Dirty Mouth, Clean It Up With Orbit Gum

I do not think that obscene language is bad as long as its not offending to a lot of people (like the "N" word). I think most people just look over the words and just continue reading. I don't think that they stop and are like OMG he cursed. I really do not think it is a big deal or that we need to handle it in some sort of way. I think that authors only use the words as accents to the way that the characters feel.

Kite Fighting

I think that Khaled Hosseini decided to make this the central focus of The Kite Runner because it is a big part of Afghani life. In the videos, a lot of people seemed to be flying kites. Also, the kite maker was famous, which would not happen in America. The Taliban banning the kite flying just proves how important it was on their society, because if it was not a major aspect, they wouldn't really have a reason for banning it. In the United States, some things that have a major impact are: The 4th of July, the Superbowl, and I'm not really sure what else.

Free Write

The two of us then saw a man, hopping along the rocks as fast as he could. The man was very strange and seemed to have been traveling for a while. Everything he need was in that small pack. His appearance was raggedy and his clothing was worn from the weather. Was he running to something...or away from it. Soon enough we would find out the fate of the nomad. Five minutes later, we heard the shot that ended that man's life. We ran in the direction of the shot, but never found the source of that retched sound. I still remember that day, the mystery surrounding the whole event, and the life that merely faded from existence.

Walk the Line

I think that authors include shocking events in order to draw the readers in. The shocking events usually occur in the beginning of the book and set the whole mood and last the whole book. I think they are necessary in order to hold the reader's attention because if there wasn't anything interesting happening, theres no point in continuing to read. I think that shocking things happen everyday and society and authors only have to tweak them a little bit in order to put it in a book.

To Atone or Not to Atone

Of course past sins can be atoned in one way or another, you just have to work at it. Not trying by best in school last year brought my GPA down and could have possibly led to me not getting into UF and on the waiting list for URichmond. I felt and still feel like I messed up and the choice for me to slack only benefited me in that moment and not at all now. My sister and I wanted to go to UF together because she could graduate at the same time as me. I cannot make up for what I did. I guess I could always transfer but I'd rather not.

Decisions...Decisions

Basically what influences my decisions are what the cost is for me to do something (whether it be time or money etc.) and the effect that it will have on others. I think that every person is effected by the decisions made although it may not be significant. They can also be good or bad.

Some recent decisions I made:

Getting good grades led to scholarship money to a lot of the school I applied to.
Going to Florida State is making my mom watch her money more closely now so we can pay for tuition. Also my sister is considering going to college in Florida now.