As years went by my interest in reading grew. I found out the there is more to reading than text books and homework assignments. My middle school years were filled with classic novels the fed my appetite for adventure and mystery. Books like "The Egypt Game" by Bob W. and “The Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen made me believe in magic that is reading. My high school years took me down the road of Lemony Snicket’s, “A Series of Unfortunate Events” and the “Alex Rider” series. Most recently, theatre has become another literature adventure I’ve taken.
Theatrical productions such as, “A Raisin in the Sun”, “Frankenstein”, and “Of Mice and Men” are all classic novels. Being in there theatrical adoptions made me realize how important and significant literature really is. Literature is also a work of art. Theatre is simply literature come alive on stage. Literature and theatre work hand in hand. Out of all the shows I’ve and through my readings I found “A Raisin in the Sun” to be the most significant. The pages delve into the lives of a struggling family; it brought the reality and pain alive before your eyes. It made itself matter by being truth written into art. I’ve realized that many things through literature, but one thing is for certain, there is great power with that ten letter word.
Jeremy, I honestly love the fact that you have such a cool imagination. Since you wrote about the book, "A Raisin in the Sun", I'm going to have to read it because it seems like it would be good to dive into. Keep up the imagination and the creativity!!
ReplyDeleteYou said: "Theatre is simply literature come alive on stage." I agree. In fact, most literature anthologies collect poems, fiction, and drama texts. I am very interested in the idea (and more than the idea, the practice) of the actor as a reader. Actors, as you've described in class, have a deep and close relationship with the texts. They read carefully and imaginitively. I even like to think of scripture as a dramatic text: it provides so much and it leaves so much open, and the point is to embody and become the kind of characters it talks about. Also, actors (at least method actors) know much about bringing their experiences to the text and about feeling the text back into their lives, both important reading skills, I think.
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First of all, I'd like to say hello Jeremy! Ok so that first paragraph brought back so many memories! I used to do the same thing...except for making a lamp into a lion. Good imagination. But making tents into caves was the funnest thing ever! Good times. I'm also glad you mentioned The Hatchet, cause that was my favorite book growing up. I wanted to read the others, I think they were called Brian's winter, and The River or something like that. I should probably go read those sometime.
ReplyDeleteMy early memories about literature were very similar to yours, my parents also read to me before bed time and frequently they were Bible stories. I also remember reading and enjoying The Hatchet in elementary school.
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