Blog #4 A Street Car Named Desire.

    Throughout the play, Stanley tends to show that everything has to go his way.  Stanley is an abusive person. He shows us that he is abusive when Blanche reaches for a card while the guys are playing poker and Stanley slaps her hand (pg. 32). He also exudes this behavior on (pg. 40) where he attacked Stella because her and Blanche were playing music while Stanley and the guys were playing cards. This caused Stanley, who was drunk, to get extremely upset resulting in him attacking Stella. Afterward, Stanley was so intoxicated that the guys had to put him in a cold shower. Stanley got so frustrated that he just flung the guys out of the bathroom and started screaming for Stella. This evidence supports the claim that Stanley is an abusive person, and even at times, alcohol can play its part.

    Blanche lies to her self in order to hide from reality. For example, light is something she isn't too fond of because it reveals her true identity. On (pg. 34), Stella said "Blanche, you're standing in the light." And in response, Blanche said (with a little cry, as if she didn't know) "Oh, I am!" This shows the reader that she is insecure about the way she is perceived my others. Also, this proves that she wants to hide from reality. She also likes to take baths a lot, which can be a symbol of her trying to "wash away" her sins.

What is art?... Or anything for this matter?

Art is not only ones perspective on a subject or topic, but it also contains ones beliefs, past experiences, and emotions. Art can be anything from a simple drawing to a person's lifestyle. But then again, people's lives are driven on the rugged road of life where they have their personal experiences. The beliefs, which are the paths we choose in life and the reasoning behind our choices. The car, which is our external guard from the world and the gas, which are the emotions that keep us going in life. So when asked "What is art?", i think of the bigger picture, "What is life?" ... I always say, "EartH, without (ART), equals EH!"

GOALS: FINAL!

FINAL

    There are many goals I wish to achieve in my lifetime. My short term 

goal is to graduate college.  Growing up, I tried to be a great student

but school was always a problem for me.  I did not understand the

importance of education and  I was more focused on sports.  As I got

older, I experienced things that changed my perspective of life.   

      

    One experience I had growing up was dealing with my parents 

death.  When I was almost four years old, my Mother had dementia for

a couple of months.  Two days before my fourth birthday she died from a

tumor in her brain.  The following year, 1997, my Father met a woman 

named Susan and a year later they married and she became my 

stepmother.  Since my biological mom died when I was so young, Susan

came into my life and I automatically perceived her as my Mother.  By

the time I turned nine years old, my Father started becoming really sick. 

He had damaged his liver to a level three of Cirrhosis. The only possible

way for him to live was a liver transplant. On June 10, 2003, my Father 

was in the hospital.  He was nodding off as if he was extremely tired, and

after a couple of nods, he nodded one last time. I could not believe my 

father died in front of me.

 
    As time went by, I slowly started to see my life in a different

way.  I realized the importance of family and education.  My biological 

mother and father never attended college so I decided to become more 

involved in my schoolwork.  Even though my biological parents were not 

around to see it, I wanted to make them and my stepmother proud.  I 

wanted to educate myself so I set a goal; I am going to finish high school 

and graduate college.  In high school, one thing that motivated me to 

stick to my goal was sports.  Being a student athlete helped me stay in

school and maintain good grades.  I graduated high school as Student 

Athlete of The Year.  After completing high school, I wanted to achieve 

even more. 

    On the path to graduating college, I will try to keep my GPA 

above a 3.0 and improve on my weaknesses.  I want to strengthen 

my study habits and become more attentive.  I have always had trouble 

in writing class and I know that this year I will improve.  Even attending

the Writing Center has helped me.  Also, going to the library for some 

quite time has helped me to do my work more efficiently.  Until I get my

degree, I am going to always remind myself the exact reason why I am

in college; to show my parents, even though they have past away, that I

accomplished something that they would've been very proud of. 

    I am now attending college and that much closer to my short

term goal.  Graduating college means a lot more to me than it did in the

past.  I have educated myself on the importance of education and why it

is needed in the society we live in today.  I think that our experiences

affect how we choose to live our lives.  My experience helped me realize

how I wanted to live my life.  It made me want to educate myself and to

pay attention to the more important things in life.  One day I will reach

my goal and I will graduate from college.  In the future, I will use the

lessons I've learned in my life experiences and the lessons I've learned in

school to inspire others.