The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-the-Moon Marigolds Act 2

The Capulet family in Romeo and Juliet and Tillie's family are quite different, once rather modern and one very old fashioned, yet similar in some aspects.

Tillie reminds me a bit of Juliet. Both of them seem to have families that are troubled, emotionally or just have trouble following them, and both have mothers that don't seem to listen. Juliet's mother desperately wants Juliet to marry, but Juliet never said she wanted to. Tillie's mom, Beatrice, also doesn't seem to listen to Tillie. She's to focused on complaining how life is terrible and how much she wants a shop, and never once listens to what Tillie has to say.
   
The biggest thing they have in common is the fact that they are loyal and stick to their families no matter how crazy or unreasonable they are being. Tillie still loves her mom and sister although they argue all the time and do outrageous things, and Juliet still mourns the death of her cousin Tybalt even though she knew he wasn't always right.

These families both have their differences, like how the Capulet has a strong Father/King role and Tillie's mom doesn't, but overall both of them have similarities and differences that make them unique and memorable families.

   

The Effect of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Act 1

This play is......something. I'm not sure if I like it yet, but it could definitely grow on me.

I believe the person who I can relate to the most would be Tillie. I really like how no matter how many threats her mom says to her about the dang bunny, she never takes her seriously and goes on with whatever she has to do. It just struck me as amusing. Anyways, I think I could relate to Tillie because of how in love she is with science and how she just sinks into what she's talking about. Her mom, Beatrice, makes it seem like a worthless gift, but what Tillie has is something special, something she can use to escape from her world. She also demonstrates her love of science at school. I think I can relate most to this. I LOVE The Beatles,and I do get awkward stares at school sometimes because of my passion (or obsession, either one works) for them. I think I can relate to Tillie through this because we both share something we're really fond of, but no matter who says anything to shoot us down, we never truly stop loving our passion.

Romeo and Juliet~ Romeo Character Traits

    Romeo and Juliet is well known for being a short but well written story of love at first sight and the hardships that two teenagers face due to their families past. The whole story is written with a quick pace, one important thing after another that affects the whole plot. Out of all the characters, Romeo seems to fit this description to the tee.
    
 Romeo is the epitome of emotional and frivolous. He is solely ruled by his emotions and rarely stops and thinks of his actions. Shakespeare does a very good job of showing this by describing how Romeo feels before and after the Capulet party. First he is woeful, mourning after Rosalie and wishing she would take him back, but then he sees Juliet. Mere seconds go by and Rosalie is out of Romeo’s head and heart, and replaced with young Juliet.
    That has got to be the quickest recovery of unrequited love. Ever.
    By doing this, Shakespeare shows just how emotional Romeo is, and begins to show who Romeo truly is. A mere teenager who lives in the moment and wishes nothing more than to be with Juliet.
    Another trait of Romeo’s is his loyalty. Throughout the whole story Romeo is faithfully followed by his two friends, Mercutio and Benvolio. Both Mercutio and Benvolio urge Romeo to forget Rosalie and return to being the normal, cheery Romeo he used to be. Romeo could have rudely declined the invitation to the party, but he put his troubles aside to please his friends. Also, when Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo is enraged. Blinded with fury of his friend being slain, he kills Tybalt without a second thought. This really shows that although he was brooding over his own problems, Romeo couldn’t let someone do something to his friends and get away with it.
    One final trait that Romeo portrays very well is his compulsive behavior. The guy just doesn’t stop and think. All throughout the story he is very hurried and does things in a rush. Shakespeare demonstrates this trait when Romeo meets Juliet, suddenly falls in love and looks for her after the party. Very dashingly, he comes to her balcony and tries to win her over, and it kind of works. But it is so sudden! He barely just met her and he’s already confessing his heart. Granted, he’s really good at coming up with things on the spot, but it was obvious that it was not planned. It was the first thing that popped in his head, and did it mindlessly.
    Overall, Romeo turned out to be an O.K character. He came off at first like a fickle boy in love, but as the story progressed, he developed into a man who just wanted to love Juliet and live a happy life with her. It’s sort of saddening, knowing that Romeo would have become  more mature and thought things through in the future, but once again, his compulsiveness and brashness led him to take the fastest way out of his misery. He thoughtlessly killed himself, thinking that it would finally bring him happiness and be together with Juliet forever.

Romeo and Juliet

I do not like this book.
That's it. No more, no less. I just don't enjoy Shakespeare's most famous tragedy.
Maybe the reason I don't like Romeo and Juliet is because of the language and the writing style. Half the time he speaks in 3rd person, like an onlooker, but then he speaks from the point of view of Romeo and Benevolio. And then there's Emotional Romeo. He's such an whiner! And for a guy who's roughly 17, he's really talkative about his emotions.
I like Juliet though. She seems leveled headed and has her little priorities straight. I think she doesn't want to marry any time soon, especially to her cousin, COUNTY PARIS,  but she sort of agrees to because she's an obedient child. I don't like her Nurse either. She talks ways to much and clings to Juliet a lot. It almost seems like she wants to replace the image of Susan, her dead daughter, with Juliet.

The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail: Act Two

Irony, you say? Well, an aspects of irony I see in this part of the book is how Henry sees Bailey as this kind of genius, when he's really not. I think he just seems like a genius to Henry because he's so honest and simple. Like a child even. Since he's not so educated and have so many things clouding his thoughts, his reactions are pure and come from the heart. And I guess, in his own way, Bailey is a genius.

The main three characters I believe are Henry David, Bailey and John. I think these guys are pretty important to the story because they all influence Henry a bit. John's death deeply impacts Henry's view on the world, and Bailey sort of let's Henry just spew out all of his feelings and thoughts on him. Henry seems to really have an attachment with his brother, John, and by the end of the book, he has made one with Bailey too.

As for actors who would make good characters.......I don't know, really. For Henry, I sort of see the guy who plays Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia, James McAvoy. He seems like a wise person, but still young. For John, I think James Franco would fit the part. He also seems like someone's playful brother. As for dear Bailey, he's rather difficult to find an actor. The authors really don't dwell on what he looks like, but I imagines him being rather old, around his 30-40. So my conclusion is that Sean Penn would make a good Bailey, from around the era when he did 'I Am Sam'. Though he plays a father with development disabilities, sort of like that but not quite to the extent of him acting like a 7 year old. In the movie, Sean Penn does a great job of acting a simple and honest dad who just wants to be with his daughter, this sort of reminds me of how Bailey also seems honest and simple. He just wants to get out of jail, and calmly sits and listens to Henry talk.

I think in the end, Henry's protest didn't fulfill Henry's hopes and expectations. He seemed to expect an uproar, whether it was against him or with him. But people just turned their heads and didn't listen to him. Maybe if he had talked about his opinions sooner, there might of been more of a reaction. I mean, in the end, his aunt got him out of jail! So staying in jail for that time truly made him reflect on what he had done, and what he should do next.

A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger

This was a.....twisted and confusing short story. At first I thought Seymour was going to be like Holden, but he just seems overly lost in his own world. Even more than Holden. I think Muriel seems more like rebellious Holden. She seemed young in the beginning but as she talked over the phone with her mother, she sounded older and older. This sort of reminds me of how Holden seems to want to act like a grown-up but at the same time acts like a kid.
They both don't want to come home, but in the end they both will have to. Holden because he promised Phoebe, and Muriel will probably go home because Seymour shot himself after coming from the beach.

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

    "Don't just remember what I said. Remember what I'm talking about" 
                                                                                        -Henry David Thoreau


      As I sit here, typing this out and slurping on some lime Jell-O (delicious!) I think that Henry David must of been a man who wanted people to understand him more than anything. I think this quote demonstrates, or transcends, transcendentalism by showing how remembering opposed to actually knowing and understanding something are two separate things. When you understand something, you get the whole message, the content of what it is about. But when you simple remember, you could just be spewing out what you heard and not truly get the concept. This shows transcendentalism because transcendentalism is believing that everything is connected somehow. Maybe the way you view something once you get to understand what their talking about leads to thinking broader about the whole picture. Not just memorizing and repeating someones thoughts.