Final Blog

Well I can’t believe this class is over. It felt like it went by so quickly for me. I think that’s mainly because I was either busy doing homework, at work, planning for my sister’s wedding, or doing housework. I think staying busy all the time helped keep me on task this semester too which is good. I think my experience with Lit 110 has been a good one. We worked on poetry, which I have had some experience with before. Also I think another good experience that came out of this class was the people. I’ve met some pretty interesting people this semester. And they are what kept me coming back and wanting to make the class fun and exciting. I also actually had some time to read too. I hardly ever pick up a book and read it during the summer. I think having the reading goal helped keep on track with that though.

I got to experiment with a few things this semester too. My favorite was probably doing the ten minute plays. They were fun, but there was no pressure to go along with it, just read your lines and have some fun with it! I also wrote some pretty cool poems during the poetry workshop. This workshop helped me expand my poetry skills a lot. I learned that not every poem has to rhyme or even make any sense. And how could I forget about the poetry slam! I have to admit I was a little freaked out at first, but it turned out to be an experience I’ll never forget. Writing flash fiction was pretty cool too. My story just kind of stopped when I was finished with it, but I think that’s one of the joys of flash fiction. Your not exactly sure what is going on or what is going to happen.

And I also expanded my literature skills as well this semester. I think the short story unit is what did it for me. The stories that stuck out most to me were Party Down at the Square, Catskin and Orientation. I thought Party Down at the Square would about an actual party until the plot does a complete turn-around and it ends up being about a lynching. And Catskin, oh my where do I start? Wow, what a weird story! I mean who comes back to life as a cat and sews together a bunch of cat skins for their youngest son to wear? That story was just down right weird and gave me nightmares! I thought Orientation was neat because it was written in second person. Also because I could picture myself walking through an office and having someone tell me all the odd things about everyone who works there. Another way I have expanded is by going to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I have never been much of a Shakespeare fan, but going to see it in person definitely has changed my thoughts on it. Ewing Manner was amazing and the plays under the stars was sweet! I definitely feel like Lit 110 has broadened the whole scope of literature for me this summer. Thank you everyone for making it a fun and enjoyable class. And thank you Stephanie for keeping the spirit alive in all of us this summer!