Fiction Analysis

In the novel Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, a young girl is sold into prostitution and remains in prostitution until a God loving farmer has his heart and soul set on making her his wife. Micheal visits Angel in the brothel paying only to talk to her, after coming multiple times and her rejecting him time after time, he gives up until God calls him back to her. He pays for her to be released and takes her back to his farm. She tries numerous times to run away and every time he goes after her, brings her home and forgives her. The last time she runs away God tells him to let her go even though he loves her. After finding a job as a cook her old pimp finds her and forces her into prostitution until one night a man helps her out of his brothel along with two other young girls. The three of them live with the man's family for two years when Angel gets baptized and born again following God. Micheal's brother finds her and convinces her to come back with him. When she finally arrives she comes to him like Eve did to Adam. Micheal and Angel live happily and have four children even though as a child it was made sure she could never have children. The narrative allows the reader to connect to all characters since it is not spoken by a character but rather by someone watching it all. Getting everyone's point of view and thought process.

2 The theme of the story is to trust in God because he has a plan for everyone.

3 The author's tone is sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
"The mess in the fireplace was cleaned up when Angel came back, but Hosea was gone"(127).
"But if we hope for what we do not have, we wait for it patiently Romans 8:25"(159).
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself"(243).

4 Literary elements
     1 Characterization: pages 1-44 Angel's childhood helps the reader understand why she is who she is for the rest of the novel.
     2 Conflict: "Run away from him, Angel. Run away now- Stay, beloved"(153).
     3 Epilogue: "Sarah and Michael shared many happy years together. On their seventh anniversary, their prayers were answered with the birth of a son,  Stephen. Stephen was filed by Luke, Lydia, and Esther"(463).
     4 Flashback: " Angel moaned as Duke bent her over. He laughed softly. "Did you think you could get away from the Alpha and Omega?" Someone called her from a great distance, but Duke kept drowning out the still, soft voice"(135).
     5 Foil: "He smiled back. Colder than she. How'd you get your claws into him? Angel saw the world in one man's eyes, and she felt every stone cast"(171).
     6 Imagery: "Angel pushed the canvas flap back just enough to look out at the mud street. She shivered in the cold afternoon air, that carried with it the stench of disenchantment"(47).
     7 Prologue: Explains what "Angel" was like as a child and why she became so numb and stiffened over the years (1-44).
     8 Satire: "Half an hour later, Mara stormed back. "Look at this!" She held her hands for him to see her blackened palms and fingers. "I've used soap. I've used grease. I've even rubbed with sand. How do you get this stuff off?" "It's the dye from the hulls." "You mean they're going to stay like this?""(148)
     9 Stream of consciousness: "I'm falling in love with you. Oh, God, I don't want to, but I am. You're becoming the air I breathe. I'm losing Elizabeth and Miriam and Ruthie. How long will it be before I lose you too?"(265).
     10 Suspense: "Angel sat for a long time thinking after he left"(454).


Characterization

1 Direct characterization

The way Angel talks makes it feel like she is very locked away, cold and bitter at times.
Through how Miriam treats everyone shows they she is a loving person who just wants everything to be ok.

Indirect characterization

Though out the entire book Michael is shown to be a very forgiving man through his actions target than words.
The way Paul thinks about Angel shows how judgemental he is, whether it is because he is a Christian man, or because he had low self esteem.

2 The author's diction doesn't change through out the novel,  it is very fluent from character to character.

3 The protagonist is a round, dynamic character. Angel goes through many struggles and when she finally finds God she goes through a major psychological and physical change that makes her into a stronger, more independent woman.

After reading this novel I feel like the character development was very good, it brought me to tears multiple times. I felt like I was reading a diary not fiction, meeting every character not just reading about them.

Welcome to my Network

Analyssa Brown because she is interested in photography which ties into my out reach strategy.

Judith Botello since I am doing an out reach to women in sensitive situations would like to utilize her people skills to make the women feel more comfortable.

Jarred Perry is dealing with contribution to society which is what my main focus is so I would like to use his skills to broaden my network.

Dale Bebeau because he is focused on freedom. My concept for my idea is to free women from the lives they were forced into by their pimps.

Gabriella Pereverziev wants to help people which is what I want to do so being collaborators, will theoretically help more people.

Vocabulary

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/12/17/shelter-opens-for-sex-trafficking-victims/

1. Evade (V)
        Avoid or escape
2. Lured (V)
        Tempt to do something
3. Reupholstered (V)
        Provide with coverings
4. Underground trade (N)
       Where people buy/ trade/ sell items. Black market economy
5. Crisis (N)
        A condition of instability or danger

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140206/OPINION01/140209839

6. Slavery (N)
         The condition of bondage
7. Advocacy (N)
         The act of pleading for, supporting
8. Symposium (N)
         A meeting or conference in the discussion of some subject
9. Perceptions (N)
          Immediate or intuitive recognition or apprehension
10. Domestic (Adj)
           Of or pertaining to the home
http://www.wncfotofest.com/making_difference.html

11. Subsequent (Adj)
             Following in order
12. Conservation (N)
             The act of preventing loss, decay or injury
13. Array (V)
              To place in proper, or designed order
14. Poaching (N)
              Any encroachment on another's property, rights or ideas
15. Low - resolution (Adj)
               Producing images that are not sharply defined

Welcome to the Interdisciplinarity

I want to help victims of human suffering in general which includes sex trafficking and child abuse/ neglect as my main focuses. The disciplines that fall into this field include the photography used to get the word out there and community service which will include providing shelter for the victims as well as providing a loving and nurturing environment. Although my field isn't clean cut, it is something that I want to do in order to make our world a better one, where fewer people suffer from others abuse.

Sad Experience

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7jYU9meVXKg

*(Warning sexual content due to the reality of the situation, lyrics only)

There are so many women and children put through this horrendous experience and I want to help stop this and get rid of sex trafficking.

1. Lucrative (adj)
       Producing a great deal of profit
2. Bartered (v)
       Traded without money being exchanged
3. Succumbed (v)
        Failure to resist
4. Seared (v)
         Scorched or burned the surface of
5. Human trafficking (v)
        The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery

My Future

Over the past four years, through all the school I have to do I found something that I love, photography. I also learned that I love helping people I'm need such as homeless children and sex trafficked women. If I could turn my passion for photography into a way to help those who suffer, I would feel accomplished.

There are many ways I can start to do this but I think I will begin by making a schedule, working through social media such as blogs and Facebook, in order to gain the audience I desire.

In order to be able to say that I have no regrets I have to push myself past my limits and allow myself to fail in order to help others grow and thrive.

I will show others that I am serious by being constant and only showing the reality of the subject and not use fabricated evidence. I plan to post pictures that show the severity of human suffering to show that even though as a while our country is thriving, not everyone in our country is thriving.

I plan to make my passions into a reality by using my will power to go out into the community and seek help and guidance from those in my field.

The people in my life have inspired me to go out and help people as well as be humble because I am blessed with a family and belongings that others don't have. If I didn't meet the people I have I wouldn't have the passion I do for helping those who are suffering.

Through this journey I hope I will touch at least one person's life, for if one person is inspired,

Hafta/ Wanna

      Life after high school and life within high school have some similarities depending on what you plan to do after high school. For example I would like to become a professional photographer, so keeping a schedule like I do for school will stay with me as I continue with my life as an adult. As for my attitude towards life, I believe that will change. Right now I view school as something I hafta do where as later in life the schedule I "hafta" keep will turn into something I wanna do everyday.

       People don't just change over night and I don't expect I will, me being a normal person after all. I am going to have to push myself harder than I ever have, in order to be able to succeed. In the article "My High School Hoax" by Teddy Wayne, he cheats his way through his 9th grade year of high school. Going through high school just going through the motions doesn't help prepare you for life after high school. You need to absorb everything you can while you're in high school, because in high school, everything is handed to you, sadly.

          Some ways I keep myself accountable are recording everything I hafta do in my calendar, just in case I forget to look there I tell my friends and family so they can help keep me on track, and lastly I put everything in my phone because I take my phone everywhere I go. By being accountable I am able to schedule my day in a way where I can do the activities I hafta do and then when I'm done with those, I have the rest of the day to do the activities I wanna do.