The Tragedy that shook the nation

"Post about a tragedy in our shared experience", this is the topic I chose to write about. Quite possibly, this means write a tragedy in one of the readings that we experienced together as a class; however, I decided to think outside the classroom and decided to talk about a main tragedy that we as a NATION experienced together. That day, that tragic day, that shook our nation...9/11.
Nothing that I have personally experienced, after the fact, or will experience, will ever compare to what happened that day September 11, 2001. That day, there were a total of four terroristic attacks, all aimed towards our nation's prized buildings, buildings that helped our nation succeed and prosper. Our nation grew silent that day due to the attacks that took 2,977 of our brother's and sister's lives. We mourned over the dead, we cherished the living, and we despised the perpetrators. However, through all this, we grew as a nation. We became stronger. We stood united, and on that day, we vowed to never let something like this ever happen again.
To this day we hold strong, never forgetting what happened on that day fourteen years ago....

Tragedies

Tragedies are so terrible to encounter in life. Additionally, once encountered, most tragedies, whether it be mental or physical, are hard to overcome. Personally, I've encountered a mental tragedy to where I had to witness my parents divorce. After the divorce happened I felt that I had to choose, between the two, which parent I would more appeal to. The constant back and forth between each parent just took a mental toll on me; however, I stayed optimistic because I still got to see each parent. I didn't choose to see the cons about it. On the other hand, there were some pros to the divorce. Not only do I believe it made each parent happier, it allowed me and my siblings to enjoy every holiday twice! That meant double the Christmas presents, double the Thanksgiving meal, and what ever other holiday/birthday was celebrated. However, don't get me wrong, I would NEVER wish any of my peers to witness their parents go through a divorce, it's just terrible.

Heroes in modern societies

In modern societies we view the term "hero" differently then how it was viewed in ancient societies. In the past, the term "hero" referred to an individual who went a some journey and/or defeated a monster in order to save someone , like a damsel in distress. Many people viewed said individual as a role model, someone you would look up to and strive to be. When viewing the term today the role model part has kept up with the times; however, the whole defeating a monster and saving a town is not quite as prevalent as it use to be. Since the term has gained different meanings over time, mostly any individual can be termed as a "hero", for example, a parent, another family member, teacher, or even a neighbor. As I personally stated in another blog, my hero is my mother and that will never change. What is your view on the modern day hero? Also, who is your hero?

Heroes in ancient societies

Heroes in ancient societies, as viewed in different forms of literature (poems, novels, etc.), had different roles and were viewed differently as the kind of heroes today. The heroes in the past were the people who swooped in to save the day. Like the ones who defeat the huge intimidating foe like David vs Goliath. However, a classic hero that I always think of has to be Disney's Hercules. (SPOILER ALERT) In the movie, Hercules starts off as a scrawny little boy who can barely amount to anything. With him being a demigod, father being Zeus, you would expect him to be powerful and not scrawny; however, when he was little, his powers were stripped away by someone and so he has to live life as a mortal basically. Hercules strives to become powerful, so he can return to his father in a "proper" way, so in order to do this, Hercules trains under a satyr named Phil. Over time, Phil trains him to where Hercules is now not-so-scarwny (buff) and is fighting many monsters from the Underworld, which is ruled by Hades. Throughout all this, Hercules meets a girl named Meg. Long story short, Hades kidnaps her and (you know how the story goes) Hercules saves the damsel in distress, which in the process he regains his demigod-like powers. Finally after going through so many trials, Hercules can return to Mount Olympus where he can show his father his power. So, not only did he defeat many Underworld monsters, but he started off just as a scrawny little boy....like that's just awesome. I feel that Hercules is the epitome of an "old-fashioned" hero.

Peer review for Project 1

For our first project we were required to get another group to peer review our project, as well as peer review another group's project. The group that we, the group I was in, peer reviewed had a very interesting concept to their project. The characters involved were vast and creative, which added so much detail to their creation story. I don't want to ruin their project but I would like to say that their's is very humorous rather than something serious. However, when peer reviewing their project, I personally noticed some mess up that I addressed. Moreover, my other group members also addressed some things that they believed could've been changed as well. Nevertheless, I can't wait to see how their project turns out and I wish the best of luck!

My daily Hero

What is a hero? Sometimes when I picture a hero, I envision someone swooping in to save the day from the clutches of some random evil doer who is creating chaos in some unknown city; however, the vision of a hero can even be more simplistic then what the original hero is seen as. A hero can be anyone you look up to, someone who betters you as an individual. This can be a parent, another family member, a teacher, your neighbor, or anyone else you look to as a role model; however, for me, my daily role model would have to be my wonderful mother. Like most mother's are, my mom has always been there for me. She has been there for my ups and also my downs. Even though throughout her busy motherly duties, which is being a housewife and being a mother of five kids, she always finds the time to help me when I need it. She is such a wonderful individual with such grace, sometimes, and wisdom, which makes me strive to be like her. Who is your hero?

Eroticism

In today's society, erotic items, such as advertisements, are everywhere; however, most of the messages the erotic items give off are subliminal so only those who know exactly what to look for, and know what they mean,  can understand it to be erotic. On the other hand, just recently I learned that not all erotic items or messages are straight to the point sexual, which most people think it is. The term erotic means something that can bring about sexual feelings or desires, so in this case one could see a picture of a half naked man or woman and think it to be erotic. Additionally, eroticism and sex can be perceived as two different things when it comes to emotions. Personally, when I look at eroticism I believe that eroticism has more of an emotional connection than just sex. You can have sex just to have sex, but when it comes to eroticism between two individuals both need to be involved and have emotion behind what each individual is doing. However, that is just my opinion, what do you think??