Thursday, February 25, 2010

Great Expectations

In this quote Pip is referring to his visit with Miss. Havisham and saying it is a moment that would change the rest of his life. During the short time he was with Miss. Havisham and Estella that day he saw a different way of living, something far outside his common day-to-day life. Pips view of life has widened: he sees the possibilities outside his small village, outside his intended profession. Unfortunately he also sees himself through new eyes; he recognizes his own commonness, his ignorance and extreme sensitivity. An incredible sense of shame in himself and his surroundings begins inside of him after he discovers how others live.

I cant remember the day my chain started and I'm pretty sure that the formation of my character cant be traced back to a single day either. My character is made up of more things than can ever be contained in twenty-four hours. Even a single year that changed my character is hard to find; memorable things happened to me all through grade school that make me who I am. The most meaningful experience happened when I was six and I took ballet at the community center and I absolutely loved it, it was the highlight of my week. Problem was, I was horrible at it and all the other girls in the class never let me forget it. It was almost tragic that I was bad at the thing that made me the happiest. I'd like to say that I this taught me not to let peoples opinions affect me but that's not what it taught me. I learned that what people say can change your whole outlook on something forever and that if you never try at anything you never have to fail at anything.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

The Importance of Being Earnest Essay

So I'm writing about the biggest and most serious lies that are told in the play. This is going to go after Ahlora's paragraph and before the conclusion. My first concrete detail is that Algernon creates an invalid friend Bunbury. My CM is to point out that Algy has done this to escape unpleasant things that happens in his life. The second CM is that he uses the lie of Bunbury to lie to people, for example Algernon tells his Aunt Augusta that Bunbury is why he cant have dinner with her.
The second CD is disturbingly close to the first; Jack has told the people in the country that he has a younger brother called Ernest. My first commentary is about how and why Jack uses Ernest to leave the country and go to town. The second is about the differences between how Jack and Algy use the person they have created. My final CD is how Jack and Algy both pretend to be named Ernest. A CM for this is that they both do this to woo the women they love and if this makes the lies any less severe. The last CM is that by pretending to be named Ernest they are doing possibly the least earnest thing ever.
I'm having some trouble thinking of a good transition from Ahlora's paragraph to mine so if you think of anything that would be nice.