4/24 - 4/29

This week in English class I have been working to finish up my inquiry project. I conducted both of my interviews this week. One with Ross Roemer, and the other with Steven Cassedy, the head of Russian and Soviet Studies at UCSD. I also finished reading my third book, The Stranger, which I actually really enjoyed. I'm happy switched from reading Master and Margarita and changed the direction of my project a little bit. Other than that I worked on my abstract which I almost have finished. Tis all.

Week of 4/18-4/22

This week in English class I have continued to work on my abstract and inquiry project. One note of luck I had this week was I finally found my 2nd interview for my project. It looks like I'm going to be interviewing a literature professor at UCSD, Steven Cassidy, who actually just recently taught his students Notes from Underground.
I also decided that I was going to change around my inquiry project around a little bit and instead of reading Master and Margarita for my third book I will read The Stranger by Albert Camus. I determined that Master and Margarita wasn't as dark or existentialist as my other novels and that the stranger would better relate to my topic. 

Week of 4/12 - 4/15

We have been spending this whole week working of our adaptations of Twelfth Night. My group, made of me, Adam, Stefan, and Logan, decided to reenact act one scene five of the play. Stefan and I decided to take the lead on writing the script and Adam and Logan are the actors. We adapted the play so that it is set in early colonial America. Orsino is now Orson, the leader of the colony, Olivia is now the owner of a large estate in America due to her dad's death, and Viola became Soaring Dove, a native American woman who's village was wiped out by smallpox. However, she can speak English and is posing as Iron Bear, a strong male scout, to find work under Orson. Overall I really like the script and think that we made a great adaptation.