Sonnet Number 1

The night in which I came from dance early,
I walked into the living room and saw,
Sitting in my mom's lap warm and fuzzy,
A teeny dog that made me scream in awe.
He slept a lot at first but slowly grew,
His wrinkly fur did stretch as he grew old.
The days passed soon he learned where not to poo,
He learned the rules as he we'd often scold.
When I come home from school he jumps with joy.
I've always wanted a younger brother,
And to my dad he's like his little boy;
A furry son to him and my mother.
This dog that's crazy till the very end,
he's perfect, I love him, He's man's best friend.

How to Eat Candy When your Stomach is Weird

Last year I found out something that has completely changed what I eat. I've had stomach problems all my life, but last year they were at their worst so I finally went to a doctor, did some tests, and found out that I am both Lactose and Fructose Intolerant. This is not like a food allergy, thank god, so if I accidentally eat these things I won't die. However, my stomach will hurt like mad, sometimes to the point where I can't function. Most people know what Lactose Intolerance is, I cant eat any dairy products or foods with dairy in them, however, Fructose Intolerance is a little tricky. I cannot eat the specific sugar found in fruit as my stomach can't digest it, therefore, I can't eat super sugary fruits like apples, I can't have anything with high fructose corn syrup, and I can't have certain sweeteners like honey. Sadly this means I can't eat most candy including my most favorite candy bar Snickers!!! My love for candy has caused me to go on a mission to create the best home-made Snickers bar Possible! After searching thousands of recipes I have finally found enough that I could combine into a beautiful Snickers like creation.

Here is everything you will need:

Nougat

            4 tablespoons unsalted butter
            1 cup granulated sugar

            ¼ cup evaporated soy milk (see recipe below)

            1½ cups ricemellow fluff
            ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
            1½ cups salted peanuts, roughly chopped
            1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Caramel

            1 cup margarine

            2 cups sugar

            2 cups soy milk

            1 cup of sugar and 1/4 cup water

            1 t vanilla

Chocolate

            2 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips (My favorite is Ghirardelli 70% Dark Chocolate Chips.)

            1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter

1. First thoroughly grease you baking pan, Then using half of the chocolate chips (1 1/4 cups) and peanut butter (1/4 cup) melt ingredients together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour them into the baking dish and spread until even. Refrigerate until completely cool, about 30 minutes.
2. Next the Nougat. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the sugar and evaporated soy milk, stirring until dissolved, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the pan from heat and add the ricemellow fluff, peanut butter, and vanilla extract, stirring until completely smooth. Fold in the peanuts, then pour over the bottom chocolate layer. Again, refrigerate until completely cool, about 30 minutes.
3. Now for the caramel. Place all ingredients (except vanilla) in a large saucepan. Bring ingredients to a boil stirring often. Cook over medium heat while stirring until candy reaches 245 degrees F. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Pour over the nougat layer and refrigerate till cool, about 30 minutes.
4. Lastly repeat step one with the rest of the chocolate and peanut butter and pour it over the top. Let this entire layered masterpiece cool for 30 minutes then slice it up and enjoy!

(Fun Fact: You're probably thinking ", isn't butter a dairy product...." well yes it is, however, in the process of making butter most of the Lactose is taken out. Butter contains less than half a gram of lactose in a teaspoon so when eaten in moderation, and with the help of a lactate pill, it's okay to eat) 

(Evaporated soy milk)

Using 3 Cups of soy milk

Pour the soy milk into the saucepan and heat on a medium-low setting. Stir constantly as the milk begins to heat up. You want the milk to simmer, not boil, to prevent scorching.

Continue to heat the milk until it has reduced in volume to 1 cup.

The Analysis of the Thoughts of Victor Frankenstein

This post is a fancy revision of Frankenstein Chapters 21-23 Analysis

When analyzing the classic novel Frankenstein in search of its theme I find much of it is shown in chapters 21 through 23. This theme is helped along through a series of anagnorisis, moments in a work where a character makes a critical discovery, and catastrophes, actions at the end of a work that initiate the falling action. These two things allow Frankenstein to realize that his selfish attitude is the cause of his misery.

With each anagnorisis Victor understands more clearly an aspect of his own character. Overall victor is slowly realizing that he is the cause of the deaths of his family and friends and truly the cause of his own misery. In chapter 23 he admits to himself that his "only remaining friends were not safe from the malignity of the find." This shows that Victor has lost hope for the well being of his friend and is truly giving up. The deaths of everyone he once loved caused by a monster he created is now sinking in. He understands that his own actions are causing his life to spiral out of control demonstrating a major theme that there is no hope and life will never be as peaceful as it once was.

This theme is also shown to the audience through every individual catastrophe. When Victor "saw that lifeless form of Henry Clerval stretched before" him, a major piece of the plot that the audience already suspected was shown. This moment made it click in Victor's mind that the monster was not planning to harm him rather the monster was going to harm all of his friends. This moment was the full defeat of Victors dwindling spirit. Rather then warn his remaining family members of their imminent doom his pride kept him quiet. With this near last major catastrophe the plot is able to slowly come to a close in the end emphasizing the theme that there is no going back. At that point the only thing Victor can do is accept the worst that is about to come.

This grand theme of the lack of hope causing a downward slope with no return can be applied to the human condition as a whole. Individually speaking people make mistakes all the time, however, it is the reoccurring errors people make with no plan of fixing them that start the slippery slope. A wrong decision followed by another sprinkled with lies in between can eventually dig a hole so deep it is impossible to recover. While this theme was shown through the fictional tale of Victor Frankenstein is can easily be applied to every day life. The main difference being is that there are no big ugly mad scientist created monsters in the 21st century.