Macbeth pre-reading work

Individual Work:

1. Disagree. A great man can be independent without a women at his side. My aunt's husband died a while back and she is really successful with no man at her side supporting her. 

2. Agree. I believe that Witches, demons, and evil spirits exist. When everyone dies not  

everyone is "laid to rest" some do not die peacefully, and you get angry spirits that want revenge. My mom went to her sisters house and put her keys on the counter and when they went back to get them to leave they were in the drawer and it was only those two home and they didn't touch them.

3. Agree/Disagree I guess it depends on what it is that you are doing. If you are poor and take food without paying to feed your family then that is okay, but if you just take something that you want and you have money then its wrong. My friend cheated on a test because the teacher did not teach them anything ad she wanted to pass the class so she cheated to get a good grade. 

4. Agree, it’s called karma. If you do something good or bad it will come back around to find you. It might take a while but eventually happens. My aunt's boyfriend left her when she was sick after they have been dating for a year, now he has lost all of his business partners and he hurt his leg.

5. Agree, its called greed. It also can be money because if people have money then they want more things then they need.  Like the book if you give a mouse a cookie then its gonna want a glass of milk. Same for people, if you give them something they are always gonna want something more something better.

6. Agree. If you feel that the person leading is doing a poor job then you have the ability to change it. You might not succeed but at least you tried. I turned in a paper and my teacher said I didn't so I went to talk to her. If i didn't talk to her and showed her that I turned in my work then I wouldn't have gotten a better grade. 

7. Agree. There are circumstances where killing someone is reasonable. If a person killed someone in selfdefense then they shouldn’t be punished for saving their own life from being killed.

8. Disagree. Being successful is very important, but if you have to miss important parts of your family’s lives, or you have to change who you are to get it, it's not worth it in the end if you are a different person. It depends on what your opinion is on being successful is. My friend has a job they wanted and they never have time to hang out and talk to their friends and family.

9. Disagree. Sometimes kings are appointed to be rulers because they kill to get there. They aren't chosen they use force and that is not being selected by god to lead. 

10. Disagree. You have to believe in that kind of stuff to let it affect you. Your horoscope can relate to anyone, not just you. It’s just a trick of the mind. If you believe that you are going to have a bad day because of something you read then your probably gonna have a bad day because thats all you have been focused on.

11. Agree/Disagree. I feel that they should have a chance to explain why they did what they did. If they have a good reason then they should only have little punishment. But then once those traitors are released then they can always betray us again and not get severely punished 

Partner Work Kaye Anne:

1. No evil is not ingrained in human nature. People are not born evil, they are born pure. They can be raised to become evil. Where you live does have an effect on what you become, the people you hang out with. We tend to follow in the footsteps of those we hang out with. So if you hang out with people that do evil things, eventually you’ll do the same. 

2. Our lives are done by free will not by fate. We can take control of our life and change it if we wanted to. Nobody’s life is set in stone. There is no ruler controlling our future, you control your own life and the choices you make. You make those choice by freewill, not by fate. 

3. Redemption is possible but it’s a long process. It’s difficult to forgive someone that has committed an unjustifiable act, but with time, it’s possible to learn to forgive them. Committing a terrible sin will equal to people looking down on you and losing their respect. Even though it might take a while to forgive someone for creating an act of evil, they still can be forgiven. 

4. We don’t think its possible to admire or respect someone that has done acts of genuine evil. However we wouldn’t look down upon them. They may not have been in the right sense of mind when they created the act of evil. If that person has changed for the good, they should not have to suffer for the mistakes they’ve made in the past. Everyone should get a second chance. But if they created an act of evil before they could easily do it again.  

5. People who use morally evil methods to acquire a goal will forever be tainted or polluted by the actions they used to achieve their goal. People tend to take the easy way out by cheating or doing evil acts to get what they want, but if you truly want to succeed then you need to take the harder path to get things done right. Working hard and achieving your goal will feel much more rewarding rather than taking shortcuts.

Dialectical Journal Practice #3

1. Theme: Survival; its something we all need to do in order to live, in the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel we learn that you can’t just let things happen to you and not do anything about it, because you’ll eventually lose hope and never get back to where you once were before.

Pg. 88: "No one wanted to give to give up now, just before the end, so near to the goal."

Pg. 88: ”We walked over pain-racked bodies. We throd on wounded faces. No cries. A few groans."

Pg. 92: “As we were not allowed to bend down, everyone took out his spoon and ate the accumulated snow off his neighbors back. A mouthful or bread and a spoonful of snow."     

Pg. 95: “One day when we had stopped, a workman took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought each other to the death for a few crumbs.”

Pg. 96: "His son searched him, took the bread, and began to devour it. He was not able to get very far. Two men had seen and hurled themselves upon him. Others joined in. When they withdrew, next to me were two corpses, side by side, the father and the son."

Pg. 108: "We had been tormented with hunger. We had eaten nothing for six days, expect a bit of grass or some potato peelings found near the kitchen."

2. Character: Sometimes it’s okay to help others in need when it comes down to them surviving or not, Elie shows us that in the book “Night” when he has to take care of his dad and its making life harder on him. 

Pg. 82: "He was suddenly seized with cramp in the stomach. "I've got stomach," he whispered to me. He could not go on. He had to stop for a moment. I begged him: "wait a bit, Zalman. We shall all be stopping soon. We're not going to run like this till the end of the world" But as he ran he began to undo his buttons, crying: "I can't go on any longer. My stomach's bursting..." "Make and effort, Zalman... try..."

Pg. 85: "Come on, father, let's go back to the shed..." He did not answer. He was not looking at the dead. "Come on, father, it's better over there. We can lie down a bit, one after the other. I"ll watch over you, and then you can watch over me. We won't let each other fall asleep. We''ll look after each other"

Pg. 94: "No!"I cried. "He isn't dead! Not yet!" I set to work to slap him as hard as I could. After a moment my father's eyelids moved slightly over his glazed eyes. He was breathing weakly."

Pg. 99: "Father," I said. "Only another moment more. Soon we can lie down-in a bed. You can rest..."

Pg. 100: "Father!" I screamed. "Father! Get up from here! Immediately! You're killing yourself..." I seized him by the arm. He continued to groan. "Don't shout, son... take pity on your old father... Leave me to rest here... Just for a bit, I'm so tired... at the end of my strength"

Pg. 101: "Father! Ive been looking for you for so long... Where were you? Did you sleep?... How do you feel?"