Well, it's been fun. This quarter is ending which means so is College Lit. I have to say, I really enjoyed this class, people and all. From Holden in Catcher In The Rye, to Pan's Labrynth it's been a fun time. I'll never forget Cales, "Jane, come hither," the dating do's and don'ts, and of course the great discussions we had everyday.
For my final post I wanted to discuss one of my favorite readings of the quarter. I really enjoyed reading Persepolis. It openned my eyes to a new culture and what normal people go through on a daily basis. This little girl had to grow up watching the people around her and the people she loved, and her country suffer through so much for so long. she went through things that most of us will never experience in our life time. It taught me not to take my freedom for granted. There are so many people that fear walking out their front door, it's time I start doing something more helpful with my life.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Pan's Labrynth
Well, what can I say? From the weird faun to the creepy child-eating creature, Pan's Labrynth has proven to be a great movie! It's such a good way to depict a child going from small child with an endless amount of dreams to a young child that realizes life isn't always fun and fairytales. Of course, the child finds all of these things out in crazy ways, but then again, it's got to be interesting, right?
So, even though its gory, has had me in tears, and keeps me on my toes, I really like it and am glad Mr. Kunkle is having us watch it!
So, even though its gory, has had me in tears, and keeps me on my toes, I really like it and am glad Mr. Kunkle is having us watch it!
A Final Look At Persepolis
When I first heard we were reading Percepolis I was a little confused. I know I'm the one that collects comic books and should be really familiar with reading this style but honestly, I'm not. When I get a new comic it stays in its plastic forever and goes on a shelf with the others. Yes, I of course admire it for awhile, but I never open them.
Persepolis was a very good read, from the first page on. It was really interesting to read but also see the pictures laid out before me. It really helped to get what the author was saying across. Also, the pictures helped the tensity of the book get down to a lower level. It was a really powerful book in the sense that so many people went through such a hard time for much of their youth through adulthoold, the pictures definitely helped me get through the book better!
Persepolis was a very good read, from the first page on. It was really interesting to read but also see the pictures laid out before me. It really helped to get what the author was saying across. Also, the pictures helped the tensity of the book get down to a lower level. It was a really powerful book in the sense that so many people went through such a hard time for much of their youth through adulthoold, the pictures definitely helped me get through the book better!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Smart House, A Walk To Remember, and Feed
When reading the parts of Feed that take place when Titus is at School^TM I couldn't help but be reminded of Smart House, a Disney Channel original movie. For those of you that don't know what Smart House is, it's a story about a house that has technology that does anything for you. It makes all the food you ask for, decorates your room with live picutres and scenes on your walls, and even cleans up after your messes. The program is called Pat. I made this connection because the Feed does everything for the people that have them. And in the end, they both are not what everyone thought they were.
I also connected this book to A Walk To Remember. These two are similar because they are both based around a love story, and both love stories are unusual in a sense. In A Walk To Remember, Landon and Jamie are from totally different social groups and backgrounds. Landon is the most popular boy in school, while Jamie is made fun of constantly. Similarily in Feed, Titus is very popular while Violet doen't really have any friends. In each story they fall in love with eachother and towards the end something tragic happens to the girls. But you'll have to read Feed or watch (or read) A Walk To Rembemver to find out!
I also connected this book to A Walk To Remember. These two are similar because they are both based around a love story, and both love stories are unusual in a sense. In A Walk To Remember, Landon and Jamie are from totally different social groups and backgrounds. Landon is the most popular boy in school, while Jamie is made fun of constantly. Similarily in Feed, Titus is very popular while Violet doen't really have any friends. In each story they fall in love with eachother and towards the end something tragic happens to the girls. But you'll have to read Feed or watch (or read) A Walk To Rembemver to find out!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wrongs of Passage
1. I do agree with Sydney to some extent, but some ideas I'm not so sure about. I do agree that turning 16, 18, and 21 are important ages, but I don't believe that just turning those ages means you're an adult. There are plenty of 18-year-olds that act as if they were still young children. I do agree though that everyone must go through their own certain steps into adulthood. I don't necessarily agree that it involves a change in their routine, but it absolutely does have to do with changes in a person's life.
2. Well, at this point in my life I'd say a rite of passage I've had so far is my mom dying when I was nine. It was March 10th of 2004. I went through so much in that time period. I watched my mom suffer, I saw the people around me, the adults that were supposed to never let anything bad happen, suffer. The person I was supposed to be able to always count on was no longer there for me to lean on. I felt a responsibilty to grow up for my younger brother, just three at the time. I had to be strong for him. I think I did grow up a lot thoughout the nine months my mom was sick.
2. Well, at this point in my life I'd say a rite of passage I've had so far is my mom dying when I was nine. It was March 10th of 2004. I went through so much in that time period. I watched my mom suffer, I saw the people around me, the adults that were supposed to never let anything bad happen, suffer. The person I was supposed to be able to always count on was no longer there for me to lean on. I felt a responsibilty to grow up for my younger brother, just three at the time. I had to be strong for him. I think I did grow up a lot thoughout the nine months my mom was sick.
Monday, February 28, 2011
My Final Look At Jane Eyre
If I were in Jane's shoes, I don't know what I would do. While she has every right to be upset with him I guess I understand why he wouldn't tell her about Bertha, but at the same time, she had every right to know. But can you blame him? I mean, Bertha is completely nuts. It must be really hard to look at her or even think about her knowing that she once was a beautiful, sane woman, and now she crawls on the ground and pounces on him like a lion every chance she gets.
The final reading is quite intense. Its just so weird how Jane was having cold feet before the wedding and then all of this was thrust upon her right when she felt everything was actually going to take place. While I was sad for Jane I thought it was a really good twist to the book, it made the reader really interested in what was happening to the people of Thornfield.
I do think this book should be taught in College literature because it teaches kids how to get through a book they may not actually like, but to read it anyway. It has a really interesting plot if you actually get into it and keep reading, but a lot of kids don't seem to.
I will say though, that this book is difficult to anetate as you're reading it because it takes a lot longer to go through everything when you have to stop and highlight or make a note when you notice somthing. I know it helps to be able to go back when looking through the book, but when you're reading you just want to get it done and anetating sometimes doubles the time and for Jane Eyre, that could easily be two hours.
The final reading is quite intense. Its just so weird how Jane was having cold feet before the wedding and then all of this was thrust upon her right when she felt everything was actually going to take place. While I was sad for Jane I thought it was a really good twist to the book, it made the reader really interested in what was happening to the people of Thornfield.
I do think this book should be taught in College literature because it teaches kids how to get through a book they may not actually like, but to read it anyway. It has a really interesting plot if you actually get into it and keep reading, but a lot of kids don't seem to.
I will say though, that this book is difficult to anetate as you're reading it because it takes a lot longer to go through everything when you have to stop and highlight or make a note when you notice somthing. I know it helps to be able to go back when looking through the book, but when you're reading you just want to get it done and anetating sometimes doubles the time and for Jane Eyre, that could easily be two hours.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Out of All Other Diseases, How Did I End Up With Scarlet Fever?
While we were reading Jane Eyre and it came to the part of the Typhus epidemic, I couldn't help but remember my bout with Scarlet Fever.
I was in second grade, and was experiencing what seemed like a hard core cold. My nose, my throat, and my mouth were all swollen and I had these weird red spots throughout my body. But not only that, I was so tired all the time, especially after the simplest activities like walking up the steps. With all these symptoms, I had no fever though.
As time passed, my throat got so bad I couldn't swallow anything. Finally, my mom took me to the doctor. After some tests, the doctors came back and said I had strep throat...and Scarlet Fever. He said it was caused by going from one extreme temperature to the next. What I don't understand, is where did I experience such a strong temperature change? I lived in Dayton, Ohio!
Seeing as Scarlet fever is contagious (and strep throat for the first 24 hours after you take antibiotics), I couldn't go to school as long as I had it. Which, seeing as I loved school, sucked. I sat around all day eating popsicles because I couldn't swallow anything. And while I like popsicles, after about 10, they just don't cut it anymore.
So, for the next couple of weeks, my days were filled with popsicles, movies, and naps. Which probably seems alright, but the sick part, was not fun at all.
For those of you that don't know what Scarlet Fever is its symptoms are, like I mentioned before, a swollen throat, mouth, and nose. You also get a rash all over your body, called Scarlatina. The part you can't see though, is the toxemia. Toxemia is blood poisoning, caused by the presence of toxins from bacteria in the blood.
I was in second grade, and was experiencing what seemed like a hard core cold. My nose, my throat, and my mouth were all swollen and I had these weird red spots throughout my body. But not only that, I was so tired all the time, especially after the simplest activities like walking up the steps. With all these symptoms, I had no fever though.
As time passed, my throat got so bad I couldn't swallow anything. Finally, my mom took me to the doctor. After some tests, the doctors came back and said I had strep throat...and Scarlet Fever. He said it was caused by going from one extreme temperature to the next. What I don't understand, is where did I experience such a strong temperature change? I lived in Dayton, Ohio!
Seeing as Scarlet fever is contagious (and strep throat for the first 24 hours after you take antibiotics), I couldn't go to school as long as I had it. Which, seeing as I loved school, sucked. I sat around all day eating popsicles because I couldn't swallow anything. And while I like popsicles, after about 10, they just don't cut it anymore.
So, for the next couple of weeks, my days were filled with popsicles, movies, and naps. Which probably seems alright, but the sick part, was not fun at all.
For those of you that don't know what Scarlet Fever is its symptoms are, like I mentioned before, a swollen throat, mouth, and nose. You also get a rash all over your body, called Scarlatina. The part you can't see though, is the toxemia. Toxemia is blood poisoning, caused by the presence of toxins from bacteria in the blood.
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