Responsibility

My definition of the word responsible is when someone is mature and shows leadership getting things done and working diligently. Some of my responsibilities in my life are school, work, family, friends, and myself. School is a pretty big responsibility cause everything is riding on it, I need to do good in school by keeping my grades up so I can get into a good college and do well and get a good job. Work is a responsibility for me because I have to be a diligent worker so I can save money to pay for gas for my car and to help pay for my college tuition. My family and friends are also responsibilities because they are the most important people in my life so I need to help them and be there for them in life just like they are for me. And obviously I am responsible for myself I need to keep myself in good health and do well in everything I do so I can have everything and do everything I stated before.

One example of a time I was responsible was when a family friend of my family had a health emergency and had to have her baby extremely early with no notice of more than a couple hours. She called me and asked for me to go and stay at her house for a couple days with her other two daughters while she was in the hospital so her husband could stay with her cause all her family lived out of state. Of course I agreed and went to their house her two daughters I had to watch were 1 and 1/2 years old and 4 years old. I ended up watching them for 3 days while staying at there house. I had to feed them, bathe them, plan activities for them to do since it was summer and of course make sure they were healthy. It was a lot of work but I think I was very responsible for a 16 year old thrown in to that situation, the only plus was that I was close to the family before so I knew the kids and what they liked and didn't like so that helped. I was responsible in this situation because I basically had to fend for not only my self but two infants I had to basically do everything for three people it was hard work but I knew it was for a good cause.

Definitions

Sullied hero

1.)  One example of a sullied hero is Piggy from Lord of the Flies. Piggy is an example of a sullied hero because he is the hero everyone is rooting for and pulling for because he is not treated great. Everyone feels for him.

2.) Another example of a sullied hero is Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman. Willy Loman is an example of a sullied hero because he is the character people feel for because he is going through a rough time and ends up committing suicide.

Common Man hero

1.) One example of a common man hero is Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a common man here because he has a good clean reputation in society from helping those less fortunate and doing the right thing even if not everyone understands why.

2.) Another example of a common man hero is Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is an example of common man hero because she has a forbidden love but doesn't tell anyone about it so she can keep her clean reputation to society. 

Protest literature

1.) One example of protest literature is To Kill a Mockingbird because Atticus Finch defends an African American man who he know is innocent but no one else believes is. 

2.) Another example of protest literature is Romeo and Juliet because Romeo an Juliet are in love but are not supposed to be together because of family history but anybody should be able to marry who they want.

Allegory

1.) To Kill a Mockingbird is an allegory for the saying don't judge a book by its cover because everyone judged who Atticus was defending but it turned out he really was innocent. 

2.) Romeo and Juliet is an allegory for loving whoever you want whether or not it's approved of.

Archetypes

1.) Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird is an archetype of a good lawyer not showing any discrimination.

2.) Biff from Death of a Salesman is an archetype for a typical teenage by who makes mistakes while growing up. 

Young Goodman Browns Journey

        In the story Young Goodman Brown, the main character Young Goodman Brown goes on a journey and is forever changed by it. He grows up on this journey and loses some of his innocence while becoming an adult. Nobody eve wants to grow up so in the beginning of his journey he didn't want to go representing not wanting to grow up but he knows that he has to go representing he knows he has to grow up. Brown runs into people on his journey and they all teach him something about life, about right and wrong and about growing up. He meets a companion who represents that everyone can be evil and everyone can do wrong things, this is a harsh reality of the world that you learn while growing up ; everyone's not always a good person and do the right things. Then he meets Goody Cloyse, the minister and deacon Gookin they represent Browns loss of childhood beliefs cause he knows they have done wrong things and they are not the perfect people he thought they were. Near the end of the story Brown ends up at a clearing and sees everyone he knows, he denies being brought into their circle. Afterwards he wakes up in the forest and has a new outlook on life based on what he dreamt. 

        Soon in my life I will set out on a journey where my views on life will change and I will be forced to grow up completely. In two years I will leave for college and meet new people and learn new things and my innocence will dull. My expectations for this journey are that I grow up and become something important in this world I want to do well and achieve everything I go after. There will be many obstacles like meeting and dealing with new people, begin living on my own and to fend for myself. I will discover many things like what I want to do with my life, where I want to go and who I am. It will be the journey of a lifetime.

A Modell of Christian Charity

        The early settlers of America came from England in the pursuit of a Utopian society. A utopian society is an ideal society in which people wanted to achieve and live in. According to puritans a utopian society is made up of a land free from sins, guilt and pain and a society where they could practice any religion freely and without any form of prosecution. John Winthrop believes that if they are the city upon the hill that all eyes are on them. I don't believe that it is possible for us have a utopian society because there are to many bad people in this world for there to be a perfect society to live in. To many people would rather hurt others to get themselves ahead in life, there have been countless bombings, shoot outs and stabbings that have occurred and each leads us farther from this so called "perfect society" in which people once so badly wanted us to live in. Today's society is less worried about wrong and right and are more worried about getting ahead and taken anyone down along that threatens them or that is in there way. It's sad that a perfect society cannot exist today but could it have ever really existed.