spoooooks!

For the final project I have had a lot of trouble deciding on what to write about.  Picking Option #2 because who wouldn't want to read and write about spooks?  I have a large interest in ghosts, goblins, monsters and all of the other "villains" or creatures that go bump in the night.  After going back and fourth I think I am set on the werewolf.  The primary source that made me choose werewolves was The Wolf Man.  A film first made in the early 1940's, then readapted last year, in 2010.  It depicts the classic tale of a man returning to his homeland only to be bitten and transformed into a werewolf.  I haven't found a specific text that I want to use because there are many stories portraying this same concept.  I hope to open people up to the idea that the werewolf is just a man with monsters inside that he cannot hold back.  We all have a dark side, but we have the choice on how much is allowed out, unlike the wolf man.  I plan to use many different sources.  I found a good site… www.werewolves.com that is full of pictures and stories about werewolves that I thought was pretty cool!!

photo credit: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheWolfMan?from=Main.TheWolfMan

letter...

Mrs. Cline,

This semester has been an interesting one, for me anyway.  My personal life has been a little crazy, therefore I feel my schooling habits have been as well.  This is definitely my biggest challenge.  Online learning can be hard, but I have to say that you have been a great help.  Your videos and resources have really helped me to stay on top of things.  They have also helped me to fully and thoroughly understand what is being asked, which I can't say the same for other online courses I have taken.  Other than that, I have also had a tough time with the poetry.  I have always been this way, so it's nothing new.   I have never really done literary analysis, so it has been a bit difficult.  I m more productive as a factual writer in such classes like biology.  Your comments have been of great help, though!   The readings in the course have been really great too.  I have enjoyed what were are learning and discussing and I think that it really makes a difference.  It's hard to keep track if you aren't interested, and I have been! I read Frankenstein my junior year of high school, and I didn't get much out of it.  This time around I was able to really dig into it and understand deeper meanings and how it relates to the author. I can't wait to do the mid term also!!!! I think I might do something along the lines of witches. They have always fascinated me, but I haven't yet found something to read…Hopefully I will soon!  

Sincerely,

Jamie Cottrell

Percy Bysshe Shelley!

      Percy Bysshe Shelley was not only the husband of Mary Shelley, but also a major English poet in romance.  He lived from August of 1792 to July of 1822, and was the son of an English Sir.   In his criticism of Frankenstein, he talks a lot about emotions and how the novel was written with such.  Percy stays on the basics of society being the reason for evil, as well.  "Treat a person ill, and he will become wicked."  (Percy Shelley: On Frankenstein)  I think this is pretty clear.  He talks about how this is a universal moral, and of great importance in the novel.

       I feel that the author and I shared the emotions in the story.  It is suspenseful, and sad; an emotional roller coaster.  I also agree with Percy about the moral.  I think that his interpretation of Frankenstein turning on the inside what he looks like on the outside was an effect of the treatment he received from society.  It's something we can relate to, even this far from when the novel was written.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRshelley.htm

photo: hallofheretics.net

revisions, revisions!

                  Revising has always been a little hard for me, as writing has.  I do believe that revising is a bit easier, though as

a whole.  I have a really tough time spitting out anything of an essay.  I sit for a bit, and then end up just having to dive into

 it.  When writing an essay I definitely outline my ideas first.  It seems a little elementary, but it really helps and acts as a 

guideline.  I throw everything that I feel needs to be in the essay (general stuff) and then go from there.  Throughout the 

writing process I am  constantly  revising.  Re-reading each sentence, and asking myself, "Wait, is that right? Is it too much 

or not enough?".  I could do this all day, but my essay would never get finished, so I usually just go with my gut in the end.  

The second draft revision process is sort of the same, for me.  I like to go into it thinking that the paper has not been written 

by me.  I need that sort of mindset to just do revising on what I think needs changed.  It makes it easier to try and look at the 

paper from an outsiders stand point.   I do read it over and over as well, also letting others read it and give me feedback.  

Letting other epode read it gives me a real view on how the reader is feeling and what they are thinking.  It usually ends up 

that the other person reading it has found a weird spot or a mistake that I didn't notice after all of the re-reading.  

With this essay, I hope to be able to bring it all together.  I think the first step was really understanding the poem.  I 

thought that I really understood it, but maybe going back to it after a few days, I can grasp it a little better.  I also feel I need 

to get better vocabulary.  In speech, I don't seem to reuse words, or repeat my thoughts, but for some reason I do in my 

writing, and I'd like to change that!!

I though this was kind of cool for those of us who aren't the best writers… :)

http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/becoming-a-writer.html

photo credit: http://cheezburger.com/andykatz/lolz/View/3246163456