Play Reading

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Before reading, I had no idea what A Raisin in the Sun was going to be about. I’ve never heard of it before and only knew that it was a play. But as I started reading it, I realize that it revolves around a black family from Chicago and talks about their struggles, as the play does take place during the time of discrimination.

One of my favorite characters in the play is probably Travis. Although Travis is just a little boy and may not fully understand what his family is going through, he tries to maintain happy and positive. With his father and grandma fighting over what to do with the money to his mom and Beneatha always bickering, Travis manages to put a smile on his face and those around him.

In this play, there was a part that I read, and I just remember getting angry. And it was when Karl Linder, the guy from Clybourne Park, comes to the Younger family and explains that the family is not welcomed that Clybourne Park. From the play, it is stated that Clybourne Park is an all-white neighborhood and don’t want any black or colored families living there. First of all, how rude. And secondly, if that happened to my family, that man would definitely get a piece of my mind. You just don’t walk into someone else’s home and tell them that they aren’t welcome into the neighborhood. That’s just a no-no.

Comparing their society to today’s society, that are many differences. Of course, some are good and some are bad, but what can we do, we all have to make some sacrifices sometimes. Not everything is perfect yet but little by little, and with one step at a time there will be better things in the making. 

Zero Dark Thirty Review

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The film, Zero Dark Thirty, is about the terrorist attack on 9/11 and the hunt for Osama bin Laden who was named as the master mind behind the attack. Aside from the main ideas such as, talking about 9/11 and Osama bin Laden, the film also focuses on giving a message that hard work does pay off at the end. Jessica Chastain, the girl who plays the main character, goes through a tunnel of events where it leads her to dead ends and gets lost. As she continues to strive through and keep pushing forward she's able to successfully obtain information, becoming one step closer to completing her mission.

Zero Dark Thirty, to me, was an okay movie. It's not necessarily a bad movie, but I wouldn't give it a 5 star rating either. I think one of the reasons why is that, it can be kinda hard to follow along with and at times confusing as to what is going on. The movie tends to move on very fast, but I guess it's because they had to try to fit 10 years into a 2 and an half hour film. One minute they are searching for information and then the next they are in a meeting, back and forth. It made me stop to think about the timeline and sequence of where the movie was heading. A good thing about the movie, however, is that it is very educational. Especially for those who don't really know what 9/11 was or why is had such a huge impact on the US, it does a good job on trying to give behind the scenes information.

Personally, I never really knew much about 9/11, since when it happened I was only 3 years old. To me it was just another event from the past, when to others, it was the most terrifying experience ever. But the feeling of having an event be so traumatizing and completely change your life, yet at the same time people having barely any knowledge about what happened, I know. My family's life changed during and after the Vietnam War. We had be relocated from place to place and survive on what ever we had. From such hardships and sad times, there are still people who don't know much about the Vietnam War, and it breaks my heart. But as I was watching this film it made me think a lot about how there are people who are not up to date about what is going on around us. Things that don't necessarily hit home, never get to become the hot topic and eventually lost in space. Just like how I didn't know much about 9/11 and how people lack interest in the Vietnam War.