Sunday, February 24, 2013

The glass managerie


The Glass Menagerie was interesting in that it showed the uniqueness of the family. Sometimes it is okay to get out of your comfort zone and be different from the rest of the crowd and that’s exactly how the Wingfied’s family was. Laura seemed scared of reality and didn’t want to be a part of the world and instead decided to seclude herself from society which is actually sad. It was understandable for her too feel that way considering that she is crippled. To past time she collected glass which was odd, but to her the glass symbolized something.  At first the play was confusing and different because of the different personalities the characters obtained. As I read more I started to realize that the story did a lot of foreshadowing which I enjoyed. I love when movies, shows, and stories have foreshadowing in them because it makes me want to see or read more just to know what happens next. Interesting things happened with the characters Tom, Laura, and Amanda which kept me on my toes. I didn’t agree at first when Tom left his family to explore the world, but when I thought about it he has been supporting his family since his father left. I feel as though all that work he had to do probably take away his childhood and felt the need to just explore and not do the same thing every day. I can honestly say this was one of my favorite plays to read.

Monday, February 4, 2013

We had to write an ending to one of the novels and I wanted to share my ending. I predicted that the girl will indeed end up having her baby. This was my twist on the ending. She tells him that she will have the abortion and forces a marriage. So they get married and then she will eventually have the baby and he will fall in love with the baby. Once he sees that the baby resembles him he will have but no choice but to keep the child. They get married in Spain to spend no time waiting. They go back to the states to have the baby and try to live happily ever after. Then a lady which turns out to be the mans wife intrudes on their relationship. Now the man is stuck in between two but his other wife can't have kids so he stays with the girl. :)