Titanic Forgiveness

If I was a man on the Titanic while it was sinking I would be very angered and disturbed that the captain of the ship would not share with anyone that the ship was sinking.  It's partly understandable because it had been said not to sink and the captain didn't want to admit that it was sinking.  If I had seen the lifeboats which were filled only halfway I honestly wouldn't know what to do with myself.  Some of the things that happened had two sides to them.  The lifeboats not coming back for drowning people is a great example.  If the lifeboat would have come back and been flipped over then there wouldn't be any survivors at all.  Although some of the things the captain did and didn't do were very bad and inconsiderate he should be forgiven. 

Doomed men of the holocaust

"Now we marched mechanically along the street-a column of doomed men."

This quote alone raises so many thoughts and questions on how the men felt about their future.  The way the word mechanically is used makes it seem as if the men didn't know what life was anymore.  It's similar to how a job works sometimes.  You work for so long you don't think about it anymore you just zone out and mechanically do the job.  The placement of this sentence in the book and the words used make you realize how little hope they had.  It's almost as if the Germans took all of these men in and completely brainwashed them of anything that they used to know.  Throughout the whole book Jews were seen as objects instead of people.  No one ever considered their feelings or what they had to say.  It's pretty sad that people let this happen.  Although many did not know about the holocaust the ones who let it happen are horrible.  Anyone that took place in the holocaust should not ever be forgiven.  I think that they shouldn't because they did all of this cruelty for no reason at all.  I have nothing against Germans today or the Germans that didn't support the holocaust.  Although the ones who knew about should have at least done something about it.  So throughout this story and this quote you can see how the Jews had no hope of a future and also no feeling of freedom at all.

To forgive is to know.

The statement I think that deserves forgiveness is the statement about the soldier obeying his commander's order to shoot an unarmed mother and child.  The reason I think the soldier deserves forgiveness is because he or she had probably never been taught otherwise.  If you had never heard of anything else and you were taught that they were the enemy naturally you would do what your commander tells you.  Also if the soldier didn't do what the commander told them to do there would more than likely be very bad consequences maybe even including death. So although what the soldier did seems horrible, you need to factor in what they know and also the consequences of not doing it.

Poetry:Homeless yet appreciative.

The homeless are seen as though they aren't there,
How they sit and sit hoping something good will happen for them,
With trembling hands and feet begging for change,
Like a cold animal or a scared friend.
If they never got a chance then it's not their fault,
But if they did get a chance no sadness is expressed,
The way they cling to things and hold them dearly,
Shows how appreciative they are of the things life gives them.

Curly's Wife

 Of Mice and Men:Curly's wife

Curly's wife is seen as a woman stuck in her marriage and trying to get out of it. She is always running around the farm and messing with every guy she can find. She is smart and catches on to things. There is no fooling her. Throughout the story the reader's view of Curly's wife really changes. She is first seen as a flirty attention seeking woman to a lonely, insecure, stuck in her marriage type of woman. She is flirty, insecure and lonely, and she wants to be a star.

Curly's wife is seen as flirty numerous times. The first time it is seen in this story is when she walks into the bunkhouse and asks George if he has seen Curly. She then states, “I was just looking around”, referring to how Lennie couldn’t help from looking at her moving her legs around. Even though she went into the bunkhouse to look for Curly, she was just making an excuse to go flirt with the new guys. From specific quotes she doesn't seem as flirty as the tone you get by reading how she does thing. The way she does things and her attitude are really what makes it stand out. Also in the story she states, “It's awfully hot out here, I bet it's cooler in the barn.” Once again she beats around the bush to get someone to come to the barn with her instead of openly asking. By asking this way it makes her seem more flirtatious.

Curly's wife just does not get the attention she wants. Throughout this whole story all she really wants is to have some friends and a social life, which she can't have living at the ranch. She states, “Aint I got the right to talk to no one?” to Lennie really sharing how lonely she is. She tells Lennie many things knowing that he doesn't understand. She also tells Lennie, “He aint a nice fella.” referring to her husband Curly. Her insecurity really falls into the same category as the loneliness she expresses and the reader can see it by how she presents herself, speaks, and her actions. Besides her attitude, she also dresses glamorous to draw attention to herself. Even living on a farm she would wear a glamorous, flowery dress. Being the only woman on the farm, she wasn't trying to out dress anyone, but just trying to bring attention to herself.

“Coulda been in the movies, an' had nice clothes-all them nice clothes like they wear. An' I coulda sat in the big hotels, an' had pitchers took of me. When they had them previews I could went to them, an' spoke in the radio, an' it wouldn'ta cost me a cent because I was in the pitcher. An' all them nice clothes like they wear. Because this guy says I was a natural.”, stated Curly's wife talking about what the actor she met told her. She goes on telling Lennie about her encounter and how she couldve made something of herself. The way she talks of how she could have been something but ended up at that ranch shows how close she was and how far away she is now. Living at the ranch really leaves her with the exact opposite of what she'd always wanted.

In conclusion, throughout the story the readers view of Curly's wife did change. She started out as a halfway annoying flirty woman to a lonely sad person. If she would not have gotten killed by Lennie, would she have persued her dream of becoming a star?

The Classic American Drink

Photo courtesy of Google images.

The cracked and chipped Coca-Cola painting was once a fresh moist painting on the brick wall located by the Melba movie theater on Main Street. The base color of this painting is red with a baby blue border. The words "delicious and refreshing" are written at the bottom in yellow.  A young boy with faded blonde hair and soft features is holding a classic oversized glass of the drink. The chipped paint of the artwork brings out the very vintage and historic look.

This painting is a splendid way to reminisce the days when Main street was packed with people going to the Melba, The Landers Theater, or maybe even Elizabeths restaurant.  Now on the side of the new restaurant the Greasy Spoon, it is very easy to see the mural if you are just cruising down the street or even taking a walk on the sidewalk.  Today, Main Street is not as crowded as it used to be and  this vivid painitng is mainly only seen by cars driving by.  Although the painting is not able to display its true beauty and symblism, it will never be forgotten within the town of Batesville.

9-11 paragraph

9-11 paragraph.

My question is why someone would want to do such an act of terror.  I couldn’t really find and exact quote from the dispatch to terror agents but it basically states a bunch of things making it seem right to them.  I said because they have been taught that we are the enemies since they were children so they don’t know anything else.  So even though we think it’s wrong, they think its right.