Overall Thoughts On the Class (Last Blog!)

This is my last blog.  To finish up, I'd like to summarize my thoughts on the class.  I started out this quarter being excited to learn more about Literature.  As the class went on however, I began developing a deeper understanding of Literature, not just the entertainment value of it.  It came to mean something to me.  I'd give an example but every poem, short story, or any other piece of literature we read for this class has had a completely different impact on me and will forever shape how I see Literature as a whole. 
Overall, a fun class in which I learned a lot and met a lot of cool people, some with my safe values, some I disagreed with. 
-Thanks for a great quarter!- :)

"The Lottery"

I couldn't think of nything to blog about but I know since this is a literature class, somethingliterature-related is always welcome.  I'd like to just take a minute and talk about my favorite short story "The Lottery."  I had to read a lot of different poems and short stories for my English 113 class last quarter but surprisingly, "The Lottery" was one that was not required, just suggested.  I thought I'd give it a try even though I don't care too much for most short stories (yet I'd still rather read a sort story than a poem anyday).  I liked "The Lottery" so much because it moved me to think about serious issues that are currently upon our society today in a new way.  This short story shows us just how seriously people follow tradition, even to the point of killing a close freind or family member.  It's a very moving short story and I encourage anyone who has not yet read it to do so. 

Quick note on "The Starry Night"

The poem I recited for class, "The Starry Night" by Anne Sexton, is hard to wrap your head around at first and almost sounds like pure gibberish the first time you read or hear it.  Buy since I had to completely memorize it, I had to read it quite a few times.  After reading it a couple dozen times, you start to understand it more.  It is truly a very dark poem.  Sadly, it doesn't revel much on the "why" Sexton wanted so badly to die, only the "how."  I encourage you all to re-read it if you enjoyed it.