I Will Pronounce Your Name

“I Will Pronounce Your Name” by Leopold Senghor (Senegal)

Ode To Rabbit

You hop along to the bass of the song

My dog always licks your face even though she knows it’s wrong

Then your eyes get large and your foot starts to kick really hard

And you hop back to my feet

Or try to hid in the blankets that keep me so warm

But they’re not as warm as the place in my heart

That I keep for you rabbit with no name

I love you because you’re so lame

And because you’re so adorable

Even when you’re gone

I know you will spread bunny wings

Then go into the air as a spirit bunny and scare people

Because that’s just how you are

Don’t change little rabbit.

 

This picture of the lemon grove reminds me of the poem “I Will Pronounce Your Name” because of the part where it describes her name. Naett, as being the fragrance in which the lemon grove sleeps.

The Last Judgement by Karel Capek (Czechoslovakia)

     From reading this blog, I get the feeling that people from Czechoslovakia think that their fellow man has too much power.  In the story, when the guy dies God isn't even the one in ultimate judgement of him.  The author gives off a feeling of awe in the end of the story, or a feeling that sinks in your stomach.  At the time this story was written governtment had too much control and this came of in the story.  They needed to be able to express their feelings, but they couldn't because of censorship.  This story shows how authors got around it really well.




   The consequences for living a bad life in my opinion are all in how you're living it.  If you're a drug addict, you're hurting yourself and everyone that cares about you.  Some people would say that's just as bad as a some guy who goes around and kills people all the time.  Not everyone is born to be a good person, somepeople are truely bad.  If you choose to live your life that way, go ahead.  In my opinion, you're final judgement is how you're remembered after you die, it's not God or judges determining if you go to heaven or hell.  I do however think karma is incredibally real.  That's only because people treat you the way you treat them, so if you're a dick to everyone you know, they're going to act the same way to you.  That's karma for you.  Humans shouldn't be mean or inhumane to other people because of karma, like I said.  It's not because of religion or government, when it comes down to it neither of those things matter.





-Katy M.

First Confession by Frank O'Connor (Irelamd)

     The story First Confession that I read in Neman's class made me think that people in Ireland care a lot about religion, and mostly that of the Catholic faith.  Religious cerimonies in a child's life such as communion and confession are a big deal to the Irish.  Even people who can't really afford many things and are poor, manage to afford the nice white dresses for girl's first communion,  This says a lot about how important religion is to them because you wouldn't just spend a lot of money on a dress for nothing.  I can also tell religion is important to everyone there because of how seriously the boy takes his first confessional.  He's not lying to the preist, and he's scared of going to hell.




    I do not go to church because I do not believe in God.  The idea of a God seems like a big fairy tale to me, to make people feel better about the bad things they do.  I'm not totallty atheist, I do believe there is something more to life then what I see, but who am I to put a name on what it is or what it wants me to do.    Religion has just never been a big part of my life and going to church with my grandma was always a sort punishment.  I just never needed an organized faith like some people do. 





-Katy M.