My name is Zahnaydriah, but all my friends call me Zee. I am sixteen years old and I like to hang out with my cousins or friends on the weekends. When I have time I love going shopping and out to eat. My goal this year for english class is to communicate more with my peers and to also improve my writing skills. The stories we have been reading in this class became interesting and learning the author experiences as what to encourage them to become a writer. I hope  "A Doll's House" is very interesting story and I look forward to reading this book.


About Henrik Ibsen:

   Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway. In 1862, he was exiled to Italy, where he wrote the tragedyBrand. In 1868, Ibsen moved to Germany, where he wrote one of his most famous works: the play A Doll's House. As a child, Henrik Ibsen showed little sign of the theatrical genius he would become. He grew up in the small Norwegian coastal town of Skien as the oldest of five children born to Knud and Marichen Ibsen. His father was a successful merchant and his mother painted, played the piano and loved to go to the theater. Ibsen himself expressed an interest in becoming an artist as well (biography.com).
   The family was through into poverty when Ibsen was 8 because of problems with his father's business. Nearly all traces of their previous affluence had to be sold off to cover debts, and the family moved to a rundown farm near town. There Ibsen spent much of his time reading, painting and performing magic tricks. At 15, Ibsen stopped school and went to work. He landed a position as an apprentice in an apothecary in Grimstad. Ibsen worked there for six years, using his limited free time to write poetry and paint (biography.com)