Ashley West

Week 8!!!

2008-03-07T12:39:00.000-08:00

So it's the finale week of this class and I am so happy. I've enjoyed this class but it's just like a big weight has been lifted of. I think I have come to enjoy and respect literature a little more over the past 8 weeks so I am really happy about that. This has been a great class and would definitely recommend it.

Week 7

2008-02-29T12:06:00.000-08:00

This class is almost over and that makes me really happy, no offence, I've enjoyed some of the readings it just takes a lot of time and mix that with everything else I have to do and it just is a big stress.
I started reading Mrs. Dallaway yesterday, I know a bit late to start, but i am enjoying it so far, it's interesting and I'm ready to finish it, see what happens.

Week 6

2008-02-21T18:34:00.000-08:00

This week has been some what interesting trying to get this web page done. It was a little frustrating trying to figure out how to build it but it is finally done. I just hope everything turns out the way it should.

I couldn't find my self getting to interested in any of the readings for this week. I guess they just seemed a little more boring than those in the past weeks.

Week 5

2008-02-16T20:13:00.000-08:00

This class is going so fast! But I really enjoyed Great Expectation's, before reading it here I didn't think I had ever read it but after starting I realized I had at some point before so it was more of a refresher this time around. I really enjoy the way Charles Dickens writes I am interested now in reading more of his books.
Pip was an interesting character, he really reminded me of people who go from poor to rich or just change social classes in general and hwo their attitudes tend to change along with their class.

Week 4

2008-02-09T20:21:00.000-08:00

I can’t believe this class is already half over, time goes so fast! This week has been so stressful; I spent half of it home in bed with strep throat (4th time in 5 months, im on a role) but was worrying about all the classes I was missing.
Anyways, my favorite poem this week was "The Forsaken Merman" I really agree with the message I got from it. I think a person does loose part of their imagination when they are affiliated with any religion. There are so many beliefs a person must believe in to be a part of a religious group it would be hard to have an imagination while incorporating those beliefs

Week 3

2008-01-31T17:02:00.000-08:00

Well I have been reading Frankenstein this week and am a little surprised by how it is turning out. All this time I had thought Frankenstein was the name of the actual creation but I found out though reading it that it's not Frankenstein is actually the guy who created this creature. I won’t ever look at Frankenstein the same again!

This week has been a little overwhelming for this class, reading this novel, having to do all of the online posting and also writing essay1 on top of all of my other classes.

Week 2

2008-01-24T18:04:00.001-08:00

Well I am completely overwhelmed by this poetry, I find it so difficult to understand the meaning behind most of them and I find my self googling the poems to get a better understanding and even then I sometimes still don't have clue. I still can only hope these assigned readings get easier to comprehend.

Post #1

2008-01-18T18:00:00.000-08:00

My name is Ashley, I'm a senior with about a year and a half to go (yeah it's pretty sad) but I'm excited to graduate at some point and become and Elementary school teacher.
I'm a little scared about this Literature class because it's my first online class which is a little overwhelming and I also would say that reading and analyzing literature is not my strongest subject.
After reading some of the required reading and posting on the forum I'm a Little concerned I'm not understanding the poetry as well as i should. I find it really confusing actually and hope I'm doing what I'm supposed to be. I can only hope the readings get a little easier to understand as the semester goes.