So far in Romeo and Juliet, I have found that I actually like the story. One thing I have really liked is how well Shakespeare uses characterization. I feel like I know how each character thinks, and when reading the story, I often think of people in my life that act like the characters in the play. I also like how nothing in the text seems to mean nothing. Like sometimes when I'm reading it, I'm kind of like "why is this in here, that's kind of a dumb thing to put in the story.". But it always has a point. Most of the time the things that I initially think are pointless turn out to be a key part of characterization. For example, how much the nurse rambled about her dead daughter shows that she thinks about her daughter a lot, which is probably why she is so proud that she knows Juliet better than Lady Capulet, because to the nurse Juliet is a replacement for her daughter. As I read Romeo and Juliet, I have discovered that there are many things that I did not know about the story, even though I've known the general plot for a very long time. I am excited to find out more about the story that I did not already know.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Apparently I need to Blog Again for the Blizzard Bag Thing.
I recently did a summary for this book, and to be honest I haven't read very much since that summary. Since Dave left the police station because his recently deceased friend John told him too through a bratwurst, he went to Bob Marley's trailer. Bob was the guy who gave John the evil drug that killed him. At the house, there was a weird but beautiful painting thing, that wasn't completely a painting because it used things in the house, such as the sofa and its pattern. Then he discovered a secret hole underneath the trailer that had dead bodies and a giant worm thing. That was pretty freaky. Finally, Morgan Freeman the cop comes to the trailer to burn it down with Dave in it, because, as he explains to Dave, it was so freaky that he just has to completely get rid of the trailer and Dave.

So far in Romeo and Juliet, I have found that I actually like the story. One thing I have really liked is how well Shakespeare uses characterization. I feel like I know how each character thinks, and when reading the story, I often think of people in my life that act like the characters in the play. I also like how nothing in the text seems to mean nothing. Like sometimes when I'm reading it, I'm kind of like "why is this in here, that's kind of a dumb thing to put in the story.". But it always has a point. Most of the time the things that I initially think are pointless turn out to be a key part of characterization. For example, how much the nurse rambled about her dead daughter shows that she thinks about her daughter a lot, which is probably why she is so proud that she knows Juliet better than Lady Capulet, because to the nurse Juliet is a replacement for her daughter. As I read Romeo and Juliet, I have discovered that there are many things that I did not know about the story, even though I've known the general plot for a very long time. I am excited to find out more about the story that I did not already know.
So far in Romeo and Juliet, I have found that I actually like the story. One thing I have really liked is how well Shakespeare uses characterization. I feel like I know how each character thinks, and when reading the story, I often think of people in my life that act like the characters in the play. I also like how nothing in the text seems to mean nothing. Like sometimes when I'm reading it, I'm kind of like "why is this in here, that's kind of a dumb thing to put in the story.". But it always has a point. Most of the time the things that I initially think are pointless turn out to be a key part of characterization. For example, how much the nurse rambled about her dead daughter shows that she thinks about her daughter a lot, which is probably why she is so proud that she knows Juliet better than Lady Capulet, because to the nurse Juliet is a replacement for her daughter. As I read Romeo and Juliet, I have discovered that there are many things that I did not know about the story, even though I've known the general plot for a very long time. I am excited to find out more about the story that I did not already know.
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Nice job Josh!!!
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ReplyDeleteI like how you keep this blog post classy. I, too, am learning a lot about the actual plot of Romeo and Juliet. I used to think that they killed themselves in the woods, but now I know that I was incorrect and a childish young lad.