Write about the ponderings of the teenage brain

The teenage brain think in many different ways depending on your past experience with everyone and everything. For example I believe all teenagers ponder sleep. Everyone wants sleep and that's a great thing to get but some teenagers think that they don't need sleep and are party animals that stay up all night. Another thing EVERYONE wants, including teenagers, is money. Money runs the world and it is like gasoline to teenagers. They run on it and that's all they want because they always want all the hip/cool stuff and always want the best phones, clothes, etc. One last thing I believe teenagers want is sex. Yes, sex. Almost every teenager wants to experiment with it to see how it feels and how "great" it really is. Teenagers are just curious to try new things because they are always curious in what is "cool" to do now so yeah, that's my point.

Can knowledge be burden rather than a benefit?

Having a lot of knowledge is always a great thing to have because people will always know more information about a certain topic which can give them a great advantage for when handling certain problems in the future. Although, knowing to much seems like a burden to some and this is why. If some people have too much knowledge they will start believing that they know everything and that they have the answer to every question you have. We are all human, you aren't able to know everything, you will forget things. Even if a person has great memory they will eventually forget something from time to time. They aren't able to remember everything.

Is knowledge of the past no longer useful for us today?

This is not true because past knowledge is always helpful in any situation. Everyone learns from experience and people use that past experience to make sure that they don't make that same mistake they've made before. Am example is if someone scores poorly on an exam that was very important. Maybe they just didn't study or wasn't really serious about it. They should learn next time to study or actually put effort into their test so that they won't score poorly. Past knowledge is always an upper hand to have in any situation.

Oedipus Rex Commentary

The story Oedipus Rex is of dramatic irony (where the audience knows what is going on but the characters do not). In the beginning of this story, Oedipuses parents send him away as an oracle decided that Oedipus will murder his own family. He is raised by another kingdom and once he becomes older he voyages out and he passes an oracle which tells Oedipus that he will kill his father and sleep with his mother. Oedipus doesn't want this fate so he runs to the other upcoming town. As he arrives, he is rudely greeted by an old man and Oedipus did not like that. Once again the old man hits him on the head with his staff and they have a duel and Oedipus kills the old man. What he doesn't know is the old man he murdered was his father and his fate was slowly becoming true. He arrives to the citu of his fathers and meets the Sphinx. The Sphinx asks Oedipus a riddle and it will remove the plague from that city and a wife. Oedipus solves the riddle and frees the city of the plague and as well gets the woman, Jocasta. He rules the city for quite some time, until someone finds out abou the death of their previous king. Oedipus tries to find out who the killer is and is told that he is the killer. Oedipus doesn't believe it but Jocasta remembers of her baby and realizes she married her son and she goes and hangs herself. Oedipus realizes later on that the prophecy became true and goes to speak to Jocasta but finds out he is too late as he sees his wife dangling from the ceiling on a rope. He cuts out his eyes and loses power of his kingdom.

Is It Magical Realism?

The book, Life Of Pi, is a story of magical realism. Richard Parker waa never real, but only symbolized something deeper. Richard Parker represented Pi's wild side which was held back by his tamed side by what religion and society thought. Pi thought that religion and society were the two most important things to fit into in his lifetime, he thought breaking the rules would cause him to break out of the social and religious network. This causes readers to think deeper about the context and find a deeper meaning toward the story which was that stories can give deeper and true meanings to our life.

Why Might The Life Of Pi Be A Work Of Magical Realism?

In the novel, Life of Pi, Yann Martel made the book very fascinating with many metaphors and symbolism included in the story that makes you think deeper about the context. Life Of Pi could be a work of magical realism because of it's many metaphors and his use of the word Pi or 3.14. Martel may have used this to show that 3.14 is representing something deeper. It could be 3 for how many religions he worshipped, 1 for him alone on the boat, and 4 for the number of animals on the boat with him. This ties to his theme because everyone has purpose in life and maybe Pi's purpose was to tell his great story to others.

Reader Autobiography

People read so that they can expand their vocabulary and go on amazing adventures they can't go on in the real world. What makes a person a reader is that they enjoy reading and love to read to themselves. In order for someone to be a good reader, they have to love reading and just enjoy the entertainment that books provide. My favorite author is Rick Riordan because I've always been into mythology. I really don't like to read so I don't consider myself a good reader. My family and teachers taught me how to read okay. I see myself as a person who doesn't like to read. I would like to be able to fall deep into the book. I like to do private reading because I'm able to focus on my topic and theme of the story. I want to be able to read long books without getting off topic.