Finished met

There was something pleasing and disappointing at the end of the book. I had always been intrigued by the brother sister dynamic in the book. I'm glad at the end that she is portrayed as beautiful and blossomed but I was also intrigued  by the fact that he was a BUG! I wasn't satisfied in the end about that. I think I'm going to analyze family dynamic and write my essay about that.

Evolution

I'm shocked and proud of how far I've come as a writer. Just looking at my first essay from the beginning of the year I feel like I'm so much more prepared for college next year. I could barely write 3 pages and now I am thinking of my own ideas and writing for pages. I'm really excited! I know that I can only get better and cannot wait to continue to think for myself and produce those results in my writing.

Kafka - Circle Discussion

Family dynamics were brought up a lot. While some of my classmates believe that Gregor hates his dad I think despite his subconscious resentment...he loves his dad the same way he loves the rest of his family. I think all he knows is to do work and give the money to the family and he has become okay with it. Being a bug allows him to see that his family will be fine. He doesn't have to work and he gets time to himself. Sometimes we all need to slow down and take advantages of the beautiful life we have. Especially my generation.  If we didn't have thumbs and couldn't text we would be lost. While I think it'd be nice sometimes to put it down, it is a habit.

Big or Small?

Throughout the novella I have wondered if he is a big bug or a small bug. While I know that's a silly question it helps me invision the book and therefore read faster. I discovered he's a big bug and now I feel like I'm reading a children's book!

Metamorphasis

While heart of darkness had difficult concepts and diction, this novella has a strange story but simple yet beautiful diction. I enjoy that because it allows me to appreciate the story and notice the words because I'm not trying to understand what's going on!

Socratic Circle

I really enjoy when our class does these. It allows students to interact with one another and hear to others opinions that we wouldn't usually hear. It also allows us to work together and to respect one another's opinions. I hope we continue to do more of these and as we do more, I hope more students participate.

Body 3

Whether or not Marlow has a suppressing ego and super-ego is made unclear by his inconsistent behavior. When he arrives at the congo, he has morals and sensibility and therefore it is clear that his ego and super-ego are functioning. The ego and the super-ego use rationality to repress the id’s dark and instinctual thoughts. “And thus neither that fireman nor I had any time to peer into our creepy thoughts” (Conrad 45). Marlow is aware that he has the ability to think unnecessary thoughts, but Conrad’s use of “peer into” suggests that Marlow’s ego and super-ego may suppress them. Although Marlow can restrain his impulsive actions and think with rationality, his id may seep through and block his good intentions. When he has to chose between the “strong lusty, red-eyed devils” (Conrad 20), the cannibals and the “weak-eyed devil or rapacious and pitiless folly” (Conrad 20), the pilgrims, he “stood on this hillside” (Conrad 20)  and “foresaw that in the blinding sunshine of that land” (Conrad 20)  that “he would become acquainted with a flabby” (Conrad 20). He didn’t want to become weak. He used his heart to chose to be associated with the cannibals because they were true to themselves. But he also choses to be associated with people that eat one another. Allowing his super-ego to control the choice of a lifestyle that is true to what he believes in is controversial because, of the demoralization of mankind.