Christian's Blog

It was just yesterday that I graduated from Durant Road Middle School and entered high school, Being just a little freshman walking through the crowded halls looking like a fool, As I struggled from getting to class to class, Just hoping that I wouldn't be late and have to get a cats on time pass, A lot of great memories have come from my journey at Millbrook, And I will always cherish them and remember them like they're written in a book, I love how I've gotten to make many new friends, I hope that I get to keep them as my high school career ends, It is time that we all go our own ways and begin to grow up, As we depart and go to different schools and make sure wo don't tear-up, It's been an amazing four years of my life, It's hard to say goodbye, like being stabbed with a knife.

Step 1: After analyzing Whitman's notebook, the first thing I want to touch on is how messy yet elegant his handwriting.  Although it is very hard to read and piece any of the words together, his strokes look very smooth and done with precision.  All that matters is that he can read what he is writing because it is his notebook.  Another thing I noticed is how the notebook was described as small and that it could fit in a poet's coat pocket and how he might have had it with him when he first saw Abe Lincoln.  I find it fascinating how Whitman was so committed to being a poet that he kept a pocket sized notebook with him probably at all times.  Lastly, towards the end of his notebook are multiple sketches and one might not think much of them but they really stuck out to me and made me think about multiple questions like: "Who could that be?" "Why would Whitman draw these things?" "How are these drawings going to be helpful to him?"  Along with thes...