Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    The poem "Do not go gentle into that good night", was a mystery poem which left readers utterly confused. The poem had a rhythm and repeated itself. After reading the poem about five times, I kind of found the view point of it. The poem is about a drunken man who basically was saying do not die lonely and boring. He wants people to live in the moment and live life to the fullest, instead of sitting around and waiting to die. The quote "Old age should burn and rave at close of day", says to me as age should not be a factor to stop doing fun things in life. Just because you are 70, does not mean you can not ride roller coasters or go zip lining. At 70 years of age, people might hurt themselves, but at least they would have fun doing something exciting.

Martin L. King and Malcolm X

      The Martin King and Malcolm X play that occurred on March the first was ok! I wished the play was a little bit longer and more intense. There could have been more than three characters and other view points among the two. Two things that they did had me wondering about the future and the past. I think they were acting out the modern day King and Malcolm X, because I know the two did not play arm wrestling and Martin L. King do not seem like her would do push ups for a mini game. The play was interesting and I think the characters did good. They had the confidence to perform and did a good job at finishing it. I hope there will be a scene two because I wanted to see more and wished they went into details with the arguments King and Malcolm X had among each other.

      The story "The Glass Menagerie"  was a great attention getter. This story left me wondering, what had happen to their lives and did anybody change. Amanda, who was the mother, personality was to over baring and annoying. She act as if she lived her life through her two children. She was always in their business and always gave them commands. Amanda must have became a nagging mother after her husband left her and the children. A break up can cause problems between the spouse and effect the children's lives. I think that is some importance unto why Amanda acts like that. She would probably be a lot calmer and settled, if she had a man in her life to help out. Instead she looks for a man for her daughter Laura. A gentlemen caller who has money and a nice personality.

       Laura, who is the daughter of Amanda, is a shy and impersonal girl. She seems to always be under her mother's wing and never stands up for herself. She reminds me of the quite children in high school, who people would never notice. Her character in the story did change from the beginning to the end. At the beginning of the story she was a shy and self conscious person. After meeting her high school sweet heart again, she opened up a little and gained some type of self-esteem. I just wonder what happen to her after the story. Did she continue being shy or did she move out on her own and become independent?

     The narrator Tom, who is the son of Amanda and brother of Laura. Tom character was a chilled person who just wanted to keep his life interesting. He was the man of the house and had a job to provide and support his family. Tom was like a ticking time bomb in this story. With all Amanda's nagging and commands, Tom managed to stay in the house. Most boys his age would have moved out. I believed Tom only stayed in the house because he did not want to leave his cripple sister behind. He knew she would be even more miserable and that she needed him. How would she survive when he was the only one with the job and she couldn't even talk to get a job. By the end of the story, Tom must have gave up and left his family just like his dad. He felt really bad for leaving his sister behind, but I guess he could not continue living in the house with his mother constantly nagging and commands. Overall this story was good and it kept me thinking about who would change, what would happen next, and trying to figure out how the title relates to the story.