5/31/12

I think Romeo being banished from Verona will devastate Juliet.  They are in love and married now, therefore, I believe that Juliet will follow Romeo, to be with him.  I don't think she'd have a problem with leaving her mother and old life behind her, because she never really seemed happy with it, before him.

5/24/12

I do think that Shakespeare is still relevant in today's culture.  I have not read one of his books until now, but they are famous for their plot lines and meanings.  I think his novels should keep being taught because there's obviously a reason they've been taught for so long.  Also, I think it's important to learn how to read the kind of English he used.

5/22/12

The Prologues sets the scene in Verona.  Then it seems like these two people had an old grudge against each other and want to kill one another.  And it says they had civil hands which means to me that they were very good citizens, suddenly changing to killers.  Then two people blinded by love kill themselves.

5/16/12

The Sniper starts off with a man in combat on a rooftop.  He laid there silently with his rifle by his side and hungrily eating his sandwich.  He decided to also take the risk of being spotted by the enemy for a smoke.  His light was seen and was immediately shot at, he quickly crawled away from his original spot.  He snuck a peek to see where it was coming from and another bullet from across the street whizzed by his head.  He noticed that the enemy was also hiding.  A car drove up the same street and stopped infront of the enemy's building.  It was an enemy car, he wanted to shoot at it, but knew it would make no difference.  Suddenly, a woman came up the street and informed the man in the car of the sniper.  He immediately shot at them and the man died, the woman tried running away and went into the gutter.  The enemy shot again and the sniper dropped his rifle, he then realized he'd been hit.  He couldn't feel any pain, it was just numb and bleeding intensely.  He bandaged himself up, gritting his teeth through the pain of his fractured arm.  He laid still for a long time, trying to think of an escape.  He took off his hat and placed it on the muzzle of his rifle.  He made it visible to the enemy and he shot at it.  The sniper pretended to die.  Since the enemy thought he was dead, he made his silhouette visible, the sniper shot him and he hit the pavement beneath him, hard.  The sniper became remorseful and disturbed, but after a few moments he became joyful.  He chugged his flask of whiskey and went to see his dead enemy to report him.  He turned over the dead body and realized it was his very own brother.

5/14/12

I do not think the state of Maine should have budget cuts on MaineCare.  Because the elderly people of Maine need this insurance money to survive.  Taking money from that would throw them under the bus and prevents them from getting things they need to live.

5/10/12

I understand both sides of the argument on the parking fees.  But, I think that parking garages should not raise the fee to park.  In this economy, people are looking for a bargain.  They park in the garages to shop, which means spending money.  They aren;t going to want to spend even more in a parking garage and then spend even more money.  I think the number of people going into Portland and parking in the garages will go down, maybe even plummet and then they will have an even bigger economic problem on their hands.

5/8/12

Your mental and physical state of being depicts who you are as a person.  In the novel Of Mice and Men, there are many characters with disabilities.  The characters with the most prominent impairments are Lennie, Candy, and Crooks.  The impairments and disabilities of these characters define their personality and make them who they are, may it be strong or weak.