The Finale

The final blog, where it all will end. I find that the blogs I write didn't really have a meaning at first, just wanted to get it done, but then I figured that if I kept doing just that, well, my grade wouldn't be great, I should put some effort or feeling into what I do. That is why this last blog will have as much effort as I should have put into it. That is what I feel should have been done with all my blogs, each of the blogs should have had effort put into them, straight from the beginning. My blogs mean this to me, that I should have worked harder than I did, and for that I will work hard on this final blog, as hard as I can. The blogs of the past signify my ignorance and how much of a slacker I truly am, but I should not be that way, that can just bring about unhappiness. I truly can't believe at how much I procrastinated this year, but since I can't go back on it I shall go forward. I also can't believe that the year went as fast as it did, it felt as if it kind of just flew by. I can tell though, even if I procrastinated and slacked off, some of the writing techniques from the year stuck, I don't just carelessly write stuff down anymore, I think about my words. My word choices from now on shall be better then they were before, I will think about the most sophisticated and intricate way to use words that I can. Plus my analyzation skills have increased, I can now see the deeper meanings in things clearer, I believe I can just skip the paraphrasing, but just to make sure I will keep doing that. It's like one of the universal truths, "work harder and you will be rewarded," even if that may not be a universal truth. Maybe it's just like the, "never give up at something if its hard, just try harder," or maybe the, "hard work pays off," maybe not... But what I'm saying is that, if I work harder than just slacking off, I should be able to achieve my dreams! Or that's what people want me to think, but what I'm really saying is that even if you don't feel like working hard, just try hard anyways, it may pay off in the long run, don't take the easy road. That is what all of my blogs from this year have told me, when I read them they just seemed so pitiful, it brought tears to my eyes. It was like my blogs were crying out to me, calling for help for a better writer, a writer not like me. It was as if I was not good enough to write, even as an assignment, I felt ashamed to have even written something like that. That is why from this point on I will work harder at blogs! And maybe some other stuff too... But mostly blogs.

Memorable Assignment

My most memorable english assignment would have to be, The Importance of Being Earnest essay. I wouldn't say that I was proud of the assignment though, nothing really stands out if I try to think about something I was proud about doing. But I can remember that it was the one that I enjoyed writing about the most, with all of their jokes. But I would say runner up would have to be Romeo & Juliet if I had the same prompt, but I didn't.

The Importance of Being Earnest essay was a essay I really enjoyed writing about because you could think about all of their jokes while doing it. Thinking back on it makes me smile sometimes, if I remember the right part. It is as if you can picture Algernon and Cecily having fun, then Jack showing up, or the other way around with Gwendolen and Jack. Also how the ending is such a happy ending, even though it shouldn't have been so abrupt, the ending was happy, but too many coincidences.

Poetry

When I think of poetry, I think of it as a sort of... mellow way of showing people what you think a lesson in life is about. But of course it can be shown in all sorts of ways. One of my poetry experiences that has been good, would have to be one that was kind of comical. It has shown me a new way of showing humor, it was pretty interesting actually. I can't recall it too well but it let me get a view on, what ever it was, since I can't remember, but it helped my life at the time, I think I was around the age of 5.

Conflict in Romeo and Juliet

In Romeo and Juliet, the story takes a turn for the worst in the play during the battle with Mercutio, Romeo, and Tybalt. This part in the play shows how misfortune has a role in how the story develops. This scene has shown that the misfortune of meeting someone at the wrong place has a big impact on how it may affect the participants, like in the end with Paris and Romeo, it has the same concept. This can also extend to real life and show how one may meet and find their destined one like Romeo and Juliet, or one may find a new enemy by showing off skills.

Just like in the play, I have had some people come to dislike me just because I am better than them at some things. Like when I played baseball, I was better than someone else on my team, all they did was try and get me in trouble, or kicked off the team. I tried not to let it bother me but it really is hard to ignore when it happened every practice, or nearly every practice. In the end I just didn't really feel up to playing baseball so that solved some of the issues, but he still dislikes me to this day, I guess its just an after effect.

Romeo and Juliet EVERYWHERE?!

One of the places I can remember something about Romeo and Juliet is in West Side Story. It has the same portrayal of two star-crossed lovers, but I don't remember if they take their life. But both households are alike in dignity, where they spill civil blood which makes their civil hands unclean. Where the lovers take their life because of a long lasting grudge, that ends in the two having to make up.

Connections

In Romeo & Juliet many of the decisions that Tybalt make remind me of my brother, often being hostile to me. Like in the beginning where he came in sword unsheathed, I felt like it was like my brother who usually tackles me whenever we meet. Whenever my brother did tackle me, I took it the wrong way and in return acted hostile back so we always ended up fighting, just like the two houses whenever they meet. These ideas of a constant conflict and two factions ready for battle at any time is a great idea, it can lead to many problems for two star-crossed lovers.

Reading at home and then doing annotations or covering the material at school is much easier and I can get much more out of it. Because of the unusual style of Shakespeare, I often am puzzled at what the meaning is, like the final line in the prologue, I had to look up what it meant in order to figure it out. But because we read it in class and cover the reading there as well as at home, I can get both feelings, the feeling of puzzlement, and the feeling of knowledge to an unusual writing style. So in my opinion I feel as if it is both easier and a better way of reading a book and getting to understand it, if it was something like Great Expectations where we annotated at home, it took a lot of time, so this is a good way to ease up on time consumption for reading.

Dickens' Message

The message that Charles Dickens is trying to show through Great Expectations is that life isn't all about money, fame, or status. Life is all about being content with yourself and living a life that you feel is suitable for yourself rather than forcing yourself to live an unhappy life. One shouldn't be ashamed of the house they live in if they are content, if one wishes for more then what they already have, and if they have a life that they could live contently, then why pursue more? That is one of the main reasons this book was wrote in my opinion, life is meant to be more of enjoyed than it is to be forced labor and dislike the life you live.