For me, reading books has always been a fascinating hobby; books contain another world, an adventure that doesn’t need me to walk, talk or exert myself but rather it is an exercise of the mind that brings out feelings such as joy, sorrow, respect and admiration for the characters and events that are located within a simple paperback novel. It is due to this that there is no particular reason that I have up this particular course at this particular time; rather, I did so because I wanted to. I cannot say that I have any expectations that American Literature course will benefit me in the long run in terms of its application to my career, I know that it will not give me knowledge in chosen field of study nor do I think that it is an integral part of a college curricula however I do believe in one thing: that it could possibly be very fun! While learning is a practice that all individuals should aspire the mind needs the nourishment of a different sort every once in a while. My other courses, though having their own interesting aspects, cannot be categorized under what I would call the literary category of “fun.” A more accurate description would be to call them boring, methodical, repetitive, and a source of continued frustration due to the way in which they put pressure on the mind making it feel it is bursting at the very seems of my skull. As such, this particular course is my time to rest, relax, and actually enjoy what is being taught. Literary works have always been a source of fascination and enjoyment for me, and it is due to this that I have taken this course not out of any particular reason outside of that I thought it would be a good idea at the time and that I could have some fun. I expect that as the course progresses from day to day, week to week, the various assignments and lessons should prove to be a rather relaxing way of actually enjoying what I’m reading rather than trying to forcefully cram as much knowledge into my head as I do with my other courses. On the other hand, I have come to realize over the course of my life that not everything I enter into will actually meet my expectations; this is not me being negative. Rather, it is me being realistic that not everything in life will go exactly as planned. Some of the possible consequences of taking up this course at this particular time are that it may actually turn out to be just as hard as my other courses, which would make a potentially unreasonable amount of work that much harder to do. Also, the literary works that this course may tackle may, in fact, be potentially boring, so boring in fact that I fear I may have trouble opening my eyes. While I am sure that the works of writers such as Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe may be considered the very zenith of the heights of literary work, I still consider the content rather boring all things considering. The books I like to read or study consist of fantasy adventure stories such as the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling and best of all sci-fi novels and short stories by the three masters of science fiction Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke (Simonetta and Grabarek: 164). Personally, I actually enjoy reading sci-fi books and stories most of all si