Pygmalion

So I know we're going to read Pygmalion sometime towards the end of this class. The Central Park Players at the Grand Haven Community Center are performing Pygmalion on April 22-24 and 28-30 at 8pm. Just letting you guys know! :)

Tough Read

So I think that I am going to like this book. Besides the fact that it is hard to understand a lot of the time, the plot sounds pretty... interesting. I really hope we can spend some time talking about it in class so that I can better understand what I read, and so that we can discover some of the "Deeper messages" that I always seem to overlook. haha But anyways, I am excited for it.

I Frankin' Love it so Far.

So I am loving Frankenstien! I don't find boring and difficult to read like I've heard people complain about in the past. I think I may actually read ahead. Two chapters flew by and it will be way to easy to get behind once things start getting busy this week. I love reading a novel in class again. You have so much more time to connect with characters and bigger plot lines can develope better in a novel opposed to a short story or poem. Not that I don't love poems and short stories. A change of pace is just nice!

Fingers Crossed

So far I am liking the romantic age.

I like the free writes we've been doing with the pictures and stuff.

And I'm liking Frankenstein so far.

And I'm pretty proud of myself for keeping up in class.

I think things are starting to get easier now that we're moving closer to the present.

I think the literature is becoming more understandable and everyone is pretty comfortable with the standards and expectations of the class.

Lets keep our fingers crossed that things will continue to get better.

:)

Frankenstein

Okay, so I think I missed a really fun day on friday? Writing letters sounds like a lot of fun...especially to DJ. Hah, I heard all about Kaitlin's letter :) Anyway, so I'm reading Frankenstein now and I'm actually enjoying it! I heard all these awful things about it, how it's sooo boring, slow, too wordy, etc. But I like it so far! Granted, I'm only on the 2nd chapter but I find it intriguing. Does anyone know how far we are supposed to read this weekend??

Letters?

So I was extremely confused as to why everyone wrote their letters to me... Not sure what was up with that, but it was weird. I must have missed the boat on that. But there was some pretty funny stuff when we did that. I liked it, and think we should do that more often.

In-class discussion (Frankenstein Letters)

I really liked In the beginning, he seemed completely ready to leave behind his pursuit of becoming an amazing writer such as Shakespeare and pursue his life long dream of sailing to the "pole" to make a great discovery. He showed his determination when he took part on several voyages on several different ships, always proving himself to be a hard worker. Then he began feeling extreme lonely, and craved human companionship in the form of a close friend. All he wanted was a person to be there when he needed to divulge his feelings instead of having to express them solely on paper. I feel like he somewhat got his wish when they pulled the stranger on board. This stranger caused curiosity among the sailers and although he was curious himself, he didn't "disturb" the stranger. Then when they realized they were a lot alike, I felt like he got a part, even if only a small part, of the friendship that he so desperately desired. I really didn't think that the language of the letters was that hard to understand, the story was engaging and seemed pretty easy to follow. I hope the rest of the story is as interesting as the letters were!