I Am Thankful For......

I am actually thankful for my whole English class, especially Lejla! I say I'm thankful for my whole English class because we bring something different to the classroom everyday. The camaraderie that exist in the classroom is awesome. We all feed off each other. One person might be thinking one thing and another might be thinking the same thing, so thy help each other out, with explaining the thought or sentence. Lejla is the best! She always help me. When I don't comprehend something or need clarification she's always there to help me. She also keep me updated and posted about what's going on in the classroom. Sometimes things slip my mind or I forget, Lejla is there to remind me. She is like my personal encyclopedia and almanac. She's always spitting out facts or discussing the weather randomly, it's amusing actually. She's one of the most random people I know, including myself, but that's why she's one of my closes friends. She's this Bosnian ball of energy! I love it though, because she's hilarious even when she doesn't mean too. 

Then He is Dead....

I pity poor Macbeth! He goes from this heroic figure with dignity, loyal tendencies, and morals-to this man who is a vile, horrific creature who's power hungry and lusty. I think what Macbeth did cannot be justified! Because you do these conniving, shady, and underhanded deeds to achieve what ? Al those things you doesn't accomplish anything, even if you think it'll  pay off in the long run. In my opinion it doesn't pay off because it's not everlasting and you do not have immortality! What you achieve here- you cannot take with when you die. Look how Macbeth ended up. In the end, he has nothing! His wife die because of insanity and guilt, his kinsmen thinks he's a tyrant and backstab him literally and figuratively, Macduff, no morals or values, and at last he dies. I cannot commit the acts Macbeth done. Because if I cannot get up and look at myself in the mirror, or if it compromises my dignity, or morals or values it's not worth it! 

Modern Day Beowulf-Grendel

In my opinion of a Modern Day Beowulf and Grendel would be media. Because an example of a Modern Day Beowulf and Grendel doesn't have to be a person, it can a thing, concept, or philosophy! I thing media fits in the category of both a Beowulf and Grendel. Because books from long ago, books here & now, research papers, reports-reporters, journalists, writers, and producers fit in those two categories! We commend reporters and journalists for going in war zones, exotic places, third-world countries, & natural disasters for bringing us the facts, the 411, & the low-low on the events that's happening. They  tell us only one side though- the victorious side, the Beowulf, of things.  They report to us on the " bad guys" and the cause and effects, but why that side reacts that way. Here's where the Grendel part comes in. They don't think it's evil, or they try to justify their actions on why they did what they did, like Grendel! They're like the shaper, they give us what we want to hear, instead of what we need to hear. I feel it's very bias because I'm one of those person who wants every account or side to a story, and judge for myself! I guess it's just Human Nature! 

About Me

Hmmmm.... Let's see, I'm 16 and is a Sagittarius. I'm the oldest on both sides of my family, love the color Pink, and CPR-AED- First Aid certified. I am not only African-American, but have Cherokee and Creole descents. Playing sports is life! I listen to every genre of music, but Pop is my favorite, and love male models! Good girl by day, agent by night, and even though I'm the youngest out of my best friends- I'm the one who acts the oldest! People always ask for some reason that if I wasn't black, what would I be? I always say that I'll either be Hawaiian, Italian, Dominican, or Columbian! Surfs Up Dude!!!!

From the Crown to the Toe, Top-Full Of Direst Cruelty

"From the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty", quotes Lady Macbeth. In my opinion I thinks she's crazy, but hey what do I know! Some debates that Shakespeare tone of the story for Macbeth and various characters is misogynistic. Lady Macbeth does become Macbeth's downfall! I don't think Macbeth would've done as much if Lady Macbeth didn't manipulate him. She plays on his manhood and calls him a coward. She resolves to convince her husband to do whatever to seize the crown. She also resolves to put her natural femininity aside so she can do the bloody deeds necessary to seize the crown. It seems that Lady Macbeth wants the title and crown more than Macbeth himself. I do disagree with Shakespeare about women being the ultimate doom for men. This description doesn't apply to all! Men can be the ultimate doom for women so it's not justified to just give that label to women! 

No New Tale, No New Tale, No New New.....

The Pardoner's tale, in my opinion, doesn't convey nothing new. There's always going to be someone in old english who claim that they are very much religious, but sin just as much as someone who's not. Then they justify their actions and try to make it seem that they are right. The Pardoner is basically a con man, who swindles religious people out of their money. He gives them advice or indulgences based on their sins. He alway tell them about how three men killed each other over money. His moral is greed is the root to all evil. But then that means he's evil too, because he preys on unsuspecting victims for money. I like the Wife if Bath's Tale because I thought it was hilarious but I also like the moral of story and how it unfolds. Basically this knight have to figure out what all women want. And in this story, it's sovereignty over their husbands and to be treated equal.

Truth

The shaper is one of the major characters in the novel Grendel. He does what he's supposed to do, he shapes the truth. He makes Hrothgar, his warriors, and danes feel empowered. He tells the story from the point of view of how the warriors would want it. Instead of giving the truth, he alters it to fit such scene they deem fit, like telling stories of how past warriors defeated such monsters, like Grendel before their time.