A midsummer night's dream

Act 1 scene 1 and 2

In the plays opening scene we see that Theseus and Hippolyte are about to get married. I got the feeling that Theseus thinks love can only be won not earned. Theseus believes women must marry against their will who ever their fathers choose. He says “Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my sword and won thy love doing thee injuries, but I will wed thee in another key, with pomp, with triumph, and with reveling” (1.1) Should a queen of the Amazon be married to a hero of Athens? Hippolyta thinks it is a good engagement, how do you think their relationship will end? Would you be ok being forced to marry someone? Even if that someone was a perfect match? Just the idea of not having an option and love not earned but expected is an idea hard for me to grasp. What do you believe Shakespeare prefers? Arranged marriage or true love? Also how do you feel about Shakespeare putting a play inside a play?  “Here is the scroll of every man's name which is thought fit, through all Athens, to play in our interlude before the Duke and the Duchess on his wedding day at night” (1.2). Do you believe Shakespeare is giving a wink to the culture of his time or is it just something to do as entertainment so it fits the piece? 

Psychological view of death of a salesman

 The Psychological view analyze the fictional characters using the language they speak and methods of psychology. I am going to analyze Biff, the typical all American male. He is a jock, bad at math and is a people person. Also Biff surprisingly to everyone including Willy, stating “oh Biff! *staring wildly* He cried! Cried to me. *He is choking with his love, and now cries out this promise* That boy — that boy is going to be magnificent! (126). This scene showed that all american jock breaking down and crying to his dad. This shows how his behavior was so very drastically effected by how his dad was acting and the pain he felt inside. That pain build up of never being good enough, of not having a real father, of being misunderstood, of having a liar of a parent, and an immature child as a father. That pain would be unbearable. What kind of father tells their kid, “may you rot in hell if you leave this house” (122). Willy must have caused Biff some mental trauma as a kid if he is saying this to him now that he is older. Willy probably was the parent who acted like the best friend, then controlled every single decision that Biff tried to make. Decisions from what to do with his life, all the way to the specific detail on how he has to live his life. That kind of immature control that one would see in middle school, that passive aggressive you have to do it type control. Willy always turns his faults into someone else’s, as he “you’re trying to put a knife in me — don't think I don't know what you're doing” (123). Willy turns Biff into the one who is hurting him, when in reality Willy is the only thing hurting himself and his son. Willy does very selfish things because he feels lonely, which makes him lash out like a child who does not receive enough attention. Biff has to have a child try to parent him, the all American jock gets to have an immature child father. That explains why he left, went far from home and wants nothing to do with the world his dad lives in.

MOR

Could you ever live far away from society in near complete isolation? I could never ever do that in a million years. In Wuthering Heights it is ok to be in the middle of no where and be content. In the eighteen hundreds there was not much to do in the first place, and the cities where not as we know them. I would be drive to insanity by living so far away in todays day and age. Lockwood says “I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself " (Brontë 28). Brontë uses sophisticated words to show Lockwood’s sophistication. Lockwood reflects Brontë's need for solitude and isolation. Appreciation for solitude is what separates the people who live at Wuthering Heights from the civilized world.  Heathcliff, the most wild of all says, “I wish I had light hair and a fair skin, and was dressed, and behaved as well, and had a chance of being as rich as he will be” (Brontë 56). Do you ever wish you could change how you are to fit in to society? If so what would you change and why? As I personally do not really fit in anywhere, I am happy as I am because I stand out, but I wish people would view me differently then what they do. Also if you could give yourself any label what would it be and why?

2016

This past year has been a year full of mountain top highs and ocean bottom lows. I have done much traveling,  soul searching, and spending time with those I love in 2016; as now 2017 will be the very end of me being home. 2016 has gave me many lessons but most important balance. Balance in life, friends, family, social media, social events, relationships, sports, my health, and keeping others around me happy as well as myself. I have learned this year to forgive others as well as myself. To in other words kill people with kindness. To some, I have been a little demon, and to others I have been a guardian angel. What I take away, is to give up pleasing those who wont matter in a few months. Don't stress over things that in a year will mean nothing. Enjoy the smallest moments because come September they will mostly be gone. Live with passion, it keeps things interesting. This who New Year new me stuff, yeah no. I am going to do me and fall in love with who I am. I am going to cut out anyone who tries to change me or stabs me in the back. I am young determined and ready to move on with my life and to find my next adventure past Seattle christian. As of right know I am nothing like the person I will be in 2 months let alone a year. So with new starts comes new pieces to you. Blake beating cancer, saying good bye to everyone and everything I've ever known, traveling Asia alone, and many other things will impact who I will become this year. Im just thankful to be me. A beautiful blond, wild and free. Unbroken, untamed, never to return again. Once  glimpse and you already know. This lucky girl is going to rule the world. What ever she does and who ever she becomes will be a blessing on all she touches and all she does. She has felt the most passionate love and the most passionate hate. She has never had her heart break. She has the world in her hands and the sea in her heart and the stars in her soul. The magics apart of who she is, and why she's, she. The one everyone wants to be. A wild free heart, stuck with in a blond girls never broken heart.

Ajax

Makenzie May and Danny Mumm 

Ajax by Sophocles 

Entry 1 pg. 1-3

Back in the times of ancient Greece the gods played a prominent role in their lives as well as their literature. In the greek play Ajax, Odysseus is visited by the goddess of wisdom Athena.The gods always interfering with the fate of the humans, they are always watching. Athena “watched thee hunting in his trail, and scanning his fresh prints, to learn is now he be within or forth. Skilled in the chase thou seamiest, as a keen-nosed Spartan hound” (1). Athena is about to manipulate Odysseus. The foreshadowing Sophocles used without saying anything everyone knew that something bad was about to happen for either Odysseus or for Ajax. Also Athena sees both sides. Is she trying to help Odysseus? Or is she just doing this to have fun? Or is it just for her to get what she wants done and Odysseus is just a pawn? Athena tells Ajax “The men are dead, if rightly I take thy meaning” (3).  Athena is trying to set him up! If you were a goddess would you mess around in peoples lives? If so what would you do? I think that the interference Athena could cause is going to play a huge role in the interactions between Odysseus and Ajax. Do you agree? She is a god messing around with people something is bound to go terribly wrong. Greek plays always end so badly, I do not know if I want to see how this will end out. This is some spy stuff.

antigone

I was a blind prophet. First off I learned to test out props before you use them. (@sunglasses indoors). Secondly I am so impressed with how well everyone knew their people, lines, attitudes, and portrayed it. We really brought a modern mindset to Antigone. I was so impressed with the questions the sides asked and the quick responses they got. Everything was so spot on and in character. My favorite part was Danny over ruling or letting people speak. I realized people come into things with a pre determined mindset and its hard to change their minds.

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Makenzie May
A novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. 
Pages 1-40    
The working class had it extremely rough, they had terrible living conditions, and had many health problems. They always felt like they were being watched, even when no one was around them. In the stair ways they had big posters on every floor saying "big brother is always watching you" (Orwell 1). The eyes always followed them. That saying comes up a lot. Also in the work place, "Ministry of truth" (Orwell 4) slogan was "war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength" (Orwell 16). They were not allowed to shop on the free market. However "nothing at all was illegal since there were no longer any laws" (Orwell 6).This loop hole allowed Winston to buy a book, someones diary with out guilt. The young woman were subject to Ministry of truths slogans. Big brother is a huge concept. It has a presence but it is unable to be seen.  Winston had no family, and took them for grated when they were alive. 
This book seems very political and based in a time of war. There seems to be this sense of urgency in the ministry of truth to take down society. 

I really pity those people who live in terrible conditions. They are so poor, and have to follow so many stupid rules . I am so glad that I am living, and have always lived in a free country. That no one watches me all the time, that I can shop where I want with out feeling bad. 

What role do you think big brother will play in the book?