My two favorite blogs

My two favorite blog posts were Ruby's from class 810 and Izzy's from class 813.
    Ruby's blog was about the play 'Much to do about nothing'. I liked how descriptive she was. I also like how she noticed allot of things. For example she wrote about how the theater felt when she said " I really liked how intimate the theater was" (line 1 2nd para.). She also talked about how the theater was small and how she liked that the actors were close to her. She noticed details too. She noticed that the setting took place in the 1920's. She also said who her favorite characters were and why they were her favorite characters.
     Izzy's blog was about her point of view on Romeo and Juliet. I really liked how differently she thought
about storie and the characters. most people would just melt over Romeo and Juliet's love for each other. They would think it's just sweet how they loved each other from the moment they laid eyes on each other, but Izzy defined what most people would think by saying that they really didn't have a reason to love each other. she took examples form the book to prove her point. She even gave reasons on why they might have "loved" each other.
    I plan on improving my blogs by using some methods i saw in Ruby and Izzy's writing. I loved how Ruby explained how she felt during the play. she put her true emotion in her blog. I think that if i put my true emotion in my blogs they'd probably be more exciting to the reader. Another method i really loved was how Izzy thought from askew. it's like she turned the picture sideways and saw another picture ( if that makes sense). If I thought about things from outside of the box it'd probably make for an interesting point of view.

Reading responce to Romeo and Juliet

so far in the book Rome and Juliet I'm finished. But since scene 3 Romeo after being wed to Juliet got into a fight with Tybalt (Juliet's cousin) and killed him because Tybalt killed Mercutio. After the prince heard this he spared Romeos life and banished him from Verona. when the news got to Juliet she became hysterical and confused because she didn't know if she should hate Romeo because he killed her cousin, or love him because he was her husband. when romeo found out about his banishment he to became hysterical and suicidal, until Juliet's nurse told Romeo to see Juliet for the last time. So Romeo and Juliet spent the night together and the next day Romeo left for Mantua. Meanwhile Capulet and Paris had a conversation about arranging a wedding between Juliet and Paris on Thursday. When Juliet heard of this arranged marriage she tried to tell her father to spot the marriage. Capulet then got angry and started calling Juliet names and he told her that if she didn't marry Paris, he would throw her out of his house. hearing this Juliet became suicidal but went to Friar Lawrence to see if he had any ideas. He did. He told her to drink a poison that would make her look like she was dead for 42 hours, while he wrote a letter to Romeo saying that he would sneak into Verona and take Juliet's body from her tomb as she woke up and they would runaway together to live in Mantua. But things took an unexpected turn. Juliet took the poison and was put in a family tomb, but in Mantua Romeo was told that Juliet killed herself. So Romeo went to Verona to see her body. Meanwhile Paris goes to Julie ts tomb to mourn over her "dead" body, but when he hears Romeo walking into the cellar he hides. When he sees Romeo the killer of Tybalt he battles him and gets killed by romeo. Romeo then kills himself (after seeing Juliet's dead body)  by drinking poison. The poison soon wears off of Juliet and she wakes up seeing romeos dead body beside her. she then takes out a dagger and stabs herself with it ultimately killing herself. The police come and the prince finds out about what happened. and Montague and Capulet come together and stop fighting.

Reading responce to The Hunger Games

so far in the book The Hunger Games, i am up to chapter 15. There's been lots of twists so far. Katniss just found out that Gale tried to have an uprising and for that got whipped by the peacemakers 40 times. After that she realized that she wanted to help with the uprising to but at the same time doesn't want to put her friends and family in danger. But it may be to late for that. on the day of the 75th hunger games anniversary   president Snow released a new law saying that one boy and girl victor from each district have to participate in the hunger games again. Everybody is shocked and in the end Peeta and Katniss get picked from the reaping along with other tributes.

Letter about shakespear

Dear Alex,
how are you? In your last letter you asked me what i was up to. Well to fill you in, I'm reading Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It's for a school assignment. So far in the book Romeo ( a Montague, mortal enemy's of Capulet's) falls in love with Juliet (a Capulet, mortal enemy's of Montague's) and secretly gets married to her by there friend friar Lawrence. But just a couple of hours after being wed to Juliet (the love of his life) he gets in to a fight with her cousin Tybalt and accidentally kills him. After this, Romeo gets punished by the prince and is banished from Verona (a place in Italy where they all live). That's pretty much where I'm up to in the book so far. sounds interesting hugh? just wait till Juliet finds out about Romeo's banishment.
I know you've heard the story of Romeo and Juliet before, but trust me knowing the story and actually reading it are two different things. for one thing, you learn allot of things about the characters that you probably didn't know before. One thing that i observed while reading Rome and Juliet was how secretive their love was. they really couldn't let anybody find out about their love for each other , or else. i also learned  how much Juliet's nurse was like a mother to her. Even though she's not to crazy about Romeo, she put her feelings for Romeo aside because he made Juliet happy.
And i know your probably thinking right know, "yeah, like I'd ever read boring old Shakespeare" but this story is really, really good! believe it or not back then there was such a thing as drama, romance and gossip (which are all the things you like). Trust me, the more i got into the story the more i became glued to the book. and if you are thinking about reading this book but is to scared to read it because it seems like it's in another language, just try and translate it to modern English.
Fare well thee!
sincerely, Isabella

a poem for edgar allens the ballet

The ballet
As graceful as a falling leaf
telling stories with her feet
showing feelings with her face
because she knows this is her place
yet the flowers in her hair
will make everybody stare
when she jumps in the air
she thrusts with such care
all dressed up in white
she can't help stealing the spotlight
a smile ear to ear
as the audience cheer
as she bows to the crowd
she can only feel proud
but as the stage grows dark
she will leave forgetting she's made her mark

Much to do about nothing responce

The play Much to do about nothing by William Shakespeare is about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero. Benedick and Beatrice always talk about how much they hate love, marriage, and each other. While Claudio and Hero are speechless by their love for one another. But overhearing gossip Beatrice and benedick are tricked into confessing their love for each other while Claudio is tricked into leaving Hero at the alter by don john  the bastered prince (brother of Don Pedro). However, Dogberry, a Constable discovers the evil trickery of the villain, Don John. In the end, Don John is captured and everyone else joins in a dance celebrating the marriages of the two couples.

My favorite character in this play was Beatrice. I liked her a lot, mostly because she seemed like a very strong woman full of pride and stance. Throughout the play (when she’s not insulting benedick) she talks about how she doesn’t need to depend on marriage or love or anybody for that matter. She is a very confident character and a tough cookie, but when she’s not talking about her scorn for marriage love or benedick, she is by her cousin Hero’s side comforting her and conversating with her about Claudio. Which brings me to believe that underneath her rough exterior lays a lovable and affectionate women who only wants to be loved but builds a wall around her heart letting not many in. in my opinion she does this to mask hurt and pain that was once afflicted toward her by someone else.

I remember in the play when she was by herself she said "I wish he would have boarded me," insinuating that they had a past relationship during the war.

Romeo and Juliet responce

Juliet

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

This is an excerpt from act 2 scene 2 pg. 71 5^th paragraph. To me this whole paragraph makes an important statement, but two lines in particular stick out to me. Those two lines are saying that What matters is what something is, not what it is called. This is said by Juliet. Juliet is saying that the name Montague isn't an arm or a leg or a face or anything important for that matter. A Montague is a just a name and nothing more.

She then goes on to question what a name is anyways. She makes a point that a rose would smell just as sweet if we called it by any other name and that Romeo would be just as perfect even if he wasn’t called Romeo. I think this quotation is important because it says, that just because someone or something has a certain name, it doesn’t mean that that person or thing will be any less of what they are. For example, if my name were changed to maria it wouldn’t mean that my attitude would change. I would still always act like I do today.

This quotation also says no to discriminate a person because of what their name is. For example, whenever a Capulet heard of a Montague they immediately assume that their bad people. Same goes for montaques. That isn't a good way of living life.