Coming into this class last semester I didn’t know what to expect, not having taken any AP classes before, I was particularly anxious. I remember sitting there that first week constantly thinking “what have I gotten myself into?” I ended up staying despite being afraid of how I would perform because I trusted it would be a fun class based on the teacher and the familiar faces. I was right to trust my gut because the class quickly became one of my favorites in which I felt secure. The experience has been a new one for me, I’m learning from both the teacher and from my peers who are surprisingly very passionate about English class. I’m amazed by their words everyday and they inspire me to want to learn more about literature. One glaring fault
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We learned about the absurd while analyzing Camus’ The Stranger in the beginning of the first semester and it has been broughten up time and time again. Towards the end of the first semester when we opened up Hamlet, Hamlet himself asks “to be or not to be.” So this idea that we continue to look for purpose in life when life has no purpose has stuck with me. Outside of school this has come up when I stay up late thinking about the meaning of life or in random discussions. When I was in Virginia over break I spent quite a bit of time speaking to my sister and her husband about the meaning of life. My brother-in-law, who shares most of the same beliefs as me, asked me “what do you think is the purpose of life is?” I sat there a little thrown off guard and immediately thought about this class and the quote about the man calling out to the universe and the universe not caring at all. I replied with a simple “there’s no meaning,” but I feel now that I need to share Crone’s quote with him. My sister joined in by saying that we need to make meaning and my little brother replied with “you’re all going to hell.” Ironically we were on our way to buy a birthday cake to celebrate life. Aside from conversations I think about the meaning of life and what I want out of it if I believe there’s no
We learned about the absurd while analyzing Camus’ The Stranger in the beginning of the first semester and it has been broughten up time and time again. Towards the end of the first semester when we opened up Hamlet, Hamlet himself asks “to be or not to be.” So this idea that we continue to look for purpose in life when life has no purpose has stuck with me. Outside of school this has come up when I stay up late thinking about the meaning of life or in random discussions. When I was in Virginia over break I spent quite a bit of time speaking to my sister and her husband about the meaning of life. My brother-in-law, who shares most of the same beliefs as me, asked me “what do you think is the purpose of life is?” I sat there a little thrown off guard and immediately thought about this class and the quote about the man calling out to the universe and the universe not caring at all. I replied with a simple “there’s no meaning,” but I feel now that I need to share Crone’s quote with him. My sister joined in by saying that we need to make meaning and my little brother replied with “you’re all going to hell.” Ironically we were on our way to buy a birthday cake to celebrate life. Aside from conversations I think about the meaning of life and what I want out of it if I believe there’s no