Where we are Today

I think that comparing these myths from other parts of the country help us learn about how we thought we got here and makes us think about how other people from the world think we got here as well. The thing that every myth had in common about how we got here is that we were all created either from gods, god’s children or planted by a god. Men was created by something greater than man himself, I though that was very interesting because it made me feel like all the gods had some what of a power trip. The myths seemed like god created man because the gods were bored and wanted something to watch that he was greater than. It was like the earth was a puzzle and he created man to see if we could put the pieces together correctly. I noticed too that with the myths that I watched that women were created after the men either to be helpers or to keep the men company in this new world of earth that they were going to explore. I know that in a lot of religious views and even the myth about Adam and Eve, man was created first and then woman after. I think that that every myth has something in common with another, the way that the myths all have something in common reminds me of the game of telephone when one person starts off by saying a phrase and then by the time it gets to the last person in the circle it only has like one or two words that were in the beginning phrase. This is how all of our myths are just bits and pieces are taken from each one and then formed into their own. I think that it is really interesting that our myths or I think we would call it religion had some parts based on other peoples myths on how people were brought to this earth. I think that after I looked at all these myths, it helped me look more into how people look at how we were created and put on this earth and it gave me some reasoning why different people appreciate certain things about the earth and this world because of the myths the were brought up with. These myths also taught me about how I grew up thinking how men and women were created and I thought it was really interesting seeing how other people from different cultures and seeing how they think the world was created. It really shows that these myths determine how people value the things they do and worship certain gods that they do because of the myths they were taught about how they were created. It really opened my eyes and showed me that there are many ways that people believe how we were put here and who really knows which is the real way? I think it was really cool to learn about the myths and it really opened up my mind to se how other people think we were put on this earth.

Knowing too much.

Some examples of characters suffering from the burden of knowing in this novel are May and Lily. May’s character is one of the best examples of knowledge being a burden, because of May’s past and how she acts mentally and physically when she hears something that would upset her. Oh my goodness how could I forget one other character that is truly burdened by the knowledge of knowing is April, May’s twin sister. Even though April is just spoken of just for a page in this book they way she acted played a huge role in how knowing things affected her. The story of April was that she was a fun young loving girl who enjoyed life until one day her and may went to get ice cream and the white store owner treated them different because they were black and she didn’t understand why she was being treated different and why white people were so unfair to blacks? At such a young age it was a lot for her to take on, and April became deeply depressed by this, from her now knowing things gave her the burden of depression. This not only affected her but it also affected may because they were so close to each other, may felt a lot of empathy from April. April was so unhappy from the knowledge of being unfair in this world that she killed herself and may was never the same after that. May became so sensitive to anything thing that happened, she would burst into tears from someone killing a roach, her feelings got soo sensitive because of April’s death. And may suffered from the burden of knowing because of how she changed from her sisters death, knowing anything that might have any little bit to do with sadness would put her in hysterics. Lily also discovered some burdens from the knowledge she found out. Lily found out how nasty people who are racist treated blacks, when she saw Rosealeen getting beat by white men and the police officer not doing anything about this upset her and made her hate the reason why people acted like that. She also found out about some of her prejudices that she had towards blacks herself. Was she found this out it made her question herself, was she really like those men who beat Rosealeen? Of course she wasn’t, but it still made her question herself and she didn’t like that. Lily also went through the burden of know about her mothers death, I think that she wishes she didn’t know or remember what happened that day in the room with the gun but she does and this messes with her bad, so her knowing about that day is a burden because what it did to her mentally. All of these examples play a big part in this story and the message Kidd is trying to get across, even though things you find out in life aren’t always good it’s a part of life, and how you deal with what is pt in front of you is the real lesson being taught.

Sloth

In the essay “sloth”, there are other emotions present other than grief. In the couple of beginning sentences you can tell that the author of this essay is very sad and deeply hurt, I would also say that they are emotionally lost. The writer also talks about feeling numb, and can’t even feel physical things. The writer talks about losing their fiancé in a car accident, and you can tell in the next couple sentences and how the tone of the essay is going that this accident really flipped this person world around. I feel that the writer had just lost all hope and what and where their life was going. This was such a traumatic accident that this person was just so lost and sad and hurt that they felt numb to everything and that this person can’t come to grips about what happened to their fiancé, and to the reader this is very sad devastating. As this essay goes on it talks about the writers finding a sloth above their head, and just noticing about how slow a sloth really moves. This is a metaphor for the writer realizing how long this grief is going to stick with tem until they can start to move on after their fiancés death. Realization is one of the emotions that are in this essay other than grief. As the writer talks about how slow the sloth really moves, and how unreal it is to them. The writer can’t believe that this creature actually moves this slow all the time, it is in its nature to move that slow, the writer connected the nature of the sloth’s slow movement to grief, and how slow it takes for someone to get over the feelings of grief, especially with the death of a loved one. This essay talks a lot about sadness and how hard it is to deal with the death of a fiancé, a lot of hopes and dreams and now crushed and all this person can feel now is numbness. My favorite part of the essay is when the reader does com to terms with their grief and they finally feel a sense of relief or acceptance in a way. The writer talks bout how slow the sloth moves but even thought it is going to take a long time for it to get where it is going that it will get there. The writer realizes that this is the pace that their grief is going to take, and that this loss of a loved one is going to take a very long time to get over, but once this long, slow time of grief has passed this person can come to terms with what has happened and hopefully try and start a new life for themselves. This essay started out as a gloomy very sad story and then towards the end the reader can kind of feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel, the writer expresses that even though the times they are going through are very tough now but, eventually things will change for the better.

suicidal

is suicide ever justified? well to the person who has commited the suicide, they obvisiouly thought that action of taking their own life was justified. i think that suicide is a very hard subject to deal with because people dont know alot about it because we cant talkto people who have done it. you can talk to people who have made attempts but they can never really tell someone how someone who has commited suicide feels, if it was justified or if the person wishes they could of taken their own death back or anything. personally thank god i have never personally experienced anyone that i knew commit suicide, nut i bet the loved ones of the people who do commit suicide feel that it is and unjustifibale act because they feel that the person could have worked things out and chosen a different path to take. i th ink that there are soo many different emotions that come from suicide that it makes why people doi t and if it is justifiable confusing for people to decide. i think that for the people who are commiting suicide, feel it is justifyed because suicide is their last straw, i think that they feel nothing else will help them, nothing else in this world can make them feel better excpet for taking themselves out of this world. people who are looking from the outside of the person who is commiting suicide is thinking that this person has soo many more options and that their life doesnt have to end, they can be happy and make their life work like it used to once again. i know that alot of people really look down on suicide, as they should because there is no coming back from suicide, it is a make it or break it decision and noone wants anyone to make that breaking decision of taking their own life. i also think that people from the outside are upset because the person who is commiting suicide is being selfsish and taking themselves away from alot of people who do love them and care deeply for them, this is why people think that suicide is not justifyed. the people who commit suicide think that this is a justiyable act, the people who have to deal with the repercussions dont think this act is justifyable, i think it depends which side you are looking from.

history with no novocain

My history classes this semester are like going to the dentist and getting my teeth pulled with no Novocain at all. Each time I step into that, boring, pale freezing cold classroom I get the shakes, like when I first walk into that horrible smelling dentist’s office. Everyone knows that disgusting smell of the dentist office; it makes your stomach do flips! That’s how my stomach feels when I walk into that classroom and have to listen to these lectures on history! They are sooooo boring! The lectures are like waiting for the dentist to call you back and have you sit in that chair and have you look at all the sharp tools he is about to poke and prod at in your mouth! Lectures are the anticipation to the test, like waiting in that damn chair and having to imagine what the dentist is going to do to your mouth. Each lecture is like each minute you sit there in that chair in that bright white room with that insanely bright white light above your head, and having beads of sweat build of on your forehead and start to drip down. Each minute you sit in that chair seems like an eternity! That’s exactly how I feel when I have to go and sit in my history class and I look at the clock, it never seems like the hands move. I feel like I’m stuck in a time warp, and I get that same exact feeling whenever I have to sit in the horrible dentist chair with that bib tied around me like I’m a little baby, I feel like a little baby because of all the anticipation of waiting makes me soo nervous and anxious. I get the same nervous anxious feeling whenever it is test day in my horrible boring history class and my teacher is going to hand out the test. Once that nasty test hits my desk and I turn it over and read the first question, it is like the dentist coming in and making you open your mouth as wide as it can go with out breaking your jaw! Then the dentist picking at all your teeth checking which ones have cavities in them, each tooth the dentist checks is like each question on my history test. Each question gets worse and worse as I go on, first its some multiple choice questions then some matching and then short answer and then last and the worst part of the entire test is the essay questions! The essay question is like the dentist going straight to drilling with out putting any Novocain in my gums at all!! Hearing that drill buzz in your ear along with all the pain of getting that cavity filled! I would rather do the dentists office with no Novocain then have to sit the rest of the semester in my history classes and have to take these tests. History class is worse than the dentist to me and I just cant wait for this visit to be over so I can never have to talk about history ever ever again!!!

Types

I think that people do have “types” when it come to the people they like or attrached to. People have certain likes and dislikes when they are looking for a partner, these likes are both physical and personality wise. I know personally I have a type of guy that I like and am attrached to. Physically the taller the better, nice eyes, good teeth, and not skinny! From fisrt look that's what I am attrached to when I see a guy that I could possibly date. Personality wise, I need someone funny and who isn't a pushover but still treats me how a girl should be treated. Oh and I have one more kind of “type” I have a weakness for baseball players, especially catchers. i know this whole type stuff can sound kind of shallow, but being physically atrracted to someone can sometimes make or break a relationship. i also think that people have certain types because they are afriand of trying something new and come out of their comfort zone and trying something different.
I think that people have“types” because they were taught to them either by their peers or their family. I know that most of my friends and I like the same types of guys when it comes to physical and personality traits. I know that my family has some standards when it comes to the guys I date and I know that I only bring a guy home that fits the type of guy that my parents approve of. I think this is where types come from and I think that they are learned from peoples surroundings. I believe that the physical attractiveness is a huge part and the whole “type” issuse because I think that being physically attracted to someone is abig part in a relationship or a prospective relationship. I do think there are such things as types and people do have them no matter what they say.

Bite my Tounge

I have had to act differently from what I believe personally. I remember being at work one day and one of my co-workers was talking about another co-worker to one of her friends, and they were saying some pretty mean things and made some racial comments that weren’t nice at all. I didn’t know how to act when I heard this. I was on the clock and I was so confused on how to act. Do I say something to her and maybe start a fight in the store, do I walk in the room and hope they stop talking, or do I just ignore it and go back to work. I was fairly new at my work when this happened so I didn’t want to start any type of problems that could get my hours cut or worse fired, so I just stayed in the room I was in and kept doing my work hoping that the manager would walk in and hear the horrible things this co-worker was saying. Well that never happened so because I was at work and I was new I just stayed in my room and let this co-worker bash this other co-worker and didn’t say a word. Normally if I wasn’t worker or maybe if I had been working there longer and felt comfortable then I probably would have confronted my co-worker and told them what I thought about what they were saying or even told a manager about the rude, horrible things they were saying. This was one of the hardest things I have even had to do because I am the type of person who speaks her mind and will tell you how I feel no matter what and if I believe or feel that something is wrong I am the first one to try and fix it. Well this was one of the hardest times when I have had to bite my tongue because I was afraid of acting out because I was worried about maybe losing my job. I felt really bad about it for a while because I didn’t say anything, I was in a funk kinda of because that isn’t me to not say anything if I think something is wrong I say it. I felt like my newness to the job held me back as a person and made me go against what I believed in personally. This taught me a lesson that maybe I shouldn’t of never said anything at all, but gone about the situation in a way that I could of maybe told my manager to watch out for the way this co-worker is talking about others and saying rude racial things that were being said and maybe warn them about their words. This taught me a lesson about how to handle things that I don’t personally agree with. It let me look at ways to handle a situation like that if it were to happen again and not make me feel bad about not saying anything.