Christian's Blog; Teaching's of Literature

1.) I do not regret my book talks when it comes to my choice of literature. Yet, I believe I could have done better with my presentation on the. I think about it all the time how I stuttered a lot and of how nervous I was. Makes me think how I need to be more confident with my peers and students. Besides that, I am 100% proud of everything I have done in the classroom. Especially my unit plan. I spent many hours/days on it and hope that everyone will like it. 2.) Exploring all the concepts in this class has made me think about how to be a better teacher. All of these concepts has helped me decide to become a better teacher ad my aspiration into the teaching career (still confused though). I enjoyed every reading and I believe all readings are in important in all English based classrooms in college and high school. 3.) The unit plan really influenced my interest in becoming a teacher. Creating a possible lesson plan will show my eagerness to teach students certain lessons on topics ...

Edgar Allan Poe is a renowned poet who keeps his audience wanting more for his dark and cryptic poetry. Yet, when should we teach the realistic Poe?  It was never clear on how racist Edgar Allan Poe, yet his writings in the novel  The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket shows many racist meanings. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is a tale that focus around Gordon Pym and his horrific experience on the sea. These experiences included shipwreck, cannibalism, and even conflicting with a different culture! The other culture deals with black people, yet Poe translates it to “savages”. This text surprised me! It seems like Poe is saying he feels like the world will be better if cultures do not interact with each other. The black individual, Nu-Nu, is terrified of the European culture. Not just the culture, but also their skin; white. Nu-Nu is so scared of the color white that it killed him. Nature pulls the cultures apart but we, Man, insist on exploring ...

Into the Wild is a nonfiction novel dedicated to the travels and adventures by Chris McCandless, or “Alexander Supertramp”. When I read this in high school, I was entertained and found his adventuress very interesting. Now that i have read it over again in college, I question it. Why do we teach this to high school teachers?  This man can be seen as a brave transcendentalist, or a complete fool. I for one think he was somewhat of a fool, so why teach students about a fool. Maybe (this is my own interpretation) because it is a book about fitting in with society. The conflicts of finding oneself in society is a conflicting situation that kids in high school go through. This book is relatable in a sense.  In high school, we were taught lessons on journalism by using this book with its journalism aspects. Now that i have read it over again, more learning lessons have sprouted up. Despite being a short read, I got a better understanding of the characters and their relation...