1. 1. I think it is great to know a lot more and to keep an open eye for what is going on in our world, society, economy, but its one thing to know, and another to do something about it. It is cool, I guess, to learn about our struggling economy and how there are so many job losses, the population keeps growing, there’s more pollution, extinction, and the concern about global warming, but no major action is being taken. It does bring up great discussion and debate in classes at school, among families, with friends, etc., but its about time we stop talking, and we actually give our input to authoritative figures and make changes in this world. It’s so hard to have hope when there are so many failures, one after the other, and now we have to worry about things like the oil spills because of our careless mistakes. Its scary to hear talk about how the world is going to end in 2012, I don’t really believe in it myself, but hearing people get really into it and their beliefs gives me some what incentive that there is a possibility, which is scary. In my opinion, I think its important to live in the now, and stay present. What good will it do us to know that the world will end in a couple of years? It won’t do any good, unless we take action to prevent that from happening. People are living in fear, but it is key to not look in the future, but to stay present and worry about now and what we can do to make the world a better, cleaner, and safer environment. First, I think its very important for people to change their diet and not pollute their bodies. Living green is amazing. I myself can speak for this matter because for the past couple of months, I have been eating raw/living foods, where everything is grown naturally and organically from the earth, and I feel so connected to the world. One of the cons is that I am very sensitive to all the pollution in the world, radiation being a big one. Just talking on the phone alone gives me a headache because of all of the radiation that is admitted when holding a phone up to my ear. I feel that if we changed our diet and got rid of the foods like McDonalds that can actually give us diseases, it could help motivate people to want to go green and not pollute our earth. Life is seen in such a different manner, and this high that I have been living in is so immense that I wouldn’t want to give it up for anything. So in conclusion, I feel it is useless to know all of this information, watch the news, or hear all of the statistics of everything going wrong in our world if nobody is going to do anything to prevent all of this pollution from happening. It is a scary world we live in, but it will continue to be if we don’t do anything about it. It’s our time now.
2. 2. Exposition: In June, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, specifically at Rocky Mountain National Park. The characters are the narrator, and his son, Jesse. (Later on are the guides for the raft trip and other people that are participating in another rafting trip).
Inciting incident: While hiking up the mountain, Jesse and his dad have many quarrels, and Jesse ends up leaving his dad by not waiting for him, and after being told something hurtful, goes to his dads car to wait.
Rising action: Talking things out in the car on the way to the Cache la Poudre, Jesse expressed how he feels about the way his dad views life, and how he always has to hold precaution, and can never just be a kid without having to worry.
Climax: Getting to the site and seeing that theres a bunch of people supposed to go, but eventually realizing that they are the only ones going on the wildest ride. Riding it was scary at moments, but the most treasured was when the dad was watching his son have such a good time, and getting flashbacks of when he was a kid.
Falling action: Having a tranquil ride back to the campground that was mainly silence, but a different kind of silence this time, “like a fullness rather than a void.”
Resolution: After arguing in the beginning of the story about where to camp, they compromise and sleep where its more bare and decide to climb with snowshoes the following day.
Denouement: Don’t take things too seriously, and let kids be kids. Its important to enjoy the little things in life and lighten up, and learn to make compromises rather than being selfish and only thinking about me, me, me!
There were a lot of lessons to be learned in this essay, one being to lighten up and not take things so seriously. If we place all these rules and limitations on our kids, it makes them want to go into a frenzy, or the opposite and feel a sense of perfection all of the time. This is obviously unhealthy thinking. Although the father wasn’t really aware of how he was affecting his son, it should be learned through this that conscious talk and awareness is key to life. Words can really destroy people inside, whether the person who told them believes so or not. If we never make mistakes, how are we supposed to learn? Were not, so living in perfection is not ideal.
Another great lesson in the essay is the importance of compromising. In the beginning of the story, both the father and his son, Jesse, were being stubborn, and wanted things to be their way. They were always getting into arguments, separating, and just didn’t have a healthy relationship because there was always this lack of communication. They both wanted to change one another, meanwhile the only person you can change in life is yourself. When they talk things out, this helps them to become closer, because they are communicating on a different level, and expressing what makes them hurt. This awareness helps build their relationship to where they learn to do what they both are interested in doing, and they end up having a really great time. Learning to communicate and express oneself is very important, and helps relationships grow.
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