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The blog “The Best of Blake” by Becca Gaulke, Kendal Kern, and Pang Thao, like my own blog, revolves around the Romantic poet William Blake and his works. Their layout is organized and simple and is very appealing at first glance. On this blog there are a variety of pieces that surround Blake, such as a video, paintings, quotes, poems and annotations of articles.
The post that stuck out the most to me was “True or False?”. In this post Kendal analyzes the quote “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” Kendal goes on to talk about the significance of a friend and the relationship you have with them. A friend is a person whom you trust and can count on for pretty much anything. They are definitely the last person you would expect to do you wrong. When a friend whom you care about does something to hurt you, it is hard to let that go. An enemy, is not someone you would typically have any kind of relationship with, therefore it is not that hard to believe that they would do something to wrong you. It is almost expected of them. Your friend however, is someone close to you, who should be there when someone such as an enemy hurts you. It feels much more personal to have someone you care about betray you, and it makes perfect sense that they would be harder to forgive. This is what Kendal was saying about Blake’s quote and I completely agree. They chose a quote that everyone, especially teens, can relate to. Everyone, at least once in their lives have been hurt by a friend, and I’m sure it was not easy to forgive them. This quote was one I enjoyed and I wish I would have used it for my own blog. Kendal did an excellent job of analyzing what Blake was trying to convey.
“The Best of Blake” will help readers to understand what Blake was trying to say in his short stories and poems. Reading these posts also helped to connect the writings of Blake nearly 200 years ago, to modern day experiences. Overall, this is a blog I would recommend to anyone interested in learning more about William Blake and his writing.
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