Romeo and Juliet act 1

So far the characters are kind of confusing... I'm not exactly sure who's on what "side", but I can pretty much get  what's happening. As for the language; OH MY GOODNESS!!!! It's like a whole different dialect! They use such different words, they could be talking about something completely different than what they actually are... It is mostly confusing, but it seems like there is a tiny glimmer of understanding interspersed throughout. I really like it so far, it's much better comparreed to the Odyssey, plus I really enjoy reading it in script form, as we are learning about theatre terminology in theatre class at school.

Act 2

actor/actress:
Thoreau- Johnny Depp
Lydian- Meryl Streep
Bailey- Channing Tatum
Thoreau's protest seems like a total failure in the end because no one was listening to him.

The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail; Act 1

"Our own school, John. No buildings. Break out of the classroom prison. All we need is the sky!"
Definition of transcendalism: any system of philosiphy, esp that of Kant, holding that the key to knowledge of the nature of reality lies in the critical examination of the processes of reason on which depends the nature of experience. --dictionary.reference.com
This quote is practically the definition of transcendalism. Henry is wanting to be able to expand the thought "walls" of the students' minds to beyond that what they are currently. Reality is what is happening right now, and Henry wants the students to realize that. He also wants them to experience nature at it's finest, to go to what is natural, to be free. For their knowledge and minds to be free of the dismal classroom, where imagination is "boxed" and confined  and stifled.

A Perfect Day For Bananafish

Seymour- similar to holden in a few ways: They both seem to be deep thinkers, yet somehow give off a depressed, sullen air about themselves. They are both mysterious, and are both fans of disappearing.
Muriel: Seems to somehow be similar to Holden in ways as well. She also is mysterious, yet not so sad and self-criticizing. She gives off more of an air of self-confidence rather than Holden's superiority and judjmentalisticisty.
Sybil: is much like Phoebe, in that she is opinionated and knows what she wants. They are both very independent, innocent, and have ties to Seymour/Holden.
This story seems to be one triangle, Muriel's mother's child, Sybil, knows Seymour, who is married to Muriel. It seems like a soap opera by the time it finishes, with Seymour's suicide.