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On my grade sheet it said that I didnt have my photo assignment on here but there is a link right a few posts down that seems to work for me... I also turned my annotative bibliography for fiction in late because of a funeral I had to attend the week that it was due..

Summertime!!!

School's almost out and summer will be in full bloom for me as I make my way down to blistering hot Mesa, Arizona... I hoping to be able to continue adding to my Reading list, and hopefully Poetry list.. This class has made me mush more open minded about different reading material and authors, which will be nice when I'm trying to find a something new and different to read.

Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare

When it's time for drama in any of my english classes I just dread it... I never enjoyed listening to Shakespeare and it's even worse reading it. I just don't enjoy that kind of drama. There is some drama that I like but usually it is in the form of a movie. I don't know for sure why I don't enjoy it but I think it is just the style and sound of the writing that instantly makes me uninterested. I'm going to try and read everything else besides Shakespeare with an open mind so that maybe it will strike an interest in me.

DRAMA

TRIFLES
by: Susan Glaspell

I kind of enjoyed this read... I wouldn't say that it is my favorite but it was okay:) There was death and scandal so it started out with some potential. It was a good enough start to my drama reading to make me continue with the rest of the section.

Book List

• Coe, Jonathon. The Rain Before It Falls. New York: Vintage Books, 2007.
  There are tapes that Gill’s late aunt, Rosamond has left behind, while listening to Rosamond speak of her life she learns of the loss and heartache of the women in her family.
  
• Faulkner, William. “A Rose for Emily, 1931.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 28-34.
  Emily stayed hidden away in her home and didn’t allow visitors. People never knew what she was hiding until she died and they went into her house.
• Faulkner, William. “Barn Burning, 1939.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 160-172.
  Sarty has never said anything before but finally decides to defy his father, Ab Snopes, when he
  goes to burn down another barn.
  
• Gardner,Earle Stanley. The Case of the Long legged Models. New York: Curtis Publishing, 1957. Perry Mason is the lawyer trying to figure out who killed Della Street’s father and in the process reveals many different secrets.
  
• Grimm, Jakob, and Whilhelm Grimm. “Godfather Death, 1812”. Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 9-11.
  A boy receives the gift of being able to tell whether people will live or die from his godfather Death. Things don’t turn out the best for him when he doesn’t follow the rules that come along with his gift.
  
• Jin, Ha. “Saboteur, 2000.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 178-185.
  After Mr. Chui is wrongly accused of disturbing the peace and is arrested he seeks revenge on the police who wronged him.
  
• Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild. New York: Villard, 1996.
  Chris McCandless abandons his life and family after graduating from college. He heads to the wilderness and pavement on his quest for a life without material possessions, and to what this world offers.
  
• Olsen, Tillie. “I Stand Here Ironing, 1961.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 637-642.
  A mother is telling the story of her first, failed, marriage and the child which came with it.
  
• Pears, Iain. The Portrait. New York: Penguin Group, 2005.
  An old friend is going to paints the portrait of a man. In the process the painter discusses their lives growing up, why he left London at the peak of his career, and why he’s finally ready to go back to the art civilization.
  
• Sparks, Nickolas. Message in a Bottle. New York: Warner Books, 1998.
  Theresa finds a bottle with a love message written in it and travels to North Carolina to find the man who wrote it.
  
• Sparks, Nickolas. The Gaurdian. New York: Warner Books, 2003.
  Four years after her husband died Julie decides to start dating again. She never realized the danger of dating until someone nearly destroys her life.
  
• Tallent, Elizabeth. “No One’s A Mystery, 1987.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 245-247.
  A young girl, secretly, drives around and discusses her future with her married lover.
  
• Updike, John. “A & P, 1961.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 14-19.
  Sammy, the checkout boy at the local supermarket, surprises everyone with a bold decision after defending the three girls who come into the store with only bathing suits on.

Picture assignment

My link to my new blog page with my pictures
http://ashleysvedin.blogspot.com/

Poetry

Ashley Svedin
Professor Hepworth
English 150
April 14, 2009
Poetry
Belloc, Hilaire. “Fatigue, 1923.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 865.
Dickinson, Emily.”Emily Dickinson.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 1014-1019.
Frost, Robert. “The Silken Tent, 1942.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 780.
Herbert, George. “The Pulley, 1633.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 778.
Hughes, Langston. Ku Klux, 1942.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 1034-1035.
Simic, Charles. “My Shoes, 1967.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 779.
Whitman, Walt. “Beat! Beat! Drums!, 1861.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 845.
Whitman, Walt. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford, 1865.” Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Drama, and Writing. Longman, 2007. 879.
I’ve never really enjoyed reading poetry because I usually don’t understand it. After reading a few poems in class I, slowly, started to like it a little more. I enjoyed reading them in class and then discussing them. When I read them by myself I still don’t understand them a lot of the time; but I appreciate poetry more since taking the last few months to read it and discuss it in class.