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.

A Good Man is Hard to Find

    A Good Man is Hard to Find is an interested story and it leaves you wondering what could of happen. I found this story to be boring at first but the end started to get pretty intense. This story was about a family who planed on going on a vacation. The dad of the house wanted to go to Florida but his mom which was the grandmother wanted to take a trip to Tennessee where the family has not been yet. The family all decided that they were going to Florida and that they were not going to change their mind. The grandma decided to tag along after all. But before they made up their mind the grandmother found a article in the newspaper about a misfit who just got out of jail a lose. Nobody cared to realize the danger they would be in. When they arrived to Florida the grandmother was having many flash backs about how life was back then and the memories of this old house that had treasures hidden in it. The children who were in the backseat demanded their dad to go to the house. As they were going down the back road, the grandmother realize that the flashbacks she was having were all from Tennessee and they were in Florida. As they were going back the car had crash. Luckily they were all still alive in the woods stranded. Only if they knew their lives were about to end pretty soon. The children were screaming for help and a car was up the hill decided to come down the hill. In the car was 3 men and they offer to help the family. Two of the men slowly took two of the members of the family in the woods at different times and killed them. The grandma and the one man was left together by themselves. The grandma realized that the man was the misfit and she knew she was going to die but was not prepared to die this soon. She beg the misfit and had long conversations with him so that he could change his mind. The misfit had doubts but he told his men to go kill her and that they did. After the death of the grandmother, the misfit thought to himself that the grandmother would have been a great person. This story has taught me one thing and that is to never go nowhere near a place where you know danger is at. You never know who is who in this world!

The Cask of Amontillado 

        This story was very complicated to read. I wish it jump straight to the points. This story was about a man name Montresor and another man name Fortunato who loved to drink wine. They were claim to be buddies but only did Fortunato know that Montresor was out for revenge. Fortunato insulted Montresor and in the real world most people who feel insulted or embarrassed always look for a way to get back at that person or take revenge. There was a carnival in town and almost the whole town went. Montresor and Fortunato were both there and in Montresor mind, the carnival was the best place to get revenge. The two were together and Fortunato had been drinking and continued to drink. Montresor told Fortunato that he had some wine back at his place of stay. Fortunato was a little skeptical about it, but Montresor said that he had a lot and that he could show him. He continues to convince Fortunato to come and follow him. All works out and they both arrive. Montresor told Fortunato that the wine was in the dungeon area and as Fortunato went to the back, Montresor would follow him slowly. Once Fortunado was in the back, Montresor chained him to the walls. Fortunato was too drunk to realize what was really going on to him and why was he being chained. Day after day, Montresor would add bricks to this wall he was making so that he could cave Fortunato in. Fortunato said earlier in the story that he would not die by coughing or some sort like that. Montressor plan was for Fortunato to die of thirst and starvation. After Fortunato came to his senses and sobered up, he started to scream and yell. There was no way anyone could hear him or help him. Montresor finished his wall and left Fortunato in there to die. This story has taught me a few things. One do not get drunk in public where nobody cares if you end up missing, you cannot always trust the people you call friends, and think before you speak unto others because you never know how what you said to them effects them. Everyone who say that they are your friend, could possibly be your enemy in disguised. 

"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in heaven"

This story was about a Native American who wanted to fit in society, but it seems as if all the white people were downing him. He would always encounter a position where he was beat by a white person. He had a girlfriend, who was white and they didn't get along. He would have bad memories about her. I did not get why though. He also used to be very good at basketball and one day he went and practice at the gym. Until later a white kid asked for a one on one. They played a game and he had loss the match against this  white kid. The white boy was actually better than him! A white officer told him that he did not fit into this society, which made him feel even worse about himself. It seem as if every white person was degrading him and he only wanted to fit in. He had a dream that all wives had died. I still do not understand the meaning to that or I cannot seem to find it. The title meaning to this stories says that, he had two personalities.  One personality was that he wanted to fit in with everyone else and the other personality was him facing his fears and not wanting to face his problem. This story happens to many people in the world, just with different situations.