ThE OuTsIdErS!

When i finished reading chapters three and four the first word that popped in my head was shocking. I think this word came to my mind because Jonny was someone who was very shy, quiet, and nice, but to suddenly find out that he has killed someone was prodigal. Most people would think it’s murder but others would think self defense. I think Jonny was only defending himself and Ponyboy. So i think they didn’t really need to run away becaue the police in my opinion would understand the situation. AFter they left the park they went to Dally’s house and got money, a gun, and a plan. The reason why they got theses things was because they didn’t want to get caught by the police because they killed someone. Think about it if you were put in the situation what would you do, have them kill you and your friend or try to defend yourself and kill them.

Well my word is shocking and i think it fits the chapters perfectly.   

My ThOuGhTs: ThE BeGiNnInG!

HEROIC!

     I chose heroic because their were many parts in both chapters were there was someone who is like a hero, the way i feel a hero should act is that they should be a good friend and they should defend you on things and during this story in every chapter their is a person or people who are like heroes.  For example in the first chapter the greasers helped out Ponyboy and defended him when the Socs attacked.  In the second chapter Ponyboy and Jhonny defend the girls from Darry and when Darry leaves the girls are happy and just talk to Jhonny and Ponyboy.

Power Struggle!

1. Identify situations in personal relationships that reflect power struggles?

A situation that I know for sure has Power Struggle is with a parent and their child or children. When I was just a little girl and my brother was younger then what he is now, we’d play in the house and I would break very expensive things, and blame it on my older brother to avoid problems. My brother would struggle to convince my parents that I did it and I would technically over-power my brother by getting him in trouble. So that was considered power struggle! 

2. Give an example on personal experiences of power struggle situations and what was the outcome?

For example let’s say your 12 years old and you have a little brother or sister who’s 6 years old, and you both are playing tag in the house. But accidentally your little brother or sister breaks a glass vase, and they start to blame it on you. Suddenly your parents walk in the room and see you trying to pick up the broken pieces of vase, and they think you broke it.  But you know your little sibling did it, and your telling your parents but they don’t believe you, but then to avoid trouble your little sibling says ”I didn’t do that (s)he did it.” Now your parents believe that your lying and they believe what your little sibling is saying. Your trying to to tell them that your little sibling did it, but they don’t believe you and they punish you.  So in that moment when your parents didn’t believe what you were saying and you know your telling the truth that was called Power Struggle. That is considered power struggle because you were struggling to tell you parent that your sibling broke the vase,  and the power was that your little sibling over-powered you by blaming you and having you get in to trouble.       

3. When and how do you use power in interactions with others?

You use power when you try to convince to others that you are right about something, how you use it depends what the situation is about. Let’ s say you use to be good friends with your so called enemy, but now your just completely enemies.  You and your enemy were paired up for a project and you have to answer a question. Both of you have totally and completely different answers,  but one of you know’s that your right. You guys are going to fight each-other just to prove your right. In that little problem you both are using power to make sure that the other agrees with your answer.          

4. Where do you see or have seen power struggle occurring in your surrounding neighborhood, community, local government, etc?           

I see it in stores, at yard sales, and even when people are stopped by the police. When I am at the store with my mom or dad, I sometimes see people find things on the clearance rack and it says 75% off and when they go and pay for it the cashier says that’s not on clearance, but they you say I found it on  the clearance rack, but then cashier says well sorry but we didn’t put it there someone else did, and it’s not on clearance. So you get so mad and then you both start fighting and yelling.                      

The Veldt ~ The Final!

1. WHat kind of relationship do you see in the Veldt.

      The relationship I see between the kids and the parents is that the parents didn’t matter to the kids. THe parents spoiled their kids so much the kids totally forgot about the parents. The parents bought a type of machinery that does everything for them. WIth this package came a room  that when you think of something it comes true. Then the kids started to treat the room as if it were their parents. But when the  parents try to get their children to listen the kids get mad and do something so bad to their parents.

2. HOw do you see power? and How is power displayed?

THe power that is shown is that the children somewhat overule their parents. WHat is also seen in this story is that the parents are treated as if they were children. But the real obvious problem that was in this story is that the children are DISOBEDIENT and they don’t care about their parents. ALso during the story you would also think that the parent should be more strict and try to discipline their children, but eventually the parents  lose to their children and then they sadly and painfully die.

This is an example of desire!

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What’s going to win, Desire or needs?

Is having everything you desire a good thing?

In most cases, people say no because you might not take care of it or be held responsible for it. Sometimes you can forget about it and lose it, but then you wonder was it even
worth it to have it in the first place. Some other people say yes, having everything you desire is a good thing, in fact I’am one of those people. Because if you have everything you really want, your going to be so happy about it your going to want to take care of it. For Example, my brother got a car that he always wanted. Some of his friends said he only got the car to show off to others, but he proved them wrong, and he treates the car like it were his on son. 

DESIRE VS. NEED!

40 percent of people would choose need, another 40 percent of people would choose desire, but ten percent of people would chose both. I would rather be one of those 10 percent of people who choose both. When you desire for things you like, you can really go bankrupt. For example let’s say your driving or walking down Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, I know for a fact that you’ll see cute things you like in each store. What if you bought all those cute things and spent all your money, money that was for your necessities. What happened next? you can ask your parents for money but they’ll get so mad at you. That’s why you should buy your neccesities first then your left over money can be spent on desires. What I think is that if you have a certain amount of money that was given to you only to buy your needs, just go and buy them. When you get more money the next week or month, you can now spend it all on desires, because you already bought your needs!

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