Treasure Island

A literary reflection

There comes a time in most men’s lives where they feel the need to raise the black flag-Unknown

Sometimes trying something you don’t like can be worth while.

The chance for the Super Bowl

A chance for three straight championship wins

Everyone has the fire, but only champions know how to ignite the spark-Amit Rey

Last week was a time to be pleasantly surprised by an absolute a**whoping; however, this week is a time to be terrified.

The Land of Fortune

Metacognition

A classic is a book that has never finished sayingwhat it has to say
― Italo Calvino

While reading Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, I have been both intrigued and distracted. While reading the book I sometimes go into my own world and lose focus on what is happening; for example, the main character could be on a pirate ship: I would then make my own connections to the pirate ship; for instance, what video games I’ve played that have pirate ships, and then I might think about the entire video game itself and completely lose focus of the story. When that doesn’t happen, I have enjoyed this book. It has a solid plot and a few twists in that plot as well. While reading, I always feel that I’m in the shoes of Jim Hawkins (the main character), feeling what he’s feeling, doing what he’s doing, and thinking what he’s thinking. The author also really puts the reader in a good position to not read, but experience the book and really feel and know the life of Jim Hawkins. However, so far in the novel I have yet to feel a substantial amount of emotion towards what happens in the book. I have yet to become emotionally invested in Jim Hawkins, and at the moment I don’t really care all too much about what happens to him. Despite not being emotionally invested in the story, I have enjoyed it, and have, in a way, been in the shoes of Jim Hawkins. 

After my 1:30 hours of reading:

I felt a little more invested in the story, but the description was still lacking a bit. My experience was that I was in the shoes of a boy who is scared for his life in the wild world of pirating.

Game Day

The stress of an elimination game

Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing—Peyton Manning

     The Patriots. The Patriots have had an odd, exciting and stressful season. That season could be over today, or could be extended in triumph to the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium.