In this blog post I will be talking about the Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway) short story. The story is about a couple in a train station struggling to come to an agreement on whether the wife should get an abortion or not. They do this all while sipping on absinthe. I think yes, the girl most likely did keep the baby but the husband I’m pretty sure she didn't keep him. I say that she kept the baby because of how the whole conversation she is defending herself and the baby. “Everything tastes of licorice. Especially all the things we've waited so long for, like absinthe.” In this quote, in a way she is defending the baby like how he’s waited for a long time to have this abortion and the absinthe. I say that the girl probably doesn't stay with her partner because of how it seems like their relationship is hanging on by a string. Especially since he wants her to get abortion even though we all know that she wants to keep the baby. I also believe this baby he almost makes the girl scream based on how insistent he is with making her have an abortion. Its sad too that if he didn't want her to get an abortion I'm the sure the baby would have improved their relationship and brought them closer together. That's why I think that she most likely kept the baby and probably didn't stay in a relationship with that man for much longer after that. I made an important choice to leave a difficult situation when I chose to leave this group of friends that i had been associated with through my passion for cars because i learned how they were talking behind my back about things they didn't like about me and my car. It started with just plain old teasing between all of us on each other and their car. Until over time they started to talk shit about me when i wasn't with them or at a car meet they were at. I had to hear this from one of my closer friends because they had talked bad about me in front of him mistakenly. So instead of making a whole predicament over these punks I chose to just block all of them on social media and never talk to them again. And because of these guys i wasn't able to go to my favorite local car meets anymore and had to go to different ones. The only i wished i had done was to maybe talk back at them or shame them for bullying over our facebook group for the entire group of people that go to these car meets. Warning them about these douche bags that call themselves car guys.
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9/21/2017 2 Comments Life Choice: To Tell the Truth?
For this blog post I will be talking about the “What You Don’t Know” podcast that featured Lulu Wang. This story/podcast is about how a woman and her family chose not to tell her grandmother that she had stage 4 lung cancer. And how her family agrees to this idea and how they all feel over the course of those last few months. Yes, I do agree with Lulu and her family’s decision to not tell her grandmother that she has cancer. Especially because of how this choice leads to her grandma actually surviving her cancer like it was nothing. But I only agree on one condition, that I would know how this would pan out for my relative in terms of their cancer. I was very surprised to know that her entire family agreed and went this idea of deceiving their relative like this. I wish something like this could've happened in my family but i doubt all of my family relatives/members would have ever agreed to this idea. Mostly because they wouldn't want to lie to their face constantly. Even if her grandmother knew that they were either up to something or lying to her, I really respect her family for being able to come together to execute this task as a whole. At first when Lulu explained the situation at the beginning of the podcast I felt bad for her because of how she explained how she felt this was wrong. But knowing now that her grandmother survived her cancer due to this I feel differently. She felt that this was wrong because she wanted to grieve with her and let her enjoy her limited time left knowing that all her loved ones would be there for her. In a way this is a form of oppression because of how her Mom informs her that it was her choice not to tell her the bad news and that she had no influence on this decision. About four months ago I had a small incident in which I damaged my car by hitting my girlfriend’s car. And I chose to tell my Dad that it was a hit and run that happened while I was at work instead of telling him what really happened. He was still infuriated about this even though I didn't tell him what actually happened, but he also felt bad for me. He felt so strongly about this that he wanted to see if they could get security camera footage from another business near mine and file a police report to find the person that did it. But i refused to let him do this because I didn't think it was actually that bad and because i didn't want him to discover the truth. My girlfriend and her family weren't very mad at me, mostly because the damage on her car wasn't nearly as bad as it was on my car. I really felt this lie was necessary based on how i had another incident recently before that. And he was the most enraged I had ever seen him about a mistake I had made with that one. Looking back on it now, I kind of do regret telling him just because of how I hate lying to him because i rarely do and it makes me feel so bad. 9/12/2017 3 Comments Life Choice: The Powers That Be?
9/5/2017 0 Comments Writing Process Quote Collage2.
Links: https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/11/20/daily-routines-writers/ http://engl210-picetti.wikispaces.umb.edu/file/view/Lamott_Bird+by+Bird.pdf http://www.sabatinomangini.com/uploads/4/5/9/6/4596832/zen_in_the_art_of_writing.pdf
Introduction: The purpose of this post is to show the steps it takes to be a successful writer. By showing and reading about these steps I will try to become a better overall writer. Maybe not as successful as these writers but as best as I feel can be! This post was co-authored by my classmates and I Adam Eddahir, Vincent Beggarly, Sean Thoulouis Jr, and Gabi D'Ambrosio.
9/5/2017 4 Comments The Proust Questionnaire1) The Proust Questionnaire [Category: Proust Questionnaire]: Please copy and paste the following bullet points into your blog post and complete the following:
Introduction In this post, I will provide my personal answers to the The Proust Questionnaire. This my first of many blogs for my English Composition 1 course. I think that my answers to these questions will give my readers a little preview/intro to how I am and what I am like. _1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? My idea of perfect happiness would have to be the power to be able to pay for expenses like food, gas, and a rent without stressing out about how much money it is. __2.__What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is losing the ones that I love. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? How Im generous and patient. __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? Being open-minded and understanding. __5.__Which living person do you most admire? I think that I admire my father the most out of everyone. __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? My greatest extravagance is probably my car or my computer. __7.__What is your current state of mind? I would like to think that I'm definitely anxious right now. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? I think the most overrated virtue is the concept of worthiness. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? I only lie to protect myself __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I really don't like how hairy and lanky I am. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? I think I despise my ex the most. __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? That they're honest and understanding. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? That they're honest, understanding, and fun. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Aha I'd like to think that I say "Bruh" and "Hell naw" way too much. __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? I think I would have to say my greatest love of my life is definitely my girlfriend. __16.__When and where were you happiest? At my high school parking lot when I met my first high school crush again and now shes my girlfriend. __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? To be able to remember everything I see. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I'd want myself to be more studious and less lazy. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? I guess graduating high school. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? I'd like to comeback as a wealthy and more intelligent person. __21.__Where would you most like to live? Venice Beach, CA or Tuscon, AZ __22.__What is your most treasured possession? I think my most treasured possession would have to be my car. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? When most of my friends left for college. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? To be the owner of a Japanese Car Importer. __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? I would say my most marked characteristic is my humor and my kindness towards others. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? What I value most in friends is trust, understanding, and honesty. __27.__Who are your favorite writers? Some of my favorite writers include J.K. Rowling, William Golding, and Mary Pope Osborne. I like J.K. Rowling mostly for the Harry Potter books because of how my whole family is obsessed with them and I love the memories we've had all enjoying watching and talking about them. I like William Golding because of his book 'Lord of the Flies' as it was my favorite book that I read in high school. I like Mary Pope Osborne mostly for her work on the "Magic Treehouse' books because I loved those books as a kid. __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? My hero of fiction would have to be Brian O'Connor from the Fast and the Furious movies. __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? I think that I most identify with JFK. __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? My Dad __31.__What are your favorite names? Jake, Justin, and Molly __32.__What is it that you most dislike? When people lie right to my face. __33.__What is your greatest regret? Not making my current gf mine earlier. __34.__How would you like to die? With all my loved ones and asleep. __35.__What is your motto? Time is money, money is time. |
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