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Rispetto

merlelauratwwp — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:00:49 +0000

At first I thought I should drop this class,

and I thought I’d never make it.

Some nights the work totally kicked my ass,

and I kept trying to tell me self that I’ll be done in a little bit.

But as the year moved on everything slowly got better,

Around the time that we wrote our first letter.

Now that it’s almost over, and I must say,

I actually got something out of those difficult days.

Blog #26

merlelauratwwp — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:24:53 +0000

As the end of the semester is winding down and I look back at how much work I did I am shocked at how much I actually accomplished and how I thought that in the beginning it was too much for me to handle. I’m definitely glad that I pushed through all the hard work and stuck with it instead of dropping the class like I thought. Before the class, I knew nothing of archetypes or the monomythic journey. Now, I can pick them out in everyday situations. This class gave me a lot of motivation overall. I really expected to hate it and I did hate it at the beginning but now I am glad that I took it and I see that all my hard work was worth it and it wasn’t just pointless busy work. So, overall, I really enjoyed the class.

Besides being done with the class, I am also done with Middlesex. I thought the book was pretty good overall. I didn’t like it at first and I thought that it started a little slow but as it moved onward it really picked up. I did like the ending of it though and how the family (for the most part) found out about the truth about Cal. Also, I really liked how he got to prove to Desdemona that he was a boy and she finally got to realize that her spoon wasn’t wrong afterall.

Nonet

merlelauratwwp — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:04:00 +0000

The end of the semester is close.

But, I’m still reading Middlesex.

It’s getting even better still.

I am slightly worried,

About not getting

it finished though.

But I will

get it

done.

Clerihew

merlelauratwwp — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:02:31 +0000

Middlesex starts out strange,

But that opinion will change.

It will soon have anyone hooked,

And you’ll forget it’s a 600 page book.

Blog #25

merlelauratwwp — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:48:02 +0000

As I was reading this book I was really grossed out at first because all I could think was that Cal’s grandparents were brother and sister. But, as I was reading on, I started to not think about them being related. As the story progresses, I really don’t think about them being related anymore I just think of them as a couple. Overall, I think I’m beginning to like this book the more that I read it. When I first started reading it I thought it was very strange and I doubted that I was going to like it at all. But, I’ve found out that it’s not as strange as I thought. The book has actually picked up a lot and it keeps getting better as I read.

Quiz

merlelauratwwp — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:51:49 +0000

My story would be titled The Life of Laura.

I would write my personal bildungsroman in the form of a children’s story, kind of like Watership Down. I like to be comical and I think that this would best fit my personality and it would also get the point across and all the major things that happen the way that I would tell them. My personality fits this theme best.

The protagonist in my story would be me and I would probably chose the seeker to be my archetype. Throughout my whole life I feel like I’ve been always looking ahead and always wandering on so the seeker archetype would fit best with me even though throughout my journies I may change archetypes depending on the situation. I think my travelling companions would be my two best friends and my brother. They have been with me for so long and they have all helped me out in different ways and experienced a lot of my journies with me. I would say that their archetypes would be fools though. The reason that I pick them as fools is because they all seem to be crazy at times but they always know what would help the best. I think my guardian angel would be my mom and she would be the sage archetype. She is always helping me through situations when I think that I can’t do it or that I can’t get through situations. She always has a way of helping me and making me see the better side of things when I can’t myself.

I think the main conflict would be going to college. I had to overcome a lot when I first moved up here. I had an appendectomy and I didn’t want to leave after that happened and I was completely terrified for so many different reasons. I had all the stress of just being a lost freshman but I felt like I always stood out in a weird way because I looked and felt miserable from the surgery.

The basic plot of my story would begin with me being born and that would be my call to adventure. After that I go through school and going to Kindergarten for the first time would be crossing the first threshold. After that, I would face a lot of challenges along the way which could be a road of trials. Then, my belly of the whale would be graduating high school leading up to the disaster surgery. From there, I would have another road of trials. My story doesn’t have a return path yet just because, to me, my story is still moving on. I’m still going to face challenges and troubles and have to overcome them and I’m sure I’ll find myself in more belly of the whale situations.

I would most likely emulate with the author of Watership Down. There are major points that are made and you get to see them in a really different perspective. I like doing things uniquely and I think that my story would have to be written in terms like this because it would make it a lot different than the normal autobiography.

Queer Theory Quiz

merlelauratwwp — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:45:15 +0000

In Middlesex, a situation that I could deconstruct with Queer Theory would be the main character not have a definite sex. So far, I had thoughts that the main character was a girl and now as I read on, I’m thinking that the person is a boy. I’m not exactly sure yet though. So, queer theory fits this situation well because the meaning of queer is out of the norm and unusual. This situation is out of the ordinary because the character is not a definite boy or girl. Queer theory tries to break down the line between what society tells us is normal and what should be normal. People shouldn’t put a big line and look at other people as weird or in a bad way because they are different. Calliope is very different and I get the feeling that he/she is rejected in the book or feels out casted because they aren’t very sure what they are. In society, people would think that this is too weird and reject Calliope. Queer theory, says that doing this is not right and we should accept people like Calliope. So, queer theory helps to support Calliope because they are a perfect example of someone who can’t help what they are or how they feel and may be unusual but it doesn’t mean that they are less of a person or should be rejected.

Tanka

merlelauratwwp — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:28:58 +0000

We are expected

To act and do certain things.

If we don’t we’re weird.

Or at least that’s what we’re told.

Society isn’t fair.

Blog #24

merlelauratwwp — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:14:20 +0000

Today what we talked about what was “queer theory” and how it relates to “feminist theory.” We also talked about what the original meaning of queer is. The original meaning simply meant out of the ordinary or different. Now, everyone uses the term “queer” to make a reference to homosexuals. However, when people say things are “gay” or “queer” they most times just assuming that and making it a derogatory term towards people. We talked about if a guy came in smelling like roses people would automatically say that he is gay when he really isn’t he just likes the smell of roses. So, in general people make assumptions that aren’t correct and unfair. Then, we talked about how society makes everyone believe that they should love someone of the other sex and that they should all follow the same pattern or it is completely wrong and horrible. We talked about how this is unfair and that it hides some people’s emotions because it makes them feel like they won’t be accepted just because they feel different and society has certain expectations that you must fit into or else you are deemed “weird.”

Etheree

merlelauratwwp — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:13:33 +0000

We started talking about Middlesex.

A lot of people said that they were

confused by what was going on

in the book. And, I was too.

Is this person a boy?

Or is it a girl?

I guess I will

have to read

to find

out.