Rememory...

Rememory? Hmm. I really don’t know the actual definition of the word but it sounds like its real word… Im guessing that it means “ to remember things that someone learned before” Toni Morrison used the word “rememory” a lot  in the book Beloved and I think that’s her main purpose for writing the book.  The book is supposed to tell us not to forget about slavery and the horrible things it has done.  

Sethe experience a lot of “rememory” in the book like meeting Beloved. Because of Beloved, Sethe had a chance to look back at her past and pains she has experienced. Because of “rememory” she sees herself as a mother who needs to take care of her children first before herself, and after Beloved was gone, she started seeing herself as a strong, independent woman. 

Sethe’s rememories about slavery were very painful for her to share to her loved ones but she never really notice that her memories about slavery were still alive because of Beloved…  Nevermind about the book… I want to share my own definition of “rememory.”

Rememory – (verb;noun).

1.       (Verb)To be familiar with previous experiences; recall

2.       (Noun) Experiences that happened before that are occurring in the present.

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

This might be too late but Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

I am so thankful that I chose to stay in AP English 3. The reason why I chose AP Language in the first place is because I need to atleast get some credits and also to get out of the horrible atmosphere in a normal English class. The students are so loud, hurtful, annoying, non-participative (Is that a word?) ,  and annoying and disrespectful and annoying! I could go on talking about the atmosphere in a normal class but I don’t want to waste my time with that…

I really like AP English 5^th Period because of the students and atmosphere of the classroom.  Wow. That is so ironic… I never thought in my life that I would say that AP Language is really fun(no offence).During the first day of school. I almost peed in my pants because of my first impression of the class(Nah, that was just an exaggeration). We took our first diagnostic test for the 1^st day and I think everyone failed. As soon as the bell rang, I got out of the classroom and told myself, “ I need to get out of this class ASAP!” So I talked to Ms. Sobrero and surprisingly, I wasn’t the only one who felt frightened in this class. So I talked to her with this other person and she was actually funny. She read some stories about her previous class and I honestly wasn’t paying attention on just a FEW stories, but that was only because I was too scared. I was hoping that there could be a way to switch back to a normal English class, but it didn’t happen. Now that I think of it, if I actually got switch into a normal English class, that would be the worst decision I’ve ever made!!! I am so thankful that it was too late to switch back to a normal English class because if it wasn’t, I wouldn’t learn all these helpful things.

Every time my friend ask for help on his essay, I keep reminding him, “ I told you so! I kept telling you to go to AP English with me, but you didn’t. If you’re in my English class right now, you wouldn’t have any problems doing this...” But I still help him with his essays and I finally convince him to go to AP Literature next year...

Slavery is not a joke...Racism isn't a joke either...

Wow...Beloved was something all right... After reading all these horrible experiences the characters had, something has truck to me. Slavery is really wrong... I learned about slavery in History class but I never really connect to them. In History class, we learned about people getting lynched by the KKK and it really connects to the Beloved. I don't think the other people understand the main point of slavery. To the former slaves, slavery was the worst thing that happened to them. To the ordinary people that know little about slavery, it doesn't matter to them because it didn't happen to them. I wished I couldn't have learnt the word "racism" at all...

Back to Beloved... I really liked the book. I was expecting something huge in the final chapters because my hunch was that a main character was going to die but my hunch was totally wrong. Oops....My favourite chapter was the second to the last chapter. It felt really good knowing that Sethe finally thought of herself, not just her family. It’s ok to be selfless, but sometimes you have to think of yourself too. The last chapter was a little creepy because I imagined Beloved popping in and out, staring and waiting for Sethe and Denver in 124.