Cool Hand Luke Preface

"Cool Hand Luke" definitely related to life in the 60's. Luke was very rebellious and did not like being told what to do by the bosses. People who lived in the 60's, especially hippies, became very rebellious by experimenting with drugs and protesting against the war and many other social issues of the decade. They didn't like being told what to do, just like Luke. So, they took action and held protests and used drugs, and Luke ran away 3 times. "Cool Hand Luke" is a good metaphor for life in the 60's.

12 Angry Men

I loved Mr. Davis! He was the only one that really wanted to actually think about what could have happened instead of what they believed happened. He uses every detail and testimony to peice together the truth of the case. This movie showed me that some people could have been falsely judged in the past because there were probably people who would just vote to get the case over with and not want to take into consideration what could have actually happened. That's kinda scary. I liked the part where he upset the guy so much and the guy said,"I'm gonna kill you!" and he responded,"Do you really mean that?" I think that made a lot of the jurors see that people say that a lot more often than they realized. I just hope that if I am ever in a situation like that, I would be able to think of all of the options first instead of just agreeing to what everyone else says is true.

Flower Child Preface

I loved seeing several people dressed as flower children on Halloween and getting free icees! :) I liked that the hippies were against war and pushed for peace, but I did not agree with some of their other views of life. I didn't like that they used drugs to escape from their issues; I also didn't like that many thought it was okay to have sex and sleep around. However, this can also be said about today's world. I know several teens that use drugs and think having sex isn't that bad. I don't agree with this because I think that there are other ways to handle problems in your life. It's interesting to see how history repeats itself sometimes...

Sixties Paper

I am planning on writing my historical fiction paper on the soldiers' lives in Vietnam and how it affected them when they returned home. I wanted to do this because my uncle's life was completely altered when he came home from the war, and I want to get a better understanding of what it was like for him and how it changed his life.

In Country

In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason had to be one of the worst novels I have ever read. The plot was all over the place, and it was confusing because there were times when she didn't mention Sam moving to a different location, which made it difficult to follow the plot. The ending really didn't do anything for me either. I was hoping for something a little bit more dramatic. Maybe the sequel Out Country will be better than the first. :)

Technology

I agree with Chiat and believe that the Interet does help us determine our "personal truth" because there are so many sources with different view points, and it allows you decide which side of the issue you want to be on. By watching the same news channel for your information, you begin to think like they do because that is the only side of the story that you here and are not really thiking for yourself. Technology will be "our savior" because it allows us to get information fast and form our own opinions after thinking about both sides of the issue.

Good Writing

I sometimes don't trust the opinions of what other students write on my paper. One day when we were writing a research paper, a student revised it, and I did not agree with some of the comments they wrote on my paper, so when I turned it in to the teacher, I didn't change anything. After she revised it and gave it back to me, she had written a lot of the same comments the student had made before, and I felt like an idiot for not changing anything. This made me realize that I need to look at what I write more perceptively and keep an open mind.