I have started to read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Being written in 1847, the language is incredibly different from language used today; hence, it is a difficult, slow read. However, it is manageable. If I was reading this book a year ago, I think I may have abandoned it or I would have continued to push through reading it but not really understamd what I was reading. (The reason I think I may have continued to read it is because it is mentioned multiple times throughout the Twilight Saga.)
I definitely think I've matured as a thinker. I've always been good at making connections and inferences into human nature, but throughout this school year I think I've continued to grow and learn. I've specifically been continuing to ask questions to try to get to the underlying significance: the "so what?". Also, I think I'm better as working through different variations of prose through reading things such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Both Romeo and Juliet, and Wuthering Heights are written in a form of old English and have a different assortment of vocabulary than what is used presently that takes a while to adjust to, but as I make the adjustment, it feels really good to be able to work my way through the story and understand it.
