Carly's Text Analysis

Amanda’s version:

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The Pentad:

Agent: The “who” is a girl. I think she is perhaps a young girl who skis and enjoys peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are her favorite, and in the third person the audience is told how to make them through her. The audience can connect with the girl in this piece because I believe everyone has had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and can picture him or herself making one as she explains how to make one.  Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches represent comfort food no matter the age of the person. In addition, the audience, specifically individuals who ski, can relate to her talk about the ski resort. We do sympathize for the speaker and specifically the girl because she is reflecting on her travels and future plans, yet looking back to reassurance from her childhood.

Purpose: I don’t see a real connection with all of the different topics within this piece because they are all random: skiing, traveling, plans, waking up and starting fresh, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  However, I believe the purpose for this girl was to talk about all of the things she cared about which may be her plans, traveling and something constant perhaps from her childhood, making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. This person wanted to share with us how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and those steps in which to make one. It was also written in a way that her words came to her, which was very personal.

Scene: This person is in a kitchen; outside in the mountains at a ski resort; she also could be in her room because she is dreaming. I believe she is also in touch with nature. This piece was written in third person about someone and how they made their sandwich in addition to her starting her travel. The audience can be any one who can make a connection to this girl or who may be interested in how she makes her sandwich. The physical and temporal setting is here because the speaker is talking about how this girl feels about certain things, such as the ski resort, traveling and peanut bitter and jelly sandwiches (favorite).

Agency: This writing is very informal and the author used the technique of the thoughts, words and feelings being dispersed throughout the piece, not making it understandable.

Persona: The persona portrayed in this piece may or may not be of the same cultural perspective because they used “she” and “I” so it is first and third person. Also, the way this was written (not understandable) added a little feeling to the piece, like maybe the individual was confused.

Literary devices: The author uses peanut butter and jelly as a metaphor for the security of her childhood. It is a symbol of comfort and familiarity of something favorite from her home.