Before I begin with today's discussion topic, I need to address your names. Please be sure that I know who you are when you're using your "silly" names. I know Kevin and Big Papa, but who is hiyahowaya? If I don't know who you are, you will not get credit for writing a journal...
Let's talk about your textbook reading selections so far this week. You've discussed wisdom literature and read Bacon's (Bacon, bacon, bacon) essays. What are your thoughts? What didn't you understand? Do you have anything to add to their discussions?
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I guess I don't really know what to think quite yet. We haven't read enough for me to understand completely what themes there are. However, I think that the lessons for the readings are pretty easy to understand.
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I agree with Danielle. There is not one ounce of awareness in my mind of what is going on with this Bacon fellow yet. I am sure that I will understand more about him after we review a little more, but for now I will just stay clueless on the topic.
ReplyDeleteI like the deepness and thoughtfullness of this literature. It is probably my favorite type of reading and best of all, it is true, such as when Bacon says "crafty men contemn studies (refering to people who try to do evil in the world), simple men admire them, and wise men use them." I actually had to write that quote down as I was reading because it is so true. There are people who simply admire knowledge, people who hate it, and people who actually use it. Wisdom literature is definately "where its at."
ReplyDeleteReading Bacon's eassys gets me thinking about how can someone expierence those feelings and then write it on paper so well. I'm sure that everyone of us feels some of the exact feelings that Bacon and Donne feel; it's just that they can write it down with so much more passion. That's what I always wonder during class.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to agree with Big Pappy. Bacon does do a good job of putting his thoughts on paper. However, though Bacon tells his readers they should read everything with a grain of salt, we too, as readers, should question his thoughts and opinions. I don't believe he necessarily knows what he's talking about when it comes to family and marriage, afterall he never had one of his own. For the most part though, Bacon does do a good job of giving good instruction.
ReplyDeleteI think this stuff is alright. I don't find it very interesting, but it's easier to understand than lots of other things I've read before. I guess I like fiction better. But I do agree with those other fellas: Bacon is pretty good at writing exactly what's on his mind. I like the part that Nathan brought up about crafty, simple and wise men. When I read that part it was like: AHA! :)
ReplyDeleteUm, I also agree with Danielle. We definately haven't read enough of them for me to quite understand them. The ones we have read aren't too bad though. These essays definately have interesting themes to them, exspecially the one about marriage and non-marriage. I too agree with everyone else about how Bacon writes what he is thinking. He tells you how it is, or at least how he thinks it should be.
ReplyDeleteI don't like bacon at all. I think is good at writing, but what he writes about isn't exactly true. When i read the second one about marriage that totally drove me in the direction of harshly disliking him. It was allmost as he was saying he thought it was pointless to be married and the single life is better unless you are at war. He totally had the wrong impression of women. Like Mrs. Myers said "He had many boyfriends!" his writing makes me believe that ten times mroe.
ReplyDeleteThe textbook reading that we have done really makes me miss Shakespeare. I would rather read short stories or plays. I don't really enjoy Bacon's essays. They don't make a whole lot of sense to me and like Heather said, Bacon's opinion of marriage made me dislike him. I have a hard time enjoying Bacon's writing because what we have read have just been his opinions on certain subjects. Maybe if we read a story that he wrote, my feelings would be different.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rachael. I would rather read Shakespeare than these short things. They are confusing if we don't get help understanding. Bacon choses very specific things about his life that are unique. It is hard for us to relate because most of those things, we have not experienced completely through our life.
ReplyDeletehahahaaha Thats me Shayla I did not realize it put my e-mail address instead of my name, sorry.
ReplyDeleteAbout the reading, I like this better because it is starting to loose some of the harder words to understand, though there still are alot in there. I'm not sure I like this era of writing, because I find that unless it is explained to me, I realy struggle understanding what they are saying.