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Mr. Rendine, thanks for the comments back to me. I have enjoyed many of the books that we have read this year. The ones that I have enjoyed the most were Catcher in the Rye, and Of Mice and Men. I am also enjoying Othello more and more each day as we read it. I find all of Shakespeare’s works very interesting because I like the use of his language and I think all of his plays are very enjoyable. I have also connected with Cather in the Rye on a personal level because there was a time in my life where I was sort of depressed. I don’t think I was as depressed as Holden seemed to be, but I could relate to how he felt and the situations he faced. I also found Of Mice and Men enjoyable as well. I liked the use of symbolism with all of the animals and characters, and I am looking forward to the project we are starting.
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Ashley
ReplyDeleteAshley thanks for your post. Following the change of a character was very interesting to me as a high school English student (and still is to me today as an English teacher and a lover of reading). But it’s not just books – movies, songs, theater, T.V. shows, etc. that really interest me are the ones that show some kind of change in a character. What do you think are the advantages of being able to see the deeper levels of a work of literature, like noticing the change in a character or spotting patterns like foreshadowing or animal imagery? How has been your favorite character so far this year and why? What changes did he or she go through?
Yeah, I know it’s not just books. I think being able to see the deeper levels in a story is a good thing to know, because instead of seeing things that are obvious (like “oh, the villain is got something against them”, you’ll see “oh, the villain is actually, trying to be a good guy, but he doesn’t know how to.”). Noticing change in characters and spotting patterns like foreshadowing is something I think is an advantage to have (I’m not a very into the whole animal imagery thing). Noticing the change in the main Character is interesting because you get to see why he’s changing and get why he’s changing too.
Well as you said..."I need to read and study literature to pass the class, to pass high school, so my parents won't kill me", but if had to choose between studying literature and just doing plain old english and spelling and all that good stuff, I'd pick english. Literature doesn't really interest me all that much. One, i don't like to read at all. I mean, I read sometimes if a book sounds interesting and maybe if i can relate to it. But I've never been accused of witchcraft, I've never been kicked out of school, I've never killed anyone or had a crazy obsession with mice, and I'm not romantically involved with someone that everyone hates nor am I in like the 300's? So I guess I find literature useless to me. Well not totally I guess?
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