Tomorrow is my final for my Tolkien class, which means that I will get my essay on Tolkien and Forgiveness back, and also the end of the class. I honestly think that this class has been my second favorite English class I have taken (first going to Contemporary World Literature which was my first introduction to J.M Coetzee). And I wasn't really looking forward to it. I took it because I had to take a senior level english class, and this was one of the only ones available.
Next semester they are teaching an author study about John Donne. I think I lucked out. (Who knows, maybe I would take the class, and be blogging like I am now)
Anyway, to review for my exam, I'm going to post some thoughts that my professor would have us consider before coming to class and reflect on them.
How Tolkien envisions warfare; how Torhthelm and Tidwald see heroic poetry in relation to reality; what happens when they are confronted by actual remnants of a battle
Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme and was a lieutenant during World War 1. He hated war. Two of his three closest friends were killed in World War One. He has often compared war to trying to conquer Sauron with the ring. In War, there is no glory. There is no funeral pyre to honor those who have fallen, and no band to play while you are lowered into your grave. You are dead. You are dead in a field on men who have fallen with you. It is grim. It is not honorable. It is sad.
That is all I have energy for tonight. Good night.
Tolkien Review
Happy Earth Day everyone! I have a notecard above my desk that is a picture of different colored spheres encompassing various animals from around the globe, and that is how I feel today. I feel like I can just reach into the air, and touch the world. Really, I can do that every day, but it's kind of cool that there might be people in other parts of the world doing the same.
I LOVE IT! I love that it isn't America Day, it's Earth day! It's OUR day, our day to come together and celebrate as a world!
That is probably what I should have written my article about. Maybe it wouldn't have sounded so preachy.
Though I don't think people here would be as open to "touching the wind to feel the world". I know I wouldn't have been two years ago. or even last year.
but love love love!
This was march!
Favorite tree!
I really liked this sculpture at the aboritum
For the latter part of spring break, my mom, dad, and I went to Dallas to visit Glen's family. They took us to the Dallas Aboritum and it was so beautiful. I didn't really capture it, but bah there was so much to see! It was overwhelming.
I didn't do anything for the majority of spring break (as in go anywhere other than my home), and I watched Barbara's new puppy a lot. Her name is Caleigh and she likes to eat plants.
My mom got a green award from Texas Tech! They brought in a guest speaker, and he lives on a ranch in NM and tries to be sustainable. He also has goats. I would love to lead that type of life style. It sounded really simple.
It's weird, but we were in DC on the first day of March. Terri and I did a super quick tour of DC, and saw way too many things to absorb. What I most remember is this painting in the Modern Art Museum. It is called the Aero by Marsden Hartley. I wouldn't have noticed it, except that last semester, I took a class on contemporary american literature. As part of the class we studied various artists from the 1930s. Marsden did a painting about native americans, and also one called portrait of a german soldier that I really like. And I really like the name Marsden.
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