Holocaust Reflection

The Holocaust is definitely one of if not the worst, events that the world has ever gone through. One can't help but wonder "what made Hitler so dead set against the Jewish people?" More likely than not, nobody will ever know. The only thing we know for sure is that he was a power hungry racist who blamed everyone else for the problems that his country had encountered. Also, why did nobody in Germany step up and say something? The citizens just stood by in silence and allowed a countless number of people to die. Innocent people that were no worse than you or I. How could they live with themselves for doing that? I know that a lot of them played innocent and claimed that they had no idea what was going on and for a very small amount, that may have been true but for the vast majority? I guarantee you that its a load of BS. What happened to the Jews and the other innocent minorities that were put into the camps or had their families slaughtered for no reason is horrible. It's almost like some really bad nightmare that the world will never be able to wake up from because it happened, and it's left a stain on the true morals of the world, at least in my opinion. It really makes me wonder how people could be so prejudiced and so tyrannical that they would go so far as to join, support, or ignore the Nazi party. I guess it's not surprising considering how much discrimination and hatred there is in the world today and the people now are far more open minded and accepting than they were during that time. Honestly, as much as I sincerely and completely hope that it doesn't, I wouldn't be surprised if something similar happened still today. I don't think any group of people deserves to be treated that way, but who knows, they could be and maybe the people are just keeping quiet again. Silence was just as much of a killer during the Holocaust as the Nazis were.

To Kill A Mockingbird parent experience

One time my mom and I were driving home from school and there were these two kids fighting off to the side of the road in someones back yard. One of the boys had to be 12 or 13 years old and the other was only around 7 or 8, so obviously that was not a fair fight in the least. The older kid was pretty much beating the snot out of the younger kid, so my mom pulled over and broke up the fight. She took the kids up to the door and told the parents what the older kid was doing. This showed me that my mom is a firm believer in not letting people get taken advantage of and that she has a real compassion for people and sticking up for them.

How do Scout's adventures relate to your neighborhood?

I would say that Scout's adventures could transfer to my neighborhood in the way that I'm quite sure there are little kids around me that do many of the same things and are just as curious to explore as Scout is. I was that way when I was little as well. Well for one it wouldn't be nearly as rural and country as it is in the book because   I live in a more suburban to urbanish type neighborhood and obviously it's a lot more modernized than the way it was when this book was written. The enthusiasm for adventure and the mischief that the kid's get into would remain the same. I probably would be friends with Scout when I was a kid because she loves to play around and have fun and explore mysterious places, but shes also got enough sense to not be too reckless and get into really serious trouble. I would probably friends with Jem and Dill as well because I like to be around people who are crazy and careless sometimes even though I probably wouldn't go along with all their crazy schemes. I'm sure we would do a lot of exploring, a lot of acting out scenes, and a lot of getting in trouble.

Instructions For Living a Life

"Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." -Mary Oliver


I think that if her intention with this quote is to give people an idea of how to live and appreciate life, these are some pretty good steps. Paying attention could mean stopping to smell the roses and taking the time to appreciate little things in life that would otherwise go unnoticed. If you pay careful attention to detail and to the things around you, you can find so many small, seemingly insignificant things to take pleasure in that it will, in turn, astonish you. Maybe you go on a hike for exercise in the woods behind your house and you pay more attention than usual and you notice a small, half covered path that you never saw there before. You take the path and discover a beautiful clearing with a nice little stream and a gorgeous, unobstructed view of the shimmering blue sky with its puffy white clouds floating along. If you hadn't paid close attention during your walk, you never would have found this astonishing place to which you can return again and again. Basically its saying that if you pay attention to all aspects of life and don't let yourself get all caught up in one or two things that stress you, you can find many things both big and small that can delight you and astonish you because they will leave you wondering how you never noticed such a wonderful thing before. This can go for people who come into your life as well. You can choose to turn a blind eye and see a persons appearance and assume things, or you can make an effort and pay attention and discover that that person is a really cool person and you could become super close friends. Pretty astonishing how paying attention can make a much more positive impact than waltzing around all willy nilly. So what are you waiting for? Go tell people about your new knowledge. Once you know such things, you need to tell about it. Tell the world! :D

Constitutional Amendment

If I could create a new Constitutional Amendment to be added to the Constitution I would make abortion illegal because it's just a completely wrong thing to do. Abortion is the absolute equivalent of murder and I don't understand how it can possibly be legal. The baby did not ask to get born, the baby didn't make you lay there and get pregnant, why in the world should the baby suffer for something that you did? If you don't wan't the baby, put it up for adoption for crying out loud. It might not be the best life but it's certainly better than no life at all. You could be killing the worlds next top surgeon or political leader. You are messing with the balance of the world by destroying a person that is destined to come into it. Besides, that's YOUR BABY for God's sake! How can you just sit there and willingly let him or her be killed? How would you not live with regret and self hatred for the rest of your days? Anyone who says abortion is not murder is an idiot. You're killing the baby who by this time has developed a heart beat and probably some form of feeling and attachment to you. That sounds like a little living person to me. Nobody can justify a reason that abortion is right, you're killing a cute, innocent, little baby who has done nothing and is not to blame in the slightest. If you watch some of those videos about how an abortion is done, I'm quite sure that you'll want this Amendment passed as well, if you have any heart at all.

Believing

I wish that I could believe in absolute peace and happiness in the world like I used to when I was little. Of course I was too young and naive to see that the world had any cares or problems at all and I wish I could still believe that. I thought that everyone was always nice to each other and that everyone was always happy and that everybody thought of everyone else as equal and didn't discriminate. I wish I could once again believe in the world as being as it should be rather than the way it actually is.

Appearance VS Personality

I do indeed know people who are big outside but little inside. They might be huge and intimidating but they act timid and gentle as though they were two feet tall. On the other hand I also know people who are physically small but act like they're some big scary person who could beat up anyone who crosses their path. Physical appearance is actually related to personality sometimes, and sometimes it isn't. However, you can't assume things about a person based on the way that they look. Even when appearance does tell something true about a person, the correlation is usually pretty small. For example, how someone dresses and wears their hair can tell a bit about them sometimes. For example, if someone walks around wearing heavy metal t-shirts, you can safely assume that they listen to that music. If they dress in an usual fashion, its likely that they are creative and artistic and like to defy the status quo. Personality does not have to match outward appearance whatsoever. If my appearance related directly to my personality I would still have the same clothing style...maybe a bit more eccentric and I think I'd be a really darn good lookin' person because I'd like to think I have a good, nice personality.