Extra Credit: The Adventure Gap

The Joy Trip

Text vs. Film (Revised)

Medfield Public Library

Text is very different from film and I realized that after watching the performed play of A Doll’s House. After watching the final scene, my emotional response to Nora and Torvald has greatly changed. My response changed because of the different attitudes, tones, and dialogue throughout the live play. When reading the play, it’s hard to completely understand the emotions the characters are feeling. But on the other hand when you watch the play being performed, it is easy to understand and see.

 

How Music Changed My Life (Revised)

In the beginning of "Rebel Music" by Daniel Felsenfeld, the main character is 17 years old and is living in Orange County, California. He was attracted to music for reasons he could not explain and according to him, was from "the least musical of families". Some afternoons he would go over to his friend's house and listen to his cassette tapes. One of these tapes changed the character's life forever. His friend, Mike, started to play Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and this was the first time the character actually heard music. He described it as "the most beautiful thing I ever heard". He had a passion for classical music and decided to do something with his passion and become a composer. After going to school to become a composer, he moved to New York and continued to write and listen to classical music.