Motion Picture vs. Words

To me, Shakespeare's script for the play Julius Caesar is much better than the movie. One reason for this may be because of the evolution in movies over the years. Today, movies are filmed better and teenagers today.. well, we like stuff done the new way. The play itself has the power to be analyzed and an internal meaning can be found. The movie is based on the play (word for word) and basically plays what is written in the book. I believe that all great scriptures need to be read and not watched because they capture the essence of the past, and no movie can truly recapture the true past. This play was an extremely good choice for our persuasive unit because the speeches spoken all applied certain devices to persuade. The use of pathos, ethos, and rhetorical questions all forced the readers to interact with the story. This connection was never really established in the movie, and that is what definitely made the script better than the movie. 

Eragon By Christopher Paolini

Eragon is hunting for game in the Spine. His family is desperately in need of food before the harsh winter season approaches. He sees a deer, draws and arrow... "boom!" The eerie blasts sends Eragon scattering to the floor, and the deer is shocked away. It was a blue mystical object, and little did Eragon know that it would turn out to be his new dragon.

I thought this book would be one that you read on a lazy Sunday with nothing else to do. "It's about dragons, how good can it be?" I asked myself. My sister was obsessed with it and was drawn into the mystical world Christopher Paolinin creates every minute of every day until she was finished reading it. "O well, I guess I'll read it." Probably the best book I have read this year! I could not put this book down, and if I had to go to bed, my parents had to pry the book out of my hands just to make me get enough sleep. Great adventure book, and suitable for all ages! READ THIS BOOK!

"What I think about Shakespeare..."

Shakespeare to me is a writer who creates portals back into time. Every once in a while, as we read on in Caesar, I can picture the scenes he describes, and the asides tell me more about the characters. He is an accomplished writer, who by many, is recognized as an old person who uses weird language. Although this may be so, if we do not have Shakespeare, we have lost part of history. His writing reflects the times he lived in, and gives the new era of writers more ideas of what to write about. His other piece of writing, Romeo and Juliet, was long (all his writing is) yet it is the basis of most love stories today. When people hear William Shakespeare, they immediately think of long meaningless lines that only would have been spectacular in the times it was written. I believe that all his writing needs to be disected piece by piece to attain the true understanding of his works. I have grown to like Shakespeare, however sometimes lines and scenes turn out to be extremely cheesey. (The movie isn't any better) However, it has taught me a lot about literature. Shakespeare needs to be kept in all classrooms around the world so that new age writers experience literature to the fullest.