What 'Tuesday' Has Inspired You

 I think that Tuesday which has inspired me the most is the second Tuesday about feeling sorry for yourself. This one especially effective me when Morrie talked about  how he only allowed a little bit of time for self-pity and how lucky he felt that he had enough time to say goodbye to the people you love. This is especially astounding when you think about how he's dying, how he's going to die. And to think that he can lucky woman most people nowadays  moan and groan about the simplest of things and yet he doesn't feel sorry even though he's most likely going to suffocate to death. It makes me feel almost as though most people don't deserve to feel sorry for themselves as much as they do. Don't get me wrong people suffer all the time, but when a man who's dying the way Morrie  is dying says that he's thankful for it it kind of puts everything into perspective.  I think that if people, especially young people, decided to do every day with Morrie does they would feel so much happier in their day-to-day lives. I hope that one day I can look back on everything and think that I lived just as happy life is Morrie seems to believe he is living.

 I think the  message is especially important for people like Mitch, rushing through life and constantly  bemoaning how miserable they are, and yet they don't seem to be very miserable when considering how bad things could be for them.  They especially can't seem to be able to understand how Morrie could be happy in the situation like this. I plan example of this is a page on page 57 with Mitch thinks, "I studied him in his chair, unable to stand, wash,  to put on his pants. Lucky? Did he really say lucky?"  Which clearly shows how shocked he is that Morrie seems to be perfectly content with how his life is. He sees his old professor withering away and most likely expects him to be upset and better, but knowing Morrie  as he had  is it really a surprise to him? Or is it just that he's forgotten things that Morrie taught him?

 Really, with all of the great messages in the last five chapters it was a bit difficult to pinpoint the one that really hit me the most. However re-reading the passage it's actually kind of obvious.  In a time when people seek sympathy for, and get sympathy for, the simplest things it really is important to remember that our lives can always be worse. Besides, even if they do get worse that's no excuse just stick your head in the mud and cry about  how bad everything is. ALS is an extremely severe disease, yet look at Morrie! He seems to be a lot happier than the majority of the people around him. He is the one who most people would assume deserves to be the most upset, but he recognizes that having self-pity won't help him in anyway. So he decides to live his life the best way that he can. And really isn't that something that we should all strive for?

Tuesday's With Morrie Bucket List

There are a lot of things to think about in just the first few pages. The ending is pretty much told to us. Morrie is going to die and as much as we might want it to, that won't change. The finality of that fact, and the fact that Morrie is not afraid of hi own demise, is a bit jarring. In most stories the death of a protagonist is seen as something to avoid at all costs, so it is really refreshing to see how calm the characters in Tuesday's With Morrie are about death. They, or at least Morrie, sees death in something that is a part of life, and that it is not wise to live life in the fear of death.  In a way to celebrate that, I have made a list of things that I hope to do before I die.

BUCKET LIST

• Travel the globe
• Get a tattoo
• Swim in the ocean
• Meet a celebrity
• Graduate high school 
• Graduate college
• Get my driver's licence 
• Go skydiving
• Make a family 
• Change someone's life

It's probably not the most interesting bucket list to ever be created, but I don't want to miss any part of it. I don't mind missing one or two, but I think that meeting my goals will give my life purpose. Otherwise, what am I living for? 

Book Blog 4/13/16

Warning: spoilers (duh)

The book that I read this week was Dorthy Must Die by Danielle Page. I finished it so I will do my best to leave out major (minor ones will be included) spoilers for those who are interested in it. The book is basically a re-imagining/sequel to The Wizard of Oz. In the book a young girl, Amy Gumm, from Kansas is swept up by a tornado and dropped in Oz. Except its nothing like the Oz she had heard of. Everything is upside down and backwards. The good have gone bad, and the bad just might be good. That is about as far as I can go without going into spoiler territory. Warning: the book has quite a bit (a lot) of gore. I'm not kidding. People's arms are ripped off, the trademark cute furry animal is brutally killed, and someone is melted. You have been warned.

Prompt #1: Describe your least favorite character and explain why. Describe your most

favorite character and explain why.

The spot for least favorite character has to be a tie. It's between Dorthy and Gert. Dorthy is a horrible person in this book. She is malicious and enjoys torturing people for the smallest of things. Especially the people who serve her. She is the main antagonist and the reason behind almost all of the pain in this book. My other least favorite character is Gert. She is one of the protagonists and the leader of the rebellion against Dorthy. The only problem I have with her is her methods. She is the type of person who believes that the ends justify the means. She was willing to even inflict psychological torment on the off chance that it would give Amy the power boost that she needed. All in all definitely not one of the best leaders

My favorite character has to be Glamora. She is also one of the main protagonists and the twin sister of Glinda. Glamora, unlike certain characters, doesn't pretend that she is anything other than herself. She is straightforward about why she does things and never sugarcoats the truth. Glamora has admitted multiple times that her motives aren't pure and are she isn't ashamed about it. Most importantly she has depth. Her reason for fighting isn't just, "Whats happening is wrong!", she fights for revenge. She was betrayed by the one closest to her, and she intends on repaying the favor. Blatant disregard for hero tropes in fantasy books are uncommon, so she definitely stands out as my favorite.

Prompt #2:List five major events in order from which happened first to last.

1. Amy is caught up in a tornado that takes her to Oz.
2. Amy is captured and taken to the Emerald city. 
3. Amy escapes and flees to the headquarters for The Order Of The Wicked.
4. The Order takes Amy on her first mission. (spoilers ensue)
5. The ball at the castle takes place.