Dear Mary Karr,
I cannot believe what happened to your sister! What happened to her sounded really painful. I also can't believe that she would let people pop the blisters for a quarter. It doesn't sound like it's worth it to me.
It also sounds like your mother wasn't handling your grandmothers death very well either. In The Liars' Club you were talking about how your mother had asked you to go get her a drink. You wrote, "Then I walked as slowly and miserably as any mule through any cotton row in order to assemble that drink" (126). I really like this sentence! It shows the reader how much you cared about your mom and that you were looking out for her. A second aspect this quote showed was that you were very aggressive when you were younger. You always fought for what you thought was right.
Anyways, it's definitely not the smartest idea to get in the habit of drinking after something tragic happens to you. I didn't even think your mother and your grandmother were that close. There is one positive thing that has come out of your grandmother's death. Now that your grandmother's gone, your father seems to have come back. At the beginning of the book, I thought he left you, your mom and your sister forever. I'm glad he's back. It sounds like you guys have a lot of fun together!
-Anna
October 9, 2007
October 7, 2007
Post A #3
Vocab
Oblong (88)- Deviating from a square, circular, or spherical form by being elongated in one direction.
Pious (104)- Having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
Appeals
1) When Karr is talking about the hurricane she says "Just before Carla came ashore at Leechfield, the storm stopped almost dead in place; then it made a sixty-degree turn" (98). Since this is a fact, it is a logical appeal.
2) When Karr's grandmother dies, Karr's mother starts drinking again. When Karr's mother asked her to get her a drink, Karr writes "Then I walked slowly and miserably as any mule through any cotton row in order to assemble that drink" (126). The author wants you to understand what she was feeling at that time in her life. This is an emotional appeal.
3) Karr's father was in a poker club. In the poker club he loved to lie and tell ridiculous stories. In one of his stories he started out by saying "' I'll tell you just exactly how my daddy died. He hung himself'" (119). When he said this, it made all the men in the room go quite. This is another example of an emotional appeal.
Quote
"I sat right there till Mother went in and found Grandma and started screaming" (96). This quote is important because when Karr's grandmother died, it changed her and her mothers lives. After the death, her mother started drinking again and since Karr's grandmother was gone, her father came back.
Theme
No matter what, your family will always love you.
Oblong (88)- Deviating from a square, circular, or spherical form by being elongated in one direction.
Pious (104)- Having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
Appeals
1) When Karr is talking about the hurricane she says "Just before Carla came ashore at Leechfield, the storm stopped almost dead in place; then it made a sixty-degree turn" (98). Since this is a fact, it is a logical appeal.
2) When Karr's grandmother dies, Karr's mother starts drinking again. When Karr's mother asked her to get her a drink, Karr writes "Then I walked slowly and miserably as any mule through any cotton row in order to assemble that drink" (126). The author wants you to understand what she was feeling at that time in her life. This is an emotional appeal.
3) Karr's father was in a poker club. In the poker club he loved to lie and tell ridiculous stories. In one of his stories he started out by saying "' I'll tell you just exactly how my daddy died. He hung himself'" (119). When he said this, it made all the men in the room go quite. This is another example of an emotional appeal.
Quote
"I sat right there till Mother went in and found Grandma and started screaming" (96). This quote is important because when Karr's grandmother died, it changed her and her mothers lives. After the death, her mother started drinking again and since Karr's grandmother was gone, her father came back.
Theme
No matter what, your family will always love you.
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