<p>haha wooo! Q3 i did heart of darkness too. it basically EXACTLY fit a paper i wrote during the year about the jungle</p>
<p>i had quotes and everything.</p>
<p>i better get at least a 4 on this exam…i think i rocked the MC though and did decently on the other 2 frq’s, so maybe maybeee a five?? <em>hopeful smile</em></p>
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<li><p>I made a lot of really awesome points, but my essay was totally disorganized… I mostly talked about the religious allusions (and how the fact that they’re religious itself has meaning), because I’ve been in Catholic school for fifteen years, damn it, and I know that **** like hain’t nobody’s business.</p></li>
<li><p>Wow, my interpretation must have been unique (and by “unique” I mean “BS”). I basically talked about how the wind was a prankster, and not particularly malevolent–honestly, I thought the tone was pretty light throughout most of it, so I think I backed myself up pretty well through there–and then how Lutie was resolute against it, and how she shared a common bond with other cityfolk who were also struggling against the wind, though none of them would acknowledge it… I’m hoping for a 6/7 on that one. o.x
EDIT: Oh yeah, half of the people in my class picked up on the fact that the room thing meant that she was a single mother, and wrote their whole essay about that. And of course, the fact that I didn’t realize that at all made me feel stupid. :(</p></li>
<li><p>Godsend. I talked about sight/wisdom in Oedipus Rex.</p></li>
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<p>My class just finished reading (and analyzing, of course) As I Lay Dying and it was first on the list for #3! We really lucked out on that one. I discussed the symbolism of Jewel’s horse.</p>
<p>“EDIT: Oh yeah, half of the people in my class picked up on the fact that the room thing meant that she was a single mother, and wrote their whole essay about that. And of course, the fact that I didn’t realize that at all made me feel stupid.”
^Hmmm… I totally disregarded about the rooms… I’m pretty sure you weren’t the only one.</p>
<p>For the second question, did you all remember to answer the prompt? Reading through all the posts, most of you seemed to discuss the symbolism of the “wind” rather than analyze the conveyed RELATIONSHIP between Johnson and her environment.</p>
<p>okay, i think that i had a radical misread on the second question because i talked about how the wind, despite its harsh qualities, was trying to make people see the decaying debris of the city (kind of like its morals) and how Lutie was able to see that and how the wind wanted change as did Lutie. I said that the wind was trying to warn lutie of the dangers of the city and the corruption that lies within…</p>
<p>do i have any hope of getting above a 3?</p>
<p>Volume, that’s pretty similar to what I wrote. I talked about how the author portrays the wind as an antagonist but upon closer examination, the wind was acting as a warning to all the people trying to walk or be in the city. I mean, it was literally pushing people back into their homes or stealing their clothes to keep them away. I also said this was supported by the fact that the wind was revealing all of the darkness of the city: the dust and litter and garbage that was hiding beyond sight was suddenly in everyone’s face. Then I used this interpretation to analyze Lutie’s relationship with the city. I said she was a newcomer based on the fact that she was looking for an apartment and also because she was ignoring the warnings of the wind. Even when she recognizes how uncomfortable she feels or how the sign looks like blood, she disregards these messages and fights against the wind to see the sign that it is hiding from her.</p>
<p>I always write crazy essays for these things, and they seemed to work in the past.</p>
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<li>Used what they gave, talked about Lucifer probably too much.</li>
<li>Said that the lady was apathetic towards everything around her, including the wind itself (believe me, I supported it).</li>
<li>Room 101 in 1984. I actually loved writing this essay, because it was just amazingly beastly, if I should say so myself, and there was so much to talk about. I actually wrote an intro paragraph on Return of the King using the ring as the symbol, but I decided not to :(.</li>
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<p>Anyway, I can’t get credit for this AP anyway (my college only accepts one five for lang/lit), but I still might have pulled one off due to the insanely easy nature of the MC.</p>
<p>Question: I wrote in pencil for free response, and found out today it was supposed to be pen… Will I be ok and did anyone else do this? My proctor told me as long as it was dark enough he did not think they would throw it out.</p>
<p>I thought these were some of the easiest essay topics ever… and my 2nd response was one of the best essays I’ve ever written.</p>
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<li>Talked about the loss of hope, biblical reference of Lucifer, also talked about soliloquy, and mentioned that his emotions gradually started to blame himself throughout the piece.</li>
<li>Talked about how the wind personified a hardened stranger (in a way, a baby) and that Lutie’s relationship with the stranger turned into mutual respect as she didn’t “run away” from the wind’s actions. Their relationship was respectful of one another after the wind blew stuff on Lutie and Lutie just moved on, as the wind helped her look at the signs/door.</li>
<li>I chose “The Scarlet Letter,” which in essence is a symbol… so there we go. Prynne, Dimmesdale, and Pearl.</li>
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<p>I said that the wind, in a way, took preference to Lutie. Petry did not describe the wind as aggressively as she did in the first three or two paragraphs. Lutie, the wind, and the sign seemed isolated and almost serene compared to the turbulent scene described before. The wind didn’t “grab” her hair like it did the jacket or hat but “lifted” it and “touched” her neck, so I wrote that Lutie and the city seem accepting of each other in some way…idk thats what I came up with after thinking about it for around 10 minutes, >.< i didn’t have a real intro or conclusion lol, oh well</p>