Caligula

1. Camus demonstrates Caligula's heart by showing that his desires are unlimited but his abilities are.  He wants something that is unobtainable.  Helicon said, "You're looking tired." Caligula responded, "I've walked a lot." Yes, you've been away for a while.," Helicon said.  "It was hard to find.," Caligula said.  "What was hard to find.," Helicon said.  Caligula said, "What I was after."  Helicon said, "Meaning?" Caligula lastly inferred, "The moon."  Caligula wants the moon which is impossible to have.

2. The patricians do not understand what Caligula actually desires to have.  The patricians believe it is something simple as a woman to love, but Caligula wants something more.  "Well...it's one of the things I haven't got."  Caligula's heart craves for entities with a deep meaning.

I agree with the patricians because they know that Caligula seems delusional to the fact that he desires something that is impossible to have.  "I see. And now--have you fixed it up to your satisfaction?," Helicon said.  " No. I couldn't get it.," Caligula stated.  Finally Helicon said, "Too bad!"  I believe that there is someone Caligula wants to have as his own, but he can not have it and now he is created masks to cover up what he truly want, what he knows he loves.

Wonder

In my experience, I have pondered on many different aspects in my life that were not totally clear to me.  I am not all knowing and therefore, there will always be some things that I question, or have questions about.  Technology is increasing and advancing everyday.  Thanks to today's technology, we have the ability to complete task quicker than we would have been capable of doing 1000 years ago.  In the past, everything was done by manual skill and labor.  As a young child, around the age of six, you are curious of many things.  At six, I would want to know, "How does a phone work? How can you talk to someone wirelessly, hundreds of miles away from you?" The possibilities of the next technological advancement is unimaginable.  The next iPhone could somehow drive you to school and save you gas.  At least that is what I would have thought if I were still six years old.  Now, I would just wonder when the next game app there is to play like Temple Run.  As we get older, I think we lack in an imaginative world because we understand the world and how the world works.  Everything is about getting money and spending money.  You have to earn your next buck to pay off a bill that you wish you did not have to pay.  At six years old, you are a virgin to the world.  Unknown and clueless about the real world.  All you know is toys, games and nap time.  Wonder can solve answers for questions, right or wrong, it is still an answer that could be believed as true.  In my experience, I believe that this could be true because I used to think many things and wonder about aspects in my life that I did not know and when I received a valid answer, my point may have been proven true or false.  During that time, I may have thought the answer I had was true, so I would think of this world where only I was correct.  The world a child knows and the world I know are two different things.  For instance, the old cartoon show, Rugrats, the kids always went on adventures, but those adventures took place in their home.  Somehow, their mind would create a world with dragons, dangerous caves and unclimbable mountains that only they knew.  Wonder is a day dream.

The one moment of freedom

My teeth were as white as a beautiful cloud on a warm, sunny day.  It was my moment of exuberance and uniqueness.  No one could tell me nothing because I felt as if I were a higher power lounging in my throne with my staff in hand.  This was my moment of excitement.  I earned a 3.9 on my report card and I was enrolled in the National Honor Society.  The experience of freedom is a moment, a chance at life to be something no one thought you could be or complete a task the others deemed to be impossible.  Once you accomplish that, there is that time when you are beyond satisfied with yourself and all that you have achieved.

We are only HUMAN

The article by David Foster was very funny, interesting and there are some things that could be similar to most people that he wrote about.  Anyone could have read the article and some of the things that were said could relate to their lives.  It made sense with the fact given that under certain circumstances in certain situations, all we think about is ourselves and it is all about "me."   David Foster pretty much analyzed, practiced and revealed obvious actions of the human person that we do not notice often because we usually think about ourselves if we are not having such a good day or time.  Someone could be giving you a gift or would like to ask you to do something with them later, but you get rejected or denied because you mistreated them when they were attempting to show some compassion and help you through your time of need.  

No human being is perfect and therefore we will all have different actions and emotions and we show them or suppress them differently.  Your choices can reveal to the world who you really are and the paths you choose can predict your future.  Depending on how you are raised and the crowd that you choose to hang around could also determine how you engage in the world.  This is a credible idea because how you act shows who you are.  For example, convicts do what they do or did what they did because of some traumatic experience they had when they were younger, the people they used to stay around or they could just have an abnormal mental stability that does not seem appropriate for the "norm" of all human beings.  

I do not really think when engaging in the fundamental choices of life because I usually do them automatically.  I was raised a certain way and my lifestyle has been set to do certain things certain ways.  If there would be a change, I would not know how to handle the changes.  I would not know how to engage in the choice.

The audience was clapping because things like this happens all the time and it is funny because when you are in those certain situations, you do not realize what the situation could be rather good or worse.  We just do what we would want and not think about the other person.  I believe that this is an indication that we all do the same things, no matter how different we are.   I do not believe that rudeness and being self-centered will support, or even help current problems because it will just make your life worse and you would seem to be a bad person in the perspective of the other person's eyes.  All the anger that you set out on other people will come back to you with a vengeance and you will feel all that pain, suffering and sorrow the other people felt at once because you had to be a jerk when they were probably having a day ten times worse than yours.   

The object is...

Description:

1. Color- Yellow
2. Comfortable
3. Expensive branded shoe
4. you run in them
5. inclement weather resistant (they keep your feet dry)
6. spine shaped bottom
7. look cool to wear 
8. cost about $100

Is this a reasonable purchase?

This is a very nice shoe that I own.  I do not believe it is very reasonable for shoes to be this expensive when the developers of this product sell it for a ridiculously less amount.  People that slave in factories make about one penny of each shoe that is sold in America.  Clearly they are not making much money at all.  It is not fair that this happens but this is how the world works.  The price of this shoe seems like it does account for all of it's factors, it is just problematic because everyone does not have $100 to spend on each and every shoe.  The world works with money and progresses with money.  All SOME people care about is money because EVERYONE does not obtain a profitable income to sustain a successful household.

Why Do I Smile?

The definition of happiness is not very clear because different things makes different people happy.  Happiness comes from the human characteristic of emotion.  Emotions relate to the current mood someone is in.  When you are upset, you may frown and when you are excited you smile.  It has been proven that smiling and laughing is healthy for your body.  There are many people that use smiles to hide their real feelings and that is extremely unhealthy.  I love smiling and joking around.  When it comes to doing my work, I definitely get serious, but I do it and have fun at the same time.   My happiness feeds off the happiness of others.  When I see someone smile it is natural for me to smile right back.  My happiness consist of the love and support others give me.  I feel that I am loved when I am sick or hurt, people make sure that I am ok.  The feeling of being loved makes me smile and when I smile, I am happy.  Being involved in sports and other recreational activities makes me happy.  I get to enjoy participating in an event that boosts my pride.  I am well aware that I am always more likely to have an optimistic attitude rather than a pessimistic one because my pride that I have for track and field is what keeps me going and keeps me smiling.  Everyday when I wake up I am very grateful that I was able to see another day.  Waking up is a privilege because not everyone is able to wake up and see another day.  Not everyone makes it back home alive because of natural calamities and disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, car accidents, suicide and homicide.  There is always a time when you have to go and you can never predict when that time is.  You have to live in the moment and be cautious of what you do so you do not get into any ridiculous trouble that is avoidable.  Knowing that God allowed me to see another day keeps my attitude positive all day even if someone does something to make me upset.  I may be upset for those few seconds, but soon after, I am smiling and happy again.  Life is too short to be upset all day, whining and complaining.  Accomplishment is the best feeling ever.  When a rigorous obstacle is standing in your way and the only way around it is to take it head on, overcoming and defeating it is the best.  It is like winning a race in track.  I go in, unknown to the other racers, then winning that event puts tears of joy on my face.  I am not a crier.  The only time that I have ever cried was when I was a baby.  I have been to three funerals and they were my grandfathers and great grandparents.  I did not cry because I was happy for the life that they were able to share with me.  They are gone and tears and being upset will not bring them back.  I smile at the appropriate times because tears and sadness are pointless.  There is no reason to be upset when you are given life and chances to do something with your life.  I do not remember who said this to me but they said, "Smile and never worry." I took that to heart and I will never forget about it.

Who knows you better than you?

A young sixteen year old male wanders the streets of Maryland.  Discovering who he is, is out of curiosity.  As he grows, develops and matures,  he discovers things that he likes and things that was unknown to him through dedication, hard work and continuing his education in his classes.  He is a current high school student in the class of 2013.  Everyday there is a new task, new journey to be ventured upon.  He takes his everyday life seriously and wants to accomplish his goals.  He loves working hard, keeps a determined mentality to complete a goal even in the toughest of times, and he always completes what he started.

This young man's pride and relationship with his family is what is most valuable to him.  Sometimes he pride makes the wrong decisions for him.  But, that is what being a human consist of.  Making mistakes is natural.  He is always involved in curricular activities with his school and playing on athletic teams.  He has played football, soccer, basketball and currently runs track.  Sports are his way through life.  If he can not be involved in a sport, he feels as if there is no need of life.  He loves being an athlete and his family is what keeps him going.  This young man thrives off the feedback his family gives him.  "Keep up the good work," says his dad.  "Leave everything out there on the track. Always do your best and forget the rest.  Do not wish you did something, do it then," both his brother and father said.  Whenever the young man is upset or frustrated, when it comes time to go out for practice, he always goes 100% because that pain, anger and frustration is relieved from him when he is shooting, catching, kicking or hurdling.  The books always comes before sports though.  The same support he gets for sports also corresponds to his grades.  If he does well in school, he does well on the track.  "If you do not learn, read, or study, you do not compete." His grandmother always says that phrase and he does not like it all the time.  So he stays on top of his work as much as possible.  He loves the challenge of his science and math classes.  He wants to be a computer engineer.  Taking the higher level of education are challenges he loves facing.  What is most valuable to this young man is just setting goals and achieving them.

There are different religions in the world and there believers of one religion and the others believe in something else or do not believe at all.  The tradition of being baptized and becoming a Baptist Christian has carried on for a while in the young man's family.  Reading the Bible and learning about God is the "normal" in this family.  Everyone in this family believes in God one way or another.  If you do not believe in Him, it will be forced in your mind that He is here and He exist.  If not, you just will not eat or live in a house for that matter.  This family believes that God is the Almighty and that everyone should be God fearing.  It is important because we know that God exist and that he can change all things in the blink of an eye and we will not know that anything happened.  Having a strong faith in God has bonded this family together and that is why they are close and have not separated like other families.

The cultural background is similar to most people.  They maintain a peaceful living and act mature in public.  This family acts as if they were given a job interview.  Depending on the type of day, they suit up or dress casual, they always want to look their best and never stress.  This family strives and overcomes overbearing obstacles.  Challenges is a family favorite.  If a challenge is too tough for someone else, they will continue this task until they are the first to complete it.  Most Sundays the family attends church unless there is a reason they do not attend.  This family's background comes from a tribe in North Carolina and they are known as "Black Foot Native Americans."  They are Christians that have a strong belief in God and will never believe in any other religion.  These few things is what this family believes is a good way of life and will continue doing it.  The young man believes that it is important, considering that it is a continuing family tradition, but he does not believe that is seems important since it is an everyday practice and it is synced into his brain so he does not have to think about doing it when it just happens.

Everyone has dreams and sets goals.  Those dreams can not become reality, or those goals can not be accomplished, unless you are determined to succeed in that area and work hard to succeed.  Nothing is given to you.  The young man hopes to succeed and begin a family of his own.  He hopes that he will enter into the 2016 Olympics and bring home the gold.  This young man is determined to succeed and will do anything to achieve his goals.  This young man owns the last name Carter.  His father has told him since his first day playing basketball, "You are a Carter.  Carter's do not give up! They work! They fight! They battle all the challenges in the way and they come out as the victor!"  Accomplishment is all he hopes for, in everything that he does.