This week in class we read a poem "Happy Endings" by Margaret Atwood. The first time reading this poem it was kind of strange and i did not understand it completely through the first two paragraphs. I know that the first Mary at the beginning of the story dies at the end of paragraph "B", but it still was confusing through the first two paragraphs ( Read more... )

Unfortunatly i was unable to read all the short stories that we were supposed to have read this week. I only had a chance to read one. "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by O'Connor. This short story by Flannery O'Connor is about exactly what the poem's title suggests, finding a good man is hard to find. We did an in class assignment over this short ( Read more... )

This week in class we were talking and discussing two more poems from our Literature: A World of Writing textbook. The two poems were "A Supermakert in California" by Ginsberg and "On the subway" by Sharon Olds. "On the subway" was the poem i enjoyed more simply because we discussed it more throughly and it was easier to read. It was about an ( Read more... )

Antigone by Sophocles was another old-timey short story that yet again had a romacticsm type of ending. All the characters besides two die at the end, and of course it was a tragedy. All the stories written in those times seem to be tragedies. I guess it was the "thing" back then. Anyway I could only read some of the stroy that is probably why I ( Read more... )

Yesterday the research paper was due and I was sort of freaking out. Did anyone else feel the same way? I struggled to have a good ending to the research paper as I found myself hard to find the right and correct thing to say. After writing five pages, I froze up. I guess you could call it "writer's block", even though I am not much of a writer; ( Read more... )

On Monday in class we started to read Hamlet: The Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. I read it I think in 10th grade but I do not remember it at all. All I remeber is the famous quote, "to be or not to be, that is the question". Hahaha I am pretty sure at everyone knows that quote is from Hamlet. Have y'all ever seen Billy Madison? At the ( Read more... )

This week we reviewed and looked at a poem titled Red Riding Hood by Anne Sexton. It has two parts to it and i learned that the fairy tale, childrens version of Little Red Riding Hood was about sexual tension of a young girl. I honestly didnt know what the point of that kids story was, but now i do. Our class had numerous interesting conversations ( Read more... )

I believe that the hit comedy series Family Guy is literature. Every episode has a meaning behind it and some sort of lesson. To me literature is a story that is meant to be shared to teach life lessons. You cannot argue with someones definition of literature, there is no wrong answer. In every episoe of Family Guiy that i have seen, there is ( Read more... )

Topic Choice 2: The first time watching Stranger Than Ficiton, was when it first came out on DVD, i rented it and watched it with my cousin who loves Will Farrell. Viewing it that time, honestly i was quite bored. The movie starts off really slow and i hate narrators. Everytime i hear a narrator i feel like i am watching a little kiddy movie or a ( Read more... )

The lessons learned from viewing Stranger Than Fiction are ones that can be applied to our everyday lives. Such as not worrying about every little detail, to living the life you love, to going after the woman of your dreams... A lot of morals and themes are conveyed throughout this movie. Sometimes in my life i feel as though i am kind of like ( Read more... )