tragic hero

Jocasta is describing King Laius to Oedipus without knowing that he is his son. (815). She actually realizes and says they look alike and has a similar build. It's dramatic irony because little does she know they're father&son. Then Oedipus starts to put things together realizing he might be the murderer of King Laius. (820). this is very tragic because he is trying to be a good guy and do the best for his people, and bring Laius's death to justice only to find out he is the killer. It's even more tragic that he is already devastated but he still has no idea about his mother&son relationship with Jocasta. Later he fears the prophecy about killing his father and marrying his mother, he ran away from home in the first place because he was trying to avoid it, bu the messenger tells him he has nothing to worry about.(1110). The messenger doesnt know that he isnt aware of his birth story and explains to him that its fate that he'd kill his father and marry his mother.

what is tragedy?

I think something is tragic when something sad or devastating happens but its differs from just being sad because it's preventable and caused by the flaws of human nature. The recent Sandy Hook Elementary shooting was tragic, so was the Jessica Ridgeway case; both of these happened because the gunman/muderer's dark and flawed side of human nature was brought out. theres a fine line between what is considered sad and what is considered tragic. If someone died of old age, it would just be sad, but if someone died of abuse and murder, it would be tragic.

After reading various entries in my journal from the beginning of August  to the end of December, I noticed some interesting things about my writing. My handwriting changes from day to day, the worst on Fridays free write, probably because I never know what to write and just BS everything. Most of my entries start with "I or my", I talk a lot about my personal life and randomly babbles about how I have writer's block, which seems quite often. To make journals a better and more efficient experience  this semester, I think I just need to put more thought and effort into my writing instead of just babbling about nonsense. I also noticed I over exaggerate a lot in my writing, I'm always overly dramatic writing in my journal.

I read and compared some of the better and worse entries and noticed that when I try and actually put forth effort into my writing it usually turns out pretty well. "I think a satire is only a satire and effective when it's politically incorrect, a satire is always going to offend someone or something, that's how satires work."  In this piece I sated my opinion of the definition of satire, I put thought into and and organized my sentences to make what I want to express clear to the reader. When I don't really think about what I'm writing and just making up random stuff, it ends up sounding something like this, "Last year was fun with miranda and hopefully this year will be too." It sounds unorganized and sloppy, it's clear I didnt try to write a good sentence at all. With all the good and bad, most of them sounded like diary entries instead of journal entries for a sophomore world lit class.  I write about what happens in my life and how things are going and what I like..etc etc. I even wrote about going to California to see my favorite band! I also wrote about Harry Potter, the golden trio, about how I stuck with them through all their adventures and all the life lessons the books has taught me.

I'm going to spend more time and try harder to really push myself to write better entries this semester. I'm going to write more about the things I'm passionate about and my views on different things rather than blandly writing about what happens in my life to improve my writing. I think my writing is significantly better than it was at the beginning of the year, I can write better, more complex yet clearer sentences; I organize my paragraphs much, much better, and my grammar has improved! I think if I can keep this up I'll become a much stronger writer.