Brandon's Blog

First off, before I start the story behind my narrative of crossing the border of hate, I want everyone to know that this is a very personal story and I appreciate everyone's respect in this manner. Throughout my entire childhood, I’ve had to undergo the pain of crossing the border to my grandma’s house on a weekly basis. You may think this sounds wonderful, and I should be happy to go to my grandma’s house, but this couldn’t be any farther from the truth. In my visits to her house, I would often leave the house in tears, crying because she had made fun of my family. My mom had the worst of it, as my grandma would always have negative things to say about her, and the way she was raising us kids. She would make fun of my sister because of her gain in weight throughout puberty, and the blame was always on my mom. As a young boy, at age six, I remember quite frequently, my mother coming up to me saying, “It’s time to go.” I would see tears in her eyes, and I never questioned her, I...

At the beginning of the film, two individuals, a older man, and a teenage girl enter an elevator. Once in the elevator, the teenage girl begins listening to music off her cellphone aloud. The older man notices the music and decides to listen to his own music off his phone aloud. Once stopping at a floor, a women enters and begins listening to her own music off her phone, as the individuals did before her. The process continues until the whole elevator is about full. Towards the end of the film, a man enters the elevator with a boom box, and begins setting up his box to play music. All of the individuals stop their music, as the man looks around wanting them to stop the playing of their music. The man then inserts a headphone and begins listening to his music. The people in result are shocked and few even laugh to notice they can't hear the man's music. The author's purpose of the article, to inform everyone on their decisions of respect. It's rude to listen to musi...

Top 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Playlist: 1. Centuries- Fall Out Boy 2. Uptown Funk- Bruno Mars 3. Imagine- John Lennon 4. Take Me Home Country Roads- John Denver 5. A Whole New World- Aladdin 6. God Bless The U.S.A- Lee Greenwood 7. Drop- Dallas Smith 8. We Back- Jason Aldean 9. Blessings- Florida Georgia Line 10. Buy Me a Boat- Chris Janson Each song in this list has a significant meaning to me, and it helps shape my identity. The song Take Me Home Country Roads, plays a very special piece in my heart, as it was one of my closest friends' favorite song. My friend unfortunately passed away in 2018, and I continue to listen to this song to remind me of the great times I had with him. Another song Blessings, is a song that means a lot to me. This song is a great way in describing what I have to be thankful for in my life. The song, Buy Me a Boat, is important to me as my family has a summer spot at a river spot. This song is great to listen too during the winter and especially...

As Ginnie says in the novel, "You don't pass or fail at being a person", I have to arguably disagree with this statement. In my opinion, a person is someone who makes an effort in their life to love or be compassionate for someone, and someone who tries in the best of their ability to make a difference in this world. In my mind their are a few things that someone can do to fail as a person, they can first of all promote violence in their country, have a negative attitude towards everything in life, and have an overall hate for mankind. If someone is apart of a gang and kills people for no reason, that is someone I would say is not considered a person. We seen an example of this in the short story, "The Frolik", as Joe Doe likes to kill innocent children for plain enjoyment, as he proclaims he's protecting them from the dangerous world that lies ahead. Some people may do violent acts such as killing, just to repay for acts done to them, or they see it as a se...

Neil Gaiman uses the tension from the adult world and the world of children, to show the extreme levels of differences from the natural and supernatural world. When studying the theme of borders, it's easy to recognize the different borders that are present in this novel. There's a border from what the narrator believes his world is, and a border from the supernatural aspect of his childhood. We can recognize how the author uses the supernatural world such as Ursula and her flying bird species, to develop the narrator into his adulthood and building of reasoning skills. The author ends the book with the narrator sitting by the pond, and he doesn't remember any of the supernatural events that were explained in the story. This is a perfect example of how as a child we have a bright imagination and can almost force ourselves into believing something is true, even if it seems unlikely to our peers. As an adult, we become educated in what our real world is, and can judge whether...

When studying the triple goddesses, it's not difficult to see the relationship between the three figures, with the members of the Hempstock family. The Maiden goddess is labeled by a new waxing moon, and she embodies purity, youth, creation, pleasure, naivety, and new beginnings. By this definition, it's easy to see how this connects with Lettie of the Hempstock family. Lettie throughout the story, makes the effort for a new beginning for the narrator, as she tries to isolate him from the dangerous Ursela, from destroying his home life. The mother goddess is labeled by a full moon, and she embodies love, fertiitiy, nourishment, responsibility, patience, power, and self care. By this definition, it's easy to notice how this connects with Old Hempstock. As seen in the early portions of the book, especially the persuading the parents seen, we notice the extreme powers that Old Hempstock possesses. Old Hempstock in this story manages to cut fabric into making the narrators pare...