Blog Post 11

     I really enjoyed the essay Crumbling Expectations. This whole essay is a great way to share what is going on in the family without actually saying or explaining what is going on. I find this kind of writing very interesting and I wish I was better and writing things this way. For instance he is talking about a book and a resort but really he is talking about his family and how they are falling apart. I enjoy the part where he talks about the books that he read as a child, but he didn't understand them at the time, but they were his friends. I can relate to that when I was younger I always read books or watched movies that I thought made sense to me and the time but really they didn't until I read them later as an adult or heard others talking about them.
     In the beginning there is a sentence that says "The resort owner tries everything to save his resort, while neglecting his marriage (and having an affair in the barn loft) and destroying old social/business relationships (and his relationships with his aging regulars)." This sentence stands out to me because when someone is trying so hard to do their work or own a business it is very difficult to do things in the home and keep relationships together. There comes a point where they have to choose if they care more about work or more about keeping a family together.
     As the story goes on it is written in one large paragraph which I think is interesting because it is not just focused on one memory it is focused on what seems to be a childhood or a few years of memories. I think that the story is trying to tell people that they need to remember about family because then it says his dad had cancer. Well his dad needed people to be there for him when he had cancer and when one thing goes crumbling down it seems like everything else around you does too. You need to keep your head up and in the end things will work out the way they are suppose to.

Blog Post 10

     I really liked the story by Annie Dillard. There are many good points to her story and it makes you want to keep reading. It really kept me interested and I could relate to a lot of the things. She talks about fear and memories. You try to remember everything you learned from your parents, and try to teach your children all the things you remembered. One part that really stood out to me was on page 97. "We teach out children one thing only, as we were taught: to wake up. We teach our children to look alive there, to join by words and activities the life of human culture on the planet's crust. As adults we are almost all adept at waking up..." I really like this whole passage.
     This whole section introduces the fact that makes you think what is the point in living. You have to grow up and find things that make you want to get out of bed, and that make you want to live for each day. You have to remember that even when you plan something it never works out just how you planned it. As humans we have to adapt to the culture that is around us. As time passes and things get older and new things come we all have to adapt, and that is the only thing that you can teach your children.
     Both of the essays made me think about the human race, and what people are put here to do. They told a story that had an underlying meaning, the outcome can be determined however you take it. It made me think about my parents, and all the memories I had about being scared and what I did about it. I also remembered what teachers had taught me. It all has made me the person I am today and everyone has a story to tell, that means something.