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I planned on going  to several places with friends and family at the beginning of my summer. Due to many circumstances that plan had changed.  I didn’t end up going to the majority of those places since they were closed. While it was really dull, it helped me get on a better track of what I wanted to do. I started to focus on other important things that would benefit me and my family. I’ve made my condition better by changing my mindset. This really benefited me because I was able move on from the fun and relax mode to a more grind mode and work mode. I am still working on stuff but I feel better on what I want too complete.

Both “The Tell Tale Heart”  and “The Yellow Wallpaper” were great readings. I really enjoyed the suspense and tension that both of them gave off when I read them. Between the two, I would say that The Tell Tale Heart was my favorite story, because it always kept me locked on it. I really liked the tension that it had built up and the amount of imagery that was used. I was able to grasp and see it unfold in my mind. I definitely understood it more. “The Yellow Wallpaper” was harder to pin down on what was going on. It took me a few times to read and really get what was going on in the story. I liked both but I definitely was able to put “The Tell Tale Heart” together. I also appreciated how Edgar Allan Poe Made transitions in the settings but kept it the same and getting deeper into the characters. The videos of both stories were great, and they provided a much better understanding of everything.

My summer, surely like most everyone else’s, was very different than any summer I have spent prior. I work at my girlfriend’s family’s restaurant and spring was an especially hectic time for us. After being closed completely for months, and opening briefly for take out and delivery only, the summer brought outdoor seating and with it, breathed life back into our quaint little block of ten restaurants in the West Village. As part of the requirements for outdoor seating, we had a couple carpenter friends of mine build us some beautiful planter boxes as barricades to protect street diners.

We had about a day and a half to fill all the boxes with plastic liner, mulch, soil and finally a plethora of flowers, ivies and herbs. Initially it seemed a daunting task, not only because of the deadline but also because it was something I had never done before. Immediately, I was enthralled by the feeling of earth on my hands, the arranging of the plants and the energy between the small team of us working feverishly to create a stunning new space for our guests to enjoy and admire. I was certainly surprised how much I enjoyed the work, which it didn’t feel like at all in the end.

Of the two stories, “The Tell-Tale Heart” is my favorite mainly because I thoroughly enjoy Poe’s style of writing. The way he writes what comes to mind is thrilling and feels very active. Even in moments of inaction, his narration imparts a sort of steady rhythm to which his thoughts race along to. In addition, the very thought of him attempting to dispel any suspicion of his insanity is amusing and the manner in which he loses course of this objective as the he unravels his tale is a wonderful example of why I fancy his writing style here.

I was supposed to go on a cruise in March and travel to Miami and California but of course, COVID happened, so everything got shut down. I spent every day cooking recipes that I found on Tik Tok and spending money on Amazon after watching Tik Tok reviews. Spending time at home during isolation was beneficial because it made me cook more, spend time with family more, and made me do a good deep house cleaning. I also enjoyed being in the house until May came, and I was over it all and to wear a mask every time you go outside, despite the extreme heat and humidity. It was annoying.

I liked “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Yellow Wallpaper.” The Tell-Tale Heart gave you eerie, some-what unpredictable turning points, and vivid imagining. The evil eye of the old man was such a problem to the narrator that the only way to relieve his problem was to kill the man. The way the narrator described how many times he just looked at the old man whenever he opened the door to how he plotted his murder continued to be more dramatic and gave you a vivid picture while reading. The Yellow Wallpaper was relatable and made you feel sympathetic as well as gives you a vivid imagination whenever she describes the room and how it affects her emotions and thoughts. It seems that the narrator is going through postpartum anxiety and only she will understand how exhausting and depressing it makes her feel. The husband seems passive-aggressive towards her feelings and made her feel less than. He keeps bringing up his job as physican, which was irrelevant. When reading both stories, the year I’m imagining that it took place in the 1800s and 1900s, due to its vintage word-play when describing a feeling that they feel.

This summer was definitely an interesting one to say the least, I was planning on going to Mexico City to see my family members but couldn’t because of obvious reasons. But it wasn’t all that bad as my brother’s boss gave me a temporary job by helping him move out and move in to his new house in Long Island. It felt great helping him and his wife settle into their new home, it was a good workout for me since the gyms were closed and I definitely needed the money and was grateful to them for giving me an employment opportunity (especially during these times)  and a chance to get out of the city. Looking back at my summer, I am actually kind of glad that I did not go to Mexico because I did not have to spend my money on traveling for this year. This also applies to my other family members as well since they were also planning on going too.

After reading both “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” it is clear that both of the main characters suffer from a mental illness of some sort. They also share the same idea of despising something (the eye in “The Tell-Tale Heart”, and wallpaper in “The Yellow Wallpaper”) and how the only way to solve their madness would be by getting rid of it. Between the two stories, I liked both stories but if I had to choose one story I would choose  “The Tell-Tale Heart” over “The Yellow Wallpaper” because it had a more ominous feel to it when reading, especially the 2 videos that we saw in the class (mainly the 2nd one). The way the main character described the actual wallpaper color as a disgusting color and comparing it to a fungus, intrigued me for some reason.

This summer was not what I envisioned it would be. My usual summer activities included going to the beach, camping and amusement parks. Instead I stayed home and binge watched How To Get Away With Murder- which i highly recommend others to watch.  Aside from just binge watching the series I started to run, at first I wasn’t a big fan of the idea, the sweat and the actual movement.  The more I went out for runs it became therapeutic it was something I could do when I wasn’t feeling okay. I also decided to start my own little garden which is a success right now. I have bell peppers, tomatoes and my favorite blueberries. I hope next summer I can do my usual activities.

Between the two stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, I preferred the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Both stories dealt with mental illness but showed two different views of how they dealt with it. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” the main characters mental health worsen the more she focused on the wallpaper, the focus of the yellow wallpaper came from her mental health deteriorating. She had her family watching over her as her mental health worsen. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” the main character started obsessing over an eye of some he has known for years. One day the look of their eye just drove him to murder him. I thought it was interesting how he described himself he knew there was something wrong and also the way he described why the eye bothered him hooked me into wanting to read more.

The winter before this summer started me and my family had made travel plans to go to our country of origin Guyana, and celebrate me and my sisters bday, but due to the world pandemic that was put on hold. Instead for this summer I spent most of it hanging out with my family and had a small celebration for our bday. I also got into a new author, someone I’ve been introduce to before but wasn’t used to  her writing style so I stopped reading her books after the first book. Now I can positively say that I love her and she is one of my favorites. I guess I had to give it sometime and growth for me to full appreciate her work. Then the Covid cases began to drop and the public began to open up, so me and my sisters decided to do a small trip to Atlantic City, which was really fun and a breath of fresh air from everything that was occurring.

After reading the two stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe  and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman I noticed some similarities such as, they were both dealing with mental illnesses. There was also differences in how they handled their conditions such as,  the guy from Edgar Allen Poe’s story killing the old man and the woman in the other story getting “help” from her family. So my choice would have to be the “The Tell-Tale Heart” because reading it was just so suspenseful I loved it because it brought so much excitement, it made me wanna finish reading it. The other book didn’t bring me much excitement, it felt too monotone, their wasnt  much happening or I felt like their wasn’t much happening. I now this will sound super weird and I know it was the premise of the book and the story needed it but I hate when books are super descriptive, it bores me and its almost like its forcing me to skip to get to the part where the story picks up and the action and drama is happening. I did give this book a chance because it wasn’t a personal reading, and did have some interesting thoughts  while reading I didn’t like how the family, especially her husband who supposedly loves her was so dismissive to her condition it felt so disheartening considering the outcomes that are possible when you have a mental illness and you are feeling unheard. I also wondered all in the beginning if the wallpaper was a representation of her and her mental illness. Don’t get me wrong this story isn’t a bad story it just isn’t my kind of story.

This summer was very difficult for me. I really planned to work and branch out more than ever, but the pandemic messed up those plans, the only thing I could really do was stay home and relax after the spring semester was over. Over the summer, I was able to catch up on reading and watch films, specifically films I enjoyed as a child. I used this disastrous time to connect with my young self and I believe that is what has been helping me get through this. In middle school, I enjoyed writing short stories and escaping from reality in those stories, it’s funny how that now connects to our circumstances today. Literature has really helped me and it’s why I actually love English as a subject because people are sharing experiences, creating space for relatable stories, and allowing us to connect with one another through pieces of work. The story that I really enjoyed was “The Tell-Tale Heart” . It was different from anything I’ve ever read and watching the animation in class also made it more realistic. This story had many different themes and one of the recurring themes in the story was guilt. I thought the animation and the actual story did a great job of showing that and using elements such as the heartbeat to display how that emotion can trigger just about anyone.  

This summer was really different due to covid 19 it changed my plans throughout this summer. I stayed home reading books and going out less because of the virus. But the cases were dropping so when i heard about that i started going out more and playing soccer. Also i had my chance to design and fixing my room.

After reading both the “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. while both stories main character are both dealing with mental illness, they both have different lifestyle ,setting and writing style. but i preferred ”tell tale heart” i love reading horror book so basically reading it and watching the video i was intrigued wanting to know what drove him to madness. the other story about a female character dealing with an illness and surrounded by wall papers.

This summer I had the opportunity to be apart of an amazing community of protestors for Black Lives Matter. It was a bold step for me since up until this June, the most I’ve done was sign a few petitions thought the years. After much research on police brutality against POC, specifically the black community, I felt a need to be apart of the impactful thousands of marchers. The personal stories and speeches were truly heartfelt and opened a deeper understanding for myself and my friends. With each protest I had attended, I researched more and more into statistics and studies. Without this world-wide movement, I would not be as knowledgable as I am today concerning the injustices and wrong criminalization that black americans face. I am glad I took the chance to participate in these protests as they will go down in history.

After reading both the “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Yellow Wallpaper,” I have grown to be more fond of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s writing. Although “The Tell-Tale Heart’s” was enticing and easily digested, there was a possibility that the videos played during class helped my overall understanding. Trying to not let the prejudice sway my opinion, The Yellow Wallpaper was a more fulfilling piece. The constant change of the wallpapers description was very interesting. What gives this piece the win is the ultimate plot twist in the end, when the narrator had believed that she herself became the woman trapped in the wallpaper.Once the final paragraph is read, a reader can finally piece together the puzzle of all the underlying meanings. As her interest with the yellow wallpaper grew, her mental heath deteriorated. It seemed as though in the end she had placed herself in the imaginary woman’s shoes. I like this style of writing more as it seems more personable and leaves a reader looking for hidden messages and metaphors.

I spent almost the entirety of this summer in my apartment since all of my much-less-boring travelling plans were canceled due to COVID. And by almost I mean only getting out to the nearby pharmacy to stock up on food and essentials. Most of the unanticipated abundance of free-time was spent on 2 electronics and numerous coding projects that I’ve wanted to do for quite a while but couldn’t for various reasons, mostly the lack of time. The rest was killed on binging YouTube, Netflix, and Crunchyroll, though I can only remember the plot of about half of the shows that I watched. Overall, it was a somewhat productive Summer in terms of self-learning with a sprinkle of mindless fun.

Regarding the stories, I enjoyed “The Tell-Tale Heart” more than “The Yellow Wallpaper.” While both stories depict main characters who suffer from a mental illness, they differ a lot in the writing style, setting, and the use of language. Poe strips the story of excess detail which highlights the murderer’s obsession with the old man’s eye, the heartbeat, and his own claim to sanity. Short, simple phrases, which are often abruptly interrupted expose the nervousness of the main character, while descriptions of his feelings immerse the reader in the full horror of the events. “The Yellow Wallpaper” on the other hand is more about nuances with its abundance of synonyms, adjectives, and detailed descriptions that all aid in the buildup of the story. Unlike “The Tell-Tale Heart,” it doesn’t just show us the madness of the main character, it demonstrates the conditions (or lack thereof) that led to its development. But even though it does so with a great success, its creeping progression and predictable and unfulfilling ending just wasn’t to my liking compared to the deeper atmosphere of “The Tell-Tale Heart.”