Easter TRIP

so my trip is coming to an end today on easter. im sad but it was really nice to see some of my family. i went to the nashville zoo and i seen all sorts of animals. that made me think of frankenstein, how you ask? well i was thinking that to come up with such a monster as frank, you would have to be around a lot of stuff, in particular, animals. so i think that mary shelley was around a lot of animals in her past before writing about freaky frank. lol i also went to downtown nashville to walk around and i seen this awesome magician! i also went to the loveless motel. its a very famous resturaunt and has the best biscuts in the south! so it was a very fun weekend. sorry if anyone reading this post got really jealous about the 80 degree weather i experienced. =] have a great Easter!!!

Thinking back to Friday...

It was really nice to hear everyones ideas on religion and how they apply to everything. Everyone really does have their own ideas and beliefs. Even people who go to the same church may have different ideas on what's right and wrong. But really most religions have so many of the same beliefs. They are all so similar.. But anyway. Frankenstein is so so good. I have like two chapters left. Love it.(:

Thus Far

Class has been quite fun lately! Discussions have been interesting and I really enjoy hearing everyones input. I am of course thinking back to friday and the discussion over religion. I was pleased that we were able to express ideas without being shot down or ignored. Prior to Brit Lit, I believe our discussion would have easily evolved into a division of sides. I feel this class has allowed us to grow more comfortable with our class mates and mature over all. However, I do realize our number of years has had some effect in our maturity. I am just able to see this change easily in our class.

Frankenstein Images

So here are some cartoon pictures of Frankenstein's Monster

Reading

So I am wondering if anyone knows how far we are supposed to be through Frankenstein. I don't know if the calendar is right, but I just wanted to know how far Mrs. Stariha wants us by Monday. Thanks.

Saturday Night Live Skit

So while at science olympiad I was watching some hulu and SNL skits. I came across a Mary Shelley and Frankenstein skit. It's coincidental that they just did this skit while we're reading Frankenstein! So here's the link:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/231270/saturday-night-live-mary-shelley#s-p2-sr-i1

Oxymandias reflection

This poem reveals to me that the brain of man, that makes it superior to all other animals that can't think beyond their basic needs, is also what has or will bring his downfall. Today we think that what we have created is "mighty" and right, but we have abandoned the ideas of yesterday. Ironically, today will eventually be a yesterday and the ideas the we think are great today will be "half sunk" in an ocean of sand. All because mankind likes to believe that today he is right and he will stick to that decision basically forever. I think that is why there is so many differences between group of people in the world. We where talking about religion in class and that fits here too. I agree with whoever said that religion is creation of man because that would imply that there are so many different religions because there are many different groups of people with different thoughts in the world. And even though the great majority of these different religion try to bring peace to the world I don't think everyone will one day believe the same thing as everyone else because all mankind has a brain to think for themselves. Even if everyone was at one point lead to believe a common idea for the benefit of all, I don't think it will last long because someone will eventually start to think for themselves and create a new way of thought.