Christina Billman // IB Lit. and Lang.

The Unbreakable Laws of Storytelling Sarah Kay gives a heartwarming Ted Talk in  If I should have a daughter...  about her becoming a spoken word poet and how it has enabled her to become who she is today.  The central message that Kay discusses in this talk is that storytelling is a way to be able to express one's self and that there are no rules when it comes to writing these stories, they can be whatever the author wants it to be.   The talk begins with the reciting of a spoken word poem written by Sarah Kay herself about what she would tell her daughter if she had one and how this would help her figure out the real world.  She then asks the audience to think of three things that they know to be true, no matter how simple they are.  After she tells the three things she chose, Kay explains how poetry allows for her to understand the things in life that are confusing to her.  As a freshman in high school, Kay started her spoken word...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde may be the same person, but they have very different personalities.  Mr. Hyde is the evil that has boiled up inside of Dr. Jekyll himself, giving him the same knowledge that Dr. Jekyll has but with darker, more evil motivations. Step 1: Characterization Comparison In chapter 2, "Search for Mr. Hyde," we are able to see that this evil personality is put into human form the first time we meet Mr. Hyde.  In his first encounter with Mr. Utterson, Hyde was rude and bothered by their conversation.  From making rude statements such as "what do you want?" (Stevenson 60) to keeping the conversation as short as possible, we can see that Hyde was in a rush to get away from having this conversation.  When Utterson requested to see Hyde's face, Hyde was hesitant to show it, which allows us to infer that Hyde was afraid that Utterson would recognize him as Jekyll.  It is also shown that Hyde is a...