Soul and Body(CRR)

In class we discussed about a poem called Soul and Body. We had to look for things in the poem in our groups such as selection of details, syntax, figurative language, and diction. In my opinion the activity was a really good one. I'm not really good dissecting poems and doing it in a group helped. When Ms. Hegeman explained the theme of the poem I became more interested in the poem. I think that it is a good idea to do this with more poems in the future.

I enjoyed the poem because it talked about the struggles of a prisoner of war and how his soul and body were fighting each other. The soul said because of the body it suffered and the body said because of the soul it suffered. While I read the poem vivid forms of imagery formed in my head of a white male man trapped in a prison with shackles on and screaming. Through out the poem words are pain are repeated, which shows the hardships of the torture.

I can relate this poem to war because many of this happened such as in World War 1 and two as well as many other wars. It is hard to go through all this I believe and it takes a painful toll on the mind and body. This poem spoke to me because the diction in the poem made the imagery in my head more vivid, and it touched me emotionally in the sense that when I was reading gloomy emotions arose from me.

Video Games(PB)

I am passionate about playing video games. I think I have been playing video games since I was in 3rd grade. The first video game that I ever played I believe was Pokemon Yellow on the Gameboy color. The Gameboy color was a handheld console that plays video games. The Pokemon game was really fun and the premise of it was to catch Pokemon, train them, and have battles with them. At that time I played it on my friend's Gameboy color.

A few years later I got a Gameboy advance which was the upgrade to the Gameboy color. The games I played on this new handheld system was Pokemon, Mario, and Kirby. The thing I really like about gaming is that hours go pass when you play, and you don't even notice it. Some people see gaming as a waste of time, but I just see it as a hobby that you can do at anytime when you are bored. I still play video games even in high school because they keep me entertained. However, nowadays I only play one genre of games, which is the first person shooter franchise.

In reality the only game I play now is called Call of Duty, and I guess I lost my interest in other gaming genres because they began to bore me. Gaming just makes me happy when I do it, and if I'm having a bad day I could just go on Call of Duty, and beat people online. Gaming for me can help you release emotions and lets you have fun doing it.

 I have played video games for the majority of my life, and I will always be passionate about it because I'm good at video games, and even though I don't play as much anymore I still enjoy them.