Reflective

What is kindergarten? The dictionary defines it as “a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.” What I remember kindergarten being was a colorful, easy, and friendly environment where I would have fun and meet new people. Now that I am finally in high school I can look back on my kindergarten experience and appreciate it a lot more.

The first day of kindergarten was a new adventure to me, a new place, new people, and a lot more new things to do. So many different toys and books to look through. There seemed to be an infinite amount of things that I would be able to do, and experience. Every new lesson would fascinate me, they way they were taught was hands on, more one-on-one then high school. Friends were made by just sitting next to someone, or sharing crayons, funny enough friends seemed more real back then. Homework was to color a picture in and projects were made with macaroni. Life was just so simple and easy. There was wrong and there was right, there was yea and there was no. Everything had a meaning and a reason for being there.

High school on the other hand is chaos, people bustling along the hallways going to their classes not glancing back to see if that person that they just bumped into is okay or not. In high school all of that easiness that was at kindergarten is gone. Teachers pile on the homework that take hours to finish. Test and quizzes are at times unannounced, teachers expect you to be prepared and ready to go. People are fake, and mean. Not taking others feelings into account. High school is legit; anything that you do there affects you in some way in the future.

Thinking back on kindergarten I realize how much fun it was. Just one big adventure after another, high school could be looked at the same way, but it’s so difficult, I can’t get past how hard it is, I can’t enjoy it. If I had to go back to the past and pick a time to stop at, I would definitely pick kindergarten. It had an easier more laidback feeling about it. In kindergarten I was limitless.            

Blog Assignment # 4: Persuasive Argument

My. Hyde is innocent. First, there is not sufficient evidence to prove that Mr.Hyde did anything wrong. The only thing that is against him is, what this woman, this servant, claimed to have seen Mr.Hyde beat and murder Sir Danvers Carew. Also, she claimed to  have seen him in the middle or the night from a window. Look at the man before you, sure he is different, but isn't the judicial system supposed to be impartial and find the truth in everything? Now please use your better judgement, there is simply not enough evidence to prove Mr.Hyde is guilty of anything that he has been accused of.      

Blog Assignment # 3: Character/Theme

As I have been reading this book I have become drawn to the character of Dr. Lanyon. He seems as though he's a minor character but, the parts that he comes up in the book always pop out at me. The theme that i think that Stevenson is trying to get across through this book is that once you have seen all of the evil in the world there isn't anything more to live for. There is an example of this when Dr. Lanyon is laying in bed dieing.
He says ""I have had a shock," he said, "and I shall never recover. It is a question of weeks. Well, life has been pleasant; i liked it; yes, sir, I used to like it. I sometimes think if we knew all, we should be more glad to get away.""  
He is saying that something has frightened him so much hes gone into shock, hes dieing. Dr. Lanyon is saying how if everyone saw how bad things really were in the world some of them might give up on life right then and there. I think that Dr. Lanyon portrays Stevenson's theme very well.

Reaction to "Story of the Door"

Throughout reading Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde many points of interest caught my eye. "Story of the Door" is a really important chapter in this story, it pretty much sets things in motion for the rest of the book. One thing that really caught my attention while reading this chapter was how Mr.Utterson describes Mr.Hyde to Mr.Enfield.
""He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet i scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although i couldn't specify the point. He's an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; i can make no hand of it; I can't describe him. And it's not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.""
In this passage Mr.Utterson is describing Mr.Hyde. Hes saying that by just looking Mr.Hyde he is able to tell many thing about him. This is very odd to me because I was always taught to "never judge a book by its cover" yet it is seems as thought Mr.Utterson is doing just that. Mr.Utterson keeps saying how deformed and different Mr Hyde looks without exactly being able to describe him accurately. Its a feeling that MrUtterson is having, a knowing that Mr.Hyde is deformed.
Knowing how important manners are in this period of time I'm surprised that Mr.Utterson said anything about Mr.Hyde at all. I would think that, to be polite, Mr.Utterson would just brush it off and say he didn't remember anything about Mr.Hyde. Socially Mr.Utterson was wrong, he was going against what he was taught hiss entire life. It may not seem like a huge deal but back then i meant the world.     

Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)

The article that i read talked about Multiple Personality Disorder also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder. This is a mental disorder, a person who has this disorder usually went through a very traumatic experience. Dissociative Identity Disorder is very hard to understand, even highly trained doctors have a hard time understanding the disorder. The main symptom of Dissociative Identity Disorder is two distinctly different personalities. Also, a person can have different degrees of memory loss, or forgetfulness, there are a few other symptoms too.
The central point of this article to is to talk about Dissociative Identity Disorder. The article mostly focused on the symptoms that come along with the disorder and what to watch out for.
Knowing that Jekyll and Hyde is a story about a man with a split personality this information may lead me to conclude that he had Dissociative Identity Disorder. This information may be really helpful in understanding the characters in this story a little bit more.