Kurt Blankenheim~Blog Post 3~The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Kurt Blankenheim

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English 9 (1)

12 May 2012

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        Hola once again Solon Spartans! Here again for my last blog on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It may seem like I'm doing my blog really early, but it was because this weekend I had read A LOT! Sadly this will be my last blog for the year, so I hope to all of you readers have a good Summer this year! So, I obviously left off on chapter eight, then finished through the whole rest of the book.  The book had got a lot better as I continued to read! Once again the author of this book is Louis Stevenson. The setting is in London, England. This book was written in 1885 and is still very mysterious!  I never knew what was going to happen next. It is all a big mystery! This murderer case was very strange (as in the title.) On some things that I was predicting was going to happen I would be right, but some wrong as well. But sometimes Stevenson would give foreshadows of what might happen. And finally after being curious so much about who the assassin was, I finally know! I kept on thinking next chapter the author will tell me but he finally did in chapter 10! The very last chapter in the novel! This story was filled with lots of suspicion and finally gave me a relief when I figured out who did the crime! A VERY good book!
           The protagonist  is Henry Jekyll. He is a doctor, and everyone enjoys him. He likes to do many experiments. There's also Mr. Utterson who is a strong lawyer. Then there's Mr. Edward who is a very weird man who is always mean and violent. Based on knowing that about this character I have a feeling that he might be a "murderer." There's Mr. Enfield who is the cousin of Mr. Utterson. Then lastly there is Dr. Lanyon who is also another doctor. She used to be one of Jekyll's best friends but has become an antagonist because of jealousy. So where I left off was when Dr. Jekyll mysteriously and rapidly slammed the window and ran inside his house. This left Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson curious of Dr. Jekyll about the case. So in chapter eight, the scene starts with Mr. Poole, (Jekyll's butler) going to dinner with Mr. Utterson. Mr. Utterson claims to Poole that there's been a lot of "Foul Play" going on with Dr. Jekyll. The supper then ends, and Mr. Poole offers to take him to Dr. Jekyll's house, and Mr. Utterson accepts this offer. So when they arrive they walk in to the main hallway, and there's Dr. Jekyll's servants all over the place! And all of a sudden, Mr. Utterson hears a sound from another room and the man says "No visitors are allows here!" However this man isn't Jekyll, it is the owner of the fine place. Utterson and Mr. Poole quickly run way out of sight from the man, and wonder if this man could be the potential murderer, and is planning to kill them next! However, then soon realize this man is actually Mr. Hyde! With the possible danger that they could possibly be in, Mr. Utterson quickly requests to Enfield to break into his lab for safety. The person says once again to leave him alone, but Poole told them yes we need to break in! So the the first thing they see when they walk into the lab is Mr. Hyde's dead body on the ground! Next to his body there was a smashed vial of some kinda of chemical. It seems as though this might have been a suicide? However, Mr. Poole made a good point when he said that Hyde's dead body was wearing Dr. Jekyll's coat and that it looked huge on him! It made no sense why would he have someone Else's coat? They try and look around for more evidence, but they couldn't find a thing! Except a note written out for Mr. Utterson from Dr. Jekyll. This envelop contains: the first note that Jekyll was going to send originally, another note dated present day of the text, and the last note was telling Utterson to read some letter that Lanyon had sent to him and do it quickly. This is how the chapter ends and still leaves readers in even more suspense and makes them wonder what's to now come even next? I totally don't get why Mr. Hyde was wearing that jacket still! That makes me want to know what's going on so bad! It will be interesting to see what happens.
          So chapter nine obviously starts off with Mr. Utterson reading Dr. Lanyon's letter. This note was talking about Dr. Jekyll's lab and that Jekyll told him to take something out of a  cabinet and take it and hide it somewhere. Its just a mystery to Mr. Utterson to as what it could possibly be. So Lanyon did what was asked and went into Jekyll's lab and pulled out some kind of vial that was a red liquid. I think this could possibly be related to Mr. Hyde's death. However, he also found his notes about experiments he has done, but he doesn't know if it is related or not. So he went home and took the vial with him. At the strike of midnight Mr. Hyde shows up and asks for the vial. He was described "very nervous and excited." Lanyon didn't really know him so he tried to talk with him but he cut it short and again asked for the vial. So he finally handed it over and immediately added some kind of purple ingredient which turned it to some weird green color. Why the heck did he do this? So as soon as he is done mixing the liquids together he asks Dr. Lanyon if he wants to be a "witness." However, Lanyon is clueless on what Mr. Hyde means by this! He's wondering what's there to witness? But Lanyon just says sure. So Mr. Hyde takes a huge drink and immediately turns into Dr. Jekyll and replaces himself. It was like a potion that switched lives! So weird but cool! So now Mr. Hyde is Jekyll, and Jekyll is Hyde! And even though the readers and Utterson want to know even more unfortunately the letter ends there. I don't get why he would want to do this! And where does he even get all of these potions in the first place? I'm so anxious to learn more in the next and last chapter of the book!
         So chapter ten is called "Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case." Sadly this is the last chapter in the book, however, it is still probably thee most important part in the book! I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen after all of that! This chapter has a very long speech by Henry Jekyll, and would basically be considered a soliloquy. So just as in the title of the chapter it is Dr. Jekyll's statement about the murder case. He basically can't take it anymore and admits that he was the assassin! Everyone was kinda in shock mode because they all thought it was going Hyde! I even thought he was innocent! But its Jekyll! He tells everyone he bought a huge supply of liquids to make a potion. This potion he drank, turned him into Hyde. When he was Hyde, he couldn't control his behavior he claims. So he says when he was Hyde he did commit the crime. he told everyone the reason he wanted to try out this experiment was to get know what Hyde was like and try to cure his violence problems, however it obviously failed because he couldn't control it and killed someone! He says he's really sorry for what he did, and never meant to cause this much harm to the town. He didn't mean to kill Sir Carew that's just who he saw one night when he was in a bad mood, while being Hyde. So that's why Hyde was wearing Jekyll's coat because of this switch! I can't believe this Innocent man turned bad because of this potion and seemingly randomly killed some guy! That's basically how this story ends, by the huge speech of Jekyll pleading guilty! However Stevenson taught us a big lesson: don't try to be someone you aren't. Meaning like leave other people alone and worry about yourself, or you'll get into trouble! Now obviously we don't have a potion to transfer lives, but it can still be a good use as in our everyday typical lives. it was a very interesting story! I think the ending the part I just read, was the best part in the whole book! I thought that was a cool way to end the book. Stevenson teaches young people lessons to get ready for the real world. Such as: how to make friends and keep them, be yourself, and learning more about crime. And he ties all of this nicely at the end of Dr. Jekyll's very long talk to the people! I hope the readers enjoyed reading my blogs, and influences you to read it! I know I definitely liked it and will try to use these themes in my real life in the real world!
        So yes I did like this book a lot. It is a really cool mystery and very mysterious. It was always interesting to see what happened next! It is a very interesting story! I thought that Mr. Hyde would end up being the murderer. But in the the end it actually surprised me when it was Henry (Dr.) Jekyll! I think the author wrote this book to teach readers more about crime scenes and how to solve them. I think that he wanted to inspire the readers of the book to become like involved with crime scenes when they get older. I think the best character I like is Dr. Jekyll because of the relationship between him and Dr. Lanyon. It was always a huge mystery for me because of their recent arguments. I was always wondering about him and what was going to be his role in the book. He hadn't done much yet, until the very last chapter when he talked a lot about him and the murder case. So I'm glad I got to hear more from him! Even though I hoped he would help solve the crime or do something heroic, it ended up being himself! At the beginning he didn't say much or talk with anyone besides Dr. Lanyon, but he now has already changed by not being friends with Dr. Lanyon and starting to talk with Mr. Utterson more. There might be a good relationship. That's probably also why the author wrote this book to teach kids to have more friends. That's the biggest theme so far is trying to make friends and keep them. The author communicated this well throughout he book! Good lessons can be taught in books!
             When reading the book, I felt like I still needed to know more about Mr. Hyde. So I went back to reread to see what he was like. I thought it was important to reread so I could fully understand who the possible murderer is. I mostly forgot what he looked like, so I found this awesome quote that describes all about him: “He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him. And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.”  This quote was said by Mr. Enfield who saw him one night out his window. This now gave me a way better understanding of this man and why he might look like an assassin. I think that based on that quote that makes him very creepy and scary! I hope that gives you a better understanding of who this man was and why I thought he was going to be the murderer. A few questions I would still have about this novel so far would be one how come everyone in this book suspected Mr. Hyde and basically no one ever thought it was Dr. Jekyll until the very end? Another is why would someone want to kill a man of the Parliament? Then why did Dr. Jekyll just get more involved in the story? I wish these questions could have been answered by unfortunately the novel is over! The book just kept getting better and better! What an amazing book! I would definitely recommend everyone to read this book! I could reread this book and I would still love it! It is just one of those books! So yes this is my last blog so I hope you all have a good Summer and get reading!

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Ordinary people blog 2

I am reading Ordinary People by Judith Guest. I am about halfway to 3/4 the way through the book and I am starting to kind of like this book even tho it isnt my usual kind of reading. So what has gone on is that Conrad has left the swim team once again because it reminds him too much of his dead brother Buck who died in a sailing accident. Conrad has attempted to commit suicide by cutting his wrists with razors because he thinks that the death of his brother is his fault and that he should take his brothers place where he should be dead and his brother should be alive. He is in a phsyciatric hospital and after being in there for 8 months he was released to the open world once again."A good thing you do not have to know who you are, Jarrett, in order to perform, because today there is a minimum of information available on that subject."  

Blog 2 Inside Out Maren Clemsen

I am currently reading the book Inside Out, by Terry Trueman. I have read into the seventh chapter. So far in the book I am reading the main boy Zach is mentally disabled and he is caught up in a stressful situation. Zach is caught in a hostage held at a local coffee shop. It all started when two boys came in yelling for money armed. A pedestrian from outside the shop saw what was going on and called to police for help. In panic mode the two boys turned the robbery into keeping hostages held up in the coffee shop as Zach is one of them. The problem is Zach cannot get his medication he needs for his schizophrenia to have the voices in his head, Dirtbag and Rat away, which are excessively telling Zach bad things about himself and to commit suicide. The hostages are keeping the 12 hostages held up in the coffee shop as multiple police cars are surrounding the place. Zach is suffering with the voices and the extra stress added to the situation of the hostage. I think this book is really good because it pulls the reader's attention in and is very suspenseful. I'm guessing the author wrote this book because he must have had some past history with robberies or schizophrenia. The big idea the author is trying to portray is to show how much everyone is suffering in this situation and especially Zach with his disabilities. The best character is Zach because yet he is mentally disabled he also is very smart. He has grown very much from the incident because it has taught him to remain calm and control the voices occurring in his head. "You suck, go die. Your worthless. Dirtbag and Rat are bag and I can't control it, it's getting worse. I need my medication." This passage is from the book stated by Zach. I chose this passage because it shows Zach's struggles and what he has to deal with. The questions i have after reading this book are, Does Zach make it out alive from the coffee shop? and will the buglers go to jail or get away with the crime?

Kurt Blankenheim~Blog Post 2~The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Kurt Blankenheim

Ms. Nielsen

English 9 (1)

3 May 2012

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             Hola! Kurt Blankenheim here again for my second blog on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I have now read from where I left off which was chapter five, thru chapter seven. The book has really been getting a lot better as I have continued to read! Once again the author of this book is Louis Stevenson. The setting is in London, England. This book was written in 1885 and is still very mysterious!  I never know what is going to happen next. It is all a big mystery. I'm pretty sure there will still have to be something big going on with this very weird murderer case.  I don't know for sure but there are plenty of things that are foreshadowing what might come. It still bothers me about who is the murderer because the novel still hasn't told me yet! But since its just now getting into the next few parts I'm hoping to find out who is the murderer and why they wanted to do it. Hopefully the book keeps on getting even more suspicious!

           The protagonist  is Henry Jekyll. He is a doctor, and everyone enjoys him. He likes to do many experiments. There's also Mr. Utterson who is a strong lawyer. Then there's Mr. Edward who is a very weird man who is always mean and violent. Based on knowing that about this character I have a feeling that he might be a "murderer." There's Mr. Enfield who is the cousin of Mr. Utterson. Then lastly there is Dr. Lanyon who is also another doctor. She used to be one of Jekyll's best friends but has become an antagonist because of jealousy.  So where I left off was when the murder had just taken place. The only witness was this maid working at a house and saw just a little of what was going on. She couldn't tell for sure because is was about two o'clock in the morning. That's why she was the only witness she had to do her job as a maid at night while the people of that house were sleeping. She thinks she just might know who the man is. She describes him as being "evil, aged, small, and aggressive." She soon realizes that it is most likely Mr. Hyde. She knows him by seeing him from around town before and says that it was him! However, she has no clue who the victim was. So the police come, and they identify the body as Sir Danvers Carew, who is a member of the England Parliament. they also find a letter that says "To Mr. Utterson." But when Mr. Utterson arrives at the scene he is filled with shock. He doesn't understand why he would murder a man of the parliament when Hyde told him it was going to be Dr. Jekyll. He still is surprised! The police then talk with the maid about it probably being Mr. Hyde as the murderer. So the police then decide to visit Mr. Hyde's house. Mr. Hyde acts like he has no idea what has been going on. The only sign of him possibly being a murderer that the police found was a murder-weapon in his checkbook. So  with so little evidence the police know where his bank account is, so they assume that if he is the murderer he will have to go to the bank soon, because that's where he left his weapon, in his checkbook. Then what I just now have been getting to is starting off all about Mr. Utterson. The narrator keeps on mentioning how much Mr. Utterson wants to know about this murderer case. I think he's going to have a very important role in the next few chapters, because the author values this character very high. He quickly blames Dr. Jekyll for the assassination and believes he had planned it all out. He kinda becomes this A.K.A. detective and wants to find out more between the relationship between Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll to see what they have in common, and who's more likely to commit the crime. So Mr. Utterson becomes very annoyed that he doesn't know who has done this crime. He starts getting really confused and doesn't know who to blame anymore. So one day he decides to go to bed, except that night he had major nightmares telling him that Hyde was the assassin. In his terrible dream he had pictured the setting in London, England (his home town) and saw Mr. Hyde completely killing everyone he sees. Mr. hyde was going insane in this dream! Hyde has been killing hundreds of lives and was committing the worse terrorist attacks imaginable! Mr. Utterson finally awakes in huge relief! When he does wake up,it soon gives him a second thought about Mr. Hyde being the murderer. He soon starts to realize how much power Hyde has and how he has the means to do it. However, he is still really confused to on who's to blame. So Mr. Utterson still wants to know more so he talks with some people of the town about Mr. Hyde and his relationship with Dr. Jekyll. He soon discovers that there isn't really any too much of any relationship. He describes their relationship as being fast and short talk with one another. They don't wish to talk or see each other longer than they have to, unless it is business talk. This soon angers Mr. Utterson even more because yet at the end of chapter five he still isn't able to find out who commited this crime, and it still remains as a mystery, but with more clues.
            As chapter six begins, there still is no citation of Mr. Hyde anywhere in the town. As Mr. Hyde starts to loose his face in the town, the complete opposite starts for Dr. Jekyll. He now is coming out and is always now willing to talk with every person in town and meet new people. Dr. Jekyll came out of now where and now is extremely optimistic! A couple months later, Dr. Jekyll decides to host another one of these dinner parties, however this time with only his two old friends Dr. Lanyon and Mr. Utterson. This really surprised me that this situation would come up, especially Mr. Utterson, who's dying to know everything! However, nothing from Mr. Utterson ever comes up about the murderer, even though he really wanted to ask. So a few days goes by, and Mr. Utterson decides to telephone Dr. Jekyll. The phone rings and rings and finally Mr. Poole (Dr. Jekyll's butler) picks up. Poole tells Mr. Utterson that Dr. Jekyll wishes not to speak to any visitors. Mr Utterson now has second thoughts this time about Dr. Jekyll now, as to why he wouldn't want to talk with anyone. This made me think that this story is getting even better because right when I think I know who did it, something else comes up again! I honestly don't know who I think committed this crime now! So about a week later the same thing happens again, except this time Mr. Utterson decides to go to Dr. Lanyon's house, since she was a very old friend of Dr. Jekyll. When he finds Dr. Laynon in his house, he is VERY ill and looks like a complete mess! He soon tells Mr. Utterson he doesn't wish to talk long, because he's expected to die with in a matter of weeks. However, he does tell Mr. Utterson that Dr. Jekyll is also becoming very sick as well. So this makes me wonder if that was really the reason why Dr. Jekyll couldn't talk or if he was lying. He claims he won't tell Utterson anything because he's "supposed to know after his own death." I think this makes no sense at all! How is he going to know who and why this person did this assassination after Dr. Lanyon dies soon? So Dr. Lanyon demands him to leave after giving him all of that information. So immediately when Mr. Utterson gets home, he can't take it anymore he has to find out what's wrong with Dr. Jekyll. It is kinda a battle right now against Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll as to who committed it. Utterson asks in the letter addressed to Dr. Jekyll: "Why didn't you wwant to talk with me on the phone?" He also asks: "What ever happened to his relationship with Dr. Lanyon and why he doesnt like him anymore?"  Surprisingly, Dr. Jekyll does reply quickly stating that he still care about Dr. Lanyon and everyone in the town just as much. However, possibly one of the most important statements made by him was: "I no longer wish to see or talk with anyone for the rest of my life." This caught me dumbfounded because thats a huge piece of evidence for making Dr. Jekyll the logic suspect! utterson just can't get anymore confused! He keeps on getting more upset by the page! However, just as Lanyon said that he would die soon, he does about a week later. Probably thee most important part of this novel so far had just happened that day. Mr Utterson had found this letter Dr. Lanyon had left him, when he was to die. It soon made sense! That's the name of the chapter! However, Mr. Utterson hasn't opened the envelope because he wants to read it in privacy in a week or so by himself. As the week goes on he tries once again to call Dr. Jekyll but this time over and over again not even the butler will pick up. I can't wait to see what happens in the next chapter and if Mr. Utterson ends up reading the note! It sounds so exciting to know! I can't even imagine what that letter could possibly say!
           In this very short chapter, chapter seven is still a very important chapter in this book! The chapter starts off as Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson taking a walk in town and talking about the murder case. They both come to an agreement that they both think it is most likely to be Mr. Hyde. They soon walk past Dr. Jekyll's house and peek in thru the windows. For some strange reason they find Dr. Jekyll on the other side of the window! Jekyll tells the two men that he isn't feeling well. But they invite Dr. Jekyll to join their walk with them. However, Dr. Jekyll tells them he can't, and that he cannot be leaving his house. This is very, very, very mysterious! The chapter the ends by Dr. Jekyll quickly slamming the window shut and runs off into his house and is never again seen in the chapter. This creates a new talk for Utterson and Enfield because it was quite spooky when he just all of sudden he just ran off into the middle of no where! I think that was the most creepiest part in this novel because I for sure didn't see that coming at all! It will be interesting to see where this takes the story in the last three chapters!
              So yes I do like this book so far. It is a really cool mystery and very mysterious. It will be interesting to see what happens next! It is a very interesting story! I think that Mr. Hyde will probably end up being the murderer. I think the author wrote this book to teach readers more about crime scenes and how to solve them. I think that he wanted to inspire the readers of the book to become like involved with crime scenes when they get older. I think the best character I like is Dr. Jekyll because of the relationship between him and Dr. Lanyon. It is still a huge mystery because of their recent arguments. I'm still wondering about him and what is going to be his role in the book. He hasn't done much yet, but everyone is talking about him so he must become important at some point. I hope he will help solve the crime or do something heroic! At the beginning he didn't say much or talk with anyone besides Dr. Lanyon, but he now has already changed by not being friends with Dr. Lanyon and starting to talk with Mr. Utterson more. There might be a good relationship. That's probably also why the author wrote this book to teach kids to have more friends. That's the biggest theme so far is trying to make friends and keep them.
             When reading the book, I felt like I still needed to know more about Mr. Hyde. So I went back to reread to see what he was like. I thought it was important to reread so I could fully understand who the possible murderer is. I mostly forgot what he looked like, so I found this awesome quote that describes all about him: “He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him. And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.”  

This quote was said by Mr. Enfield who saw him one night out his window. This now gave me a way better understanding of this man and why he might look like an assassin. I think that based on that quote that makes him very creepy and scary! I hope that gives you a better understanding of who the possible murderer could be. A few questions I would still have about this novel so far would be one who is the murderer? Another is why would someone want to kill a man of the Parliament? Then when is Dr. Jekyll going to get more involved in the story? I hope all of these questions get answered soon so I get to know more about the book! This book just keeps getting better and better! I'm now going to go back and start reading again until next time..............
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Kolby_Melsha Blog 2

I'm reading the book "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne.I am on page 157 of 210. When I talked about the characters last  they were on a elephant on their way to Calcutta. When they  reached Calcutta they met and added a new member to their group, her name is Aouda. She is a Indian women who has refused to be in an arranged marriage, so Phileas Fogg saved her. Then they headed to Bombay and Passepartout, Mr. Fogg's servant, got into some trouble with some priests. In Hong Kong the detective following them around had drugged Passepart so he couldn't tell Mr. Fogg that the ship to Yokohama. So then they miss the ship and somehow Passepartout makes it on the ship and is on his way.  In Yokohama Phileas and Aouda finds Passepartout as a clown. They get back on the ship together as a group and head off on a long journey to the United States. Where I stopped reading they were all boarding the train from San Fransisco to New York City. 
       To me this book is getting better and better as I read. I think that the stories pace will pick up even more is because the book has gotten better and batter and the writer would not just stop making it better. A reason I think the author wrote this book to show how many different cultures there are in the world and how much different they are. Like how some places their is pretty much only one type of people like in India, but in Japan their is all cultures of people from all parts of the world. A theme to this book could be traveling and the technology of the late 1800's. An example of the technology is they all had to go by either train or ship unlike taking an airplane in today's world.
       My favorite character is Phileas Fogg. He is always calm. Even when things are at their worst he never reacts in anger. Everyday of the trip though he seems to get a little bit more excited because he is right on time for his calculations. To me all the quotes are good so it is hard to choose. My only question is if they are  going to make it in time.


Kolby Melsha

Jack's 2nd post

Hola fellow Spartans. I'm back for my 2nd blog post for this quarter. If you have not yet read my first post the book that i have choose to read is Julius Caesar by none other then William Shakespeare him self. After leaving you guys last time I had ended at Act II scene I.
  So I shall start from where I left off. Julius is found walking around his room being kept up from sleeping because of his wife's nightmares about his murder. So he sends for a priest to give a sacrifice. Calpurnia now advises that Caesar does not leave his palace. Caesar replies by saying nothing can change the mind of the gods. The servant sent to get the priest returns and says the priest advises he stays inside. But even that doesn't change his mind in thinking he is safe. Decius comes in to get Caesar for the senate meeting but instead he decides to stay home.
     In the next scene we read Caesar has decided to meet the council on the streets that night. The group then quickly enters the Senate because they fear the killer is watching them. To start off the meeting Metellus request his brother be back allowed in Rome but Julius denies it. others come up to plea his come back and as Julius says his lasts words he is killed. Trebonius quickly comes in and says Antony say fled. a message from Antony comes in saying even though he respects Caesar he would prefer to be ruled under Metellus's brother. Now that Julius is dead his brother is ruler and so Antony request that he may speak at Caesar's funeral. and it is excepted. Instead in the end of the scene Julius's son is appointed ruler.
  In the next scene the funeral goes as plan. Then a poet named Cinna walks threw the streets and is killed because he is mistaken to be the man who had predicted the death of Caesar .

That is all the farther I have read so far and I think that the book so far is a very good book but considering its in the form of a play it can be hard to read. My Favorite quote in this part is "Et tu, Brute?" because it is the last words said in the book by Caesar . And my question is how will Rome be ran?

I am reading the book Ethan Frome. This book it by Edith Wharton. I am on chapter five. So far the author has introduced the readers to the main characters Ethan, Zeena, and Mattie. Zeena is the wife of Ethan and they live with no children on Ethan's farm and mill. They met when Ethan's mother was ill and Zenna came to tend to her. After she passed, Zenna stayed and married Ethan. When Zenna became ill, her cousin Mattie Silver came to help take care of her. Ethan started having feelings for Mattie during her stay at their house. Ethan keeps his feelings for Mattie a secret so that Zenna doesn't discover what is happening. At this point in the book Zenna has just left to get help for her pain, and Ethan is left home with Mattie.

I think this book is okay. I think it's a little weird but in general not a bad book. At times it is difficult to understand exactly what is happening. I think that the author wrote this book to tell a story of secret love. The theme of the book is mystery and secrecy. Neither Mattie nor Ethan can reveal their true feelings and they don't know what will happen in the future. Both Ethan and Mattie know that their feelings are not morally correct, yet they can't change the way they feel. The best character is Mattie. She probably the most mysterious character and she is learning a lot while staying with Ethan and Zenna.

"He used to think that fifty years sounded like a long time to live together, but now it seemed to him that they might pass in a flash." This shows how short life is and how a person shouldn't have regrets and should take chances. This applies to his feelings for Mattie. I have no questions so far.