The Impromptu

I am just wondering what everyone thought of our last impromptu we did today in class.  I thought that our last impromptu was actually pretty interesting.  It was interesting how her whole life is overshadowed by the way she looks.  I mean she is very musically talented and all of her skills are just looked over because she is not pretty.  I feel like that kind of happens a lot today.  Maybe not with sports or music (because who watches girls sports anyway) but with personalities.  Everybody is just judged by the way they look and it doesn't matter how amazing they really are.  It was just interesting how relavent this is today.  I am glad that we don't have anymore impromtus though.  Any thoughts?

Comments

[Brett N]

I am so happy we do not have to do impromptus anymore. This one passage gives the reader a good sense of Sylphid, and how she is viewed by others. Sylphid has alot of hate for her mother, but her mother is the only one at the performance that does not look at her and only see he ugliness. Eve loves Sylphid for Sylphid and thinks that her music is wonderful, even if Sylphid hates her.

[Jake R]

I agree with the connection to present day. One thing to note though is that even while she's playing her music, Nathan still compares her to a sumo wrestler and a water buffalo. But then again Nathan doesn't make any sense of the classical music, so his mind's just wandering because he's probably a bit bored listening to stuff he doesn't feel like hearing. I don't think that I would have looked this much into Sylphid if the passage hadn't been on the impromptu.

[Theresa Y.]

good topic. you said, "Everybody is just judged by the way they look and it doesn't matter how amazing they really are. " But, I don't think this is entirely true. Yep, first impressions are largely based off of sight, but I think once you see a person again, and see their actions and feelings, you gain a different perspective of them. Nathan did the same thing. Yes, he compared her to a water buffalo and Japanese sumo wrestler (ouch! talk about a burn), but in the succeeding paragraphs he talked about her passion for playing. Each successive paragraph showed how Nat's perception of Slyphid developed. He goes from thinking she's ugly, to thinking she plays amazingly well, to realizing that her harshness is from her poor relationship with her mother.

so, yes, physical appearances do play a huge part in the judgement of a person, but they do not play the whole part.

[Shannon M]

I agree with you Mark.

Your connection to the present makes a lot of sense. Just look at TV shows like America's top model, and "the next pussy cat doll" those are solely based off of looks, and are ridiculously popular.

[Adrian L.]

I thought it was a good prompt, like Shannon said so much in our society today is based off of looks instead of actual skill. It's good to see her be described (after the initial paragraph) by what truly makes her who she is--her harp playing--not just her looks.