Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Week Three: The Snows of Kilimanjaro


週次:第3週
日期:3/12
進度:Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro
頁碼:右側講義下載
組員:
英二甲 A100320059 洪秀芳 Amy
英二甲 A100320103 王馨慈 Cindy

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  2. Summary
    Harry is a writer and marries with a rich wife, Helen. Their truck breaks down when they are on safari in Africa. Harry’s knee is scratched by a thorn while he takes pictures. Gangrene makes Harry’s leg more uncomfortable. He feels angry and quarrels with her wife. He says lots of words to shame her, but her wife does not stop cheering him. He starts to think about what he knows in his life. He wants to write a book about his experiences, but now, he would not do it anymore. He thinks about his lovers, people he meets and places he visits. While he takes a rest, his wife shoots a ram. He feels that he was dying, but Helen tells him not to give up. When Harry take on the rescue plane and the plane tries to cross the mountain Kilimanjaro, he sees the beautiful view. This is pity that the plane and the view are his dreams. Helen finds her husband dies in sleeping. Outside the tent, a hyena makes a noise like a person crying.

    Analysis

    1. “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” is known as one of the most outstanding works of Hemingway, the story shares two of the stream of consciousness through sleep and waking and repeats the description of the “dead” symbolism.
    2. The most prominent way to reflects his creative characteristics is the characters have quite the loneliness inner monologue. His character is more or less pessimism reflects the limitations of his worldview.
    3. The aircraft which he was traveling gradually upward to the sky symbolizes the end of his life. The beauty of Kilimanjaro which the main character was imaging symbolizes the happiness and the ideal that what the writer pursues and desires.

    Q&A
    1. Why will they be trapped in the mountain?
    a. They got lost in the mountain. b. the car was broken. c. they encountered blizzard. d. they don’t have enough food.
    2. How did Harry get hurt?
    a. He was bit by the spider. b. he had a car accident. c. he was hurt by the thorns. d. He had diabetes.
    3. What kind of animal does Helen shoot for Harry?
    a. a hyena b. a ram c. an eagle
    4. Why did he abuse his wife all the time?
    5. Why did Harry consider that he could never recover?

    Vocabulary
    odor (n.) 氣味
    mimosa (n.) 含羞草
    filthy (adj.) 污穢的
    shimmer (n.) 淡光
    canvas (n.) 帆布
    gangrene (n.) 壞疽
    antiseptics (n.) 消毒劑
    paralyze(d) (v.) 麻痺
    porcelain (adj.) 陶瓷的
    deserter (n.) 逃兵
    kirsch (n.) 櫻桃酒
    ditch (n.) 溝渠
    armour (n.) 盔甲
    accordion (n.) 手風琴
    perception (n.) 領會
    sloth (n.) 怠惰
    snobbery (n.) 勢利
    broth (n.) 高湯
    acquiescence (n.) 默許
    corrosion (n.) 摧毀
    monocle (n.) 單片眼鏡
    melodramatic (adj.) 情緒化的
    dictation (n.) 口述
    mortar (n.) 灰泥
    backgammon (n.) 西洋雙陸棋
    calloused (adj.) 結繭的
    porch (n.) 走廊
    glamourous (adj.) 有魅力的
    flare (n.) 閃光
    intuition (n.) 直覺
    scythe (n.) 大鐮刀
    skull (n.) 頭骨
    hyena (n.) 鬣狗
    crouch (v.) 蹲
    kerosene (n.) 煤油
    pile on 堆上
    smudges (n.) 汙跡
    slack (n.) 休閒褲
    tweed (n.) 斜紋軟呢
    lorry (n.) 貨車
    cot (n.)簡易窄床
    fan (v.) 煽動
    warthdog (n.)疣豬
    roar (v.) 大吼
    gallop (n.) 疾馳
    trail up 尾隨
    slope (n.) 斜坡
    blizzard (n.) 暴風雨
    grin (v.) 露齒笑
    whimper (v.) 嗚咽
    stir (v.) 起床
    bulk (n.) 體積

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