How does the process of sharing our thoughts with others lead to a greater sense of fulfillment?

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Diary Entry

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How does the process of sharing our thoughts with others lead to a greater sense of fulfillment?

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Put context here: What is happening in this part of the story?

How do specific words in the quote relate to the unit question?

How do these words convey feelings and meaning?

How do these feelings help you understand the unit question?

Half a Day

"I hesitated and clung to his hand, but he gently pushed me from him. "Be a man," he said. "Today you truly begin life. You will find me waiting for you when it's time to leave."

The narrator's father is trying to convince him that school isn't a bad place to be and that he'll always be there waiting for him at the end of the day. This could be a sign of comfort coming from the father.

Some specific words from this quote that related to the unit question were "be a man " These words show a connection to how the narrators father was him to be more independent as he's going to school.

These words help convey the feeling of building confidence in someone, especially when they're not feeling as confident as seem to be.

These feelings helped me understand the unit question by viewing how the characters communicate with each other, even if it means that they're reflecting on their past or letting go of it.

"I peered around but found no trace of my father, who had promised to be there. I stepped aside to wait. When I had waited for a long time without avail, I decided to return home on my own. After I had taken a few steps, a middle-aged man passed by, and I realized at once that I knew him"

The narrator was starting to feel betrayed when he didn't see his father waiting for him after school. He began to lose hope in his father's promise.

A specific word from this quote that related to the unit question, was the word "Promise" and the reason why I think it relates to the unit question is because it shows that narrator was reflecting back on weather or not he should trust his father again.

This word helped convey the feeling of betrayal because in the quote the narrator is basically describing how he felt like his father lied to him when he saw that he wasn't there to pick him up at first.

This word helped me understand the unit question by showing relations to how the narrator was kid of reflecting on something that happened in the past.

Handsomest Drowned Man in the World

"The silence put an end to any last doubts: he was Esteban. The women who had dressed him, who had combed his hair, had cut his nails and shaved him were unable to hold back a shudder of pity when they had to resign themselves to his being dragged along the ground."

Even though the guy was dead, the people around his body still treated him with respect.

one specific word from the quote that relates to the unit question was the word dragged. this word relates to the unit question because even though the group of people didn't know the dead man, they were still trying to empathy for him.

The feeling this word may convey, is the feeling of having to let go of something that may be valuable to others but not you.

This feeling helps me understand the unit question more, by noticing how the each character reacts to similar situation but in different ways.

"They noticed too that he bore his death with pride, for he did not have the lonely look of other drowned men who came out of the sea or that haggard, needy look of men who drowned in rivers."

As they were examining the person's body, they noticed that his facial expression was very different from others. As if he was happy to end his life like this.

Some specific words from this quote that relates to the unit question, were the words drowned and death. These words often hold a special meaning to each other because they give off the same types of emotions.

These words often convey the feeling of depression and loneliness because when someone loses a loved one, they usually feel numb and lonely.

These feelings helped me understand the unit question by noticing how each character of the story used the same emotion but in a different way.

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Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff

"Did you hear that?" Anders said. "'Bright boy.' Right out of 'The Killers'." "Please be quiet," the woman said. "Hey, you deaf or what?" The man with the pistol walked over to Anders. He poked the weapon into Anders' gut. "You think I'm playing games?'

One of the robbers is catching on to what Anders is trying to do, but they're not giving him the exact attention he wants. Even if Anders wanted everyone dead, the woman wanted him to prioritize her life over his and wanted him to stop talking.

H The main character seems to take everything as a joke as he's basically making fun of the killers.

The feelings being conveyed are being cold hearted, and not realizing how other people may feel.

This helped me understand the unit question by noticing how the character reacts in some situations that are life or death.

Anders had conceived his own towering hatred of the teller, but he immediately turned it on the presumptuous crybaby in front of him. "Damned unfair," he said. "Tragic, really.

In this part of the story, the narrator was looking for the nearest person to take his anger out. Basically looking for the weakest person around him just to make him feel like the bigger person or like he has more authority over everyone else.

From this quote, the word crybaby relates to the unit question because it shows how the main character doesn't really care about everyone else around him.

The feelings conveyed from this word was selfish and cold-hearted because the main character is only thinking about himself and is basically putting everyone in danger.

How do these feelings help you understand the unit question? This feeling helped me understand the unit question by viewing how the main character develops around other character throughout the story.

Two Kinds by Amy Tan

"And after seeing, once again, my mother's disappointed face, something inside me began to die."

The effects her mother's face has on her, causing her to feel like she's disappointing her own family.

one specific word from the quote that relates to the unit question is is the word "disappointed" when Amy was explaining how her mother always makes her feel like she's disappointing everyone in her family.

This word conveys the feeling of being neglected and left behind. In this case, Amy feels like she's bringing her families reputation down.

this feeling helped me understand the unit question because the author was able to give her story a clear view on why she's talking about her past/childhood.

"Why don't you like me the way I am?" I cried. "I'm not a genius! I can't play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn't go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!"

From this quote, Amy is basically asking her mother why she doesn't accept her for who she is, and that she should also respect her descion.

One specific word from this quote that really deepen my thinking was the word "me" because it shows how Amy feeling heavily affected by her mothers words.

This word conveys the feeling of being included and noticed but one specific person. In this case Amy wants her mom to see who see really is and wants her to accept that.

How do these feelings help you understand the unit question? This feeling may help me understand the unit question by viewing how Amy and her mother have very different views on their future should look like. And here Amy is basically reflecting on her past.