My thoughts on ENG 3U

Honestly walking into this English class I was only excited because I had friends in the class. I hated English and thought I was awful at it, but I can honestly say I will be leaving the exam next Friday truly moved by this course. I enjoyed the activities we did and enjoyed all the readings we did (except Shakespeare), and I think that I did a lot of self discovery in this class. Of course a huge reason why the class was so great was because Mrs.Le is the most interesting and understanding teacher I have ever had. I think the only way that the course could be improved would be doing no Shakespeare but that isn't going to happen. To be honest I  understood Shakespeare this year better then any other year, so I do think that the way it was taught was great, it's just that I don't enjoy Shakespeare. Also I believe that the blog was a great idea, and should definitely be used in years to come. The blog was a really cool way to talk to other students and see how everyone else is feeling about current events and also what we were doing in class. All in all I'd like to say thanks Mrs.Le for putting together such a great course, I can truly say I feel I have grown as a person through all the different writing and exploring of other cultures we got to do.  

My ISU novel

My ISU novel is called Princess. The novel follows a Saudi Arabian Princess through her life as a royal family member. When we think of a princess we think of a strong, beautiful woman who is sure of herself and privileged in everything she does. This book follows the real life of a princess proving that the title of being a princess in Saudi Arabia is nothing to be desired at all. The author of the novel is an american who knows a Saudi princess, the princess is unable to write the novel herself because if she was to e discovered she would be killed. In Saudi Arabia men have priority over everyone meaning that you could have a younger brother but he would be in charge of you. The book follows the idea that men are superior to women and that women don;t have the right to make their own choices and should not be able to do what they want. Princess shows the brutalities that women around the world go through daily, and how privileged and lucky we are here in Canada to be able to make our own choices. Really pleased with the novel as a whole really made me rethink about what is important to me in life.

Amir: A Boy becoming a Man

When I first started The Kite Runner I strongly disliked Amir. I thought he was a coward who didn't deserve praise from anyone, especially not a boy as sweet as Hassan. Then I got thinking: If I witnessed one of my friends get raped when i was 10 years old what would I have done?  Not only did Amir witness Hassan get raped, HAssan only got raped becasue of the kite he was running for Amir. I think I would have mentally and physically broken down if I witnessed that, I would feel so much guilt and sadness. I probably would have handled it really similar to how Amir did. I would have shut people out and try to go into my own world. I believe Amir was trying to handle it as best as he could, but still had to try and appear to be a put together kid for Baba. I really enjoyed the Kite Runner because I believe it was a great story of showing how people can grow into strong independent people. Amir is always growing as a person throughout the novel. Whether it was when he was helping Baba or going to save Sohrab. I believe in many ways Amir redeemed himself. I realize a lot of the people that read this book dislike Amir and rightfully so, but if you honestly take a second to put yourself in that situation, not as a teenager or an adult, but as a ten year old boy. Think how you would handle that, do you think you're going to want to go talk about it, you probably wouldn't even understand what you just witnessed never mind be able to put it into words. Personally I believe that Amir reacted how any young kid would react: try to forget the situation and move on.

My thoughts on the end of MacBeth

I believe that MacBeth was kind of a uneventful play, but I did enjoy the ending. I believe that MacBeth deserved to die because he killed so many innocent people. So ending the play with him being killed was perfect. Also I think it was suitable that Lady MacBeth killed herself because she didn't actually kill anyone but she did create this guilt for herself and therefore it makes sense that she takes her own life. All in all the ending was satisfying especially because MacDuff becomes king and he is the "medicine" for Scotland  The End. And they all lived happily ever after, or dead.

meme by Mick and Tes #swag

Lady Macbeth

     My opinion of Lady Macbeth is that she is controlling and insane. When Macbeth is having second thoughts about killing Duncan Lady Macbeth made him feel bad for "breaking his promise". She told him that if she promised to kill her baby even while she was nurturing she was take it off her breast and kill it. If that doesn't prove she is psychotic I don't know what will. I do believe that Macbeth is at fault for the murders but I think that without lady Macbeth they probably wouldn't have happened.

The Ideal Marriage

          I believe the perfect marriage consists of two people who are fully committed and in love with each other. In the perfect marriage you should be able to tell the other person anything and they should always be there to help you through everything. I believe marriage is a way to show that you want to be with that one person for the rest of your life, so in my opinion infidelity is unacceptable. If one partner decides to ruin the marriage by cheating personally I would never be able to forgive that person, but then again I have never been in love. I respect people who try to save their marriage after one partner has cheated, and I think that shows their love for the person. The ideal marriage should include two people willing to fight for their love even if one partner makes a mistake.  

Same love- Macklemore (gay marriage)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mINGKrtG3iw

             I believe that the issue of gay marriage is a huge problem in the world today. I think that everyone should have the right to marry who they want to marry. Why would someone else's marriage effect you? If you don't believe in marrying someone of the same sex then don't marry someone of the same gender. In the song Macklemore states "man that's gay gets dropped on a daily, we become so numb to what er are saying" (2:23). I totally agree with him being gay is often used in a way that makes being gay equal to something being stupid, or to offend someone. I do understand that often people don't mean to offend anyone but I think we need to start thinking before we speak. If I wanted to say something was stupid i would go around saying "Man that's so science" because science has nothing to do with being stupid, and neither does being gay. Being gay is not a choice and I don't think people should have their rights as a human taken away because of something that isn't even their choice.

I do understand that it can make some people uncomfortable and I don't think that makes you a bad person but I think a gay person should be able to hold hands in public and feel comfortable doing it without being judged just as much as a straight couple are able to do it. I know that some people were raised in homes where being gay is not right, and I understand sometimes it can be hard to look at other peoples perspective, but I think sometimes people don't try hard enough to understand where other people are coming from. I think that if someone of the same sex makes you happy then be with them and show the world how happy they make you.

It disgusts me that in some countries you are unable to marry who you want. I believe that is a violation of human rights. If I can marry who I want to marry then why can't someone who is gay do the same thing. It angers me that I have the right to be happy with the person I want to be with, but someone who is gay doesn't.

Addressing Natives in Canada

              I believe the government should start by keeping there promises to everyone. Natives are just as much a part of this country as anyone else so I don't understand how the government keeps almost all of there promises to the rest of the population, but not natives. I think that the Natives should be treated with the same respect as anyone else in our country. I believe the government should give reserves  more money but also help them plan what they should do with the money. And I definitely think that schools should be built and everyone should be encouraged to finish at least grade 12. In our school we often have people from universities come and talk to us about our future, I believe the government should try and encourage universities to go to native reserves and talk to high school students there to think about their future.