Irony

Before I left school, me and my class were learning about irony.  And the different types of irony we learn were verbal irony, situational irony and dramatic irony.  The definition I found about the different types of irony where:

Verbal Irony -  a statement in which the meaning that a speaker employs is sharply different from the meaning that is ostensibly expressed.

Situational Irony - a situation where the outcome is incongruous with what was expected, but it is also more generally understood as a situation that includes contradictions or sharp contrasts.

Dramatic Irony -  a plot device in which the audience’s or reader’s knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters.


I found this subject to be very interesting and looking at different sentences involving these types of irony on internet is very cool.  I didn't have a real problem with this subject, which was great because I learned it easy enough.

The five people you meet in heaven.

Hello everyone, it's me Amateur Otaku and I'm going to talk about a novel we are reading about called "The five people you meet in heaven" by Mitch Albom.  The novel is about the death of a maintenance man called Eddie, and his meeting with some people from heaven and understanding more about his life before he died.  I am just starting to read it but I find the premise very interesting and cool.  I can't really talk well about this book because I'm just starting to read, but I'm finding it very interesting.  Maybe you can give your opinion about the gives in the comment section, because I'd really like to read them.

Allusions

Something new that we learned in class was something called allusions.  From my understanding, it's like a reference to things that are known.  Like for example, in an episode of "South Park" there is an allusion to the Bible including the Last Supper.  This topic we were talking about was rather interesting and fun.  I enjoyed it because I understand a lot of the references now and because it is interesting seeing those allusions on a show like "South Park".  I honestly would like to read and learn more so that I can understand more allusion, be it in books, movies or television.

The Crucible

It is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller.  It is a very interesting play about the Salem witch trials.  What I found most interesting is the plot, because it is very interesting.  I already read the first act and it's getting good.  What I hate is that the religious people in the story are pretty stupid and big bastards.

Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known as his pen name, Mark Twain.  He is famous for writing "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and it's sequel "Adventure of Huckleberry Finn".  He was born in november 30, 1835 and died in April 21, 1910.  He grew up in Hannibal, Missouri which provides the setting for both famous books.  He became widely famous for submitting the short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and even became friends with presidents.  He is a very interesting and importat author during his time.

Drama

Now in class we are going to learn about drama.  To be quite honest like poems, drama pisses me off.  Honestly, I don't know about the creative things in this class that to me is very difficult.  We are going to read a drama and we are making what the teacher says that it is going to be our bible for drama.  Something I never knew in drama that there is a genre which combines comedy and tragedy.  That to me is something that is already interesting.   Maybe during this class my opinion of drama may change.

In Another Country

In this post I'm going to talk about a short story called "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway.  The short story is about and american soldier in a hospital in Milan during World War 1.  I find this story interesting because i'ts talking about World War 1 and the trouble the main character and other fellow soldiers get in to while in Milan, because the natives hate them.  It is a very interesting read and probably realistic in the sense that some of the natives hating them. But i don't really find the story very interesting and I didn't understand the ending, but that is just me.

Winter Dreams

In this post, I'm going to talk about a short story (I think) called "Winter Dreams".  Winter dreams was writing by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who also wrote "The Great Gatsby".  The story follows the life of Dexter, his meetings with a woman named Judy and how he started out working peasants jobs to being very rich.  During our discussing in class, the teacher explained how similar both this and "The Great Gatsby" are alike, in the sense that the main character fell in love with a high class girl and wants to impress her by getting rich.  I never read "The Great Gatsby" so do not quote me on this.  All I have to say is the story is interesting, I like the main character Dexter and I like something that's like a rags to riches story.  Is it for everyone, I don't know but I enjoyed it.

Imagist Movement

At the start of the semester we learn of the imagist movement.  It was a movement that started in the early 1900s by Erza Pound and other poets.  In the book we are using it says "Imagist poetry invokes emotion and sparks the imagination through the vivid presentation of a limited number of images, or words and phrases that appeal to the senses".  To be perfectly clear, this is the books definition, not mine.  To be quite honest, I always hate when we start learning about poetry in english class, this being no different.  The poems that I read are like a sentence, a freaking sentence.  I couldn't get the meaning, but when talking about it in class with the other students, the poems had a lot of meaning to it, even though they were short.  I just hope I can understand it well enough to do well in the class.