Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
free write 9 May 2013
today i feel a little refreshed. i got a full night's sleep last night and it really did the trick. i am not tired, my eyes are not stressed and my body feels great. i am glad we are coming to the end of this semester i feel that i need the couple of weeks break befor i start the summer session. this feels like it has been a stressful semester, i don't know why but i feel like i have been under pressure to succeed dfrom the beginning. i want to continue the work i have begun in finishing the program I am entering but the urge to stop sure comes up from time to time. of i didn't have such a strong desire to do something other than sit around and be a couch potato, i would stop. however, quitting is not in my nature and I will definitely finish what i have started and will finish strong no matter how long it takes me. my mind,body and soul are all on one accord with this decision and we collectively will complete this task. as for now, my focus is on more studying and getting through finals week and then working on my application for admission to the program i am pursuing. i am confident of my acceptance into the program as I am working hard and i believe that i will gain entry and continue until I am complete. my family supports me and this means a lot to have their support as I make this change in my life.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
free write 4 April 2013
today, i don't know what to write about, i have no thoughts on anything. i feel like i am just here and taking everything as it comes. my mind feels blank and i have hit a wall writing. just want to get started on this project and get going with it so it can get finished and move on to the next one.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
free write 2 April 2013
today I don't know quite what to say, I am feeling pretty good about myself and am just happy to be alive. i really don't have too much to say. i am alive, healthy and once again back in school. i enjoyed a really good sermon this past Sunday that has me inspired more than ever to continue this path or journey i am on to starting a new chapter in my life. the pastor gave a really parallel to the Tom Landry statement, "i got to get you to do what you don't want to do to make you all that you want to be". that in itself is a profound statement but the elaboration the pastor put on it combined with the road Jesus took into Jerusalem inspired me to re-motivate and commit myself even harder to get this school done and get back out into the workforce. my life has been crazy for me, to say the least, these last couple of years and i want some form of normalcy in the future. now i know the only way for this to happen is to continue schooling and make a different path for myself than the one i was on. oh well, i guess there isn't much more to say today.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The Ghetto Response
Marvin J. Pringle
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. Comp 102-117
26 March 2013
Response Essay
“The Ghetto (Unfinished)”
The film entitled “Ghetto” gives viewers a firsthand account of the lives of Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. Although many scenes are staged by the Germans, this film documents the supposed “good life” and the actual reality of how Jews live confined to this ghetto. These are the conditions the Germans don’t want to show the outside world. Without knowing the true nature of this film, viewers can only fathom it is intended to depict a differing view other than the truth. In reality Jews are living in atrocious conditions, have no freedom of movement outside the ghetto and appear to be living as caged animals. After being relocated to the ghetto, Jews lose all their rights and are forced into overcrowded, undernourished squalor. For example one witness states Jews are forced to live as multiple families in one home as her family is forced to live in one room of their own home while other families take over other rooms and their home is transformed into a multi-family home. These living conditions lead to overcrowding and eventually unsanitary conditions. As seen, garbage and waste is just tossed out of windows into the streets as the people are too weak from malnutrition to take the refuse out of the building. In addition to living conditions, the film also delves into the aspect of death in the ghetto. Starvation and malnutrition in addition to the sickness and disease lead to slow and agonizing deaths. For those who are fortunate enough to obtain small portions of food and avoid starvation, they triumph over death until the ultimate happens. Those who perish for one reason or another are discarded on the streets and collected as if they are mere garbage. Acts such as the disposing of the dead as garbage made Jews indifferent and numb to death as one witness stated they didn’t feel human while in the ghetto. Some scenes depicted are so horrific, the assembled witnesses at times cover their faces as the anguish and pain is still very vivid even after six decades. In the final analysis, this film is an attempt to depict happiness and good times as opposed to the reality of harsh conditions of life in the ghetto.
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