FantasY vs fictionThis week was pretty unconventional as it was interrupted with a two hour delay, a school cancelation, and a substitute teacher. These factors made it harder to grasp the main focuses of the week.
The poem we explicated this week was “Bright Star” by John Keats. In class we discussed apostrophes and who we identify with in the poem. The apostrophe makes the poem more personalized and adds emotion to it. The apostrophe in this case was the bright star and even possibly the speakers love. The other part we talked about was who we personally relate to in the poem: the star, the speaker, or the speaker's love. I know I am not the speaker or speakers love, so I said I identified with the star. We did our PoW on Friday, but it was much harder to write this week because I didn't fully comprehend the meaning of the poem. I understood that the speaker was admiring the star and then his love, but why? We also worked on our “What is Literature?” projects. To be honest, I feel somewhat confused about the assignment. Like, what are we supposed to be doing? How long is our presentation? How many books do we read? Do we talk about the books in our presentation? Anyway, Isra, my partner, and I choose to talk about humor and fantasy. So far all we have done is read about fantasy. I read that fantasy, a story that is entirely impossible, is used to illuminate truths of human experiences. I also read that it uses symbolism and allegories to highlight the true meaning of the story. I am hoping we aren't behind on this project!
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Josephine
10/11/2016 05:29:46 am
Hi Sela,
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