Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Use of Adjectives

I am going to give a description, like we have been doing in class and see if you can guess the subject?


The night was freezing but the wind was warm. As a lay there on a bed of sand and felt the icy mist on my soft skin, my mind pondered as I waited for him to arrive. My heart is racing and beating hard inside of my chest. My body is covered in chill bumps, I am so nervous I am shivering. My mind keeps striding back and forth as to what I should do, if I should even be here waiting. Just thinking how young I am, and if my parents were to find my large comfortable bed empty how much trouble I would be in. He is a few years older, and we have not been dating to long but he promises that he loves me, but how would I know, I had never experienced true love before, I feel that I love him but how would I know this is what love feels like. What if I just like him. It seems like I am ready but what if I am not, what if I just want this happy feeling inside of me to last. What if I just want him to like me forever, but is this the way to do that, I am so confused and lost. I wish someone would just appear and give me the right answer. I have been laying here about an hour waiting, where is he. As I watched the bright glowing stars in the darkened sky and smelt the aroma of ocean water, I heard his soft voice, I looked away from the sky and up at him, he layed down beside me, and wrapped his large, gentle arms around me, I felt protected.

Helen Keller

I thought that the story of Helen Keller was fascinating. I could not even imagine what it would be like to live in a not only a dark world but a silent one as well. I really liked how the story explained the part about love, I though it was absolutely beautiful, probably because I am a really romantic person. It is really kind of silly but it really touched me, i almost cried. The story also made me realize how lucky I am that I can both see and hear. I realize I take that for granted. I can also relate to her story in a way because at one point in my life I could not communicate with anyone around me because they spoke a different language. I was very lost and felt alone, very much like she probably felt, except for she could not see or hear the people around her.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Media

Stereotypes that we see daily exposed to us by media sources are wrong. Such as everyday commercials between shows that we may watch. Such as the commercial about the doll house and the little girl playing and it said something similar to "where dreams can grow", this made me kind of sad because it was teaching younger generations that girls are supposed to play in doll houses, and when it said "where dreams can grow" this especially made me sad because I took it as little girls dreams of being a housewife, which is wrong. I loved playing with dolls and doll houses as a child, don't get me wrong but now that I realize the underlying message in it, when I do have children needless to say I will not be getting her a dollhouse.