The Conclusion

"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere."

This year has been sensational, filled with stress, heated discussions, and of course laughter! Ninth Grade Honors English will always be remembered with the crazy adventures with Ms. Smith, the helpfulness of spark-notes, hilarious stories of Ms. Gilman's little girls, and the ridiculous amount of annotations. But, like the quote above we do all go different ways but, we take with us the silly memories everywhere.

The funniest thing I've noticed throughout my blogs as the year progressed is that they got shorter and shorter and shorter. The want to show off to my classmates left,  quite fast in fact, and personally, I think the prompts got easier! But, I know that as a writer I've evolved because I've learned to refuse whats seen on the outer surface but to go deeper and deeper, then deeper again. 

We started the year of with the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. This book was probably one of the most touching books I've read. With the intensity of scenes and the ignorance of characters, this book left an outstanding message about overcoming judgments and learning to accept.As we continued to read from book to book, I began to see that reading became easier. I kept the techniques I had from the previous book, and from there it built upon one another. So, to this today I still hold my "special reading techniques and things to look for"  with me. 

From reading The Importance of Being Earnest to Animal Farm  even though very different in almost every matter, shared the idea of how uncontrollable power can become damaging to many aspects of life. The soul purpose of blogging was so express our thoughts, in an new and creative way. And that's what it did. While reading Romeo and Juliet, the blog gave me the chance to compare and contrast. In Great Expectations, I created a strong outline and guide to my conclusion. For me, the blog became the thing that I began to like doing. It allowed for creativity in a structured manner. I got to see what my classmates thought about certain issues and I think this overall helped me deepen my understanding in what we were reading. With each book came along different things to focus on, which meant the blogs would always be different. In an odd way I'm going to miss my blog, as well as reading others!

Overall, the blog served as a vehicle to show my understanding of the books read. It was the one thing that allowed me, Adora, to write my thoughts and opinions about conflict, themes, characters, and many different elements in a book. It has been a year of remarkable experiences and the blog only added to it. I wish everyone has a great and meaningful summer! As I leave this blog for the last time, I'd like to close by saying these forceful words, " the end is never the end, for it is only the beginning."