Confusion is Key

    I read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Sucker, and A Worn Path. These three stories are all very different, and confusing at times. Sometimes, people think of confusion in a bad way, but in my case it brought curiosity as to why did the author leave this variable in the story to confuse the audience. The confusion kind of made me look at the story in a different way and helped me with the literary analysis thesis.
   In An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, I was confused about why the author mixed up the plot sequence. I was confused about the mood of the story. I was confused about the ending of the story. In Sucker, I found myself asking, why is this relevant.? What point is he/she getting to? The characters in the story didn't mix to form one idea and it just seemed like a bunch of jumbled parts spread across the page in form of text. Then, A Worn Path was the single most confusing short story I may have ever read. The author tells us about an older woman who hates walking on this path, but still goes through with walking this path, multiple times. So, this story was another, why is it relevant situation? So far, I've asked a bunch of questions and hopefully I'll come up with some good answers.
   Allegiant, Veronica Roth
10/24- 15 minutes, 11 pages
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Ambrose Bierce
10/26- 45 minutes,  7 pages
Sucker, Carson McCullers
10/27- 1 hour and 5 minutes, 13 pages
A Worn Path, Eudora Welty
10/27- 1 hour and 20 minutes, 8 pages
Total- 3 hours and 25 minutes, 39 pages.

Work comes in waves

    This week is officially homecoming week! Finally! That's how I should be reacting, right? Isn't it supposed to be super fun? I guess it is for some people. Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people. For me, I see this week as a chance to catch up. Lately, I've had tons of assignments due. Looks like I'll be working mostly on those assignments rather than shopping for super hero day.

   Also, basketball is starting up and it's my first year. I'm excited, but I'm also frustrated. I can only handle so many things at the same time. Kind of like a waitress in a restaurant that has four cups of water and picks them all up, it's possible, but it's also worrisome. What I need is a platter to put under the water. It's more effective, easy, and stress free. I guess the real question is where can I get one of these platters.

Reading Log

Hunger, Michael Grant
10/16- 1 hour 15 minutes, 32 pages
The Edumaction of Jay Baker, Jay Clark
10/16- 5 hours 45 minutes, 209 pages
Total- 7 hours, 241 pages

Reading Log

Siddhartha, Herman Hesse

10/6-1 hour, 29 pages

Hunger, Michael Grant

10/3- 1 hour and 30 minutes, 44 pages

The Return, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

10/7-30 minutes, 4 pages

Total- 3 hours, 77 pages