Chapter 9:
1. How had the tradition of the sons of potters learning the skills and becoming potters themselves developed?
2. Why did Crane-man refuse Ajima's offer of food each day that Tree-ear was away? How to Tree-ear convince Crane-man to accept Ajima's offer?
3. What did Crane-man mean when he said..."the same wind that blows one door shut often blows another open." p. 97
4. What does Crane-man mean when he says on p. 107, "Of all the problems you may meet on your journey, it will be people who are the greatest danger. But it will also be people to whom you must turn if ever you are in need of aid." NOW THAT YOU HAVE FINISHED THE BOOK...come up with examples that support this wise saying.
Chapter 10:
5. How was the countryside custom of hospitality useful to Tree-ear on his journey?
6. Tree-ear was surprised when he entered the city of Puyo? Why was he surprised?
7. How did Tree-ear discover that Kang's innovation to pottery had spread?
1. The sons of the potters ended up working for their fathers because there weren’t enough potters to supply the needs of the people. There weren’t enough potters because it was considered a poor job. So, the King made a law that the sons of the potters had to learn the skills of a potter from their father.
ReplyDelete2. Crane-man refused Ajima’s offer for food because he is proud. He also doesn’t wish to be fed out of pity. Tree-ear convinced Crane-man to accept Ajima’s offer by telling Crane-man that Ajima is an old woman now and needs his help. Tree-ear told Crane-man that if he would work with Ajima then Tree-ear wouldn’t have to worry about her on his journey as much. If Crane-man helps Ajima, he would really be helping Tree-ear.
3. When Crane-man said "the same wind that blows one door shut often blows another open." Tree-ear couldn’t figure out what he meant. Later he figured out that one door shut means that he couldn’t work for Min because he wasn’t his son. He also figured out that another door open means he gets the chance to make pottery because Min and Ajima adopt Tree-ear.
4. The danger example is when Tree-ear was robbed by the robbers at the top of the Rock of the Falling Flowers. They robbed him of the vases, his money, and beat him up. An example of when people came to Tree-ear’s aid is when he ate and slept outside of people’s homes. The palace also helped Tree-ear get back to Ch’ulp’o by boat instead of walking, which would have been dangerous and taken much longer.
5. The countryside custom of hospitality was useful on Tree-ear’s journey because some people would give him food and let him sleep outside their home.
6. Tree-ear was surprised when he entered the city of Puyo because the streets were crowed with people, oxen, and carts. Puyo was very crowded compared to al the villages on the way there and Ch’ulp’o.
7. Tree-ear discovered that Kang’s innovation to pottery has spread when Tree-ear went to Puyo and saw Kang’s inlay work at the market.
CS-16
4/23/13
ReplyDelete1. The tradition of the sons of potters learning the skills and becoming potters themselves developed long ago. Potters made objects for use and not beauty. It was considered a poor trade in deed. None wished for their sons to have such a lowly life. Year after year more sons left the trade until at last, there weren’t enough potters to supply the needs of the people. Therefore the king declared that sons of potters must become potters themselves pg.97. This is how the tradition started.
2. Crane-man declines Ajima’s offer because he is a proud man and does not want to eat out of pity. Also Tree-ear convinces him to accept the offer after Crane-man congratulates him on his “performance” and Tree-ear gives his speech. After his speech, Crane-man decides that he will go to the house of Min.
3. Crane-man’s words mean that one if one opportunity fails there is always another. For example Tree-ear discovers that he can mold clay if he won't be allowed to make pots.
4. One example of how people are your greatest danger is when he gets robbed by a person. One example of people being there for you is that when Tree-ear has to go on his journey, Ajima feeds Crane-man. Another example of people being your greatest danger is that Min is competing with Kang to see who will work in the palace for the royal family. Another example of when people are there for you is when Tree-ear’s parents died of fever so a kind monk paid a man to take him to an uncle in Ch'ulp'o. When the man arrived, they discovered that he no longer lived there. Then the man took him to a temple and the tribe members told him to bring Tree-ear to the bridge where Crane-man would look after him. These are some examples to support Crane-man’s saying.
5. The countryside custom of hospitality was useful to Tree-ear on his journey because it made him feel comfortable. It felt comfortable to him because every once and a while, a kid would come up to him and inquired about his health and journey. Then he would take the kid home where the women in the house always consented to let him sleep under the eaves and maybe some food.
6. 6. Tree-ear was surprised when he entered the city of Puyo because of how crowded it was. When he first stepped into the city gates, he saw people, oxen and carts. The houses were so close together, Tree-ear wondered how the residents could breathe.
7. Tree-ear had discovered that Kang's inlay work had spread because while in Puyo he saw a person at a stand selling his work.
DF#8
APG#9
ReplyDelete1. The tradition that all potters who live in Ch'ulp'o do is pass their pottering skills down to their sons. This tradition was developed when potters were known for making objects for use not beauty. The potters didn't want to have their sons work as a poor potter. Therefore, there was not enough potters to supply people with pottery. That's when the king made a law that potters must pass their job to their son. This is how this tradition was developed.
2. Tree-ear has worked for Ajima for a while and Ajima has repaid him with meals. When Crane-man was kindly asked to work for Ajima while Tree-ear is gone on his journey, Crane-man refuses, even though he will get meals. Crane-man refused the meals because he was embarrassed and though he could handle getting food on his own. Tree-ear had to persuade him to accept Ajima's offer by giving Crane-man a tirade. Tree-ear was so serious Crane-man started to laugh at him. But when they talked after, Tree-ear was able to persuade him to work for Ajima after a long talk.
3. On page 97, Crane-man said another one of his wise sayings, "The same wind that blows one door shut often blows another open. This means that through life you might hit some bumps or hard times, (thats when the door is shut) but usually something good comes out of that mistake. (thats when the door opens)
4. On page 107 Crane-man says, "Of all the problems you may meet on your journey, it will be people who are the greatest danger. But it will also be people to whom you must turn if ever you are in need of aid." An example of this in the book for people being the greatest danger is on page 124. This is when two robbers stole Tree-ear's jiggeh that held his precious vases for the royal Kings Court. The vases broke and Tree-ear had to bring a shard to the Court. An example of when you need people to go to in need of aid is on page 108. On page 108 he stops at a village where people stop him to give him a meal or let him stay for a night to rest.
5. The countryside custom of hospitality was very use-full on Tree-ear’s journey because the people on in the village gave him food to eat, and let him stay at there home for a night of rest.
Tree-ear was surprised when he entered the city of Puyo. He was surprised because there were so many people, oxen, and carts all over. It was so crowed! There was also a lot of traffic. Tree-ear wasn’t used to all this commotion, and therefore he was very surprised.
6. When Tree-ear was walking through the town of Puyo he noticed that Kang’s pottery work was already out on the streets. His work is already admired by by many people through Puyo. Kang’s work of pottery has spread wildly already.
Chapter 9
ReplyDeleteOn page 97 it says that Tree-ear confronted Crane-man with the question,”The potters’s trade passes from father to son here in Ch’ulp’o. Is it thus everywhere?” Crane-man said that there was a story that answered Tree-ear’s question. “Potters have not always been considered artists, you know. In the long-ago days when potters made objects fro use and not beauty, it was considered a poor trade indeed. None wished for their sons to have such a lowly life.” Crane-man explained to Tree-ear. “Year after year more sons left the trade until at last there were not enough potters to supply the needs of the people! So the king at the time decreed that sons of potters must become potters themselves.” exclaimed Crane-man.
Crane-man refused Ajima’s offer for food because as Ajima put it on page 102 Crane-man was proud and did not want to be feed out of pity. Tree-ear convinced Crane-man to except Ajima’s offer by Yelling at Crane-man that Ajima was older and could not do work as easily as she did when she was younger. Tree-ear told Crane-man that he would worry about Ajima while he was away on his journey if Crane-man did not accept Ajima’s offer. “For helping her you would be helping me,” Tree-ear told Crane-man.
What Crane-man meant by “When the same wind that blew a door shut often blows another open” is that when you are in a problem and something or someone has caused that problem, the same someone or something might help solve your problem.
What Crane-man meant by people will be your greatest danger but, you should always go to people for aid. For example, the way that people were Tree-ear’s greatest danger was on page 122-125 when the two robbers attacked Tree-ear. The first robber grabbed Tree-ear and wrestled with him to look in Tree-ear’s jiggeh fro anything that pleased him. The second robber put his arms around Tree-ear’s neck while the first robber took Tree-ear’s coins that Min gave to him and threw the vessels of the edge of the cliff. The second example shows how Tree-ear could go to people if in need for any help. On page 119 it said that Tree-ear stopped at a vender selling pottery. All the pots were Kang’s work! The vender said that the Emissary Kim, the prince of Songdo that Tree-ear was visiting, was a favorite style of his and it was the latest style. This helped Tree-ear realize that he needed to speed up his trip and that Kang’s work would spread over Songdo without Tree-ear getting a chance to show Emissary Kim Min’s work. Also on page 108 and 109, Tree-ear would usually be inquired about his health and journey by a young child and Tree-ear would join the child home and the child’s mother provided him with a place to sleep.
Chapter 10
The countryside custom to hospitality was usually helpful to Tree-ear because he would usually walk the streets of the village. Then a child would ask him about his journey and health. Then he would accompany the child to his/her house were the mother would give him a place t sleep. This prosider saved Tree-ear the time of having to go and scavenge for a place to sleep.
Tree-ear was surprised when he entered the city of Puyo because it was so different from Ch’ulp’o as it was crowded, busy, and so exciting. People, oxen, and carts were everywhere. Houses were very close together - so close that Tree-ear wondered how people could leave inside. The people were impatient and pushy which is not what Tree-ear was accustomed to. As the author puts it, “he moved on, swept by the river of traffic.”
On page 109 Tree-ear discovered that Kang's innovation to pottery had spread when, on the streets of Puyo, he found a man selling pottery. The man must have noticed staring because he said, “Boy, tell your master-the latest, these bowls are. The design is a favorite of the King himself!” Also when he saw the pottery, Tree-ear saw chrysanthemums on the pottery which was Kang’s design. 4/24/13 JS#15
Blog Post #4
ReplyDelete1. The tradition of pottery being passed from father to son was well-kept at least from the time it was created to Tree-Ear time, he mentioned he noticed all the other potter’s apprentices were the potter’s sons.
2. Crane-man refused Ajima’s offer of food because as Ajima said he did not like to be pitied because of the amount of money he had, which was none. Tree-ear convinced Crane-man by talking about how Min’s wife needed help and Crane-man could provide tha, he would not be being pitied.
3. Crane-man meant that when it feels like it is over, the door closed, there is a new opportunity, the door that blows open. Learning Min wouldn’t teach him to make a pot blew a door closed for Tree-Ear, but when he figured out throwing a pot wasn’t the only way to make a pot, there was also molding which he could do on his own it blew the other door open.
4. People were his greatest danger when he met the bandits. They grabbed the jiggeh he had, looking for something to steal, when they found Min’s precious vases they simply flung them off the cliff. Tree-Ear had taken such a long journey just to deliver the vases and ended up with them in ruins. The bandits had the chance to injure him too, they could have pushed him off the cliff too. People really helped Tree-Ear when the book mentioned that when he walked through towns and children brought him to their houses, where he was given a place to sleep, and usually a meal. Tree-Ear was also provided with a better way to return to his village after going to the emissary.
5. The hospitality gave him comfort. A child would come to him, them bring him to their house where the lady would provide a place where he sleep, under the eaves. A meal was also sometimes provided.
6. Tree-ear was very surprised at how crowded Puyo was. He said the streets were narrow and crowded was people, oxen, and carts. He wondered how people could breathe because of how close together the houses were. He was also surprised at the amount of noise.
7. Kang’s new style of pottery, the inlay work he did, had spread fast. When he was in Puyo Tree-Ear saw pots with the inlay work of the chrysanthemums Kang did. The man at the stall said that the inlay work was already a favorite of the king. It was already being sold in the streets and spread around. It was at a shop Tree-Ear found out that Kang’s work had spread KKL #13
1: More and more potter’s sons stopped doing pottery until there were not enough potters left to fulfill the needs of the people. So the king at the time made it a law that sons of potters had to become a potter. This way they would not run out of potters.
ReplyDelete2:
I think that Crane-man turned down Ajima’s offer for food because he didn’t want to have Ajima go through all the trouble of making meals for him. Also I think that he thinks he doesn’t deserve it because the work he’s doing isn’t worthy of the meals. But what this really shows is that Crane-man is not very greedy. Tree-ear got Crane-man to except the meals by yelling and having a tirade, Crane-man though thought this was very funny. To make Tree-ear happy he said he would.
3:I think when Crane-man said that “the same wind that blows one door closed often blows another one open” he meant that Tree-ear had tried so hard to reach the goal to be taught how to make his own pot but the wind (Min) had shut the door, and that same wind might just come back and open the door.
4:
I think when Crane-man said that “of all the problems you may meet on your journey it will be people who are the greatest danger but it will also be people to whom you must turn if you are ever in need of aid “he was saying that you are afraid that animals will be a problem but it is actually people that you will have to watch out for, and only people will be able to help you when you are in need of aid. Examples of this are when robbers destroyed the pots. Also when he needed shelter the most, it was people that helped and gave him the shelter he needed.
5:
The countryside hospitality was useful to Tree-ear because if it was raining or there was a storm the countryside people would offer shelter from the harsh weather.
6:
Tree-ear was surprised when he got to Puyo because Kang’s work was already all over the place, they had stores filled of Kang’s pottery. It had only been a bit of time and still tons of Kang’s pots were on display.
7:
Tree-ear knew that Kang’s new way of pottery was spreading when he saw tons of the kind of pots in Puyo. They were in just about in every store. CL12
POST#4 HB#2
ReplyDelete1. The tradition of the sons of potters becoming potters was developed when more and more sons of potters started leaving the trade because they thought it was a “low life” making pottery. Then the King made it a law that the sons of potters become potters themselves.
2. Crane-Man refused to take food from Ajima when Tree-Ear was away because he did not wish to be fed out of pity, he was too proud. Tree-Ear convinced Crane-Man to go work for Ajima by telling him that Ajima was old now, and that she shouldn’t be doing hard work like pulling weeds from the garden.
3. What Crane-Man means when he says “the same wind that blows one door shut often blows another open” is that when bad things happen or something doesn’t work out the way you wanted it to, there is always a new opportunity somewhere or another option. An example of this in the book is when the robbers broke the pots, and Tree-Ear thought everything was over he found the single shard that won Min the commission.
4. When Crane-Man says "Of all the problems you may meet on your journey, it will be people who are the greatest danger. But it will also be people to whom you must turn if ever you are in need of aid" he means that there will be people who might threaten you or try to hurt you, on the other hand people will help you by doing things like feeding you. One example of people being a danger to Tree-Ear is the robbers he met on the rock of falling flowers who broke the pots and badly hurt him. One example of people being helpful to Tree-Ear is when some families took him in to sleep for a night or fed him.
5. The countryside hospitality was useful to Tree-Ear because people let him sleep in their house for a night and fed him.
6. Tree-Ear was surprised when he entered the city of Puyo because it was so crowded with people, oxen, and carts. He wasn’t used to this because in Ch’ulp’o it isn’t as populated and crowded with people.
7. Tree-Ear discovered that Kang’s pottery had spread when he was walking in the streets of Puyo and discovered a stall with pottery. When he looked closer he noticed the inlaid work with chrysanthemums, it was Kang’s new style of pottery.
POST 4 AC03 4/23/13
ReplyDeleteChapter 9
1. The tradition has changed by instead of the son learning to make pots themselves the father potter would teach them.
2. Crane-man refuses Ajima’s offer of food because Crane-man is proud and does not want to be fed out of pity. Tree-ear convinces crane-man to take the food from Ajima by telling him that Ajima works hard for the food and Min does not help her at all to get the food.
3. Crane-man means by saying the same wind that blows one door shut often blows another one open means when one opportunity closes another one appears. This happens in the book when tree-ear can’t make a pot he can still mold clay into animals.
4. Cane-man says that people will help tree-ear and will be great danger to him also. This happens when tree-ear confronts the bandits and tree-ear also meets people who give him shelter and food.
Chapter 10
5. The countryside hospitality was useful to tree-ear because tree-ear is used to be living in the country not in a city.
6. Tree-ear was surprised when he entered the city of Puyo because of the amounts of people, the people selling goods on carts all over the place, and buildings that are connected to each other.
7. Tree-ear discovered that Kangs innovation had spread because tree-ear saw a cart with the style that Kang used. This is how tree-ear found Kangs design spread.