I think that my favorite play that we read was All My Sons. I thought it was very interesting and I honestly don't remember half of the other plays so I must not have been too interested in them. I liked this one because it kept my attention which is very challenging when it comes to books. I have to be interested in the book before I can actually focus on it. I think that it had a lot of twists and turns in it that I wasn't expecting. The ending was very exciting and unexpected. I was like "Oh My God!! He died??" It kept me more on edge than the other books. I also felt like I could relate more to that story than the others. I have never had any troubles with abuse in my family or anything like that so it was more interesting.

Bleah!!!

Ok so I may not be perfect and I don't expect to be. I am very frustrated with how this day/week is turning out. I found out things about one of my ex best friends and even though he may hate me now, I tried to tell him about it because I figured he would want to know. Well I got yelled at and called some really bad names for it. I really don't understand what I did wrong. I tried to tell him the truth about this particular thing and got yelled at. Maybe I was wrong, maybe it's better that he didn't know. I know he will owe me and apology when he finds out the truth, but I still won't expect to get one either way. I just think today is frustrating. Hopefully work tonight won't be as bad. I have an interview to get accepted to beauty school tomorrow and I am extremely nervous. If I don't get accepted then I am at a dead end and don't know what I'm going to do with my life. It's really stressful. I am also going to look at apartments this weekend. I have extra money saved up and have been working around 40 hours a week with school so I think I will have enough to get out FINALLY!!! I just need to get everything straightened up. Maybe my life wouldn't be a blur then. I am ready for prom. That's the one thing I am looking forward to. I am going with Bobby which is exciting. I have known him forever and I think it will be a lot of fun going with someone who actually wants to go with me. I am ready to get out of high school and the drama. I seem to get pulled into it without even trying. I mean there's some people that ask for drama and can't get into it, but here I am stuck in it and can't escape!!!

May my luck be turning around?

I think this week has really given me a reality check. I think things may be getting better!! Took long enough. :) I realized how much of a jerk my EX boyfriend is and that's in the nice terms. I may be getting a new job, which has been my dream since I started working at the hole of a job. I may start working at the Pike County Library in Petersburg thanks to Mrs. Ruxer. I also have been saving up money everywhere I can and may be able to move out soon. I can't wait to get away from my mom. It will be a lot less stressful when I am not living around her. All of this news has brought my spirits up a lot. It's a good day and I'm ready for many more after. :)

Working Hard On Dreams

You should hold onto your dreams; if you work hard enough for them, they will come true

In the book, Beneatha dreams of going to medical school and becoming a doctor. She has been going to college for it and really wants to have money and live a good life eventually. When Walter accidentally loses the money, she loses hope on these dreams. She is very angry at her brother. She believes that when that money is gone, so are her dreams. It turns out that Asagai convinces her differently and also asks her to marry him.

In a different part of the book, Mama dreams of getting a different house and having a better place for Travis to be growing up in. She uses some of her husbands life insurance money for this purpose. She goes and buys a different house and finally gets what she always wanted. Everyone is happy about it except Walter, but he does finally come around.

Pride

Sometimes swallowing your pride is necessary for survival.

In the book, Walter wants to give into Mr. Lindner's offer so that he can get his family's money back after he is the one that gave it up. Sometimes it is best to just swallow your pride and do that, but in this case, it's just humiliating the family. Walter thinks he doing the right thing because he is getting the money back, but it turns out that they are still successful without giving up the family pride. The family still turns out to be successful in the end.

Risks

If your going to be successful, you have to take some big risks

This has to do with the book "Raisin in the Sun" because of the risks that Walter and Mama take throughout the whole book. Mama buys a house that is in a white community which is a big risk because there has been many black people hurt or killed from doing this. Walter takes a big risk by giving up all of the excess money they have to invest in a liquor store, which ends up blowing up in his face because the man he gave the money to takes it and runs.

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