Hamlet, Hamlet, Hamlet, Hamlet, Hamlet, Hamlet, COURSE RESPONSE, Hamlet, Hamlet, Hamlet, Hamlet, Hamlet, Hamlet, SHOOTING UP HEROIN, Hamlet, Hamlet, 7th grade camp, COURSE RESPONSE...umm..........well................what now?
I'm struggling a bit with what to write about, because my last response seems so recent and right now I'm in the process of catching up on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. It's confusing, so I've been going side-by-side with Sparknotes and I'm not that far along. It's weird how lost I can feel after only missing three days of school.
I'll post back with more details some time this week, hopefully with a bit more incite on the material.
Update: I love R&G are Dead!! There are so many different themes, topics, debates...even though I've read it through about three times and have listened to so many different opinions and ideas on the subject, I feel like there's so much more I have yet to learn. This seems to be happening with all the books/plays we've read in Lit so far. Although we've obviously covered a variety of well-known and established works, I wonder about all the layers and ideas in what we've read. In previous lit classes although I read and understood the books and plays covered, I was never really as involved. I remember reading Macbeth and A Brave New World and thinking "Huh...interesting" and then just reading the required chapters each night (sometimes not even doing that), understanding enough to pass the reading quizzes and do the homework, but never going past that point. It's weird getting so...involved in a book, and I wonder if I approach previous required readings with the same mindset, annotating, and open mind I might be able to pick up on things I had missed before. Maybe at some point in the future I'll be able to pick up Lord of the Flies and understand more than the basic "human nature...Jesus figure...glass/conch = important" and actually enjoy it.
Update: I love R&G are Dead!! There are so many different themes, topics, debates...even though I've read it through about three times and have listened to so many different opinions and ideas on the subject, I feel like there's so much more I have yet to learn. This seems to be happening with all the books/plays we've read in Lit so far. Although we've obviously covered a variety of well-known and established works, I wonder about all the layers and ideas in what we've read. In previous lit classes although I read and understood the books and plays covered, I was never really as involved. I remember reading Macbeth and A Brave New World and thinking "Huh...interesting" and then just reading the required chapters each night (sometimes not even doing that), understanding enough to pass the reading quizzes and do the homework, but never going past that point. It's weird getting so...involved in a book, and I wonder if I approach previous required readings with the same mindset, annotating, and open mind I might be able to pick up on things I had missed before. Maybe at some point in the future I'll be able to pick up Lord of the Flies and understand more than the basic "human nature...Jesus figure...glass/conch = important" and actually enjoy it.
