Well as all of Ms. Rears classes know. We are reading Romeo and Juliet, and I don't think that I need to give much of a retell, but to keep it short the main part to remember and thin about is the theme of Love. And how some children's love life is controlled completely by the parents. Juliet's mother and father both want her to marry someone that they like and someone that Juliet hadn't met before.
This made me think about today and how much has changed since then. In the present most of the kids today in the world (I know it's illegal to marry at this age in the U.S) don't get married at age 14, and most kids don't get into any serious relationships at that time of their life. When I think about this I always ask myself. What has changed so much that we look back and say "wow" to the old customs of the 15-16 hundreds. Now I'm not only talking about love but everything they did at that time period. Just the way they live and what they live in will surprise some people.
When we were watching the Bob Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet, almost everybody in the class was probably thinking "Wait they just met each other and they're kissing and telling one another how much they love each other?" But I'm guessing that's what actually happened back then. You have to keep in mind that nobody lived very long back then and at 13 your basically an adult.
All of this centered around the question. "What happened that everything changed so much" but ask yourself what you think. You already heard some stuff from me...
Well ames, I agree entirley, we need more adult like 13 year olds. They all end up dead. But at least the plot of their lives are good.
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