Happy Thanksgiving? :)

In my American Lit Class, I'm thankful for absolutely everyone for keeping me woke in class and staying focused. But someone in particular? I would have to say Sohrob. He seems so enthusiastic in class and fully participates. His answers are always so interesting, doesn't sugar coat anything and gives our class good discussions, with the exception of his minority statements haha. He's so cute when he answers because he gives me a clear understanding about something in the class that might not be so clear from the beginning. He's always in a good mood, and will not hesitate to answer. I loved Sohrob before this class, but having it with him just helps me able to see him instead of him in the hallways. And hopefully he sees this :)

Direction the Class Needs.

My American Lit class is going actually good at the time. I believe Mr. McCarthy leads the class in a well and mature way where if someone gets off topic of our class discussions and also doesn't let anyone get away with anything. Something that should change that's not really something the teacher can fix; and that's having everyone participate in the class. There's only like 5 people that answer all the time, especially Sohrob and Kirkland. But, the class lesson plan is well thought out and structured good. I love our class discussions because they keep me interested, even though I'm not very participatory. Also, I like my classmates because they're all very intelligent and has thoughts out of this world and actually have you thinking after the class. So in conclusion, my class really doesn't need any changes and rearrangements. :)

Cormac McCarthy Blog.

There is a theme in the Road, very translucent, however can also be forgotten throughout the book. The theme being described? Death. Something that's destined for everyone. In the book, the thing that the father has been trying to avoid the whole time is death. Cormac McCarthy had an interview with New York Times and he speaks on death in the Road. He said that death reaches totality in the book. Especially considering the fact that everything have died, including animals, plants, and the people. McCarthy believes, as said in the interview, that death is the ultimate issue in our world, and people don't take it very serious. I believe that McCarthy did a great job giving the readers a wake up call. It definitely gave me one. Honestly, death is one my biggest fears. McCarthy was absolutely correct, people don't take it serious. We are throwing the world away. Whatever we do, it will result in death eventually.

Open Letter to Charles Bukowski.

Dear Mr. Bukowski,


I give you a round of applause for the beautiful, and well thought poem Dinosaur, We. After reading it, I got quite scared, and even worried. My immediate thought? He's a genius! He's a psychic! But then further on, I found out you created this in the 70s. Question, did you take the events that occurred before the poem, or did you just guess using your creative mind? Well I personally loved your poem because it kept me interested. It seemed like every new line, was something that was familiar to me. Such as "as the supermarket bag boy holds a college degree". Its freaky, because now in this economy, even a job that uses not much intelligence or easy as "a bag boy" needs a college degree to achieve it. Also, "as the oily fish spit out their oily prey". You were referring to the oil spill we went through in the past couple years. After even the first 8 lines, I realized; us, humans are throwing our life away. Not just our life, but the world. And the reason, is us. Believe it or not. Our ignorant decisions affect everyone in the world. And nothing can change the word being destroyed but us, the american population in whole. Is that gonna happen? Probably not. But thats just something we'll have to wait and see.