Reflective Essay "How Heavenly Sleep was once Undesirable"

I can remember my toddler years and how sleeping was my enemy. I wanted to stay up and experience the mysterious world of adults. I would kick, fight and scream just as long as I can stay up a couple of minutes more. How silly I was when I was 3 because know a nice nap is complete bliss that can make my entire day.


Being young you would always cause your mother frustration from "milk bubbles" to the sudden appearance of various stains on your clothes after lunch and preschool. After school toddlers are always wired up, and full of energy. But there is a point when a kid can just "crash". I complained about my bedtime at 7:00pm up until kindergarten but I now I wish I could have such freedom of sleep. But when I feel my eyes slowly closing I try to hide it. Dozing off  I hope my parents don't realize its been my bedtime. When  my mom realizes the time and I'm regrettably put to sleep I soon hop out of bed out of protest to spy on my much older sister and my parents. Staying up is okay if you wake up at 10:00 am for preschool to color and draw for a couple hours.


 My parents watch PG-13 movies until 10:00pm!! Can you imagine my astonishment.  PG-13 movies are no big deal but when I was that young being 13 was like being 20 years old in my eyes. And staying up to 10:00 was unthinkable . Sleep was my enemy because  I wanted to be up watching those movies until maybe 12:00. The "adult world" was a magical world and my curious nature at that age drove me to fight sleep a little longer.


Now I am the complete opposite I would love to be able to sleep at 7:00 pm. Now that time is between cheer and meetings for other extracurricular activities. Doing something other than school is fun but tiring. I'm a teenager, sleep is crucial. No one wants to be around a fatigued and irritated teenager. The only thing I could really stay up for is SNL and Football on a normal lazy Saturday. I'm pretty sure at 3 years old I didn't know a show like Saturday Night Live did exist. And Football was too complicated at that time when I didn't know how to count to 50.  Waking up for school is also a nightmare because you can never get used to waking up at 6:00 at the crack of dawn.


Thinking back to that time of wonder, my toddler years, I want to go back. How great is it to wake up bright eyed and eager again because anything can make you happy. School was watching "The Land Before Time" and playing in the "kitchen" with plastic pizzas and pizza oven. When your young you want to be adult but when your adult you wish that you had no responsibilities again like a child.

*Bonus Blog*

In the movie and novel "The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" woman are protrayed as victims of Mr.Hyde's evil ways. In the novel Stevenson had three female characters in his novel and they all had to do with Edward Hyde.The little girl who got trampled one night by Hyde ,and the maid who witnessed Hyde murder a random man. They were all protrayed as helpless and the maid was extremely emotional. The old woman that was the caretaker of Hyde's house was hired because she would keep quiet about what was really happening. Showing that at the time woman were not seen as important. In the 1931 film of "Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" there were two woman characters and they both had important roles. One was Dr.Jekyll's fiance and the other lived with Mr.Hyde and then murdered by Edward Hyde. The director Rouben Mamoulian used the two woman in a very interesting way Ivy was Mr.Hyde's gilfriend. Ivy Pearson was a dancer and her profession was not considered proper at that time and was part of Dr.Jekyll's temptation to cheat on his fiance. Muriel Carew Dr.Jekyll's fiance grew up in a very well respected family her father Sir Danvers Carew is a general who was murdered by Mr.Hyde. Rouben Mamoulian used the two woman in a very dynamic way which added to Stevenson's classic novella.

Merry Christmas :)

Blog Assignment #4: Persuasive Argument for the Prosecution of Edward Hyde

I would go against Mr.Hyde and Henry Jekyll becasue Jekyll decided to create a very dangerous monster without realizing the grave consequences. He made the decision to become Mr.Hyde knowing how dangerous that was. He gave into his addiction and Mr.Hyde ended up killing Sir Danvers Carew and there is a witness and evidence to prove it. So I would be the prosecuter for Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. Henry Jekyll was very selfish and irresponsible to decide to have two sides a good and pure evil one. Mr.Hyde was totally out of control and he knew it but he continued because of his crazy addiction.

Blog Assignment #3 Character/Theme

A character in "The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" that I find interest in is Dr.Jekyll and his internal conflict with his new found passion for crazy practices of science. Dr.Lanyon referredd to his practices as scientific balderdash and that statement was received by a very curious friend of his Mr.Utterson. He found that his friend had a mysterious friendship with a man named Mr.Hyde who comitted a horrible crime. Mr.Utterson has trouble with trusting his friend who trusts this odd character and shows the theme in "The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" which is that its human nature to doubt your friendship with someone at times. Dr.Lanyon received a shock after having something revealed to him by Dr.Jekyll and soon died later of that shock. Mr.Utterson still stays loyal to his friendship with Dr.Jekyll even after his sudden disappearance. Which highlights Mr.Utterson's value of his friendship with people.

"Story of the Door" Reaction

One moment in "The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde" that I found interesting was Mr. Utterson's fascination with people that do the wrong things. Instead of scolding the person ,he helps them. Which shows his great tolerance for other people. And it is not surprising that he has chosen the occupation as a defense lawyer. On page 1 it says "I incline to Cain's  heresy ,'he used to say quantily:'I let my brother go to the devil in his own way".He does not stop anyone from doing a bad deed he lets them do it and wonder why they did it in his own fascination. The way in which Mr.Utterson thinks about crime goes against the values of the Victorian age in many ways. The foundation of the society was about a possesion of good manners and high standards of respectability. The people and crimes that Mr.Utterson excepts go against moral beliefs and values of Victorian Age and it is surprising in that day and age a person in such high standards in society like Mr.Utterson excepts them. That is a moment that I found interesting in "The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde".

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