And of Clay Are We Created: Imagery Questionaires

1. What scences, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in your reading of the story?
     The last day right before she passed away was when she said "That in all 13 years of her life no boy had ever loved her and it was pity to leave the world without knowing love.." And Then Rolf told her one thing that made her happy. He said and assured her " He loved her more than he could ever love anyone, more than he love his mother, more than he love his sister, more than all the women who had slept in his arms". With that the young innocent girl closed her eyes forever.  This scene is really touching. I took pity on the girl and understand how hard her life is.
        
2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
           I felt sad and yet I also felt happy that at least Azuencea had passed away peacefully

3. Which of your five senses did this image appeal to? What do you associate witht this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?
              I envisioned the picture of Rolf sitting in front of Azuencea, looking into her eyes and tell her those precious words.

4. How do you think that your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
      The story is very impressive, it was the best story I've read in Grade 10 literature textbook!

And of Clay Are We Created: Point of View Questionaires

1. What point of view does the story use? Is the story told froma first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himsef as "I"? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?
              The story uses second-person perspective to introduce the story and it uses first-person perspective in the middle of the story.

2. What are the advantages  of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
       By using first-person perspective, the author could express her feelings and freely share her opinion toward the situation. She could understand how Rolf felt.

3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
           The narrator is reliable. She can tell by watching rolf's eyes and hearing his voice that his objectivity is slipping, and that he is responding emotionally to Azucena.

4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?
            The author reveal the truth and the feelings of her lover Rolf.  No, she doesn't  unfairly withhold important information know to the focal character.

 

And of Clay Are We Created: Plot questionaires

1. The story is about how Rolf Carle and the author tried to resuce an unfortunate girl Azucena, who was trapped in the mud pit from cooled lava.
2. The story is not arraged chronologically.
3. The story is narrated by the author herself, Isabel Allende.
4. The plot is  fast-paced, the story focused on limited time and tense sitiuation. Rolf and the author were trying to find a way to save Azucena life.
5. The main characters were nervous, stress, and depressed. Mostly their efforts in trying to save Azucena move to plot forword.
6. The conflicts are physical and emotional. Rolf was trying his best to cheer Azucena up and give her hope to survive. Azucena was stuck in the mud and she was injured and very tried. Unfortunately, at the end of the story the girl did not survive and Rolf was in melancholy mood.
7. The time they have to anxiouly wait for the pump is the climax of the story. Too bad the story ended up tragic, the girl ran out of her breath and her death left an indelible scar in Rolf's heart.
8. The plot has unity, and all the episodes releveant to the effect of the story.
9.  No, the story does not make use of any chance and coincidence. I counld not see any of them in the story.

And of Clay Are We Created: Setting

1. Place:  Allende, the author, does not specify the date and location in which the story is set.
2. Time: The volcanic eruption in the story is based occurred in Colombia in 1985.
3. Social Environment: Azucena is a victim from the vocanol eruption and was trapped in the harden clay soup-mud, only her head was showing from the mudpit. Rolf Carle is a news reporter. The author of the short story is Rolf's companion.

And of Clay We are Created

And of Clay We are Created