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When I read this essay, I just thought that this essay is full of sense and the house was untidy, or something. But, when I finished reading the last paragraph, an impression just stroke me. Though her grandma’s house was humble, she thought it “a place of wonderful memories.” So, let’s think about it. Do you remember your most wonderful travel? For me, I’m not sure which one was the best, and I can’t recall most of the travels I had gone. But is there anyone who can’t recall one’s grandma’s house? Unless it’s a mass-produced apartment, I think, you can. I even can recall the patterns of the floor. What I wanted to say was, Yes, what remains in our heart is not awesome, wonderful place but familiar, common reminder. Since I’ve hold this thought in mind, the essay, which looked boring and dull, became a fresh breeze in my mind-forest.
For me, the house described in the essay was just an archetype of lonely old house. Old piano, curtain instead of door, antiques and weedy backyard can easily be imagined since we already experienced it, directly or indirectly(as in movies). When we visit the real house, it would be hard to feel the same with the autor. The house became 'special' because of the author's personal experience, and the essay itself. The essay made me recall my own reminiscence of grandparents' house, which is lost forever. is Since we cannot go back to the past, that sense of loss might cause me a little bit irrational sentiment.
Reading this essay really reminded me of my grandmother's house. Before my grandparents moved into an apartment building about ten years ago, they used to live in a two-story house. However, unlike the writer, when I think of my grandmother’s old house, I remember more the memories that I shared with my cousins in that house, rather than the house itself. Still, I love it when she lists everything that she remembers from that house. For example, I liked the way she listed stuff that could be seen at her grandmother’s porch. It gave me a vivid image of what it would have been like if I was there. It was almost like I could actually smell the trees and feel the breeze.
As far back as I can remember, I always lived with my grandparents. That is, with my parents AND grandparents. It was not much of a common form of family even when I was a kid, considering how weirded out I used to feel when my friends (not-so-subtly) inquired if I got any extra pocket money from my grandparents. (Because, obviously, you may get some extra 'care' when you visit your grandparents, like twice a year, but when you live with them everyday, well, that's not the case. Living with grandparents has its own, other merits, but nope, no extra pocket money.) So when I saw the title, I instantly expected to feel indifferent and detached, for I really didn't have any nostalgic, heartfelt memory of 'Grandma's House' to sympathize with the author. However, as I read through this essay, I realized that even without my actual personal experience, it wasn't so hard to imagine that I had one, and even feel a little nostalgic myself. The author's imagery of the house was so filled with warm sentiment and cordial childhood memory, that I felt like I was invited to this old house and was shown around it in person. As the author was describing the house in the spatial order, it was easier to draw the image of the house and connect it to each reminiscence implied in the essay. The description, or figurative language in this work enabled me to connect to the author's experience, even without the real memory to share. Not every person get to experience epic, tragic love story, but yet people are touched by that of Shakespeare's, right?
First, when analyzing the text itself, it was written in order of the movement of the writer’s sight and according to spatial order skimming each part of grandmother’s house. Also, the main method for rendering the images is comparison, which encourages us to picture the image of the house easily and “feel” the house. Especially, the writer is comparing her house with “the forest” and this depicts the dominant impression she got very vividly and interestingly to us. In addition, in the last paragraphs, her description “…house guarding the memories of generations…” encourages me to feel the house as kind of “organism” holding “the memories”. Next, when analyzing the text connecting to my own experience, the text reminds me of my grandma’s house. The text reminded me of not only the visual images of my grandma’s house but other senses of it. When I read the text, I could smell the soybean paste that was always in her house whenever I visited. Also, it reminded me of the sound which is cats’ cry always heard inn her house. Overall, it is just a writing text, but it gave me the opportunity to think about my “memories” of childhood that I had forgotten.
When I read this essay first, there are lots of visual expressions, so I can imagine vivid views. Until I live in a dormitory, I lived with my grandmather in our home. Therefore, I have not a special memory with a grandma’s house. But when I heard about grandma’s house of my friends when I was young, I was envious of them and imagined grandma’s house in a rural area. The grandma’s house in this essay is similar to one of the grandma’s house which I expected by reading novels. So, on the one hand, this essay recalls my childhood when I dreamed of imaginary grandma’s house. After reading this essay, I feel pleasing recalling my childhood.
The essay includes lots of sensuous impressions so that I could imagine the feeling of the writer's grandma's house quite vividly. For me, a big gap between the house and the steps mentioned in this essay reminds me of my own childhood. I liked to find somewhere nobody knows, and hide secret things like love letters. Now I recall there also was one spot in my grandma's house that was full of my secrets. Even though no letters remain until now, that spot under the pine tree always gives me pleasurable feelings.
The author wrote the childhood's memory by using many vivid expressions, and many tools. Her grandma's house preserves the author's memories of childhood. She shows the whole structure of the house as we looking, smelling, touching, and listening it. And she shows grandma's house by spatial order that starts from the front door, and end up at the back porch. The atmosphere of this writing is quite peaceful, and bright. And makes the reader's heart flutter because of their own memories. After I read this writing, I felt very comfortable and also missing my childhood. There's not much things remain to recall my childhood, so I really envy her.
I was impressed that author described every details of the house. Those details make readers to have warm and cozy feeling when they imagine grandma's house. When I was a child, my family went to grandma's house twice in a year. the house is very far from seoul, located near south coast. the house is old korean-style house. My childhood memories with relatives is there, so I like the house. But unlike the author, I also recall the unconvinient points of the house like old-fashioned bathroom. Anyway, I'm going there next day for Chuseok.I really miss my grandparents and I hope to see them soon.
This essay about the writer's grandmother's house is a stirring description of childhood and the nostalgia that the author has toward his childhood. The vivid images, visual, aural, and generally appealing toward the sensory faculty of the mind, calls to mind a clear picture of 'grandma's house' and its atmosphere in general. I especially love how the author is very concrete in describing bits and pieces of the house and then connects them to specific memories in her mind. It calls to mind the affection I have for my own grandmother, who is much like a Korean version of the author's grandmother.
As long as I can remember, family rituals were never something really comfortablr for me. It was always very annoying since I am the youngest of all when the all the family gather around and I have no one to talk with. Now that I finished reading 'Summer Rituals,' I feel like my attitude towards my family was not plausible. One more thing is that since I am a physics major, I really had hard time understanding the purpose of the author. I thought the story just about Douglas' family's ritual does not have any point. I think it's going to be a tough class for me to get to know about prose. - 심민규 2011-11016
When I read this essay, I just thought that this essay is full of sense and the house was untidy, or something.
ReplyDeleteBut, when I finished reading the last paragraph, an impression just stroke me. Though her grandma’s house was humble, she thought it “a place of wonderful memories.”
So, let’s think about it. Do you remember your most wonderful travel? For me, I’m not sure which one was the best, and I can’t recall most of the travels I had gone.
But is there anyone who can’t recall one’s grandma’s house? Unless it’s a mass-produced apartment, I think, you can. I even can recall the patterns of the floor.
What I wanted to say was, Yes, what remains in our heart is not awesome, wonderful place but familiar, common reminder.
Since I’ve hold this thought in mind, the essay, which looked boring and dull, became a fresh breeze in my mind-forest.
- Ha SuBong(하수봉), 2011-12906
For me, the house described in the essay was just an archetype of lonely old house. Old piano, curtain instead of door, antiques and weedy backyard can easily be imagined since we already experienced it, directly or indirectly(as in movies). When we visit the real house, it would be hard to feel the same with the autor. The house became 'special' because of the author's personal experience, and the essay itself.
ReplyDeleteThe essay made me recall my own reminiscence of grandparents' house, which is lost forever. is Since we cannot go back to the past, that sense of loss might cause me a little bit irrational sentiment.
- Chang Hongjun(장홍준), 2011-13363
Reading this essay really reminded me of my grandmother's house. Before my grandparents moved into an apartment building about ten years ago, they used to live in a two-story house. However, unlike the writer, when I think of my grandmother’s old house, I remember more the memories that I shared with my cousins in that house, rather than the house itself. Still, I love it when she lists everything that she remembers from that house. For example, I liked the way she listed stuff that could be seen at her grandmother’s porch. It gave me a vivid image of what it would have been like if I was there. It was almost like I could actually smell the trees and feel the breeze.
ReplyDelete-Lee Hyunkyung(이현경) 2011-11306
As far back as I can remember, I always lived with my grandparents. That is, with my parents AND grandparents. It was not much of a common form of family even when I was a kid, considering how weirded out I used to feel when my friends (not-so-subtly) inquired if I got any extra pocket money from my grandparents. (Because, obviously, you may get some extra 'care' when you visit your grandparents, like twice a year, but when you live with them everyday, well, that's not the case. Living with grandparents has its own, other merits, but nope, no extra pocket money.)
ReplyDeleteSo when I saw the title, I instantly expected to feel indifferent and detached, for I really didn't have any nostalgic, heartfelt memory of 'Grandma's House' to sympathize with the author. However, as I read through this essay, I realized that even without my actual personal experience, it wasn't so hard to imagine that I had one, and even feel a little nostalgic myself. The author's imagery of the house was so filled with warm sentiment and cordial childhood memory, that I felt like I was invited to this old house and was shown around it in person. As the author was describing the house in the spatial order, it was easier to draw the image of the house and connect it to each reminiscence implied in the essay.
The description, or figurative language in this work enabled me to connect to the author's experience, even without the real memory to share. Not every person get to experience epic, tragic love story, but yet people are touched by that of Shakespeare's, right?
- Kim Yeonha(김연하), 2011-11214
First, when analyzing the text itself, it was written in order of the movement of the writer’s sight and according to spatial order skimming each part of grandmother’s house. Also, the main method for rendering the images is comparison, which encourages us to picture the image of the house easily and “feel” the house. Especially, the writer is comparing her house with “the forest” and this depicts the dominant impression she got very vividly and interestingly to us. In addition, in the last paragraphs, her description “…house guarding the memories of generations…” encourages me to feel the house as kind of “organism” holding “the memories”.
ReplyDeleteNext, when analyzing the text connecting to my own experience, the text reminds me of my grandma’s house. The text reminded me of not only the visual images of my grandma’s house but other senses of it. When I read the text, I could smell the soybean paste that was always in her house whenever I visited. Also, it reminded me of the sound which is cats’ cry always heard inn her house. Overall, it is just a writing text, but it gave me the opportunity to think about my “memories” of childhood that I had forgotten.
Kim Yechan(김예찬) 2011-10029
When I read this essay first, there are lots of visual expressions, so I can imagine vivid views.
ReplyDeleteUntil I live in a dormitory, I lived with my grandmather in our home. Therefore, I have not a special memory with a grandma’s house.
But when I heard about grandma’s house of my friends when I was young, I was envious of them and imagined grandma’s house in a rural area.
The grandma’s house in this essay is similar to one of the grandma’s house which I expected by reading novels. So, on the one hand, this essay recalls my childhood when I dreamed of imaginary grandma’s house.
After reading this essay, I feel pleasing recalling my childhood.
Kang Minhee(강민희) 2011-12336
The essay includes lots of sensuous impressions so that I could imagine the feeling of the writer's grandma's house quite vividly. For me, a big gap between the house and the steps mentioned in this essay reminds me of my own childhood. I liked to find somewhere nobody knows, and hide secret things like love letters. Now I recall there also was one spot in my grandma's house that was full of my secrets. Even though no letters remain until now, that spot under the pine tree always gives me pleasurable feelings.
ReplyDelete- Jeong Mina(정민아), 2011-10603
The author wrote the childhood's memory by using many vivid expressions, and many tools.
ReplyDeleteHer grandma's house preserves the author's memories of childhood.
She shows the whole structure of the house as we looking, smelling, touching, and listening it. And she shows grandma's house by spatial order that starts from the front door, and end up at the back porch.
The atmosphere of this writing is quite peaceful, and bright. And makes the reader's heart flutter because of their own memories. After I read this writing, I felt very comfortable and also missing my childhood. There's not much things remain to recall my childhood, so I really envy her.
-Lee JongEun(이종은) 2010-11658
I was impressed that author described every details of the house. Those details make readers to have warm and cozy feeling when they imagine grandma's house. When I was a child, my family went to grandma's house twice in a year. the house is very far from seoul, located near south coast. the house is old korean-style house. My childhood memories with relatives is there, so I like the house. But unlike the author, I also recall the unconvinient points of the house like old-fashioned bathroom. Anyway, I'm going there next day for Chuseok.I really miss my grandparents and I hope to see them soon.
ReplyDelete-Kim Jae Kyung(김재경)
This essay about the writer's grandmother's house is a stirring description of childhood and the nostalgia that the author has toward his childhood. The vivid images, visual, aural, and generally appealing toward the sensory faculty of the mind, calls to mind a clear picture of 'grandma's house' and its atmosphere in general. I especially love how the author is very concrete in describing bits and pieces of the house and then connects them to specific memories in her mind. It calls to mind the affection I have for my own grandmother, who is much like a Korean version of the author's grandmother.
ReplyDeleteSo-Hyun Park, 2011-10067
As long as I can remember, family rituals were never something really comfortablr for me. It was always very annoying since I am the youngest of all when the all the family gather around and I have no one to talk with. Now that I finished reading 'Summer Rituals,' I feel like my attitude towards my family was not plausible.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing is that since I am a physics major, I really had hard time understanding the purpose of the author. I thought the story just about Douglas' family's ritual does not have any point. I think it's going to be a tough class for me to get to know about prose. - 심민규 2011-11016