Thanksgiving

            I am thankful for Jack Rueve. I have had four classes with Jack since freshman year and even when school gets really stressful, he always has a positive attitude. He always has a joke in him which can often times make the class that much less stressful. There is nothing better than a laugh when you are having a bad day. When a concept can be tricky or hard for me to understand he never has any trouble explaining it to me or taking the time to try to figure it out together. I am really thankful that Jack is one of my friends and that I have gotten to know him over these years. 

            I am also thankful for myself. High school is not easy and sometimes you have to be able to give yourself a break! I am thankful that I can be able to take a step back and just relax when I need to. Happy Thanksgiving!

Then He Is Dead?

The question is, is what Macbeth does for the price of power worth it? If I were put in Macbeth’s place, would I make the same decisions and/or choices? The answer is no. If I have to sacrifice my relationships, my sense of self, and my morality what would be the point? If I can’t even look myself in the face at the end of the day, there is no power big enough for me to justify doing ‘Macbethish’ acts. Living with the guilt of deceiving others or committing any other crime would be far too painful to enjoy any of the benefits that committing them may give me. While it is understandable why some people make the decisions that they do, I could never live with myself if I committed any act that Macbeth did. Macbeth never even got to take away the benefits from his acts and crimes because they caught up to him so quickly and he ended up dead. He lost his friends, his family, and his sanity. I do not believe that the ends justify the means what so ever. If you gain power but lose everything else that you care about, it can never truly be worth it.