Unreliable Narrator blog post #2

Addie Ramonda
Per. 3

Caroline. She's the love of my life, her golden blonde hair and light complexion is almost impossible to resist. I've been around for millions of years and have yet to come across anyone like her. She will never be with me though. I killed so many people that she loves and ruined the life of her boyfriend Tyler. He's a werewolf though, come on Caroline. Caroline deserves someone much more interesting for example a hybrid, like me. I only do these evil things because I'm troubled. My feeling were shut off, I didn't have a conscious. Of course since Caroline I have begun to feel again but I have to keep up my evil reputation or else I won't be respected. I'm an original, I've seen things and over the years they have gotten to me. There is no other way to be than bitter. And when you come so close to breaking the curse only to be fooled out of it, that would leave anyone in an awful mood. See if I had it my way I would break the curse and no longer be a vampire. I could have real human emotions, live a normal life, settle down maybe, have a few kids. But this is nearly impossible now since my only plan seemed to have been ruined. But any ways back to Caroline. She's stubborn, so stubborn that it frustrates me to the core. Everyday I reply the things she says and try to figure out what is going on in that brain of hers, but I can't. She's independent too. Always trying to figure things out for herself and doesn't like others help. Horses, she loves horses. I know this because once when she was dying and I saved her life she mumbled it to me that she loves them. I painted her a picture of a beautiful horse, and I swear I almost had her but then she snapped out of it and realized who had given it to her. I guess I will have to get used to watching her from a distance.
-Klaus (Vampire Diaries)

Poem/Song Analysis #1

Addie Ramonda
Period 3
Song/Poem Analysis

I chose to analyze the song Say Something by A Great Big World.
Say something, I'm giving up on you

I'll be the one, if you want me to
Anywhere, I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I am feeling so small
It was over my head
I know nothing at all

And I will stumble and fall
I'm still learning to love
Just starting to crawl

Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
Anywhere, I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I will swallow my pride
You're the one that I love
And I'm saying goodbye

Say something, I'm giving up on you
And I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
And anywhere, I would have followed you
Oh-oh-oh-oh say something, I'm giving up on you

Say something, I'm giving up on you
Say something

I think that this song is about a man who is in love with someone that is dying or in a comma and can't respond to him. In the beginning of the song it's showing how much he loves her by saying that he would have followed her anywhere. Throughout the song the artist keeps repeating "say something, I'm giving up on you," which would lead you to believe that they are talking to someone who is not responsive. Towards the end of the song it says "And I'm saying goodbye Say something, I'm giving up on you And I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you," I think they are saying I'm sorry that I couldn't save you and I'm letting go now because theres nothing else I can do. This song is really powerful and sad but I like it because it's relatable and real. 

New Years Resolution blog

Addie ramonda
Per 3

Every year I've had a New Years resolution. Wheather it to be nicer, eat healthier, or try harder in school. But what I've realized is that I never stick to them. So this year I decided not to have one. I think it's too much pressure to have a New Years reaolution and I'd rather just start a goal whenever I want.
I always find it entertaining however that the day after New Years the gym is absolutely packed but within two weeks it goes back to normal. Again, I feel like people put too much pressure on New Years resolutions and they should just go with the flow and make goals when they feel inspired not when they think their supposed to. I also find it funny how people tend to say "New year, new me." When in reality it's just a new day, just like every other day. I think the way you should look at it is that eveyday day is a new day to start over and not wait around for a new year to start something.

Blog post #10

Addie Ramonda
Mrs. Smith
Per. 3

At this point in the book Huck meets Mrs. Loftus. She's one of the more genuine people in the story. Mrs. Loftus treats Jim, an African American with respect which is unusual in this time period. Mrs. Loftus is a very smart woman and sees Huck exactly for what he is. Mrs. Loftus husband doesn't like Huck and Jim though and is planning to hunt them down. There is a raft in this part of the book that Jim and Huck share, Twain uses it as a safe haven between the two boys. There are equal in the raft, not a white and black boy, just the same. Huck shows his immaturity in these couple of chapters. His foolish behaviors get Jim and him into trouble when they have a run in with robbers. Huck can't resist his Tom-like impulses. Jim sees the childishness in Huck but never says anything, he is acting like a good slave by doing this. Jim is constantly afraid to disobey and go against Huck because he is a run away slave.

Blog post #9 Reader Response

At this point in the book Huck is living in a cabin with his pap. Huck absolutely hates it because his dad is a drunk. One day when his  Huck decides to leave, he smashes the windows of their cabin and smears pig blood inside, making it look as though robbers broke in and killed him. Huck is planning to go to Jackson island at moon rise. Huck falls asleep and finds pap rowing him. Pap then dies and Huck takes over and begins on his way to Jackson Island. When Huck is at Jackson Island he sees a fairy boat pass that supposedly is carrying Pap. Everyone is very concerned thinking that Huck has been murdered. This point in the story is where the author can really see what the rest of the novel is going to be based around, Huck's supposed death. Huck is lonely for awhile but then on the fourth day at the island he meets Jim, who thinks Huck is a ghost. Jima and Huck are very similar because they are both outcasts from society. It seems as though the two of them are in their own paradise not giving a care about the world. The author keeps foreshadowing that this paradise won't last. Huck and Jim are constantly aware of the invaders that could come onto the island. So far I think the book is cute and even though it is about a child I feel like we can all relate in some way of wanting to get away from society.

Blog #8 Reader Response to parter novel

My partners (Andrea and Haley) and I are reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Huckleberry Finn is the main character and narrator of the book. The first scenes start off by giving you a sense of what Huck is like. To me he seems to be kind of an outcast but also very thoughtful and intelligent. Tom Sawyer is Huck's friend who is the complete opposite. Tom comes up with rebellious ideas and is aggressive whereas Huck is passive. From these first few chapters we learn that Huck and Tom ended their last book with finding gold in a cave, both of them receiving 6,000 a piece. We also learn that Huck was adopted but ran away until Tom convinced him to return and join his band of robbers and live with Huck's widowed mother. Huck does not like his mother and the way that she always tries to push her believes onto him. Huck gets annoyed of his mother for her continuing to think that he is bad and is going to go to hell. From the first chapter the reader is informed of Mark Twain's other book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer but that we didn't need to read that and the two books are separate from each other.

Literary Criticism & Music

Addie Ramonda
Blog post #7

  Dear John by Taylor Swift

 "Feminist Criticism"

Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you

Counting my footsteps, praying the floor won't fall through
Again
And my mother accused me of losing my mind
But I swore I was fine
You paint me a blue sky
And go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game but you changed the rules everyday
Wonderin' which version of you I might get on the phone
Tonight
Well I stopped picking up and this song is to let you know why
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
I should've known
Well maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame
Maybe it's you and you're sick need to give love and take it away
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said run as fast as you can
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong
Don't you think 19's too young to be played by your dark twisted games
When I loved you so
I should have known
You are an expert at "sorry"
And keeping lines blurry
Never impressed by me acing your tests
All the girls that you've run dry have tired, lifeless eyes
Cause you burned them out
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
So don't look now
I'm shining like fireworks over your sad empty town...
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress wrote you a song
You should've known
You should've known
Don't you think I was too young?
You should've known...
Dear John by Taylor Swift shows the feminist criticism. In this song she is talking about a man who plays games with the women that he dates. It's explaining how he is the one that holds all of the power in the relationship and is controlling. Taylor Swift is explaining how this man, "John" is acting like a puppeteer, controlling the way that these women feel and their emotions. Taylor is explaining that she sees his ways and that she isn't going to fall for them anymore.