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.

Six Word Stories

The cards were new, but old.

Children gathered around, gazing at death.

Unridden, the horse fled like night.

Crimson fluid seeped into the drain.

Long across the plain, was hope.

The flowers were frozen yet fresh.

John Proctor: Hero or Stooge?

I think that John Proctor is a hero.  Although some may not agree with my statement, he is the type of type of character that represents in my opinion, life itself.  John Proctor has made mistakes in his life, and he's grown to learn from them.  After he and Abigail had their encounter, deep down he felt wrong for betraying his marriage.  Later, the text shows that he not only wanted to push away Abigail, he tried very hard to strengthen his marriage with Elizabeth.  Although it didn't end so well, you could see he really tried to do the right thing.  At the end, he tried to accuse himself of witchcraft so innocent people would stop dying and that the whole situation would die down.  John put himself on the line to save many innocent lives, which I think, is a hero by far.

There Goes the Neighborhood

A long time ago in a state far away, strangers arrived on boats to America.  At first, the natives were nervous of the newcomers and didn't know how to act.  That was their first mistake.  When the explorers and newcomers first met the "Indians" they thought the Native Americans were weak and easy to conquer.  The only problem that the Native Americans had were that they trusted the explorers too much.  If the Native Americans would've known what the explorers intent was, we'd have a whole different story.  As the natives opened up to the foreigners, the foreigners took action while the natives were unprepared.  This resulted in the natives getting driven out of their homeland and our history being the way it is.

AutoBiography

My name is Mateo Chavez, I am 15 years old, and I was born on October 20th, 1998 at 3 in the morning.  My dad is Jaime Chavez and my mom is Mee Kim-Chavez.  My dad is full Cuban, and was born in Havana, Cuba.  My mom is full South Korean, and was born in Seoul, Korea.  My dad's job is a carpenter at the Aon Center, and my mom is an entrepreneur.  I have one brother and one sister, both of which are older.  My brother is a senior in high school at Whitney Young, and my sister is a senior at University of Illinois.  My brother is 17 and my sister is 21.

         As a toddler, I was sent to a daycare up north in Glenview.  Then, I was put in a preschool in old town called Apple School.  After that, I attended LaSalle Language Academy for 9 years, taking Italian as a language for 9 years as well.  Finally, I enrolled in Whitney M. Young in 9^th grade and plan to stay at Whitney for the rest of my high school career.

Growing up my first sport was swimming.  I started at the age of 3 and haven't stopped since then.  My second sport was baseball.  I would swim in the winter and play baseball in the summer.  When I was 10, I placed 5^th in state for swimming.  At age 12, I quit baseball to focus more on swimming.  Leading into the summer of freshman year, I started work at Sunset Ridge Country Club as a caddie.  I work there every summer and for a little bit of fall.  I hope to receive a Chick Evans scholarship during my last year of highschool.