Post 14

The most important thing that I learned this semester about literature we read was how to write about that literature. It is easy to read something but to actually interpret it and be able to understand it is a whole other level. I feel like I was challenged in a way that I never was before. Writing about nonfiction and fiction is such a different task and I feel like I definitely got better at writing about fiction in English 1102. The different documents we had to write and the topics of them were challenging. Having to address the different aspects of literature was new for me and I feel like I better understand how to now. Overall I definitely grew as a reader, and a writer in English 1102.

Post 13 | Modern Ideals vs. A Doll House

Nora from A Doll House is unlike modern women in so many ways. 140 years ago there were standards for women. They weren’t allowed to do certain everyday things like women nowadays can. They were expected to do housework and to always be a housewife. Things are very different in the current state of society. People would consider anyone stuck in the ideals from A Doll House to be old fashioned and ignorant. If you asked anyone 140 years ago if a woman should work a full time job they would say no. They would tell you that women belong in the kitchen. Ask anyone nowadays and the answer would be completely different. Some peoples ideals may not have changed but majority have. There are far more working women now then there was 140 years ago. Overall, Nora was not like modern women. She struggled to be her own person aside from what her husband wanted her to be. That is really what set her apart from modern women. Women today are more likely to be their own person and not tied to a man.

Post 12 | Setting

My favorite TV show, The 100, takes place on an apocalyptic earth. It shows what happens after the earth is destroyed by radiation from nuclear destruction. However, majority takes place on Earth there is some parts in space.

The setting is so important in the show because without it the whole storyline would not make sense. There are clans that are fighting for control of lands and the overgrown earth and its resources make it valuable to fight for. Without the setting The 100 wouldn’t be the show everyone loves it for.

Post 11 | Comparison

I chose to compare and contrast the song “House of Cards” by Tyler Shaw and “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost. The theme of Frost’s poem is about the internal struggle and “the ‘night’ located in the speaker’s mind or soul” (Meyer 711). I wanted to compare it to the second and third line in Shaw’s song, “My mind was filled with doubt / I long to feel alive.” Throughout the song it is made known that there is an internal struggle for the narrator but for different reason than the poem’s narrator. The song’s narrator was struggling with a relationship while the poem does not mention a specific “evil”. Frost uses the imagery of “night” to portray the darkness that the narrator is experiencing. So although the works are similar in theory, they are still very different.

Post 10 | Metaphor

The poem I chose was Text Message by Tajana Kovics.

Because I think you’re nearly perfect,

I want to love you best:

And since absence makes the heart grow fonder,

We should see each other less.

I way that I interpreted the poem was that the narrator wants to love the person. It was probably a abuse or bad relationship, which is why absence would be better for the narrator. I have been in a bad relationship where I really loved the person and just like the narrator thought they were “nearly perfect” (line 1). However, I knew deep down that they weren’t good for me. As the poem suggests...not being with the person makes the “heart grow fonder” (line 3), because you aren’t seeing them as much. Now for my poem:

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You hurt my heart,

So screw you.

Not exactly the most creative but I thought it was short and sweet.

Post 9 | Busy Sounds

It is difficult to choose just one meer image that captures my entire life. However, when left thinking about all of the different images and sounds in my life I can pinpoint just a few that I feel really describe me. I work a lot. I am a sales consultant constantly surrounded by loud and constant sounds. I can compare this to the poem “London’s Summer Morning” by Mary Robinson. In the first line of the poem “Who has not waked to list the busy sounds 

Of summer’s morning” (Robinson). Robinson is associating the “busy sounds” in London heard on a summer morning. Although with me I associate “busy sounds” with my work and the constant chit chat and banter of my co-workers and customers. These are not directly correlated but when reading the poem I thought about my work. How it feels almost the same, but yet it’s so different. Robinson talks about waking up to busy sounds in the morning, when I walk in to busy sounds at work. Not directly comparable but enough to make me associate the two with each other.

Post 6 | My Theme

This has been the hardest blog post that I have had to write. Trying to think of one theme for my life so far is crazy because I feel as though my life has been an uphill battle. It’s okay that it’s been a battle though because everything that I have learned is helping me on my way today.
If I had to choose one thing out of my life to be the theme...it would be that everything happens for a reason. There are things that happen in everyone's life that are meant to happen. We are sent down treacherous paths to learn and gain valuable knowledge from everything that happens to us. Sure, there are wonderful things that happen and there can be crappy things that happen. However, something I have learned is to accept them all as they come and take everything with a grain of salt.
I do not believe that gender helped shape my theme in anyway. I know that gender has probably influenced the way I approach and react to certain scenarios, but in terms of my theme, no. It does not matter what gender you are, everyone can believe that things happen for a reason.