English Studies career

1) Compile a list of titles of short stories, poems, novels etc. That you have been exposed to throughout your history of English classes.

·       Macbeth

·       The death of a Salesman

·       Oedipus Rex

·       One Few Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

·       Lord of the Flies

·       The 51Per-Cent Minority

·       There Is a Season

2) What have you taken from exposure?

What did you learn about yourself? Thoughts/feelings/ reactions

            I learned that in each piece of work there are goals that are set such as success. Therefore, one thing I have learned is that success is a key to achieve happiness. In every single novel in which the main characters do not achieve success they end up by being unhappy or even worse by committing suicide as it happens in The death of a Salesman. I have thought about success and how to achieve it and that made me think that those novels may be possibilities of life whether you success or not. According to me success is fundamental in life in order to be happy.

3) Rank/ Value what you have read in your English career

In my opinion what I have read has been really valuable for me, because it improved my grammar skills and it developed my own vocabulary. Those books also helped me to understand the message of the readings. Those piece of work have also taught me that I am very fortunate and that I have to be greatful. Therefore, the value of what I have read is quite high.

4) Why do you think English is the only course required for every year of school?

English is the only course required in Ontario because it is the official language of the state. Moreover, in order to work in Ontario it is required a certain level of English that proves that the people are able to write and speak fluent English. Being fluent in English is fundamental to work and to socialize, building new relationships. Hence, English is the most important language in the world and the language that is the most frequently spoken around the world. In order to apply to universities an English prove is required. This is one of the many reasons why English is requires in every year of the school. Moreover, English is requires to graduate.

5)  

·       Macbeth

§  Wiliam Sheakspeare

§  Theme: Rebellion against rules, fights

§  Darkness -> 3 witches

§  Death, failure

·       The death of a Salesman

§  Arthur Miller

§  American Dream

§  Goal: success but failure is achieved

§  Selfishness

§  Suicide -> death

·       Oedipus Rex

§  Sophocles

§  Leadership

§  People against predictions

§  Destiny

§  Failure -> exiled and blind

·       One Few Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

§  Ken kesey

§  Insanity vs. sanity

§  Selfishness

§  Breaking rules -> revolution

§  Failure -> death lobotomy

·       Lord of the Flies

§  William Golding

§  Darkness in human nature

§  Death if rules are broken

§  Leadership ruled by good and bad leaders

§  Corruption using food, persuading, convincing

·       The 51Per-Cent Minority

§  Doris Anderson

§  Irony -> 51% cannot be minority

§  Stereotypes -> women are not able to lead even if they are majority

§  Generalization

·       There Is a Season

§  Patrick Lane

§  Dedication, interest, hobby

§  Love as the greatest thing

§  Women are powerful not the males