Challenges and Conquests

I do feel like I'm an accomplished essayist. This year, I've learned so much about reading a book then finding a more in depth meaning of it. Literary analysis is for readers to read with an actual purpose, to understand the events, the characters, and the plot much better. Some challenges could be relating symbolism, themes, and motifs back to the novel. I feel the rewards of literary analysis is that it enables us to fully grasp the real understanding of novels.

I'm truly proud of my Romeo and Juliet essay. But just like all writers, there are areas of improvement. I have trouble writing good transition sentences; sentences that relate back to my thesis and talk about the body paragraph. Also, at times I feel like I could do more work on my thesis. To me, it seems like a good thesis, but I'm afraid it lacks originality.

Summer Rading

Over the summer, I'm planning to read many books, but two books definitely caught my eye. The first book I'm wanting to read is Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. After hearing his speech, his book sounds really interesting. I want to read about his experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as other countries. The next book I'm going to read is The Pact by Jodi Picoult. I've read most of Jodi Picoult's books; she's one of my favorite authors. She's such a great writer. This is one of the books that I haven't read yet. It'll probably be, without a doubt, another good book.

Theme and Motif: Fate

Since my birthday's April 1st, I'm an Aries. Aries are adventurous, energetic, quick-witted, opinionated individuals. Aries are very active and jump into something quickly if it interests them. But if the activity boring and dull, they'll procrastinate, get distracted, and/or lie about it. Most of these traits relate to me. I feel like I can work at a better and faster pace when I'm working alone. If I want something that interests me, I go get it. Also, if I get assigned a task, like cleaning my room or doing homework, I often want to put it off for a while or I easily get distracted, like by my phone. If I put off my homework, I usually procrastinate. Sometimes when I want to get out of things, I lie about it, but it typically doesn't work. I'm a terrible liar. I choose not to lie about very many things because other people will instantly know the truth behind my exceptionally bad lie.

Fate is a key theme throughout Romeo and Juliet. I think there's a reason for everything in this play, and every little event that happens leads to another, causing a chain reaction. When Romeo and Juliet married, it was fate for the two of them to be together, because they're truly in love with each other. Also, the fact that Romeo was just banished from Verona, not sentenced to death, is fate. Romeo not being killed will lead to another event, good or bad.