Evaluate Jacob and August's relationship with Marlena and discuss who is more deserving of her.
Jacob
August
Jacob is the more deserving man of Marlena because he respects her and he wishes and truly loves her. August on the other hand beats Marlena so she will do what he wants, and does not cherish her the way he should. Jacob is younger, and has never had an experience with a girl, which does make him more naive. August is also married to her and knows her flaws, giving them the right to argue. But Jacob would never resort to beating Marlena. He is not as controlling as August. August cannot control many aspects in his own life, because Uncle Al controls it; he resorts to controlling Marlena. Jacob truly cherishes and treats her respectfully. You can see his love for her through his actions. "My heart pounds so hard that, despite the roaring of the crowd, I am aware of blood whooshing through my ears. I am filled to overflowing, bursting with love" (228). This is when Jacob watches Marlena preform again after her injury and he sees again just how magnificent she is. Jacob loves her for who she is and does not try to make her something she is not. This is why Jacob is more deserving of her love than August.
I personally find Malcolm Gladwell and his thought process very intriguing. It stands out to me how differently he thinks from anyone I know. He refuses to conform to the modern thinking of society and i feel that he typically proves people wrong when given the chance. You can tell that he has a great thirst for knowledge of the truth, especially in this video I have attached a link to Malcolm Gladwell David and Goliath talk. I believe the message you could easily take away from his Ted Talks, is to not believe everything you hear, because a great deal of it is false. Another take home message of his for me, was inspired from his Ted talk about spaghetti, linked here. The message was that not one thing is perfect for everyone. Although many people like spaghetti sauce, not everyones likes it smooth. Some people like it extra chunky, and some may not like sauce on their spaghetti at all. Here is a video of Gladwell talking about his novel, Outsiders.
Gladwell talking about spaghetti sauce
One thing I see in my frequently in my life is usually between girls. Girls gossip often and half of the things you hear about other people are not true, or you may not know the full story. You truly can not trust everything you hear, because judging someone by one thing that you hear about them, could really hurt them and you don't know if it is honestly true. I would assume girls gossip just for the fun of it, and the indulging in other peoples business. I have attached a link about why people gossip. Gossip link here.
My groups first discussion for animal farm went pretty well in my opinion. We discussed the main topics of the book Animal Farm by George Orwell thourough and well while also sharing our opinions on the book as a whole. I would say that our strongest point were that everyones job was done quite well and our discussion questions were pretty open-ended, leaving a lot of room to discuss more instead of just "yes" or "no" questions. A few things that we really need to work on, is stay on topic, and having everyone fully complete their jobs. We tend to get into a good discussion and then vear off a little bit but we are working on it and getting better. Also we are reminding each other to do our jobs.
In Lord of the Flies, Ralph’s speech was planned. He specifically called a meeting single-handedly to give his speech. In his speech, he focused only on the negatives of everyones doing and failed to acknowledge the hard work many people were putting in to gathering food and sticks for shelters. He came off as very bossy and narrow-minded. His speech was centered around how everyone needed to act more civilized and nagged the boys about the little things that he didn’t like. Considering Ralph was voted to be leader, as opposed to just emerging as a natural leader, this caused all the other boys on the island to resent him and reconsider their choice as a leader. In Jack’s speech in Lost, it arose naturally, completely unplanned. Everyone was willing to listen to what Jack was saying. Jack’s speech was focused on water, because they need it to live, not because he was being nit-picky about cleanliness like Ralph from Lord of the Flies. Jack’s speech also was about working together and becoming more of a community and friends, because it is what was best for them especially when they are all struggling to survive. He also mentioned how everyone was working well, making his speech very pleasant and they wanted to listen to him. Jack also arose naturally as a leader, he wasn’t chosen or voted for. In my opinion, that makes him much more easy to listen to and follow considering he arose as a leader because of his natural leadership skills, and him not being power-hungry.
