The Rez

After reading The True Diary of a Part-Time Indian  and watching Smoke Signals it's easy to see what Indian reservations are, according to a quick google search they are: An Indian reservation is a legal designation for an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, rather than the governments of the US states in which they are physically located. That definition doesn't really explain anything if we are talking about the lives of people which in this day and age is prevelent. To me the reservations are a bad place, plagued with alcoholism and hoplessness. Indians on this reservations are placed at a great disadvantage as far as living in the American world. Ya America, they live in American, I feel as thought there is an Indian the reservation is some special place that's not America, reservation are placed throughout america and they need American there is very little power that Indians have off this plots of land yet there seems to be an idea as though we are helping them. If we look past the idea of indifference the Indian have something that some American lack which would be a strong sense of community which dirresctly corresponds with the idea of reservations being separate from the U.S. This is defiantly shown in the True Diary of a Part-Time Indian after Arnold leaves, the reesevation as a community has come to hate him for his choice to leave. As far as connecting to my life I don't know if I can. As far as growing up everyone has friends and goes to school put there is a point when our communities are so different, I'm expected to go to college and get a job when Indians have been allowed to stay on there reservations. This difference unbelief is why we really can't relate to the average Indian.

Native Son

Bigger Thomas a character them more than a few people seem to know. As Ive read this book it seems that I have met people who want to discuss what I think of him. As the book began I looked at bigger as an idiot someone who had ben delt a bad hand, his actions were motivated by stupidity. The book progressed ands to me Bigger's action had not changed, but he was able to put thought behind them. The things he did were still moronic but to him they made sense there was reason to why he did  what he wanted,  I was about to understand his thinking. By the end of the book my opinion of Bigger Thomas had changed completely, Yes he was at a disadvantage growing up how he did and i blame that for what he ultimately would become, as I once believe bigger was a half wit he ended the book showing me bigger was intelligent and able to think. Even if his thought were just justification it still showed me that bigger had capability. From there I can only say if Bigger would have been given other opportunities he could have been something. Another question I should answer is how would I treat Bigger if i were in the jury. To me  death is not the moral thing to do, sure Bigger committed these crimes but he was in a community in which he had little chance to do good. Given that he must be punish for his crime but must keep in mind his crime was almost pre-destine. So in my mind jail time is justified but not death.

What "Should" Be

The question is what is one principle that people should live by. This is extremely hard because every commitment humans make is circumstantial. The idea of morals and principles are a luxury and it may be hard to imagine but they are not set in stone. I believe human nature, actual human nature will drive a man to do anything to survive. Knowing that everything is circumstantial I think that people can refrain from senseless violence. To kill another things when necessary is morals right, there is justification that is killing will help you in a time of need or will help the wold. Thought it may be hard to justify this killing to yourself other people won't have this problem, they are comfortable with death. All people especially the ones with this comparability are in danger of killing for no reason or over using it. When bringing harm people must keep a mental balance between calm and scared, to be to comfortable or to scared is bad. This goes for present day as well as circumstances as depicted in The Road. This is something that most people can love by now I mean the average person doesn't consider murder as a solution for anything, but in an emergency people may do things that aren't normal. Non the less this is just something that applies to my morals, and is subject to change with every person.

Janie Mae Crawford

In my newest novel we follow the story or the protagonist Janie Mae Crawford is an interesting charter who I have watched progress as I read Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God". She starts off a young girl raised by her grandmother sure of only one thing, the her dream, quest, goal whatever you wish to call it is to find true love. The story is some what repetitive for the idea that we have seen her married to two men and on what appears to be her third. We have seen her grow both physically and mentally. With each relationship or hope she gains she also learns from it, reflects on it and seems adjust her plan for love and happiness of of that. It is clear that she doesn't learn what she should do next but she learns what she will not do again. This is true to life in the way that we as people don't necessarily know our future or what we can do to achieve our dreams we all just try to do what we think is write. This type of writing can be expected from Zora Neale Hurston for the fact she is not particularly well educated and it is hard for a writer to write on which they do not know. This makes the novel vary connectable to average people educated or not, similar to Gatsbys story it deals with the quest for a goal, something that all readers can relate to, simple because everyone moves to the horizon.

Alright so Thanksgiving a time to be thankful for what we have, many a times it being friends, family , or health. A time to realize what is truly important, things move valuable and meaning full than the bills in our pockets. So to get to the assignment part of this blog I would like to announce that the people I am most thankful for are the dudes in my area and Owen, now that he has moved away. Now everyone in our English class is dandy but I am thankful to these people in particuler because they  make what could have been a boring year of English Two American Literature into a class that for the most part is enjoyable, fun, and entertaining. As I thought of this, I was really trying to pick just one person and it turns out that it maybe impossible because for the most part everyone in the class at some moment or another has done something cool. So as the Pilgrims and Indians celebrated there good harvest back at Plymouth Rock, I plan be be greatful for everything good in my life big or small. As Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that there be national day of thanksgiving, as it was suggested to him that it would "awaken in american hearts the love of home and country, of thankfulness to god, and piece between brethren" in such a time of negativity. Thanksgiving to me is a time where we mix ideas of happiness, thankfulness, and rest. So I would like to wish anyone reading a happy.

Hemingway.

Ernest Hemingway, born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, not far from us now. Hemingway would grow from a reporter in his high school paper to on of the most influential writers of the 20th century. The Hemingway style would set him apart from the others, his simple realist style was different than other writers at the time. Though Hemingway was a great writer but it was also his experiences in life that would give him ideas for stories. Hemingway would also become part of the Lost Generation in which he knew many people, this experience was surely one that helped Hemingway hone his skills. After high school he was determined to join the war, he would see the front lines or all of about a week. He would take his war time experience and used it heavily while writing. Layer in life he would movie to a paris with his first wife, there he would join another group of writers that would come to known as the lost generation. There Hemingway would hone his skills as well as climb to fame. As the value of Hemingway's writings grew so did his public image. He would do manny thing, that one might call daring, things like running with the bulls, big game hunting, and sport fishing south of the U.S. All of these would be perfect for hemming way to base his writing on.
Though his writing career was a a peak Hemingway's personal life was a mess. By the time he committed suicide in 1961 you could see ge had problems physically and mentally. He lost his ability to write after a series of plane crashes. Physically he was very limited. By the end of it all Hemingway would leave behind 3 boys and 4 wives , he died because he wasn't satisfied with himself, because he could not live up to his legend, because he could not live up to Hemingway.

Six Word Stories

Six six word stories -

1. As the smirk crossed her lips.
2. It was only in his mind.
3. The slab of beef was rancid.
4. Don't blame Sarah, she was scared.
5. Mistaken for another face walking buy.
6. The crime he can not remember.