Journal 2 -Madeline

     

  In the old house in Paris lived twelve little girls and Ms. Clavel. Twelve little girl walked, ate meals, brushed teeth, and slept in two lines. They smiled, frowned, and felt sad together. They left house in rain or shine. Among twelve girls, Madeline was the smallest and bravest one. She was not afraid of mice, tiger. One day Ms. Clavel found something wrong. It was Madeline that cried and cried. Madeline was diagnosed with appendix. Dr. Cohn sent Madeline to the hospital as quickly as possible when other girls were crying. After the operation, Madeline stayed in the hospital for ten days. In a nice morning, Ms. Clavel and eleven girls went to visit Madeline with solemn faces.  After they reached Madeline’s sickroom, all of the girls found that there were toys, candy, a dollhouse in the room. What’ more, they also found a scar on Madeline’s stomach surprisingly. In the night after eleven girls returning home, they stayed on their beds and began to cry. All of them wanted to went to hospital, too.

l   Setting: backdrop setting

In the beginning of the book, the setting is general: “in an old house in Paris that was covered with vines.”

l   Narrative point of view: omniscient narrator

In the book, the narrator tells what Madeline thought in the hospital and Ms. Clavel rushed to girls’ bedroom in a hurry.

l   Sentence: repeated rhythms with slightly variation in every three pages

Three pages a rhythm. For example: They left the house at half past nine in two straight lines. In rain or in shine.

        I have watched the cartoon version of Madeline when I was very little. After Emily introduced Madeline in the class, I found that my favorite cartoon came from a picture book. The Madeline in the TV was a brave, naughty, and energetic girl, so was her in the picture book. She was not afraid of tigers and mice, but she still cried when she felt hurt in her stomach because she was just a little girl. This is my favorite children’ literature since I was as childlike as Madeline.