Fairytales

Last week in class, we began learning about and reading fairytales.  I was not a huge fan of fairytales at first, because I always thought a lot of them taught the same lesson, or had too much repetition.  My views have changed a little bit since I read the fairytales that we were assigned.  I didn't realize how different the original stories were from the revised ones that are read to kids.  In my opinion, the original stories are told better than the newer ones.  It has a lot more meaning and power when the author does not censor the material for the younger viewers.  That way the point comes across a lot stronger to the reader.  I am excited to learn more about fairytales in class.

Thesis Statement

Thesis statements are not a very large challenge for me.  Usually if I know what my topic is, I can come up with a thesis pretty quickly.  It may need revising, like most writings, but that is normal.  It is the main paper that I usually have trouble with, after the thesis.  A Thesis statement is simply the basis of what you are writing your paper off of.  It doesn't control the entire paper, just begins it.  The essay itself has many different parts to it, that you can change and make your own.  But most thesis statements are just the, a statement.  That later is turned into an explanation. It is very versatile, a question, or just something to introduce your wiring.  Whatever it may be.  The better you write it, with an open end, the easier it will be to write the essay after it.

Carrie

The movie "Carrie" is very interesting, though I can not say I enjoyed the movie.  I found it very disturbing.  I wasn't sure if it was trying to be scary, or just very weird.  I have seen many horror films but none gave me the reaction that "Carrie" did.  There were a lot of twists in the movie that I didn't see coming.  Like most horror films these days, they are very easy to predict.  I did however predict that something would go wrong at prom for carrie, which it did.  I did not expect her to kill every single person in there with her powers, however.  I wasn't sure what the writer of the film was thinking.  Because that doesn't leave anyone left, except sue and the gym teacher not dead.  I don't know why that bothered me so much.  I just have never seen anything like that movie, and probably never will again.