The Daily Routine

            In "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", the patients living at the mental institution, are limited to a very strict schedule. They have no say what they do, or when they do it. They are told when to eat, sleep, watch t.v., when they can smoke, and how much, and when to clean. They have no say in what they are served for meals. They are told when they can brush their teeth in the morning, and how much toothpaste they can use.They are at the say of the Big Nurse. Her word is the law. If someone defies the big nurse, they are at the risk of being sent to the disturbed ward. At the end of the day, they are givin a pill, tied into bed, and arent aloud to get out until morning.
            Although there are a few similarities to the way that Framingham High School is run, the schedule that the patients follow, is much more controlled, and restricted.  At school, we may be forced to take classes, but ultimately we decide which ones we want to take. There are tons of electives that students can choose from, so people really shouldn't complain that they hate their elective classes. The patients don't have this luxuray, they go through the same routine every single day without having any word on the matter. in school we also get to decide what we eat for lunch, having many different options in the cafeteria. At the end of the day, we get on the bus, and go home where we are free to do as we please until school the next morning. The patients at the mental institution are not so lucky, they can not go home until they are cleared by the doctors. Some of them know that this might never happen for them. They are labeled a chronic, and forced to spend the rest of their lives following the same schedule every day.
               Some similarities we share with the patients, is we are forced to wake up early. I guarantee that there is not one person in school that enjoys waking up at 6. Also, though we decide what we eat, we can't decide when we eat. Based on the class we have at a certain time of the day, determines when we can eat.Some are fortunate and get first lunch. some are cursed to wait an hour and a half later and get 4th. The final similarity between our school and the ward, is the authority that we have to respect. The vice-principals decide what you get for punishment, and just like with the big Nurse, you don't want to be on their bad side.

Sticking Long Nails Into People's Brains Through Their Eye Sockets

          I would have to agree that the human brain is less understood than  the rest of the body. The brain is not understood in many instances. Most of the time, doctors, no matter how many years of training they have had, have trouble diagnosing brain injuries, or defects. the brain is extremely delicate, and during surgery, the slightest accident could turn a normal human being into someone with severe mental problems. There are few other places in the body where this could happen. Even open heart surgery is not as difficult as brain surgery. the heart is  understood by modern doctors, the know for a fact there are 4 chambers of the heart, and know the purpose of each one, as well as which veins and arteries go where, and their purpose. parts of the brain are still not understood, and it is not known why mist mental illnesses occur.
           The brain is so complex, that surgery on the brain is not often done. over the years surgerys such as the lobotomy, and shock therapy have been tested on the brain, in many cases having very negative effects. Patients of these procedures rarely got better, and usually had very serious side effects, some of which resulting in death. Now a days, medication is used to help cure problems that people have. These medications however are not always safe themselves. In fact, sometimes the medication has the opposite affect of what is desired. some medications advertised as curing depression can give a person thoughts of suicide. this goes to show that although medication current day is safer than having a lobotomy, there are still serious risks. this shows how complex the human brain truly is.

top 10

      I don't really know if i have a top 10 favourite movies. there are lots of mopvies that i really like. I guess if I had to pick 10, it would probably go like this.

10. The Lion King- this was one of my favourite movies growing up, and I still like it. Everyone has seen it. And i've never heard anything bad said about it. it is just a good movie.

9. Forest Gump- I usually hate long movies, and this movie is quite long, but there really is no boring part of it. I would say it is in most people's top 10, i mean, everyone has said "run forest, run" a bunch of times in their life.

8. Napoleon Dynamite- I fully realize i will get criticized for this, but i don't care. This is one of the funniest movies i have ever seen. People always say that it is a terrible movie, but i disagree. The movie has absolutlely no plot, they dont even really make jokes, they just do sstupid things, and it involves stupid people. I watch it every time it is on tv.

7. Kill Bill- Tjis is really 2 movies, but so what, i like them both equally.the way they jump around is entertaining. the fight scenes are just awesome.

6. all 3 Lord of the Rings- I am watching the first one of these movies as i am writing this blog. I read the books, and in my opinion, this is one of the only instances where a movie has been better than the book it was about. They are so awesome.

5. the original 3 Star Wars- Notice, i just said the original 3, the next 3 were awful. These 3 movies haad the greatest special effects of all time, and i don't really see how that will ever change.

4. Ace Ventura Pet Detective- Jim Carrey is hilarious. these were my 2 favourite movies when i was young. hands down. I watched them both with my brother when i was like 6, and i made my mother go buy them both the next day. The second one i especially like, and i think it is the funniest movie ever made.

3. The Green Mile- The acting in this movie is so great. The plot is very unrealistic, but the acting is so god it doesn't matter.

2. Inglourious Basterds- Great acting, really funny. Brad Pitt was awesome in this. That German guy who played Colonel Hans Landa was amazing. It came out last year, and ive seen it like 20 times.

1. The Shawshank Redemption- hands down, best movie ever made. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are so good in this movie. awesome script, awesome in general. entire movie is entertaining

Themes in "Death of a Salesman"

          In Death of a Salesman, there are three very prominent themes throughout act I. One of these themes, is that Willy has failed to accomplish the American Dream. Willy has worked in the same company for many years, but even after so many years of work, Willy doesn't get respected by anyone at work. His boss does not respect the fact that Willy has worked for the company since before he was born. Willy has been unable to make a name for himself, or pass any life skills on to his sons, which are two key parts of the American Dream.
          A second theme in Death of a Salesman, is that Willy is the only unsuccessful man around. Willy's brother is supposedly rich. He made it big in Alaska, and Willy wishes that he had too. His best friend and neighbor, Charley is a successful business owner, and his son Bernard is a very high up lawyer, while Willy is failing at work, and one of his sons is an unemployed compulsive lier, and the other is a womanizer.
          A third theme in death of a salesman, is that of Man vs. Self. Willy hates himself. he tries to kill himself on several occasions. He drives his car off a bridge, but doesn't die. He tries to suck  in toxic gases, but doesn't die. He mutters to himself constantly, about how his brother is more successful, and his sons are losers. He has constant flashbacks to a time when his sons were successful, and he was well respected.

Death of a Salesman

           In Death of a Salesman, by  Arthur Miller, The main characcter, Will Loman, has two adult sons. Their names are Happy, and Biff. As a father, Willytries to teach his sons certain values. He does not care very much about his sons individuality, and just wants them to follow in his path, and be traveling salesman. He tries to teach them how to accomplish their dreams, but in reality, he is just projecting his own ambitions on to them. These are not favorable for his sons. They will not know how to live on their own, since their father has only taught them to do what he has done his whole life, and not be individuals.
           Willy Loman is also very paranoid, and unsure of himself. He always feels as though no one likes him, but he isn't sure if that is really true. He tends to mutter things, and can never make uop his mind about his past, or his sons. This reveals that Willy is a very unsure, paranoid person. Unfortunately, his wife Linda supports everything that he does. She won't let him believe that his paranoid and untrusting ways are actually harmful to him. Linda is supporting, but her support is negative, because she won't allow Willy to see his flaw, therefoire he can not improve on his habits.

rules?

        I think that everyone should agree that cheating is wrong. you should not copy off someone elses work, you should just study , or do the work yourself to begin with. However, lots of people cheat. we have all copied someone elses homework before, whether or not we care to admit it toi people. I think that cheating is a rule that is kind of hard to prevent. a teacher doesn't have anyway of prevfenting two students from getting together outside of class, and looking at eachother's homeowrk. And even if they do think t has happened, they usually don't have a way to prove it, unless the person was really not the brightest, and copied word for word. now that i think of it though, I don't think that I have copied off someone's homework yet this school year. That probably is a good thing though.
       There are alot of rules that are hard to enforce, just like cheating. Like texting during classes. I see people text during class every single day.I used to on ocasion do it myself, before my phone broke, and i couldn't use it to text. I'm not sure if the teachers are oblivious to it, or if they simply just don't care at this point. I nnotice people texting, why don't the teachers? I am in ADC right now, with no one for me to tutor, and so i decided to do this blog. there a still a bunch of people who don't have anyone to tutor, like me, and a bunch of them ar eprobably texting, because what else would they be doing? It's not enforced, so why follow it really?

Movies

          We watched part of the Scarlet letter in class yesterday. I must say, it was pretty awful. the acting was horendous, the special effects, like the "A" in the sky, were absolutely horrible, and it looked like a cartoon. i dont really think that special effects are even necissary for a good movie. I think that if a movie needs special efffects, they should spend the extra money, and do good ones, not crappy cgi. the best special effects are in the original star wars movies, all the aliens and stuff look pretty real, and because of that, those movies made a ton of money.
         My favorite movie, doesn't use any special effects whatsoever. It is "The Shawshank Redemption." its just a really good movie. the acting is awesome, with Tim robbins, and Morgan Freeman. i never read the book that it is based off of, so i can't really compare the interpretation from the book. Some movies that are from ooks, are not nearly as good as the book. I admit, i read all seven Harry Potter books, and I thought they were pretty awesome. The movies, on the other hand, i hated. The books were so long, and in my opinion can't be fit into on povie each. They leave out so much detail, and events, that are important in the book, and i feel like, had I not read the books before the movie came out, they would make little to no sense,
          It's hard to find a good movie. Most movies just seem way too long. I get bored easily, and when i movie  is 3 hours long, I usually turn it off in the middle. Like Avatar, it's just so long. I watched it with my brother, and i left before the big fight scene, because i had seen like 2 and a half hours of it, and nothing very interesting had happened, it wasnt worth the fight scene, because the rest was too long and boring.