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.

blog #14-drama

The drama unit was kind of fun, I got to see two different types from two different times. I enjoyed Oedipus Rex more because i like Greek mythology more than Shakespeare. In Oedipus Rex I like the whole Gods and the argument over fate vs free will, this is interpreted in many different ways . Everyone has a different opinion when this topic comes up. Whereas in Hamlet it was more controlled by human actions and how one would respond. Although the problems in Hamlet were extreme it still shows how a person today has to really search into ones self when a moral problem or life changing decision comes into play. I have recently had to look deep and decide where I want to spend my college years, which has been really hard for me, I'm not much of a decision maker which sucks. Anyways Hamlet finally came to a decision he was happy with but his idea ended up killing him in the process because of the others manipulation  This seems to be a pattern in Drama because at least one person usually dies, I mean Oedipus ended blinding himself and banishing himself from his home because of the problem he created by trying to avoid it. So neither of these character really had much of a happy ending. But these stories did make me feel better about my life, I'm so thankful that my lives aren't like theirs. But i enjoyed learning about this unit because it exposed me to different kinds of literature that I don't usually read, it was interesting to say at least.

blog #10-thesis statements

Oh the terrible thesis statements. To me this is scary because i never really know how to word it to get my thoughts across. It never seems to be fitting to the format wanted in a thesis. Sure i get the top cover of they stories, but it never seems to be deep enough of an idea. So this is why i always have trouble with them. I never really know why i cant put my ideas into words but this is the main reason i always get worried about the next paper i have to write. It seems to be getting easier as my english classes get higher in academic level, but they never seem up to par to what my teachers want. Which is sad because all this learning should have made me better right? I'm sure it has but it isnt quite where i would like it to be, i want to look forward to writing my next paper because i finally know how to write a thesis correctly. I mean the rest of a paper is easy, except the conclusion, those always get to too. But a thesis is supposed to be what your entire paper is about, its an outline without actually outline anything, which is intimidating, what if the ideas you want to present dont fit, but you really like the thesis, its a lot to put in one sentence. So yes i see the thesis being the hardest part of a paper.