Wednesday, May 9, 2007
What Character I Would Want To Be
If I could be any of the characters i would probably want to be Puck. I would want to be him because he is a fairy, and since he is a fairy he has the power to morph into anything that he wants. He can become plants, animals, you name it. I wish that i could be able to do that. Puck is a character that interests me a lot, and i think that i would very much enjoy being able to be his character. If i had to do a scene with him i would probably do Act 3 Scene 2 because of all the mayhem that he causes between Demetrius, Hermia, Helen, and Lysander. I would also want to be him because does not have anything bad happen to him. He is just there and he causes trouble for other people yet nothing bad ever happens to him.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Flatworld Reflection
1. The best things that I liked about the project was that we were able to have multiple people read over our work. When this happened I was able to get tons of feedback to make my story better. The other part that i liked about this was that it was on the computer. I have realized that when my writing is on the computer it is defanitely better because i can get things done faster and easier.
2. The thing that I liked the least was that we had to revise the story almost every night. It just got so repetitive reading the story, that i soon did not notice mistakes anymore because it was so routine, that instead of actually reading it, i would just memorize it and start reading it by memory and not what was on the actual page. That was pretty much the only thing that I did not like about it.
3. I learned that different schools have different styles of writing, and definitely vocabulary. I noticed that the writing level between schools was very apparent because one school would have students who were not very good, and the other would have students that wrote excellent long thoughtful stories.
4. I think that the project affected my writing a lot since i was able to get all the feedback on what other people thought of my story. And since I knew what other people thought of it, i was able to change the parts that people did not like, and make the parts that they did like even better. So I think that this project greatly affected my writing in a more than beneficiary way.
5. One of the most challenging parts of this project was trying to figure out who was supposed to be giving you feedback, and then making sure they did it. I had a few times where my person did not give me feedback. So i would always have to put their name on the wall, and then have to get it from them. It was all just a big hassle. In the end though, everything worked out.
6. If i had to give advice to someone, it would be to always stay on top of what you had to do. Make sure that you got done early so you would have lots of time to focus on your essay. And go through it many times, keep reading it and looking at words that you think could be exchanged for bigger, and better words. I would also say that when giving advice, leaving a little bit of what you thought, or a little something that wasn't on the revision sheets that Mr. watson provided, is always a good thing because it just lets you say that last little bit that was on your mind.
7. I dont really have anything else other to say than, this project was great, I definitely think that we should do more, and this was very helpful for me. It not only helped my writing to be a little bit better, but it let me interact on a global level, which i would have not been able to do otherwise without having done this project.
2. The thing that I liked the least was that we had to revise the story almost every night. It just got so repetitive reading the story, that i soon did not notice mistakes anymore because it was so routine, that instead of actually reading it, i would just memorize it and start reading it by memory and not what was on the actual page. That was pretty much the only thing that I did not like about it.
3. I learned that different schools have different styles of writing, and definitely vocabulary. I noticed that the writing level between schools was very apparent because one school would have students who were not very good, and the other would have students that wrote excellent long thoughtful stories.
4. I think that the project affected my writing a lot since i was able to get all the feedback on what other people thought of my story. And since I knew what other people thought of it, i was able to change the parts that people did not like, and make the parts that they did like even better. So I think that this project greatly affected my writing in a more than beneficiary way.
5. One of the most challenging parts of this project was trying to figure out who was supposed to be giving you feedback, and then making sure they did it. I had a few times where my person did not give me feedback. So i would always have to put their name on the wall, and then have to get it from them. It was all just a big hassle. In the end though, everything worked out.
6. If i had to give advice to someone, it would be to always stay on top of what you had to do. Make sure that you got done early so you would have lots of time to focus on your essay. And go through it many times, keep reading it and looking at words that you think could be exchanged for bigger, and better words. I would also say that when giving advice, leaving a little bit of what you thought, or a little something that wasn't on the revision sheets that Mr. watson provided, is always a good thing because it just lets you say that last little bit that was on your mind.
7. I dont really have anything else other to say than, this project was great, I definitely think that we should do more, and this was very helpful for me. It not only helped my writing to be a little bit better, but it let me interact on a global level, which i would have not been able to do otherwise without having done this project.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Second Character Analysis
In the act 2 scene 2 Helena is still apparently in love with Demetrius. She takes so much verbal abuse from him its not even funny. He is saying things to her that if they were said to any other person, it would make their feelings hurt, and not like that person anymore. But somehow Helena is able to just see right through everything Demetrius is saying because she loves him so much. I think thats going to become a problem with her further down into the story because shes basically setting herself up to be used by him to get what he wants and then for her to get hurt. The reason Helena might also be letting this kind of treatment go on is because of her lack of confidence in herself. She has no self respect and lets herself be treated how others want to treat her. She doesn't stand up for herself when Demetrius says those mean things to her. I hope she is going to be able to start a change in herself before something really bad happens that she regrets.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Midnight Summer Dream Character Analysis
There are many characters in the book that we are reading right now. One of the ones that has been mentioned a lot so far in the book is the character Helena. She has been mentioned thinking about a man named Demetrius. Helena is in love with him but the only problem is, is that he is in love with Hermia. This is a problem for Helena because now she is beginning to get filled with jealousy, and that is never a good thing. The jealousy makes her think of an evil plan to get Lysander and Hermia caught sneaking out to get married. She is only doing this because she is not getting anything that she wants. Since Hermia gets Lysander, and the man that she loves is in love with Hermia, Helena gets no one and is alone. This makes her not feel like she is a very pretty person. She ends up talking to Hermia about how she is so much in love with him and Hermia isn't, yet Demetrius can only think about Hermia. And to Helena it seems unfair that Hermia can avoid him, and not talk to him, and do all these things to make him not like her, and yet he still loves her more and more. Helena asks Hermia how she does this and wants to be able to do this herself so she too can have Demetrius in love with her, but not all things are that easy.
Helena is pretty much wrapped around Demetrius' finger because she will do anything for him. I say this because of their past. She has slept with him before, and they also made an oath to love each other, and still, Demetrius fell in love with Hermia. Even after Helena knows this she still loves Demetrius. To me this shows that she is all for him, and wants him to the point where she will do anything to get him.
Helena is pretty much wrapped around Demetrius' finger because she will do anything for him. I say this because of their past. She has slept with him before, and they also made an oath to love each other, and still, Demetrius fell in love with Hermia. Even after Helena knows this she still loves Demetrius. To me this shows that she is all for him, and wants him to the point where she will do anything to get him.
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