All a Blur

I wish I could remember
The way things were
And the great times I had
But It’s all a blur.

My friends played so rough.
We always screamed, "Grrr!"
Which game did we play?
That's still all a blur.
Did my friends love me?
Was it really pure?
I wish I remembered.
It’s all just a blur.

A fire started.
That day I lost her.
My sister was young
So it’s all a blur.
I think we got along.
I think I loved her.
It’s been so long
That it’s all a blur.

I had a kitten
With beautiful fur.
I don’t know its name.
It’s all just a blur.

My parents lived at home
They didn’t concur
My daddy left me.
He’s all just a blur.

I want to remember
Events as they were.
But I can’t remember.
It is all a blur.

Animals That Live Outside of the Zoo are Still Safe Creatures

In the novel Life of Pi, the author Yann Martel shows how animals like to have boundaries. A pool has its boundaries like a taboo, something safe, something with security. Our conventions as humans is that we want to believe that animals are safer in the zoo than animals in the wild; we also think wild animals are dangerous, but , like humans inside a home all their life and others that live on the streets, we are still one of the same. “[E]scaped zoo animals are not dangerous absconding criminals but simply wild creatures seeking to fit in.” (42) In Plato’s Allegory Cave, one man escapes the cave in search of what true life is like rather than trapped in a cave. This man and these animals are the same in that they want to fit in with the normal style of life for their species. We have the convention that unsheltered things are unsafe, therefore, escaped zoo animals are unsafe, however. The man in the cave was completely harmless, he just had the curiosity of what the rest of life was like, so these animals that have escaped from the zoo strive to discover what their species is like outside of the zoo walls and want to unify with the rest of their kind.

The Effect Television Has on Us - Relation to Fahrenheit 451

A 28 newspaper writer named Leah is on her way to work when she sees a girl through her window trying to have a conversation with the people on the TV screen.

The Effect Television Has On Us

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The relation of this article to Farenheit 451 is that TV can control one person, and when they step away from the screen like Guy Montag did, they strive to fix the world's problems.

Fahranheit 451: Beatty's Explanation of History

In Guy Montag’s world, history is an unknown subject. The spread of TVs the size of a wall was extremely rapid, so slow moving books gave people a sense of boredom instead of pleasure. The government completely took control of what people thought by using the TVs as an instrument to have total control of thought, to brainwash the citizens of their country. Political situations were proposed with complete propaganda showing either one-sided information—therefore the only information—or nothing at all. When Montag is unsure of the life before him, Beatty explains that they started the condensation of everything: books, newspapers, classes, the need for discipline, and one unmentioned condensed thing was free, creative thought. Although Beatty has been informed of the past, he still passionately believes that their present life is the correct lifestyle and that it’s better for the community to be unaware of any real things that happen or have happened. “Why learn anything…” (p. 55) Beatty accepts what the government tells him and believes it must be true, agreeing that with the society unaware, nothing can go wrong; the ironic thing is that “perfect” life has reached complete insanity.

Infinity Chamber

Life will continue until eternity ends,
Until infinity is discontinued.
Does infinity ever stop?
How large is infinity?
How far can infinity go?

You see the stars go into the distance
But they stand still.
They reach such a far distance
That the star we see may no longer exist.
The past remains in the past
Oh, so far away.
The past was once full of life
Now just a faint memory.
As time goes on,
The memories multiply,
Extending in all directions.
And as the memories sit in our head,
They grow weaker,
Seeming smaller and farther away.
The present is here for a split second,
Then dies away
Untouchable.

The Infinity Chamber represents life.
When you are locked in the small chamber
You experience the present
The precious time you live
Watching life go by.
Behind you lay your memories,
Your times of remembrance.
The glass in this chamber simply restricts
As life confines you to the present
Unable to relive the past again,
Yet the glass was made to be clear and see through
To represent availability to see memories in your mind.
The past has passed leaving only future ahead.
When one finishes reading this,
It too can be seen behind the glass
Of the mysterious infinite chamber.

Pip's Great Expectations of Love

People expect to fall in love and live happily ever after in their life hoping it will exceed perfection, but a life with purpose is anything but perfect. In the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Pip aims so high for love unaware that he should not have such high expectations. Pip’s love for people like Estella will never be true for he has set the bar way out of reach. Estella knows that Pip is too good for her so she treats him poorly but Pip feels as if he is not nearly good enough for her. Hurt emotions will run over Pip many times before he gets wounded very deeply in his heart. However this will make him stronger and more knowledgeable making him realize he is too pure for Estella, and transform him from an innocent kid into an experienced adult. His love for Joe is mutual and that helps to make Pip more of a person and not just a kid. “But I loved Joe—perhaps for no better reason in those early days than because the dear fellow let me love him—and as to him my inner self was not so easily composed.” (p. 40) The theme of the entire novel grasps all aspects of love; when love must be fought for, it screams complication, but when it is pure, it falls into place like magic.

Great Expectations: Who is Wemmick?

Wemmick's character in this novel, compared to the other characters, portrays a very unique personality meant to help make all the people that he meets love him. His strive to fit in is so high that he shows different sides of himself to different people. Jaggers has great expectations for Wemmick and intimidates him greatly; along with Jaggers, Pip is beginning to have high expectations for everything. Now Wemmick feels forced to meet the expectations everyone has for him, hoping to overachieve in pleasing them so that he can receive acceptance in return. Love is important to him, like many people in the world; this idea grasps the most important aspect of Wemmick's life.