1. She feels that she can't give her baby daughter a home now because "they live differently now." She's filled with great dissapointment and sdness that she's not able to provide her daughter with these things, and that affects her logic significantly because now she thinks it's impossible to give her these things, which is not true. She pretends that she's somebody else to her great-aunts. This is the thing she does to gain a sense of home. The reason she chooses what she does is because that was the first and only thing to choose.
2. My defintion of family and home is a place and people that you belong to. A family is very important in American culture because having a caring successful family increases your chances of succeeding, and America is a very succeeding nation. Two negatives of my definition is the poeple who don't have a family, and the people whose family is bad. Two positives are a person with a famiily, and a person who's family is good.
3. Some things my mom does that would directly seem different to an outsider is yell constantly for very minute things. She honestly makes a big deal out of anything and everything. I obviously dislike this about my mom because it gets annoying aand frustrating driving in the car with her.
4. Family and home- a place where you belong, and people you belong to. To me, what it means to be a part of my family is strictly abiding by muslim rulles and values. If I could change one thing about my family it would be this because my parents are too strict and anti-liberal.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
1. Agree- like when my parents set a curfew or develop a strong hold on me, it may not seem like it, but it IS for my own good.
2. Agree- Because like with me, my goal is to be a great swimmer. In order to do that, I have to stay physically fit, and keep away from narcotics and allcohol, which is all good things.
3. Agree- Examples of this would be Saddam Hussein. How he started dramatically abusing his authority and power.
4. Aree- I agree with this because I also agree with the death penalty. If a convict does fifteen for killing a loved one thats not enough for the loved one's friends and family. The death Penalty would help.
5. Agree- I'll use Saddam Hussein as an example again. He didn't get away with the evil acts in which he committed.
6. Agree- You have to stand up to what you believe in or you're a person with no values.
7. Agree- Because some people arrogantly feel immortal but when they narrowly escape death, they value life a lot more.
8. Agree- This is true because it's harder to build up courage and confront someone that you really don't want to, but have to, than say like play a football game. I've done both so i'm eligible to agree or disagree.
9. Agree- Saddam Hussein again. In the beginning, he was still a dictator but not as severe. Then at the end of his term, he did stuff like acidly burn off the Iraqi soccer team's legs and feet for losing a game.
2. Agree- Because like with me, my goal is to be a great swimmer. In order to do that, I have to stay physically fit, and keep away from narcotics and allcohol, which is all good things.
3. Agree- Examples of this would be Saddam Hussein. How he started dramatically abusing his authority and power.
4. Aree- I agree with this because I also agree with the death penalty. If a convict does fifteen for killing a loved one thats not enough for the loved one's friends and family. The death Penalty would help.
5. Agree- I'll use Saddam Hussein as an example again. He didn't get away with the evil acts in which he committed.
6. Agree- You have to stand up to what you believe in or you're a person with no values.
7. Agree- Because some people arrogantly feel immortal but when they narrowly escape death, they value life a lot more.
8. Agree- This is true because it's harder to build up courage and confront someone that you really don't want to, but have to, than say like play a football game. I've done both so i'm eligible to agree or disagree.
9. Agree- Saddam Hussein again. In the beginning, he was still a dictator but not as severe. Then at the end of his term, he did stuff like acidly burn off the Iraqi soccer team's legs and feet for losing a game.
Part 1:
The first situation I choose is situation number 1
-I would quite simple contact the police and inform them of the guy's horrible intentions. It's totally unnecesary to do anything else, such as poisening him with poppy seeds. However if the police don't do anything about it, I'de probably resort to poisening him. I would do this because there's no reason to hurt anybody unless you absolutely have to, to save the potentially affected. I'm obligated to protect his potential victims as a citezen. So the consequenses of my actions would be saving those people from harm. It can potentially be wrong because like I said, the police might not take my word for it and fail to act.
The second situation I choose is situation number 4
-I would without hesitation remove one of the man's kidneys. The reason is obviously so I can save the SIX people, whose interest I'm obligated to protect. This was a very easy decision for me. Possible consequenses of my actions would be the man with the vitamin-filled kidney. But if he wants to fight it would be one vs. seven. It might be morally wrong because it was their responsibility to bring their kidney vitamins, and other people shouldn't suffer for their irresponsibility.
The first situation I choose is situation number 1
-I would quite simple contact the police and inform them of the guy's horrible intentions. It's totally unnecesary to do anything else, such as poisening him with poppy seeds. However if the police don't do anything about it, I'de probably resort to poisening him. I would do this because there's no reason to hurt anybody unless you absolutely have to, to save the potentially affected. I'm obligated to protect his potential victims as a citezen. So the consequenses of my actions would be saving those people from harm. It can potentially be wrong because like I said, the police might not take my word for it and fail to act.
The second situation I choose is situation number 4
-I would without hesitation remove one of the man's kidneys. The reason is obviously so I can save the SIX people, whose interest I'm obligated to protect. This was a very easy decision for me. Possible consequenses of my actions would be the man with the vitamin-filled kidney. But if he wants to fight it would be one vs. seven. It might be morally wrong because it was their responsibility to bring their kidney vitamins, and other people shouldn't suffer for their irresponsibility.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Under the Influence
1. One example of Sander's exibition of other sources to better punctuate his memories of his father is the poem he uses by Theodore Roethke. It's titled "My Papa's Waltz" and goes thus: The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy
Another source he uses is a bible story about the lunatic and the swine.
2. My father's father was a heavy drinker. This affected my father greatly. But mostly, it affected him in a positive way; it caused him to promise himself he'd never touch the stuff himself and that's waht happened. So although my grandfather caused my dad grief similarily like the grief Sander experienced, he also helped my dad to understand how negative and evil such things are, and to ultimately avoid them.
3. The behavior I'de like to cahnge about myself is eating too danm much. I stay in great shape everyday because I'm in sports all year round, but after school finishes, I might not have time to work out because of whatever job I might have, so eating too much might come back to haunt me, and god-forbid, I'll become overweight. So I want to change it from now.
1. One example of Sander's exibition of other sources to better punctuate his memories of his father is the poem he uses by Theodore Roethke. It's titled "My Papa's Waltz" and goes thus: The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy
Another source he uses is a bible story about the lunatic and the swine.
2. My father's father was a heavy drinker. This affected my father greatly. But mostly, it affected him in a positive way; it caused him to promise himself he'd never touch the stuff himself and that's waht happened. So although my grandfather caused my dad grief similarily like the grief Sander experienced, he also helped my dad to understand how negative and evil such things are, and to ultimately avoid them.
3. The behavior I'de like to cahnge about myself is eating too danm much. I stay in great shape everyday because I'm in sports all year round, but after school finishes, I might not have time to work out because of whatever job I might have, so eating too much might come back to haunt me, and god-forbid, I'll become overweight. So I want to change it from now.
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