Since our last response to course materials, we have finished R&G are dead. I really didn't enjoy it all that much while we were reading it, but the movie really helped me see it better and it helped me make connections that I didn't quite catch when we all read it together aloud. I found myself actually enjoying my annotating, which is a very rare occasion for me, and I also LOL'ed a little bit, so overall, it ended pretty well!
We have also been working on stuff for the AP exam, and though I am still not stellar at everything, I can feel it all coming together. I will need to practice my writing skills though, because I realize I'm not the most organized with my ideas. I'm excited to give it another go on monday and see what I can improve. Hopefully enough to score better than a 4 like I did on our last practice essay!
Finally, we have started Ceremony, which doesn't seem too bad so far. I like that it isn't a play, honestly I'm tired of them right now! I think that Ceremony is more enjoyable because it's understandable, besides all the time jumps! I think reading it by Wednesday will be hard for me though, because I am in a different lit class also right now and I have to read a book for that too! So yay, reading time all week until 3 a.m! Can't wait! Overall, I'm excited to actually understand this book at a collegiate level, it seems to have so much significance within the lines!
I agree with you that watching the movie of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in class really helped understanding the play. When we were only reading, the play seemed really boring because of all the repetition. But in the movie version, the characters are still moving around and doing things during through useless conversations. Interpretting the movie was also easy because it was directed by the author himself, so there was no need to worry about how close the movie was to what the author intended.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that the movie helped make connections and see more details within the play. I honestly still feel a bit confused about some of the AP test material, though I feel like I'm improving too. I also really enjoyed Ceremony. I thought that Ceremony was actually a but more confusing the more you get into the symbols and details of the book. Though, I think that the most painful part of the book was trying to figure out what to annotate about.
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