Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Amir's sins


In the second section Amir continues his negative attitude towards Hassan. Amir can't live with himself knowing what he has done to Hassan. Amir is a thief and does the worst thing he could possibly do. He framed Hassan to make it seem like he stole his birthday money and watch. Amir continually steals Hassan's right to fairness and it would take immense amends for him to make it up to Hassan. In my opinion, he would have to sit down with his father, Ali, and Hassan and tell them everything that has happened. Even at this point they may not forgive him and Amir should receive further punishment. I think he could only achieve full atonement if these 3 people forgive him and he never does anything like this again. However, since they are in America now, i doubt this will happen.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

My mistake


Fourth grade was the one year of my life that I was not well behaved and caused a lot of mischief for whoever had to deal with me. I thought I could do anything and not get in trouble for it, as if stealing was alright to do. Day in and day out, I would steal my teacher's sugar cubes and jolly rancher's at every chance I got. I was a candy fiend and the only way I could get sugar cubes was if I had the hiccups so once she realized the recurring theme that I was faking my hiccups, she wouldn't give me anymore sugar cubes and I had to resort to bing a thief. I eventually got caught and was pulled outside of class to be confronted about it to my teacher. She knew I was guilty and I admitted it so I had to go to the principal. I was able to apologize and everything went back to normal after that and I was no longer a thief.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Picture freewrite

In this picture i see a man battling in a war. It seems as if he is being shot at and is running for his life. It leads me to believe that the majority of his troops and friends have been killed perhaps. He looks like he is very courageous and is never willing to give up. It reminds me of the movie Saving Private Ryan as well. It looks like he is running himself into a deeper hole and although he is determined to get out, i don't think the light at the end of the tunnel looks too bright for this man.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Evil

There are many different ways that you can look at this quote and I agree with it to a certain extent. It is true that if evil people are doing evil things and the good people are doing nothing, the evil people will obviously feel more powerful and important in their own minds. This is triumphant for the evil, but is evil really something to be triumphant about? I guess it depends on who you ask and that is one point that I disagree on with this quote is that I don't think it is. Nevertheless, it is an interesting quote and you can take it many different ways which is why I like it.


Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Decisions

There are many different factors that affect people's decisions nowadays. Convenience is one of the more evaluated determinants when making a decision because people are always looking to make their lives more suitable and less stressful for themselves. When i make decisions, i try to decide on the most efficient and least time consuming way to do things depending on what it is that i am deciding on. Lately, my decisions have been revolving a lot around college. I know where i am going next year but it is still difficult to make decisions about things especially when there is a lot of money involved. My decision making is revolved around saving money for college and thinking of the best ways to do that and to be conservative once i am in college as well. These decisions are going to be the ones that help me grow as a person by the time i am out into the real world. They will shape me to become the man i want to be because in a lot of ways it will set the foundation for much of my decision making and i think it will benefit me in the long run.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Afghanistan Recipe

2 parts to the name
4 systems of government
34 provinces
80,000 troops
32,738,376 people
Add Muslim community
Bake for 2 hours

Main ingredient: Muslims

Finished Product:


Monday, April 13, 2009

Spring break

Over spring break I was not fortunate enough to go on a nice vacation. I worked a lot with my dad throughout the week which kept me busy but got annoying as well. I saw three movies over the break; They were Fast and Furious, Knowing, and Duplicity. My favorite out of these three was Knowing and my least favorite was Duplicity. Other than that i slept a lot and went to a couple family parties which is always good for a nice meal.