too cool for school

I hope this resonates with some of you, and if it doesn't... well... I hope it one day might.     Reflections... something we all sometimes forget to do, yet something integral to all of our individual growths. Looking back on this last semester, I have a lot to thank for in Ms. Feldkamp's AP Lit class, one of which is the new spiritual journey of sorts that I find myself in. This started over the summer while reading "The Alchemist" as I felt a connection with Santiago's journey, but more than that, his yearn to discover his Personal Legend. What struck me at the time was how people responded to the novel. Most people I asked thought it was corny or boring, but I couldn't understand this. The deep nature of the words telling the tale of every person, the way that anyone could mold the story to fit their life, but more so the purpose that Santiago was trying to find within his own life really intrigued me more than I thought it would. Even moving on to second ...

     Every author has written a story with no end. Every published novel, poem, and even song has an everlasting journey that stands the test of time. You might be wondering why this is, but the answer lies in the hands of the readers. As quickly as society may change, so does a whole population's opinion of a book , and this has led to many stories’ downfalls . Does known social barriers within a novel result in self-imposed narrations created through suppositions , or does it leave the reader lost in the intellect of the author ?