The Conclusion

Over the course of the year I have had many different feelings toward the blog. When it was easy I loved it, and when it made you think I hated it. At the beginning when you first said we were doing the blog I expected you to forget about it pretty quickly so I never really had much thought for it. That is until after the first couple. I saw that you were gonna make some fun and others very very hard. This helped me figure out what I thought my blog is about which is being able to go back and see my growth in understanding and comprehending literature. The first three blogs were about what we look for in a book, what book we were reading, and some analysis of that book we were reading. I pretty much looked at this as three strikes and thought the blog was gonna be terrible because it really made me think. Why do I choose to read which was actually kinda hard and made me think about the deeper meanings of Treasure Island. The next three blogs were all reassuring me that the blogs still could be fun. They were about a memory, a best friend, and advice. You might think that these are just random things to write about but they all relate to a story we have read which is why I think you assigned them. But what i really liked about these blogs is not only were they fun and still going on with what we were doing in class but they seemed to be more about our lives and helped me see not only in school but how I have grown as a person and what I have been through. Which is another thing I think this blog is all about. However my hopes of all fun poems to me that is was stopped by the next three. They were about the Mockingbird Motif, Poetry videos, and an Animal Farm poem that I wrote. Each of these blogs were back to the learning to comprehend reading and more of what I am going to call the school type blogs. In the Mockingbird Motif blog is when I first started to fully get the meaning of motif. At least I think i get it. For the poetry videos we had to watch a video and write about what we thought the composer did well which helped understand why poetry is sometimes written in what seems a weird way. As for the Animal Farm poem I chose to do this for my project on that book because I felt confident in my poetry skills because we had just had a huge poetry unit and I felt like I understood it pretty well and I felt Like I understood Animal pretty good too. These three blogs are another good example of showing the meaning of my blog is to see how I have grown in comprehension because after we learned this stuff in class I felt confident writing each of those blogs and thought I was doing in write compared to some earlier blogs. Pretty much the rest of my blogs were the school type blogs except for two of them. The school type ones were about researching the Victorian era, writing to my group about what I have written for my part of the Earnest essay, writing about the the first stage of Pip's life, and looking back on how I have become better at writing essays. All of these I feel i can look back of and see that I have grown because on each of the books test or essay I did good. Which the blog played a big part in doing good because they helped me comprehend the information. Overall I feel that the blog has taught me so much. Without it I would not understand motifs, themes, and how to get the meaning out of a story like I do now. I have written about numerous classic novels and things about my life. I see the meaning of my blog is the growth in me and my ability to understand literature. I would like to say thank you Mrs. Gilman for teaching me this year and helping learn this.

Essayist

I definatly feel liked an accomplished essayist. I think anyone should if they try there hardest on the essay no matter what the grade turns out to be, but if you didn't get a good grade there is always room to improve. The literary analysis has definatly helped me out this year. The purpose I see out of it is as writers we can learn out bad habbits and simple mistakes and ultimatly become better writers from it. Some challenges of the literary analysis is getting what its asking. Sometimes I dont really get the mistakes it says I should look out for and it confuses me. Overall though the reward is definatly good if you understand it and it will make you a better writer.
To tell the truth I think I did pretty good on my essay. The weak parts is I use alot of the same transition words and I need to elaborate a little more on my concrete details and commentary. Other than this I do feel pretty good about my essay and the good grade that I will hopefully get with it.

Summer reading list

In my time that I've been on earth I have read probably about 20 or 30 books. Thus leaving my choices for a book very big. The first book I want to read is The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck because you have to in order to get into honors ten. So this must be a good book if there going to force us to read it. The second book i want to read is The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas. I want to read this so i can say I've read a 1,000 page book and I thought the movie was ok and the book is always better than the movie so the book has got to be better than the movie. Thats my list.

DREAMS

In all my dreams that I have ever had one still sticks in my memory to this very date. It was the night before my first football game ever. I was so nervous and couldn't fall asleep. Eventually tired over took me. In my dream I dreamt that I would score a touchdown on a awesome run. The next thing I dreamt was that I would break my foot the next day later in the game. Eventually I woke up and the next thing I new it was game time. I hoped that I would get the touchdown and not break my foot. I was very cautious in the first half. in the second half i completely forgot and scored a touchdown and ended up breaking my foot. Truthfully I have to side with Mercutio in the fact that I don't really believe in dreams. Dreams are a huge motif in this third act. they have foreshadowed a lot of whats gonna happen soon with death and the characters fate from their decisions.

Extra Credit blog

On the first day of school when I stepped into the room labled as 501 Mrs. Gilman I was quite nervous. The thing is english class had never really been my cup of tea. There are bits and pieces of it however I enjoy and hoped we would cover in the time to come. The things that I have really enjoyed so far is DGP, poetry, and reading the books I thought were good. DGP I like because it helps me in my writing. I like poetry because I like to talk. A lot. As for reading books this year I've probably liked about 70 percent of the novels we've read. The part that just grinds my gears about reading books is annotating. However sometimes it does help me understand the book. Overall, I feel I've come along way in english and it's going a lot and I mean a lot better than i thought it would.

Skits

Throughout the book there are many great parts that could be acted out ;however , the three that I'm about to discuss would definitely be the best to act out. First, Mr Jaggers case with Molly. this would be a good one cause it's easy to add roles if needed and it was a easy part to understand. Second, is when Orlick tries to murder Pip. This is a good part because there's a lot of suspense in this part and would be fun to act out. Last, Mrs. Joe's funeral. This would be a good part to act out because a lot of the characters are in this part. Also it is interesting when Pip talks to Biddy and Joe. Overall there are many great parts in this book that could be acted out, but these stood out to me the most.

Question

Overall in this book I have had many questions that have been answered. One though that I don't fully understand is how come Pip so ashamed that its the convict that's his benefactor in ch.39 pg. 318. I get that most of it is guilt and he wanted it to be Mrs. Havisham so he could marry Estalla, but still I expected him to be a little more grateful. Either I don't get this part or I'm looking for more than whats there. Message me an answer please.

Quote

A question I have can be found on page 232 when Pip says, ".......I was a hero. Estalla was the inspiration of it, and the heart of it, of course." The question I have from this quote is why is Pip so confident and sure that now he's a gentleman thatt he will be able to sweep Estalla off her feet?

This picture shows someone leaving to go somewhere and doesn't really know what will happen next. This relates to Pip because Pip has these dreams he wants to do. One for instance is to become a gentleman. When the opportunity finally slaps him in the face he agrees that's what he wants. The funny thing is he has no idea what will be on the road ahead. That's how Pip relates to this picture because nether Pip nor the stick figure really know what lies on the road ahead.

Great Expecations the first stage

This quote shows Pip thinking of a certain day that changed his life. When he says "the long chain of iron or gold" he is saying that ether this day was ether good or bad. Also when he refers to the "flowers" part of the quote he is using this as a symbol to all the good things that happened. When he refers to the "thorn" its about all the things that could go wrong. This altered him becasue hes starting to grow up and realize that bad things can happen to you even if it's unfair. This has developed him because we are probably realy gonna see how Pip has matured and how he deals with easy and tough situations.

Alot of days have changed my life, but one definatly stands above the rest. It was a tuesday afternoon. I had a basketball game that i had been looking foward to for a week. It was agianst our rivals Evergreen. The game started as usaul and i was playing good, having fun, and going all out. As I do in every physical activity. All was going well until I went up fora shot and got fouled hard. I made the shot but i landed right on my right arm. I felt it jam but that was it. As i was getting up my arm started to hurt a little more. When i looked down my stomach dropped. My arm was twisted and morffed into a very weird looking position. To cut the story short I got taken to the hospital and got my arm fixed. This changed my life forever in a weird way though because i realized how easy it is to get hurt. I used to be way more wild and out of control and daring, but after this I've really learned that sometimes i need to just settle down. Overall I'm glad it happened because it's made me a smarter person.

The Importance of Being Earnest body paragraph

Hey group I hope you like what I've written so far if there are any objections to this please tell me asap. My first concrete detail is how Cecily thinks Algernon is some sort of an outlaw and how Algernon thinks Cecily is this little perfect girl. This is opposites attracting because they like each other because they think they are totally different lives than the other person and find it romantic.
For my second concrete detail I said how Cecily and Algernon liked each other before they even met. Its funny because when Algernon asks her to marry him Cecily tells him how they have been engaged for the past three months. The fact is that this is the first day they have ever met, but this is how they talk to each other Cecily says all these childish things and Algernon just goes along with it. Its a typical high social class couple they like each other over very material and fantasy things.
For my last concrete detail I said that Algernons primary interest is mostly bunburying and going on adventures while Cecilys is mostly writing about her fantasys and ideas in a diary. This is definatly an example of how opposites attract because Cecily likes to pretend when Algernon likes to act.
I no my first and last details are very similar, and I'm going to keep looking for better ones. For now this is what i got. Good Night.

The Importance of Being Earnest/Victorian research

When i did the Victorian research project I learned a lot of thing about this time period that I didn't previously know. I learned that you could marry your cousin and it wouldn't be weird. Also that you could propose to someone when you barley know them and this would be normal.

The way this relates to "The Importance of Being Earnest" is this happens. If i hadn't of learned that you could marry your cousin I probably would've thrown the book away. Anyway in the play there is a named Algernon who was engaged to Cecily before they ever even met. Also she is only 18. Another time is when John proposes to Gwendolen who is Algernon's cousin. If i hadn't of known you could marry these ways the play would be much more confusing.

Animal Farm Poem

Animal Farm was once a peaceful place
Till Old Major came along
and said no more power for the human race
So that’s what they did the animals and all
Chased and beat the humans to their fall
The power had been corrupted for the first time
And guaranteed it would not be the last
For two young pigs came and took charge
Napoleon and Snowball whose opinions would not barge
All Napoleon wanted was power
The animals mostly saw them bicker every hour
It was over a silly windmill they fought
In this Napoleon had to be right
So he sent his blood-thirsty dogs after Snowball and into the dark night
Snowball was never seen from then on
But Napoleon blamed everything on him that went wrong
Now Napoleon was sole leader of the kin
And the power had been corrupted yet again
Napoleon did not care what happened next
Because he would keep leading
Until his final rest

Poetry videos

I watched Allison Strong read My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun by William Shakespeare. She does a great job of physical presence and voice and articulation. You never get the feeling that she over does anything.
With her physical presence and voice and acticulation she really helps you understand the poem. its basically explaining everything about the mistress and what shes like and how her eyes arent like the sun.

Mockingbird Motif

At the beggining of the year i had no clue what motif ment. Even when we had to do it for the summer assignment i was still unsure of the true meaning of motif was. I think that To Kill a Mockingbird has definatly helped me understand what motif is.
The mockingbird motif basically means its wrong to hurt something that is fragile or a sin to kill a mockingbird. It definatly adds to the other symbolic themes of the book like racism. Take Tom Robinson for example hes like a mockingbird because he didnt do anything wrong, but people are trying to accuse him of terrible things just because he is black.

Advice

One thing that my parents have always told me is to stay positive. What they mean is if you dont stay positive you cant accomplish very much, and if you do stay positive you can accomplish much more. This advice has never let me down my whole life.
The one time this advice seemed the most true was when i was 13 and playing in the regional championship game. We were losing by three runs and it was our last at bat but for some reason every one on the team was relaxed and having fun and looking at the postives. We ended up winning the game, but I think it was mostly because every stayed positive and no one seemed to ever lose faith.

best friend

My best friend is John Stormans. The first time i ever met him was at basketball practice in 6th grade. Its kinda funny cause John is one of the best atheletes i no. He has a great body from all the sports he plays. Hes about 5 8 and weighs and 130 pounds. Also he is a very outgoing person and is always craking jokes.
Right a away i could tell he was more of an Extrovert than Introvert. Most of the time John is practicing tennis. Hes really good at it. Hes very laid back which is good to have in a friend if you are always cracking a good joke with him. Overall hes a great guy and im glad hes my friend.

memory

one of the earliest memory i can remeber is when i went to hawaii in first grade. i was so excited. not only was i going to hawaii for the first time to see some of my family i havent seen since i was like two i also got to there on a plane. when we got on the plane i remeber i was so excited but 10 minutes later i was asleep till we got to hawaii. when we got there my aunts, uncles, and cousin met us at the airport. boy, that was a happy moment in my life. then we wen to there house and went swimming. i remeber that was the first time i had ever swam in the ocean i think.
a week went by and it was time to fly back to olympia. i remeber i was so sad to leave hawaii cause my cousins were so cool. my parents had to drag me out of the thier house. then we got on the plane and flew home and the greatest vacation ever was over.

Treasure Island Imagery

In treasure island the author uses a lot of imagery. i think he uses it to really show how hard times were back then. the way he describes the looks and the smells that pirates have really makes me understand the book better and that time peroid.
also whenever the author introduced a new setting he described it very well. one thing the Robert Louis Stevenson did that really helped paint a picture in my head was his use of jargon and pirate terms.one example is all there terms for the different parts of the ship. overall if treasure island didnt have the imagery it has the book would be alot more hard to follow and would be confusing.

book

Treasure Island is going very well. This is the type of book that immediately grabs my attention because i like pirates and adventures. So far i can tell i am going to get both. so far it hasnt been hard to get into because i just want to finish it and its not that bad so far. the most reoccurring element so far is motif. it is sorta obvious. the book was probably written in this manner to get a point across. most fiction books have a deeper meaning to them, and i think this is one of them. the tone of the book so far is kinda dramatic. so far the tone hasnt changed from to chapter because ive only read two chapters and the tone is dramatic. i see most of the book staying inthis tone.