5 Things I Understand:
-Towards the end, Jakes starts really opening up to God.
-Prayer is T.D. Jakes's way of escaping the world, and trying to connect with God.
-Jakes's mother taught him to always have high standards for himself.
-Jakes feels that he needs more trust and admiration in his wife, because he feels as if he doesn't enough.
-T.D learns that even though you may do something late, that you should always do it because it always counts.
4 Questions:
-Why do you think his mother's lessons made such an impact of who he is today?
-What is the symbolism of the poem?
-Why is there a sense of distrust in Jakes toward his wife, when he is suppose to be a Christian?
-What crowd does T.D Jakes write this book to?
3 Words:
-Ordeal (Jakes 166): any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
-Surmise (Jakes 173): to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
-Diplomat (Jakes 260): a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
2 Literary Devices:
- Idiom: "Others call him revolutionary because of his ability to think outside of the bos" (Jakes 266).
- Metaphor: "The devil is a liar!" (Jakes 267).
1 Summary Sentence:Basically T.D. Jakes is concluding his story with the general purpose of all his mother's lesssons.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
"Mama Made The Difference: Post 4
5 Things I Understand:
-His mother tried to live close to the Lord, and live in His image.
-She tried to teach her son humiliation to God, so that they could live eternally.
-She died while Jakes was egtting his life together.
-Jakes worked ahrd to be able to live up to the standards of his mother and the rest of his family.
-Living a good straight life is very important to his family.
4 Questions:
-Did he see it as a good thing when his mother died? (That she was now in Heaven.)
-What was the biggest factor that made him turn his life around?
-What did ROTC teach him in the long-run?
-What kind of effect did Naomi and Ruth have on T.D. Jakes's life?
3 Words:
-Insidious (Jakes 140): intended to entrap or beguile.
-Poignantly (Jakes 142): keenly distressing to the feelings.
-Orator (Jakes 157): an eloquent and skilled public speaker.
2 Literary Devices:
-Personification: "These emotion, when left to run their course, lead to jealousy" (Jakes 137).
-Simile: "With her family all around her, Mama was in excellent spirits. It was like joy-like a holy electricity-ricocheting around the room" (Jakes 166).
1 Sentence Summary: Jakes mother has died, and now he has to live on his own, to try to make a good name for his family.
-His mother tried to live close to the Lord, and live in His image.
-She tried to teach her son humiliation to God, so that they could live eternally.
-She died while Jakes was egtting his life together.
-Jakes worked ahrd to be able to live up to the standards of his mother and the rest of his family.
-Living a good straight life is very important to his family.
4 Questions:
-Did he see it as a good thing when his mother died? (That she was now in Heaven.)
-What was the biggest factor that made him turn his life around?
-What did ROTC teach him in the long-run?
-What kind of effect did Naomi and Ruth have on T.D. Jakes's life?
3 Words:
-Insidious (Jakes 140): intended to entrap or beguile.
-Poignantly (Jakes 142): keenly distressing to the feelings.
-Orator (Jakes 157): an eloquent and skilled public speaker.
2 Literary Devices:
-Personification: "These emotion, when left to run their course, lead to jealousy" (Jakes 137).
-Simile: "With her family all around her, Mama was in excellent spirits. It was like joy-like a holy electricity-ricocheting around the room" (Jakes 166).
1 Sentence Summary: Jakes mother has died, and now he has to live on his own, to try to make a good name for his family.
Monday, June 15, 2009
"Mama Made The Difference" Post 3
5 Things I understand:
-T.D.Jakes lets many different people tell their story in the book.
-This next section basically lets a substiute teacher of him tell her story about her life experiences.
-The substitute basically explains how she wants her son to be proud of her.
-I notice that he has a strong admiration to strong African American leaders.
-His mother seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and thinks very highly of her son; T.D. Jakes.
4 Questions:
-If he lets others tell their stories, why is the book really only thanking his mother?
-Why does Jakes's opinion of his mother so important to her?
-Did he ever feel overwhelmed when he was expected to not make any mistakes?
-Were mistakes made seen as a sin or just as a mistake?
3 Words:
-Magnetometers (Jakes 109): an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, esp. the earth's magnetic field.
-Implement (Jakes 110): an article of equipment, as household furniture, clothing.
-Impoverish (Jakes 110): reduced to poverty.
2 Literary Devices:
- Personification: "She was born and raised amid the balmy breezes and laid-back cultue of Jamaica" (Jakes 111).
- Simile: "I hae a sister, but being a man with a sister may not be as challenging as being a woman with one" (Jakes 131).
1 Summary Sentence: These next couple of sections he lets other people tel their stories about their connection of effect they had on their as well as their own life.
-T.D.Jakes lets many different people tell their story in the book.
-This next section basically lets a substiute teacher of him tell her story about her life experiences.
-The substitute basically explains how she wants her son to be proud of her.
-I notice that he has a strong admiration to strong African American leaders.
-His mother seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and thinks very highly of her son; T.D. Jakes.
4 Questions:
-If he lets others tell their stories, why is the book really only thanking his mother?
-Why does Jakes's opinion of his mother so important to her?
-Did he ever feel overwhelmed when he was expected to not make any mistakes?
-Were mistakes made seen as a sin or just as a mistake?
3 Words:
-Magnetometers (Jakes 109): an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, esp. the earth's magnetic field.
-Implement (Jakes 110): an article of equipment, as household furniture, clothing.
-Impoverish (Jakes 110): reduced to poverty.
2 Literary Devices:
- Personification: "She was born and raised amid the balmy breezes and laid-back cultue of Jamaica" (Jakes 111).
- Simile: "I hae a sister, but being a man with a sister may not be as challenging as being a woman with one" (Jakes 131).
1 Summary Sentence: These next couple of sections he lets other people tel their stories about their connection of effect they had on their as well as their own life.
Monday, June 1, 2009
"Mama Made the Difference" Post 2
5 Comments:
-Jakes says thast the only reason why he is able to be respnosible is because he observed the hardships his mother had to go through.
-Jakes defines responsibility as not complaining about having to do different tasks even though they may get too hard.
-We get a whole new look at the King family from T.D. Jakes.
-We see how important mothers are to the world, and it is even more portrayed in Bernice King's speech.
-It was a good idea for Jakes to let Bernice tell the story of her parents since she knew them most.
4 Questions:
-How did Jakes comfort Bernice when her father died?
-How come Coretta King stayed with Martin Luther King for so long, if she really wasn't into him?
-Why was Coretta so submissive?
-How did Jakes get the idea to incorporate more than one mother in his biography?
3 Words:
-"...so I was not surprised that she had been a chorister in her younger days" (Jakes 59). (Definition:a singer in a choir.)
-"...they discovered that they shared similar concernsabout the plight of African Americans in the South" (Jakes 64). (Definition: to give in pledge, as one's word, or to pledge, as one's honor.)
-"My mother was a righteous woman and she prayed "effectual, fervent" prayers" (Jakes 72). (Definition: having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm.)
2 Literary Devices:
-Simile: "My life, like yours, has included its thrills and its chills..." (Jakes 73). This is a simile because it compares T.D. Jakes's life with the reader's life.
-Simile: "Interestingly enough, amny men often meet and marry a woman "just like Mom," only to find out that they feel pulled in different directions..." (Jakes 89). This is a simile because it compares the women men marry to the mothers of the men.
1 Summary Sentence: These couple of sections were basically about his mother's devotion to her relationship with God, and talks alot about Coretta King.
-Jakes says thast the only reason why he is able to be respnosible is because he observed the hardships his mother had to go through.
-Jakes defines responsibility as not complaining about having to do different tasks even though they may get too hard.
-We get a whole new look at the King family from T.D. Jakes.
-We see how important mothers are to the world, and it is even more portrayed in Bernice King's speech.
-It was a good idea for Jakes to let Bernice tell the story of her parents since she knew them most.
4 Questions:
-How did Jakes comfort Bernice when her father died?
-How come Coretta King stayed with Martin Luther King for so long, if she really wasn't into him?
-Why was Coretta so submissive?
-How did Jakes get the idea to incorporate more than one mother in his biography?
3 Words:
-"...so I was not surprised that she had been a chorister in her younger days" (Jakes 59). (Definition:a singer in a choir.)
-"...they discovered that they shared similar concernsabout the plight of African Americans in the South" (Jakes 64). (Definition: to give in pledge, as one's word, or to pledge, as one's honor.)
-"My mother was a righteous woman and she prayed "effectual, fervent" prayers" (Jakes 72). (Definition: having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm.)
2 Literary Devices:
-Simile: "My life, like yours, has included its thrills and its chills..." (Jakes 73). This is a simile because it compares T.D. Jakes's life with the reader's life.
-Simile: "Interestingly enough, amny men often meet and marry a woman "just like Mom," only to find out that they feel pulled in different directions..." (Jakes 89). This is a simile because it compares the women men marry to the mothers of the men.
1 Summary Sentence: These couple of sections were basically about his mother's devotion to her relationship with God, and talks alot about Coretta King.
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