Journal Entry 18: Do the Right Thing

 A typical hero will fight for other people, for their beliefs, and would often sacrifice themselves for the good of others. In the selection of stories form the textbook. This section is mostly about people saving the poor or brave deeds to show their loyalty.

      In my opinion, I think Harriet Tubman is a hero, because she risked her life to free the slabs, and sacrificed her freedom and time for them.

She fit the helping the weak statement, sacrificing herself one, and fight for her beliefs. So I think it is just right to call her a hero.

      As for Barbara Frietchie, I have to admit she is brave, and fought for what she believed in, but her acts help no one, and didn’t make others life any better, so no I think she is not a hero. As for stonewall Jackson, I think he is a hero because he left the lady to live; meaning he saved the weak from further harm, and the noblest thing of all was not harming woman that was provoking him.     

I think my own code is staying neutral, and get aggressive when someone bugged me. That way no one can get hurt and I won’t get hurt too

Journal Entry 17: My Hero

There are a lot of people that I lists as my hero, I am not in great danger for anyone to save my life , so my hero would not be exactly fit the Hercules type, I think my hero will be the ones who encourage me when I am sad, urge me to fight on, produces products that cheers me up , or simply being my role model. Here’s my list of people who fits my terms: Steve jobs, George Lucas, Robert Kotick, and Rowan Atkinson.

   Of all the people I think Rowan Atkinson is a hero, he was the Mr. Bean at the TV show Mr. Bean. I think he is a hero because his show made me laugh really hard, and cheers me up a lot when I’m really sad. He is really nice and seeks always seek and work hard for a perfect work. As a fan, i like him because he sacrificed a lot of time to create a perfect movie, and even got mental sickness while doing it. By sacrificing himself to make others laugh, he suffices one of the property of a hero, to sacrifice one self to make others safer or more content

Journal Entry 16: What is a hero?

   In my opinion, I think heroes are people who sacrifice something they care about a lot to save the majority of the people. A hero don’t have to be perfect, but in most of the movies they are muscular, brave, and have super powers. Super man is a good example, along with Yoda, obi-wan, the character in kick –ass, and a lot of other marvel characters. They all have other thing in common: they always fight the “bad guys” and almost always faced a lot of danger and in a brick of sacrificing their lives. Obi-wan Kenobi got killed trying to stop Darth Vader from destroying a planet. Superman saved countless of lives form the villains, and the hero in kick ass is just a random punk, but is really brave and tries to save other people from harm, even though he is powerless.

   I think my old friend is a hero, because he helps on the less popular people from my class, even though he has nothing to gain from it besides friendship and he has no problems with the bully. I do not think I can be a hero, because I will not throw away my life to protect a random dude on the street, I have no more powers than they do, so if I can protect, I trust that they can protect themselves too.

Journal Entry 15: Leaving Everything Behind

     There are a lot of historical events that causes a people to leave everything behind and thing they love. In fact, things are happening right now! Soldiers are sent to war, leaving their home and family and probably will never return during WWII, people are fleeing a faire, watching as their house are burned up in flames, floods and other natural disaster causes a lot of loss, and always results in some unfortunates losing everything they own beside their life. Refugees fled their country from riots and government. There are countless other examples. Such examples also happened in the bible too! People are forced to abandon their homes to go on the ship to reach safety.

      I think Harriet Tubman’s experience is pretty much the same as others: fearing that bad things would happen, nervous and trying to get away from a place: she. However, is lacking the grief of leaving her loved ones and her house, because she came to retrieve the slaves, not to run away as one.

      I never really moved so I don’t know what it is like, since I never moved and or live in a place for a long time before. I do not know, and I would to stay that way

Journal Entry 14: Why Risk Your Life?

I think Harriet Tubman does it because she has been in their place, and don’t want others to suffer from this , grateful that someone came to free her; so she will be there for the other slaves when they need help . I think she is very strong willed and helpful. I don't think she can gain anything besides trust and popularity in this trip. Still, I dont think it is worth a life, so I think the reason is more on a sacrificing term than greedy and hoping to get some thing I return.

I remember once doing a kind of thing that can only mean harm to me to help others , but I still do it. My best friend was being laugh at at and had a fight with another classmate, which is short of like a bully, so I have to speak up for him and the bully hated me too, the hatred lasted till fifth grade, when he suddenly turned nice and we turned into friends.

So I think it is very brave of Tubman to do so, and her actions result in benefits of others, and a lot less to her to be worth the effort, I respect her selflessness and her love toward the slaves.

Journal Entry 13: Freedom Fighter

Today my mood is not as good as before, I was pretty thankful to be free, rich and all but I hate it when other people suffer such fate, espiclaiiy they didn’t do anything bad to deserve that.

During lunch at work, my coo worker: who has been my best friend since sixth grade, told me that he has been smuggling slaves to freedom and asks if I want to join. I became very worried about my friend because of what might happen to him when he got caught.

I think that helping slaves are good, but the risk is to much, I eman its not like if I dotn help them they will die, but if I do I will have a good chance to die, and so would the slaves. Freedom is worth a lot , I know : but I do not have the courage, nor the stubbornness to do it.

I finally found out a perfect solution. I know that I cant sacrifice my life for some strangers freedom, that is too much; but I can buy the slaves and set them free. I already have everything I needed, and if money can buy freedom, it is well worth it.

Journal Entry 12: To Be A Slave

I am feeling more miserable than ever, I fell so depressed since the guy offer me a opportunity to be free. Should I escape and be free? But what if I got caught? Is freedom worth so much that I will have a big chance to lose my life? But I really hated the life here, and my master always beats me up for no reason. Life here is so different than ones I have before got separated with my family. And I get to live if I don’t run away and risk my life. This is really a tough decision to make, because I value my life very much and don’t want to throw it away as if it is some daily disposal contact lenses.

In the end I choose to escape, because I think life is worth nothing if you cant control your own destiny. I ran with the stranger out of the slave camp, but was quickly chased down by enemy gunships. I am not hanged since the gunship fired at me and vaporized me, oddly enough, I felt no pain. I am currently writhing this from heaven. My suggestion is never do something when your not sure of the enemy's strength and what your up against.

Journal Entry 11: More Freedom

In my opinion, I think no one can be truly free, because no country in the world is totally free, even in the republic system ones. You are not allowed to kill people, smoke, drive , or register a credit card when you are below eighteen. You will still have to go to school, still be forced to write homework, and do whatever our parent says. Basic, we have few rights even on a free country. I have to practice violin, sleep early, and do stuff like all other kids does.

However, living in a democracy based country is way better than living in communist or empire, at least we get to own property and have basic human rights, they don’t, they cant do anything and the government can do anything to them. We benefits from able to criticize go on face book, and enjoy internet; they don’t.

So in general, I am pretty grateful to have such rights, but will be happier if we don’t have to do everything repeatedly and make life seems like a never ending cycle: go to school, come home, go to sleep, how boring it is!! if we can mix up the schedule a bit, or have an extra day off, that is certainly gaining more freedom!!

Journal Entry 9: If You Were Billy

If I am billy, the first ting I went to bath I would go to the pub, because I like company and two people in a building makes me fell uneasy, because there will be no people to warn or help you if that other person tends to be a insane killer( just like what happened to billy)

If I am billy, I would leave right away when the landlady starts acting weird, because u never know what a mad man/women would do. If the landlady acts more normal than in the story. I would not suspect her. I will start getting suspicious when I saw that there are no guest except me. I would leave because I will conclude either something spooky is going on, or the place has bad service.

So yeah, I think I will survive and get out the break and breakfast alive(provided that I choose that instead of the pub, which I wont) because I will be uncomfortable sleeping in a house with no-one except me and a crazy old lady.

If I overlook the fact that there are no guest, I would run screaming from the place once the lady told me the two previous guest never left.

Journal Entry 10: For the Sake of Freedom

Freedom is really important thing, without freedom we will not have the ability do to something we want. I think I a not complete free right now, due to school , homework, and parents telling me what to do.

Throughout history, people have fought for freedom against dictatorship and communism, and many had died believing their faith, I think that freedom is worth that very much, enough for a life. Without freedom, a human might just as well be dead.

But throwing your life away for freedom is under the circumstances that you have no rights at all, like the slaves from the American Civil-War. I would not throw my life away just because of a small restriction. If so, everyday on news there will be people dieing because they don’t want homework anymore.

I will pretty much given anything in my possession for freedom, for once you have that, you can earn back pretty much anything. One thing I will not give away for freedom is my family members, for what will it matter if you are free and there are no one you love to share the happiness of freedom?

So I think freedom is more important than life, but not your families, for if they didn’t exist, you will not as well.

Journal Entry 8: After The End

     By this time, Billy is starting to get a little bit scared; after all, he will be sleeping in the same building with a crazy old lady who has a hobby of mummyfying her pets. Billy also heard that a kind of dangerous poison has bitter almond taste to it. He soon thought that the landlady is going to poision him," that explains it all" he thought, the way she say he is exactly right, and the way she mummifies pet. The landlady was goint to mummyfy him!! As he was regretting his decision to stay at this house and not go to the pub, his eyesight starts to get fuzzy , he soon saw nothing but utter darkness. " So this is it" he thought, then he suddenly feel nothing.
   After what feel like ages Billy opened his eyes, and screamed. For he thought he was dead and that the landlady had followed him to heaven. Why is it that the landlady will haunt him even in the afterlife!!? " why do u keep on stalking me, even now that I am dead?" shouted Billy. The landlady had a worried expression written on her face" you passed out when i gave you the bitter almond tea, is something wrong dear? "she said. " Nothing , just that i thought you are going to poison me and mummify my corpse " said Billy. The phrase made the landlady laugh out loud. " You have a wild imagination Billy, why would i mummify a nice gentlemen like you?" she said. "Then what happened to the two previous guest" challenged Billy. " Oh, those two, they like this place so much that they decided to stay" replied the lady happily. As she finished her sentence, the two guest came down the stars, greeted billy whit a tip of their hat, and went through the front door. " You see" said the land lady "those two went to the bar yesterday to get a drink, that is why i said we have the place all to our-self", as for why I keep teh price so cheap; it is becasue my son, who died in a war ten years ago, looks exactly LIKE you, and also in the age of seventeen.
     Billy finally managed to let out a sign of relief, the Landlady is nice after all!!