my week 12 entry:

http://samantha1263.livejournal.com/12751.html?mode=reply

And so again we have come to the end of another semester! And that means time for a review of this semester!

The Romantics:

The Romantic period was a large literary movement that began in the second half of the 18th century. It was partly a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and a reaction against the ( Read more... )

Hey Camie,

I really liked all these, but the first one struck me so much more, in a way I can kinda relate to it, I guess thats why it stood out.
http://camie101.livejournal.com/13492.html?view=7604#t7604

As I approached my Live Journal this week, I discovered I am running low on thoughts... As a means of fixing this I will share some quotes that stood out to me whilst doing some reading...

Eleanor Roosevelt:

Great minds discuss ideas, Average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people

Learn from the mistakes of others, you cant live long enough ( Read more... )

Week 10:

May 10th, 2009 05:42 am

So I'm guessing that your hoping I comment on your poetry, but although I enjoyed reading some of them I actually wanted to comment on your photo's... I think there awesome, I really like the ones with the trees and how you have captured the fog in the background, it looks great... I can respond so much better to ( Read more... )

The Cherry Orchard Vs. The Importance of Being Ernest

So on a personal level I find The Importance of Being Ernest far more interesting then the Cherry Orchard. But I am not really sure why. It is rather hard to explain. In the Cherry Orchard there just seems to be so much happening all the time and if you don't focus you can get lost in it. Where ( Read more... )

sitting here all alone. thoughts running. to fast to make sense of them. the peace. the quiet. the stillness. life slowly ticks by. and where does this leave us? life rushes by. and where do we stand? alone. on the shore. looking out to sea. thinking about when should it all go back to normal. when should it all stop. when will it start again. lost ( Read more... )

TolstoyThe Death of Ivan Ilyich

Thisnovel follws the life and death of Ivan Ilyich. A life that is somewhat depressing and unfulfilled to the realisation that he will be dying after living a very unsatisfying life. I belive that this is why the Romantics appeared to have lived fulfilling lives, as they embraced beauty and the goodthings and did not ( Read more... )

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

This is the story of a sleeply industrial town in New England, called Coketown. This story is based around Mr. Gradgrind, who has to complete opposite views on life to those involved in the Romantic period. Gradgrind believes education can only come from books and life can only come from education.

Mr Gradgrind= Such a ( Read more... )

My best entry from weeks one to six was a toss up with week six and week three, both inspired by the Romantics... but I have to go with week six on this one

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