This week we hardcore focused on alienation and isolation. We have been applying our big questions to our discussions in class, and we also started Huckleberry Finn.
I am enjoying this book in the sense that it is cool to read such old american literature, but evidently it is not something I would choose to read in my free time. I find it interesting how fired up people get out about the language in the book. Some people disagree with the use of the words in it and others think it is totally okay for educational purposes. Personally I think it is ironic how people get so bent out of shape on both sides of the argument, when in all honesty, a word is only as good, bad, and important as you make it. We choose what we give power to. I am excited to see what happens next.
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This week we finished up a lot of loose ends. We finished filling out our act 3 and 4 papers for the Crucible, we started writing our thesis statements for the power of the individual, and we watched a movie in relation to the power of the individual. This week we also did a lot of extra reading for our SSR books, which is fine by me!
I am excited that we are finished with the Crucible because I never really got into the book or the movie to well. I am not sure why, but I just could not get into it very well. When we watch The Twilight Zone I found myself connecting a lot of dots from the power of the individual to the show. It was weird for me to see how cheesy and corny the people in the show were, but yet still realizing how absolutely true that can be in real life. As always I really enjoyed getting to dive a little deeper into my book. I am very thankful for the extra time we were given to read in class. I am on edge, to see what happens next. The duration of our time this week was spent reading the Crucible. We watched act four, and finished the movie. We are continuing on with reading the play. We dove a little deeper into our music connection sheets, our creative writing and our SSR books.
I still feel that reading the play does not serve a great purpose with me, but I understand that it has to be done. Honestly I don't know how I feel about the ending of the movie. I think it is sad that the cost of humanities ignorance was paid for with the lives of hundreds, but another part of me is just thinking about how great it is that we have been able to advance and acquire more knowledge of the world and all the people in it. I cannot help but feel worried history might repeat itself. I hope we can learn from our past, and prevent something like the Salem witch trials from happening ever again. I can not express how much I am absolutely loving my book, Eragon. I have just gotten into the good stuff, and I can't wait to see what happens next. The same goes for creative writing. I especially liked the prompt we did when someone else gave us our first sentence and we had to build off of that. I am really enjoying this class. This week we continued to discuss the Crucible. We read some more, as well as watched some more of the movie. We also started making music connections. As usual we read our SSR books, and advanced with our creative writing.
I must say, I am not to big a fan of reading the Crucible. I much prefer the movie. Not because I am lazy or because I get bored. I do not like reading it because I feel like it's pointless. When I watch movies or read books, which I love to do both, I make personal connections or I just completely forget where I am and who I am, so that I can really get into the book or movie it is that I am reading or watching. With reading the Crucible as we are, I just do not feel very engaged. As opposed to watching the movie, where I feel like I am connected and involved. I am really enjoying SSR and creative writing. I have gotten farther in my book Eragon and it is really good. When I was writing one time this week, I found myself digging very deep into some feelings that I thought I had totally forgot about. It was interesting to see that part of myself again. I can't wait to move further into my book and my writing. This week we talked a little bit more about the power of the individual and In the hands of an angry God. We also continued SSR, and started watching the movie, The Crucible.
It is funny how sometimes when you learn something, you suddenly start seeing that thing everywhere. I have found myself thinking about the power of the individual in almost every person who walks past me, at school, at home, in the store, at the park, and in myself. I found the Salem witch trials to be interesting. All of the insane ways to discover if someone is actually a witch. How people blindly follow others who are said to have a higher position in society. The fact that people can believe anything another person says, without even considering another perspective on the situation. It was interesting to me, to see how fast people started to turn on the people around them. This week has been different from how most of my trimesters start. We have done some interesting and weird things, like snapping after reading a poem, talking in depth about certain words or phrases such as the power of the individual. Although I have never really had a teacher like Mr. Schoenborn before, I am sure I will learn a lot from his class. I don't really like the poems he reads. They just seem too literal and blunt to me. I prefer poems with a little more mystery behind the meaning, something like Human Life's Mystery. Poems where I cannot quite see what the author is trying to say, but that I am able to understand in my own way. I enjoyed talking about what "power to the individual" means. I discussed how it can mean a physical action you take, or a certain mentality you carry with you. I thought it was interesting to see how one phrase could mean such different things to different people, or rather a group of people. |
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