I hate to be a negative Nancy on here but I despised Keats “Ode to a Grecian Urn”. I usually enjoy symbolic poems but I was just completely bored and confused throughout the whole poem. I just am not that impressed with people talking to inanimate objects. Usually I can appreciate literature that I don’t particularly enjoy reading just for the ( Read more... )

Call me the Grinch of English but am I the only one who finds analyzing literature a bit ridiculous? Let's face it the stories we have all come to know and love cannot possibly be as complex as we think? As much as I enjoy reading poems, short stories, novels, non-fiction, fiction, and every other form of literature I sometimes think that we are ( Read more... )

In Stranger than Fiction, I noticed that the wrist watch, though very small and seemingly unimportant, held a very large role in the film. The more I think about the meaning and purpose of the watch the more interested I become. At the beginning of the film, Harold is so dependent on the watch. Everything he does is centered on time and frequency ( Read more... )

While watching the movie Stranger Than Fiction, I analyzed the characters in a different manner than usual. I went into the movie having read one of the writing prompts about the stereotypical characters in the film. Throughout the whole movie my brain was attempting to wrap itself around the idea that the characters were in fact mundane and ( Read more... )

While reading any type of literature, my note taking and marking method depends on the circumstance. When I read a textbook I usually use sticky notes to mark what I am reading. I typically put a sticky note on each paragraph and give a short gist of what I read. Whenever there are words I am not familiar with I find the definition and rewrite them ( Read more... )

My name is Alexandra Galdo. Most people call me Alex or Galdo though. I am originally from Boston, Massachusetts but I moved to the wonderful state of Texas about 8 years ago. Though I currently live in Texas, I am a hardcore New England Patriots, Red Sox, and Celtics fan. I get scrutinized for that but I love them to death, especially Tom Brady ( Read more... )