When you are ready to sacrifice yourself！

Even though I knew this play will be so dramatic, I was still surprised by the scene two, and I also felt that Romeo and Juliet are so pathetic in scene three. They said "love" to each other only few hours after they first met each other. To be honest, I knew Romeo would do things that are crazy, but I didn't expect that he would go to Juliet's house alone after the party. When I saw Romeo was going to Juliet's house the word in my mind was death. However, because of true love Romeo doesn't care about death any more, because of true love Juliet would give up all her benefits from her family, because of true love Romeo has to have a huge argument with his dad, because of true love Juliet starts to move against her family. The question is what true love is.

The true love is something which people can sacrifice everything if they have to do to keep the true love. In this play, the author used a dramatic story between two teenagers to teach us what the true love is and why it is different from other loves. In scene two Romeo and Juliet both think that they knew the secret which the other doesn't know. It is so true that people would protect their loves by keeping the secret. However, Juliet doesn't know that Romeo can hear her, so she tells the truth to herself. "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet" (Shakespeare act 2 scene 2 36-39). In this line I can feel how hopeless Juliet is and how consumingly she hopes Romeo would love her. Once she knows that Romeo loves her so much, she would give up all her family which has so much money and power. In her mind a family like her family is too sad to compare with the true love which is Romeo. In scene three Romeo has a huge argument with his dad which makes him feel so hopeless, and it also teaches him what is true love. “I pray thee, chide not. Her I love now Doth grace for grace and love for love allow. The other did not so" (Shakespeare act 2 scene 3 91-93). He finally realizes that how silly he was. He believed that he was in love with Rosalind, but he finds out that he was dreaming and she didn't answer back all the time. Now he met Juliet and he finds out that true love is that they would give everything up to stay with their love. "Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords. Look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity" (Shakespeare act 2 scene 2 76-79). At this moment, Romeo has put the love with Juliet at the first position, so he doesn't care any danger. Even though everyone knows that they love each other so much, they still has so many struggles.

I am now at a very special point of the story because this story is getting more and more dramatic, and I am so interested in that how Romeo and Juliet deal with their problems and struggles. Thus, I will discover and seek more about the true love between them and I would like to bring it into our real life!

In class writing

Juliet is complaining her fate because she falls in love with Romeo, and he is her enemy. The line "O Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?" She is trying to say that she doesn't want Romeo to be Romeo who is her enemy, but she does want Romeo to be Romeo who is her love. She can recognize Romeo's voice even though she met Romeo only few times because she loves him so much; however, the fate is too bad. They are in the family that against each other. Juliet is trying to figure out how she can be with Romeo forever as lovers not enemies.

Real Life Could Be Dramatic！

I have read the first two scenes of the Romeo And Juliet, and the language in this book is old, so I had a hard time reading it. However, I have heard about the story about Romeo And Juliet since I understood the relationship between male and female. Ever since I knew this play, I knew this is a extremely sad story. When I was young I did not know the details between Romeo and Juilet, but I knew that they are all dead at the end of the play, so I felt so sad. When I was getting older I am not feeling as sad as I was young because I think that they finally make their own choice even if it is suicide. So many people say that this is just a play and the real life would never happen things like this. There is a play called Butterfly Lovers, and it has almost the same same story. I don't think the authors had any chance to talk to each other on "Face Book", so this dramatic story must be a situation that happens in our daily life, and it might not be absolute same, but it has so many connections between play and real life. If there are connections, characters must be created by styles, so I want to find those characters.

Because I only read two scenes I will only talk about Romeo and Juliet. It is so funny and dramatic that Romeo was not in love with Juliet first, and I think that he was just in his love dream and he did not care who is the Mrs., so he was playing his own love game. "Tut, I have lost myself. I am not here. This is not Romeo. He’s some other where" (Shakespeare 205). This is one of his lines in the play, and  I can feel that he is in his own world and he does not care anything else around him because his is not there. As we all know, after he falls in love with Juliet, he realized what is the real meaning of being in love, and I am looking forward to see how he changes his mind. Juliet is a girl from a big family, and she doesn't have any freedom because people thought that men are stronger than women. Also her parents wanted her to get married with a man who she never met before. Even crazier thing is that people would not feel uncomfortable because they do this like doing business. Juliet was like every other kids listen to their parents' orders. "Madam, I am here. What is your will?" (Shakespeare 1318). This is the first sentence she says when she is answering her mother's call. It seems that she does not care about her own opinion , and she only follows her parents' direction. After she falls in love with Romeo, she starts to react against her family, and I cannot wait to see how her family reactions when they see that Juliet against their decisions.

Even though the langue is hard, this is still a great play. I have a strong feeling that I am going to cry while I read the book because we are all teenagers and we are all trying to find our own love. Those strong connections will bring us into the story and be a part of the story. I believe that we will redefine love after this play!

In class writing

I have read first two scenes of the Romeo And Juliet. The language in this book is old, so I had a hard time to read it. The first two scenes tell us some characters and some background of the story. I see it tells that men are greater than women, and also about how Romeo love a girl so much. I am not sure about characters' relationships, but I saw their personality. For example, there was a character keep questioning Romeo, and some others always support Romeo. 

It is always the art!

To compare with difference between the Novel and Play of Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time I decided to analysis them from three different ways, and they are reading, feeling and details. They are so different from each other because they are written to achieve different goals. The novel is trying to tell the story by itself, but the play is trying to give the theater a version of the story which can make them easier to present.

From the reading point of view, I think the play is easier to read, but I enjoy the novel better. I have both of their ebook in my iPad, and the novel has 1380 pages and the play has 916 pages. As we can see, the play is much shorter than the novel, and the play has separate the dialogue and setting, so I can read it so fast. However the play cuts many characters' thoughts and movements. For example, in the novel Christopher gives us all his thoughts, so we can understand why he reacts so differently, but in the play, Christopher repeats numbers over over again. In the novel it also has some scenes which tell us how Christopher plays his video games. I enjoy the novel better because it gives me a more interesting and completed story. In the novel has so many details, like pictures that Christopher sees or draws, and it make me view the situation more directly. However, a play is wrote to be a play on stage, so I cannot have a full picture of the story by only reading the play. I hope I can see the play version in a theater. 

Even though the novel and the play tell the same story, they still give me so different feelings. The novel gives me a picture in my mind which tells the story. Sometimes the original novel is too hard to make it a play. For example, in this story, it has so many different scenes in the house, on the street, in the train and in the yard, and all of them make it harder and harder to present whole story on a stage. So the play has to cut some parts to make it a easier to  perform which also make me feel so hard to under stand the play if I did not read the novel before. As we all know, even same actors will act in different ways for same plays, so the play is really controlled by all different kinds people who are in the performence. From my point of view, I consider that making a play is much harder than a novel because the novel just need a author but a play need so many people work together and are worried about seeing, timing and lighting etc. I would say that a play on the stage gives me more feelings than the play on paper.

Details are the last and the most important thing in both novel and play, and they are also one of the biggest differences between novel and play. For example, the play has different characters' name because it can make actors easier to deliver lines and audience understand it easier. However, in the novel it has so many details that I need to read over again, for example, I have to read the math processing over again because if I don't get the math I could not understand Christopher as an character. Different details give people different information but it all help the production to become better.

Finally, I want to say that Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time is a great story, and I am happy that I read both novel and play. I hope that  someday I can see the play on stage, so I can feel differences again, and finding more connection between literature and performence from details, feelings.

It always depends on people

Sience I pick IB Literature and Performence class, I know I will discover more and more about the connection and difference between them. "writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays" (Dictionary.com). This is the definition of "Literature", and we can see literature is always about writing. I consider that literature is the performence which is presented by words. "the act of performing a ceremony, play, piece of music, etc" (Dictionary.com). From this definition of "Performence", I think it is the acting of some kinds of literature. For example, before we present a show, we have to have a play of the show. I will introduce my ideas much comprehensive to you in this essay. 

Literature is the performence which is presented by words. I have this idea because I have seen so many great books, and most of them give me a picture in my mind which tells the story. Sometimes the original literature is too hard to make it a performence. For example, in this summer I saw the movie Tinny Times with my friends, and I read this novel 2 years ago. To be honest, this movie ruined the novel, so when it is not easy to bring words to the real life. However, I have also seen some great performence of the novel. For example, The Giver is both a great movie and a book. I would say that performence is someway from the literature, but it can change your understanding of the literature. Literature is always controlled by the author, but the performence is so much different.

Performence is acting of some kinds of literature, and it is always different from the literature. As we all know, even same actors will act in different ways for same shows, so the performence is really controlled by all different kinds people who are in the performence. Ms. Guarino always say "Making a play is really like making a company." From my point of view, I consider the performence as the production which is made by so many different people who help teach and learn from each. It is much harder to make a performence than to make a literature because when you are making a play or show you have to think every details about every person, setting, timing and lighting.

Literature and Performence would be two of the most important thing in my life, and I will use my rest of life to enjoy them and learn them.

In Class Work

"A script is obviously less than a play, while a production is more" (How To Read A Play). 

1. The Script means to me as a author or director's understanding or expectation to a play, and it gives all the actors the direction. However, a play is presented by actors who have their own understanding of script and details, so usually a play has more things than a script. Production is the result of a play, even a same actor will have different production of a same play, so it is always changing and it is more interesting.

2. I like this idea, because I can feel the same way. Every time when I read a script I cannot really have a idea of or picture to see it as a play not even as a production. So I try to act it in many different ways which many different settings, then I can find the best way to deliver it to the audience. Some times I may lost my lines during the show, so we need to creat our own lines and they sometimes work better than the original lines.

Always be the bright side

Who am I? I like to see my self as two parts which are working and relaxing. They are so different, but they also have some common. My working side is more exciting, and my relaxing side is more casual. However, I always show my bright side to people.

I will talk my working side. At the first, I want to talk my goal for my whole life. We all have our own definition of lives' worth. In my opinion, my life's worth is that I can help others. I want to help others as long as I can. I consider that helping others is a way we can influence the whole world. For example, when the first time I came here at Cheshire Academy, I was lonely and hopeless, because my flight was delayed, and I was stuck in New York City. However, Mr. Barens made Cheshire Academy my second home and I remember that he always help me when I needed him. He always put smile on his face, and he seemed that he knew everything, so I decided that I will help new students to get in this community faster and more comfortable. I helped Mrs. Dykeman for three days, and it was so hard, but when I saw new students' happy smile I feel that everything is worth.Now, I help everyone who needs help, and I will do that for the rest of my life.

When I am relaxing I normally playing video games and eating junk food. I laugh aloud and do silly things, but I never yell or be angry with my friends when I lose a game. I have seen a lot of people saying horrible things to their friends because they lost a video game. I consider that video games are only for having fun, so we should not make it a weapon to hurt others.

I am also so happy that I can take this class, because I love acting. I have three main goals for this class. The first is that I will put all my effort in this class. I will try to understand every play. I am not good at memorizing , so I will try harder to understand them and remember them. The second one is that I will try my best to help my classmates. I am not the best student; however I still will help others. If they need me for homework or any assignments I will be with them. Last one is that I will try my best to learn, and I will work hard in both the black box and classroom. I will learn harder, and my goal is that I can deliver a great performance to the audience. I saw a show in the black box once. To be honest, that was amazing. All actors are hardworking and they did a great job. I will stand with them and work with them.

At the end, I want to say that it is a big pleasure to meet all of you, and I hope we will have a wonderful class experience with each other in this year!