Don't Kill Birds

Wow, i just read the Rime of the Ancient Mariner and boy was that a great poem. This old mariner goes on this crazy boat ride and runs into a lot of trouble while out to sea. Along comes this beautiful Albatross and gives them such good luck that their troubles disappear and it leads them to safety. The mariner, for whatever reason, kills the bird. Trouble surrounds them to the point where all the sailors die except him. Then all these weird supernatural things start to happen and I'm not sure if he is hallucinating or these things are real, but they are freaky!!! Long story short.... He ends up being rescued and attributes all this chaos to killing the innocent bird. People, don't kill animals for no reason! Your life will turn out to be a mess!

This is my first blog for this class so I'll try to do my best with it! I am very intrigued by both Blake and Wordsworth. I find Blake to be extremely depressed and bound to speak out against injustice! I know that is a good thing, I just wish I could just sit and pick his mind and ask him why he is so upset. I wish I could help him see the goodness of religion and not just the chains that a bad religion can use to bind you. What a sad life to go through without experiencing how great a religious experience can be. With all the injustice he experienced in life I truly hope he found peace and happiness somewhere while he was here on earth. Life always goes by too quickly!

Wordsworth's poem, Michael, is not just an old work with out meaning. This happens in so many families today. Parents raise their kids right, the best way they know how. They do a really good job at teaching values and loving their kids. As soon as the child leaves home and goes out on their own they mess up.....LOTS! This leaves a parent wondering what they did wrong and it can lead to so much hurt in their hearts. Why wouldn't they want to make their parents proud? I guess this goes to show that people are gonna mess up and make mistakes. No matter how hard you try to teach your kid right from wrong, experience is the best teacher and you are not to blame! Parents: Do your best! Kids: Try to live life to make your parents proud, they won't be here forever!