The snake

     The Snake by Theodore Roethke represents American literature because of the poems strong relation to the romanticism time period. Throughout the poem, the snake is characterized in all different ways, whether it be gliding, molting, or dying, the snake still has an effect on the person who see it. Romanticism is characterized by its relationship with love and nature. Here, in "The Snake" there is an element of nature found in that the snake is an animal and its habitat is outdoors.  In addition to the nature correlation, Romanticism is also shown by Roethkes love for the snake. It makes his blood warm and he relates to the snake.

Reflection on Fahrenheit 451

I really enjoyed reading Fahrenheit 451. I would recommend this novel to anyone who asked me about it. I do not read books very often, but when i do i tend to lean towards the one with the lesser pages. So, Fahrenheit 451 looked appealing just by the size, but it was actually really good.

I think my predictions about Fahrenheit 451 were very off, given the lack of science involved. I thought there would be many deep and hard to understand texts, but I understood many aspects of the book. I do however, think the title "Fahrenheit 451" and my prediction about how paper burns at 451 degrees Fahrenheit was accurate because it tied in well with the overall intention of the book from my perspective.

Fahrenheit 451 connection to puritanism.

     Fahrenheit 451 has a strong connection to puritanism. The novel contains many illusions to stories of the bible. Fahrenheit 451 used the story where hrist changed water into wine at a party because they ran out of wine. In the novel, Faber personifies himself as "water" and Montag personifies himself as "fire" which I will discuss the imporance about in the later paragraph. These many miracles displayed Jeseus faith in the role of christianity this connects to Montag's dynamic character type and transformation throughout the novel.

     Fahrenheit 451 uses fire as a connection to religion by the uses of symbolism, it symbolizes the religious presence in society . Fire, particularly is used in this novel as connected to the biblical story of when moses runs into a burning bush in the mountains and God speaks to him. 

Predictions about Fahrenheit 451

I believe that Fahrenheit 451 will be a pretty good read. Im excited to read it because it has a very catchy title and it is pretty short. I beliee that every novel is titled symbolically. With that being said, In honors chemistry, we discussed in short a few weeks ago and Mrs. Holland said that paper burns at 451 degrees fahrenheit. Because of this, I think that Fahrenheit 451 will include many scientifical references.

I also believe that Fahrenheit 451 will include many deep references and uses of foreshadowing, imagery, and symbolism. I think this because the deep title made me think many different times about what it could mean. And if all of that work was put into the title, it must tie into the book in some way. So i think the scientifical reference will be right up my "alley" because I enjoy reading scientifical reads.

Fahrenheit 451: Connection to Romanticism

     Throughout Fahrenheit 45, I noticed a strong connection to the characteristics that are found in Romanticism. One of Romanticism's main beliefs is the correlation between humans and nature. Ray Bradbury used strong imagery to describe nature in Fahrenheit 451. From the early years of Clairisse's life, Bradbury asserts that she is an innocent little girl by telling the reader about her love for nature. Although Fahrenheit 451 has technological advances in their society, Bradbury keeps the sense of nature by naming some machines after animals.  In addition, he scarcely uses animal-like characteristics when describing a character.
      Lastly, when Clairisse makes Montag taste the rain, Montag seems to completely change his character. I see a correspondence to this and the biblical story of Adam and Eve in that both characters changed completely. Montag's change in character promotes him as a pure, innocent boy. I believe this change in character shows many good qualities in Montag's character. Even though he was tempted to drink the rain water, his reaction made him realize the power he had from being pure.

The Great Gatsby: Connection to the insecure

     In finishing the best book I have read so far in my young life, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this idea of insecurity as a theme was always lingering in the back of my mind. We have all be insecure at one part of our life, but in this novel Gatsby must have it his way or "The world will end". Gatsby is a static character in my opinion, he gives no secrets to anyone, his wealth is at question, but he remains silent.

     Except every weekend, when there must be a million people to flood into Gatsby's empty dessert. I think he has these parties to make himself feel good and surround himself with people who think highly of him , or are just jealous of what he does. I believe Gatsby gets lonely in his big mansion and this helps soothe his "pain". Besides these huge parties, Gatsby throughout the book remains static for his insecurity around his true love, Daisy. He is always worried about her and thinking twice about what he says to her. Lastly, Mr. Gatsby Bought a house across the waters from Daisy because he would be insecure without knowing where she was, or how she was doing.

The Great Gatsby: Connection to Puritanism

      In my last post about my connections with "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I mentioned that I saw a connection to the puritans writing characteristic. However, I mainly stayed on topic on how i dreamed to achieve the same life as Jay Gatsby. Then I thought, "who would not want to live like Gatsby?" that is sadly, (because i should have realized it sooner) when I realized that Fitzgerald's novel is about the American Dream, A new idea brought to America by the Puritans. 

     The American dream is this ideal sense of material wealth in not only in the economy, but the opportunity, and prosperity America gives its citizens. In Jay Gatsby's case he worked hard and made bucket loads of money. This money gave him a higher social status. Then, this higher social status yielded Gatsby to become powerful, and he owes it all to the puritans.