Big Question

Would someone believe a Raconteur?

   Jacob's grandfather was a raconteur, he would always tell him fascinating stories about an island he was placed on during WWII. The stories include many strange creatures or "monsters" which leads Jacob to start thinking his grandfather was crazy. These stories that were told would soon denigrate Jacob. One day while Jacob was at work he got a call from his grandfather whom at the time was freaking out saying "they were there for him" and Jacob just thought his grandfather was imagining things.
   It seemed ostensible that has grandfather really did lose his mind until Jacob got to his house and noticed he was gone. Jacob found his grandfather laying in a field of tall grass, bloody and badly injured. Jacob thinks he saw a "monster" that his grandfather used to mention which lead people to believe he was becoming crazy. For his birthday his aunt gave him a book that which was really old. As he grabbed the book a letter fell out and he read it, than he was lead out to believe he should go to this island that his grandfather spent his childhood on. Jacob's therapist agreed he should go there and maybe he can solve his problems that way. 

Jacob and his father take a trip to the island which is just off the coast of Wales.
   Jacob wanders off to find the house that his grandfather used to stay in. Jacob finds the house and than is taken back to the 1940 timeline where WWII is still going on. Jacob sees all the peculiar children and notices that his grandfather truly wasn't lying about the stories he used to tell. 

SSR Book

The book that I am reading is Holes. The book is about these teenagers who commit crimes and instead of being sent to juvenile they are sent to a camp way out in a desert. The desert has many holes all the way through out it. The camp that they are forced to attend the people who run it are very strict and disrespectful to the teenagers. The camp has the teenagers digging holes for nothing but they are really looking for a hidden treasure. When the main character finds the treasure he hides it from the so called warden and then they get into some deep trouble with her. Actual law enforcement than comes to see how the camp is being ran and they see that the teenagers are being badly mistreated and the camp is shut down. The main character gets some of the money from the treasure and live happily ever after.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The theme of this poem is sin and redemption. The reason I say this is the theme is because after the ancient mariner commits a sin by killing the albatross he is haunted by guilt and supernatural phenomena. The ancient mariner has a change of heart and wrongdoing out of nowhere and than confesses to the Hermit of what he did. After confessing he than carries out a penance which is to tell his tale to many strangers. The romantic literature that is evident in the poem that I notice is idealism. Idealism emphasizes the spirit, the mind, or language over matter. The spirit wanted to make the mariner pay for killing the albatross because the spirit loved it. The spirit than corrupts the mariner's brain and causes him to see illusions and horrifying events.