Atonement

Atonement: something you do in order to make amends for something that you did wrong, for example forgiveness.  I think atonement for past sins and mistakes is possible because there is always enough time to make things right again.  I think that for some things you shouldn’t dwell on the past, and just think about how good you could make the future if you atone.  I also think that if you atone your mistakes you are able to live a little bit more open minded and freely and in the future you will make the right decisions based of the wrong decisions you used to make. 

Since the incident with Hassan getting raped by a stranger, Amir had watched it the whole time and didn't do anything about it.  He could have easily stopped it and saved Hassan but he didn't.  Since he didn't help the situation, Amir is considered to have done something wrong.  I think that there is still time for Amir to make up for not helping Hassan, even though he has appologized several times.

The Lovely Bones

Preview:

"The Lovely Bones"

By: Alice Sebold

#1 National Bestseller

I think it is about a girl that has died who is now looking back on her life from heaven.

When did this take place?

Where does the story take place?

It is about a 14 year old girl who was murdered and she is now adjusting to heaven.  From heaven, she is looking down on life that is going on with out her.  

"A stunning achievement."-The New Yorker

Copyright Little, Brown and Company-2002

Dedication-Glen

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Other novels by Alice Sebold: "Lucky"

The authors writing is contemporary and it has an easy flow, it also grabs my attention.

Overall, I think that this book will be really interesting and I think it also might have a lot of lessons to be learned.

Picture Story

When I was called by the Army last Spring, they told me that I had to fly out to Afghanistan and map out areas in which American troops would be able to stay safely.  As I was walking around with my equipment, all of a sudden I was being fired at by Afghanistan troops.  My adrenaline started to rush, I didn't know what to do except run for my life.  I had to get away as fast as possible.  The ground wasn't that sturdy considering it was right by a creek with an enormous amount of sticks and branches, they were an obstacle.  I finally reached a safe ground where other members of the troops were staying.  I told them all about what happened.  A few months later, I was allowed to go home, I was surfing the web as I came across a picture of me.  I knew exactly what I was running from in the picture.  I look back now and thank God that nothing happened to me.  But it was quite the experience.

Triumph Of Evil

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing."

- Edmund Burke

I think this quote means that in order to conquer evil, the good people do nothing because they are better than that.  The good people do nothing because it shows that they don't have to resort to "evilness" in order to solve a conflict or and issue.  With that said, I think the evil will realize that it is probably not a good idea to do certain things, therefore they will stop being evil and the good will triumph.

Decisions

Every decisions you make in todays society has an impact. Whether it be good or bad, big or small, all the decisions that you make effect you and possibly the people around you.  The factors that influence my decision making depend on the decision that I'm going to make.  Sometimes I think of the lasting effect the decision will have, and sometimes I make the decision with out even thinking it through.  It all depends on whether its spur-of- the- moment or an important serious decision.

Recipe For Afghanistan

Recipe:

32,738,376 cups of people

3 tsp. of languages

249,984 pinches of square miles

1 cup of terrorist attack on U.S

8 tbsp.  of conflict with the United States

1 oz. of Persian culture

7 cups of religion

**Mix all ingredients until well blended

*Place in middle east for a couple thousand years

 

Spring Break

Over spring break I turned 18 which lead me to get my ear pierced.  I relaxed a lot, and I went to the King of Prussia mall and spent a lot of my birthday money.  I only worked one day during the break which was really good.  I hung out with friends mostly every night.  For Easter, I went to the William Penn Inn with my family which was also really good.  One of my birthday presents that I really loved was a custom made front license plate for my car, and I also got a custom made ring that should be coming in the mall shortly.  Overall, my spring break was really fun!