Final Comments

I have finished my book Frankenstein. The main character is Dr. Frankenstein and I'm not really sure how to discribe him. When he is working he doesn't really do anything else. Like when he was creating the monster he didn't sleep or eat.
The monster would have to be a main character because he torments his creator through the whole book. Now the monster is one of the most disturbing looking things ever. When humans see them they run and scream in terror.

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Then there is Elizabeth, who would be a minor character. She is Frankenstein's wife. She has lived with his family most of her life and it was always planned that the two would marry. She is sweet and cares about others. She is one of those people who see the good in others.
Another minor character would be Frankenstein's father. His father is the type of father everyone wants.  He is caring and wants the best for his kids. Wishes to see his kids happy and he doesn't judge with out having all the facts.
Over all the book is about a man who goes of to college and creates one of the nastiest creatures on Earth. The monster tries to be apart of the human race, but can't because they run him away. He asks his creator for one thing that will help him not be alone anymore. The monster does things that upset his creator and his creator goes looking for him till the end of the book.
Now I give this book a three. The main reason it gets that rating is because of the way the book is written. It took me forever to read this book because I would have to stop and reread things over again. Then there was a bunch of parts that I thought didn't need to be in there. Then I didn't like the way the book ended and I would say why, but I don't want to give it away to anyone who wants to read it. I was really kind of disappointed with the book. I thought there would be more horror related things and it would be creepy and scary. It had all of that yes, but to me there wasn't a lot of it. I would say I like the movies more than the book and for me that is saying something. Usually I love the book more, but this is the one book I'm not so sure I would read again.

Folk Songs

Last week we talked about folk songs and how they represent something. It came from our Chinese unit. One of my favorite  folk songs was and still is Oh Suzanna.It's about a man going to find his true love and going through tough times to get to her. Now as part of our assignment we were told to right a folk song. Mine is called Freedom and is based on the American idea of freedom.



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          Freedom
Chorus: America is freedom
Freedom of chance
Freedom of will
Free to do whatever you please

Though we have rules
It's for our safety
That's what the government says
But it's pointless

Chorus

We pay taxes
We have to go to school
Limited rights
Having to listen to the man

Chorus

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Deep within out country
We get treated like crap
Government doesn't really care
No one gives a crap about the other
It's all an illusion
This so called thing we call freedom

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I mention taxes in the song because our ancestors came here from England to escape things like taxes. They wanted to be able to practice what ever religion they wanted to and not having to worry about pay a big amount of taxes. Though the government is letting up some on the rights now. Like some states have legalized gay marriage. Which is great for those people because now they came marry the one person they love. So that's where some of the lyrics came from.

Part 5 Along with Confucianism

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In class this week we talked more about Taoism and Confucianism. I would like to take this moment to talk about the group activity we did on Confucianism and comparing it to the U.S. constitution. I thought this was a great way to talk about to different countries' bases og living. They both have things in commen like obeying your parents, but who does that? Just kidding anyways the one major thing that I believe would change if America decided to follow Confucianism. That would be religion. People wouldn't go to church or practice they would focus on the relationships between them and others.
Now in my book this week I read from page 82 to page 105 which is 23 pages. Awesome that's 3 more pages than last week and that was 3 chapters. I'm getting there and I'm almost to the half way point. Anyways this week the person assused of murdering the doctor's brother was put on trial and convicted. Though she didn't do it, she confessed anyways and was put to death. Doctor Frankenstein blames himself and plans to get back at the thing that did this. He goes on a search for his creation and I stopped when they get ready to have a talk.


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I think the monster will ask him a favor and will promise to leave the doctor's family alone. Maybe they will even get in a fight, that would be cool. Now the reading has gotten a lot easier with only a few problems here and there. My goal for next week it to read 30 or more pages.

Part 4 with the Force

    Class this week was interesting, comparing Taoism to the Force from Star Wars. I'll admit it threw me for a loop at first, but then after reading more about Taoism they are alike. And of course of all the people in the world to come up with that comparision would be Mrs. Olson. I do love how she was able to come up with a connection like that thought. In Taoism, Tao means path or way and they say it is the force that controlled the earth. In Star Wars, Obi-Wan explains what the Force is to Luke and it's pretty much the same thing. I think that's the best way to sum up what Taoism is.

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    This week for my independent reading this week I read from page 62 to page 82 so that's 20 pages. Which is six more than last time!! I'm so happy I was able to pull that off. Anyways in my book this week Frankenstein got a letter from his love. Then him and his friend hang out and looked some languages. Frankenstein planned to go home, but the weather pushed back the date. He receives a letter from his father saying his younger brother has been murdered so he races home, finds his monster and knows he did it, but another has been arrested.


     I think the monster did it as well, because to me it seems like that's where the story would go. And the person who they arrested is a girl, a little girl. I really doubt a little girl could strangle a little boy. Now the reading is getting a little easier, but it's still confusing. To top it all off now they are using bigger words than before. If it gets any worse it will be to the point when I have to have a dictionary beside me as I read it. Now the question is will the monster kill again or will his maker get to him first? I can't wait to see what happens next and see if the monster will go after his maker's love.

Part 3 of My Journey

 


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Okay we just finished our Hebrew Lit. part of class and it was interesting. Before that we read Gilgamesh and I liked it better than the Hebrew stories. I liked the fighting in Gilgamesh and in the Hebrew stories there isn't much of that. And some of the stories are similar in both the Hebrew lit. and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Like both had a story about how there's a flood that kills everyone except those who were told to build a boat.



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My independent reading this week has gotten interesting. I started on page 48 and read to page 62 which was 14 pages. I also just reached chapter 6 which to me is a big deal considering the problem I have been having reading the book. In this section I read Doctor Frankenstein was changing some of his habits. All he did was focus on his work, day and night. Finally the night came and his creation lived. But he ran from it and it followed.

I will admit I was expecting it to be more dramatic like in the movies. When the Doctor yells, “It’s Alive!!" And there to be thunder and lighting, which there really wasn't. It was stormy though and raining hard. And I had always thought the Doctor loved his creation, but it seems from what has happened he doesn’t. I can't wait to see what happens next. Will the Doctor come to love his creation or will he dispose of it?




Frakenstein Part 2

  To begin my blog today I would first like to share something. I didn't not commplete my blog friday or saterday because I wanted to wait and see if I could get more reading done at the Speech Team District contest at Perry. I did get some more reading done, but when waiting for the results to see if your group made it to state was nerve racking. The T.V news did not make it, but radio did. So my group and I will be in state. It was wonderful and exciting to see hear and then see the 1 rating on the paper.
  In Gilgamesh the people to me are similar to people of the present time. We all have fears and believe in certian things. The people in Gilgamesh were also ones who believed in the gods like the sun and moon gods. Now a days there's only one or two gods in most religions. I also believe that those people were not as selfess as people are today. Now of course there were some that were, but after reading the story and how Gilgamesh planned to share the plant that can give immortality it just shows that people can change. In todays world I believe it's harder to change because of everything that todays world has, but it is possible.


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  For my indepentant reading the reading has gotten a little better, but it's still kind of a pain. I do plan to finish it though because I'm a big fan of all things supernatural. I started this weeks reading on page 35 and read to page 48 which is 13 pages which is more than last week. I maybe makeing slow progress, but it's progress and the way it's written is as I said before is a little hard to read. So far Frankenstein has talked about his mothers death and how she wished to see him and Elizabeth get married. Then he goes af to what I think is college and studies science. Which dosen't surprise me since it takes science to make the monster. I can't wait to see what happens next. I just hope that it gets to the good stuff soon.

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Frankenstein…My First Impressions

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   Okay I would like to start this blog out by introducing myself so those of you who are from our sister class know a little about me and why I may do somethings in my blog. My name is Haley Masker and I'm looking forward to the end of the school year because then I won't have to go to high school anymore. I love anything to do with the supernatural from books to movies. I love reading fantasies, horrors, and romances and the same goes for movies. I also write stories and poems that tend to be dark and hardly go with out a gory scene. I plan to attend college and get a bachelor's degree in creative writing and sculpture. I want to become a world famous author and be able to get things that I can not have now.
 
The book I chose was Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I chose this book because I love horror and I hear it's a classic. If Dracula was on here I would have choose that, I'm a big fan of him. I also chose this book because I thought it would be interesting. It is an interesting book if I could just get past the beginning. I'm on page 35, but I haven't read that much. The first chapter doesn't start until page 26, so I've only read 10 pages.
 
   That alone took me awhile to read because of the way the book is written. There have been times when I had to read something 2 to 3 times just to make sure I understood it. There are some big words in here that I don't know plus some Italian, so it's kind of hard to keep up. So far the narrater is Victor, which I'm assuming is Doctor Frankenstein and he is telling the story. He has told how his parents met and how he met a girl who I think becomes his wife but I'm not sure yet. He has talked about her and his friend and his childhood other that that nothing else has happened. I really hope something excited happens soon. I want to get to the part where he makes the monster. That most likely won't so up until chapter 15 or something. I am looking forward to how it ends though and i plan to read more this weekend.