Being Thankful

Thanksgiving is a time of year to be thankful for family, friends, and really anything in your life. The thing I am most thankful  for is my friends and family. Without all of them I don't know where I would be. I am especially thankful for all the people older than me in my life because they have been great influences in my life. They have shaped the kind of person I am. I am also thankful for my family. They are some of the coolest people I know. Even though they get on my nerves a large percentage of the time, I love them to death. I would do anything for them. Another thing I'm thankful for are my coaches. My coaches are one of the main influences in my life. I guess I could sum it up by saying that the thing I am most thankful for is people. Without people life would be boring. By people I mean different types of people, like my friends and family.

"Julius Caesar" Casting List

Since our class read Julius Caesar we have to pick out actors that we think could depict them well in a movie adaptation.

 To act as Caesar I picked Joaquin Phoenix. He played Johnny Cash in a movie awhile back. I picked him because he has a face that says, "I think I'm better than everyone else." I also think about Caesar being young because usually people that are ambitious are more on the younger side.

To act as Brutus I chose Bruno Gunn. He is going to be playing Brutus in Catching Fire and has acted in a couple of other movies. Most people who are bald are pretty noble. I imagined Brutus as a middle aged man.

To act as Cassius I picked Wes Bentley. He acted as Seneca Crane in the Hunger Games. I think this is a good depiction of Cassius because of how he has a "lean and hungry" look to him according to Caesar. 

To act as Mark Antony I picked Xavier Samuel. He played Riley in Eclipse (part of the twilight series). I picture Antony as someone who is very loyal and trustworthy, but also has that anger in him showed by Antony. I also imagine Antony as a young boy in his twenty's. 

Julius Caesar Project

After reading the play Julius Caesar, we all had to select a project to do over the material. For my project I chose to do a tri-fold on Ancient Rome that talked about religion, politics, and social class. To complete my project, first, I had to gather all my information. This was probably the hardest part of the project. Then, I had to figure out how I wanted to display all of the facts I had found. Finally, I glued everything down and turned the project in the next day. From doing this project I learned many things about ancient Rome. There culture was very different than ours today, so I enjoyed learning about it. The main thing I learned was not to procrastinate so much. As much as I hate to admit it, I didn't finish the project till the last minute.