Romeo and Juliet DEBATE

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Does Romeo truly love Juliet, or is he acting out of youthful rashness?

I feel Romeo truly loves Juliet. For one, why would he kill himself if he didn't love her. That shows that he'd rather die than live without her. Why would he sacrifice his life for someone he didn't love? Romeo, after being banished from Verona, struck mayhem just so that he can see his Juliet. He almost got himself killed trying to see his love. Also, throughout the story, Romeo is really very positive with the other characters, but when he is with Juliet, he is as happy as can be. If he had been acting of youthful rashness he would commit to spend eternity with someone he had not loved by marrying her. Romeo had experienced youthful rashness before with Rosaline and he knows the difference between that and true love. This is how I feel about Romeos feelings for Juliet.

Next, when Juliets mother had suggested Juliet to meet Paris to see if she was interested in him, she wasnt very interested to even consider loving him and she knew him. The moment she met eyes with Romeo. she knew he was right for her and she had feelings for him the second they saw eachother. It is like love at first sight and destiny. Romeo and Juliet were meant for eachother, it was just fate. They were destined to love eachother and they were destined to die for eachother.

Finally, in Act 2.3 Lines 62-63, Romeo says " Plainly know my hearts dear love is set on the daughter of Rich Capulet". He basically wants to state that he loves Juliet for who she is even if she is supposed to be his enemy. Nothing can stop him from loving her.

Playground by: 50 Cent

        In the memoir, Playground by 50 Cent it tells a story of a big bully named Butterball who is in Junior High School who is really aggressive and is suffering with a lot of problems in him life. The secondary characters in the story affect the way Butterball is a lot, and I'll show you how.
         Butterball is very aggressive and after attacking a former friend named Maurice with a sock full of D batteries, Butterball begins seeing a therapist named Lizzie who he hates going to talk through his anger issues. Overweight and an outcast at his junior high school school, Butterball finds that his violence and him being a bully earns new respect with the cool kids also known as Andre and his posse of friends. Butterball's relationship with his parents are very different. His parents are divorced and it's because of his mom being a lesbian. Butterball hates being with his mom because they share no similarities at all and ahe doesn't let him do what he wants. On the other hand, Butterballs relationship with his dad is great, they go to the movies all the time, he can watch tv (which he can't do with his mom because she thinks it's a waste of time and money) and he can do whatever he wants. One time he and his dad go to a shoe store who that Butterball can buy a new pair of sneakers. Butterball and his dad end up stealing a limited edition pair of sneakers and everyone at school just keeps looking at Butterballs sneakers and how cool he is. Butterball starts feeling so good and the cool kids, all of a sudden, start to let him hang out with them. Butterball isn't realizing that it's the bad things that he does (violence and theft) that makes him feel good and be "cool".
         In conclusion, this book relates to the world because it shows the struggles of a teenage boy and how he deals with them. This book is directed to teenagers or really anyone with struggles because it show how your struggles can really affect yourself as a person.

Non-Fiction BLOG POST Upfront: INVASION OF THE DRONES

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January 21, 2015

Upfront: INVASION OF THE DRONES

In the article, "Invasion of the Drones" by Patricia Smith it talks about drones and why how they are used positively and negatively. Drones have been tested by places like Domino's and can deliver "piping hot pizza". Even though they can be used in good ways, drones can spy on you without you knowing and can really invade someone's privacy. People are concerned about their privacy and safety and are worried about how drones can affect their everyday lifestyle.

Drones can have some really good uses but can also be used very negatively. It states in "Invasion of the Drones" that Mandy Lingard was sunbathing in her secluded backyard when a drone controlled by a real estate agent was taking pictures of a house next door accidentally took some pictures her almost completely naked body. She was in shock and couldn’t believe that pictures of her naked body were being put on billboards and real estate websites. She then states "Last spring a 375-pound drone operated by the Pennsylvania National Guard crashed outside an elementary school near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania." It was great that school was out and no one got hurt by this huge drone crashing after becoming out of control. Patricia Smith then states that she feels that drones are making war too easy and like a video game instead of something very serious. Drones can be used in good ways sometimes but aren’t the best tool to be used in my opinion.

This makes me think of the future and how at any time I can be spied on. It makes start to realize how drones really shouldn’t be put into use because of how easily they can become out of control and are a danger to us all. I can now understand why drones are disturbing and a BIG invasion of peoples privacy.