Freewrite on Promises

Promises may be fragile or strong, depending on the people who make them. Promises can be broken or kept, and they can be made between two people or by a single individual. There are many different types of promises, such as marriage, a more serious promise, to a more simple promise such as keeping a friend's secret. A broken promise might have the chance to be mended, or it might remain broken forever. A broken promise can breka a friendship, a relationship, a dedication. Similarly, a promise kept can strengthen anything, often for eternity (i.e. marriage).

-Susan Yang
Period 1

Frankenstein Response Derek B.

ELPHABA
Hands touch, eyes meet
Sudden silence, sudden heat
Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl:

Don't dream too far
Don't lose sight of who you are
Don't remember that rush of joy
He could be that boy
I'm not that girl

Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of what-might-have-been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in

Blithe smile, lithe limb
She who's winsome, she wins him
Gold hair with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl:

Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl

Chapters 11 through 18 from Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein reminded me of the song  "I'm Not That Girl" from the Broadway musical Wicked. In it Elphaba, the literally green girl, longs to be loved by the dreamy prince Fiyero in the same way that the Creature longs to be loved by humans. Both cannot "lose sight of who [they] are" however because they know that they will never be accepted by society and "wishing only wounds the heart." After the Creature steals to the "land of what might have been," he realizes that the ache he feels after being rejected is just as strong as ever.