Death of Literature

On facebook the other day I was checking my messages and talking to people when one of the advertisements caught my eye. "Do you like Jane Eyre?" it said. Thinking of the book I enjoyed very much I read on- "Then check out the book!". I found the fact that I live in a Society where people are more familiar with a movie that was released less than 3 months ago than the VERY popular book written more than 100 years ago that the movie was based off of extremly depressing.

Science in Brit Lit

I completely agree with the idea that the search for "forbidden knowledge" today is not accepted by the great majority of society. I know this isn't the case for everythin but I think it is safe to say that all new ideas have their few sceptics or non supporters who reject the idea. In the medical field there are many example of this. To start off, abortion. We now have the tools and procedures to successfully remove an embryo without killing the mother, however not everyone agrees with this procedure. The process of organ doning also bring much controversy. There are those who think that a second chance of life is something that we should do if it is in our power but that also brings the group of people who think that possibly taking one life to save another is not ethical. In order to transplant an organ it must be relatively "fresh" out of the doner, but how do we know we are not killing him to save the other person? With modern technology, doctors do not only test for pulse and breathing to see if a patient is alive or not but there are also many other medical technicalities that declare a person living even if they are not able to preform many of the normal human functions without assistance. Like a human vegetable. Therefore, we as a society have made many advancements, in the medical field alone, towards the possibility of saving many lives but for each advancement there is a group who tags the idea as forbidden knowledge that we were not meant to achieve. I named a few examples but there is bound to be more examples of modern "forbidden knowledge."

....

well i am really happy about my test score. i know that you "smart" people would not enjoy my grade..but it was about 8 percentage points hire..so i was a happy camper. but anyway, i really like frankenstein..a lot. very interesting...

Ode to Kurt

So Kurt, I saw a blank page in the book on page 46, and remembered Kurt's post about the blank page on page 34. As a result, I decided to put a post on here in honor of Kurt. So there, you are being honored Kurt. And everybody, check out that sweet blank page on page 46.

I STAND BY WHAT I.... COMMENTED.... :D

With commenting on Kody's post prior to discussing it in class, I already had my idea of what to I thought of the topic. I still think what I said was correct, because of the facts stated in the comment. I do not think that we bind down the thoughts of the many prestigious minds of our time. The people who are thought to think outside the box are not just accepted, but rather supported by many. NOTHING in a society will have a mutual consciences of what is right or wrong, there will ALWAYS be someone who disagrees, that is an undeniable fact. So they fact that there is some people who disagree with the advancments today is expected, but are we (as a majority) encouraging to hidden knowlege???? YES!

ADORABLE!

I must say that Ms. Stariha has extremely adorable children. Slide 23 and 30 are the cutest pictures ever. Willa is getting so big and Harper is looking more and more like her Daddy :) Super cute.

But back to Brit Lit, I didn't quite understand the intense elaboration of the story of Justine in Elizabeth's letter to Victor.. ? Maybe it will play a major role later on in the book but when I read it, I was confused. I hope that Victor doesn't marry Elizabeth. Even though his mother said on her death bed that her "firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of their union", I think that it would be unfair to Elizabeth if they were to get married because he is not the same person that he was before he created the monster. Since creating "Frankenstein's Monster" he has become a deranged, fearful man who is not of sound mental health. He seemed almost schizophrantic towards the end...