My Favorite Reading in College Lit.

So I'm running out of things to blog about, but since it's the end of the quarter I thought I'd reflect on everything we've done and all the books and short stories we've read.

I came to conclusion that my favorite piece that we read, although it was weird and super creepy, was the yellow wallpaper. I'm the type of reader that likes to use my imagination and Charlotte Gilman left a lot of room for that. She never told you exactly what was going on and left a lot of open ends. I found myself confused and questioning the majority of the story, but it kept my intrigued and kept me reading.

At first I wasn't completely sure what relation it had to Jane Eyre, but I pieced some things together. For example the women caught in the room could represent Bertha, because both of them are locked in the attic of a house. The lady that was stuck behind the Yellow Wallpaper could represent Bertha, because she too was trapped and trying to escape, but she only got out and night, the same way Bertha only escaped her room at night.

As weird as it was, I found it kind of interesting. I also like the fact we didn't have to annotate and it was relatively short(:

First Impressions of Persepolis

Persepolis is a lot different then any book I've ever read. This is probably because I'm not acquainted with any sort of graphic novel. I've never read a comic book, the only connection I really have is reading the comics in the newspaper on rare occasions.

I kind of like it. It's really different because I'm used to focusing primarily on words and not so much pictures, but I like the visuals. The pictures really help convey how the character is feeling, instead of actually spelling it out. It defiantly teaches you a new perspective of literature. It's going to take a little getting used to, but it seems like a good skill to have. In comparison to Jane Eyre, I think it will read a lot faster with a lot less in depth focus on descriptions.

Not only is it a new form of literature, but it's a new topic. I don't know much about the Islamic Revolution and I've never read about it. It'll be interesting reading in this new style as well as learning about something I don't know very much about. I guess I always thought of comics as a hobby, something you do in your free time, not necessarily an effective mean of learning.

Wrongs of Passage

1. I agree with some aspects of Sydney Cook's paper, like the fact that Americans rites of passage do seem to be primarily focused on materialistic things, such as birthdays, presents, and alcohol. Then again that isn't always true. The rites of passage the Sydney mentioned weren't based on ritual or anything spiritual, but there are things such as being baptised or confirmed that could be a passage in someones life, it just depends on the person and what they value.

2. I guess I haven't really gone through anything that has been a significant rite of passage in my life, but I did turn 18. Nothing really changed, I didn't feel any different and I wasn't a new person, but I did realize that everything I did was on my shoulders. No longer could I pawn off my problems onto my parents. I was responsible for my actions and the consequences carried over onto me. I do consider this a positive experience, because my life is now completely MY life and I'm allowed to live it however I want.

JANE EYREEEEE

Hahhaa, I know a lot of people think I'm crazy, but I really liked the book Jane Eyre. I thought it had an interesting love story, especially for that time period where a master marrying his governess was unheard of. Also, the old English writing style actually grew on me.

 I chose to read the second half of the book for my project and I'm actually really glad I did. I would have to agree with a lot of people in the fact that the beginning of the book is really slow, I almost considered spark noting it, but I'm glad I stuck with it, because I really warmed up to it.

I don't want to ruin it for everyone that hasn't read it yet, even though most of you won't, so I'm not going to talk about the ending. I know we watched the movie in class, but it cut out a huge chunk of the book, probably one of the better parts. I think this was defiantely a mistake on the filmmakers part. Although the first half was pretty dry and uneventful, the ending reads a lot faster and I'd recommend reading it.

Overall it was a lot better then Catcher in the Rye,
ahhhhhhhhhhhh I hated that book.