Who I am thankful for

I am thankful for a lot  of things this Thanksgiving. I am happy to be here right now. As for my class; I am thankful for Iona because Iona was the first person to talk to me in my 2nd period english class. I am so grateful for her because I didn't know anyone. I was brand new to Whitney Young and a little bit frightened.
I am also thankful for Shay because Shay is a very nice person. After seeing her in English class I realized that she was also in my history class. She is always a friendly face!

From the crown to the toe , top full of Direst cruelty

Well, I know that Lady Macbeth wished to be freed of all "womanly" qualities. She wanted to be the opposite of nurturing and lovely. Lady Macbeth wanted to be a cold hearted killer. This brings me to the point of Can a woman be a villain? Honestly I believe that women can be villains. We can be cold hearted and ruthless. These qualities are not just reserved to men just as men can be nurturing and loving. I think it was about time for someone to switch it up a bit when it came to the role of women. I completely agree with Shakespeare when it comes to Lady Macbeth.

No New Tale to tale

All of the good stories in the world usually are not that original. Maybe the author may switch up the characters, the heroin my change etc. But, the most important part of the story; the meaning or lesson is always borrowed. Their really are no new tales to tale. One can discover this in the Wife of Bath tale and the Pardoners tale. In the Wife of Bath, their is a a noble knight who commits a vicious crime against a maiden. Instead of being sentenced to death, the queen sends him on a mission  to discover what women truly want. He went around for a year asking as many women as he could this question and he got a variety of answers. When coming across a old woman he asks her for the answer and she tells him that women truly want to make their own decisions and not be subject to their husbands. By telling him this answer the old woman required that he marry her. To touch on the topic of what women want, I don't believe that their really is one definite answer to that question. Women want many things just like men. I think that gender inequality does play a huge role and that theme is timeless. Some women do wish to be equal to men, others like that typical role of a woman. I honestly don't wish to be subject to any man and I think that I am completely capable of doing the same things a man can do. I bet I could do it better as well. 

In the Pardoners tale, the Pardoner tells a story of three men who find some money and completely crazy and were full of greed. The theme that Greed is the root of all evil arises and I completely agree with that. If you take the modern era for an example. Today we are all about technology and it runs and sometimes ruins our lives. People will kill one another because of what they have. This is timeless and you can find people acting the same way in Middle age Europe. 

Truth

What is the truth? That question runs through Grendel's mind constantly and I cannot say that I blame him. It is quite hard to understand what is real and what is a lie in Grendel's world. His mother doesn't tell him anything so he is left alone to try and figure out the world and his place in it all alone. So of course when the Shaper comes along, preaching about his "truth" Grendel wants to believe it. The Danes in some way needed the Shaper to be there to guide and unite them as a people. I think that the message of the Shaper was not very truthful at all. The Shaper was one to tell people what they wanted to hear and that is not the truth at all.

Modern Day Beowulf

In the Battle with Grendel, a specific hero arises. Beowulf is sent to save everyone from the terrible beast Grendel. Once Beowulf does finally destroy Grendel he realizes that his problems do not go away. Actually more problems arise when he does slay the beast. Grendel's mother comes back to avenge the death of her son. Now Beowulf is faced with the challenge to slay yet another beast. I think that Beowulf felt that it was his obligation to rid the people of this beast. Once something like this is done, more problems arise.
An example of a modern day Beowulf would be the United States. I feel that the United States is always trying to jump in and save the world's problems. When in all reality we are just one country. We cannot defeat all of the "beasts and monsters" of the world. The reason for Beowulf's defeat in the end is because he has no idea how to say no! He seems to think that he is this invincible person and he cannot fail. When in all reality, he is just a human being. Human beings are not perfect, we are not flawless. Therefore, we cannot do everything and anything. I feel like the United States feels like we are this invincible nation and we have all the power and that is far from the truth. Sometimes, we need to know when to step back and allow other countries to solve their own issues. We do not always have to play the police! That is why I think that the United states is an example of a modern day Beowulf.

Hey this is me!

Hello to anyone who may be reading this! My name is Kamari McElroy. I really don't know what I am supposed to write about myself. I guess I will just give a brief introduction.
I am a new sophomore at Whitney Young. For three years I attended Lindblom Math and Science Academy. So, making the adjustment from Lindblom to Whitney Young has been a challenge for me! I've been swimming since I was about 3 years old. I started swimming competitively when I was 8 years old. Now I am on the swim team here at WY.
This summer I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Beijing,China and study for three weeks. Everyone always asks me do I speak Chinese. Yes, I do speak Chinese. I have been studying Chinese for 4 years now and honestly, traveling to China changed my whole out look on life.
I hope to really do well in this class and I was happy to hear that we would be writing a lot of papers this year. I really love to write and express myself.