Journal entry 4

Topic:

Imagine that you are in Jon's situation described in the novel, "Whiteout". Using your own words describe how you would feel if you were sent north to serve a year of community service. You may borrow ideas and imagery from the novel.

Please pass this entry in by Wednesday day 13

Chapter five notes

New Characters

· Calvin Arid

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Plot Summary

- Jon has arrived in Nanuvik

- Jon is meeting his uncle for the first time

- His first encounter with his uncle is not friendly

- Jon looks around the house for the first time

- Jon encounters how economical northern living is

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Character sketch of Calvin Arid

· He is wearing a mix of traditional Inuit and Scottish clothing

· He looks like an older version of Jon’s Father

· He has an authoritative personality

· He has blue eyes

· He is slow to trust people

· He has a weather beaten face

· He has a strong body

· He is neat

· He is practical and strict

· He is not romantic

· He does not like literature

· He has rough hands

· He reuses everything

· He is Scottish

Dictionary items:

· Tam o’ shanter- a Scottish hat.

Whiteout Chapter 4 notes and questions

New Characters

• · Noddy Pelgrin, Clerk for Hudson Bay Company

• · Pudlo

• · Jon Walski, the School Principal

• · Doreen Boween, the teacher

• · Heather Macintosh

Plot Summary

• - He hears about his uncle the first time

• - He leaves for Nanuvik

• - He views the Arctic from the air- the mountains look like whip cream floating on grey blue shadows.

• - He is flying over some of the most desolate places on earth

• - He is still not convinced he will like it

• - He admits what he did in Toronto that got in to trouble with the law

• - He sees his first dog team

• - He meets the people of the community

Important Reoccurring Images/ Symbols

He orders Irish coffee

Dictionary items

Nanuvik- Place of bears in Inuktitut.

Ayii- yes in Inuktitut

Chapter Four Questions

Chapter four

16) What does Jon learn about his uncle from one of the pilots?

17) How does Nanuvik appear from the air?

18) Who was Noddy Pelgrim?

19) What does the Inuktitut word " Nanuvik" mean?

20) Who were the first white people that Jon met in Nanuvik?

21) How many people came out to meet Jon?

22) What advice does Noddy give Jon by the end of chapter four?

Whiteout Chapter Questions due Friday

Questions for chapter 4 and 5 are due this Friday. We will miss Friday's class due to the Halloween activites being held in the gym, you may pass your questions in on Thursday during class time or on Friday at the office.

Whiteout Chapter 1 Notes

Whiteout Chapter One

Characters

· Jonathan Aird

· Jonathan’s mother

· Jonathan’s Uncle Calvin

Plot Summary

- Jon is arguing with his mother

- He has been expelled from three schools

- He turned down an important music scholarship

- He was assigned one year of community service

- His father is dead

- He has an inheritance that he will receive at twenty with good behavior or at forty if his life choices do not improve

- His inheritance is controlled by his mother and his Uncle Calvin

- His mother is sending him to the Arctic to meet his uncle Calvin and to serve his year of community service as a music teacher

- Jon makes the decision he has to change his life

Character Sketch (pg 4)

· tall

· grey eyes

· sandy hair

· in shape

· has trouble with the law

· musician

· rebellious

· looking to reform/ to change his ways

Important Reoccurring Images/ Symbols/Themes

Symbol: The broken green stone carving of the swimming goddess. (pg 4)

Theme: He feels lonely

Dictionary items:

· Whiteout- a polar weather condition caused by a heavy cloud over the snow, in which the light coming from above is approximately equal to the light reflected from below, and which is characterized by the absence of shadow, the invisibility of the horizon, and the discernibility of only very dark objects.

Aka- clouds make it impossible to see anything that is not large and very dark.

· Trustee- a person who holds the title to property for the benefit of another.

· Ominous- evil, harmful or threatening.

Music Jon plays-

· Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

· Ellington (Duke Ellington)

· Debussy

The variety shows his incredible talent as a musician

Chapter One Questions

1) Jonathon Aird received a letter from his mother. What was the main message contained in the letter?

• This question is asking you to describe the plot

2) What is your impression of Jon after reading chapter one?

• This question is asking you to describe his character.

3) A symbol is a person, place, or thing that represents an abstract idea or concept. On page five, what does the crumpled letter symbolize in the following sentence: “Jon sat, still slowly rocking back and forth, staring into the ominous black mouth of their apartment fireplace where the crumpled letter lay like a permanently frozen snowball”?

• · The apartment is like a prison and he feels trapped.

• · The letter is a frozen snowball- it is cold, frozen- he feel like this is his future cold, bleak and frozen.

4). What do you think is the author is trying to tell us about Jon in the following sentence: “he got up slowly and wandered aimlessly through the apartment, pausing to stare at the paintings without really seeing any of them at all”?

• · He has no direction

• · He is looking but nothing means anything

• · His life at the moment has no meaning so he cannot see meaning around him

Whiteout Chapter 4 notes and questions

New Characters

· -Noddy Pelgrin, Clerk for Hudson Bay Company

· -Pudlo

· - Jon Walski, the School Principal

· -Doreen Boween, the teacher

· -Heather Macintosh

Plot Summary

• - He hears about his uncle the first time

• - He leaves for Nanuvik

• - He views the Arctic from the air- the mountains look like whip cream floating on grey blue shadows.

• - He is flying over some of the most desolate places on earth

• - He is still not convinced he will like it

• - He admits what he did in Toronto that got him into trouble with the law

• - He sees his first dog team

• - He meets the people of the community

Important Reoccurring Images/ Symbols/ themes

Symbol: Jon's use of liquor- he drinks Irish coffee

Theme: feeling alone

Dictionary items

Nanuvik- Place of bears in Inuktitut.

Ayii- yes in Inuktitut

Chapter Four Questions

Chapter four

16) What does Jon learn about his uncle from one of the pilots?

17) How does Nanuvik appear from the air?

18) Who was Noddy Pelgrim?

19) What does the Inuktitut word " Nanuvik" mean?

20) Who were the first white people that Jon met in Nanuvik?

21) How many people came out to meet Jon?

22) What advice does Noddy give Jon by the end of chapter four?