What does future mean? What is the future that awaits us all? I have been thinking about my future recently and thought that there is no answer to what that will await me. There is no way I would know what my future will be like, for I have to decide that myself. For every decision that I make in life, there will be a result to things. No one can really change what they have done or go back to the past and start over again. We will also have to look at the road ahead and make better decisions.
There are something that I really regretted. Things that I feel that I should have done better, but there is no turning back. I have to create a new future and everything is depended on what decisions that I make. Although we can't predict what will happen in 20 years, you could start creating it by every step we propose. If we make bad decisions in life, it would lead of to a bad future, but we can always change out decisions change that around. We decide our future ourselves and no one can do it for us. Everyone has a different road to follow, a different dream, a different goal, and a different inspiration.
I have started to making a new decision in my life that will lead me to be successful. I have to be successful in school and my education to go to a good college. If I want to go to a good college, I will have to try my best in accounting for all my grades and keeping my studies up. I think that these are the decisions that I should make right now. For the future ahead, I will decide on that later. Until then, I will focus on what is ahead of me.
I think the meaning of life is to experience failure at one point and learn from it. Nothing can stop you if you once failed, you can always stand back up and start a new day and be successful. That's what make life great. If you failed, it doesn't mean that your future will be bad, it will just mean that you need to try harder. Nothing can be decided right now, we will just have to wait till the time comes.
Showing posts with label struggles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label struggles. Show all posts
Friday, November 12, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
The Garcia Girls: The Struggles
After reading the second part of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, I noticed lots of struggles that Garcia girls were going while they were adjusting to the environment around them. It seems as if all the girls are going through the same turning point. In a way, they go through a point in the story where they experience innocence. They would be stuck through confusion and left clueless about their surroundings. The second part of the story really explains what happened when they moved to America and the event that occur as times goes by.
One of the struggles that I noticed between the Garcia Girls is the struggle with their English. In the third vignette, "Trespass", Carla struggles with English; it act as a wall between her and the situations that she faces. In this vignette, Carla is disturbed by the boys around her and was almost harassed. They would tease her for her looks and her English pronunciation. Even though Carla would ask them to stop their abuse, Carla lacks the English to protest and defend herself from them. She wasn't even able to tell the police what she has seen happen, which leaves her unprotected and isolated from her community. It seems as if English has grabbed her away from the world which she is not able to so anything. In this vignette, Carla also goes through this moment where she kind of loses her innocence to her surroundings and situations that she surpasses.
In this story, I think the males have a lot of domination over the females. In this period of time, I think that makes still holds the power and they still control the females around. An example from the story would be that Yolanda's father teared up her speech because he thinks that it would be a disgrace to his family and that she wasn't ready to do it yet. Another example would be how Manual controls over Sofia and doesn't allow her to do anything. I think the father takes a lot of control over his family and tells what they should do and should not do.
This thought came up as I start to notice the Garcia Girl's reaction toward a new community. I think when we all move to a certain place, we would feel that we would not belong. Mostly people will feel lost and insecure about their safety. This was how the Garcia Girls felt. I think I am starting to understand their reactions and life in America as I have experienced this before in my life. There were struggles adjusting to the surrounding around me, but it took a long time for me to feel like it was home again. I think that the culture shock that the Garcia Girls go through leads into many struggles. I hope that I would discover the answers to this story and have a full understanding of it as I finished the last section of the book.
One of the struggles that I noticed between the Garcia Girls is the struggle with their English. In the third vignette, "Trespass", Carla struggles with English; it act as a wall between her and the situations that she faces. In this vignette, Carla is disturbed by the boys around her and was almost harassed. They would tease her for her looks and her English pronunciation. Even though Carla would ask them to stop their abuse, Carla lacks the English to protest and defend herself from them. She wasn't even able to tell the police what she has seen happen, which leaves her unprotected and isolated from her community. It seems as if English has grabbed her away from the world which she is not able to so anything. In this vignette, Carla also goes through this moment where she kind of loses her innocence to her surroundings and situations that she surpasses.
In this story, I think the males have a lot of domination over the females. In this period of time, I think that makes still holds the power and they still control the females around. An example from the story would be that Yolanda's father teared up her speech because he thinks that it would be a disgrace to his family and that she wasn't ready to do it yet. Another example would be how Manual controls over Sofia and doesn't allow her to do anything. I think the father takes a lot of control over his family and tells what they should do and should not do.
This thought came up as I start to notice the Garcia Girl's reaction toward a new community. I think when we all move to a certain place, we would feel that we would not belong. Mostly people will feel lost and insecure about their safety. This was how the Garcia Girls felt. I think I am starting to understand their reactions and life in America as I have experienced this before in my life. There were struggles adjusting to the surrounding around me, but it took a long time for me to feel like it was home again. I think that the culture shock that the Garcia Girls go through leads into many struggles. I hope that I would discover the answers to this story and have a full understanding of it as I finished the last section of the book.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Our Appearances
Does our image really matter that much in our lives? I think that we are too focused in our appearances rather than our who we really are. I started to realize that most of us care about being liked by others around us or wants to be praised for their looks. In Mrs. Corbally's class, I have learned a lot about the feeling that people have for their image. I was really surprised when I watched the videos about being too fat or people that are suffering through anorexia thought so much about their weight. It gave me a whole different perspective of this matter that I have never thought about.
I think that it is not largely their fault that they think that way. It is usually because of our culture and how we judge people. I don't blame people that want to be skinny just to fit in. I think I kind of understand how they feel, although I have never went through this experience before. I think that the most important thing that I need is believe in myself. I don't have to look like the other kids and I am very proud of that. If no one likes me for who I am, it doesn't really matter because if I like myself, that is all I need. I think that people are going through this major problem because of judgment and the circumstances we are looked up to.
Our community is filled with people that think about this everyday. They would either look at the mirror and say they they are "ugly" or "fat" about themselves even though they are already gorgeous. To me I don't think that appearance matters a lot to me and I would not judge someone without getting to know them first. I don't think people like you just because you are skinny, but rather it is your personality that really matters. Everyone is beautiful in their own way. We should never give ourselves put downs that make us feel bad about our body or even ourselves. I feel very sad for the people that feel that way about themselves and I want to tell them that you look fine the way you are.
If you are fat and you want to loose weight so that you could be liked about others, I am not stopping you from doing it, but are those people that praise you and become friends with you really like who you are. Or they like how you look. We would all change our looks slowly, by just eating healthy. Starving ourselves is not a very healthy part of a diet. Well, to some up what I sad, we all should be happy about who we are and not worry so much about our appearance. If you are one of them that want to manage their weight, you can do it by just eating healthy and exercising. I think that there is a reason that people care so much about their appearance and I am not here to stop them. I want to understand more about this situation and share out my feelings.
I think that it is not largely their fault that they think that way. It is usually because of our culture and how we judge people. I don't blame people that want to be skinny just to fit in. I think I kind of understand how they feel, although I have never went through this experience before. I think that the most important thing that I need is believe in myself. I don't have to look like the other kids and I am very proud of that. If no one likes me for who I am, it doesn't really matter because if I like myself, that is all I need. I think that people are going through this major problem because of judgment and the circumstances we are looked up to.
Our community is filled with people that think about this everyday. They would either look at the mirror and say they they are "ugly" or "fat" about themselves even though they are already gorgeous. To me I don't think that appearance matters a lot to me and I would not judge someone without getting to know them first. I don't think people like you just because you are skinny, but rather it is your personality that really matters. Everyone is beautiful in their own way. We should never give ourselves put downs that make us feel bad about our body or even ourselves. I feel very sad for the people that feel that way about themselves and I want to tell them that you look fine the way you are.
If you are fat and you want to loose weight so that you could be liked about others, I am not stopping you from doing it, but are those people that praise you and become friends with you really like who you are. Or they like how you look. We would all change our looks slowly, by just eating healthy. Starving ourselves is not a very healthy part of a diet. Well, to some up what I sad, we all should be happy about who we are and not worry so much about our appearance. If you are one of them that want to manage their weight, you can do it by just eating healthy and exercising. I think that there is a reason that people care so much about their appearance and I am not here to stop them. I want to understand more about this situation and share out my feelings.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
The Garcia Girls: Part 1
The book, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez is written in a unique way. Being written in chronological order, I found it very fascinating to read because you will never know what is going to happen next. It tells a story from the the present to the past which is very interesting to read because you would want to know what lead up to that event and why this started to happen. Even though it was difficult to read, I can't wait to discover the connection they have.
I was quite confused when I started to read this because of the way they addressed the characters. At first I get confused about who they are talking about in the story because they don't really state it. Julie Alvarez book leaves many gaps and details out. This reminds me from the book called The House on Mango Street, but I was less confused in that one because it is not written in chronological order. They both include vignettes about stories in their life which were very fascinating to read. Usually when things are written in chronological order, the introduction will guide you through the story, but Julie Alvarez doesn't really include a introduction that gives clues about what the book is about.
Other than the confusion, the book includes clues about how each story connect to each other. I started to discover about how each event lead to the other and why the four sisters are struggling through so much problems. Each of the four sisters is very different, but they all still are similar in a way. It seems as if the sisters are struggling with their partners and they would always break up. I would wonder why this is the reason and is it because of the way they grew up. Then I started to wondered if the surrounding that they grew up on affect their lives and the problems they are going through. I am starting to unravel the details that they include and how they support each and vignettes. In conclusion I though that this story has become more interesting and I can't wait to read the next part of the book.
I was quite confused when I started to read this because of the way they addressed the characters. At first I get confused about who they are talking about in the story because they don't really state it. Julie Alvarez book leaves many gaps and details out. This reminds me from the book called The House on Mango Street, but I was less confused in that one because it is not written in chronological order. They both include vignettes about stories in their life which were very fascinating to read. Usually when things are written in chronological order, the introduction will guide you through the story, but Julie Alvarez doesn't really include a introduction that gives clues about what the book is about.
Other than the confusion, the book includes clues about how each story connect to each other. I started to discover about how each event lead to the other and why the four sisters are struggling through so much problems. Each of the four sisters is very different, but they all still are similar in a way. It seems as if the sisters are struggling with their partners and they would always break up. I would wonder why this is the reason and is it because of the way they grew up. Then I started to wondered if the surrounding that they grew up on affect their lives and the problems they are going through. I am starting to unravel the details that they include and how they support each and vignettes. In conclusion I though that this story has become more interesting and I can't wait to read the next part of the book.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Night: Truth of Questions
Night Essay:
Questions can always be answered. We all come though a time were things need to be resolved. In Night, Elie confronts lots of questions form his surroundings. He starts to experience lots of answers and go through many problems. Elie's central conflict is underlining the truth about God and
His existence.
Elie is confronted at a point where only he can answer his own questions. Questions that he confronts. Moshe the Beadle made Elie understand more about God, “Man questions God and God answers. But er don't understand His answers. We can't understand them. Because they come from the depths of the soul, and they stay there until death. You will find the true answers, Eliezer, only within yourself,” (Wiesel 3). Moshe the Beadle is trying to guide Elie through his own life. The only thing that will keep him going is his own belief, not others. God is not everything, and he should not only count on him to live on. Moshe is trying to explain to Elie that the answers that he is waiting for is within himself. No one else is trustworthy and the only person that he should trust his himself. Elie struggles with who God really is. He starts to go through a period of time where things start to make sense.
At the concentration camp, Elie experiences many conflicts that deals with death. Within this experience, he has lost hope in the existence of God, and why he isn't here to help them, “For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless His name?” (Wiesel 31). Elie starts to realize and his feelings start to develop. He doesn't have an idea who God is. He starts to question himself, why he should bless God. He asks himself, if God is really that important and if he has even done anything to help them. Elie is confused about the suffering that they are experiencing. There was a point where the his image of God has vanished, “Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust,” (Wiesel 32). Elie has always thought that God was always besides him, but his hopes just vanishes like ashes. The concentration camp turned his whole life around and made him realize reality. His life just ended like there was no more hope, but just survival. His dreams turned to fear because of he sleeps, he might not wake up at sun rise. Because he trusted God so long, he doesn't know how to create his own steps to move on forward.
Elie denies himself from God. He would pray to him, but denies that he is ever there. Where they are in trouble and in desperate need, people asked, “Where is God now? And I heard a voice within him. He is hanging here in this swallow,” (Wiesel 61). They believe he is dead and he is the cause to this suffering. The people feel that they should not worship him. How could he have let a child die like this without helping. Elie is confused about the things that were done and if they were meant to be. He experience many conflicts, and every single conflict has a connection to the questions that were asked. It was like Moshe was always beside him asking him these questions so that he could realize the truth. Near the ending, even though he has no more hope for God, he prayed, “And, in the spite of myself, a prayer rose in my heat, to that God in whom I no longer believed,” (Wiesel 87). Elie felt something, but he wasn't sure. Maybe this is Gods message to him. He might have arose in that moment of his life and in that point, God appeared for him. Elie has no more hope for God and his existence doesn't matter to him anymore. Whatever God does will not impact him. He has found his own answers and he doesn't need God to be beside him.
Elie has discovered many answers to the existence of God. Answers are only found within himself. He has grew to understand him much more better. Elie was pulled into his own belief and he no longer believed in God. God was just an excuse. The this that can help you put one foot in front of the other and walk though the path of life is our own soul.
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