Poetry Out Loud

The Daring One by Edwin Markham is great poem. I liked this poem when i first read it because it rhymes and because i wanted to learn more about it. In the poem Markham tells how he wishes he had the blue bird's unrestricted bravery. The bird can stand on the bough without fear for he knows that if it brakes his wings would bring him upward. The theme of this poem is that we all wish at some times that we were more brave and we had the bravery to take some risks. 

I can relate this poem to my own life. There are many times that i need to take risks and many times i wish i could but don't. I understand how Markham wanted to be like the bird. the bird can live where others do not dare and still it will be safe. I don't always have a plan B like the bird has, when it take a risk. I too envy the bird.

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost explains  the forks in the road of your life decisions. Robert frost uses two roads in a yellow wood as an extended metaphor to describe the times that you must make a decision that will affect you in the future. In this poem Frost describes how sometime there's no turning back and, "Yet knowing how way leads on to way, i doubted if i should ever come back." Frost explains in his poem that the road more taken by is easer and less risky. however he also explains that the road less taken by is more beautiful and that taking it, "has made all the difference."

I picked this poem because i understood it the first time i heard it and can compare it to my own life. The thing that i thought most about after reading this poem was one of the biggest decisions that anyone has to make, what do i want to have as my career? There are some paths that i could take that i would enjoy and be satisfied with such as becoming an architect or a lobbyist but these are not my dreams. My dreams would be the road less taken by and would be fare harder more risky. If i followed my dreams i would have to work hard at them and never give up but be prepared for failure. I still don't know what path i will take but i will always remember this poem and the last stanza from it, "i took the one less traveled by, and it has made all the difference."

The Movie

My favorite seen in the movie and the book was Tom Robinson's trial. For the most part i think that the director of the movie did a good job at portraying the characters and the setting. There are some things that i saw differently while reading the book. Also there are some things that i didn't imagine or put into place while reading the book such as Mayella Ewell's cross examination. In the book i never imagined Mayella shouting as much as she did. After thinking about this however it does make some sense. The Ewells are the least respectful people in Maycome and because it is a small town everyone accepts this. 

For the most part the movie's setting and characters matched the image that i had created while reading the book. The court house was roughly how i saw it although it was hard for me to imagine while reading. I feel that the author didn't give enough detail but i was impressed to see in the movie, a court house that really fit in. The actors and actresses  were very good at portraying the characters and i especially appreciated the actor who played Atticus. Everything about this man matched the way i saw Atticus from his voice to his hair cut. Although reading the book is always more fun than watching the movie i enjoyed it and was impressed at how well it reflected the book.