Here are the posts of the First Quarter of IBHL English Year Two. These posts include my personal views on topics and subjects that we have covered in class, primarily relating to the two novels we have read so far (As You Like It by William Shakespeare and The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway). My intentions with these blogs is to organize my own thoughts on the topics discussed while allowing for my classmates and others to get involved, agree, or best of all challenge my opinions.
Coverage: Required Posts
Comedy– The class was assigned to find a humorous video and analyze the type of humor and its intentions
Character Analysis Chart– This assignment was to allow for us to explore the depths of each character in the play
Act One Reflection– Through this reflection, I was able to understand the importance of Shakespeare’s opening acts and understand the definitive nature of the opening scene.
Globe Theater Production– This post compares the Globe Theater production of As You Like It to reading the play.
Sarcasm-This post deeply investigates the intentions and purposes of using sarcasm and the various types of sarcasm.
Director’s Perspective– This post reflects on the perspective of the director of As You Like It and the various aspects of the play which he took into account
Jacques– This post explores the character of Jacques from As You Like It , who could be named as the most complicated character to understand in the play.
Comic Life– This project allowed for me to look at the play, As You Like It through another lens. This time it was the lens of a comic.
Softening the Hard-Boiled Egg– A post describing the motif of alcohol in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
Jake and Cohn -This post compares two important characters from Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
Allusions– This post looks at various allusions made by Hemingway in Chapters 11-12 of The Sun Also Rises
Route March – This is my devising process of writing a commentary on a WW1 poem
Depth: These are the blogs that I felt I critically analyzed the topic and clearly provided a meaningful response and opinion to the given topic.
Sarcasm– In this post I showed clarity, brevity, and depth in thought while referencing an outside medical source. I then compared the literary element of sarcasm with scientific and medical data about sarcasm to explain Shakespeare’s use of irony in the play.
Interaction
Batman and Robin in Crime – I got an agreeing response from Alice in my argument which questioned Gautam’s views in the post. Alice’s response then started more deep conversation. I then showed interaction between two of my classmates as I linked Gautam’s view with Tim’s so that we could contrast which areas the two agreed and disagreed.
Discussion
Director’s Perspective– On this particular blog post, I received insight and questions from Ms. Morgan, Gautam, and Saumya and I was able to strengthen my argument and clarify my thoughts while answering their questions and responding. I believe that the post sparked a discussion because I chose to discuss the intentions of Shakespeare which are obviously not written in stone. Therefore some of my classmates felt that they should challenge and question my views on his intentions.
Xenoblogging
Comment Primo:
Comment Grande: I believe I covered many aspects of the topic and truly delved into the depths of Shakespeare’s intentions and how that was depicted in the play. Note: the comment grande is the first reply to Ms. Morgan and Gautam
Wild Card: This topic is what I am focusing on for my extended essay but I thought that by going back to the overlying themes of the topic and rewriting a summary type essay of on the relations between the three cousins would be insightful, relevant to the World War One poetry unit that we are entering, and generally interesting.
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