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Well, I often find myself forgetting a lot of the characters I read about in books. However, I will never forget the boxcar children. I would love to take an older version of Benny to prom. I think he would make prom a fun experience with his silliness and how talkative he is. My other prom option would definately be Ned (Nancy Drew’s friend/boyfriend)! To start, he is handsome and smart; in addition he has a love for athletics and the outdoors. Ned has a great personality, I think he’d be the kind of guy that could make any situation, prom or anything else, a really fun time.

Never thought it would be this hard to write an introduction to my critical file. I’ve probably wrote and rewrote my intro twice already and keep starting over, maybe I’ll end up combining all of them- we’ll see.

I was able to find some great background source just from reading the intros to my book!

Lately I have been stressing about this project. Over mid winter break I picked out all of my criticisms, trying to stay on top of the writing. However, each day would pass I would not start the actual writing, I would read the criticisms and annotate and research; however, it wasn't until this past weekend that I finally started to write my abstracts. I feels good to have one done, But I know I really need to start cranking out the rest of this project!

While I listen to the list of singers my attention was caught by Billie holiday. Hence I began listening to more and more of her songs while researching about her. Later that day, I was telling my dad about the prompt, and he quickly mentioned the connection between Billie Holiday and Amy Winehouse. So afterward I began researching Amy Winehouse and listening to her songs. Both of these women were truly talented singers who had uniquely beautiful voices; however, they both ended there lives short because of some poor decisions in their lives.

Wow! I'm surprised by I actually genuinely enjoy this novel. Hurston's description and use of imagery creates almost a movie inside of my head as I read. The quirkiness of the dialogue does nothing less than add to the movie in my head! In addition to the style of this book, the storyline and ideas produced are intriguing and thought provoking. Through these first few chapter I have gained an understanding of Janie and gradually like Janie's character more and more. Personally, I think there has been hints of foreshadowing in these chapters, based on those foreshadows I hope Janie "blossoms" into her true self as the story continues.

Group picture with the librarian!

(I know this isn't a picture of me- I forgot to get one, I'll get that one shortly)

The Screwtape Letters was such a great novel. How CS Lewis wrote made it so interesting, and there was so many parts of the novel that I would connect to. At times, I thought,"Oh my goodness, this is exactly how I think (or act)."  This book will for sure be a favorite!

This is a very interesting video I came across while reading that points out the tone and vibe of the book, while experts dissect the moves of CS Lewis and express them through audio. This video gave insight into the novel and helped me gain a better understanding of Screwtape and the move CS Lewis used to create the complexity of Screwtape, including diction, word structure, and imagery. 

While writing The Screwtape Letters, Lewis also addresses many different issues in our society; for example, the view of women.   Furthermore, this stage performance of The Screwtape Letters, does a great job bringing to life the letters written by Lewis, and allowing the audience understand what CS Lewis wants them to gain by acting them out in a unique way.