Dear Chemistry,
These past few months you have turned into something I never thought you'd be from the moment we met, and I have to say, I am not a very big fan of it. When we first met, you seemed so interesting and cool, and I really started to like you a lot...however, the more time has gone by, the more you have left me terribly confused.
I understand that this is not just on your part, it's on me too. I'll admit, there were a few dates I missed that I probably could have easily shown up to, but back then I had other things on my mind and it didn't really occur to me that if I would have actually gone and paid more attention to you, I might have had the chance to get to know you and like you a lot better before I grew bored. Unfortunately, I cannot change the past, which is why things have turned out to be how they are now.
Don't get me wrong, I truly do wish we could work this out, but after seven months I honestly don't see that happening at this point. Although it would be nice to understand you once in a while, my mind and my heart have moved onto bigger and better things and to be honest you're really just not a part of that anymore. It's almost as if I've outgrown you, and I feel that I continue to outgrow you more and more every day seeing as my mind drifts away from you more each day.
Even though I'm sure you can probably see that it's already started to happen, I thought I should just come right out and say it-I think it's time we part our separate ways. There's just not the same spark there was in the beginning anymore and I highly doubt things will ever go back to the way they used to be. I would really like it if we could continue to be friends though, I mean I guess I could put a little more effort into getting to know you and understand you, but I honestly do not think I could ever fully put my heart into it.
Please know that I'm very sorry, and don't feel offended if I forget you one day-that's the same path I've taken with nearly every science subject the past few years.
Love,
Claire Bear
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Where Would We Be Without Revenge?
So about a couple of weeks ago, my english class started reading another one of Shakespeare's classics, Hamlet. For a while now, Shakespeare has actually been one of my favorite writers and I have grown to love every single one of his works that I've read. (Hamlet actually happened to be one of his plays that I've wanted to read for a while)
These past couple years I have found that a majority of people my age and in my grade groan and roll their eyes when they find that they have to begin reading Shakespeare, however, if more students were able to not just interpret his writing better, but also understand the reason for why we read his plays, I've always felt that they would enjoy it way more. Take Hamlet for example, although this play has turned out to be another one of Shakespeare's tragedies, the main idea it seems to focus on is revenge.
We may not see or notice it, but revenge is every where around us-in books, in plays, in tv shows, in movies, in poems, and even in our daily lives. (this also includes inside ourselves, which is something I'm sure most of us can look back to at one point in our lives and relate to) However, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of the word "revenge" is the movie Carrie.
Carrie is a movie that was released in 1976, telling the story of a young girl in high school who is viewed as an outcast among her classmates. At home, her mother makes the two of them soley focus their lives around the religion of Christianity and sometimes abuses Carrie in the process. (not to mention the fact she is being harassed by almost all of the girls in her school) During this rough journey, Carrie finds that she has telekinesis and eventually uses this to her ability to get revenge on her classmates by killing all of them at prom after they poor pig's blood on her in an attempt to embarrass her. Towards the end of the movie, with the craze of revenge still in her system, Carrie also uses her telekinesis to kill her mother, and then eventually herself because of all the guilt she held.
If you would like to read more about this movie, read here.
Or you could get a visual description of the movie by watching this trailer:
These past couple years I have found that a majority of people my age and in my grade groan and roll their eyes when they find that they have to begin reading Shakespeare, however, if more students were able to not just interpret his writing better, but also understand the reason for why we read his plays, I've always felt that they would enjoy it way more. Take Hamlet for example, although this play has turned out to be another one of Shakespeare's tragedies, the main idea it seems to focus on is revenge.
We may not see or notice it, but revenge is every where around us-in books, in plays, in tv shows, in movies, in poems, and even in our daily lives. (this also includes inside ourselves, which is something I'm sure most of us can look back to at one point in our lives and relate to) However, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of the word "revenge" is the movie Carrie.
Carrie is a movie that was released in 1976, telling the story of a young girl in high school who is viewed as an outcast among her classmates. At home, her mother makes the two of them soley focus their lives around the religion of Christianity and sometimes abuses Carrie in the process. (not to mention the fact she is being harassed by almost all of the girls in her school) During this rough journey, Carrie finds that she has telekinesis and eventually uses this to her ability to get revenge on her classmates by killing all of them at prom after they poor pig's blood on her in an attempt to embarrass her. Towards the end of the movie, with the craze of revenge still in her system, Carrie also uses her telekinesis to kill her mother, and then eventually herself because of all the guilt she held.
If you would like to read more about this movie, read here.
Or you could get a visual description of the movie by watching this trailer:
In my opinion, I think Carrie is a two in one package when it comes to revenge and terror. Anyways, the point to this story is that when you think of what revenge is, you think payback on whoever or whatever has caused you any sort of negative feelings or energy-something I think is safe to admit runs through our minds every now and then. However, the part of revenge which most of us forget about is what it can actually do to the mind and soul itself, one can become so crazy with revenge, they might actually forget who they are or maybe even their reason for getting revenge in the first place, which is why it seems that usually most plans for revenge turn out bad.
This is a lesson to be learned while reading the play of Hamlet, which tells the story of a prince, Hamlet, trying to get revenge on his uncle for his father's death. You can look here for a better summary of the play if you would like to know. Although I have not finished the play yet, I have found that already it seems as if Hamlet's character has almost reached the point of insanity because he is so obssessed with avenging his father's death, it doesn't even seem to bother him yet that he has hurt so many people around him, which is another example of what revenge can do to a person's mind.
It's important to know that although revenge is something that many people might desire during at least one point of their lives, (I know I have) it can really hurt a person's thought process, and it can also hurt the others around them due to the insanity it brings along with it. I guess that's really what my definition of revenge is, payback on the person or thing that might hurt you, but becoming crazy during the process of it.
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