How to understand literature

Have you ever read a book wich is using words in its ancien form? Most of the people have read or herd about Faust. This reading is a little bit difficult because in the translation there are word from the German and also words in its acient form. The mayor problem when you do not understand a word is that you can get lost in the story. So, is there a way to comprehend the story in better way?

In literature there is a method called Formalism, where the reader makes an analysis of the composition of the work, in other words that sees how the author construct the story and why the author decided to put it in that way. Another thing that studies this method is the historical context and the author's life. When you know these thing it is more easier to understand why the writer chose one theme, why he emphazies certain things and why he has an specific point of view in one topic. For example: Faust was written when the movement of romanticism was follow by most of the artist. this movement change the perspective of religion and nature. In the prologue of Faust, you can see that the way the author writes about God is more friendly and common. Before the romanticism, God was seen as untouchable.

Formalism also analyse the rhetorical figures,that helps you a lot to interpretate and to get a better idea of the author's purpose. The rhetorical figures are not easy and if you misunderstand one the meaning of the text changes. It ca also helps you when you have to write an essay, because you analyse the character, the scence, ect... that when you have to write about one topic of the book you can easily to support you idea or opinion. 

Improoving

Through the life we experience a  serie of events that give us knowledge, and that can be use to improve our daily life by making us a better person. During this month, thanks to my English teacher who showed me that reading isn't boring, I have change the way I see literature. Nowadays I read more than I used to and because of that I can understand better the author's purpose and the topic of the reading. Also because I read more I have lost the fear to write, now I know more topics and forms to express my ideas.

I have also improved in my math clase, I have always been very distracted and confident, but if I do not pay attention in my math exercise I would probably fail. I have been practicing to avoid distraction and although I keen on mathematics I study. Thanks to that I improve on my grades and the way that I studied. I have learn that not because I am good on something I don't need to make an effort to improve.

In responsibility I have improve a lot and I say it because in the first year that I did not have my best, friend who reminded me of everything, I lost and forgot all my homeworks and my books. During this month I have not lost anything or forgotten to do any homework. How do I manage to improve in responsibility? It is easy, I only write all the things that I have to do in a Post- it and chek my place of working before I left the classroom. 

When you make a change in your life to be better that would cause that you improve in other things, it is like a chain.  So you have only to take the first step and you will see how your life gets better. 

Prepare to write

An Essay or a Big Fear?

During your life you will always be asked to write, but most of the times we have trouble to start and decide our theme. Why is it so difficult to write about something? Maybe is because of the fear. The fear that your writing is not good enough and that it can be judge through the generations. Other times the reason, why it is difficult to write, is because we do not know how to express our ideas through the words.

The main purpose in writing an essay is probably help us to unwrap in the writing. In the school

they will always ask you to make an essay or a comment of the book you have read. So why do they still asking us to write if we do not like it? There are many advantages that writing can provide. You improve your grammar, your language domain and even it can help you to have a better organization.

An essay also can be a good way to know your personality. I was required to write an essay, about Naruto, in my English class; I can say more things about me during the process of writing an essay than when I started to write it. For example I know that my mind is completely disorganized and to have an order in my ideas I need to write my ideas in a paper so I can define an order to make my text coherent. Another thing that I discovered of my personality is that most of the time I change form one topic to other with no transitions and it is not only when I write but also when I talk. If you want to know more about of your personality why don't you write? And if you do not like or are afraid to write it can be a good therapy so go ahead and express you ideas of one topic.