Rishi

My Reflections as a Learner: In this class I have learned many useful things that help me understand people and their actions. Whether it was through Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, or Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. If I could design my own ELA 11/12 class it would have no desks, instead it […]

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, is displayed to the audience through the eyes of Scout Finch, a child who has seen the prejudiced and discriminatory views that the people of Maycomb County, Alabama hold. She learns many things about human nature as the events of the story take place, thus transitioning her through her […]

Dear Deebaj, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon is the book I had read over winter break. It has a very interesting concept dealing with the love of books, leading to a very unique plot dealing with the protagonist’s role model’s life, rather than the life of the protagonist himself. With a […]

Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck: 107 pages To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee: 376 pages The Innocent Man – John Grisham: 368 pages The Eleventh Plague – Jeff Hirsch: 288 pages The False Prince – Jennifer A. Nielsen: 342 pages The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon: 512 pages The […]

Romeo and Juliet has some very powerful ideas and motifs within the play. One motif that is evident throughout the entire play is the idea of revenge and the feud between Capulet and Montague and their families. Because of their the grudge between the two families, Romeo and Juliet’s love is forbidden, causing their eventual […]