Ode on a Grecian Urn is a good example of why I have never been able to gain any interest in poetry whatsoever. In addition to being unclear with how poets get their point across much of the time, a lot of them are going on and on about something completely insignificant. In Ode on a Grecian Urn all that is happening is the speaker is holding an ( Read more... )

One of the readings we did for class this week was A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor. The story is not quite what I expected based on the title, or even the early stages of the story. It turns out to be quite dark with a sort of gruesome ending.

One of the major themes of the story is finding the goodness in people. It is ( Read more... )

I have already gotten my fill on writing analytical papers about Stranger Than Fiction this week, so I am just going to use this journal entry to express my opinion of the film.

To be honest, I never start a Will Ferrell movie expecting to see cinematic greatness. I can usually get a few laughs and walk away happy. However, this film ( Read more... )

Prior to this class I had seen the film Stranger Than Fiction once before. It would be an understatement to say I did not enjoy it the first time through. As much as I wanted to I was never able to buy in to the story of this film as I watched it. I thought Will Ferrell was possibly the worst actor that could have played that part, ( Read more... )

My reading is immediately impacted from the start because of my attitude. I have never been much of a reader as far back as I can remember. There are a few exceptions, but most of the instances in my life where I have read a book or out of a text book, it has been assigned to me through school. Hate may be to strong of a word, but I definitely ( Read more... )

My name is Troy Reynolds. I’m nineteen years old and was born in Dallas, Texas. When I was thirteen my dad got laid off and he was forced to take a job in Chicago. I lived right outside of Chicago from 8th grade all the way through high school before moving back to Dallas. This is currently my third semester at Collin College, I plan to transfer to ( Read more... )