Wuthering Heights-second half

To start off I have never heard of a gothic romance novel.  I went into reading this book expecting to read about the characters and somehow one or more of them are vampires.  The way that Heathcliff portrayed himself in from of Lockwood and how everyone in the manor were so mean and had a evil side to them.  At the start of this book it was very hard to understand the language mostly because of the time period it was written.  I did start to enjoy the flow of the writing because it was very eloquently written.  In the second half of our reading there seemed to be a strong parallel between the first half of the book and the second.  You can see how within the families of Earnshaw and Linton that the children acted in the same manner as the adults did without really knowing that fact.  I became very empathetic of Heathcliff, even though in the second half of the book he was about revenge and how he felt he could and would manipulate anyone.  But all of the moves he made in revenge were only because he was hurt by Catherine, he always loved her but he seems to hate her at the same time.  I could understand that because they were friends and even though Edgar had such distain for him Catherine couldn’t get enough.  They would play together and would have the best times, but once she came back home all of that had changed.  It was kind of like the movies that are set back in the 19^th century or even early 20^th century where the girl would disobey her family and enjoy the company of a lower class individual.  And once they would attend finishing school all of that would change, Catherine did as a good girl and married Edgar.  If I were Heathcliff I would be angry too.  I am not quite sure why Heathcliff would want to keep Hareton and young Catherine apart, I mean if Hareton was some was a sort of representation of him then wouldn’t he want to rewrite history so to speak.  When he push them together because he couldn’t be with the elder Catherine?  I think all the hatred and revenge completely consumed him that he couldn’t think sensibly.  I think it had to be really rough on the kids because of how much Edgar and Heathcliff hated each other and they would do anything in their powers to make sure the other was miserable.  I am not sure if Heathcliff really saw the elder Catherine but I think that he loved her so much but hated her at the time that after awhile he went crazy and didn’t know how to deal with his emotions and he felt like he actually saw her but he was coming to the end of his life.  I like how it seemed that young Catherine made everything right by apologizing to Hareton for how she treated him, like she undid a curse or something.  I can’t say that I was completely shocked that the narrator of this story turned out to be Nelly because she seemed to be a common thread throughout the book and generally the hired help seems to know everything that is going on because they either see it or they are confided in.    

Intro

Hello fellow bloggers,
This introduction post is a tad late because well I just recently added this class.  I am new to the entire idea of blogging so here we go!  I am a Sophomore and I am majoring in Education focusing on grades 1-8.  This major came about in an usual way, I was a business major but I think that I am too outspoken to be contained in the world of business.  So during the spring semester I decided to just pick some classes and most of the classes I chose were english courses.  After a long meeting with my advisor I decided that I would become a teacher with a future goal of teaching at the university level.  I am minoring in english and science.  On a personal note I am married and my husband and I just celebrated our millionth aniversary at the beginning of this month!! We have four beautiful girls Kelyse 11, Sydney 6, Nora 2 and Izzy (Isabella but we never call her by that) who will be 11 weeks old this Saturday.  Needless to say our lives our super busy but I decided to go back to school to have a stable career and to continue to provide the best life for my girls.  It can be very tricky being a parent as well as a student, I really strive to maintain that sense of normalcy for my girls so that they can enjoy extracurricular activities.  Its not easy believe me I spend a lot of days hopped up on coffee just to be able to make it through the day!!  Well that is a little sneak peek into my life.  Oh wait we have a some pets we have two turtles, not sure if they are boys or girls but we say they are girls and their names are Sam and Carly.  Tomorrow we are getting some fish so I know my girls will be excited and lastly we have a guinea pig by the name of Fred but he stays out by grandma because he freaks me out way to much!  Can't wait to get read all of your blogs!!!