http://purcilly.edublogs.org My Favorite AP English Term Paper Ever Tue, 05 May 2009 01:29:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Death in Venice may be the most disgusting work of literature I have ever read. Gustav von Aschenbach is constantly fantasizing about the 14-year-old Tadzio, who on top of that is a boy. The way he describes the child makes him seem even younger and purer than his age indicates. The ... http://purcilly.edublogs.org/2009/05/04/grossssss/ I am three chapters through Death in Venice, and it has a very Greek side to it. The old author, Gustav von Aschenbach (the main character) travels to Venice and sees a young boy of 14 that is travelling with his family, and falls in love with him. Mann himself ... http://purcilly.edublogs.org/2009/05/04/i-started-reading/ I am sitting here at the library , trying to find analysis on All Quiet on the Western Front, and there is not much useful. So, I am going to read a couple books within the next week, beginning with Marx's Communist Manifesto and Mann's Death in Venice. I think ... http://purcilly.edublogs.org/2009/03/10/i-am-up-a-creek-a-very-big-creek/ So far my book has been rather bland. Through the first 90 to 100 pages, most of the writing is characterization. Erich Remarque puts a special emphasis on highlighting the positive characteristics of Stanislaus Katczynski (or Kat) and his relationship with Paul Bäumer, the narrator. Kat has been developed as ... http://purcilly.edublogs.org/2009/03/08/so-far/ I have decided to read and write my project about All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque. I spent 45 minutes on Sunday at Barnes and Noble looking for books, and I got a few good ideas. I then came home and searched "Classic Novels" or something of ... http://purcilly.edublogs.org/2009/01/29/i-have-decided/ I set up the blog on Wednesday because I figured that would be the easiest part of the project. Then I delved into my search for the right novel. Something that would keep me interested, while also being a manageable length and difficulty to enable me to complete a quality ... http://purcilly.edublogs.org/2009/01/24/getting-started/