Blog question

A place where someone belongs is very important for a person. It is the one place where someone can be themselves and not worry about persicution and retrebution of others. Take Lennie for example. If he had a home, like when he was with Aunt Clara, he had someone that understood his problems and was willing to take of him. Since Aunt Clara understood Lennie’s learning challenge, she would not be cruel to him or treat him anyworse. Now if Lennie was in some other place, like weed for example, or even the ranch he was in now, it is different. The people do not understand Lennie, but supisingly most treat Lennie with good care. However they do think he is crazy. Curly is one that just likes to fight, and he would probably care less why he fought with Lennie initially. George does look out for Lennie, but cannot always show it since they are just trying to scrape a living. But Lennie is still in a place that I consider less than ideal. I think that a perfect place for Lennie unforutnatly has already passed when Aunt Clara died, but when/if Lennie, George, and Candy get their own house, then Lennie will have his own place and I think then he will be in a place that will accept him.

Friendship question

Friendship is important for me and everyone, it is what keeps most people running on a daily basis. Friendship however is something that does take some time to create. In my opinion friendship is something that needs a couple elements. Two are honesty and trust. These are needed for obvious reasons, as you have to be honest to someone for them to trust you, and vice versa. In the book is a good example of George and Lennie. Lennie has complete faith and trust in George, and looks like he would be willing to go anywhere with George. George has a slightly different friendship with Lennie. With Lennie George more often than not appears to be a parent figure, but he still would go with Lennie anywhere. Also I think friendship is usually about the good times, but friends will also help each other during bad times. An example of this would be Lennie touching the girl’s dress, and then Lennie and George had to hide in the gutters for a whole day. George did not have to, but he wanted to make sure Lennie was going to be okay, and they left together.

People that are poor should rely on their friends, family, or Church for help, not the government.
I have to agree with this statement whole heartaly. People should not depend on the Government for help, as all it does is keep people linked to the Government, and that can cause a whole lot of problems. However I will go one step further than that. I think that the poor people should also help the friends, family, or Church. This does not have to be anything big, it could just be helping set out the chairs or helping a family move some furniture, and the people who have a little more money could help the poor people move their furniture or provide food to a homeless shelter (they could give money directly, but there are issues with that too if the person keeps asking for more). Poor people should also not rely on their friends or family exclusively, though. If they are capable of getting a job they should, as you never know what could lay ahead, and a little elbow grease should be used, as many succesfull people start out like “regular” people. Should a person not be able to get a job, others should support him/her more regularly, but it does not mean the person should give up looking a steady source of income other than the Government. Basicaly I think that those that are poor should get some help from their friends or family, but there is a limit that these people can help their poor friends, and the poor people should try to help themselves when possible.

Romeo and Juliet 5 questions

Was it right for Romeo and Juliet to kill themselves because of their love for each other? Why or why not?
I think that Romeo and Juliet where way too hasty, they should not have killed themselves. If Romeo tried to not "defy the stars", he would have survived and learned that Juliet was not dead. And if Romeo did not kill himslef, Juliet would not have followed suit, as she only killed herself because Romeo was dead.

Was it right for Romeo and Juliet to run off and get married? Or was it foolish? Or both? Explain your response.
I think in that sitiuation of family, they should of run away and get married literly, like elope. you really can only answer this if you have the hindsight of Capulet forcing the marriage on Juliet, but if that did not happen it would be slightly better, however they will have to tell the family at some point.

Was it wise of Friar Lawrence to give the potion to Juliet? Why or why not?
The Friar was wise to give the potion to Juliet, as otherwise she would have killed herself. I do think that the Friar should have gone himself when someone had to deliver the message to Romeo, or atleast should have gone to the church earlier.

Do you think Juliet should have faked her death? Why or why not?
I think that Juliet should have just left with Romeo when he went to Mantua, it would be alot simpler than having to "kill" yourself, get buried and then have someone open the grave before you wake up and suffocate. the one problem is that the Capulet could try to track Juliet down.

Who was ultimately responsible for all of the death that occurred in the play? Why?
It would have to be the generations of the Capulet and Montague that had started the fight. If they had not started the fight, or made peace and swallow their pride, none of this would have to have happened.