R&G aren't the only ones that are dead....

...So theres like one more week until the AP Exam. Oh holy crapola.
On the bright side of things, the last timed writing went really, really well for me. Which it should have as I got to use my Major Works Chart. But I also did really well on the Invisible Man timed writing... which I didn't get to use a chart on. That made me happy considering how much I really, really disliked Invisible Man. I hope I will NEVER EVER have to think about, write about, or talk about that book again. And I DO NOT plan on using that book for literary reference ever again. I see how its important and I see the significance.... I just did not enjoy thinking that much about so many different things at one time. My mind stream when we were discussing that novel was like...
jazzbluesblackwhitepaintcenterhierarchygovernmentbadbrotherhoodliesbetrayalBIRDparrotdudewhotoldIMabouttheletter
hmmimtiredbiblecollegerejectionbetrayalclownselectricalrugsbluesjazzpaint....
yeah, kind of exhausting.
On to Middlesex though. The ending was fun. Although I do feel like the author was like "oh forget this I'm sick of writing this book". The way it was wrapped up was almost as if the author had written a list of the problems that he created throughout the novel, and then in the last chapter, just went through, checking them off as he wrote a few sentences in an attempt to tie that specific storyline off. Oddly similar to The Handmaids Tale. Just saying.

I'm so sorry for what you are about to read...

Oh. My. Goodness.

In order to continue with this blog I must first admit that I was totally watching the ABC Family Harry Potter marathon tonight. And I had an epiphany. Are you ready for this? Voldemort. Christ Figure. BAM.

I know, I know. Theres no way Voldemort can possibly be a Christ figure, hes evil, he kills people, blah blah blah. I KNOW. But think about it.

1.) Voldy dies many times

2.) Voldy is ressurected many times

3.) He has many followers

4.) He has many enemies

OK so not exactly concrete proof, but it was an interesting thought. How cool would that be? A little morbid, yes, but it presents the novel in an entirely different light. The man (type thing) that we have all come to dislike for his attempts to kill our hero from a young age, is really a bit more innocent than we thought.
Wait, whats that you say? Jesus didn't kill? Yes, I am Christian and I love the Lord, but it can't really be denied that many, many people died as a result of Jesus. While he did not kill them directly, millions have died in his name.
Which provides a really nice little segway into a discussion of a book I am quite obsessed with... The Jester by James Patterson and Andrew Gross. I love this book, which is odd, because I'm not really one for gore, and there is a bit of it in the book (I mean, its James Patterson...duh theres going to be gore). The entire basis for the book is the Crusades, which were fought because of dissention over religions.
Why do we allow our beliefs to cause such strife? Everyone has their own unique views, so why is it so important to us that we impose our beliefs on others? We oppose those who force their views on us, yet we do the same to anyone who imposes their view on us.
What a tangled web of hypocrisy we weave.