==\ Describe a character in fiction, an historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc) that has an influence on you, and explain that influence. One person that has always influenced me would definitely be Elizabeth Taylor. Elizabeth Taylor was such an amazing woman that has done so much to lots of people. She was a very pretty child and grew even more beautiful as she matured in life. Elizabeth Taylor was a very graceful girl and woman, not a lot of people, if any, have anything bad to say about her. And I will always remember the first time I heard her name. It was actually a bunch of times because I was watching my favorite show one day, The Nanny, and the main character Fran was talking about Elizabeth Taylor and it was the episode where Elizabeth Taylor actually starred in. So, as I’m watching the show I think to myself what is so great about Elizabeth Taylor? Who is she? As soon as the show ended I went online and searched her up. Elizabeth Taylor’s life story is so interesting and I came to idolize her because of all the great and amazing things that she accomplished in her life. Reading about her personal life made me life because Elizabeth Taylor married then divorced then she married again and then she divorced again, one of her husband’s died in a plane crash so then she married his best friend who divorced his wife for her. And it keeps going on like that. One big thing that I really admire Elizabeth Taylor for is her generosity. She has donated millions of dollars to AIDS research and to a lot of charities in general.
Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk that you have taken or ethical dilemma you have faced and it’s impact on you. When I was really little, 2 years old, I unfortunately fell down the stairs. This happened when my mom and I were visiting her friend and having a play date. My mom’s friend lived in an apartment on the 3rd floor of it. And when we were about to leave my mom opened the door and was half way out of it still talking to her friend. I, being the hyper and impatient little girl that I was, ran out through the door and was trying to go down the stairs as fast as I can. On like the third step I lost my footing and tumbled down one stair case. According to my mom I blacked out and had to go to the hospital. To this day I have a little scar on my right wrist that I got from that day. And there are pictures of me with a scab on my nose from falling. This experience of me falling down the stairs impacts me every day because I have to walking down a flight of stairs every morning and at school there are a lot of stairs that I have to go up and down to get to my classes. Ever since I can remember I have been scared of stairs and I have to look down at my feet when I walk up and down on them and I also have to hold on to the railing. A lot of my friends make fun of me everyday because they see me holding on to the railing like it’s my lifeline.
Tell something about yourself that cannot be conveyed from a job/admissions application or activities list/resume.
Something about me that cannot be conveyed from a job or admissions application or activities list resume would have to be that it depends on the day if I can work either with a group or by myself. As I went through out elementary school and middle school I found out that it really depends on the subject of the project and what it’s asking us to do. On some projects I am more than happy and really excited to work with a group but on other projects I feel like I would learn more and overall get a better grade if I worked on the project by myself. And this is something that you really cannot write down on a resume or any application for that matter because it depends on the situation. Like I said earlier it really depends on the subject, if I don’t understand it but someone in the class does and we have to work together for the project I would be more than happy to work with that person because the information might not make sense to me. But if the situation is that I do understand the information and what I am supposed to do, I would really prefer to do it by myself. Another thing that kind of goes with working with a group is that I would feel more comfortable and probably put more input on the project if I know the members of the group. This is a really big part of working in a group for me because I would like to start the project off and know that I can trust the people in my group to get their parts of the project done and not mess it up in any shape or form.
Reflection on the Frankenstein Monster Essay
My monster project came out the way I wanted it to be. The monster that I created was weird but not overly unpleasant and gross. The parts of the monster that I selected go really well together and it makes the monster look like it was actually made out of various human body parts. And I thought that the concept was really important because that’s how Mary Shelly’s monster was made. Plus it’s also how the monster that Victor created looks like, multiple body parts put together. The creation process was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be because it was difficult to find the parts that I wanted and needed. It was also really fun because you could get really creative with the parts that you pick. I used Photoshop for the eyes, which made them a really weird color. The color was weird because it was a color no color human could ever have. All throughout the creation process I tried to find things that would look monster-like. My initial intentions for this monster were to make it look like it was made out of different body parts. And I think that it was a success, because all the body parts looked like they came from different bodies. It was my expectation to make it seem weird and make it look like something a person would never look like. And the monster I made with the different body parts turned out great because I used something as simple and plain as the eyes and gave them a really unusual color to make it look like a monster. With that idea I looked for parts for my monster with that in mind. What do you think the poem is about? What is the author saying about the subject of the poem? I think that the poem Dulce et Decorum est is about how some things that people make out to be fantastic and wonderful are some times not really those things. As you read the poem Dulce et Decorum est you kind of get confused at first, I know I sure did. But as you keep reading it over and over again you being to get the idea of it and what it is really saying. And as you read the poem and get to understand it a little better you come to realize that the author, poet Wilfred Owen, does not like war or the idea that it is something that people should be proud of to be a part of. The title is a little ironic because through out the poem you can see how “sweet” it is to fight for your father’s country. The author of Dulce et Decorum est also uses very graphic imagery, and as you are reading the poem you can imagine the scene of what is happening right in front of your eyes. And it is all because the author uses words that picture the scene perfectly.
== Explain some important themes from the book Frankenstein. One theme that was in the book Frankenstein was dangerous knowledge. Knowledge can be dangerous if it’s used for the wrong reasons. Like how Victor Frankenstein used his knowledge of science and the human body to create a living person but instead he made a creature, and it turned out to be a very bad thing. If Victor had used his knowledge of science and the human body in a good way like to practice medicine and actually help people it would have turned out better for him then to create a creature and have all his loved ones murdered because of the creature that him created. Victor actually realizes his mistake but he realized the mistake way too late, because he told Robert his story but he did not go in to detail when he was talking about creating the monster and that general time period. He did not want Robert to make the same mistake that he made when he made the creature. Another theme in the book Frankenstein would be secrecy. This is a theme because as Victor was creating his creature he shut every one out of his life. He secluded himself from humanity while he was getting all of the creature’s body parts and other stuff. And by isolating himself from his loved ones and from the people around him he did not take care of himself. That is way he got so sick after the creature ran away and Henry had to nurse him back to health. Also by having the secret of the creature he let Justine be punished for a crime that she did not commit. So, overall dangerous knowledge and secrecy were some very important themes in the book Frankenstein.
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Journal (Free Write) Favorite Poem Project: We Real Cool The poem We Real Cool is written by Gwendolyn Brooks. It’s read by John Ulrich, student in South, Boston, MA. John, the reader, feels a connection to this poem because he had some bad memories that related to his life and related to this poem. Because of all the people that he went to high school with and died three years later, he felt like the poem related to his situation back then. when he was in high school with all those people he thought that all the things and activities that they were doing were innocent. He did not think that these people that he knew personal would die, he did not know that the deaths of them would affect him this much. He also feels a connection to this poem because it related with his strong, youth innocence that he had back in high school. {Back} This poem relates to me personal and to my life because there are some people that I go to high school with right now that I know are doing some not so smart things. They are doing dangerous things that could really affect them negatively in the future or they may have no future at all because of the things that they are doing right now. Some of those same people are also doing things that are probably going to get them killed in a couple of years, if not sooner. So, this poem We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks relates to me because some of the people that I go to high school with just are not mature enough to know what is right and what is wrong. And some of them know the difference and just chose to ignore it. Why did/does Jim call Laura “Blue Roses”? And why won’t he call on her again? Jim O’Connor, the gentleman caller, calls Laura “Blue Roses” because during high school they both had a class together and Laura got sick and was out of school for a while. But when she came back to class Jim asked her what happened to her to make her sick. And she told him that she had an attack of pleurosis. After she told him about the pleurosis had realized that he misunderstood her and thought that she had said that she got Blue Roses. Jim calling Laura Blue Roses also symbolizes that even though Laura is very different from other people there is something, extremely special and very alluring about her too. When Jim sees Laura again at that dinner that Tom invited him to, he could not believe that Shakespeare, a.k.a. Tom, and Laura were related much less actually siblings. And Jim will not be calling on her again because he has a serious girlfriend. Laura finds this out as they are dancing because Jim accidentally knocks over the glass unicorn and its horn breaks off. But Laura quickly forgives him because the unicorn looks like a regular horse with its horn off. After that, Jim kisses her briefly but he rapidly pulls back and hurriedly apologizes because he is in a serious relationship with another homely girl like her named, Betty. And after all of that happened Jim says he has to leave because he has to go pick up his fiancé from a train station.
What’s your favorite class so far? And why? My favorite class so far in the school year is Information Systems. It’s a really chill class where I can get a lot of things done. And I learn a lot of pretty cool tricks and tips that I can use on my home computer. I choose this class for my elective because my friends had it last year and they really enjoyed it, so I wanted to try it out. And I am really glad that I did because it is been awesome so far. Computers have always intrigued me since I was little. When I was younger my community center had this afterschool program, and they still do. Anyways, it is an after school program where kids can do their homework and get to use the computer and learn about them so my parents signed me and my brother and sister to do it. And that was where I learned how to type and use the computer for basic things. But I stopped going once I got into middle school so this class reminded me of that time. So, another reason that I like this class is because the teacher is really nice and funny. He allows you to do your own work and listen to music but he also requires you to do the work he hands out. He has a great sense of humor and he does this little game thing at the end of each class, and whoever gets the answer right gets a piece of candy. So, right now at the beginning of the school year Information Systems, taught by Mr. Lawrence, is my favorite class.
Character Summary: Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein is the lead character in the book Frankenstein. At the start of Frankenstein Robert and his crew of men see a man in a dog-drawn sledge from their ship. They lift the man up on board and they nurse the stranger back to health. The stranger then starts to tell Robert his life story and what happened to get him there in the North Pole in the first place. At the start of the book you can see how young, innocent and curious Victor Frankenstein was. He is amazed at science and what it can do. Victor read a lot about many sciences and scientists and he switched from one to another very often. But as the story of Frankenstein goes on Victor steadily changes. By the end of the book he is not the same person he was at the beginning and not in a good way. Victor becomes guilt-ridden because he is the reason that his loved ones are all dead. By the end of the book Victor is the shell of the man he was. At the end of the book you can also see what went wrong. It was at the beginning that he made a mistake that doomed him from then on out. The mistake was that he cut himself off from humanness. By cutting himself off from everyone else he put all of his energy into making the Creature. The book even described how sick he got as he was working on creating the creature. So, at the end the reader realizes that Victor Frankenstein was truly is own worst enemy.
What genre(s) of books do you normally read? The genres of books that I probably read the most and regularly would have to be mystery and romance. I think that these two types of genre are the most exciting because they can be real or not. There are mysteries all over the world that people have solved and there are some that have still not been solved. So, I think mystery books are the fun to read because of that reason. The really good mysteries captivate you into the story so much that you can’t put it down until you are done with it or if you want another one that goes along with it, like a sequel. I also like to read romance type books but not the ones with drama. I feel like most romance books have way too much drama that does not really need to be in there because I think it ruins the story. So, finding a good romance book for me is really hard. I think the first time that I actually started to like romance books was when I read Twilight. But that was back when there was no movie I think it was in like 2008. I really liked the Twilight Saga, but not as much anymore because the movies ruined it for me. It really disappointed me when I saw the Twilight movie because I didn’t like both of the main characters that are in every single book. Even though I like romance I would have to say mystery is my favorite genre of books, but if it had some romance in it I would probably read it. Summary: The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie is a memory play written by Tennessee Williams. The Glass Menagerie is told by a narrator, Tom Wingfield and the story is made up of his memories. The book is set in St. Louis in the year 1937. Tom Wingfield works in a shoe factory to support his mother, his sister, and himself. Tom is also an aspiring poet. Mr. Wingfield, Tom and Laura’s father, and Amanda’s husband left them many years ago. Amanda, Tom and Laura’s mother, likes to retell her past stories of her youth and her many suitors. She is hugely disappointed that her daughter, Laura, is extremely shy and does not attract many gentlemen callers. Amanda even tries to enroll her in a business school but she finds out weeks later that she threw up in the first class and never came back. So, after that Amanda begins to sell magazine subscriptions to the neighborhood ladies. She thinks that the extra money will help Laura attract gentlemen callers. While this is happening Tom hates his job so much that he turns to alcohol, movies, and books for an escape. During an argument with his mom Tom accidently breaks several of Laura’s glass animals. Amanda then asks her son to keep an eye out for a suitable guy for his sister at the factory. Tom invites Jim O’Connor, a fellow factor worker, over for dinner. And his mother plans an elaborate dinner for him and gets Laura to wear a new dress. When Laura learns his name at the last minute she realizes that it was the same boy that she had a crush on in high school. Amanda pushes Laura to open the door for Jim and they all have a nice dinner until the lights go out because Tom didn’t pay the electric bill. When Jim and Laura find them selves alone they talk about high school and end up dancing. As they’re dancing Jim accidently breaks the horn of the unicorn and kisses her. He then apologizes because he has a serious girlfriend and they plan on getting married. Jim leaves shortly after that, and Amanda blows up on Tom because he didn’t know that Jim was engaged. That’s the last straw for Tom because he storms out and never comes back.
What’s an important symbol that’s there throughout the entire story? An important symbol that has been there through out the entire story of The Glass Menagerie would have to be the fire escape. The important symbol, the fire escape, was used for many different things through out the entire story. One great example of this would be all the times that Tom would go outside, sit on the rail, and smoke his cigarettes. Tom would go out there and think about getting away and doing something superior, and better with his life then working in a shoe factory. This also relates to one of the themes in the book The Glass Menagerie, because that is one of Tom’s ways to escape the apartment. But he still could not totally escape it because his mom, Amanda, would repeatedly berate him to get inside and to stop smoking. And as his mother does this nagging all the time it gets Tom more and more determined to actually do it and leave her and Laura. Another good example of why the fire escape is an important symbol through out the entire book The Glass Menagerie would be because of that one time in Scene Four where Laura slipped while she was on the fire escape. This example also relates as to why Laura can not escape the apartment no matter how hard she tries to. This also shows how Tom can come and go as he pleases using the fire escape, and how he is going to eventually leave one day, while Laura tried she slipped and failed.
Character Summary: Tom Wingfield Tom Wingfield is Amanda Wingfield’s son and Laura Wingfield’s younger brother. Tom is a wanna be poet who works at a shoe factory to support his mother, his sister, and himself. His father, Mr. Wingfield abandoned them almost sixteen years ago. Tom also really hates his boring, numbingly plain routine life, so to try to escape it he turns to movies, poems, and alcohol. In the story The Glass Menagerie Tom has two roles, one of these two roles is a character within the actually story, while the other role is him being the narrator. His character sometimes talks directly straight to the audience, unlike the other characters. Tom is a very difficult character to understand through out the story. He is also a very confusing character because even though we know that he writes poetry we do not know what type and that bit of information might help to define his character a little bit more. Another thing that is very confusing about Tom’s character is his attitude towards his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Laura. Even though he loves them both deeply and cares for them too, most of the time he is indifferent to them and a lot of the times he is just plain mean to them. He even deserted them when his mother got anger that they entertained another girl’s fiancé and she blew up at him which lead to him storming out and never coming back. And through out the entire story Tom is never nice to Laura, even the time where he broke some of her glass collection. So, Tom was probably the most confusing and difficult character in the book.
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==\Describe a character in fiction, an historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc) that has an influence on you, and explain that influence.
One person that has always influenced me would definitely be Elizabeth Taylor. Elizabeth Taylor was such an amazing woman that has done so much to lots of people. She was a very pretty child and grew even more beautiful as she matured in life. Elizabeth Taylor was a very graceful girl and woman, not a lot of people, if any, have anything bad to say about her. And I will always remember the first time I heard her name. It was actually a bunch of times because I was watching my favorite show one day, The Nanny, and the main character Fran was talking about Elizabeth Taylor and it was the episode where Elizabeth Taylor actually starred in. So, as I’m watching the show I think to myself what is so great about Elizabeth Taylor? Who is she? As soon as the show ended I went online and searched her up. Elizabeth Taylor’s life story is so interesting and I came to idolize her because of all the great and amazing things that she accomplished in her life. Reading about her personal life made me life because Elizabeth Taylor married then divorced then she married again and then she divorced again, one of her husband’s died in a plane crash so then she married his best friend who divorced his wife for her. And it keeps going on like that. One big thing that I really admire Elizabeth Taylor for is her generosity. She has donated millions of dollars to AIDS research and to a lot of charities in general.
Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk that you have taken or ethical dilemma you have faced and it’s impact on you.
When I was really little, 2 years old, I unfortunately fell down the stairs. This happened when my mom and I were visiting her friend and having a play date. My mom’s friend lived in an apartment on the 3rd floor of it. And when we were about to leave my mom opened the door and was half way out of it still talking to her friend. I, being the hyper and impatient little girl that I was, ran out through the door and was trying to go down the stairs as fast as I can. On like the third step I lost my footing and tumbled down one stair case. According to my mom I blacked out and had to go to the hospital. To this day I have a little scar on my right wrist that I got from that day. And there are pictures of me with a scab on my nose from falling. This experience of me falling down the stairs impacts me every day because I have to walking down a flight of stairs every morning and at school there are a lot of stairs that I have to go up and down to get to my classes. Ever since I can remember I have been scared of stairs and I have to look down at my feet when I walk up and down on them and I also have to hold on to the railing. A lot of my friends make fun of me everyday because they see me holding on to the railing like it’s my lifeline.
Tell something about yourself that cannot be conveyed from a job/admissions application or activities list/resume.
Something about me that cannot be conveyed from a job or admissions application or activities list resume would have to be that it depends on the day if I can work either with a group or by myself. As I went through out elementary school and middle school I found out that it really depends on the subject of the project and what it’s asking us to do. On some projects I am more than happy and really excited to work with a group but on other projects I feel like I would learn more and overall get a better grade if I worked on the project by myself. And this is something that you really cannot write down on a resume or any application for that matter because it depends on the situation. Like I said earlier it really depends on the subject, if I don’t understand it but someone in the class does and we have to work together for the project I would be more than happy to work with that person because the information might not make sense to me. But if the situation is that I do understand the information and what I am supposed to do, I would really prefer to do it by myself. Another thing that kind of goes with working with a group is that I would feel more comfortable and probably put more input on the project if I know the members of the group. This is a really big part of working in a group for me because I would like to start the project off and know that I can trust the people in my group to get their parts of the project done and not mess it up in any shape or form.
Reflection on the Frankenstein Monster Essay
My monster project came out the way I wanted it to be. The monster that I created was weird but not overly unpleasant and gross. The parts of the monster that I selected go really well together and it makes the monster look like it was actually made out of various human body parts. And I thought that the concept was really important because that’s how Mary Shelly’s monster was made. Plus it’s also how the monster that Victor created looks like, multiple body parts put together. The creation process was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be because it was difficult to find the parts that I wanted and needed. It was also really fun because you could get really creative with the parts that you pick. I used Photoshop for the eyes, which made them a really weird color. The color was weird because it was a color no color human could ever have. All throughout the creation process I tried to find things that would look monster-like. My initial intentions for this monster were to make it look like it was made out of different body parts. And I think that it was a success, because all the body parts looked like they came from different bodies. It was my expectation to make it seem weird and make it look like something a person would never look like. And the monster I made with the different body parts turned out great because I used something as simple and plain as the eyes and gave them a really unusual color to make it look like a monster. With that idea I looked for parts for my monster with that in mind.
What do you think the poem is about? What is the author saying about the subject of the poem?
I think that the poem Dulce et Decorum est is about how some things that people make out to be fantastic and wonderful are some times not really those things. As you read the poem Dulce et Decorum est you kind of get confused at first, I know I sure did. But as you keep reading it over and over again you being to get the idea of it and what it is really saying. And as you read the poem and get to understand it a little better you come to realize that the author, poet Wilfred Owen, does not like war or the idea that it is something that people should be proud of to be a part of. The title is a little ironic because through out the poem you can see how “sweet” it is to fight for your father’s country. The author of Dulce et Decorum est also uses very graphic imagery, and as you are reading the poem you can imagine the scene of what is happening right in front of your eyes. And it is all because the author uses words that picture the scene perfectly.
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Explain some important themes from the book Frankenstein.
One theme that was in the book Frankenstein was dangerous knowledge. Knowledge can be dangerous if it’s used for the wrong reasons. Like how Victor Frankenstein used his knowledge of science and the human body to create a living person but instead he made a creature, and it turned out to be a very bad thing. If Victor had used his knowledge of science and the human body in a good way like to practice medicine and actually help people it would have turned out better for him then to create a creature and have all his loved ones murdered because of the creature that him created. Victor actually realizes his mistake but he realized the mistake way too late, because he told Robert his story but he did not go in to detail when he was talking about creating the monster and that general time period. He did not want Robert to make the same mistake that he made when he made the creature. Another theme in the book Frankenstein would be secrecy. This is a theme because as Victor was creating his creature he shut every one out of his life. He secluded himself from humanity while he was getting all of the creature’s body parts and other stuff. And by isolating himself from his loved ones and from the people around him he did not take care of himself. That is way he got so sick after the creature ran away and Henry had to nurse him back to health. Also by having the secret of the creature he let Justine be punished for a crime that she did not commit. So, overall dangerous knowledge and secrecy were some very important themes in the book Frankenstein.
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Journal (Free Write)
Favorite Poem Project: We Real Cool
The poem We Real Cool is written by Gwendolyn Brooks. It’s read by John Ulrich, student in South, Boston, MA. John, the reader, feels a connection to this poem because he had some bad memories that related to his life and related to this poem. Because of all the people that he went to high school with and died three years later, he felt like the poem related to his situation back then. when he was in high school with all those people he thought that all the things and activities that they were doing were innocent. He did not think that these people that he knew personal would die, he did not know that the deaths of them would affect him this much. He also feels a connection to this poem because it related with his strong, youth innocence that he had back in high school. {Back} This poem relates to me personal and to my life because there are some people that I go to high school with right now that I know are doing some not so smart things. They are doing dangerous things that could really affect them negatively in the future or they may have no future at all because of the things that they are doing right now. Some of those same people are also doing things that are probably going to get them killed in a couple of years, if not sooner. So, this poem We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks relates to me because some of the people that I go to high school with just are not mature enough to know what is right and what is wrong. And some of them know the difference and just chose to ignore it.
Why did/does Jim call Laura “Blue Roses”? And why won’t he call on her again?
Jim O’Connor, the gentleman caller, calls Laura “Blue Roses” because during high school they both had a class together and Laura got sick and was out of school for a while. But when she came back to class Jim asked her what happened to her to make her sick. And she told him that she had an attack of pleurosis. After she told him about the pleurosis had realized that he misunderstood her and thought that she had said that she got Blue Roses. Jim calling Laura Blue Roses also symbolizes that even though Laura is very different from other people there is something, extremely special and very alluring about her too. When Jim sees Laura again at that dinner that Tom invited him to, he could not believe that Shakespeare, a.k.a. Tom, and Laura were related much less actually siblings. And Jim will not be calling on her again because he has a serious girlfriend. Laura finds this out as they are dancing because Jim accidentally knocks over the glass unicorn and its horn breaks off. But Laura quickly forgives him because the unicorn looks like a regular horse with its horn off. After that, Jim kisses her briefly but he rapidly pulls back and hurriedly apologizes because he is in a serious relationship with another homely girl like her named, Betty. And after all of that happened Jim says he has to leave because he has to go pick up his fiancé from a train station.
What’s your favorite class so far? And why?
My favorite class so far in the school year is Information Systems. It’s a really chill class where I can get a lot of things done. And I learn a lot of pretty cool tricks and tips that I can use on my home computer. I choose this class for my elective because my friends had it last year and they really enjoyed it, so I wanted to try it out. And I am really glad that I did because it is been awesome so far. Computers have always intrigued me since I was little. When I was younger my community center had this afterschool program, and they still do. Anyways, it is an after school program where kids can do their homework and get to use the computer and learn about them so my parents signed me and my brother and sister to do it. And that was where I learned how to type and use the computer for basic things. But I stopped going once I got into middle school so this class reminded me of that time. So, another reason that I like this class is because the teacher is really nice and funny. He allows you to do your own work and listen to music but he also requires you to do the work he hands out. He has a great sense of humor and he does this little game thing at the end of each class, and whoever gets the answer right gets a piece of candy. So, right now at the beginning of the school year Information Systems, taught by Mr. Lawrence, is my favorite class.
Character Summary: Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein is the lead character in the book Frankenstein. At the start of Frankenstein Robert and his crew of men see a man in a dog-drawn sledge from their ship. They lift the man up on board and they nurse the stranger back to health. The stranger then starts to tell Robert his life story and what happened to get him there in the North Pole in the first place. At the start of the book you can see how young, innocent and curious Victor Frankenstein was. He is amazed at science and what it can do. Victor read a lot about many sciences and scientists and he switched from one to another very often. But as the story of Frankenstein goes on Victor steadily changes. By the end of the book he is not the same person he was at the beginning and not in a good way. Victor becomes guilt-ridden because he is the reason that his loved ones are all dead. By the end of the book Victor is the shell of the man he was. At the end of the book you can also see what went wrong. It was at the beginning that he made a mistake that doomed him from then on out. The mistake was that he cut himself off from humanness. By cutting himself off from everyone else he put all of his energy into making the Creature. The book even described how sick he got as he was working on creating the creature. So, at the end the reader realizes that Victor Frankenstein was truly is own worst enemy.
What genre(s) of books do you normally read?
The genres of books that I probably read the most and regularly would have to be mystery and romance. I think that these two types of genre are the most exciting because they can be real or not. There are mysteries all over the world that people have solved and there are some that have still not been solved. So, I think mystery books are the fun to read because of that reason. The really good mysteries captivate you into the story so much that you can’t put it down until you are done with it or if you want another one that goes along with it, like a sequel. I also like to read romance type books but not the ones with drama. I feel like most romance books have way too much drama that does not really need to be in there because I think it ruins the story. So, finding a good romance book for me is really hard. I think the first time that I actually started to like romance books was when I read Twilight. But that was back when there was no movie I think it was in like 2008. I really liked the Twilight Saga, but not as much anymore because the movies ruined it for me. It really disappointed me when I saw the Twilight movie because I didn’t like both of the main characters that are in every single book. Even though I like romance I would have to say mystery is my favorite genre of books, but if it had some romance in it I would probably read it.
Summary: The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie is a memory play written by Tennessee Williams. The Glass Menagerie is told by a narrator, Tom Wingfield and the story is made up of his memories. The book is set in St. Louis in the year 1937. Tom Wingfield works in a shoe factory to support his mother, his sister, and himself. Tom is also an aspiring poet. Mr. Wingfield, Tom and Laura’s father, and Amanda’s husband left them many years ago. Amanda, Tom and Laura’s mother, likes to retell her past stories of her youth and her many suitors. She is hugely disappointed that her daughter, Laura, is extremely shy and does not attract many gentlemen callers. Amanda even tries to enroll her in a business school but she finds out weeks later that she threw up in the first class and never came back. So, after that Amanda begins to sell magazine subscriptions to the neighborhood ladies. She thinks that the extra money will help Laura attract gentlemen callers. While this is happening Tom hates his job so much that he turns to alcohol, movies, and books for an escape. During an argument with his mom Tom accidently breaks several of Laura’s glass animals. Amanda then asks her son to keep an eye out for a suitable guy for his sister at the factory. Tom invites Jim O’Connor, a fellow factor worker, over for dinner. And his mother plans an elaborate dinner for him and gets Laura to wear a new dress. When Laura learns his name at the last minute she realizes that it was the same boy that she had a crush on in high school. Amanda pushes Laura to open the door for Jim and they all have a nice dinner until the lights go out because Tom didn’t pay the electric bill. When Jim and Laura find them selves alone they talk about high school and end up dancing. As they’re dancing Jim accidently breaks the horn of the unicorn and kisses her. He then apologizes because he has a serious girlfriend and they plan on getting married. Jim leaves shortly after that, and Amanda blows up on Tom because he didn’t know that Jim was engaged. That’s the last straw for Tom because he storms out and never comes back.
What’s an important symbol that’s there throughout the entire story?
An important symbol that has been there through out the entire story of The Glass Menagerie would have to be the fire escape. The important symbol, the fire escape, was used for many different things through out the entire story. One great example of this would be all the times that Tom would go outside, sit on the rail, and smoke his cigarettes. Tom would go out there and think about getting away and doing something superior, and better with his life then working in a shoe factory. This also relates to one of the themes in the book The Glass Menagerie, because that is one of Tom’s ways to escape the apartment. But he still could not totally escape it because his mom, Amanda, would repeatedly berate him to get inside and to stop smoking. And as his mother does this nagging all the time it gets Tom more and more determined to actually do it and leave her and Laura. Another good example of why the fire escape is an important symbol through out the entire book The Glass Menagerie would be because of that one time in Scene Four where Laura slipped while she was on the fire escape. This example also relates as to why Laura can not escape the apartment no matter how hard she tries to. This also shows how Tom can come and go as he pleases using the fire escape, and how he is going to eventually leave one day, while Laura tried she slipped and failed.
Character Summary: Tom Wingfield
Tom Wingfield is Amanda Wingfield’s son and Laura Wingfield’s younger brother. Tom is a wanna be poet who works at a shoe factory to support his mother, his sister, and himself. His father, Mr. Wingfield abandoned them almost sixteen years ago. Tom also really hates his boring, numbingly plain routine life, so to try to escape it he turns to movies, poems, and alcohol. In the story The Glass Menagerie Tom has two roles, one of these two roles is a character within the actually story, while the other role is him being the narrator. His character sometimes talks directly straight to the audience, unlike the other characters. Tom is a very difficult character to understand through out the story. He is also a very confusing character because even though we know that he writes poetry we do not know what type and that bit of information might help to define his character a little bit more. Another thing that is very confusing about Tom’s character is his attitude towards his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Laura. Even though he loves them both deeply and cares for them too, most of the time he is indifferent to them and a lot of the times he is just plain mean to them. He even deserted them when his mother got anger that they entertained another girl’s fiancé and she blew up at him which lead to him storming out and never coming back. And through out the entire story Tom is never nice to Laura, even the time where he broke some of her glass collection. So, Tom was probably the most confusing and difficult character in the book.