4-18-11

I think that my writing has dramatically improved since I've taken this course. The main thing that I improved on is my thesis statement. To me, that is the most important part of you're paper because one sentence explains what you are trying to prove. At the beginning I thought it was okay to have just a observation, simple thesis topic. But now I know that you have to think academically and you must think outside of the box. One of the exercises that helped me figure out the best thesis statement is the "Who, What, Where, How, Why?" questions.. If I could answer these questions thoroughly then I was heading in a good direction. I think the paper that was easiest for me to write was the Dr. Faustus paper, just because I understood it and it was easy for me to complete my thoughts on paper. In all the lessons we did I personally think the discussions we did on We, because the book was so confusing for me that the discussions really helped me figured out what was going on in the story. Overall I do feel more prepared to write a college level paper... The last paper we wrote, I feel like it was a test to see if we could actually do it.

4-1-11

I think that the poems show the way that women and men are different. In Beyonce's If I were a Boy" it shows how its okay for boys to do it but yet again if a girl it it, it would be completely wrong for them to do it. A double standard. In "Sold" it shows how a guy can fall in love at the first time. In "Sexism" it shows how a girl can be mistreated but yet again take them back. In the nursery rhyme it compared how the boys and girls are different in "Boys go to Mars..." type of situation.

3-30-11

I think that "The Flea" is represented as marriage. Even though they are not connected by blood when they get married, once they conceive a child they will be. The two are a forbidden love, but they fell in Love anyways like romeo and Juliet, and once they are connected by blood that feud will end.

3-28-11

I don't really remember having a poetry unit in high school other than my sophomore year. I thought it was fun because we wrote out own poems under a certain topic. It was fun ti see how each person took that topic differently. When its the older poems I don't really enjoy them, I'm more of "Where the Sidewalk Ends" type of girl. I really like the idea of reading song lyrics.

My definition of poetry is stating a story with feeling and emotions but using rhyme and repetition to try and get the message across.

3-25-11

I think that the dicussion last class went really well! I know how hard it is being whoopi, asking questions. But no offense today we did it basically without whooopi.

I think I'm going to talk about the decline of intellagence in my paper.

My thesis will be :

The gain of knowledge and magic Faustus received in Christopher Marlow’s “Dr. Faustus” lead to the proceed of degradation to damnation.

Would this be okay?!

3-22-11

One thing that really bugs me is how Faustus talks in third person when he is speaking. When I raise my hand in class I do not say "Oh Kayla has a question!" I don't really know why it bugs me so much, it just does.

3-21-10

In class there was a discussion whether or not Mephistophilis was a "good" or "bad" devil. And I'm still trying to figure this out. I relate it to that saying that Jersey Shore made so famous "I'm the sweetest bitch you'll ever meet." Even though a girl may be nice to you and even benefit you from that, shes still a bitch. Much like Mephistophilis, even though he may be nice, he is still considered a devil. Would the saying still be the same if it was "I'm the sweetest devil you'll ever meet"