The Journal

       This notebook has been a trip for me. It has helped me a lot in a weird but simple way I never even thought it would help me. When the teacher first told us we had to write a journal the first thought my mind produced was "craaaaap". In minutes this thought started to change. This change started when we were introduced to the anti-rules. Why would the professor want us to write ridiculous stuff down? My first entry was so awesome, I have ADHD so it was totally weird. I start writing about Bacon, then I shift to how it was a bit racist to think about loose leaf paper better than printing paper since their all papers and it keep being weirder and weirder. I think my first 5 or 6 entries are like this. Then, I decided I would go for the jugular.

        

Wow! All the sudden, all this rambled thoughts I had became a complete idea. As the days went by, I could see and understand what I was thinking, what was I feeling and How I was growing as a human being.  It Was all recorded on this "craaaaapy" notebook was helping me not only in my writing, but directly affecting my life by organizing my thoughts and presenting them exactly how I first made them up, why I made them up and as a complete idea with a base and all of that good stuff. I even loved the collage I made to decorate it. It was just a bunch of fun and plus it helped me a lot as a writer and as a person.

The use of force

           This short story written by William Carlos William is exactly what the title implies, a study of the use of force through the eyes of the one using it. this title seems  to be picked word by word. Force implies some kind of extra effort, maybe even violence, but the word use implies that it had a purpose, a reason behind it all. this title does not lean to one side or the other, this side being that the use of force was justified and for greater good or was just a violent act with no justification.

        The one applying the force is an unnamed doctor who visits a new patient, Mathilda Olson. He fears that she might suffer of a disease called diphtheria. at a certain point, he needs to check Mathilda's mouth, but the girl refuses. The story, from that pint forward just keeps escalating in intensity, its a really captivating plot. but maybe it escalates too much.

        As the struggle keeps building, we start to hear some freaky and weird, almost creepy thoughts from the doctor. he states that he finds the girl attractive, then he implies he enjoys the struggle and that he is liking the act he's committing. I'm pretty sure this are the top reasons we start to lean more to the violent side. she starts bleeding at some point and he keeps going.

        In the end the doctor finds what he was looking for to confirm his initial diagnosis, and it is then when most of us lean back to the " he did something good" side. I like the short story because there is no way someone on planet earth that reeds the story does something else than start a debate on their mind about rather the doctors actions are justified or not.

“Running Brave” a movie

          The movie “Running Brave” is the true story about a half Indian half white boy named Billy Mills who loves to run. He has the opportunity to show his skills to the coach of a university and is granted a scholarship. He goes of to college, where he’s identity is brutally tested at the price of his future. Spoiler alert, after he’s broke down, he finds strength within himself and some wise word and proves to everyone “he is not a quitter!”

          This movie does a good job showing the audience the struggles of an Indian boy in a white-men competitive environment. It delivers the message in a way that keeps the viewers attention but I feel that it does not grab it and captivates the audience. That’s why I describe it as a movie.

          Even if you are not an Indian in a white world, anyone can relate to the Billy because in some way or another we all get tested in life to see if who we are living life like is truly us.  This movie also tells the viewer that if you believe in your true self you can accomplish your goals whatever they might be. The actors did a great job. I believed those were real people. It was also a great choice for class because the theme is exactly the same as the one being discussed. I’ve had other classes were we see a movie that is slightly related to the point of discussion in class and I end wasting 2 hours of class time for nothing.

          To wrap things up, the teacher did a great selection, the movie does a great job plot-wise, the characters feel like they are real but its not a great movie. It’s simply, a movie.