On compassion and Homeless

On Compassion

“But for now, in this last gasp of autumn warmth, he is still.”

I like this quote because to me it seems that the author is trying to say, even though the man has nowhere to go, he is grateful that snow has not come in yet, because when it does he does not know what he will do. Who will he survive? But for right now at this moment he is glad he can still walk the streets.

“If expulsion were motivation she would not reward his arrival with gifts of food.”

I like this quote, basically what it is saying is that you can tell the women is not angry because the man shows up everyday, she is just basically helping the man out because he needs it, because she probably thinks if I don’t help him, who else will? The world need more people out there who are willing to go out of their way for others.

“You hear more cocktail party complaints than usual, “I just can’t take New York anymore.”

This is most definitely my favorite quote, because what it is saying is that each day more and higher society people are complaining about the way their city is going, which is a bad way. The way I feel is that they should stop all the complaining, talking, and get off their high butts and do something about it to make it better.

Homeless

“People find it curious that those without homes would rather sleep sitting up on benches or huddled in doorways than go to shelters.”

This quote represents how hard it is to be homeless. Many don’t understand the struggle these people go through day to day, and that just because there are shelters doesn’t mean they can get in easily because they are homeless. With shelters it’s a process of whether you’ll get in or not, a process of first come first serve so many people are turned away for shelters become full. So many people have no choice but to sleep on benches or doorways.

“It has been customary to take people’s pain and lessen our own participation in it by turning it into an issue.”

I like this quote, because I feel it is so true. A lot of people would rather not try to get involved with the homeless and their struggle. But they would rather blow it up more and have everyone exposed to it and talk about it like it, but no one is stepping up to the plate to try and help these people out. So all they do is talk about it and make it bigger than what it is.

“They are not homeless. They are people who have no homes.”

I like this quote because it is saying that we label homeless people something they are not, and just because they have no home to go to everyday so they are homeless. But they do have a home which is where they are at that moment. Many think that makes them less of a human being, because they have no one place to call home or something of their own to call theirs.

But Enough About Me.

Summary

This short essay is about a man named Brian Williams who is an tv news anchor. He is very concerned with the issue in this day in age, of how so many people out in the world are putting alot of their personal information about themselves out on the internet. He is saying that anybody is trusting the world wide web, and no one is taking a second thought of all that could go wrong by doing this. But Williams said that people should not put so much trust into the internet, because it can lead to serious consequences. Also he feels that only certain information should be on the internet about a person, and not their whole life story and very personal contact information. He also talks about how day by day, tv is constantly losing viewers, because of the internet and new electronics are taking over and replacing things that were already here. He feels that what is going on now should all stop.

Response

I would say I agree very much of what the author is trying to say. I feel the same that many people do share way to much information about themselves on the web. Like for instance many people put where their life story, sometimes not just the state or town they live in, but their street name and number. Many others put their real phone numbers, many claim that it is for their friends so that they can keep in contact with them. But sometimes it is not their close friends who see and take down their info,but half of the time it is a bunch of people or a person they don't know, and that one person can use all the information they have gathered to go after or to harrass that certain person. Sharing your personal information on on the internet is very risky business, once it's on the web its hard to get off. Williams is only trying to make a point that people should stop putting all of their trust in the internet and that a person's personal information does not belong on the internet, and that people should only have information that they know are suitable for others to know. But on the second hand I disagree with the second arguement that Williams is trying to make, I feel that new electronic devices and the internet are not responsible for lost tv viewings, new eletronic gear that are being made today are just trying merely to evolve the world to get used to more modern electronic uses. I think that if people become more aware of what the internet can do they could put a stop to many things, such as danger that may come with dealing with bad things on the web.

Essay ideas and process

My idea for essay 3 is to get the readers to feel something they may have not experienced yet, which is true love. I think true love is something everyone should have. The process I am going with is to have my audience believe that out in this world, there is somebody for everyone, and that everyone has a special prince charming or princess. Other ideas that I have for this essay is that it will open people's eyes and bring them out of all their closed shells, and brake down all their brick walls and have brighter and better opinions about finding love. In my research, I found articles that are discussing how important it is to be with that one person that will always make you happy, that one person that will always be there for you. I believe this is true, you will never be whole in your life if you don’t find your soul mate. When writing this essay I have discovered that love is one of the most powerful feelings ever. Love can conquer all and have you feeling like you are on top of the world. What this process has meant to me as a writer, is that it has helped me see how powerful and big the argument of does love exist or not really is. I had never known before that many people have gave up on finding love and all the happiness that comes with it, wit this essay I feel it is my mission to et people to believe in the one thing that can bring us all together, which is love, Falling in love and never getting up from it.

Won't You Be My Friendster?

The title of this story is "Won't You Be My Friendster?" this essay is about how different internet networks are good for connecting with different people. They are talking about today's most popular internet connecters; Facebook and Myspace. They are comparing how these two networks can help you connect to others you thought you’d never ever meet. Some of these people might even be people you pass everyday, and not talk to at all. Facebook and Myspace can compare a group of people simply by just by matching the same interest in music. By being matched that way you meet a lot of new acquaintances‘. The essay also mentions that you can even listen to music of a band who’s album is soon to be released, and find out things that have just hit the web that only people on those networks heard about first. This essay is an argumentative essay because there are many people out there who think the social web life is pointless and a waste of time. These are the people who would want to keep there information about them to their selves. They do not want to share it with anyone they do not know. The essay explains how it can help a person connect and experience new things. The author explains how he thought he had no use for facebook, or myspace. His friends were started on it first, and now they are hooked, Wurster says it’s a new cultural sweep that has taken over. He feels it is something that is hard to do, some people think that it will be uncomfortable to use and go through. But Wurster feels it can help a person be more outgoing and be more comfortable with themselves and people. He feels that it spreads knowledge and different culture backgrounds for everyone to learn about and embrace.

"Needs"...# 4 Connections

Do children need two parents to become well- adjusted adults? Why or why not?

I think children do not need two parents to become well- adjusted adults. I feel that a child can grow up and function correctly with one parent just fine. Just because someone has a mom and no dad, or vice versa doesn’t make them any different from anybody else in society. What takes two people to do, sometimes just one person can handle it on their own. There’s an old saying “Two great minds think alike”, when in real life it should say “One great mind thinks alone.” There are plenty of single parents out in the world who are raising their child or children all by themselves, it is not impossible to do. Even though it is good to have both parents in a child’s life while growing up, it sometimes just doesn’t happen. One parent can easily give a child all the love and care they need if they put their all into it, which consists of blood, sweat, and tears. There are many children who were raised by just one parent, for example Barack Obama. His parents divorced when he was only two, he was raised by his mother. After that his father was never that much there with him, so his mother was a single parent. Even though he didn’t have both of his parents in his life, he grew up and went on to graduate from Harvard law school, and is now our 44th president of the United states. You can not tell me that’s not well-adjusted enough for a person only being bought up with one parent? A two parent home doesn’t make a child a better person, it’s the support and love the child gets from someone, whether it be just be from a mother or just a father.

The Myth of Doomed Kids

Summary

In “ The Myth of Doomed Kids”, the author Depaulo is talking about children raised in different homes. His main topic is children who are raised in two parent homes, and children who are not raised in two family homes. Depaulo explains that children who are not raised with two Parents tend to be more trouble. Whether it be with delinquency, failure or his most talked about topic, substance abuse. The percent of drug and substance abuse in single parent homes, the author says are very high. Children without two parents seem to be labeled as “non normal” or “illegitimate”, because they only have one parent there for them. The percent of children who does not have both parents living with them is 5.7, and children who do have both parents living with them is 4.7. Depaulo asks over and over again, why is there such a small difference between the two? Depaulo sees the two groups to be no different, but when you stop and think about it they are all the same. That children who live in two family homes tend to not just live with two parents, but other relatives that are there to help them out, like an grandparent or aunt or uncle. Even sometimes the two parents are never both home at the same time, even though a child has two parents some don’t get two people who love them and apprentice them at the same time. So aren’t they just like single parent children? Depaulo explains that no matter how many parents are in a home with a child, its they are loved and treated that helps them, and no matter what sometimes parents can still end up with lots of chaos from their children.

Response

I agree with the author in so many ways. I think just because a child has or is living with one parent is the same as any child living with two. Before my parents got married I was a child in a single family home, just me and my mom. Even though it was just her raisin me, I still feel I had all the love and support I needed. I feel that just because a child doesn’t have two parents doesn’t make them an outcast or have failure. Children who have two parents and children who don’t have the same opportunities, and its just up to them to pursue them to the best they can, or just become another statistic. I just wish that society and everyone in it just stop wasting their time and blaming the reason for children becoming bad on their family background. Sometimes it has nothing to do at all with the child’s family, sometimes it maybe just a personal choice to rebel and do something society would never approve of. When I was done reading this essay I felt a lot of anger, because I felt they were talking about me and where I came from, when in real life they know nothing about me or my life. I’m just so tired of single raised children all being into a bad seed category. It’s time for everyone to open up their eyes and see a new view and new change.

Images of Response

Henri Cartier-Bresson

This is probably a picture of a little child, mainly a little girl in a army line. She is probably saying goodbye to a close family member going to war, probably her father or her mother. They are at an airport with men lined up on each side of the walk way, she's also holding a flag, which is probably her native country flag. The little girl is holding flowers which she will give to her loved one or whoever is going away. They look like they are at a very important ceremony, a going away ceremony. To me it is a real emotional and honorable moment for everyone who is there, it is mostly the most important to the little girl who is there and experiencing all of it.

"One Daughter" Questions

Meaning Question #1:
I think the main purpose of cisnero's essay is to show how she has always wanted to gain the approval of her father, no matter what she did, she could never get his approval and praise for anything she accomplished. She had six brother's and all her father wanted her to do was one day get married someday, she never married instead she went onto school and started writing, her father never thought much of it because he couldn't read in english. Growing up her whole life she thought she would soon be erased from her family because her father would tell everyone he had "seven sons", she always wished her father would say someday say six sons and "one daughter".

Writing Strategy # 4:
I believe the reason why cinsnero decribes in so much detail at the end of her story is to get the reader to see what she saw, and feel what she felt while all this was happening. She is trying to get the reader into her place and be where she was at that moment, the reader can then invision everything around and get a sense of the main idea of the setting and the mood. By knowing the the background details the reader can understand the story better and imagine more.

Critical Reading

The three methods that are helpful when reading a story are the title, the author, where the book was published and when the book was published. The title can sometimes tell you what the story is always going to be about, also by knowing the author’s life and background you can sometimes determine what the theme of the story will be. But also when and where the book was published is a big help too, like say if the book was published in 1605, you could then determine the book will most likely be an medieval kind of story. One of the methods I have used is always reading the title before the story, by reading the title even though it may only be one word, it can tell you all you may need to know about the story and maybe even more. These methods can also be helpful in other courses because it can give you the idea to always analysis over everything you are doing, and these methods show you how to go step by step to breakdown anything you may need to understand and make it easier for you master a concept.

The purpose of this blog

Hi I'am Shakeyla and this is my blog for my english 106 class.