So out of all the stories we read and films we watched this semester, Stranger than Fiction was my favorite. One: It was a movie and one of the easier ways to comprehend literature. Two: I had never seen the movie before, so I found it entertaining and fun to watch. Three: It had Will Ferrell in it and some parts were pretty funny. I loved ( Read more... )

I don't get why so many people are dreading watching Slumdog Millionaire. Maybe their just being sarcastic and I'm too gullible to notice. On the other hand, I'm looking forward to watching a movie. It beats discussing poems and short stories. Although, I wonder what Slumdog Millionaire has to do with what pertains to our English class. I ( Read more... )

I am so glad the Research paper is over with. It wasn't so bad, since it only had to be at least six pages instead of the original eight. It would have been a nightmare trying to get out eight pages worth of information by the 20th of April. Dr. AC was awesome for being so lenient ( Read more... )

“Oedipus Rex” was a pretty messed up story. I found it interesting that it split into 3 or 4 plays/parts. I believe Dr. Angel-Cann said “Antigone” was either the second to last part, or the last part of Oedipus' story. It's funny to think of Creon being the tragic hero in this play. I would have thought it was Antigone because she died for ( Read more... )

I would just like to start off by saying that I have way more comments than I do journal entries. It's not proportional at all! It's weird because this is my 12th entry and that means I still have 4 more entries to write. I have no idea how I'm behind since I didn't skip any weeks.

Anyway, this past week we discussed “A Doll's House.” I enjoyed ( Read more... )

I actually like Hamlet more now that we went over the play in class. I knew the play was a tragedy, but I wondered if it would be considered a heroic tragedy. My thoughts were concurred when Dr. AC said that it was a heroic tragedy. It's funny cause Hamlet doesn't really look like the stereotypical hero. When I think of heroes, I think of big ( Read more... )

I just finished my short story analysis! It feels so good to have it done. However, I'm really not looking forward to the research paper. It's twice as long! I wrote my paper over “The Yellow Wallpaper.” I argued that confinement and neglect lead to insanity. Another good thesis for that story is the domestication of women. Through ( Read more... )

I really liked “The Yellow Wallpaper.” The poem was so descriptive. I could actually imagine what this obviously mentally ill woman was seeing. It was exactly like a Twilight Zone story. Everything starts out relatively normal and then slowly and alarmingly things start becoming more and more demented. It has a massive amount of emotional ( Read more... )

I really like the short stories so far. They are way easier to understand than the poems were. I would say that my favorite story is, “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” The story had a snowball effect. It started out with the grandmother telling little lies here and there. Then she tells the lie about the secret panel in the plantation house she ( Read more... )

Yesterday, once again, was entertaining. I'm glad we were able to stay on topic this time. Anyway, I actually remember reading this a couple years ago in high school. I think it was junior year. Although, I know I definitely didn't have to analyze it so deeply before. I think it was a short story reading for a practice English AP test. All ( Read more... )