Are We In Trouble?

Using stitches to silence someone is not good. Who is the man they are trying to silence? Silence the man for what reason? Reasons that everyone know or reasons that someone is trying to prevent everyone from knowing?

This pictures reminds me of a time when I got in trouble in school for talking to a classmate and the teacher kept telling me repeatedly to be quiet. All I wanted to do was tell my first something and the teachers wouldn't let me. Later on in life we were taught about the Constitution in Social Studies. My teachers taught her about the freedom of speech. I thought about if we have freedom of speech then why do teachers or parents get anger on when certain people say things they do not like. The guy might also represent someone that works for the government that has high power. The guy might know something that can either ruin the government or make the government stronger. Well since his mouth is being stitched obviously it would ruin them. The government will do anything they can to silence that individual and if that mean paying them off, hurting them, or relocating them, then I bet the government would do it. Just to keep that individual silence they would because they have all the control.

The government controls everything and if the government controls everything that means they control your freedom too. My definition of freedom is being able to do anything legal without being judged or have a consequence behind it. Just being your own person. As Applebaum said there are parts of the world that do not respect the rights of the free press (Applebaum 645). I find that very true, but that is also related to the freedom of speech. People are so afraid of what others might do or say that they will not say what they want or they won’t even write it down. How is that freedom? I thought freedom was being able to say whatever you want whenever you want but I guess things have changed.

You want to have freedom keep dreaming. You might think you will have freedom but you will not. Nothing you do is ever free. That is what Applebaum was trying to say. Freedom doesn't exist, it never will.

Works Cited

Applebaum, Anne. "The Decline of American Press Freedom." Colobumo, Gary, Robert Cullen and Bonnie Lisle. Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing Ninth Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2013. 640. Book.

Are you nothing or something?

        "How are you, Nothing, sitting around with Something's wife." (6/7) really had my mind spinning. One reason it has my mind spinning is I am not sure on who the speaker is. Is the speaker Lorine or Lorine mother or both. I can see it being Lorines mother more than Lorine because in another poem I assume it was Lorines mother and she referred to Lorine as a nothing. Why does she see her daughter as a nothing? I just noticed also that if its the mother she is calling Lorine husband a something instead of his name. Why does she keep referring to them as nothing and something when they are human beings and have names. Lorines mother should be proud of Lorine for who she was. Lorine was her own person. She didn't want to be like everyone else and I think that's what her mother wanted.

        In her poem "My Life By Water" she describes the things she sees and hears. She says "Muskrats gnawing doors" which door is she talking about and why doesn't she try to prevent that from happening. In class we had a discussion about this poem and how she might feel about everything that she sees and hears. I said that she must be okay or content with the muskrats gnawing at the door because she has done anything to stop them from doing that. I know she loves nature and muskrats are part of nature and she does not want to do anything to harm anything related to nature. But there is a way where she could prevent them from doing that without harming the animals.

        Although that poem was set up different it was a really good poem. When you have more than one person read the poem you hear different words go with different lines. Poems like that keep you thinking about find a bigger meaning. Most of Lorines poems do that and I applauded her for that. I cant wait to continue to reading her other poems. I'm just so excited.

Gender Roles

          A gender role is a set of social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for either a man or a woman in a social or interpersonal relationships. There are many people that think that gender roles play a huge part of our lives. Advertisement definitely plays a huge role in gender roles. When a woman or man is in a advertisement, the advertisement make sure the male looks, talks and acts like a male and the same thing goes for the females.

          Some thing we discussed in class is that a straight guy does not want to hang around or associate with a homosexual guy. Some people do not understand why that is and I see their confusion but then I don't. The reason straight guy do not want to hang out with a homosexual guy is because it  goes outside of the norm. When a straight male "hangs out" with a Bi-sexual or gay male they are looked at weird other people tend to look at them weird. By weird I mean not normal. Questions start to go through the mind of the people that are witnessing the act. The questions they ask to themselves is, is that other guy gay? Are they a couple? Why do they think that is not weird. Those question to themselves turn into questions to other people.

          Once those questions get asked to other people the questions turn into jokes among themselves. After they laugh a little with each other certain people decide to act and ask the questions to the Bi-sexual and Gay male, but why is that? Is it because guys are immature? Is it because maybe they are feeling the same way but do not know how to express it or is it the way we act? I really cant answer that for all guy but I think its just the way we act. Sometimes we joke about it but there are times when we can actually mean it.

          I think you should not judge a person based on whether they are straight, gay or bi. Who are we to tell you what you should be. I try so hard not to judge people but ever so often it happens. No one is perfect and there is not a soul out there that can say they have not judged anyone before. I have judged a guy based on whether he was gay or straight. I was nervous that the guy was going to hit on me or that I was going to get made fun of by my friends just on the fact that I associated myself with him. I did not make fun of him but I did stop talking to him which was wrong. He acted straight so no one knew he was gay but he told the wrong person and that person betrayed his trust.

Why Is This A Strange Picture?

      The thing I am so confused about with this picture is who are those men? Now I know I am not the only one confused on who they are! It just doesn’t make any since who they are and why the children are looking so weird at the man in the front. Is the man a mechanic, the bus driver, or a father? Who is he? Then the man in the back, is he a father, a teacher or a bus driver? If either of them are the bus driver then why are they off the bus? If neither of them is not the bus driver then where is the bus driver and why are these men with these children without adult supervision?
        Also why are the children looking at the man who looks like a mechanic so scared? Did he say something negative or did he do something wrong. The little boy in the front looks scared for his life. If that man is a mechanic then why he kind of watching the children if something is wrong? If something is wrong with the bus than the bus driver should have made they kids stay on the bus. In fact I want to know where the kids are going and where they are coming from because in the back ground it looks like the statue Of Liberty but I am not for sure if that is it. If it is the Statue of Liberty, then is that the reason the kids are in red white, and blue? If that man is a mechanic then he should have like badges or something on his uniform to identify who he is. He could be a random man off the street trying to rob them. So many questions go unanswered in the picture because we do not know the true reason of this picture we can only go by what we think. What do you guys think about the picture?

I am Somebody! Who Are You?

I am somebody! Who are you? Are you somebody too? I changed that phrase from the Emily Dickinson I’m Nobody! Who are You? That is a really good poem and probably my favorite poem. It has such a deep meaning that makes your mind ponder so much. I’m a person that likes it when things make your mind ponder.

       I’m the type of person who like to take walks by their self and listen to music. The type of person that loves to play basketball whether it’s for fun or a competition. The type of person who loves math. The type of person that has so many ideas in class but think if I say anything people will judge me. The type of person who doesn’t care what people say about him, he will just say anything. The type of person who wants to be a social worker and help little kids find a place that is right for them.

      I want to help little kids find a nice home with caring parents, let them go to someone who loves them and just doesn’t want them for the money. I am that type of person. This blog is to discuss things that happen in class and to share are thoughts about things that happened in class that we didn’t get a chance to talk about. I understand that but will we be able to talk about other things on our blog. Maybe some people want to say something that is really good and not about the class but they are too shy to say anything and they don’t have anywhere to say. They could possibly say it on here, if they would like. I’m really looking forward to this blog thing. If you would like to know more just ask me! See ya