review per 7 march 2007

class started a little late. but that was okay, at least we know that ms. hillestad wasn't talking to herself. instead, she proudly announced that dylan and sam did well for JSHS. i read my piece of writing from The Book of Guys by Garrison Keillor. Becky did her review and we moved on to poetry. we read two poems from Sharon Olds, a contemporary poet. the first poem "Why My Mother Made Me" focused on a mothers wish for her child to be better than herself. we decided that the poem was more about her mother. the second poem, "When My Son Is Sick", described a mother's fear when her child becomes sick. parenting is "irrational", we agreed that moms always think the worst. the class went off on a tangent about marriage, then we continued to discuss F451. this dystopia ends with a sense of hope when guy montag makes a reference to Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (KJV).

1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.