Play Response

1. After writing my play, I came across many difficulties but some things turned out great. Probably the hardest thing about writing the play was keeping in mind the limitations of the “set” and staying true to a play drama and not being like some new movie director. But the nice thing was that even with those limitations; the play came out more creative than it may have otherwise. I doubt I’ll ever want to do this when I grow up but it wasn’t a bad assignment at all.

2. Growing up today’s world seems very hard for any person especially a 10 year old. The biggest thing for a 10 year old to focus and be aware of is the internet and the media. Every day people are exposed to high amounts of media and now with technology becoming much more integrated into every day life even at 10 years old a child becomes fairly well acquainted with the internet. You have to watch out because there are a lot of bad things on it but use it to your advantage and grow intellectually and culturally with the access to a limitless source of knowledge.

3. There’s so much literature out in the world and so many people love some works while others don’t care for it or despise it that I find it difficult to pin point why some are as “great” or beloved as they are. I don’t think it’s because the work is so good that everyone loves it but that the author was/is talented enough to make people remember what they write and love it. There are thousands of Greek texts but we only read certain ones during school. It’s kind of a band wagon effect I believe. 1 person really likes it, has someone else read it but already influencing them and so on until as many people like or love or whatever the piece of writing that is being revered. I could never imagine writing something like The Odyssey not because I don’t want to or am a horrible writer, it’s that I don’t have the passion or skill for writing that is required to create a piece of writing such as that.

Themes of life in our plays?

1. A theme is what a piece of writing is about. It could be as simple as boredom or as complex as puberty. Our stories reflect these themes and what we write about or how we write it is the best way in which these themes can be expressed while staying true to the story. Most great pieces of literature have themes and I think it’s important for all pieces to have one, however minimal. Look at any great piece of writing, works such or Shakespeare and Mark Twain teaching their readers lessons and morals through stories or events that stay true to the story but descriptively and cleverly express those themes. The Adventures of Huck Finn, for example, shows the evil side of racism and society and how it can be overcome by the friendship of a young boy with a man both looking for freedom. Some may disagree and feel that themes limit how you can write or what you write but in reality, the challenge makes the writer’s work stronger and much better than it would have been otherwise

2. A theme I might consider communicating in my play, is an old one, yet strong and powerful in meaning. Vengeance, it’s a nasty human feeling we as humans get that can lead to arguments, broken relationships, anger, and even violence such as wars. Vengeance in my story is going to be my secret weapon that I can use as structure for plotting out the events in my play and how I will describe them so they show vengeance as a motive for whatever being done. Of course, other themes will be present but this theme will root out to all these other themes and all be connected giving a fuller, richer, story to be told

3. A topic I’m considering about writing for my play is going to be like a war of some sorts and the events in the life of one of the war generals. I’m not sure if I will base this off a real war and if I did, I’m debating whether or not to use the names of real people during those times or generate fictional characters. I’ll probably make fictional characters to be able to freely depict them as I want them to appear and connect their struggles with the ongoing war and their hunger for revenge

A little on what I think...

The role of reading to the writer and why it is important: For any writer, reading is an important task to do. Whether or not you're fond of writing, reading helps your mind go into a creative state of being. Books are full of ideas, literary techniques, and inspiration that enhance the reader's ability to write and become more fluent and stronger at writing. Reading can also help reduce many mistakes like punctuation, sentence fluency; sentence structure so what you write is smooth and easy to read which makes it more enjoyable reading. Reading also doesn't have to be a tedious work load but an enjoyable part of someone's day where they can relax but experience action, drama, and excitement. All of these things then transfer to the writer's work so that it turns out much better than not having all these ideas and writing abilities that are obtained through reading.

What is something I see in my world that concerns me:
In today's world, one of the things that concerns me is environmental problems we are having. From all the hurricanes destroying the southern parts of the U.S and countries in the Caribbean and sonner or later parts of the world are going to be facing similar but threatening problems. More tornados, drought, strong lightning storms will slowly hurt our world. And on top of everything, the world getting warmer as it has been, is melting the glaciers like in the Artic that is slowly flooding parts of countries and now are now sinking more.

What is one piece of art (painting, movie, book, song, whatever) that has greatly inspired me: The one thing of art that has inspired me the most without a doubt is a book that I was read when I was younger. This book is the one and only The Little Engine That Could. This is the story of a train that couldn't make his way up a hill; every day he would try his best to chug up and up but never succeeded. Though, he never gave up and kept at it until he got to the point where his desire to make it up, perseverance, and self motivation carried him all the way up and stopped victoriously. This has inspired me to not quit because things get rough but instead keep trying until I achieve my goal.