The Conclusion

   Throughout the year I have done so many blogs, so many that I didn't quite realize it until I had looked back upon all of my past assignments. It's a weird feeling that I won't be doing this anymore, it'll be a huge load off of my shoulders, but in a weird and messed up way that I don't understand, I'm gonna miss doing the weekly blog. I'm gonna miss writing about the latest motifs and themes that have come up in my book or how though some obscure way they relate to real life and how they all have some deep, important message that needs to revealed. I'm gonna miss all of the little miscellaneous projects that I have stayed up late on Friday nights doing, praying for a good grade. In a way it has all become a part of me.
   I have to say the one of my favorite blog assignments this year has also been one of the most recent.  I loved writing about my experiences with poetry.  It is, without a doubt, one of my favorite things about English.  Another favorite was when I wrote about my 'chain' during our Great Expectations unit. When I wrote that blog it helped me to realize just how big swimming is in my life. If I had never joined that swim team I would not be the person I am today.  All because f that fateful day, I met people that have become some of my greatest friends, and I am sure that we will be friends for a lifetime.
   One of my least favorite blog assignments was the Animal Farm visual project. I didn't like doing my art project on the computer.  It did help me to become more tech savvy though and it was beneficial.
  I think that in the long run my blog has really helped to define me as a writer and has helped me to do more than just write, but realize things about myself that I hadn't really known until I had written them down. As Bono once said, "Who's to say where the wind will take you." I don't know where I'll end up but I know that this will have helped to prepare me for what is to come. And so I publish my last post. Thank God.

A Memorable Assignment

   Well, I have to say that my favorite assignment this year has got to be this one.  I feel proud of the work I have done on it and the reading I did.  It was a challenging read, mostly because of the fact that I only really got a chance to read after all my homework at ten o'clock at night.  I worked out a schedule that would leave me enough time at the end to finish my visual project and my literary piece.
   One of the things things that I feel most proud of about this project is my visual aid.  I worked long and hard over it and I ended up with a painting of a storm-tossed ship battling for survival.  I feel that I have improved greatly since I did a painting for my Slaughterhouse 5 presentation.

Poetry

   When I hear the word poetry I always think of my eighth grade English class where we did tons of poetry.  Personally poetry is my favorite unit in English.  When we were learning about poetry last year we were required to write about four original poems.  You had do a haiku, a limerick, and two free verse poems...I did four free verse.  After that I felt inspired and wrote more.  I now have a mini booklet of poetry that I have written.
   I feel that poetry is extremely important in our lives.  If you can respect poetry then you can respect an other's thoughts and feelings for poetry is a way to let all of that out and let people know how you feel.  When I hear the word poetry I think of an outburst of emotion and feeling and thought and everything that has been bottled up inside.  That is why poetry is important.

Conflict in Romeo and Juliet

   There are many types of conflict in Romeo and Juliet, but one of the more subtle ones is the internal conflict all the characters face against themselves.  Romeo and Juliet must battle their consciences every time they decide to defy their parents and see each other.  When Romeo meets with Juliet under the cover of darkness he tells her that his name is an enemy to himself for it is her enemy.
   This conflict is present in my life all the time, maybe not in the same form as in the play but it is still a battle against my will and body.  Whenever I am in a race and I start to tire I have to fight it out against my own body and carry on.  I have to take my mind somewhere else and only think of what is ahead.  You can never let your tired lungs win the fight, you must battle and win against your muscles.

Romeo and Juliet = Edward and Bella

   It took me quite awhile to think of something that would really fit into this blog.  Finally it came to me. New Moon of the twilight saga features two people who have met and fallen in love even though they should not be together.   I immediately ran to my computer to blog about it...then i read the assignment and noticed how it had already mentioned the twilight books.  That was a little irritating, I thought it was a pretty good idea until I found out that Mrs. Gilman stole it from me!  Oh well, I'm going to write about it anyway.  So in New Moon Edward hears from a friend that Bella had gone cliff diving, mistakenly though he thinks that she committed suicide.  He then travels to Italy to anger the world's most powerful vampires so that they will kill him.  When Bella hears about this she decides to travel to Italy to save him, in the end all is resolved and nobody dies a tragic death because of some stupid mistake, unlike Romeo and Juliet.

Connecting with Romeo and Juliet

   One thing that I notice in Juliet's family life is that her parents are exceptionally controlling whereas Romeo's parents appear to be more relaxed and laid-back.  When you read throughout the first few acts Romeo's parents seem to be more concerned with how his health.  When Juliet is first introduced to the reader, her mother is trying to wed her off to a man she hardly knows.  I can relate to Romeo and Juliet when their parents don't always understand them and that the only people they can talk to are their closest friends.
   I think that reading at home and then going over it in class is extremely effective.  It helps me to realize if I have been pronouncing a word wrong or if I don't quite understand the sentence because of the wording.  I do feel that I'm reaching my goals and that the resources I'm using really are helping.

Wrapping things up with a message

I felt that the main message in Great Expectations was to not have regrets.  Charles Dicken constantly shows that as you live your life you don't want to do anything that you will regret later on.  This is a universal experiance for everyone. Everyone knows what it's like to have done something and regretted it afterwords.  You realize what hass happened and, if you're a true person, only wish to right the wrong.