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Discuss why you think people remain enchanted with stories of castles, knights, quests, dragons, and ancient times.

      I think people remain enchanted with stories of castles, knights, quests, dragons, and ancient times is because we want to experience life in the past too. I always think that if I had a time machine, I would choose to go back to the past rather than to the future. Whenever I read stories or watched movies about Medieval times, my mind would get attracted and excited. Moreover, I really hoped that I could be the main character, the warrior fighting against dragons, or the knight in a sword match.

Analyzing a Poem

Describe your process of analyzing a poem

       When first reading a poem, I would glance through it to see whether there are any stanzas that split up the work. Second, when encountering words I don’t understand, I would look it up on a dictionary. Third, I would read the poem out loud to see the best way it flows. Last, after knowing the main idea of each stanza and understanding all the words, it’s time to put everything together and start to analyze the whole piece. If I’m still unable to comprehend the poem, I would use online resources such as Sparknotes or work together with classmates on Facebook to help me know more about the poem.

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If your imagination could take you on an adventure, what would that adventure be?

     If my imagination could take me on an adventure, I would want to be like special agent such as James Bond doing missions. In real life, there’s a little chance for me to do dangerous or impossible missions. However, things would be different if they were imagined. I would hope to become one of the members of the Superhero Union, which consists the Iron Man, Hulk, Batman, the Green Hornet, IP Man, Spiderman, 007, etc. Moreover, I would have one of them as my partner whenever I’m out for missions that help to promote justice and save the human world.

Poem Response

If you were to do your poem again, how would you make it better?

    If I were to do my poem again, there are lots of parts where I can improve in order to make it better. First, I should speak with more emotion and my tone should change to attract my audience. Second, I should have more eye contact by looking around at my audience more often to show that I’m confident. Third, I should practice reading out loud the poem for more times so I can be more familiar with it and not forgetting or mixing up lines even when I’m nervous.

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What sights (natural or human-made) prompt you to think imaginatively about life?

        Few weeks ago, I watched a movie called “127 hours.” There was a scene in which I remembered the most: the main actor slid through in between the steep rocks and fell into the natural hot spring. When seeing that, I have an imagination about life that it is always full of adventures, and never ends. At first, the action seems dangerous. However, after going through all the risks, people can finally taste how great and how sweet it is to be alive.

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In “Kubla Khan,” Coleridge presents his vision of an earthly paradise. Imagine your own version of the perfect place. What would it look like?

     Music can always relax people’s mind and make them feel happy, so it is an essential element in my imagined perfect place. Moreover, people should just thinking about having fun without worrying about their works at my paradise. Every day, they can wake up at whatever time they want, eat a variety of delicious food, play video games, watch television and movies, get the latest shoes or clothes, do extreme sports, etc. Moreover, these activities are all free because I don’t want money become an issue. Also, there are different themes of parties everywhere, so life won’t be dull at all. Every night, people can have a taste for diverse kinds of drinks while listening to music, enjoying dancing.

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Think of someone you know or have read about who was in love. Did love make the person see the world more clearly, or did it cloud his or her vision?

     I remembered when I was studying in Canada, my brother had a girlfriend. I think the love clouded his vision because the only thing he cared most about was his girlfriend, not family or academic. Every day, they talked through the telephone for several hours at night. Moreover, no matter how late it was, when his girlfriend asked him to pick her up, he would quickly drive the car to her place, thus he couldn’t stay awake at school the next day. During weekends, my brother would rather spend the time at his girlfriend’s house than having field trips with us. Seeing my brother’s behavior at that time, I finally understood why people always say love is blind. My brother couldn’t see other wonderful things on the world; his eyes were covered up. He even wanted to marry his girlfriend right after he graduated from university. Love is a powerful thing that makes people’s actions become unable to explain.