the end

I see this blog as a chronicle of my year really, if you look back at my very first post you can see never ending errors and misspelling. it is really very horrible, I had never before created a blog or even used a site like blogger before. just like this blog when I started this class I had never really been in a advanced English class. I had always been instead the one who could get by in class without batting an eye, this was because of my mother mainly. my mother is a English major and used to be a substitute teacher so I went to kindergarten knowing how to read. over my elementary years I devoured books at a rapid pace. the only thing that was wrong with my reading was that I was only reading one genre, fantasy. while fantasy is not in its self a bad thing I had reached a kind of point of stagnation, my reading choices were limited by my own tastes and this was not a good thing. it wasn't till I began middle school that I really began to branch out I was introduced to manga and the art form that is graphic novels. as I continued on my choice of books kept widening and widening and this year it simply exploded! I have been given such stories as Dracula,To kill a mockingbird,Animal farm,the importance of being Ernest,of mice and men,Dune, and Rome and Juliet. with each of thees my scope has grown larger and larger, I have been taught how to analyze and contemplate and how to really understand . for that I thank you Mrs. Gilman, I thank you for making me read books that are outside my comfort zone and teaching me to love them.

summer reading

ah one of my favorite subjects.
I usually don't really make a detailed list of stuff that I want to read simply because I like trying to discover what the library has however a few books that I want to read are
1.the restaurant at the end of the universe
this year I read the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and loved it
only thing is that it ends on a horrible cliffhanger so I would love to get this book to find out the answer ( even though you know it is 42)
and
2. the island of Dr. Moreau
I have never read this book and it apparently is a classic work of fiction about changing animals in to humans. due to is fantastical nature I wish to learn more.

Fate and Dreams

while never having personally experianaced a premonition; I have been told of a rather interestion premonition concerning my sister Leah. during the month of April my mother was getting ready for work, as she was curling her hair she looked up in the mirror and saw herself holding a baby girl in her arms, however the next moment she blinked and the image was gone. a few months later she found out she was pregnant , because of this image she was absolutley sure that this child would be a girl born in April.nine months later my brother Lehi was born ...in febuary. after this third adition to the family my father and mother decided not to have any more kids however six years latter on april 23 my little sisterLeah was born.

culture shock

my reference is one that I am sure you probably have never heard of, it is from a manga by Matsuri Akino called Petshop of Horrors. this manga is usually a collection of short stories centering around the mysterious pet shop of count D in Tokyo china town district. the Romeo and Juliet story starts when two young lovers burst in to the pet shop pleading for count D to hide them. as it turns out the slightly comical pair are both heirs to rival Yuzaka gangs. Count D allows them to stay the night so to escape their families thugs for the time being. in the morning how ever their families come to collect them by any means necessary, determined not to be parted they run up to the roof of the pet shop where they decide that If they cant be together in marriage they should be together in death and jump off the roof. luckily they are saved by Count D who then convinces the rivals to make up and let their children marry. when I found this referance was not actually very surprised because of the fact that Romeo and Juliet is such a classic that it is parodied and redone over and over

skit prep

my absolute favorite scene to be preformed would be the fight between miss. Haversham
and Estella. next I would like to see when Pip and Herbert try to sneak Magwitch on to a steamer. and lastly the scene with Miss. Haversham on fire!I think that the first two would be good because they show great character developement. the third one I want to see because it is hilariuos.

Next question!

why exactly is Abel Magwitch so generous? why instead of taking and using the money for his own pleasure dose he instead put it twards pips wellbeing? I understand that Pip showed kindness to him that day on the marshes but really Pip just did it because he was scared of Abel.what do you think motivated him to do this service for Pip?

Great Expectations questions

one of the parts of great expectations that I dont get is from page 246-247 it is when Pip has come back to his home town. he is walking down the road and it seems that he meets Trabbs boy
"casting my eyes along the street at a certian point of my progress , I beheld Trabb's boy approaching, loashing him-self with an empty blue bag"( pg.246)
Trabbs boy the proceades to fall down frightendeed at Pips feet.However a second later it says that he meets him again and that this time he crawls to Pips feet and begs for mercy. a moment later it happens agian only this time Trabbs boy simply dosent remeber Pip taunting him by saying "dont know yah!".
I am mainly confused on if this is a real happening ( and if so how?) or if it is something Pip is imagining. Pip seems to use languges as if this is really happening however I dont really see how it could work in real life. so my question to you is * begins music*
Is this the real life? or is this just fantasy?