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Here are a couple of Frequently Asked Questions that were submitted by a few of your fellow peers regarding the
site. Read them if you're confused or just plain interested.
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Emmanuel Vasilarakis. His Question is, "What is the purpose of this website?"
My response: This website is designed as a resource for IB Juniors regarding analyzing literature in general through
two plays: Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca, and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Thus, this site
was designed to help you IB Juniors at Kenwood High School with understanding these two texts. Throughout this site, there
are links, downloadable files (analyses), and helpful advice concerning analyzing literature. Read every last word of this
site, for it will simply benefit you.
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Jennifer Bahr. Her question is, "What is the hardest part when a person is analyzing literature?" My response: Literature
is all about you, and how you react to it. The hardest part is trying to find your connection to the text, and attempting,
through analysis, to understand the writer's intent and message(s). Thus, it is necessary to scrutinize every word of a text,
and evaluate its importance to the overall work and the purpose of the work. Books convey things regarding human nature. The
hardest part is discovering what that message is, and what it means to you as an individual.
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Jerusha Gerstner. Her question is, "What if you just can't become passionate about literature? What if you
dislike a certain text? What then?" My response: Different people have different tastes. Odds are that you're not going to
enjoy every text that you come across in IB. Regardless, the orals, the commentaries, the essays, and the assessments still
proceed. Thus, even if you do not enjoy a specific text, READ IT! It will come back to haunt you
later if you do not. Be responsible, and don't be lazy! Even if you dislike a certain text, you can still develop a respect
for the literary accuracy, or lack thereof, involved in the text. The books that you read are required, so make yourself like
them. If you are the type of person that believes that the author did not intend to place specific literary devices or utilize
certain literary techniques in the text, come to this realization: Writers know what they are doing, and they are well aware
of what's happening. They are professionals and they know what a metaphor, a simile, or a hyperbolic statement is. It is not
a coincidence that the writer used that specific device for a certain purpose, so get over your idea that literature is random.
IB does not care if you enjoy the book, or even if you understand it - you take their exam either way and they get your money.
Prove to your superiors that you can do it - that despite the fact that you may not enjoy a particular text, that you can
still identify its elements and particulars. Impress them, you can do it!
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