This week in class we have been reading various short stories and my absolute favorite out of all of them has been “The Yellow Wallpaper”. The narrator goes completely insane and nobody believed anything was wrong with her. She was told it was just nerves and her case was not serious at all. But in the end of the story is seems as if ( Read more... )

In class we have been doing a lot over poetry. Reading it, understanding it, and trying to find the deeper meaning. But why is it so hard?  It seems almost impossible to understand what the writer is trying to tell you. The whole story is dressed up in fancy words and metaphors that mean something completely different then the way it would more ( Read more... )

What would life be without love? In the beginning of the movie Stranger than Fiction, Harold Crick is introduced as a lonely loveless man. He has no one in his life but he himself and him. Harold merely goes through his day counting random things and working, only getting enjoyment out of the sound his files make when he pulls them out of there box ( Read more... )

I have seen the movie Stranger than Fiction before, although I thought it was incredibly boring and didn’t hold my attention. In the beginning I automatically realize the narrator makes a big deal about a wrist watch. Maybe it was some kind of foreshadowing? As I kept watching I analyzed the characters and came to the conclusion that Harold Crick ( Read more... )

I confess that the only books I have read for fun are the Twilight Saga books and maybe a few different ones besides that. Unless I am forced to read I usually don’t. It is not that I don’t enjoy it but it takes up time that I already don’t have and I am not going to lie I would rather just see the movie. I am one of those readers that will read a ( Read more... )

My name is Whitney Stone and I am 18 years old. I currently attend Wakeland High School and take dual credit classes at Collin County. I have been playing soccer since I was able to run and haven’t stopped ever since. I have been playing varsity soccer for Wakeland since my freshman year, and yes we are planning to go to state this year. Besides ( Read more... )