Fish

In class today we were assigned groups to read poems and talk about it with the class. My group picked the poem The Fish written by Elizabeth Bishop. My group decided that it was about a fisherman who went fishing and on his line he caught an old fish. When the fisherman caught the fish he described how the fish didn't fight to get off the hook, and the fish just hung on the line. The fish is described as being an older fish. I think that since the fish has been caught so many times the fisherman had sympathy for the fish and just let him be back in the ocean and let the fish receive another chance at life. It's kind of related to people now a day, because people have struggled and fought so long it's always room for that last fight.

The Road Not Taken

Today in class we went over the poems that were assigned for class. The poem that was my favorite was The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. The Road Not Taken is about the character making a decision on which path to take. There is one path that everyone takes and there is another which is rarely used. I think Robert Frost was making a connection with everyday life, because every day you are faced with a choice, and don't always take the path that everyone else is going it's always good to make your own decisions and choices. Although we aren't able to see the future and see the outcome of the decision we've made always pick what you want to do, so next time if you are in the same situation you've already learned about the other path. 

Harlem

For homework we were to read three poems that were assigned in our lit reader. Of the three poems assigned my favorite one was Harlem by Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s. The poem Harlem is about a dream that has been deferred.  From my point of view I viewed the poem as in meaning what happens when you dream and just sit around and not go through with your dreams. When he says "or does it explode, I think he means does the dream just go away because you never went through with it the dream just sat around. I think I liked this poem a lot, because it put me in the mind set to push myself to the goals that I want to accomplish short term as well as long term. Also, the poem gives you different feelings/ emotions on how it feels when dreams get deferred. This poem was short and straightforward without any hidden messages which you had to think and make up what you think happened or could of happened, but I do wonder since Langston Hughes wrote this poem did a dream of his ever get deferred and what influenced him to write this poem. 

We Real Cool

In class we were assigned groups today and in each group we had to pick a poem to read aloud and explain to the class. My groups poem was We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks. My group all agreed on that the poem was about high schooler or an older crowd that were cool, went to school, hung out late,had sex and soon die. Then Sweeney showed us a video, which was Gwendolyn Brook actualy talking about how the poem was banned,how it was about her seeing kids in the pool hall and about how "we jazz june" had nothing to do with having sex. I thought the poem was pretty straight forward and I like the tone of the poem. 

The Glass Menagerie

I have actually enjoyed reading and watching the play The Glass Menagerie at first I thought it was just going to be another boring play that we'd have to read then write a paper on, but clearly I was wrong. Throughout the play I picked up on several symbols in which helped me write my paper on. The symbol that most related to me was the glass unicorn. To Laura the glass unicorn meant a lot to her, because unicorns are a made up creatures and they are different from all the other horses. Everyone has a trait that makes them different from everyone else. What set Laura apart from everyone else was that she was cripple. Being cripple made a large impact on Laura’s life because to me she let her disability get the best of her. I think if she didn't have that disability she probably wouldn't have been so shy and she probably would have had a lot more confidence in herself. When the horn broke off the glass unicorn Laura claimed it was a blessing in disguise, which to me meant it was like a sigh of relief like she’s finally free and doesn't care that she’s different.