Daddy O'Malley

As we finish up our final dicussions for Fences, some themes we talked about were responibilities and family. We kept talking about how Troy is a father what he expects out of this kids and that made me think. How am I gonna be like when  I am a father? When   I first think about the idea of having Brian Jr. running around I think ill spoil him to the fullest. I will have him play a lot of sports and become the major athlete that i have was. But besides that i feel like I will be a very relaxed and easy parent who doesn't have many rules as long as they get their work done and is not thrown into jail. I think i will protective like Troy is, but if my son presents me with the opportunity to sign a paper that will allow him to play college football, i will sign it without second thought because I will rake in the crash from the big signing bonus he will get when he makes it into the pros.

Baseball and Literature

It is only fitting to be reading text in College Lit that relates to baseball at the same time that my baseball season is going on. When Troy relates back to his marital problems to a runner trying to steal second base is pretty awesome. I feel like Troy is really onto something when he has all these ties to the beautiful game. I feel like I can relate to Troy and references, not with marital problems of course, but with more simple problems in life. Baseball is a sport that has its peaks and valleys, just like in life especially in Troy's too. Life presents itself to you sometimes where you really need to pull through, like in the bottom of the 9th, 2 out and a full count. How do you react? You can either backdown from the challenge, or rise above yourself and beat all odds in both the game of life and baseball.

The Things You Learn From Uncle Kunkle

With having been in College Lit for a couple of weeks now and becoming exposed to new ideas and concepts, I realize that this is not your typical English course. I like how this course requires it's students to become more than just a reader that can respond with shallow yes or no questions to a story. No, College Lit is a lot more in depth than that. For example, when our class was reviewing Bartleby the Scrivener I was shocked to hear uncle Kunkle's analysis of the story. When he talked about how a major theme of the story dealt with becoming secluded and "putting up walls" around those in our society, it gave me a whole new perspective on how you can not only read a story for it's entertainment value but for a much more abstract/ moral backing to it as well which is a great skill that i wish to pick up from this class.

My name is Brian O'Malley. I am attending the univeristy of Oshkosh in the upcoming fall. I am currently uncertain of what i want to do with my profession so i guess i will just check all the options that are out there. My favorite book would have to be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I really enjoy all the lord of the Rings books as well but i like that one the most because it was the last one. My favorite band would be The White Stripes. I really enjoy listening to Jack White's guitar playing. He is a really edgy and awesome guitarist. But besides that i like any kind of music, even classical! So hopefully this will be a fun class and hopefully  i can read some awesome books.