Post 20

I have finally finished my summer blogging. Through this whole experience I have learned many things. One of them being, time management. Since there was a lot of work and recording to be done everything had to be timed. I regret not starting this earlier and not keeping up with the blog more frequently. I think the assignment I enjoyed the most was reading "On Writing" by: Stephen King, his writing style is what I really go for. The book was always very humorous and entertaining. Catcher in the Rye was decent. I didn't enjoy it as much though. Maybe because it was an older text? It wasn't too bad, the only problem I had understanding was some of the slang the author use. Annotating was probably the hardest for me through out this whole assignment. I wasn't sure if I was suppose to put a lot or a little but I did my best to even it out.

Post 19

"The Crucible"-
After Proctor is accused his is given an opportunity to sign a form saying that he confessed to his sins and the charges of being hung would be taken away. At first he did it but seeing the other women rather dying then lying about something they did not do he ripped the form in half and proceeded to be hung. Just days before, while Proctor was in a cell, Abigail came to visit him and asked him to go away with her. He refused of course, resulting in Abigail running away never being seen again. I didn't really like this story, it really showed the unjust court system the Puritans had. They were too god-fearing and believed God was out to punished all those who sinned.

Post 18

"The Crucible"-
After Proctor has realized his wife has been accused he already knew who did it. Proctor knew that Abigail wanted his wife dead so she could be with him. Proctor's wife was sent to jail. His servant the little girl finally confessed that the girls accusations were all a hoax and were just pretending to be hurt. The lack of her ability to pretend to faint or be afflicted made it less believable. It made it even worse the fact that Proctor admitting having affair with Abigail, and her being the reason all these accusations were made. Proctor's wife had to simply say he did have an affair and everything would of been stopped from there, but her failure to say Proctor did caused the court to still believe the girls. After giving up, the Proctor's servant gave into the other girls and accused him of witch craft.

Post 17

"The Crucible"

In the crucible Abigail and the girls continue to accuse innocent people of witch craft. I feel like these girls do not see the magnitude of their accusations. I feel their minds are corrupted by Abigail. Abigail is doing this for just herself, to get the satisfaction that she accuses Proctors wife so Proctor will be hers.  She decides to stick a nail into her stomach and sent one of the little girls that was a servant of Proctors wife and give her a doll that looked similar to a voodoo doll. Now many women, like Proctors wife herself, are being accused by these girls.

Post 16

"The Crucible"-
At first I had a hard time trying to figure out where the movie script started in the book. I eventually found parts that were similar. Also, at first I did not know what was going on. Once Abigail was confronted my the pastor. I also realized she was madly in love with Procter but he was married and he was trying to get away from her. Events a little bit before that was little Betty, not being able to wake up. Everyone at first just thought it was a sickness but some people were convinced it was witch craft.

Post 15

"The Catcher in the Rye"By: J.D. Salinger-
While Holden is talking to Phoebe his parents come home from a party so Holden has to quickly escape without being seen. He goes to one of his former teachers' house for the night. His name was Mr. Antolini. He begins to talk to him about his future and Holden, as always, just nods and agrees. He finally decides to sleep and then awaken by Mr. Antolini patting him on the head. Holden was terrified and shock so he quickly leaves his apartment to go to the train station to get his bags. At this point Holden was set to run away. Before he left, he wanted to see Phoebe. He left a message for her to meet him at the museum so they could have lunch together. While Holden is waiting he is reminiscing again of the times he went into the museum as a boy. Phoebe finally arrives, but as Holden sees her coming towards him, Phoebe is lugging a big suitcase. She wanted to run away with Holden. Holden insists and brings her to a carrousel. While Holden watches her, he thinks. He decides to not leave.

Post 14

Literature Textbook:

I finally finished units 5 and 6! Unit 5 was titled "The Harlem Renaissance and Modernism". During this time World War I began and many writers were influenced by the current tragic events of the war. It wasn't all bad, there were some notable events that happened in this era: the roaring twenties and the 19th amendment passing. One of the more tragic events during this era, was the great depression, when the stock market crashed and many people lost their jobs. Even though it was hard to get by, there was still new writing forms being developed, one being modernism. Modernism is when writers were forced to shape their texts into more modern times, the 20th century. Unit 6 was called "Contemporary Literature". This unit talked about the many times in history and one of them was the civil right movement. Colored people were being discriminated. This pushed people to rise up and make a difference. Another topic they talk about is the "American Dream" a moral that americans believed in that was the success in life. Many people did not agree to this dream for they thought it was "shallow".