The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Post Reading

“I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical, but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.”
In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time the main character Christopher has a very logical way of thinking things out. In the novel Christopher solves a mystery of his neighbor’s dog, Wellington. Throughout the novel Christopher takes you through his thought process of everything that he does in his everyday life and while solving any mysteries that happened during the book. Christopher has also been diagnosed with asperger’s syndrome which means that it is hard for him to communicate with other people and he often takes things in a very literal sense. He never understands things in a figurative sense like idioms for example they confuse him. Christopher believes in the logical use of prime numbers as well. Prime numbers don’t have a divisor greater than one and itself. In many way prime numbers are like the mysterious ways of Wellington’s investigation. When Christopher found out that his mother who was believed to be deceased was alive and sending letters to Mr.Shears the only answer that made sense as to why his mother who; should have been six feet under was sending letters was because she was in fact alive. In the end Christopher reached the goals that he set out to reach through his logical and reasonable thinking.
In life you can never question why things happen the way that they do or how fate works it just does. Prime numbers just for some reason happen to work just like life does. In my life I try hard to think things through in a rational way. I’m known to be very optimistic, kind, and maybe even nerdy but the way to be able to stay sane in life is to not to let your emotions come to par with certain things. Emotions are hard to deal with because they have a way of making situations messy at times. In my mind there are many ways that things can play out however the right way to do is always the way that you naturally go toward or fated to do. In my fourteen years of life I have been verbal altercations a few times this is an example of a time when  logical thinking would have been the better decision to make. When us as people act on emotions rather than logic we sometimes dig holes that is are hard to get out of.
In both the novel and my own life I have learned that logic can be a systematic and rational way of thinking. Christopher taught me something valuable and that was that emotions may be a good way outlet for your feelings rational thinking is an amazing way to deal situations.

“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”
― Galileo Galilei

To Kill a Mockingbird and The Help Essay

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird and the motion picture called The Help many people are subjects to racism and poverty. Atticus Finch once said “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” Few characters in both the novel and movie take this quote into play, many others too scared of the change that it might bring. Courage, a major lesson in each piece of literature was something that many people each period of time. While the two both have many more things in common they’re also many comparisons in the way that both are taught.

In the novel To Kill a Mocking bird a young girl named Scout tells the story of an African American man who was accused of rape and put on trial in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. The Help was told through the perspective of a young adult living in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960’s. Skeeter seeks to tell the story of African American maids in book that she’s writing. In ways Scout and Skeeter have many things a like; they’re both strong willed and determined girls who don’t reduce themselves to the sexism of both eras. They both have strong feelings for equality of the races and have both have strong bonds with the maids that raised them. Characters in The Help could also be seen or compared to those in To Kill a Mockingbird, for instance Arthur Radley also known as Boo Radley was a reclusive man who did little things to show Scout and her brother Jem that the rumors about him being a bad person weren’t true. Boo could compare with Celia Foote who was labeled false accusations of Jackson’s ladies who labeled as a cheat. Celia tried to do things to be friendly to Hilly and Elizabeth but they refused her kindness. The settings of both the stories take part in their similarities. Both stories take place in the south where worlds like “colored” and “negro” are used often in the segregated America.

While they’re many aspects that they both have in common there are also things that differ in both the novel and movie. In To Kill a Mockingbird the tone could be serious and dreary on the topic of racism and Tom Robinson. While The Help had serious moments it could also be humorous and lively at times even when the subject at hand was just as serious. The Help goes through the motions of showing everyone’s perspective as well. Ablileen, Minny, and other maids got to share their stories in however the Finch’s maid Calpurnia rarely shares many of her opinions in the novel. This is another way of showing the diversity in each story. The biggest thing that sets the two apart is the story line for them both. To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of black man named Tom Robinson who is accused of raping a white woman. Tom is put to trial and is defended by Atticus Finch where he is convicted in an unjust law system. It also tells stories of Scout, Jem, Dill and the troubles that they all get into. The Help is about a young girl called Skeeter, fresh out of college seeking a career in journalism. She decides to interview black maids in which they all share their encounters working for white families.

                In conclusion both the novel and the movie have a meaning much more significant. Within both fictional works of art the lesson being taught is much more extraordinary. Skin color is not defining neither is gender or the amount of money you have, equality of all is much more important. If you reflect on the courage that Atticus had to defend an African American man. The courage of Skeeter, Ablileen, and the several other maids to not only be women to but to see both races as equal. That’s what they both sought out to teach. When believe in the right thing don’t be afraid to be heard and to make a change especially when it could have a powerful impact on other people’s lives as well.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Think of a time when someone close to you lied to you.  Write a blog post that describes what happened; what did they lie about, why did they lie, how did it make you feel, how did the action effect your relationship with that person.

In life I have learned that people can sometimes make promises that they don’t intend to keep. The question that I have been asking is why lie when telling the truth is the easier and the more honorable thing to do? Being lied to has to be one of the most gut-wrenching feelings. When a person you gave your trust to betray you there is almost no way to describe the feeling other than hurt and disappointed. This a story from a personal experience.

I have always been I a bit of a naive and shy person and sometimes people like that are the easiest to take advantage of. I once knew a girl. The girl an old friend from the past. She was a person who could be described as “cool” among society and peers. It was a time where I felt that we had the most unbreakable friendship. When we hung out I felt almost like I fit in with people like her loud, unapologetic, and popular. I soon learned that she had silently un-friend-ed me, she had went weeks silently drifting from me. I would ask if we were still friends and she’d answer with yes and a small smile. In the end she just dusted me off like dirt on shoulder and went on about our life. I later found the reason she never told me face to face is because she didn't want to hurt my feelings. At the time I felt that she was the coldest person I had ever met. I felt small and self-conscious always wondering if other people would like me. It isn't until today that I now understand that the nameless girl wasn't a liar but I was. Somewhere inside myself I knew exactly what she was doing but I pushed those feelings away because I was scared of being lonely, the funny thing is while doing this I was already alone.

In the end she taught me something if someone doesn't appreciate my unique yet quirky-awkwardness that’s okay because someone someday will. One of those people happened to be me. I haven’t talked to that girl ever since the end of seventh grade year. If I could I’d thank her for teaching me some valuable lessons. She taught me that friends are people who inspire, encourage you, and make you happy. You can make your own happiness. most importantly self-worth comes from within.

“My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.”

-Taylor Swift