Reading Notes W7: The Californians

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These notes are on "The Californian" by Gertrude Atherton, pg 311-320

  • It starts speaking of someone named Magdalena, who was someone who failed at every point and expected the author to fail.
  • Later it speaks of these loud ringing of bells. This may be due to the fact that her bedroom was extremely close to a school. 
  • Helena often had a weird way of entering the house, she would climb a pillar of the balcony.
  • Helena is trying to convince her to see the fire, she is refusing to see the fire at first, but Helena is not taking no for an answer. she know's she would love it.
  • Helena talked about her weekly allowance, which was $5, which was looked upon as not a lot of money, especially by Helena. 
  • The way this story is described, it seems that this takes place in San Francisco. They are talking of market street, and taking transportation that is known by San Francisco.

Comments

  1. Austin KarwowskiMarch 17, 2019 at 10:32 PM

    I think the notes you took for this project are very detailed. They really highlight the plot of the story which is nice. I also notice how you showed some of the setting as well and that could create some good imagery for your analysis, good job!

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