What I Have Enjoyed So Far

We have read so many wonderful stories by so many wonderful and bright authors but I want to list my top three favorites. Number one is, of course, Edgar Allan Poe. I have read the Tell Tale Heart in 10th grade and fell in love with his writing since. We had a big book full of his incredible writings in my library in the dining room or what used to be the dining room. But ever since reading that story in 10th grade and reading more to the point of time where we read more in our online English class made me a lover of more of his dark tales. The second one I have enjoyed reading was The Gettysburg Address. I have learned about it before but what I liked about it was that one of the activities we had to was to put ourselves in the shoes of either a former slave, soldier, the wife of a Union soldier, or someone attending when Lincoln gave the speech. I chose the view of the Union soldier. I listed the things I would have seen and heard as well as things from the battle such as gunshots and the groans of the soldiers that were wounded. The third one I enjoyed reading was an aphorism by Ralph Waldo Emerson. As I have written ina previous blog I chose the aphorism of the civilized man being more dependent on the carriage than in his own feet. I will not go to deep into detail but we as Americans have become to dependent on technology than in the natural resources we were given a long time ago. I would rather read a book in my hands than on a tablet. I have enjoyed reading these and many others and I am really looking forward to reading more amazing stories in the last couple sessions!!

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