Walkers Discoveries Of Zora and Herself

Walker, the narrator of the story, is a fan of Zora Neale Hurston. She knows a lot about her and decides to visit Eatonville; the town Zora grew up in. She meets locals who new about Zora personally. This causes Walker to find out more about Zora then she previously did, such as how she died, which at first she had not known, then she was told she was told Zora died of malnutrition, which causes Walker to become upset. Especially since she was a famous writer, who becomes hungry despite of her life accomplishments and work. She is then told Zora died of a stroke, which made more sense to Walker, since dying out of old age is natural. Walker also finds out Zora began to become bigger as she grew older, which shocks Zora since she has only seen Zora skinny in pictures. She also interprets that Zora didn't get along with her family and a lot of the public for the reason her opinions and views on certain subjects. She also found out for this reason she was forgotten and not even known by the community much. I believe this reveals to Walker that her culture of her race is not as full of pride or as great as she thought since not much African Americans even now about one of their most famous writers. This affects her as an individual for it shows her most favorite author of whom she saw and an idol and as someone she thought her self as, and to know she was not as great and known as she thought to be, which shocks her as well to letting her down.

Janie's Troubles

Janie is sad for the reason she hasn't found out how to love in her life yet. She has tried to find love through marriage with Logan Killicks, which had feld her for the reason she feld dominated. She then tries to find it throught the marriage of another man, a younger man; Joe Starks. She hopes she can love him since she is convinced that he will treat her as a respectable women, and not dominate her as her previous husband did. This is all shown to fail for when Joe becomes mayor of Eatonville, which allows him to experience power and domination a whole lot more then she dislikes.

An Answered Year For Janie

Janie began telling her life story in the beginning of the book. This brings up the many questions she had while growing up. One of them concerning love, and the other one is what does life going to bring her. So far, Janie has had her first kiss, marriage, and affair. She has gone away with Joe Starks, and has dived into a new adventure in her life  that she hopes answers her questions of life and love.

I believe the following year will answer questions for Janie. She has started a new chapter in her life for the sole purpose of figuring out what life holds for her, and I think it will pay off. I think she will find out what it means to love, and what her role is in life. I also believe it will bring new questions. I believe this because this is only the beginning of her story. She still has 20 years left to tell. So to have everything answered and solved before most of her story is finished wouldn't make sense.

Marriage and Love

A common belief is the idea that marriage always has to do something with love. I personally believe this to be true. The way I look at it is people marry each other for one reason or another. The most common reason is, obviously, the love the couple has for one another. This isn't the reason for everyone though, but it doesn't mean love isn't involved in the marriage.

Another reason can be for the love of money. Such as when a woman marry's a man for his money, despite the fact she doesn't even love him, and vice versa sometimes as well. The love is there, but it just isn't in the right place. Despite that this is terrible, it happens.

There are also situations where a couple doesn't love each other, but they get married for reasons which don't deal with financial matters either. There are people who practice cultures where the parents pick the the bride or groom for their child to marry. I'm not saying that just because the marriage happens this way the couple doesn't love each other, but there are many situations where there is no love the couple has with,each other. Love has to do with this because even if the child doesn't love their significant other, they still have the love for their parents which is what helps them go on with the parents. The love exists in the child's relationship with their parents.

Another great reason is the love a parent has for their child. There are many situations where two people have a child before they get married, and end up marrying one another the sake of the child have the quality childhood they deserve. Now as I had sort of mentioned this earlier, this doesn't have apply to all premaritil parents but this is reason why a lot of them do get married.

Chapter 1-4 Questions By Alex B.

1. How long is the time setting of the first four chapters?
2. What was the ordeal Mr. Wolfshiem made a mistake about?
3. Is Gatsby telling the truth about his life to Nick?
4. Is Gatsby his first or last name?
5. Did Gatsby come from a poor or rich family?

Detailed Setting By Alex B.

Turning me around by one arm,
He moved a broad flat hand
Along the front vista,
Including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden,
A half acre of deep,
Pungent roses,
And a snub-nosed motor-boat
That bumped the tide offshore.

Slenderly,
Languidly,
Their hands set lightly on their hips,
The two young women preceded us out onto a rosy-colored porch,
Open toward the sunset,
Where four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind.

Chapter 1

Success Stories By Alex B.

A life everybody wishes they can have is to be rich when they grow up. It can happen either from an inherited life of financial success or from a long past of hard work. The way people get rich are two different things. Although they might have the same result, the background is different and that makes the whole story different. The person who grew to be rich but had to work half his life making it has learned discipline, patience and many other life lessons. It took a lot of labor. For a person to become rich from a family who is already rich may learn some of the life lessons, but he won't obtain them all. He will only understand what he had to do with his family,not what it really takes to get rich all by himself. There's nothing wrong with that either. It isn't bad to not start your life by yourself, but it is different.

Appearances And Values Blog By Alex B.

Outer appearances can be deceptive. I have seen it myself. At schools for example. I have seen people that may dress as if they might be a negative type of person or a mean type of person. In fact though, the person ends up being a positive person or nice person even. In can be quite the opposite as well. Although they can be deceiving, appearances is something we all care about. We are all concerned about how we look. Our clothes is important because it reflects on our style, our personality, and even financial lives. Our hairstyles display our personality; facial appearance as well.

Value is another that matters, in America for instance. We live in a country where values are everything, especially since the country is made up of such different values. In my opinion, my and our values in America is substantial, because the care we have about America reflect the country itself. Therefore, we must have values that are substantial or else if we have meaningless values in America, how can anyone else in the rest of the world have any values in America themselves.

Looking at how our significant other's money or looks may or may not be as important as another person's opinion. Although, in my opinion money doesn't matter, because it really doesn't. Because if it did then you would be in love with the money, not the person. Looks on the other hand are some what important, but it's not of major importance. They don't decide whether or not to be with someone or anything like that.

Assimilation: Changing Or Adapting? By Alex B.

To assimilate means to accept ones culture, belief, lifestyle above your own. People usually assimilate to "fit in" to society. They usually do it to fell accepted. This of course must means that they must be different than society in the first place. Whether if it is in how they talk, dress, or even their religious beliefs. The act can show positive or negative effects in a person. I myself have seen people assimilate to today's world. Usually it is how they dress. This is what I see most likely. If a guy goes and makes new friends that dress to a specific genre of teen, he will most likely begin to dress like the group. It can show in their speech as well. Someone can be a person of good moral. But if he begins to hang around the "wrong" group;, that cusses and such, the person might begin to cuss to. Of course though, assimilation doesn't have to be a bad thing. The clothes the person began to wear might be a more professional wear of clothing. Example, someone who sags, if that even exists anymore, to a person who wears more appropriate clothing. The person who changes their language might be someone who used to cuss to someone who doesn't cuss anymore. The decision to assimilate can be good or bad, it depends on societal and moral views. These people usually do it to fell accepted and better about themselves by acting upon their feelings of their relationship with the world's beliefs.
I myself have assimilated before. It wasn't dramatic or a big deal in any way. The only example I have ever realized is the clothes I wear, and it wasn't to "fit in". I started to wear different brands of clothing, that was popular at the time and probably still is now, and it was because I first got a shirt of the brand and began to like it. Although, at the time I didn't realize I was assimilating because I did it for me, not for the world, society, or anyone.
Assimilation also shows in literature as well. In A Raisin In The Sun, the character Walter assimilates to the world by wanting to open a liquor store, because it is believed to be able to make a lot of money, despite of the fact that he doesn't completely agree with drinking himself. He is doing this to meet the standards of society so he can make some money. This makes the play look bad because it shows the bad side of people's decisions which represents themselves, and since the character is African American, represents his race in a bad way.
Eric Liu, in The Notes Of A Native Speaker, shares his past experiences with assimilation and how he thought about it. Eric is a Chinese American who assimilates with "White" culture to fit in. He states he did it to first fit in, but also states that he did it to be a successful person; a white person. He says he tried to be successful while at the same time trying to be white. He says he is now more white than Chinese, and states the conflict he has with accepting whether the life he lives now is good or bad. In my opinion, he did the right thing, because he assimilated to become successful, and since someone can never get away from their roots, he hasn't lost his Chinese heritage. So he hasn't really lost anything good, but has just gained good. In my view, nothing is wrong with that.

Why Alex B.'s Desires Are More Important Then His Family's Desires

When comparing my family desires to my own, it is very easy for me to say my desires are more important then theirs. "Why?" people may ask. I know it sounds kind of selfish saying what I want is more important then what my family wants, and it really does. But I'm looking at it as an individual. Why would me, only me, see other people's, even family's, desires more important than mine? It doesn't seem right to focus on desires of our family and at the same time ignoring ours completely. And even if the desires of both ends aren't completely different, our desire is still being ignored some what, and why would we do that. We should live life the way we were intended to, and the only way of figuring out what that is is by following our desires. I've learned not by a single event in my life, but as a whole and seeing how others people's lives can be affected when caring about the family desires above their own. It can be seen on television. There are shows that demonstrate how little kids lives can be when controlled by the desires of the parents. It's not right. My life on the other hand doesn't really contain events that shape my opinion, but it is something that should be learned as one just grows up. If we have freewill we should use it, including when following our own desires if we want to.

Alex B.'s American Dream.

The American Dream is a phrase that could be recognized by many people around who have migrated to America, wish to, or live here. It means to live a life that is entitled to you. To live a free life with free choices and free rights that are entitled to you by God and the world itself. It is a real dream, a dream that comes true, worked for, and desired by many. It is a life where you can have you own house and own one-hundred percent of it and no one can tell you otherwise. A place where you can do anything that is done in good moral and goals. It is not only an "American" Dream but a lifestyle that is recognized as the true way of life by many people across this world. A place where you can voice your opinion and it's the right thing to do. It's a truth, a goal, and a right.

My American Dream is a life where I live a lifestyle I want to. It's a life where I can make as much money as I want while having a career I want. It's having a house as great as I want. It's living in a comfortable house in Texas, while enjoying everyday so it doesn't feel like my life is heading towards a goal I will never meet, but has already achieved and is living it. It is to be able to look outside every morning and feel like my country, The United States Of America, to be heading in a right direction for a change and not towards several lifetimes of debt to be paid of. It is a life that every culture, race, and belief is accepted and not categorized into sterotypes. It's where all politicians agree on everything because it is just right, and not because of their opinions of it. It's a life God intended for us all to have.

My First Blog In History By Alex B.

Hello. Welcome to my first blog in history. It's something new I have to do for my English DC III Class, but it's not that bad. It feels kind of cool actually. Not trying to sound like a nerd who likes doing assignments or anything, but it's nothing like textbook work or anything like that it's just my me voicing my thoughts, at least for right now I guess. Well since this is suppose to be an introduction about me I guess I'll start by saying I'm a regular High School student. Trying to make good grades, and sometimes slacks so much I don't even realize it, not saying every "your average high school student" is like, but you get the idea. I'm a quiet type of guy. I like to do things that make me look good in school, like going a club or organization. Not mainly for other people to see, but for the school itself and for future colleges I apply for. I am also a person who tries hard at stuff I do and when I don't understand something I'll try so hard to until it's to much and I just accept "defeat" and move on. Well, I guess that's it for now. I don't want to sound like I'm a prideful guy who looks at himself like a perfect role model or anything like that. Blog you later.