Coming Of Age Perks of Being a Wallflower (Last blogpost ever love life! )

Overall I really liked the book. It felt like a really teenagers diary. I could completely and utterly relate to a lot of it. I think it's the perfect book to read when your coming of age because it explains so many things and you really feel like your not alone.

I also think that Charlie is such a well developed character. He's relatable he gets angry, he's confused and he grows and changes through out the book. And I think the author did a really good job of making him seem like a real teenage boy. He goes through things with girls and his family and trying things with his friends, I think all teenagers have a hard time with these things and figuring out what they wanna be.

I think for Charlie having a good group of friends (like i said in my last blogpost) is the most important thing. And for Charlie it helped. He found these people he could related to and fun with. I think they really helped him explore everything he was feeling and they had conversations about it and it wasn't an unspoken thing any of it. Thats the kind of friends I want in high school. I don't want to become someone I'm not and I think who your friends with can change you into someone you don't want to be. But if your with the right people high school can be an amazing. You learn so much and find out a lot about yourself.

For Charlie I think that his freshman year was an incredible roller coaster of finding himself. He had his first girl friend and once he realized she wasn't right for him he knew he had to end it. He met Sam And Patrick who were really his best friends and did very nice things for him. Any questions he had they answered and i think it helped that they were older.

IUN the end this book has really taught me that this coming of age time in our lives is made for us to explore and understand new things. We can make some pretty bad decisions and discoveries but also incredible ones. We are meant to mess up and learn from are mistakes. Everything that were feeling and going through in the end is all pretty much the same as every other teenager in the world.

Coming of Age Novel: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I think this book was a perfect choice for this unit. He was instantly relatable in every way. After his friend died he didn't really have anyone to turn too. Also, he seemed to notice the people who in high school had known hint he year before and talked to him and now, don't at all. That's something very common that happens, even in middle school I think. He  talked about this one girl that he used to be sort of friends with, she was really smart a kinda of pretty but when she got to high school her body matured and now she acts completely stupid around other boys and doesn't say hi to Charlie (my main character) anymore. I think that's one really stupid things girls sometimes due in high school. Dumbing yourself down isn't cute.

There is a scene where he is telling his friends Patrick and Sam about how at a party of his brother's these kids came into his room and were making out. Apparently they were in "love" he then described the things the boy was forcing the girl to do to him. After they were all quiet and Charlie said, "He raped her didn't he?" Patrick then nodded yes. This was one of the first times he went from innocence to knowledge. he understood what had happened that night and it was sick. He saw the boy and felt a sudden hate for him but him and the same girl were still together. They were still "in love". I think that for Charlie realizing that this happened even in his school really matured him. I think he knew these things happened but now he was very aware and disgusted by them. 

I also think for Charlie it's good that he has his really close friends Patrick and Sam who are older than him. I feel like when you're maturing and going through all this new stuff you need a really good team of friends that you like and trust and if you do it can be an amazing experience. I think for the most part everything Charlie has learned from them has really been a great help. I think if you don't have a good group of friends when you're coming of age it all seems very scary and you feel all alone. 

Break Blogpost #2

    1. The student should not have plagiarized in the first place. They should have cited and quoted the plagiarized material and elaborated on it. They also could have put it their own words or summarized it.

   2."There is a peaceful essence flowing from the structures. Perhaps the cool dark colors and the fiery windows spark memories of our own warm childhood years filled with imagination of what exists in the night and dark starry skies. The center point of the town is the tall steeple of the church, reigning largely over the smaller buildings. This steeple casts down a sense of stability onto the town, and also creates a sense of size and seclusion.To the left of the painting there is a massive dark structure that develops an even greater sense of size and isolation." (vangoughgallery.com) I found this and thought it was the perfect way of describing the painting. 

     That would have been a better way to incorporate it into the response. 

3.   #1: Cite your source. 

      #2: Put it into your own words. 

      #3: Summarize. 

Break Blogpost #1

     I really loved Alli's post on Much Ado About Nothing. I really liked how serious, sophisticated and mature it was. It was clear and concise but very detailed and elaborate. She really seemed to know what she was talking about. It also seemed very planned and thought out. Like i said her attention to detail was amazing. She payed a lot of attention to the little things like the shadows, music and lightening.

     I also really liked Gabby's post on Glass. It was incredibly organized and planned out. Every paragraph had a topic that she stayed with and supported. Also, each paragraph led into the next idea and it kept evolving into new ideas.  Her intro and conclusion were also very good.

    I could work on both these things. I need to be short and to the point instead of rambling on and on about things and getting off topic. I also need to plan out my responses before writing them I usually just write them as I go and sometimes they are confusing. Also I need to have more focused and structured responses. I think all of these could happen if I planned out my responses more.

Review: Much Ado About Nothing

We went to see Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare about a week ago and I loved it. Not only because I just find Shakespeare so interesting, and that is comedies are great, but because the whole experience was just wonderful!

I really liked how intimate the theater was. It was a pretty small theater and I loved how the actors were so close to you. I sat in the front row in the center so I was very close. The way the actors would come in from all different entrances and doors in the theater was really cool. I felt like i really had to pay attention to every different part of the theater at all times. It was very exciting. They would also come about 2 inches away from me and not seemed fazed at all. It was crazy!

I also liked how they set it in the 20's. I felt like for this play especially it worked quite nicely. Seeing as the 20's were full of mischievous and daring people like flappers and such it made a lot of sense with the plot. Also there were speakeasies too so the sneaking around that goes on through out the play worked well with that too. I found it funny it was set in the 20's because we had just been learning about them so it was very easy to link things back to the time.

The actors were exceptional as well, not to mention very hilarious at points. But I especially liked Benedick, I thought he did a very nice job of portraying his character. Also the woman who played Beatrice was very exciting and rude. Which made total sense for her character. I also really liked the contrast between Hero and Beatrice. Everything about them was complete opposites!

My Favorite Character in Romeo and Juliet

One of my favorite characters on Romeo in Juliet is Mercutio. I wouldn't say he's my favorite, it's more that i am so incredibly intrigued and interested in him. In the book he's described as a dreamer and in real life, I'm always interested in people like him, "Dreamers" if you will. I feel the way they speak and express their ideas. For example, in Romeo and Juliet even though it is all very poetic, there is something so moving and exciting about Mercutio's lines. When he is talking about Queen Mab, it almost feels like a song.

He reminds me of one of my very close family friends. He can go on and on about a subject for hours and always have something new to say about it once he's exhausted one idea and it never seems to get boring. I feel like if you don't follow his thoughts one by one, and really pay close attention it so easy to get lost and miss so much of what he says.

The other thing I love about people like this is just watching them talk. The way their eyes go crazy when something i exciting or they are mad. Then how still and calm they can be when talking about something of great importance to them. And when they are thinking so hard about how to express what they are trying to say and you can feel the thoughts rushing through their minds picking out words that fit so perfectly. To me it is completely fascinating and i often picture Mercutio much like this.

Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 1

Dear Friend,

I have just recently started to read Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. I really like it so far. The language is so beautiful, even if he is saying something completely vulgar. When I was reading Romeo's monologues about Rosaline I could not help but be moved. The text is so witty and flowy it makes me feel as if I'm standing there talking to Romeo and feeling his pain. He is by far my favorite character so far.

So far one thing I've noticed that you really have to do to to understand it, you have to read carefully and thoroughly through each line and really use the definitions on the side of the page. They help a lot with understanding the main points of whats going on and convert it into modern day language. It makes it pretty easy to read at least for me.

I can't wait until I meet Juliet. I've seen the movie a ton of times and I either fall in love with some characters again or hate them even more than i did. Like Tybalt for example, every time he seems to get worse and worse. Everythign about this play is exciting. There is romance, betrayal, hatred, and so many other things that make it wonderful I can't wait to read more of it!