Journal Entry #6

1. The movie starts off with her cutting vegetables and the director increases the volume of the cutting so that the veiwer is able to see the duty she is being put o.
2. The mother seems a lot older than in the book.
3. The fathers eyes were not sewn shut.
4. The director fails to show the Vermeers visiting the ous of Greit.
5. The director uses an establishing shot to emphasize the towns size.
6. The house was not what I pictured it to be because it seems they are poorer than i expected.
7. I expected Tanneke to be much skinnier than she is.
8. There were no mentionings of pets in the book.
9. The director did not establish the hardships and opening s of Griets first day.
10. Catharnia is alot more beautiful in the movie than in the book.
11. I pictured the studio to be alot more luxorious but it helped established the family's wealth as being middle class.
12. Griet does not speak as much in the movie as she does in the book.
13. Maria Thins is a lot more ruder in the movie and does not seem to establish her liking for Griet as she does in the book.
14. There is no confliction between Tanneke and Griet as in the book.
15. The reasoning for Catharnia not being able to set forth in the studio is different compared to the movie. Catharnia had not been able to set forth in the movie because she had tried to destroy a past painting but in the book they do not establish this.
16. The movie adds a scne in which Griet goes to the housing of van Ruijven.
17. The children do not play as big a role in the movie as they do in the book.
18. Anges and Frans are not mentioned in the movie at all.
19. A dolly shot is used when Pieter and Griet are wlking together in a park setting.
20. At the part in which Griet as to go to the apocerathy in order to obtain medicine for the baby, the master hands her the list of items needed rather sending i done in a leather pouch.
21. The ending is different because they do not shiw her when she is older and Tanneke gives her the pearls immediately after she leaves. She also keeps the earring rather than selling them and she does not get married to Pieter.

Journal Entry # 5





5 things that I understand


1. When the master had come to realize that his painting was finished and would please only Van Ruijven, he decided that i needed something.


2. He had discovered the contents of Griets hair and this was her transformation into womanhood.


3. He made Griet pierce her ear so that she may wear his wife's pearl earrings.


4. She married Pieter after leaving the household when Catharnia discovered that Griet had been wearing her earrings.


5. Griet had sold the earrings which the master had left in his will after he died.





4 question


1. Why didnt the master and Maria confess to haven taken the earrings?


2. Why did Griet choose that path she did?


3 Why did Griet leave?



4. What symbol did the earrings hold?



3 Unknown words

1. Pg 228 Seascapes- a sketch, painting, or photograph of the sea

2. Pg 219 Pockmarks- scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like

3. Pg 208 Blotted- to remove with absorbent paper or the like

2 literary elements
1. "the winking of the blade as it hovered" Pg 215- personification
2. " I was holding two peals the size of hazelnuts, shaped like drops of water." Pg 205- simile

Summary sentence
Griet h ad left the house due to an accusation but came to move on in her life.

Journal Entry #4

5 things that i understand
1. Catharnia did not like the idea of her jewels and others precious iyems were being left with the maid.
2. Van Ruijven has asked for a solo picture of Griet and she is to pose for it.
3. Her master is now becoming more protective of Griet.
4. Pieter is soon going to ask for her fathers approval to marry Griet.
5. Griet is sexually harrassd by Ruijven and Catharnia does not know of the painting of Griet.

4 questions
1. Why does Catharnia hate Griet?
2. Why is Frans the only person who notices her love for her master?
3. Why does Catharnia keep on having more kids?
4. Is Van Ruijven going to rape Griet?

3 unknown words
1. Pg 144 Jest- a joke or witty remark; witticism
2. Pg 160 Astute- of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious
3. Pg 174 Querulous- full of complaints; complaining

2 literary elements
1. " Van Ruijven had us all running like rabbits before dogs" Pg 162- Simile
2. " Her look was a puzzle of anger" Pg 173- Metaphor

Summary sentence
Griet is being forced to be painted for the pleasure of Van Ruijven yet her master is showing his compassion toward Griet.

Journal Entry # 3



5 things that i understand

1. The master had begun to ask Griet to run errands for her and to creat different paints.

2. Griet began to understand the meanings and colors within his paintings.

3. Griet and Pieter's son have been dating.

4. Griet and Tanneke are no longer close since Griet began to be favored.

5. The master had once been Protestant but is now Catholic.



4 questions

1. Does the master have a better relationship with Griet than his wife?

2. Why does Tanneke continue to hold a grudge against her even though Griet had not affended her?

3. Why does the grandmother seem to like Griet more than Tanneke?

4. Why does Griet date Pieter when she is in love with the master?



3 unknown words

1. Pg 123 Chide- to express disapproval of; scold; reproach

2. Pg 140 Palette- a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors

3. Pg 128 Quill- the hard, hollow, basal part of a feather



2 literary elements

1. " You're ating like a chicken that knos its for the slaughter." Pg 134- Simile

2. " the cold killed most smells" Pg 95- personification



Summary Sentence
Griet has now become more close with the master and he and she have come to grow a more understanding relationship.

Journal Entry # 2





5 things that i understand


1. When Carthinia had a longer term in her pregnancy, Griet began to ignore her and avoid seing her.


2. Once she met her sister in te Market Place she avioded her.


3. Her sister died from the plague.

4. Carthina gave birth and there was a big feast where Griet was appraoched by van Ruijven and harassed.


5. It seems as the masters and Griets relationship has prospered.





4 questions that i have


1. Why did the author decide to kill Agnes?


2. Why has the master continued to show more interest in Griet?


3. Why does Griet regard her master as "him"?


4. Are Griet and Pieter going to get married?





3 unknown words


1. Pg 74 Placate- to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures


2. Pg 91 Peat- a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.


3. Pg 91 Chided- to express disapproval of; scold; reproach





2 literary elements


1." she moved down the hallway like a ship" pg 54- simile


2. "it was simply an empty room, waiting for nothing but dust" pg 85- personification





Summary sentence
Carthina has had a child and Anges has died which causes much stress on Griets life.

Girl with a pearl Earring

5 things that i understand
1. Greit was now to work in the house of Carthinia and her husband because her father was unable to support the family.
2. Her father's eyes had been disinegated by an explosion in a tile factory.
3. Her brother Franes now works in a tile factory but does not enjoy it due to the hard labour.
4. It seems as though her master is mysterious and yet brilliant.
5. Griet is now becoming worn out by the work in the house.

4 questions that I ave
1. Why is Carthinia such a witch?
2. What happened to Takenne's family to cause her to become a maid?
3. Why is Carthinia's mother so fascinated with Greit?
4. Why is the man so mysterious?

3 words i do not know
1. Pg 16 Bulbous- bulb-shaped; bulging
2. Pg 44 Bemused- bewildered or confused
3. Pg 44 Apothecary- a pharmacy or drugstore

2 literary elements
1. "The new was wovne in iwht the old like a darning in a sock" Pg 27- simile
2."two more paintings, both still lifes, leaning against the wall" pg 31-personification


1 summary sentence
Greit is now working in the household of a buisness associate of her fathers and is adjusting to the new life she is envolped in.