See you later American Lit

I can honestly say the American Lit classes have been my most favorite classes. At first I thought great this women is going to bore us to death, sorry Mrs. S :). After I began to read the dreaded old stories I found that I loved most of them. I loved how the book was broke down into pods. The men, The Women. The poets, ect. It really made it not so overwhelming. I also loved discovering the symbolism in the stories though some were a little difficult. It really makes to stories more powerful! While in these classes I made my decision about my major, hopefully so I will be pursuing a career in teaching. So I say see you later American Lit, not good-bye because I am sure I will keep reading some older stories, I have no intentions of selling my books back. What a great compilation of stories they hold.

My New Favorite Stories

Red Badge of Courage


Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Unces Tom's Cabin

Poems

Not only have I been taking the American Lit class but I have been taking a Creative Writing class also. In my writing class I had to write a ever so dreaded poem. Poetry is not my favorite to read nor write. Never in a million years need I think I could write a poem that was even ok. After reading the poems from American Lit I got a feel of how poems were wrote and that most good poems were about someones life and feeling. I sat down at thought about what I was going through at the time and came up with this.

                        Missing

We got some crazy news the other day

They say you have up and gone away

Left without your child,

Left without your clothes,

Left without a trace.

Gone to somewhere

No one knows.

We know better

And that you would never

Leave without a good bye.

We will never stop searching,

Even if we begin to cry.

We will not lose hope,
We will never give up,
Until we find you or
We know God has lifted you up.
Up to a better place,
Where he can heal your pain,
Where he will hold you tight, Until we meet again.

Walt Whiteman

In either fifth or sixth grade I was introduced to Walt Whiteman. Our history teacher made us memorize and decipher "O Captain, My Captain." I have never enjoyed history class, in fact I find it boring. Reading Whiteman is a way for me to learn a little about history while doing what I enjoy, reading. While researching Whitman I discovered just how much he and President Lincoln had in common. The were both very driven men when it came to the country and the rights of the people. Whitman also did not get much schooling like Lincoln and they were both men that `had many different jobs. I can't help but think that Lincoln had a huge influence on Whitman. Whitman in my eyes is the greatest American poet. Each poem taught us something significant to our history.