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.