Christmas storms and sunshine

In this essay I am going to talk about the relationship of two compositors or editor of different newspapers including it’s families. Mr. Jenkins is in Tory paper and Mr. Hodgson is in Examiner, they lived in the same building, it’s relationship wasn’t good, were in constant war, bothering each other in aconstant competition. In this misbehavior were included it’s wifes, Mrs. Mary Hodgson and Mrs. Jenkins that also were includes in this constant war that were like “enemies”. The Jenkins family could not have a baby so they have cat and The Hogdsons could have a baby for me this could be one of the reasons of their bad convivence is because both of the families feel envy. In this story occur different situations that can show how they want to bother each other only there is like one or two actions that are good the rest are bad for example one day the cat of Mr. Hodgson and that was a catastrophy because as always bagan to fight, another was when the hodgsons baby was feeling bad because it was sick so little tom needed hot water but their parents did not have in that moment so they ask for help to The Jenkins but specially Mrs. Jenkins don’t wanted to help but then she decided to help little tom and she save him this it was a really good action and aother bad aspect or situation it was when Mry Hodgson wanted to treat bad the cat, she take the cat to the street and obviosly the animal wasn’t with anything and  The Jenkins realice what had happened and Mrs. Jenkins was really mad with Mary that she cannot do that to animals and finnaly Mary was very sorry about that of his bad acting . these are some of the bad and good actions between the two families. The best part of the story for me is at the end because they understand that it’s constant fight and war were not good and specially in that beautifull time of christmas when it suppose that it should not occur that type of behavior and they led their differences aside and began a better relationship. Talking about the author point of view of Elizabeth is that the best way of not having a bad relationship or fight with someone near to you is having frinds before christmas. Now I am going to talk about the values I think can be related to the story, I have two values one is good and other is bad are convivence and envy, envy because in the story it shows that the two families feel envy between then and this feeling only can bring bad things and situations, and convivence because at the end of the story it shows how the families understand that stop fighting is the best way of having a good communication and relationship with the society. Ending with this essay I think that the problem with the families and the people is all the bad feelings that they acquire by mistreating people or wanting to be better than anyone or wanting bad wishes to other people and for me the best answer or solution for this is being gratefull and satisfied for the things that we have acepting the opportunities that we have and also for the things that we don’t have, when we frecuently feel envy or mad  toward people the ones that get affected are ourselves because we will always suffer for the bad energies that are in our heart and in our mind.

The Lady of Shalott

In this essay I am going to talk about the relationship of this poem with the words patience and caring and tell why are related. In the lady of shalott for me these two words have relation. Patience because this lady in the whole time she passed enclosed in a tower of an island because a curse she had and becuse of that curse she was always weaving, also she had like a kind of magic of seeing things or people through the window and she could not stop weaving anytime, she had patience to continue in that tower making the same thing and the only way of breaking the curse was by seeing something or loving someone pure, the lady also had patience with all around him not the tower, things like nature, the way of imagine a person in the water or enjoying life, all things like that she could not make it, she through the window saw or imagine a man and she always was thinking in him, but the man does not knows that she exists but instead of that the woman loves him, that’s why this lady had a big big patience. Know talking about the relationship of caring in these poem, I think that yes because giving different examples, she cared about it’s “relation” with the men and she was thinking in his mind that he would love her or could significate something to him, she also cares of going out the tower to break the curse, any other person would give up or not care about that but the lady have hope of one day be free and enjoy and maybe go to another place, these are the reasons why I say that she really cares what she wanted to to then. Almost at the end of the poem I read that she could break the curse by watching something special and she wanted to be with the men but the men does not want him because he thought that the lady wasn’t beautifull, but when he realized the opposite it was very late, being at the river. My personal opinion of these words related to the poem is that this lady had much patience of wating to much time and expecting things that maybe will not happen and she was controlled by a curse that because of that when she was weaving most of the time she singed and thought about the men he supposely liked, for me in a moment of the poem she began to be like different because of the magic or “powers” of feeling things before seeing it. And when she finally could go through the river in order to change it’s life to be free of any curse and also to find the men she always care about, but at the end the patience of the lady die in the river and it was late for the men that does not take in count the patience and caring that she had of being with him.

A Modest Proposal

In this essay I am going to talk about it’s relationship with the values of justice and fairness. I don’t found any relatioship of the values with this essay because for example the proposal of Jonathan Swift, that for me is an ilogical and crazy solution that is to sell children to rich preople for it them that is mean, but I understand that Swift wants to help the economy and poverty of Ireland but obviously is not the solution. We have to understand that this kids needed many things like food, someone to take care of them, live in good conditions and a good example to follow. In this essay I would not apply the word of justice I will tell solidarity because for example a poor person don’t need someone to make them feel bad, they need a person that make them have a better mentality, have a motivation and a desire to progress and have a better future. But talking about the proposal of Swift that is very crazzy because what person could buy a children only for eat it, that is cannivalism and mean. And a cause of this proposal it can be that the families or their parents will feel very bad because which mother could sell their kids only for money, the only good thing of the Swift proposal is that the economy of the country would be better, and poverty would decrease and the country could be better but thats not the solution. When I think about Swift’s proposal, and I ask me why?, and then I thought that in the essay it saids that he has no children and then I understand that he can not understand the feeling of the parents in that situation because he has no kids. When I think about the perspective of the rich people, if they would acept that for me are people without values and humility because how can you acept to buy a kid and then eat it, for me this rich people showed that money is much important and thats not true, that people instead of acepting this proposal they could give them help with money or with others opportunities like education or a home. Concluding this essay my opinion is that if we have a poor person near us the best we can do is help them with motivation or good ideas to progress and as a result we can be a better society.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

I am going to talk about the actions of the different characters, if there are good or bad, what I think about it and all this with some details of the story. In this diary it happened many things and in different contexts, the author of this diary samuel in my personal opinion he included integrity or significance to every situation or detail in the story as if he had been there. Samuel pepys in his personal life he had good and bad actions or feelings, because in some parts of the diary he expreses his thankfull but other times not, when it passed the great fire in London, many house burned it was a terrible moment, but the worst is that Samuel saw that, but he don’t care about it because it was not happening to him and for me that way of acting is to be indifferent, for me Samuel in this moment he was not a solidary person. But in the diary Samuel shows that he is very thankfull because all the things he have. Something that I don’t liked from Samuel is that he likes very much being with women like Barbara Palmer, instead of saying that he love his wife, but for me that is not true because if you love a person you should be respect and for me that it was a totaly disrespect from Samuel. The women that Pepys liked, it was an inteligent women that in that type of moments she always does what she wants and ,in that moment she cheated him, for me that is disrespectul. Talking about the Monarch, Charles II for me he had the courage to continue in the goverment despite having different problems, and having to continue the his father’s work. Ending this essay I think that the most important in a society and a person is to apply the values in order to be a good person.

What virtues most have people today to make earth a better place to live in

Virtues are very important I consider them as values or rules in our lives in order to behave good and good comunication with others. We all know that virtues may consider a person as good or bad because, when a person doesn’t applies this values, misstreat the others, bothers all the time, insults people and have bad consequences because of the bad actions and also have problems with their family, friends and autority. Opposite of this the people that aply this virtues are completly different because always respect others, have good relationships with others and also can have good communication in a community. For me some of the most important virtues are respect, tolerance, loyalty, generosity, humility, forgiveness, love, responsability and justice. I think that virtues are like the moral rules and also rules for life because talking about myself when I do something bad I feel guilty because that goes against my moral principles, but the learning of this virtues is not in the school, is in our houses with our parents ,they are the ones that teach us since we were kids.

Something that i’ve notice is that in this present years the parents don’t teach the importance of virtues to their kids and they replace it with material things and don’t teach them love, respect with the others, tolerance, humility, generosity, forgiveness and many more, because every single virtue or value are important for life in order to make a person better. The ones that don’t apply the virtues since kids and also when they are adult usually have many problems because they misstreat people, are intolerant, have problems with the others, usually don’t have good relatioship with their friends, family and autority. For me the world of today is not easy because of the type of people in the society, but of course not everybody is bad. But the people in this world had changed into bad being more interesed in their own, more materialist, hypocrite, wishing the evil to the others, being selfish. But is more important talk about the good things because obviously the world has good people and the good actions count make the difference, this years the world has been in continuous change, nowdays the most children misstreat the adults, there’s no respect for others, the people is not generous any more because the people only want to shine in a individual way. I think that the world can change by good values, good learning from our parents, applying the virtues and having good maners.

When I think how the world would it be without the virtues or values I imagine the humans like a machine or a robot, having no mistakes, no feelings because a person without moral principles is like incomplete, like a living being without a reason for life, that why I relate this with robots because a robot is a program that doesn’t feel happiness or sadness, and cannot feel love or others values. But the saddest thing is that the people of this century are near to be a robot because it seems that their moral sense is gone and that is totaly bad because we are the example of the next generations, not only the planet is decaying also the people without good maners and good actions, and also because of this we are loosing our human spirit, know we don’t want to help anyone because we only want all the good for them. The virtues are the ones that can help the world getting worse.

Legend: John Parker 

Once upon a time there was a mysterious dog known as John Parker, this dog barks every night about the midnight, this song is similar to the ambulance noise, this noise worries the neighbors because they don't understand the reason of the dog, it is believed that is a wild dog and hunter brought from the forest that in the nights was always hunting. Also has an excellent smell that can detect his owners in a large distance. When john Parker barks the people think is an ambulance inside of the house.

Colombia, Barranquilla and my neighborhood

All began when my parents met  in the pool of the naval base of Barranquilla through a friend of my mom, in 1982, after some weeks they met better, and then they were boyfriends. The whole family of may dad are from Neiva, Huila he has 6 brothers and 1 sister. The whole family of my mom are from Barranquilla, Atlantico she has 6 sisters and 1 brother.

When my parents get married in Barranquilla of 1987, neither my brother or me had born, my parents could only have children 8 years later of being married, because of a problem of my mom.

After getting married my parents lived in San Andres only for 2 years because of my dads job, after living in the island my parents lived like 1 or 2 years in Cartagena, Puerto Leguizamo, and Bogotá.

Finally they stayed here in Barranquilla some months later my brother was born he lived all his childhood in the house of my grandmother, 8 years later I was born also in this city. But when my family turned 4 we had to live in another house then we moved to a house near from my grandmother, but some months later of being there my mom began to feel strange things, that are not normal and my mom told me that in that house I was always like scared or screaming so we move from that house. Then we lived in an apartment I don’t remember very much about that place but my mom told me that when I was a girl I enjoy very much that house, but I always remember that almost everyday I went to my grandmothers house that was very big, I used to eat delicious things in that house, I passed very good with my granny, I did many adventures with my cousins, I played in the street with a ball and for me that was happiness, I have many good good memories about my granny and his house.

Finally after all that houses and apartments I am living in an apartment that I like very much because of the location, is near the school, the supermarkets, malls, parks and many places to eat. In this apartment that I am living now I like it very much, not only for the location or the places that are near also for the people that lives in this neighborhood, and all the priviledges that I have only for living here. For me the location is very important in my house I can go to many malls or supermarkets walking, I can go to my school walking, the only difficult is the climate. My neighbors are very good persons, every morning I go to school they talk with me and that is nice because we have to socialize with new people and in this apartment I had lived like 11 years.

Talking about places I had visit in Colombia, I had visited Bogotà, Medellin, Cartagena, Santa Marta and Neiva. Visit all that cities was a great experience, because for example the first time I visited bogotá I was very happy because it was cold and I saw all that mountains was incredible for me. The first time I visited Cartegena was for the job of my dad and because for me is beautifull, the beach, the hotels and all the places we can go there. Another special place is Neiva because that is the city were the family of my dad is and was born, when I can I visit my uncles. The city that for me is very very beautifull is Medellin I love it’s nature, it’s climate, the wunderfull places were you can go, to a mall, to a park or a museum, I love this city. I think that instead of looking other places in all the world we need to know more about our country and take care of it.