Monthly Archives: January 2017

Romeo journal entry

This day is one of the worst I have ever experienced. Juliet, my one true love, joined with me in marriage, I was so happy. I thought our marriage could fix the bond between our two families. But alas, not yet a day later, I’d gone and done something horrible. Poor old Mercutio was killed by Tybalt… and it was all my fault. What did brave Mercutio do to deserve this? It was just a silly party. If I had only told him how I felt, or if I had only joined in the fight. I was so enraged about my friend… I killed Tybalt. I was a fool. Why did I have to kill him? Everything could have gone so nicely, I could have halted the feud and tightened the bond between our families; but I killed Tybalt. I should never had tried to break them up. If I had just let them fight, perhaps Mercutio would never have been surprised by me, he may have been able to defeat Tybalt. Even after Mercutio’s death, I could have stopped all the fighting by sparing Tybalt. It’s all my fault. I was weak, I couldn’t stop Tybalt. Then I killed him. Why was I so foolish?
What will become of Juliet? Will she hate me? I killed her cousin, how could she ever forgive me for what I’ve done? No, we’re in love… surely she will stay with me, but even if she does, what will the Capulets think of me? I killed Tybalt… their dear Tybalt. They’ll never come to accept my love for Juliet after what I’d done. Oh, what if the prince finds me? I’ll be put to death no later than the sun will set. We should just run away. Juliet and I… we’ll escape town. What am I saying? They’ll look for me. They’ll find me and Juliet… The prince, the Capulets, what have I done? If Juliet can’t forgive me, who can? I just want to get away with Juliet… I wish I could have done something. I wish I hadn’t been so blind.

What will my fellow Montagues think? No doubt Benvolio now hates me for what I’ve done. I let Mercutio die, so what will my family think of me? I’m a traitor in their eyes, a murderer. Would they hate me for letting Mercutio die, or will they be proud of me for killing Tybalt? I can’t picture which is worse. I can’t imagine, my own family, congratulating me for bringing about my own demise. They’d never accept my love for Juliet either.

I need to find Juliet. If anything, I can apologize to her. It is the very least I can do after disgracing her family, not to mention my own. Somehow, if she still loves me, we can get away together. Our names mean nothing anymore, we can run away together, start a new family, and we’ll never speak of the Montagues or Capulets ever again. Oh, but what about the Friar, and the nurse? They’ll be worried sick if we disappear, they will think we’ve been executed. Perhaps we could just tell them our plans, they would support us… I hope. I don’t want to live in hiding, in fear of being found and executed. What am I ever going to do?

B6 – Independent Novel Reading

I read the novel, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. By J.K. Rowling. In the book, Harry is in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At the beginning of the book, it is shown that a dangerous criminal has escaped from an extremely high-security magical prison, called Azkaban. Harry finds out that the dangerous criminal, Sirius Black, has escaped. Later, Harry overhears that Sirius is most likely chasing after him, looking for blood. The book explores Harry’s journey throughout the school year and his worries about Sirus and the Dementors; which are the cold, bloodthirsty guards of Azkaban. However, many things in the book aren’t what they appear to be…

In my opinion, this book was told somewhat differently than the others. Personally, I found the middle of the story fairly boring. The introduction was pretty good, but the middle section was fairly boring. In contrast, I thought the ending was incredible. There were so many questions raised during the middle of the story, I was getting confused, and I wasn’t very invested in the story. However, all of my questions were answered in the ending, and let me tell you, it’s not what I was expecting. So, in my opinion, the middle is uninteresting, but staying to the end is definitely worth it.

I love how J.K. Rowling creates her novels. Her stories are easy to understand, they’re well thought-out, funny at times, well put together, and overall, they’re really interesting. There are so many questions that I just have to know the answers to, so I can’t put the book down. I probably came up with at least 15 different scenarios the the story could end, and none of them were right. That’s another thing I love about her writing; it’s unpredictable. I hate reading books where I can predict the endings 10 pages in. This book left me wondering how all the pieces fit together, and finding out all the answers was incredibly satisfying. I really love her style of writing.