Connection

Within the first few acts of Romeo and Juliet we are already making connections and tying things together. I personally connected to the idea of my father (and mother) giving me the choice of who I marry. My mom and dad have always told me that who I married was my decision and that whoever it was, they would give their full support. In the case of Juliets father Capulet he has said that he will let Paris try to woo his daughter but will let her make the final decision, much as my parents have told me.

The longer I read this play the easier it gets. In 1.1 I had a little trouble understanding what was going on but now as I have learned his writing style I have enhanced my own abilities to understand and the reading gets less confusing. It helps to read it at home and then read it at school because when I read it at home I can try my hand at deciphering what is going on and take as long as I want, where at school I get to hear other input and hear what Shakespeare might really be conveying through different eyes. It also helps some to have the play read out loud in class.

RAPPING UP

The main theme that Charles Dickens wanted to convey in Great Expectations is that money doesn't mean happiness. He wants to show how the external layers of the world like clothes, money, and education are not directly related to how happy you are. Instead happiness comes from self-actualization and the relationships surrounding you. Charles Dickens uses a likeable character to help us realize that sometimes it is better to just be ourselves and be low class than to try to be high class but not have any fun in life. Something I found interesting was that Magwitch was one of the lowest class people in the novel but he made two of the high class people: Estella and Pip. He gave Pip the rescources to become a gentleman and Estella was his daughter thus he fueled them into who they became yet he was still low class. Truly happiness doesn't come from riches but from being true to who you are and who you want to be.