AP Lang. IRL

  In the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, the character, Basil Hallward, perceives Dorian Gray (and his painting of him) as the most beautiful man in the world. His view of Dorian Gray is god-like and superficial. This lead to his ‘perfect’ painting of him. However, it is clear now that the painting isn’t something that is undeniably ‘beautiful’ in other’s eyes. This goes to prove that beauty is truly, only in the eye of the beholder.   For centuries, art has existed in many forms. Along with this, art has also, always been extremely open to a myriad interpretations. Based on the way people involve their own experiences, as well as their own viewpoints of a subject, their specific conclusions of a true meaning of a piece of art work will always differ in some or many ways.  In this case, with Basil and Dorian, Basil perceives all forms of Dorian as perfect and beautiful because that is how his own personal experiences of/with him cause him to view him. On the contrary,...

As this school year comes to an end, I’d like to thank everyone and everything that has made first hour 11AP English bearable and possible. First I’d like to mention all the fellow AP students who kept me motivated throughout the school year. Thank you to Amritha for keeping me sane and making me seem more put together by association. Thank you to Zach for helping me make it through first semester and keeping me going during the hardest parts of the class. Thank you to Sydney for reminding me of our english homework and giving tons of inspiration for my blog posts. Also, a big thank you to Brian who helped me (and other people) to laugh at myself in my not-so-proud moments of this class. And thanks to everyone else I’ve talked to in first hour for making the whole class a lot more fun. Next, I would like to thank the teachers who has pushed me to try harder and improve my writing. Firstly, Mr. Kisse, for forcing me out of my comfort zone a couple of times and making me speak out in cla...