People reading this are probably thinking, 'What? "Harry Potter" is nothing like "Romeo and Juliet".' Yet if that were true, then why would I be writing a blog about it?
Forbidden love. It appears everywhere, including in "Harry Potter". Voldemort's parents, two star-crossed lovers that lose their lives, are JK Rowling's Romeo and Juliet. One a pure-blood witch, the other a mere muggle that can have any girl he wishes. Her parents hate muggles, his don't even know magic-folk exist, but neither would have chosen this for their child. Their love was secret. No one else knew until it was too late and their child was dead. But even their child's death could not stop her family from hating muggles.
The only difference is, Juliet couldn't give Romeo a love potion to make him love her.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Extra Credit Post
Upon the page, she writes, "The moon shone through the open window as if someone had placed a light bulb in the sky. The light from the stars was equal to a million Christmas lights strung throughout outer space."
This darn writer's block, she thinks, sitting at her computer, blank thoughts racing across her mind. She found it so easy to memorize poems, the words came so freely in her essays, but why can't she write a simple blog post? It's just putting your thoughts on the Internet - she does that all the time. But why, when it counts for a grade, can she not do it?
She can put her opinion in an essay. Easy. She can express herself through poetry. Simple. She can breeze through the horrible DGP. Trouble free. She can voice her thoughts. Painless. She can participate in circle discussions more than the required number of times. Effortlessly. But write an English blog? Hard.
When everything is all said and done and the night is almost over, she is still sitting at her computer with a blank mind. It's a good thing it's only Tuesday and she has until 11:59 on Friday to think of something. Maybe she'll go write something in another story until inspiration pays a visit. Until then, this is goodbye, English blog. Time to wait hopelessly for a revelation.
This darn writer's block, she thinks, sitting at her computer, blank thoughts racing across her mind. She found it so easy to memorize poems, the words came so freely in her essays, but why can't she write a simple blog post? It's just putting your thoughts on the Internet - she does that all the time. But why, when it counts for a grade, can she not do it?
She can put her opinion in an essay. Easy. She can express herself through poetry. Simple. She can breeze through the horrible DGP. Trouble free. She can voice her thoughts. Painless. She can participate in circle discussions more than the required number of times. Effortlessly. But write an English blog? Hard.
When everything is all said and done and the night is almost over, she is still sitting at her computer with a blank mind. It's a good thing it's only Tuesday and she has until 11:59 on Friday to think of something. Maybe she'll go write something in another story until inspiration pays a visit. Until then, this is goodbye, English blog. Time to wait hopelessly for a revelation.
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