My favorite assignment

   I've been through a lot of things, all of which were very time consuming, needed planning, and always needed to be done. Most of which I did in a robotic cycle, all-though, there is one assignment that I really enjoyed, and that is the Great Expectations Socratic seminar.  I remember, that I really liked the book. I decided it was time to invest my time into something that actually was fun to do. I spent a lot of time doing instead of procrastinating, and actually got a good grade, along with my questions! That made my day to see my grades go slightly up, and I knew, if I continued doing that, my grade would indubitably increase.

Conflicts.

   A conflict I chose was when Romeo visited the Capulet's house while being unintentionally invited. Tybalt shows his anger by various means via killing this intruder ect. While this conflict is mostly muligenerational, it could be others too (: . I also noticed that this conflict is easily interpersonal because the two of them are specifically singled out. When the death of Mercutio occurred, it flared the overall fight between the two households. This resulted Romeo getting 'banished' from from Verona only to come back and get in more trouble.
  Today we don't deal with things by violence or banishment. we send them to a prison thus ending all harm towards anyone.  Generally we end conflict with a compromise-able solution. I take the knowledge that it is always important to make compromises for a solution. You might end up like romeo and get banished, have a bounty, and ultimately die.

Romeo and Juliet is an over-used Idea.

  While I was playing Guitar Hero 3 with my sister and my younger sister, we came across the song called "Sunshine of your life" by cream. Basically it talks about how this guy really likes this girl and he desperately want to be with her sexually like Romeo does with Juliet.

It's getting near dawn,
When lights close their tired eyes.
I'll soon be with you my love,
To give you my dawn surprise.
I'll be with you darling soon,
I'll be with you when the stars start falling.

I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love.

I'm with you my love,
The light's shining through on you.
Yes, I'm with you my love,
It's the morning and just we two.
I'll stay with you darling now,
I'll stay with you till my seas are dried up.

Chorus

Repeat Second Verse

I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love.

Connecting with R&J.

  One things that really pop's out with me is that Romeo's parents are more relaxed and less pressing on matter, where on the other-hand, Juliet's parents are controlling and more difficult on matters such as finances and marriage. When Romeo is shown, his peers seems more concerned with his health and well-being, whereas Juliet's parents want to sort of send her away for their health and hers. I sort of relate to Juliet, I don't fight my peers, but when it comes to authority it seems that I have to do as said.
      Reading at home and reading at school cements what I've recently learned in my brain.  On average I can decipher about 74% of the information I've read. I use spark notes sometimes when a word is not defined on the side of my book. My goal on deciphering is being met 99% of the time, some things that I still get confused, get answered later on, so that helps me. All in all reading at home and in class is great!

Thoughts on reading (later than late)

   I really enjoyed Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens story was very well written, although, when he explained details, lets say 3/4 of the book is that. Pip doesn't remind me of anyone, although I can relate to some of the stuff Pip goes through. Most mysteries I solved myself, although I did need spark notes to understand some details that I would not have deciphered my self.
  I did read the entire book, from front to back. I usually only read at nights so I could sleep on it. Annotations were very plentiful, in fact my choir folder is covered front to back, inside and outside in annotations. I usually slept later than usual, only because reading the chapters were kind of time consuming. I got accustomed to not reading the details; to save some time, but that kind of backfired on me. I rarely skipped pages, but I know I did, so I won't lie, and I didn't annotate some chapters. Otherwise I had plenty of time to do all of my homework, and I really enjoyed the book.

Wrapping up Great Expectations (late)

   I believe the main message of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is if you are happy where you are, it’s best to stay there. I know Pip's shame would not have been flawed if Estella did not impede on his life. Porter and I were having a discussion if Pip never met Estella or Miss. Havisham, what would he have spent his money on, Porter said he believed that Pip would have spent it only on Joe. Basically, the moral of the story is to be happy, and not have to suffer like Pip did, and not have a say in his life where in the original ending, every one lived happily, except for Pip.

Photo Post!?!?!

The reason to why I chose a guilty looking puppy, is that this is a major motif In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Through the First stage of the Novel, you see that Pip is very innocents and is very punishing to himself. For example; when Pip "Fights" the Pale Young Gentleman (A.K.A Herbert) He thinks that the police will come after him and arrest him for doing so. In the second stage you can see that he becomes less aware of his actions; thus less guilty. One thing that he is guilty about was; ignoring Biddy and Joe back at home. Another example would be when Mrs. Joe died; he said the experience to be, "wonderful" like curious, not great. Finally on the third stage, he is guilty about a lot of things, but mostly of Estella. He feels guilty that he couldn't impress her to make her stop the wedding between her and Drummel. He practically bowed down to her legs and told her not to marry Drummel. I wonder if Mrs. Havisham is guilty in making Estella a heartless beast, even though she seeks out revenge on the opposite sex.