Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Thanks to be Give

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
-Thomas Jefferson
 Well Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I couldn't really think of a reason why i would not like to post about who i personally want to thank. While i honestly believe everyone deserves some recognition, I feel the few people I chose have more of a reason for me to personally thank them.

Georgia and Genevieve are the two people I truly need to thank. My reasons for thanking them is that they are just so nice and welcoming. Even though I barely know them, they do allow me to join their groups for group work and writer\s workshop. They're extremely funny, and I think that they truly are creative masterminds in our class. I enjoy working with them and they really have the most interesting personalities and very well thought out discussions

I also must thank Milton for reasons outside of class. He is very awesome when it comes to editing film, he is very reliable as a person, and gets things done when told to. Since we are both part of film club I've gotten to see how creative he can get and it's so amazing the ideas this guys has Milton truly is a person that I like to be around and he really is funny.

I still thank everyone in Mr. McCarthy's second period brit lit class because they are all generally awesome and now i will shameless plug film club

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and because i thought this quote was humorous when i was looking for a good quote to start this blog post with

To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks anyway.
-Eminem

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

"Then he is dead?"

The Shakespeare play Macbeth is filled with death after bloody death, and as we have read, Macbeth does end up dead, even though he assumed he was invincible, however, did he die? Macbeth, in a way, is just a concept of lust, greed, and desire, and the idea itself is not dead, thus "Macbeth" is not dead either since everyday there is someone who will go to an extreme to get what they want. However, is that bad? Macbeth in the play was shown as a corrupt man, trying to succeed by taking down everyone on the way, but  could he have done it in ways that would be more honorable? Here is the thing with Macbeth and his way of taking control, there was no reason for him not want it, he is human who lives in a system in which moving on up is so rare, a chance to do is should be pounced on. What makes this tale timeless is that he did it the way most people go about and succeed in life, by taking down others, and we do this intentionally and unintentionally. College grants is a great example for this, some people would honestly kill for it, while others will work harder for it. In all honesty, there are a little of Macbeth in everyone, and that is not bad because we all have a little of desire in every one of us, that is what classify us as humans.