Writing... and Reading! Read!!

I just submitted my compare and contrast essay for Writing I… I chose to write about Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter (which is awesome)! The only bad thing about it is that I could write a book comparing these two characters and it was terribly difficult to keep it within 2 pages!! (It was actually 3, teehee!) …4 counting the works cited… Oh well, it was fantastic anyway. I was happy to be able to choose to write about something that I’m so interested in. Since I was little, I wanted to be able to use my imagination in a way that could create such colorful, complex characters! Perhaps one day I will… I certainly hope so!

Speaking of colorful, complex characters, I have been reading some of the most intriguing short stories and poems for my Literature class. I highly recommend these for anyone to read. They are all quite short, but with such interesting and sometimes very creepy themes.

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman Perkins is my favorite so far! It is a disturbing short story that chronicles a woman’s decent into madness. Click to read!

“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a very short story with an abrupt, shocking ending! Click to read!

“The Wife’s Resentment” by Delariviere Manley makes use of elevated diction, but contains some very violent, grisly scenes! Click to read!

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is set in 19^th century France and teaches an important life lesson! Click to read!

“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is a wonderful short story that revels the depths of a woman’s complex emotions and the things she is willing to give up for a man. Click to read!

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson discusses a chilling topic. Readers will be disturbed by the outcome of this seemingly typical 1950’s story. Click to read!

“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a charming story filled with magical realism! Click to read!

“The Road not Taken” by Robert Frost is a very touching poem that will portray special meaning to anyone who reads it. Click to read!

“This is a Photograph of Me” by Margaret Atwood is just plain creepy. Creepy, creepy, but highly entertaining! Click to read!

“Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath is a wonderful poem expressing personal feelings concerning pregnancy. Click to read!

“Me up at does” by E.E. Cummings is very, very touching and will make anyone who reads it consider how they treat people. Click to read!

“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath will cause anyone to consider how much they depend on outside appearances! Click to read!

I have provided links to websites that will allow you to access the above titles. If you choose to read any of the above, I hope you enjoy them as much as I have!