Category: To Change, or Not to Change

“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” Is a story about a man who is tired of listening to the rules, and wants to be able to do bad things without consequences. This story shows the true nature of the human mind, and how in everyone’s head, there is the desire to do something which could inflict damage upon someone or something else.

From the beginning of the story, Dr. Jekyll does not seem too out of the ordinary; he is seen as your average doctor, just trying to help others. But, sometimes, the doctor will be nowhere to be found, and instead a very sinister Mr. Hyde will roam around the streets bringing havoc. Eventually it is discovered that Mr. Hyde is Dr. Jekyll. Some readers of this book may believe that Dr. Jekyll changed as a character, and while he did change physically; i believe that his mental state did not change at all. From the beginning of the story, he likely still had the desire to do bad things, but it is when he acquired the potion that he was able to do those bad things. Leading me to conclude that Dr. Jekyll did not change throughout the story.

Overall, I think this story was done quite well, and I believe that the author did a great job of setting a mysterious atmosphere throughout the book. But to make the story better, The author could’ve made the final section a little bit easier to read.

Me personally, I heavily disliked this play because it was so scattered and felt like it went on forever and ever and ever. like the same problems of the characters and the same people disliking each other came up again and again all, the time. it felt like it was endless. I think it could be better if there was just two or three main problems and not so many switcheroos in sides of people. like stop betraying guys, its not cool. in my personal opinion, Peter stockman did not change at all, because he at the start he wanted to hide the cities problems from the people and at the end he also wanted to do the same. so therefore he is evil. the person I think changed is his brother, Dr stockman because he was quite quiet at the first band really did not speak up for himself and at the end he was getting into arguments and defending his honour even though he lost many friends.,

Me personally, I enjoyed this play because I understood it better than other books because the movie helped me understand what it was about and also helped me perceive what the characters looked and sounded like. For the parts when I missed class and read it on my own, it was extremely hard to understand because of all the different dialogue and the narrator. my favourite part was Emily and George growing love because I heart love. my favourite character is George because he is such a big big romantic. examples like when he chose staying at home with Emily over agriculture school. That literally was perfect. Emily was the one who changed throughout their relationship because at first she did not even notice George and did not know that he even existed. and at the end they were happily married. Overall, I liked this play because of the the emotional compartment.

Our town was a beautifully crafted masterpiece which depicts the story of an average, small town, in the technologically advancing ages of the late 1890s to the early 1910s. “Our town”, seems like a normal story on the surface, but after a full read-through of the book. It is reasonable to say that “our town” is a story about time, and how seemingly average lives will eventually succumb to the unremitting grasps of time. Which would result in relatively large amounts of character development.

 

In “Our Town”, I believe that every single character whom has met their fate, has changed quite a bit, and they have learned significantly more about themselves. after becoming victim to time, they have reflected on their lives when they were still “living”. And they have regretted the decisions they have made. Most of them, by the end of the story, were trying to tell Emily not to relive her past experience. but Emily, whom was in search of reliving her happiest moments, refused their advice. Eventually, she learned why, and the reasoning, was time. Right before Emily left, she said: “It all goes so fast”. Which could be a metaphor to enjoy every moment of your life, and make the most of it, as “it all goes so fast”. I truly believe that the author of this story is a genius, and creating a story such as this requires unprecedented levels of experience in the writing industry.

Even if by some chance the story was not a hidden metaphor for time, it still went on to display quite high levels of realism, even though it would sometimes differ with characters like the stage manager. Overall, I believe that this book is very well written, and that more people should read it.

 

The story of Joseph is a story from the bible. Joseph was son of Jacob and Raquel, he has eleven siblings and Joseph was the favorite of his dad so this create jealousy and resentment in the family so Joe´s siblings sold him as a slavery. This obviously give a lot of problems to joseph, but despite that he prove to be a faithful and wise man, Also he was accused of trying something with Potiphar´s wife and was imprisoned. While in prison he obtained a position in charge of the other prisoners.

Joseph had the power to interpret dreams, this allowed him to gain the trust of the pharaoh and he was taken out of jail and promoted to a position of power in Egypt, becoming the governor of the country.

The story is an example of how God can use difficult circumstances to accomplish his purposes, despite being sold as a slavery and facing many problems, Joe recognized that God was with him and guided him. At the end joseph forgive his siblings and he reunited with his family.

The play Our Town was a very interesting play because the story is very interesting and relatable to a normal individual’s life. I feel that the character that changed the most throughout the play was Emily because she stopped liking George at one point, and then realizes the importance of life.

The play directly and indirectly shows the cycle of life. First, It shows ordinary life which could be translated as growing up and living. Then, Emily and George fall in love; it represents becoming mature, and loving because they are taking the decision to marry and spend possibly their rest of their lifes together. At the end, It shows death. The end of a cycle and how the end is as important as the beggining. The play tells a story, and at the same time, it relates to most of the audience by showing the most common thing in the world: life.

This story made me feel connected to it, and making connections a lot of times with relatable things in real life.

The story of Joseph was a very easy read as I had already heard the story before as a child, and Lilly did a recap for me. I liked the dream interpretation and how Joseph believed in God throughout all his hardships. At the beginning of the story, Jo’ is hated by his brothers for being the favourite son and not having to do any work. Jo- shares his dreams with his brothers, telling them that they bow down to him in the representation of sheaves in his dream. This angers them– the brothers –so they plan to kill Joseph by throwing him in a pit but thankfully, Rueben, one of his brothers, convinces them to not kill him but to just throw him in (He did this for his secret little plan to come back and save him so their dad will love him more.); I found that very silly because what happens next is that Judah then says they should sell him to Ish’ maelites for money. Joseph definitly did not change in the end, he was very humble and nice.

 

“Our Town” is a book written by Thornton Wilder. It is a very simple book and very ordinary at first, the charachters, the town, and what happens on the book is nothing unusual at first. I personally liked the book and at first things are very ordinary, Emily and George get married live happy and when the book starts to end and Emily dies thing start to get more intresting. I think its a great book and play that talks about life. I liked the meaning of the story and the point of views of the charachters. I think its great how the charachters start to aprecciate life when they lose it and the message this books gives you i personally liked it a lot. To aprecciate life and be grateful for it its a message that i liked about this book and i think this has been one of my favorite books to read in English Class with a good meaning and i enjoyed reading it.

Our Town is written by Thornton Wilder. It’s a book about some pretty simple normal lives, but a few years later when all the main characters are “spirits/ghosts” their lives become quite abnormal with time travelling back to previous events to relive the beautiful moments of life. One part that I would like to focus on is when Emily, the deceased wife of George Gibbs, travels back in time to her 12th birthday. She goes back to appreciate the good times, but as she watches everything thing happen, she says that everything is happening too fast, and knowing how she is due to die in 14 or more years, she sees as no one is appreciating the little time they have. In this you can see the change within Emily, on her perspective on life, hence the Category “To Change or Not to Change”. It made me a bit happy seeing how Emily changed her view on life (all it took was death haha), the sad thing though is that she didn’t love it while she was there, and time flew by, and once she passed, she started to miss the beauty of the world.

Our Town was a wonderful story, exploring the lives and deaths of those living in a quiet little town. It is minimalistic both in its concept and setting, however the story meanders along with a surprising amount of depth and development. As it is intended to be a play, it is mainly dialog, with a narrator (who is a main character) explaining the quaint town and its past, as well as its future.

In my opinion, character development is one key part of the play. It shows how unstable one’s life can be, while also pointing out how oneself is still kept intact after all the changes in life. In my opinion, we saw the most change in Emily, although that may just be since she was a main character As she grew to love George, and as he grew to love her, they both changed just slightly, with both becoming more mature, and losing some of their childlike joy, and after she died, that joy was lost altogether.

The most important (in my opinion) facet of the story is most definitely it’s view on mortality. Within the story, death is treated without much regard. There is still grieving and such, however it is displayed in a startlingly nonchalant way. Nearing the end of the story, the spirits of the inhabitants of the town all begin to converse with each other. It is revealed that Emily died during childbirth, and George’s mother has also passed. As people visit their graves, they converse about life, painting it as an existence of ignorance. Emily figures out she can relive her memories, as well. She is strongly advised not to, however does it anyways, and comes back devastated, realizing her experiences will never be the same. I felt that this story was very good. It definitely was gripping at times, and really painted a picture of how life and death intertwine. I believe it was a great story, masterfully executed, and as simple as it needed to be.

Our Town, by Thornton Wilder, When I first started reading Our Town by Thornton Wilder, I was immediately struck by the simplicity and charm of the play. The setting of a small town in New Hampshire felt familiar and relatable, The way Wilder introduces the characters and their daily lives with minimalistic dialogue and stage directions creates a sense of authenticity. It was easy to imagine the bustling streets, the gossip shared at the kitchen tables, and the overall tight-knit nature of the community. From the very beginning, I felt a connection to the world Wilder had created, and it left me eager to continue delving deeper into the story.

Our Town follows the lives of the Gibbs and Webb families in the small town of Grover’s Corners. The first act introduces the daily life of the town, with focus on the young protagonists George Gibbs and Emily Webb. The second act explores their love and eventual marriage. In the third act, Emily has died and joins the dead in the cemetery, where she learns the true value of life. The play emphasizes the fleeting nature of human existence and the importance of cherishing every moment.

The story of Joseph follows a 17-year-old as he grows through many troubles such as being sold into slavery by his brothers, almost killed by his brothers, and spending years in prison, until he eventually becomes a powerful figure in Egypt. But did Joseph change or not? I believe that over the years as we saw Joseph grow from all of his endeavors, of course, he changed! As we saw him grow more mature, at least mature enough to practically rule a country and its food supply, we saw him grow from an immature little tattletale to a good man with a family, power, and wealth.  I have read “Joseph’s Story” before while studying the Torah, so this story is quite familiar to me. I quite like historical stories from religious texts because it is always so interesting to read about what a religion believes in and what its “history” is. I honestly quite liked rereading the story of Joseph because I’ve honestly always loved this specific story from Jewish/Christian text. Overall this story has a good rating from me.

Our Town by Thornton Wilder, is filled with characters with the exact purpose of showing us as an audience how much people in their day-to-day lives change and evolve. As this is a play, it is divided into three acts with them all mainly focusing on Emily. The first covers her childhood, the second her marriage to George, and the third her final resting place in the town’s graveyard. Emily little by little with each act, undergoes physical changes more present than any other character. This shows us how we are also changing as the story goes on without knowing.

The second most significant transformation in this story is Emily’s husband George Gibbs. After becoming the town’s high school baseball star, he starts to change for the worse in Emily’s eyes. Conceited, annoying, stuck up all words she would have used to describe her unknown future husband-to-be. Nonetheless, George, once more changes again after finding out how Emily is feeling, going as far as to change his mind around Agriculture School because he wants to keep Emily happy as before. This in and of itself shows us It’s always possible for a person to change multiple times, and a person’s character is never final.

Overall I didn’t mind this book, it was well-patience, fit with this unit, and generally was great as a play. However, unlike some people in the class, I found myself falling asleep at some points without trying because of how boring it was. I do not care for any of the characters so all the secret plot twists and turns for example Emily’s death did not do anything to me. As a person who lives in Sooke (right outside of Langford if you don’t know) because this is based on a ”normal rural life” this could have contributed to the fact of why I was so bored so take whatever I write with a grain of salt.

 

Overall, I think that Our Town is a nice, quickly paced, and interesting play. I say this due to the fact that Emily’s life is essentially compressed into only about 80 pages of writing, whilst talking about other characters and events that happened in the play. Because of this, the play only briefly touches on details about each of the character’s lives because the book is so short. Personally, I don’t really like the fast pace in this book. I prefer to have lots of extra descriptions and gazes into each of the character’s lives before getting into a play. When something happens in the play, I have those extra descriptions about each of the characters, so I can go “Maybe this character did this because of [fill in the blank]”. Besides the pace, I enjoyed the play. Something that stuck out to me in the play is that Emily was under the impression that George had almost distanced himself from her, indirectly, because she believed he got too busy with baseball and other people to spend time with her. I think that later in the play, George ultimately tried to change for Emily, by not going to Agriculture School and instead taking over his Uncle’s farm so he could stay close to Grover’s Corners, to make it easier to spend time with Emily. It was sad to hear that she died from childbirth near the end of the play after getting married to George.

Another element that stuck out to me was the improvisation used in the video of the play. The props used in the video were minimal, and most things in the video were mimed rather than being an actual prop. I haven’t really seen this often, so it was interesting to see how realistic they made the props since they weren’t even there. For some remarks about Emily, I think that she was a genuine, kind character in the play. Reason being, she really cared about George, and I think she showed this when they had that talk in the middle of the play. When she shared her concerns to George, it showed she cared because most people wouldn’t do that unless they did. If she hadn’t cared about George, she wouldn’t have voiced her concerns, and George wouldn’t be able to accommodate those concerns.

Overall, ‘Our Town‘ is a nicely written, eye-opening piece. It is very well done.

The Play Our Town sets up the play in the first act by showing us a day in the town. They do this to establish relationships and use a lot of commentary to tell us what’s going on. They use this commentary a lot and frequently remind us that we’re watching a play. Anther remarkable thing they do is they cast the narrator as an actor. This makes the play a lot more engaging as the play moves on.

This makes the play move in a smooth way, although the acts make the jump a bit each time. To make up for these jumps each end of an act sets up the next, making the plot a lot smoother and making it easier to communicate the character’s emotions. For example, when we go from act one to act two, the first act has just ended with the establishment of a love affaire, which make the marriage way less out of context and keeps the plot smooth. In act two this is also used to smooth over how the characters change, like when George is in the middle of changing before the wedding. This is one of many ways the characters change when exposed to new ideas, such as during act three, Emily completely changes when she realizes that death isn’t the end.

Speaking of new ideas, the ideas introduced in act three create an experience to come away with, and is one of two main conflicts in the play. The presence of two conflicts is one of the things that that makes this play different. The first conflict happens in act two when George starts to change because of the upcoming wedding. The next conflict comes when Emily doesn’t want to forget about her past life, but then realizes that it is better to look forward to the future. This makes the play remarkable because they have two characters who both have a lot to do with each other, but who’s conflicts are separate.

In conclusion, I think that we can agree that this is a truly remarkable play that employs different techniques than regular plays.

“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder I found was a fast-moving book. In the three acts they talked mainly about Emily’s childhood, then her marriage to George, and then her funeral. Because the book was based off a play, I found that the describing where everything and everyone is, was helpful for me to imagine the scene better. I enjoyed watching the movie whilst following along in the book.

In ‘Our Town’, I think George Gibbs changes after becoming a ‘high school baseball star’ which Emily doesn’t like so much. He stopped speaking to people, even his own family, and was getting conceited and stuck up. George also changes his mind when he decides not to go to Agriculture School because he wants to spend more time with Emily, but he will continue to eventually take over his uncle’s farm. Simon Stimson never seemed to change throughout the entire play. He lived a drunk and died a drunk. There were only a couple town drunks in Grover’s Corners, and he seemed to be the towns gossip. During the book, I was wondering why no one ever tried to help him when everyone knew about his troubles.

The Story of Joseph was an okay book but if I’m being honest, I didn’t like it very much, the way they talked in the book was so outdated and it was irritating to not understand some sentences. Then the book also felt very rushed, the book kept skipping a intense number of years, even though it was necessary, it still felt quite rushed. The Story though did show me that no matter what some people did to your life, don’t hate them or hold a grudge because they are what help you develop (or character development). it made me feel kind of sad, but also forgiving, and it provoked me to forget about some grudges I held against some others.

Joseph’s early years are vividly described in The Story of Joseph, giving us a comprehensive account of his brief life. As everyone knows, it starts when he is 17 years old and we learn why his brothers don’t think highly of our main character, Joseph. It turns out that Joseph is very wise, has far bigger goals than most boys can dream of, and has dominance over the other boys. This obviously sparks another “War” between the little boys, and they decide to “see what will become of his dreams” by abandoning him in a pit for a wild animal to eat. (L20, page 6) Later in the narrative, his lone brother proposes to spare Josephs life and to rather use him to make money by selling him into the slave trade, where he is ultimately imprisoned. However, he ascends to the position of second in command in Egypt and saves the country during a famine after accurately deciphering Pharaoh’s visions. In order to escape the famine, Jacob’s family journeys to Egypt, and it is via him that they are granted permission to live in the Land of Goshen (the eastern portion of the Nile Delta.) therefore, no this is not necessarily a story I can say I enjoyed, and I will not be passing it down to future generations.

The Story of Joseph 

I think that the character Joseph is good, but sometimes he speaks too much. He says like 100 words when he could just say it in 50.  Also, I think that Joseph´s brothers are good characters but not good persons. They sold his brother into slavery and sent him to Egypt.

The language of the story is difficult, confusing, and in my opinion terrible, I don’t like the switch words of the story because I think is a waste of time, it doesn’t help me to understand better, also it doesn’t help me on my reading skills on the English language.

The story of Joseph well known by many people across all cultures and religions, follows Joseph the proud son of Jacob, and his journey with God. At the story’s beginning, Joseph is a seventeen-year-old boy who lives with all eleven of his brethren and his father Jacob. Unlike the rest of his family, he gets privileges for being his father’s favorite, which makes him the prime target of hatred by his brethren. For this, they plan to kill him in the heat of the moment after their father sends Joseph to “spy” or look after them once more. As they are deliberating how they will tell their father after the job has been executed one of the brethren proposes the idea of selling him into slavery instead. With this, the prize of money as well as unavoidable death will be combined for their amusement.? 

As he is sold into slavery his first days do not go as anyone had planned. The wife of the man who bought Joseph had excused him of raping her in broad daylight. Of course, Joseph had not done so and even his captives did not believe the story of lies made by the mistress, and they sent him to jail instead. Years go by with no sight of freedom, all until a former prisoner he had helped prove innocent told their Pharaoh of his gifts with God.? The story goes on for many more twists and turns, however, I believe the beginning of this story was the most intriguing and deserves above all else to be written about in my blog post. As a person who has never read one single verse from any Bible, it was very interesting to read a small insight into how it is. 

I think that ‘The Story of Joseph‘ is a nicely written story that shows no matter how close you are to someone, that connection can be swiftly lost through jealousy and greed. The vocabulary used in the story took me by surprise, as Elizabethan English was being used. As I was reading, I had mixed feelings during the story. First he was close to being killed by his brothers, until he was thrown into a pit. When he was eventually sold into slavery, his life became miserable. The story portrays hope in a way, because Joseph shows that no matter how bad the circumstances may be, he still kept his faith in God, and hope in things getting better. He was able to do this, despite the terrible situation, and false accusations against him. Keeping faith can ultimately make you happy because you have something to look forward to in the afterlife, even if the present is grim.

Despite the challenges Joseph faced, he was still able to keep his faith and interpret the dreams of his fellow inmates, as well as the cupbearer. However, the cupbearer forgets Joseph until Pharaoh has troubling dreams. When Joseph predicts an upcoming famine, Pharaoh is impressed by his wisdom and he is appointed second of command in Egypt, and I find this interesting because he ends up gaining so much authority based off of this event.

In summary, ‘The Story of Joseph‘ is a well written story that explains the importance of retaining faith, as it is a tale of betrayal, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

I think that the story of Joseph says a lot about beliefs at the time and the culture and ideals back then.  It talks about ideals such as truth, forgiveness and wisdom.  The plot is also a bit ironic with Joseph going from prisoner to governor in virtually no time.  This makes it more than a bit unrealistic. Another thing about the Story of Joseph is that it is rapidly changing throughout with Joseph quickly going from slave to prisoner to governor in just a few chapters. This makes the story go very quickly. It also uses a lot of emotion to replace to replace details in the simplicity of the plot. Such things occur such as when Joseph is being accused of rape by his master’s wife covers up some of the simplicity in the story, although it was necessary for the plot. Since without it there would not have been the trip to prison which lets the author use the butler to make Joseph meet the Pharaoh which is needed for the plot. However if the author hadn’t used emotion to cover up the plot the transition would have been awkward. In conclusion, I think that the Story of Joseph uses a lot of emotion to cover up its flaws. Although it still has a lot of meaning and can be used as a window into the past to see what culture and society was like back then. I also think that it can still show us ideas & ideals that are hidden in our culture today.

This has been my favourite thing to read in English other than the rest of the books. The story of Joseph and his Brothers is about their lives and how everything happens for a reason in God’s plan. In the first few verses, it states that Joseph was the favourite child and was hated because he did not have to work and had dreams about how his brothers bow down to him.

And the brother sold him off the slavery which then after a few years he made his way to do different things and ended up saving his family from starving. And if he hadn’t been sold into slavery, his family and himself would have no solution from the famine.

I found The story of Joseph so interested first it began this excerpt from the bible  and to challinging also is so confused for me in some aspects for example the detailed that he was 17 and then 30 it was a little confused but  it was written made it slide into the next part of Josephs’ life.

My favourite character is Joseph, he do a lot of things in the story, first of all, all of his brothers dont like him because he’s dads favourite and also doesnt work, also when he is put into slavery the person’s wife accuses Joseph of raping her, so now he is the prission, thats why my favourite character is Joseph he is strong doesnt matter the situation.

I found The Story of Joseph interesting overall, but reading it was more challenging than I am used because of the Elizabethan English used in the story. I felt that the story was missing some details when he was 17 then suddenly 30 but the way it was written made it slide into the next part of Josephs’ life.

I felt sorry for Joseph when he got thrown into a pit then sold into slavery by his brothers because he told his dreams to them. But on the other hand, I feel like Joseph should have known not to say his dreams out loud because he was 17, and his eleven other brothers knew that you should not do that. At the beginning of the story, it’s explained that Joseph does not do any work. Instead, he is their fathers’ favourite, which his brothers know about, and he is bossing around his older brothers so I can see why they hate him.

The character that I feel for the most is Joseph. He has gone through so much in the story, first of all, his brothers don’t like him because he is Dad’s favorite and he doesn’t work. At the start of the story he is nearly killed, but instead, their brothers just leave him in the pit, and then the brothers sell Joseph into slavery. When he is put into slavery the person’s wife accuses Joseph of raping her. So now he is working at the prison, he meets a butler who had a dream about restoring his butler ship. That meant that Joseph had to interpret them. The butler’s dream came true. However, he forgets to take Joseph out with him. The guy has had to go through so much, it doesn’t help when your brothers don’t like you for no reason. Another character I feel bad for is Benjamin because he was almost punished for having the silver cup.

A character that I appreciate in the story is Judah because when Benjamin was caught with the silver cup in his sack he was going to be punished, but Judah wants to take Benjamin’s place, he thinks that the brothers have changed and that they weren’t going to abandon Benjamin as they did to Joseph many years before. That goes to show that Judah cares and is sorry for what they did to him. Soon Joseph makes himself known to his brothers, but he doesn’t accuse them of it being there fault. If that was me I would cuss them out for there actions. Joseph restrains himself instead. When the brothers went home they told Jacob (Dad), he couldn’t even believe it. So they went and Joseph and the Pharaoh told him that he could dwell in Egypt for the rest of his life. That was how the story ended, overall it was a pretty good story, it was kind of hard to understand in some parts other than that it was pretty entertaining.

I personally thought this was a masterfully told story, which is one of the reasons it has lasted so long, through so many translations and versions, and influenced world religions. The main reasons I think it is so masterfully told are its simplicity, its character development, and its emotional intensity. The first thing I noticed while reading this story was its simplicity: there were no interweaving storylines, and most of it was pretty literal. This surprised me, given how compelling the story was and how much character development was in place.

Another thing I noticed was the character development. Although it was  relatively barebones, this actually made the story much more compelling, and added a layer of nuance to some of the characters. This was most evident in the case of Joseph’s brothers, who slowly began to regret their decision to sell Joseph, and felt the guilt of their choices. This point in the story demonstrates my next point: the emotional intensity. Although it is common for stories in this time, the displays of emotional intensity are… intense. They rip their clothes, yell, cry, go into isolation, etc., which I find to be a very effective literary device, and it built my connection to the characters much further.

From the beginning to the end, the story of Joseph caught my attention and kept it throughout its (albeit short) runtime, due to its simplicity, its character development, and its emotional intensity. All in all, I enjoyed this story, and believe it was a masterfully told tale.

An enemy of the people by Henrik Ibsen is an interesting book that talks and explores moral, different social status’ points of view. My favorite part of the book is the beggining when they are having dinner because it clearly shows the variety of perspectives from the different social status, jobs, and mentalities. This play really made me feel confused because the constant dilemma in this novel is “Should we do the moral thing to do or what is good for one’s good. The story develops really well how the characters deal with this dillemma and how their mentality change throughout the story. In conclusion, it is an interesting book that showed a dillemma that is common nowdays and showed mny points of view successfully.