Jane Eyre Final Reflectioin

1) If I was in Jane's shoes, I would stay at Thornfield. If I grew up with nothing and had an opportunity to have a better life an more money I would deffinatly do it.

2) I never got into this book as much as The Catcher in the Rye, partally because of its bland writing style, and partally because of the language used in it. I liked the overall idea of the book, but it just took too long to develop. On the topic of taking too long to develop, I think htis bok could have been shortened by a good 50-100 pages. There was so much fluff and filler it just took away from the story.

3) I think this is a good book for college lit because I assume that in college I am going to have to read a lot of books that I don't like. However after talking to people from the class last year, and reading some reviews, I would have rather read Caucasia.

Motivational Speeches

Having watched the speech from Any Given Sunday in class the other day, I have decided to make a list of  some of the best motivational speeches both from movies, and in real life.

Miracle- 

This is one of the best speeches to watch, for both hockey and non hockey fans. Herb Brooks (played by Kurt Russel) talks about how expectations and predictions should be thrown aside before a game. He also talks about how if they play up to their full potential, and play their style of hockey, the will beat any team put in front of them. 

  

The Pursuit of Happiness-

Although it is a shorter speech, Chris Gardner (played by Will Smith) gets a very good point across to his son. He tells him not to every let anyone shoot down his dreams, and that if he wants something, to go get it.

Armageddon-

There isn't much I can do to sum up this speech, it is defiantly one that is worth checking out though. Hopefully in our time we will never have to listen to a speech like this from the President, but it is the perfect speech for the situation. 

Visions of Childhood

In the four stories we have read so far, they all have had separate ways of depicting childhood. In the Sutton Pie Safe, the child follows his father around, and is trying to be like him. In Every Little Hurricane, the child is shown as being dependent on his parents, but his parents aren't always there for him. Connie, from Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, is the complete opposite. Connie is very independent, and thinks that her parents are just annoying and don't understand how it is to be a teenager. In Bottle Caps, there isn't much information about the child, except for the fact that he has a collection of bottle caps, which isn't unusual for most kids.

A movie that depicts childhood in a interesting way is defiantly Tom Hanks' Big. Big is a movie about a kid who wishes that he can become an adult, and his wish comes true. He then has to live on his own, since he is an adult and his parents think that he kidnapped himself. He then uses his creativity to work at a toy company and create toys that children like.
It isn't similar to the stories we have read so far because in our stories no one time travels, or gets a new body.