without Sloane. Throughout the book Emily makes new friends and realizes what it’s like to be herself without living in the shadow of Sloane. She’s had to grow as a person to finish Sloane’s list and make some new friends. In the end Sloane leaving Emily was for the better, since she got to discover who she truly was.
ReplyDeleteIdentity crisis also occurs in Scott Westerfeld’s “Uglies.” The protagonist Tally is certain that she wants to undergo a surgery to become “pretty”, but some events cause her to question this. Tally is told that if she doesn’t go into this place called the Smoke, a place in the woods where rebels live, she’ll never get the surgery. Once in the Smoke tally learns more about the earlier society and some things that happen during the surgery that nobody was told about. She has conflicted feelings about this and can’t decide if the surgery is worth it or if she should stay in the Smoke.
-Piper Colangelo
Posted by: James Lynn
ReplyDeleteOne motif that come to my heads is weapons. Weapons are used very often in TV shows, video games, some books, and so on. I believe weapons are key to stories, as they appear to be different symbols in stories, and come in many different styles.
For example, a gun is one of the most iconic types of weaponry. When most people think of a gun, they imagine violence. In many video games, guns are used as weapons of destruction, with their sole purpose in the world is to kill people or animals. I also agree with those images.
Another type of weapon I can think of is a sword. Swords are also weapons, and have been used many times in the past. Despite being a weapon, I believe that not many people picture swords in the same way as they picture guns. In my eyes, a sword is a picture of elegance. A blade, when most people picture it, is a long, sharp, metal stick. I believe swords are very clean and pretty, and can also show off elegance in the user. Swords are often used in fantasy, and medieval times. in medieval times, they were the weapons used the most by knights. In fantasy, they were very iconic in determining the status of an individual. Do not take this out of context: usually, the bigger the sword means the more important the character. For example, in Final Fantasy, the most iconic sword is the Buster Sword, used by Cloud Strife. This sword looks like a giant parallelogram that's as big as Cloud himself. In other games, such as MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games), higher level characters will have larger or more elegant-looking weaponry. For example, level one characters may have a stick, while a level fifty character may have a giant sword as tall as the character with a demonic glow and spikes growing out of it, or something ridiculous like that.
I like your topic of weapons as well as how you addressed it through pointing to different types of weapons but primarily focusing on one type.another thing I liked about how you went about this is talking about swords. In your discussion of swords, Rick Riordan's new book The Sword of Summer would have been a helpful because a sword in the book is actually made into a character.
DeleteA motif according to wikipedia (I know, I know, unreliable) “is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story. Through its repetition, a motif can help produce other narrative (or literary) aspects such as theme or mood.” One motif I came up with that was not addressed in the books was, snakes. zIn the bible the devil was in the form of a serpent (also known as a snake) so I believe a snake can be used to symbolize evil, sins,temptation, (like how serpent tempted Eve to eat from the tree) and bad things. One example I could think of was Good Omens by, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman. The book is like a spinoff of events in the bible and in it is a snake named, Mr. Crowley who tempts Eve like, what happens in Genesis. There are many references for the serpent representing evil, though most deals/originates back to the bible in the garden of Eden with Eve and the serpent.
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ReplyDeleteOne motif that was not discussed in “How to Read Literature Like a professor” is color. I feel like color is something that plays a big part in movies and books. Color represent something like a flashback or something greater.
For example in the book “The Giver”, Jonas and the Giver is the only ones who can see color. I feel like this ability to see color gives him a power in a sense. The color can give him a different perspective on things.
Motifs are very important in literature. A motif is something that occurs over and over in literature. A motif I have noticed, that is unavoidable, would be conflict. Nearly every work of literature you come across will include a conflict of sorts. In "Romeo And Juliet," the two families conflicted. They had a fued in the past and can't seem to get over it until they share mutual loss of a loved one and bond over it. Another example of conflict is in "The Outsiders." The boys in this novel have a rival group as well, and they get into some serious fights with them simetimes. In the end, though (Spoiler alert) Johnny does die. Even with his death, though, The rest of his "gang" of friends comes out stronger and closer.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of conflict between groups in literature seems to signify what's to come. We know it's usually death, or bringing people closer, or both. In the case of both "Romeo And Juliet," and "The Outsiders," both of these things come after the conflict. Readers have grown accustomed to expecting death or love to come with the motif of conflict. Conflict is one of the most occuring motifs in literature.
Posted By: Anna K-S
ReplyDeleteThe motif of doors is shown in the movie “Frozen”, weather it be in the songs sung or the film itself you see many doors opening throughout the movie. The idea of doors opening throughout the movie “Frozen” seem to signify something new. What I mean by something new is the moving on from one scene to another or the saying “when God closes a door he opens another”. I mention the saying “when God closes a door he opens another” as meaning something new because in the movie “Frozen” you often see a door opened then closed, therefore, when one door is closed another will be opened.
A second motif is sea or sirens. There are many examples of sirens or mer folk often they attract people, later those people become victims to the sirens or mer folk. One example of mer fold are Ursula and Ariel from “The Little Mermaid”. In “The Little Mermaid” Ursula attracts Ariel with the promise of her becoming a human to meet and fall in love with prince charming named Eric. When Ariel signs the contract her voice is taken and the only way she can get it back is if she gets true love’s first kiss from Eric within three days. After Ursula sees Ariel and Eric almost kiss she becomes human and steal Eric away from Ariel with Ariel’s voice. In the end Ariel’s dad was able to save her and make her human but the point was sirens or mer folk attracting people to become victims. Sirens or mer folk attracting people to become victims signifies there is always evil in the world.
This is a good observation! I really like this idea
DeleteMotifs are found in every piece of literature. They are patterns that are significant to the plot, characters, and theme of a story. In How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster explains many motifs. However, he does not include the motif of a love triangle. I have seen this motif used in many different stories, such as Jane the Virgin and Hart of Dixie.
ReplyDeleteIn Jane the Virgin, Jane is in love with both her ex-fiance, Michael, and her child's father, Rafael. In Hart of Dixie, Zoe is in love with both her friends, Wade and George. In both cases the two men are infatuated with one woman. They do everything and anything to win the woman's love and affection. However, the woman is confused as to who she would rather be with because she is in love with both men. Therefore, the idea of a love triangle is born and used throughout the story.
The use of a love triangle is seen as only adding drama. However, I believe it has a deeper meaning. A love triangle signifies the confusion the protagonist, the woman, has. Not just the confusion she has with the men, but with the confusion she has with herself. She does not know who she is yet. That is why she can not commit to a man. She knows she must truly discover and love herself before loving someone else. Through both stories, the men are on a path to get the girl. At the same time, the women are on a path of self discovery. Once she discovers herself, she learns of her morals and chooses the right man in the end.
ReplyDeleteOne motif not discussed in the book is the jungle. The jungle represents wildness and uncivilized characters, and death. In Forrest Gump, a war is taking place in the Jungles of Vietnam. The battle is uncivilized and wild, people are constantly dying.
In Tarzan, the hunter Clayton is threatening to kill most of the animals in the jungles, tearing apart their small civilization. In the Jungle Book, Mowgli's family and civilization is threatened by a man eating Tiger. Whether it be human or animal, if a character goes into a jungle they their life will be threatened by either another human or animal.
A type of motif i did not notice in the book was couples. This motif appears to be in Grey's Anatomy which airs on ABC television network. There are many couples in this television series for example, Dr.Sheppard the brain surgeon and Dr.Grey. There's also Dr.Burke and Dr.Yang. The last couple is Dr.Torres and Dr.O'Malley. Another story has the motif of couples is Romeo and Juliet. They are a couple that want's to be together but their families hate each other. Juliet's parents wants her to marry Paris. Juliet refuses because she wants Romeo.
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DeleteA motif not discussed in the book was incest. Though completely avoided today, incest is the occurrence of relationships within one's own family. In some cases such as Crimson Peak, incest can be a symbol of their poor childhood and how the brother and sister only had each other. Their incestuous actions were caused by them only ever feeling love from one another. While in other works such as Hamlet by Shakespeare, the motif of incest is rather unexplainable. Hamlet shows a lot of incestous desire to take his father's place in his mother's heart. Throughout Hamlet he also seems to have a rather unnecessary obsession with her love life.
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ReplyDeleteA motif that I had not seen was abandonment of parents. This can be from many happenings such as death, abandonment, divorce, etc. This can effect the main character in many ways and change the whole story dynamic. Two commonly known examples of this would be Batman and Cinderella. In Batman, the main characters parents are killed and in Cinderella, it's the same but with her father being killed.
The motif that I have decide to speak of is that of Isolation. This is used in many literature works, however, I will only be speaking of two.
ReplyDeleteMy first example is the film entitled "Castaway". In this film, they made the main character feel isolated by leaving them on an isolated island. They also show that this character was lonely due to the isolation by creating a character out of a ball.
My next example is the film "Cabin in the Woods". We knew that they were isolated due to the fact that they were in a forest and had no way to escape the killer that began killing their clique. No matter where they looked or how hard they tried, nobody else was their to protect them.
Personally, I feel as if this motif is simply something that we do not want to experience. Whether it's due to the fact that we are on an island and have nobody to talk or the fact that their is a crazy person trying to kill us. Either way, these are things we do not want to experience.
Great examples. I loved the movie Castaway.
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ReplyDeleteOne motif not discussed in the book was appearance. Appearance can tell all about a character. It includes anything from facial expressions to the outfit donned by them. One great example of this would be the Joker from the Batman series. You can tell who he is just by looking at him. You can see the madness in his smile that stretches from ear to ear. He wears a suit but with the colors of a clown to represent his motives, as everything he does is to be "funny". On the other hand, you have the hero, Batman. He dawns a dark outfit and has a constant grim, serious look on his face to represent his dark past and how he doesn't have a limit of what he'll do to protect the people of Gotham.
Another good example is Rick Grimes from the Walking Dead. Throughout the series he slowly gets more dirty, and hairy as time goes on. It represents his deteriorating sanity. When the show starts, he is a perfectly clean sheriff who just found out his family is still alive and well. Overtime he slowly has to deal with the deaths of many and over time becomes less trusting of others, becoming isolated from anyone outside his group. He starts murdering at one point anyone who does him wrong. When he moves into Alexandria in the newest seasons, he gets a haircut and cleaned up, but you can also see it in the show how much of a calmer and more rational person he is when he arrives. It starts out slow, but one he gets used to it his hair is shaved back down to it's state at the beginning of the show and he looks as good as new.
Great example. I really liked your post.
DeleteA motif I will speak about is isolation. This is used in many books and movies however, the ones I will speak of are "Cast Away" and " The life of Pi."
ReplyDeleteIn the movie Cast Away the main character is stranded on a island and makes a friend out a volleyball. This shows the effect of isolation on a person as they star to go mad.
The second example is the life of pi. In the movie the main character gets stranded on a boat with animals. He and a bengal tiger make it to an island where they soon find it to be very dangerous. When they crash on the Mexican coastline the tiger disappears into the woods without looking back. Even though the two of them had been through such an ordeal he still left Pi.
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A motif is a reoccurring symbol. We see them everywhere and a motif can be almost anything. They are used to establish a theme or a mood. In the fairy tale, “Snow White”, the mirror is a prominent motif throughout the story. In essence, mirrors represent truth. The evil queen does not like it when the mirror informs her that she is second best.
In the film, “Tangled”, the motif is also a mirror. Gothel tries to emotionally manipulate Rapunzel and it seems associated with her mirror. Since mirrors represent truth, Gothel’s mirror is a skewed perspective. The mirror eventually breaks whenever Rapunzel rejects Gothel’s world view.
Motifs are uses in different types of literature and many reader or viewer do not even realize it. One motif that was not mentioned in the book is ghost. Ghost usually are a ways to show fear and remorse form something done and death. An example of this is “Ghost of Girlfriend” a novel based A Christmas Carol the show the three ghost that will guide him through his life. The first ghost, is the ghost of his past which show him how he use to be with women rude and cruel. The second ghost, is the ghost of his present show him what he has done wrong and how people view him. the The three ghost, is the ghost of his future to show him his death and how many people will leave him alone if he does not change. This three ghost are trying to get him to change a second opportunity. The three ghost repeat to him what he has done wrong and how he can change.
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DeleteA motif that I think is important are certain colors in specifically the contrast of dark and light. I think this is important because it allows the reader or viewer to figure out a lot more than what people think, if it's black and white it would be related to old or in the past if its vibrant it could be related or connected to something more present and it could also be used to determine to find out the mood of something dark is usually depressing and vibrant could be related to something happy and upbeat.-stephanie Martinez
ReplyDeleteOne example of a motif is money. Money doesn’t always mean money. It can mean power or hope.
ReplyDeleteMoney represents hope in the play A Raisin in the Sun. The check that is mentioned multiple times in the book is used not as just money, but hope that all of the characters have different dreams for. Mama wants to buy a house, Walter Lee wants to invest in a liquor store, Beneatha wants to pay for her college, but ultimately the decision, the “power” rests with Mama. The check belongs to her, because it is her husband's life insurance. It all comes down to her decision, giving her the power over all of the others hopes and dreams.
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ReplyDeleteA motif can be a color, weather, a character archetype, an idea, a concept, an object or even a statement. For my two literary works, I chose to look at Looking for Alaska by John Green and the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
In Looking for Alaska, Pudge grasps onto this idea of who he wants Alaska to be and who she is to him. In some ways, he was right but in more than one way, he was completely wrong (an Idea). Alaska was an enigma and she always insisted that she would die young(Statement). Pudge also once said “...If people were weather, I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane.” It rained for many days before Alaska died and at first the rain was a good thing, but it later made everyone depressed and set the mood for that part of the book(weather).
In Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Holly Golightly is honestly crazy. She acts as if she is rich but is really not. She goes and visits an ex-mobster every week and just is delusional. She always wears a black dress with pearls and diamond, along with her hair all made up and her sunglasses. She has been married countless times, but in the end falls in love with the struggling write/ male prostitute upstairs. The idea that Holly has in her head about how life works and how it should be lived makes the movie what it is. When Paul (the prostitute) and Holly finally do get together, Holly has let her cat, named Cat out of the car. Holly quickly goes and finds Cat while upset. It is raining and adds drama to the whole movie scene. I love this movie and I can’t wait to read the book.