AP Exam Notes and Essays

AP Exam Notes
First of all, this is very cliched, but I feel like my vocabulary isn't up to my higher standards. I think that is what is keeping me from fully understanding the context. Also, reading Old English has always been a struggle for me because I get confused a lot when reading Old English. And, I also feel like the references and allusions some of the text have have made me struggle to understand the context.

AP Essay, Question 1
 When someone talks about leisure, one thinks about relaxing or doing something that is actually fun. But, leisure can have other definition depending on different people. With George Eliot, she defines "Old Leisure" to be simple and innocent.
 George Eliot's definition of "Old Leisure" is simple and innocent because she describes of what one person would have done. "Old Leisure" ,in her conception, is about one who has a simple life and is happy with not knowing the causes of bad problems. This man lives in the quiet country side who actually has a pretty quiet but happy life. With this description Eliot is able to convey her message of how happy one can be by just living a simple, innocent life without having to deal with problems in the social world.
 "Old Leisure" is the simple way of life. It is where one can be happy without living an extravagant life. One can be happy by just living a simple life where they can go through life without having to adapt to new ways of life. Living simply allows one to live life without having to face the problems of the world that other people face.

AP Essay, Question 2 
  Attitudes will always change. They have been one of the most never permanents things in life. Attitudes will change depending on experience, moods, etc. Social and political attitudes change almost always. The attitudes of many people can easily be changed, no matter if they wanted to or not because sometimes these attitudes change without our knowing, but then we realize that our attitude has changed later on. In works of literature, almost always the character's attitude changes. In The Grapes of Wrath, the attitudes of the characters change.
 When the main character opens the story, he is going back home to find his parents and live the rest of his life again. When he arrives, he sees that they are getting ready to move to the West due to the Gold Rush. In the West, they find all kinds of problems. With these experiences, their attitudes changed from enthusiastic to greed then to sympathetic. Almost always, experiences will change attitudes.
 Experiences, good or bad, change the mood and attitude.If the experience is a good one, then the attitude will be in a positive and a happier tone. If the experience is horrible, then the attitude will be negative and sore. The author, John Steinbeck, probably wanted the readers to see and learn that experiences will change their attitudes about everything. Steinbeck probably wanted to modify the type of attitudes in the book to be better because life isn't all about being stressed and negative.