My Life vs. Man-in-the-moon Marigolds

While I was reading T-E-O-G-R-O-M-I-T-M-M I found that I liked it a lot. While it wasn't happy I thought that it was still very good. Personally in my life there are no strong connections, though there are a few small ones that I could make.

One big connection that I made that I just couldn't get out of my head were some of the similarities to "A Child Called 'it'" and "The Lost Boy" (by David Pelzer). Some small connections that I made were small things that I had in common with the characters.

Another connection that I made is that, like Tillie, I have always been smart, and I don't usually mind school that much. Another connection that I could make, although it is a less obvious one, was to Beatrice. Right at the end of act I she realizes how much she has done to Tillie, and she seems sorry. I can connect to that because if I get in a fight with most anyone I will feel really guilty until I talk to them again and apologize.

Romeo and Juliet: How Juliet Changes

When Romeo and Juliet begins Juliet is a good, polite obedient tempered girl. Her words were very eloquent, and, at times, somewhat confusing, but pleasant. One thing that Shakespeare did to indicate this through his writing was to always use relatively short and simple responses when spoken to.

            As the play continues and Juliet talks to Romeo more her words make her seem ever more wistful. In scene two of act two even though she desires to be with Romeo she is still seemingly reserved and cautious in her demeanor. Somehow she manages to fall in love with Romeo and get married after only a few days of knowing each other. Of course, as soon as she is married Romeo runs away, and Juliet becomes less cautious as she awaits news of her beloved.

            As she is awaiting news of Romeo her father, who she didn’t then know about her first marriage, decides that it is time for her to marry. When she is talking with Paris and her father about her wishes she becomes more reserved, and very vague about what she wants. Her father chooses to ignore her hints, and insists that she marry Paris. Once Juliet knows her fathers choice she realizes that she might have to do something drastic to prevent her second marriage her mind immediately jumps to death. Eventually she decides to go talk to Friar Laurence. While she is at Friar Laurence’s she is extremely passionate about being with Romeo or no one, but she also stupid because her version of “no one” means death.

            When Friar Laurence says that he has a possible solution she basically says “I’ll do anything,” not caring about ay dangers. With that in mind she takes a sleeping potion that imitates death, Romeo sees her when she’s asleep, so he kills himself. When Juliet sees Romeo she kills herself. To sum up the major changes that occur in the book Juliet starts as cautious and reserved, and ends being passionate and wistful for Romeo, and only Romeo.

Romeo and Juliet act 1

I like the different writing style, but it take a lot to get used to it. So far it seems like a well written story, and, (even though I already know) I want to know what will happen. Romeo is really pathetic, but it seems like a lot can happen around Benvolio and mercutio. Interested in seeing what happens.

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Act II

The three most important characters are Henry, Waldo, and Lydian. Here is why they are important:
-Henry: Henry is avidly following the goals of trancsendentilism. He is very content with it, but no one gets why he lives out in the middle of "no where" and when he tries to explain what he finds disagreeable about most people, people aren't willing to here it or to change and adapt to a new way of life.
-Waldo: Waldo seems to be exactly the type of person the Henry finds it hard to work with. He is constantly talking about stuff, but what annoys Henry is that he nevers seems to do what he tells others that he should.
-Lydian: Lydian seems confused and annoyed with the arguments between Waldo and Henry. It seems like she just wants them to agree, and also like she feels that she has to choose between them. Lydian just wants peace between Henry and Waldo.
In the end, Henry did not win the argument. His point was that taxes shouldn't be paid, and that you can't make a person do something that they don't want to, but in the end his taxes get paid for him, and he is forced out of jail.
On page 98 Henry and Sam (the sheriff) are arguing over if Henry can stay in jail. Sam says "Now stop pokin' around tryin' to get me to tell. I promised your Aunt Louisa I wouldn't open my..." which is about as obvious as irony can get. Another example of irony is when  Waldo gives his speech about doing this-or-that, but he doesn't do it himself.

A Perfect Day for Bananafish

One thing I noticed when I was reading Bananafish is that most of the people in it compare to multiple people in TCITR.
To start, here's how Muriel's mom compares to Holden and to Mr.Antolini. She was similar to Holden in the sense that she doubted the wellbeing of being with Seymour and his character, like how Holden doubted most humans and human nature in general. Muriel's compairs to Mr. Antolini because they both give lots of advice, even to the point of distraction at times.
Muriel can compare to Sally Anne. They are both generally good people, but they are both interested in popular stuff. They both also seem to be interested in boys. They are what might, in todays culture, be refered to as "populars" and in the 1920's they might have been refered to as "moderns."
Sybil is the equivalant to Pheobe. They are both the young, trustee, possible naive characters. They are also both very insistant that they get what they want.
That leaves Seymour. He might be the eqivalant of Holden. It seems like they both find human company difficult to deal with. The main difference from that perspective is the way they choose to deal with/ remove humans from their presence. They both also don't seem to mind swearing or changing/ having many girlfriends.

Thoreau

In TNTSIJ Henry says that he's reaching his class by the "Huckleberry" method, which is basically when you (in this case) teach your students by showing them the direction they should go in to learn and then by letting the students learn by coming up with questions and answering themselves. The huckleberry analogy also shows trancendentalist thought because It shows that the poeple are learning or trying to learn through thier own individual thought process.
Note: I'll probably add more tomorrow when I have a real computer.

The Catcher in The Rye Chapters 7-12

If I got kicked out of school, I would just go straight home to my parents. They would most likely understand that I hadn’t meant for it to happen, and they would help me get through it and find another school. If I were Holden and I had been kicked out of a school, I think I would have called Jane to see if she could have helped me figure out what to do. If she knew somewhere I could go, then I would go there. If that wouldn’t work, I would have gone to a hotel. I probably would have stayed at the hotel, only leaving for things like lunch, or to go to a library.

It’s hard to describe Jane. I would describe her as average, but two things make that inaccurate. The first is that no one is completely average. Everyone is special in some way. The other thing that makes it so that I can’t describe her as average is that Holden is describing her from his own special, mildly biased point of view. Holden describes her as being no-nonsense, which I think is good. I think that is a good description because Jane seems to be down to earth, and she knows her boundaries for what is appropriate for her and for other.

I don’t think that people are always ruining things. For me, it definitely isn’t true. There might be small things that people do that are annoying, but it isn’t horrible. One of the best examples I can think of is when I would like to do something, but there’s a conflict with what the rest of my family has to do. A specific example is if my brother has a concert that I have to go to.