Blog #6

Beloved is already a odd book. I'm not really sure what to think about it yet but i have a feeling it is only going to get worse. It seems confusing and strange. I going to assume that you have to read it many times to actually get everything that is going on. Even then it may be hard to see all the author wants you to see. The stream of consciousnesses narration is cool, but can be hard to understand when it is just in the middle of a chapter. Also all the dialect is a good change from the regular English we usually read. I like to read it in a accent in my head. Its a nice edition to the book and really adds character to the characters.

Even with all this I'm not sure if I'm going to enjoy the book or hate because i don't understand it all. I'm one of those people if i cant understand it i don't really want anything to do with it. It seems like a great and detailed story but its hard to follow. I get the basic plot story and who is who...thanks to spark notes but there is so much the author has put into the book. So hears to hoping that i finish the whole book.

Blog # 5

Independent reading has actually been fun this semester. My first book is a memoir about two twins who were in the holocaust. I don't know why but i am fascinated with the Holocaust, sick i know. But i just don't understand how one person could gain some much power over a county and then tell them to kill people and everyone is okay with it. But anyways the book follows Eva Mozes Kor and her twin sister throughout their journey. Being twins they had the experience of meeting the infamous Angel of Death. They had many experiments done on them but made it out alive. They were only 10 years old when they went in. For being 10 years old i was very impressed about their will power to stay alive the entire time. Their were some tough times but with each other they made it out. But when they left Auschwitz they didn't come back to a normal life they had expected. Everything had changed and they had no more family. Their sisters and mother and father had all perished in the camps. But they found an aunt who helped them get to Israel. Even this was a tough task because it took them 2 years to just be able to get passports. The Jewish race was still mistreated even after being freed. But the end they both got back into a normal life and went on. They have spoken many places about their experience and hope that no one ever forgets all the innocent people that had to lose their lives.

blog #3

I finished the Road and im not very surprised  the father started out sick and it just continued to get worse. The veteran was a little shock  i didn't really expect the boy to have some else to look after him. He had grown throughout the story but then someone just shows up to take care of him again. But i guess this goes with eh whole always have hope thing that was going on every time that the father and boy found food, there was always something in front of them to help when death was close.

In the packet it siad that throughout the death had mocked these too and then finally got one of them. BUt it also said that death is a metaphor or many things one being the loss of ones self. I saw this in the father because he knew of a world before ash and fire and decauy. So being in the new world of nothing he knew before this he didnt really know what or who he was anymore. So think this is the reason he died. But overall i liked The Road and would suggest it other people.

blog #2

The Road has got a little more interesting know that other people have shown up. The father and the boy are now having to run and hide to make sure that the bad people that eat other humans don't find them. They found a bunker that had everything they could ever need, food, water, beds, blankets. But the father is so paranoid after the cannibal incident that he doesn't even stay here. He runs and leaves the perfectly good shelter where no one could find them. So they continue south and finally make it to the ocean, but it isn't what they expected. Even the ocean is grey and ash filled. Now that they have reached the goal they were aiming for the whole book the father isn't really sure what to do next. There isn't really anything to do except continue to walk. So that's what they do. Before this they sleep on the beach and enjoy the sand, but right before they are ready to leave a thief comes and steals their cart and the father gets very panicked  When they find the thief the father is very cruel and mean to the man. Here the boy is trying to tell his father to stop but the father doesn't. He continues to embarrassed the thief and leaves him naked and with nothing. This was hard for the Father because he is getting sicker by the day and his future isn't looking very bright.

blog #1

We started reading The Road and so far in the first 45 pages im not very impressed. It's kind of slow and boring. But i do like the whole no chapters and weird conversation style the McCarthy uses, its a change. I think it makes it easier to read and flows more easily. In the book the father obviously cares a lot about the boy and would do anything for him. But i think there is something underneath it, is he the only reason the father is living, would the father have continued to live if the boy wasn't there? This is very unlikely because in one of the flashbacks the wife says that the father doesn't live for himself, he lives for others. So basically his only purpose in the new ash filled world is to make sure that the ones he loves make it to the next day. Otherwise he has lost his self and doesn't know how to function. He only knows how to keep himself and the boy alive and walking to the south.

final post- #16

So first semester of Ap English...not my favorite. Of course I'm going to say this, but i did get some benefits out of this. This first semester i have gained some great skills, like how to write a good thesis statement, how to look past the surface of a story, or even how to argue my point. However I have not mastered them, duh! Yet I enjoyed this class being a little more challenging, I like how i have to challenge myself to try harder and learn more things. I hope this continues in the second semester. Now some of the things i didn't like. For one these blogs, I'm not very good at expressing my views and writing a random post. I'm sure these will help me someday but here in the present I'm not very happy with them. For next semester i hope to gain new ideas abut seeing literature. I hope to really start to understand what the authors want me to see. I really want to be able to see the real meaning behind the words. I also want to be able to get better at writing, whether it be research or analysis, i hope to be able to write my ideas clearly and in a intellectual manner. Other than the obvious not liking doing homework and blogs, i have enjoyed my first semester of Ap English, i hope to continue gaining new things to further my education.

blog # 15- The rover

The play we went and saw on Thursday had great timing since we just finished our drama unit. This play to me was funny, as it was a comedy, but it had quite a bit of drama in it. It was a little harder to follow since it was 350 years old, but when i did understand the witty comments were quite scandalous, prostitutes always bring this element, obviously. But even with the funny parts it was a bit boring, probably because of the old language. The actors did a good job with it though, their actions made it a little more bearable. I enjoyed how the entire cast was very witty and able to play around with each other, they fit together fairly well. This is important in a play because if the cast doesn't portray the correct actions the point of the play wont get across, and who wants to see bad acting, no one. Back to the comedy, there were quite a few funny parts. One when one of the men got tricked and some thief's stole his clothes. There were also a lot of references if you know what i mean, but you only got these if you paid enough attention the the actions and speaking. Without the actors it would have been a bit harder to understand what the writer was saying. But over all the enjoyed missing class and seeing drama in action, even through the boring parts.