Friday, May 21, 2010

R&J Essay

Writing my essay took lots of time and thought. I took this very seriously since i got a B last time. i though of a great Idea and totally milked it. I believe that after all year I have really improved on my essay skills. To me literary analysis is trying to decipher what the author had intended for a specific character and analysing the different literary devices he/she used. It is important to understand how to use and comprehend what the author is saying. However in some cases like Shakespeare it is sometimes challenging to understand what exactly he is saying. However being able to decipher their codes s very rewarding when you can understand and get a better understanding of the story.

In this essay i made sure that I had nothing from the B section and every thing from the A. Last essay I only got a B because I had a a weak hook and such. So this time I typed with my rubric right next to me so I'm pretty confident this time. My Essay will be a A. I think!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Summer!

O.k So I've been dying to read Angles and Demons as well as The Lost Symbol/ Last year I read the Da Vinci Code and loved it. So i've been looking for time to finish the series. Both of these books are Written by Dan Brown. I love mystery, fantasy and adventure books and Dan Brown includes all three. He gives facts that seem almost entirly farfetched but are acurate. He sets an amazing table for suspense and action sequences. So I can't wait to read these and see what other adventures Robert Langdon has to go through.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Dreams

I take school very seriously so I tend to stress. So the night before a big biology test I had a terrible dream that I would Fail! So I woke up in the middle of the night to review my notes. At First I thought that it would be a bad idea but I was wrong. The next day I took the test and I received a 39/40 I was so happy it was my best grade ever on a bio test. I was so happy that i spent a little extra time studying. this event lead me to believe that dreams do actually mean something.

This action reminds me of Romeo because he will do whatever it takes to ensure that he gets what he wants. this is also a Romeo action because he unlike Mercutio believes in dreams. Romeo gives Mercutio and Benvolio a long speech about the dream that he had the night before telling them that them should not attend the Capulet party because he foresaw a bad outcome. Perhaps he was referring to Mercutio's Death or his own Banishment. Either way dreams do mean something to some people and I as well as Romeo am one of them.