I strongly dislike the syntax and diction of Frankenstein, but I love the story and the meaning behind it. It made me think of the nature vs. nurture argument that we argued about in AP Bio last year. Basically, what parts of a person are ingrained into them when they are born and what parts are learned behaviors through society? Frankenstein believes his monster is pure evil, but the monster thinks that he learned his behaviors by being an outcast and not having anyone to look after him.
After we finished Frankenstein, we began Fifth Business. This book was wonderful. It is so strange to read a book and have to constantly remind yourself that you have to take everything you are reading with a grain of salt because the narrator is not 100% reliable. It also made me think about how single events can be pivotal in peoples lives, like Willy having an affair, or King Hamlet's ghost coming to see Hamlet.
We wrote two AP essays, which I actually enjoyed. I've been looking forward to having graded essays for a while now because I needed to know how much work I had to do before the exam! We also had a quiz on the Critical Lenses&Literary Eras, which showed many of us (including me, sorry Ms. Holmes!!) that we absolutely need to study them more before the AP.
ahahahahahahah that critical lenses quiz. Discussions for my hour have been suffering a bit too lately, but I guess that is bound to happen considering the time of the year. I also enjoyed Frankenstein! I hated Victor, but the rest of the novel I liked and discussing it in class was quite enjoyable. I need to practice my essay skills a lot more haha, I really hope I can pull something together for the AP. Less than two weeks away! We can do it(I hope)!
ReplyDeleteAlice, this post was really good. Great job bringing AP Bio into the conversation, Holmes wants us to connect the works to other parts of our life, and this is a perfect example. It's great to see that you're enjoying most of the activities in AP lit, too bad it's almost over :(
ReplyDeleteHey Alice, nice response. I really like your thoughts on Frankenstein, personally it is one of my favorite books. I read it last year fro Brit Lit extra credit and noticed a lot of it'c connections to isolationism and orphanage and that's what i wrote about, this year was a crazy new discussion all about alienationa dn I learned a lot more I had no idea about from the first time I read it. Do you feel like the prompts are helping? Because I do, actually they've helped me a lot. Oh and that quiz..... yeah studying that is at the top of my list. Anyway good job!
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