Sometimes you just forget, and sometimes you just don't know what to say...
And sometimes you realize much too late that you spelled thinking wrong while naming your blog...!!!
But I suppose I shall just keep it that way.
At least I have something to laugh at...
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And I have to say, Ms. Clinch, as much as I appreciate that you pushed back the deadline of our paper, I can't wait until Friday comes around...
It's just that it’s been seven weeks...and we're still talking about Jack, Willie, Tess, or Alec....
And I just can’t seem to compare the two books enough, and no matter how much I write…it’s still not long enough.
And here I am once again, completely stuck on what to say. The words just don’t flow out like they should. It’s weird; there are certain things that I could talk about for pages and pages… like movies, and the actors and actresses that performed in those movies. Musicals are a good topic as well, though I am not as well educated in that as I am in movies.
But I am really excited to be reading Pride and Prejudice, and Chaucer, and that play!
I was sitting at home on Saturday absolutely craving to read something!!
I just wanted to go to Barnes and Noble and sit down with some Starbucks and keep reading for hours while it rained...
I sadly wasn't able to do so, but it's the thought that counts right?
Instead I read this book titled The Best Ghost Stories Ever or something like that. It’s actually a collection of short stories that includes, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Monkey’s Paw, and one of my favorites The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman…hmm I’m not sure I spelled that properly…
The first time I read it, or read part of it was in a practice SAT test (I shudder at that though). But we read it again last year in honors lit, and its eerie plot was captivating to say the least. The image of a woman just creeping along the walls taking of bits of wallpaper amused me. But I think the creepiest part was the designs she saw in the wallpaper…she made it all seem so grotesque…
Oooh, connection to Winesburg,Ohio!!
I started reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irwing…that was a bit harder to read…and I honestly didn’t get too far but it’s turning out to be a pretty good read so far…
Wow…I had a lot more to say than I expected…but this does happen to be the end of my thoughts about anything relevant to literature…
So until next time I suppose..
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Oh la la?
For starters...that quiz on Winesburg was not easy.
But I really did like the book mostly because it was an easy read, and the short stories were all really captivating.
I'm only typing this just in case i don't get to talk for our fishbowl discussion...
My two favorite stories were "Adventure," and "Tandy."
"Adventure" really had a really good element of surprise and a sort of irony. From the title of the chapter it seems as if the character is going to go somewhere and have a completely fantastical adventure...( i thought of the movie UP as I was typing that). But instead it's more of an emotional adventure, she finally lets out every thing thats been hiding inside her all at once. The first part of this chapter really sets u up for the climax, because I was sitting there expecting to read that at any moment Alice would walk out her front door and just keep walking wherever her feet took her, and that would be her adventure. So I was really surprised at what she did...or didn't do.
I'm not sure if "Tandy," captures my attention because it's short or because it still tells a whole meaningful story in about two pages, or because its so random? Random in the sense its so vague that you have absolutely no idea who this stranger is, yet he actually managed to convince a little girl of what she should grow up to be. It's a little bizarre...but so mysterious that you're still stuck on that idea of WHO?!?!?!? I have my thoughts about that...but I need something to save for the discussion...just incase I DO actually get to speak without having to completely butt in.
But I really did like the book mostly because it was an easy read, and the short stories were all really captivating.
I'm only typing this just in case i don't get to talk for our fishbowl discussion...
My two favorite stories were "Adventure," and "Tandy."
"Adventure" really had a really good element of surprise and a sort of irony. From the title of the chapter it seems as if the character is going to go somewhere and have a completely fantastical adventure...( i thought of the movie UP as I was typing that). But instead it's more of an emotional adventure, she finally lets out every thing thats been hiding inside her all at once. The first part of this chapter really sets u up for the climax, because I was sitting there expecting to read that at any moment Alice would walk out her front door and just keep walking wherever her feet took her, and that would be her adventure. So I was really surprised at what she did...or didn't do.
I'm not sure if "Tandy," captures my attention because it's short or because it still tells a whole meaningful story in about two pages, or because its so random? Random in the sense its so vague that you have absolutely no idea who this stranger is, yet he actually managed to convince a little girl of what she should grow up to be. It's a little bizarre...but so mysterious that you're still stuck on that idea of WHO?!?!?!? I have my thoughts about that...but I need something to save for the discussion...just incase I DO actually get to speak without having to completely butt in.
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