We've been asked many times to get into the story if we really want to understand it. That means that we have to imagine how the characters act and why they act as such. Another way to increase your understanding of a story is through knowing how the places described in the story looks like. For that reason, I thought it would only be perfect if we could look at how Capri which is the main setting in the short story, "The Lotus Eater" looks like. Also included in this blog post are pictures of Mt Vesuvius, Bay of Naples (where Thomas Wilson likes to lepak in the evenings) and a very similar picture of how the small cottage Thomas lived in was described in the story.
Capri Island, Italy
Bay Of Naples, Italy
Bay of Naples, Italy
Thomas Wilson's cottage
Description in book:
"The cottage is in the vineyard, far from the town. There was a beautiful view from the cottage out over the sea. There was a huge flowering tree beside the door of the cottage. The tree was covered with large, brightly coloured flowers" (pp. 24)
Mt Vesuvius
Do you guys agree if I said that these place is phenomenal? No wonder Thomas Wilson decided to leave the boring London city with its insanely cold weather for a warmer, tropical Capri Island.
Woa.
ReplyDeleteI mean WOOOOA.
im gunnna miss someone very much staying there :'(
ReplyDeletelove you!
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ReplyDeleteYou won't be missing them for long,
ReplyDeleteThey'll be thinking of you <3
love you more!
p.s. They just might bring you something back :)
IT WILL FEEEL LIKE A YEAR FOR ME!
ReplyDeleteI will be thinking of u more though ;) <3
its a tiee!!! :P
and all u need to bring back for me is u and that will make my day :)
MORE LIKE JUST ONE DAY!
ReplyDeleteIf i had a computer I'd write.
And I'll be on the beach quite a bit, i got a lot of time to think about you more:)
and fine, its is, even though i secretly win <3
:$ I'll bring you something special :)
NO AT LEAST LAST TIME U WENT AWAY U HAD A LAPTOP.
ReplyDeletethis time NOTHING :(
and ill find time to think about u :P not that i dont have time already because i do :)
too bad i win secreltly in my head :P
and its okay u dont have to reallly :)
best gift would be u and only u :)
I KNOW. Don't make me sad I'm sorry.
ReplyDeleteSee without me having the computer, you are going to forget about me sooner ! :(
No you'll be busy, you are forgiven. You are not aloud to think about me, i don't allow you too :)
too bad you know that i win secretly cause i always win <3
:$ well what if i brought me and something else: double the wammy :)
lmao :P
ReplyDeletewhen u get back fromm ur trip u will see how much i was thinking about u that whole time... dont ask now.
u will seee :)
im gunna disobey u on that one :)
and on 2 conditions....
1. U dont bring back a nice italian boy. whcih i know u have told me over and over theres only 1 guy in ur eyes :P
2. If u do bring something make sure its under 5 cents (Y) dont waste money on me :)
haha, well I'm going to be asking: how would you be able to prove that? :)
ReplyDeleteI'm impatient, you know that you fool!
AND:
1. Fine, I'll bring one back.. but for you :)
2. Of course it won't be under five cents, nothing is that cheap. I'll get you something special, you'll see. You're worth wasting money for :)
lmao i guess ur just gunna have to wait until u get back from ur trip to find out :P
ReplyDelete1. Ill just throw him in the garbage. I got someone else in my head :)
2. alright then ill have to wait to see wat ur present is and u will have to wait to see wat i do :)
im going to bed now because i gotta get up early tomrrow.
but as always goooodnight, sweetdreams and dont let the bed bugs bite :) (L)
Love, Matthew F....
I don't know if you will end up seeing this,but
ReplyDeleteYou'll forget by then!
1. I'll still bring one for you.tehee. And :$
2. That's not fair! But what if you forget? :(
Goodnight, sleep tight, and sweet dreams about the happy things in your life. Don't let the bed bugs bite <3 :)
Love from Natalia ...
no i wont forget lmao :)
ReplyDeletei remember important stuff that involves making u happy ;)
i love seeing u smile :D
and if u want but he wont be living in Canada for long... if u know wta i mean :P lmao
hope u are having fun with ur friends and i will talk to u tomorrow :)
gooodnight, sleeeeptight, and dont let the bed bugs bite!
:$ good thing i got my smile fixed than :D
ReplyDeleteand if you want to see my smile now, tell me :)
HAHA, then I'll just leave him in Italy,
I'm talking to you know :) :$
hope the bed bugs didn't bite you !
when was it broken :P lmao
ReplyDeleteand ur smile will be twice as big when u see wat i might do.(hopefully) :S
and u better leave him there :P
before i had my braces :D
ReplyDeletewell if you do it now, maybe it might be three times as big? :)
i will, he can belong to someone else :P
u were still cute then :P
ReplyDeletemabye ... i guess we wont find out though :P
gooooood(Y)
so she is leaving tomorrow for camp and wont see her again for 5 weeks since she is going to italy/poland right after.
ReplyDeletei hope she has an amazing time trip and enjoys herself there :)
she is an amazing person and is one of the most thoughtful and awesomest persons i know and i love her very much :$ (L)
She will have a great time, but she'll be thinking about you along the entire way. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to miss this one boy very much though, because he means so much to me. He is kind, amazing, my loser, and has the biggest heart i know, and i love him very much so too, the mostest to be exact <3 :$
and he will be thinking and praying for her nothing everything goes great :) she means A LOT to him too!
ReplyDeletei would start describing everything great about you but i dont think i would be able to stop :$
and i love u lots tooo! (L)
He won't have to think of her, hell have better things to do :)
ReplyDeleteI hope so, cause he definitely does for her :$
I don't think that it'd be that long of a list. Yours on the other hand can go on for quite some time .
love you with every part of my heart (L) :$ !
There is nothing better to do then to be with u :(
ReplyDeleteNo it would be a page at least :P And if I need to prove becasue you dont beleive me I guess I might need too :P
Love you with every mm of my heart (L)
There are plenty of things, but I agree, i really do love spending time with you :$
ReplyDeleteHAHA , I don't want you busting up your hand :)
Love you with all of your heart <3
Well I have 5 whole weeks to write it so i think i have enough time :)
ReplyDeleteLove you with all of your heart too (L)
There isn't that much you can say that would take you five weeks, 5 minutes max :)
ReplyDelete:$
My body though can hold more love though, so love you with all the love that I can hold (L)
meh i guess if i take very long breaks ahha :P
ReplyDeleteand i dunno :P i am taller and wheigh more so i can hold more :) (L)
haha if you take breaks that are days long, then yes maybe :)
ReplyDeleteThat's not fair! Well my heart(your heart) and my soul can hold the most love, so I can hold more <3 :D
no one a day should make a page i think :)
ReplyDeletemabye... lmao but mabye we will never know for sure!
maybe, but I can write 95209 pages in one hour ;)
ReplyDeletethat is true, then we both love each other eqaully? :) <3
i lied actually, i still love you more :$
yeah u write fast though :)
ReplyDeletei remember i think it was grade 2 not sure but u were ALWAYS the first one done writing religion notes and stuff ahah :)
i agreee with that but i thought u said u never lie :O
was I really? :) hhaha
ReplyDeleteand so do you , we should have note copying races, i know loserish, but I'm one so It's all good (:
I don't lie, i was just kidding <3
But i do
yeah i remember because i was never first :P
ReplyDeletei wouldnt win because i messed my finger up (N) but w.e
and i still think its a tie if anything (L)
haha, sorry. I'll copy slower just for you <3
ReplyDelete:S how?! It better not have been from punching another fence...
hope it gets better, along with you back and head!
Fine, for tonight it is <3