First Project

1.  If you had to describe to another what we're trying to do in here, what would you say?

1.5.  Quick lesson-  IT'S the SAME THING!

"Daddy"

You do not do, you do not do   

Any more, black shoe

In which I have lived like a foot   

For thirty years, poor and white,   

Barely daring to breathe or Achoo. 

 

This passage shows that Ms. Plath is intimidated by her father.  She calls her father a "black shoe," then she    states she has lived there "like a foot / for thirty years, poor and white, / barely daring to breathe or Achoo." 

 

TOPIC PLUS WHAT.

 

  Readers can infer she is intimidated by her father because she describes that she has been living like a foot in a shoe.  This means she has no room and is trapped, the way a foot could feel in a shoe.  Further, the shoe is black, and this implies darkness and as we know, some people are intimidated by the dark.  

 

THE WHY!

 

 

 The last two lines of the stanza, though, are the ones that really help explain how she her father intimidates her.  When she says that she lived "Barely daring to breathe or Achoo," readers can feel how intimidated she was because...  

 

THE WHAT, Cont.

 

(YOU FINISH THE WHY and conclude the paragraph.)

2.  Groups and essays. Out loud first, then pairs reading quickly-  turn in if satisfied.

3.  HW-  C/C essay-  Rocking Horse and Necklace.  Draft due Friday.

4.  C/C Notes... How to set up the essay?

5.  Project introduction....

What is happiness, and how can people create a lasting happiness in their lives?





She barely dares to breath or Achoo.  It seems as if she is afraid to do normal things around him, like breathe or sneeze.  Since she is doesn't want to even breathe or sneeze around him, she must be intimidated by him.  When the images of the confining black shoe and the fear of being a normal human combine, it is fair to say that Plath is intimidated by her father.