Essay Writing

In the beginning of the year, I probably could not write a full 5 paragraph essay, without much help from anybody. Now, I feel alot more confident on how to successfully build a decent essay, and how to connect everything into 1. I don't see myself as a fully accomplished essayist, but I believe I can write an almost decent report. Literary analysis. I find that a somewhat deeper investigation to the true meaning of a book. Instead of just finding the main characters and the plot, I can uncover much more, such as metaphors and symbols, and how they can all connect together into a theme of some sort. The challenge is- it's hard to explain and write out. However, the reward is an unexplainable knowledge you get from analyzing a book as deep as possible.

My essay might contain more than five errors, because I am not very good at tracking down every single mistake I make. One time, I accidentally put "Wilde" instead of "Dickens". I still can't believe I didn't catch that mistake,I don't really know how i missed it to be honest. Also, I tend to miss out and go astray from my main idea. Every sentence I construct tends to lean farther away from what I am really trying to explain, so I'm trying to prevent that too.

Summer Reading List

I feel like this school year has gone by fast, and then when you think about when school is going to end (30 days), it seems so slow. Anyways, to be honest, I probably won't read at all during the summer, other than the books that I have to read for the requirements of the classes I'm taking next year. I'll end up finishing a book a month most likely.

However, if I were to read, I would read the Everest, and those series, I have heard that they are good, but I haven't read any yet. Reading adventure books is quite enjoyable to me, and I would read them on my spare time.

The second book I would like to read is something by Shakespeare. I guess this would be enjoyable, as it would help me in the future, since I know I'm going to run into Shakespeare's language later on. It's actually quite humorous how words and symbols were phrased back then, and how people thought about events that happened around them. I wish thou an absolute summer break!

Fate

Since my birthday is the 14th of November, my horoscope is Scorpio. I am supposed to be passionate, perceptive, resourceful, possessive, focused, and too many other things. This does sort of fit in with my personality, as I usually focus on things that I am determined to do. The "sun" in Scorpio represents intensity. Scorpio's never give up, and aren't afraid of doing what they have to do to get what they want. They are sneaky on getting something that they want, at the right time. There are also many other "stages" of Scorpio, that mean different things, which can describe different personalities.

In Romeo and Juliet, "fate" is a huge reoccurring theme/symbol. Romeo and Juliet seem to base their relationship and the events that are happening around them. Symbols such as stars, the sky, and nature contribute to fate, in a significant way. I don't really believe in this astrology stuff, but I know that this book is based on fate, as a theme. Every event that occurs always comes with a symbol of some sort, that in a way foreshadows the next event.