Reflection

I really liked the graphical novels that we read. At first I didnt think that I would really learn anything from them, but after reading them I found that I actually got a lot more out of them than I expected. I was able to understand the material better, and the pictures in the text really helped me to understand what was going on in the story. For example after the reading Maus I understood the Holocause better because this story gave a very straight forward story about what went on inside concentration camps. Not all of the stories that we read were fun but I learned something from all of them.
The main impact that the literature that we have read has had on me is that when I am a teacher I will be more open to differnt kinds of texts like comics. I understand that not everyone loves to read books, and these comics provide the same information just in a differnt way.
At first I did not like reading graphic novels. I thought it was weird and it took a lot more time to read. I sitll dont love them, like if I had to read a book I would rather just read the book, but I think that the graphic novels can be an excellent resouce tool, and another way to get your information. I think that my appreaciation has grown from these graphic novels over the semester because I usually have a hard time with Shakespeare and the comic version helped to explain it a lot better than just actually reading it word for word from the original text.
Overall as a reader and interpreter of literary and non-tradtional, visual text I think that I have learned a lot more from the actual stories. And I have also learned that there are differnt ways to get your information (book, graphic novel, etc) you just have to find the one that works best for you.
I had a hard time reading Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, because I thought it was raelly boring. I didnt relate to it and it was just not my favorite book to read. I think that I didnt learn that much from it because I didnt really like it. So in order for me to be prepared to discuss it in class I read it, and reread it and if I still didnt understand it I just googled it.
My intrepretations of non-tradtional text have changed a lot. I think that if you get something out of it then it can be useful. Its just all about what you take out of the text and how you interpret things. You can learn many things from a book you just have to be open to it.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

While looking online at pictures and images I found several differnt things.

one was a play clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhi2DhV1j_k)

While I was looking at the pictures the majority were pictures from the movie or pictures taken of the play.

I think it is okay that people re-do and sort of make a goof out of the original version. When other authors & producers change it up a little they are making it accessable to more people. And more people become engaged and learn the overall idea.

FOR CLASS: Argue to keep Shakespeare in the original form:

~You might lost some things when you change its form

~It is not as meaningful

~Mabye if you dont understand it than its your fault & you need to work harder to study it and learn about it

~ Its not always good to change things from the past

~ It was written the way it was for a reason

Part # 2

Romeo & Juliet

After looking at the manga version of Romeo and Juliet I dont think that it is a good idea to change some things about a story but not everything. for example in the manga version the author changed the pictures but not the words. I think that if they were going to make a comic book about it they should have kept the pictures realistic to the times or changed the words to make them flow better with the modern pictures. The death scene is one of the most commonly known scenes in this play. Romeo and Juliet decide that if they cant live with one another than they would rather not live at all. The scene in the manga is displayed differntly and gives you a differnt interpretation of the story.

Part #3

Demetrius/ Helena

Helena loves demetrius and demetrius loved hermia. Its a classic loves story about wanting what you cant have. It seems very typical to todays socitey as well. Its always more fun when you have to work at it but once you dont your usually over it adn dont think that it is worth your time.