Toward the Future/From the Past

1. I dislike the fact the everything had to be stated, even the thoughts of the speaker. That the biggest differance between a book and a play. You can't say (he thought this or that). I was surptise by the fact that I had to so much editation. I disliked the way you had to write all the screen directions. I might be intrest in writing a moive script, I have a couple of ides.

2. I would write about my experiances as I was growing up. Especially my time in a refugee camp. I don't know if I want to tell people too much about that. I kind of a sore subject. I also could write about my life in Arlington, V.A. for 7 years. It was very differant from Edina which was why I struggle adjusting here.

3. If I could give advice to a 10 year old it would be to play a sport. Not for just fun, but on a regular team. I think sports makes people more competative and more likely to succeced. You can't just tell kids to do what good for them, because they just won't do it. So you have to do it indictly. Playing a sport will keep them in shape, help build social skills, and do well in school.

Great Works

1. Yes, it need to express a central theme in order to unify the story. The theme of a piece of literature is what makes the story interesting. Without it pointing out or commenting on something the story has no point, and is therefore a waste of the readers time. An example of a story that had no point and irritated me very much was Catcher in the Rye. It had no point and just kept going on and on about this rich kid who just kept getting drunk. On ther other had I really enjoyed The Great Gatsby. The story was a clear commentary on the American situation and about the falsehood of the rags to riches belief that permiates this country.

2. First of all, there are no such things as a great work of literature. These ideas are forced upon people by book reviewers and critics as well as our education system. Although I enjoyed The Great Gatsby, I don't consider it to be greater than all the other lesser known books. I think this leads us to all have the same cookie cutter ideas and does not allow us to explore and expand our litarary knowledge.

3. I want to have a great impact on this world, and I don't like being a writer will help me achieve my dreams. I want to help firstly, me own people, then the wider world in primary the fields of health and education. I feel passionatly about those two key issues because of me personal experiances early on. I think in order to do this I would need to be extremly rich and unless I write books a popular as J. K. Rowling's I won't make enough to accomplish my dreams.