William Faulkner

William Faulkner is the author of my outside reading, As I Lay Dying, so i thought I'd do some research on him. 

Faulkner is known as one of the most influencial American writers of all time. In 1949 he won the nobel prize for literature. He is from Mississippi and a lot of his works take place there. he was also known for having a serious drinking problem. He never drank while he wrote though, just as an escape. he had 2 affairs throughout his life. He is known for his experimental style, diction, and cadence. he writes very grotesque stories too. O'connor is also a fan of him so yeah, i though that was all interesting. so far im liking As I Lay Dying, so we will see how it ends up.

Taylor Swift

so i was listening to this artist, Taylor Swift, and then i noticed that she basically alluded to Romeo and Juliet of some type of love story in every single song. it actually got really annoying. All of her songs are about a boy, Romeo, coming and saving her or a boy breaking you with her and then shes depressed or her being like the scarlet letter. its really funny and i thought youd like that ms. clinch. i guess everything does allude to something..

A Cinderella Story

so im finding all these modern day allusions so why not blog about them??

Well, if anyone has ever seen A Cinderella Story then im pretty sure you know the allusion. Cinderella! basically the whole movie is an allusion to Cinderella.  Its like a modern day version of cinderella of someone who lives in the 2000s. its actually pretty good. its kind of a chick flick though. The girls dad dies and then is taken care of by her step mom.  But then she meets this prince and they fall in love even though her step mom tries to sabotage  them but she fails. the girl then finds out that she was accepted into Princeton and she inherits all of her dads money after all. its great, eveyone loves a happy ever after ending!

Enchanted

Enchanted! what a great movie. I was watching it the other day and that is just full of beautiful allusions. are you wondering what they are? well i will tell you..

Giselle is the main character in this movie. Its funny because it starts off as a cartoon movie but then she becomes really. she is the princess and is waiting for her prince like every other disney movie. All throughout the movie things happen that also happen in other Disney movies. She has to clean the house and she sings this song and then all this rats and birds come in and help her clean and they finish in like 2 minutes. Its amazing. thats also a lot like Snow White. 

Also, she has to make dresses each day for her to wear. She cuts out cloth form the rugs, draps and comforters to make her dresses. its funny becasue its just like in cinderella. This movie could also be like The Little Mermaid in a way because in the beginning of the movie Arielle is a mermaid and then goes onto the land and is all confused. Giselle is just like this because at first shes just a cartoon and then when she comes to the real world she is so lost and confused and doesnt know whats going on. she also doesnt know what a fork and things are, just like Arielle. Its also an allusion to sleeping beauty and snow white because her "prince" kisses to awaken her. Its just a really good movie.

Harry Potter...

Since we have been talking about the hero’s journey basically all semester, it got me thinking about Harry Potter. I know I know, I need to read it already; but I just don’t have any time so I’m terribly sorry I haven’t yet, maybe over thanksgiving break. But here is what I think is going to happen in Harry Potter…I know that the hero is ignorant at first and Harry fits that description perfectly. Then, I know we defeats many monsters ect..and that makes him become the hear, but no the ultimate hero yet. In Beowulf, Beowulf had to give up his life in order to kill the dragon, so I am thinking that is what is going to have to happen. I think Harry is going to basically sacrifice himself in order to kill Voldemort. I am very upset about his, if it actually happens. I really don’t want Harry to die but I think it is what has to be done don’t even tell me what happens! I’m just writing about it because I think about it a lot.

The english video

I thought they English video was very interesting. I loved hearing what our language sounded like many years ago. It’s so fascinating as to how we used to say our vowels and how we do now. I’m confused about some of it though. Like how did we change it? And why don’t we have a British accent? I kind of like how they talk because it sounds so eloquent and now it sounds almost trashy. Also, I love the way people used to write. How it looks now to how it did then is a huge difference. I would love to have handwriting like people did back in the day. I was also very interested in how Chaucer saved English. So was it because he was just very popular and so people read his book and it just spread? I thought it was cool hearing the kind of English that Beowulf was written in. It was just overall really cool and I’m glad we got to watch it.

Frankensteinnnn

Frankenstien! i really like this book so far. and its so fitting to read it around the time of Halloween. So far i am only confused on a little things. Justine? she was raised in Victors family right? and i really feel bad for her. i think Victor was being ridiculous. why wouldnt he just admit that it was his monster that killed william!? he even said that he wanted to admit it..so why not? he was just the cause of 2 deaths now instead of one. he could have easily saved Justines lifeif he wouldnt have been so selfish. he was driving me nuts. and also i think he should take responsibility for his monster that HE created. why would he do the amazing thing of creating life and then leave it out to fend for its self? the monster is starting to act and feel like a real human does, so Victor needs to take him into the family, even if he does think his creation is grotesque. i just feel bad for the monster. i think its so cool how he teaches himself how to read though. So its really not like he is just some mean, ugly brute. he can think, and is thoughtful and has feelings. and we were talking about this in our lit circle..since he has the brain of another person, does he think like that person and have their memories? i thought that was very interesting. Michael brought up a good point that no it doesnt but i forgot all his smart reasoning behind it, but it was good. well so far im loving this book and im curous as to what will happen!