4/26/09 Journal Entry

I think the poem "Sympathy" means that the man was confused or he couldnt make up his mind about something. The man could be saying how a cage bird could be filling in comparison to himself in the certian cituation. In my opinion the man is coming up with excuses for this cage bird. While coming up with excuses he gets confused somewhere in the mix. I also feel like the man is comparing the cage bird to himself. All of the things the man went through the cage bird went through. Maybe the man is using the cage bird in place of himself. As if the man was the cage bird saying and asking for all of these things. Maybe he's talking about a problem he's having while the cage bird is doing just fine with its surroundings. He's talking about how life gets hard and everything is not easliy given to you. How you have to go out and get it . Also how it can be taken away by flash of lighting. Maybe he's searching for something very important and its very diffult for him to find it.

4/20/09 Journal Topic: Good Night Wille Lee

Consider the death in "Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning." Is any unfinished business here?


Cilivity means a courteous act or utterance. Thier putting together the day of Wille Lee furneral and the night he actually went to bed and died. I believe that because she said that it healed all of their wounds. I think that means that he scarficied something so that his family could feel healed. I believe at the end of the poem it talks about how how it would come back upon that family but I'm not sure in what kind of way between good and bad. The person that said "Good night Wille Lee ,I'll see you in the morning changed alot of things in their family.

4/2/09 Journal Entries 3

Had Juliet been older, do you think she would have done the same things she did in the play?

I dont think she would have done the same thing. She would have made wiser decisions. She would'nt have to sneek and do anything because she would be older. She would know so much more about love that she did. She would have married romeo when she was ready not when she really had no choice or when it seemed that way. I think if didnt try to marry romeo when she did they would've killed him or stopped him from seeing her in their best way and in the story that was giving him exile and it didnt work.

4/2/09 Journal Entries 2

Suppose Romeo and Juliet had not acted so hastily getting married. What effect, if any,would that have had on the play?

The play would be longer. More than five days of course. I think they would have had more time to think about what they were doing. It would have gave their families more time to think about the decision they made. They would'nt have to sneek and get married. Everyone would know and be okay with it. Less people would have died. Romeo and Juilet really would'ive have died if they had waited. They rushed and ended up dying together. To me them rushing is the reason why they died because juilet had to poision herself and fake her own death in order to marry romeo.

4/2/09 Journal Entries

Could the same thing happen to two teenagers today? Explain why or why not

The same thing could happen to two teenagers today. In my opinion teens fall in love to fast and say say they will die for someone. Love at first sight is not real to me. You have to getr to know that person first. Get their background information first. I dont think you fall in love in five days. Then turn around and die for them on the fifth day. No i would'nt do it at all. I would never die for someone i only knew for five days.Teens thing its okay to fall in love that fast. They will be saying they love you the second day they go out with the person. Love is a very strong and people dont think about how much they say it to the wrong people.