Jonathan Collins

College?! I constantly find myself siting in class wondering about what is to come rather than what is presently in front of me. I know that going to college will be just like attending another school but at the same time I will be in a new environment, which is what I am dying for. I guess at some point of life you begin to feel as though you have outgrown your surroundings. Whether it's from becoming bored or beoming too familiar with your surroundings, people constantly feel as though they are begining to slip into a constricted lifestyle. While I appreciate all the learning that I have endured in high school, I really just want to move on.

Jonathan Collins: Invisible

It's crazy how in life we strive to be normal, nobody in life really ever strives to be the one that sticks out. The one who everybody sees as odd or abnormal. The world has grown accustom to a lifestyle the limits it's abiillity to grow. You would think that the world have seen by now that by allowing people to be odd intellectual thinking can begin. While I am not talking about allowing people to be crazy, I do believe that  people who are allowed to freely express and be themselves could inevitably lead to a wiser and more engaged nation.

End of Native Son

So after reading this book, it amazes me how a character with no integrity can have such a lasting influence on me when i can't relate to him. Bigger is probably the worst antagonist I've ever had to read about. Aren't we supposed to understand the rationale of his behavior and sympathize? i guess the book's deeper purpose was lost on me. If he had the personality, intelligence and integrity of Ghandi or King, i might have had some sympathy for him during his trial. However, since he bashed Bessie's face in and let her freeze to death in an air vent in the middle of winter, i could not feel sorry for him.

He has influenced me by showing me the type of ignorance and ignorant people i have to avoid.

-Brenda.