"A Whole New World" : D

So I think I might be one of the few of us who actually like this book to an extent. Its crazy, and somewhat scary, to see where Huxley put the events occurring in the 30's leading to. I'm glad to say that these events in the book are still disturbing to readers at this time, but it makes you wonder if it will always be disturbing to the reader? With the increasing amount of technology, Huxley has been right with the control it can have over a society. I don't think that we are quiet where Huxley has but this book at, but I do think there is a possibility for us too get there. Huxley also explores the value of human life, and I think some people are closer to his views than others are, but there is still always that question of what defines human life? And how much control does a person have over the outcome of that life? I also think that the repetitive learning is like brain washing. The people of the society aren't individuals if they are being told what to think. They are instead avoiding the reality of situations in their lives. It would be interesting to see if the world gets to where Huxley predicts to be, but I definitely don't want to be around to experience it.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

So I just want to say sorry that I'm blogging so late, but I'm glad to see that I'm not the last one. I finished the book right before I had to go to work for 6 hours and am now just getting to it. Anyways here it goes. Sir Gawain is a superhuman, epic-type hero because of some of his characteristcs. His superhumanness (I don't think thats a word) isn't as dominat as Beowulf's was. He's not like screaming that DON'T WORRY I CAN SAVE THE DAY! Sir Gawain shows that he is heroic by being brave courage by stepping up and taking the place instead of King Arthur since he feels he is of less worth than others. Sir Gawain is flawed by lying. He lies about the girdle. He was selfish, flaw, and wanted the girlde to save him. I don't think that the Green Knight is evil, but he is definately not totally good. He is more deceitful. This kind of shows that there is a little good and evil in everyone. I'm not quiet sure about the use of green, but I think it has something to do with starting over. It kind of plays into the New Year's Day. Both symbolize a new start, like in the spring when everything starts to turn green again and New Year's resolutions made for each year to start something new for the year.

Jack Kerouac's Scroll

Today Montana and I ventured out to the IMA while we were "job shadowing" my mom. And I am proud to say that we did not get lost or have to use the GPS. However, Montana could use some work on her map reading skills, nevertheless we got there.

Anyway, this scroll at the IMA is set in this display case that is about 30 feet long probably, but this isn't even with the whole scroll rolled out. I believe that his work, On the Road, had around 6,000 words and was written in about 21 days. (I think thats write. I may have just made that up, so don't quote me on that.) His logic behind writing on the scroll was that he didn't want his work to have any breaks in it, paragraph, chapter or page breaks. This is kind of smart but kind of just crazy. If you think about it if everything was written straight through like that your mind would not stop after every paragraph or chapter and think a complete new idea was about to come along in the writing. Your mind would just continue reading and never create breaks in the work. This could almost give you a different meaning of the work. He just went against the normal setup for writing, which was probably why he became so famous in literature.

So apparently Montana took a video of me, not a picture, so thats why I have a video not a picture! So Montana is right in the video when she says, " I don't think it took.".And we took it sideways, obviously, & I can't turn it! WOW! And we're in AP! We're special for sure!

ur AP een' shirts

In case anyone didn't hear I am going to try and run up and figure out the whole shirt thing tomorrow after school, so if you have any ideas that would be fantastic because if not I am just going to run in and pick it. So if you have a good idea please share! O and if anyone has a good idea for colors, that would be great too. THANKS!!

Beowulf

So since no one has really started blogging on Beowulf, I guess I will blog now since there is no one else to comment on. So I can't say that I enjoyed Beowulf, the first or second time, but I think I might have understood it better this time around, which is a good thing I guess. I'm not sure that I got some of the little stuff throughout the book, but I am pretty sure I got the overall idea, I hope. So here goes nothing. Lineage played a major role in the Anglo-Saxon culture. People were mainly known by who their father was. If your father was a heroic figure in society, then it was almost expected of you to also be a heroic figure. For Grendel, lineage did not help him. Since his lineage went back to Cain, he was thought to be unloyal and could not be trusted. The mead halls in Beowulf represent a place for gathering, a place for stories to be told. This plays into how Beowulf was passed down through oral tradition. It shows how the mead halls was a central key on how Beowulf is still able to be told/read today. I think that the Christians values were dominant because there were more of them expressed. The monk writing these letter for letter played a role in this because they had a more Christian based thinking. Well i guess thats all I got folks. Hope it makes some sense and not just random thoughts jumbled into one blog. See y'all tomorrow!

Romeo & Juliet

I am proud to say that I finished my last book on my summer reading list today. I can't say that I loved it as much as everyone else seems to have, but I will say that I enjoyed it. I think that knowing the basic plot didn't make it as interesting to me, but o well. I did enjoy the humor and play on words, that made the book more interesting. I have no clue what I will write my paper on so any suggestions would be appreciated, but overall I liked Romeo & Juliet but I don't think I loved it as much as some of you might have.

the CATCHER in the RYE

By far, this is my favorite book I have read this summer. If you haven't read it I would highly suggest you reading it. It reads really fast and keeps you interested. It is about this boy, Holden, who has just been kicked out of one of the many prep schools that he has attended. He doesn't want to go home before his parents find out he has been kicked out yet again, so he decides he is going to hang out around New York until then. He is battling this inner thought if he should go home. One random question that he continues to ask taxi drivers and other people he meets is "Where do the ducks go when the pond is frozen in Central Park?", which is kind of like where can you go if you can't go home? This is kind of what I am going to write my paper on. Anyways I really liked the book, and I am very proud to say that I have one more book, Romeo & Juliet!