Death, Swimming, FlyFishing

I found Walden hard to keep focused on because of the way it was written. He talked too much about him self and drowned on and on about unimportant things that had no relevance to anything. Many of the sentences struck me though.

“… To front only the essential facts of life…”

I think that life would be much simpler and more enjoyable if we all could do just that. Which is why I think, he went out here and did what he did to confront nature but yet still be in touch with the world.

“… Let your affairs be as two or three and not a hundred or a thousand…”

I think he’s saying that you should keep your problems and concerns to a minimum and not let them control you life and enjoy the simple pleasures.

“…There is more day to dawn…”

I think it tells you that you should brake from the norm and wake before dawn because there is only a certain amount of sun in the day and you should us every bit.

I don’t reject Thoreau but don’t agree with what he did. He did what he thought he had to do to make him self a complete person, I don’t criticizes him for that. He may deserve the reputation he has but not to the extent of what he has, the still of writing was good back then but know most people wouldn’t sit down with his book and read, the quotes mean more today then the text.

The three poets I was thinking about are Alfred Corn, Ravi Shankar, and Robert Frost. I looked at Alfred Corn because I enjoyed his poem Naskeag I reminded me of a vacation to main last summer. Ravi Shankar looked interesting he is going to Central Connecticut State University because that is was most of my family lives. The most enticing thing about these poets is that all write nature poems, but I’ve decided to go with Robert Frost. I think his poetry is the most meaning full of all, my favored poem by him is that “the road not taken”. It shows that if you stray from the norm that it may be harder but you will achieve more happiness and satisfaction buy going the extra mile.   

I have enjoyed finding the meaning of the poems with the class. It gives people the chance make connections to the poetry that they wouldn’t on the own, you have a chance to expand on others ideas and explanations of the poetry. As a class you can form a broader explanation of the poems and find deeper meanings.

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Dear, Hemmingway

You gave us the some of the most vivid novels and short stories ever. Your writing style has influenced the writing of a number of famous authors. There are no unnecessary words which give you the image that you wanted us to have yet let it gives the reader a chance to draw there own image. By using that style you can read a good speed and understand and see everything. I look at your life and see worthless drunk. Most of what you have written is about your unhappy life. You tell us in the war you got a metal for being an America being injured in the war but still thought you were just as worthy as the other wounded soldiers in the war how did something you didn’t have the guts to do. Then you try to be friends with someone how was injured on the first day on the battle field and doesn’t get a metal but deserves it more then you. You also tell that you drink to make your self the same as all the others and take away the pain and shame. Then you committed suicide. You could have so much to change your life around but you found the easy ay out. The way out that has no way out. If you could have found a more permanent solution but that involved living you could have become an even greater writer.  Even though you found suicide as the only solution you are still remembered by millions which is what you probably wanted.