My neighborhood against the rez

My neighborhood compared to the Rez is anything but similar to say the least. The Rez has plenty of drunks and friendly people. My neighborhood isn't very friendly and has around zero drunks. There also happen to be close to zero incidents of hit and runs and deaths. In fact, for my entire childhood there haven't been any deaths whatsoever. So to be honest my neighborhood has zero correlation with the rez and I doubt there will be any in the future. 

Native Son

In the last book of Native Son, Bigger goes to trial with Max as his lawyer.  Max does not give the judge excuses for Bigger's actions but tries to get the judge to see through Bigger's eyes.  Max states that Bigger has never met someone of the white race that has been kind to Bigger, so when he met the Dalton's he was entirely confused.  Then, when Bigger and Mary met, Bigger thought Mary was making fun of him through her kind gestures.  While in the room together Bigger did the most instinctive thing he could do, which was to not get in trouble.  Of course doing that included accidentally killing Mary, and that is why he is in the court at that very moment.  However, no matter what kind of plea is given for Bigger, the judge's decision will always be biased due to the racial standards at that time.  Sadly or not sadly, Bigger is commended to the death penalty, despite Max's defense.

Green lights, yellow cars, and church steeples

In the Great Gatsby, the green light represents Gatsby's dream. The green light is at Daisy's dock which is across the bay. It can be described as so close yet so far for gatsby. The yellow car represents Gatsby's attempt to live the American Dream. Being the new money, gatsby must build a reputation for himself and while he may look like a clown, he does his best to find that dream. The church steeple can be Gatsby's mansion. It relates to the philosopher Immanuel Kant who developed theories on morality while looking at the steeple. Nick was developing ideas about whether he should tell about the affairs to the Buchanans or not, thus questioning his morals.

Janie

In this blog I am going to write about Janie's decision to marry Jody.  Many other readers may disagree with me and that's okay, they can be wrong.  In my opinion I think that it was a great idea to marry Jody.  Before the haters get on me about this I would like to explain myself.  In life you make mistakes and you learn from them.  This was a mistake obviously but it was a great mistake, given that it gave Janie a sense of what a real man is, and who she should look for in a husband.  If i was her I would be praising god for giving me this wonderful opportunity.  Janie now can reflect on her life later on with her great new husband that she carefully picked about how terrible Jody was, yet what Jody taught her in the end.  Jody indirectly taught her to find someone who would let Janie speak her mind, and be free while still have a loving husband.  Their marriage also told Janie to find a man who was fit and whose body doesn't sag.  In the end I think that Janie did the right thing finding Jody, as he gave her a pretty good life lesson.  I've run across a lot of interesting things in my life and some of the worst things that have happened I never take for granted.  I believe they are what made me who I am which is important in finding yourself.  This is exactly how Janie should be feeling.  If she isn't then I don't know what she's on.

Thanksgiving blog.

This Thanksgiving blog will be dedicated to Francesca Quezada, as she is who I am very thankful for.  It started back in freshman year when her and I shared english together.  We didn't know each other all to well, as we met during a group project. She has been very nice to me from day 1, and I respect that.  Francesca's happy go lucky personality puts a smile on my face every morning.  She strives to keep me focused on my studies even when I don't want to, and I couldn't ask for a better friend.  So to conclude everything, I want to say thanks Francesca.

Principles

I think that a principle that we should keep is "treat others the way you would like to be treated"  From the day I was able to comprehend words, that principle has been driven into my head thousands of times from my dad to my 2nd grade teacher.  If you look at our world, we see plenty of kind people and plenty of mean people.  Good and Bad one could say.  However they are both not equally balanced.  In fact more good people are walking the earth.  It should always stay this way.  From the majority of everyone's standpoint, everyone likes good.  Good always wins in movies and television dramas.  To keep this world from turning into something like we read in The Road, good in the world is essential to our own survival, and this starts from treating others with kindness, just as you would like to be treated. A very few amount of individuals would want to be treated badly, and I cannot tell you the answer to that.  In conclusion, be good to others, and they'll be good to you.

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was probably one of the most interesting men to ever walk this earth.   Although he had some indifference's, his life as a whole was filled with many stories; long or short.  The collection of some have been piled in to create the first 49 short stories.  From driving an ambulance in world war 1, to smoking Cuban cigars, Ernest had a fun adventure filled life.  When he was in the army, he was critically injured and met his first of four wives.  Although Ernest didn't shoot anyone in the first war, he was very interested in hunting game.  He hunted in Africa and went fishing in Cuba.  He also learned to box, giving him an advantage in fighting other fisherman off.  More importantly, Hemingway achieved fame by writing his stories.  One of his more famous novels were The Old Man and the Sea.  He won the noble prize for literature in 1954.  Although it seemed like Hemingway was living the life in Cuba with plenty of women, he was having problems internally.  Due to this Ernest began to drink more and more, up to the point where he had a serious problem.  Even though he was a heavyweight when it came to drinking, it became obvious that he was having serious depression problems.  Aside from that, Ernest had a great adventure-filled life, leading to the great collection of his short stories.