The Last Week

Well this is the last week to post. I really enjoyed reading Mrs. Dalloway. It has to be my favorite work we read. I think this time period is so interesting. It would be so much fun to have those formal parties all the time and everything that comes with it. I'm sure I would get tired of it pretty quick, but it would be so much fun to go back and live there for just a month or two. I don't think, however, I would like the fact that nothing but being in high society was important. I've really enjoyed this class and I can't believe its already over. I think I have really learned a lot.

Webpages

This week was a little more challenging than I expected. The webpage was definitley more diffiult than I thought it would be. With that assignment, however, I had some fun with Frankenstein. I chose to look at the story through the creature's point of view. It was fun to try and decide what exactly he would say in response to questions and different situations. I really like the poems this week except Sailing to Byzantium. It was difficult for me to understand. I do think, however, that with each week it becomes a little easier for me to understand what I have read.

Poems

I really enjoyed the poems from this week. I especially like Goblin Market. It showed how powerful temptation can be, but also how powerful women can be. I also really enjoyed Say Over Again from last week. I am a hopeless romantic and I understand what she is saying. I like to be told I am loved and shown that I am loved. If she is the kind of girl who needs to be constantly shown love, then that is what her man will do if he truly loves her.

Week 4

My favorite reading this week was The Forsaken Merman. It was very interesting to see what everyone thought of it and there were many different views. I think it portrayed very true how many feel about religion. A lot of people think that if they become religious, they can no longer have fun. This, however, is not true. I think a religious person can have just as much fun as anyone else, only when the fun is over they know what is truly important!

Frankenstein=Depression

I had never read Frankenstein before, but I think it might be one of the most depressing books I have ever read. I don't particularly like endings where everyone is dead. At first I felt very sorry for Victor because his creation was destroying his life, but later, it was the creature who I pitied. He had no way of knowing how to act around other humans and no one took the time to teach him. Why did Victor make him so hideous anyway? I didn't really understand why. Until next time....

Week 2=much harder

The readings for this week have been much harder for me to understand. When We Two Parted was probably my favorite one, because it actually made sense to me. I am however starting to read Frankenstein and I am finding it much easier to read. A common theme I am running across is that knowledge does not exactly equal power. Knowledge is a good thing, but in a weird way, in moderation. One cannot commit himself fully to the quest for knowledge without some very real trouble and hardships.