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           Teenagers around the United States are trying to figure out who they are. At the same time, teenagers are respecting their parents culture and values.  It is hard to follow parents culture and values due to teens are growing up and are growing their own opinions from life around.

          Ways I respect my parents' values are by following their rules, listen to what they have to say, and trying to stay away from trouble. At the end of the day all an individual has to depend on is family because family will always be there for you. Individuals feel a closeness when they are with family.

        Ways I try to find my own identity are by staying with my word, listening to artist with similar interest, and by doing what I feel is right. By doing all three I feel that I am finding myself and connecting more with myself. It is very important to do what feels right.

       Teenager have to listen and respect their parents, but at the same time they have to find out who they really are, even if it involves doing uncomfortable things around strangers. Find yourself is one important thing everyone must do in their lifetime.  Being yourself is a key thing to a happy life.

Blog 3

A Haunted Story

         Edgar Allen Poe might be considered as the father of horror stories. "Fall of the House of Usher" demonstrated Poe's unique and original techniques that he used to make a frightful story. Poe uses personification of the haunted house, imagery, resurrection, perverse sexual behaviors, and suspension.

        Personification is a big role of the story due to the House being represented with a human-like soul. It leads ti suspense because it leaves a reader wondering. Both suspense and personification tie in with each other due both are connected with the horror. Both techniques have been copied in almost every horror movie that has been made.

        Imagery also plays a big role, and deals with resurrection and perverse sexual behaviors. The imagery gives off that horrific image in a reader's mind. Poe's original techniques give the reader vivid imagery due to the detail of the resurrection and the perverse behavior. Many of these techniques have also been copied off in multiple horror movies.

        If I made a horror movie or novel I would use many of Poe's techniques due to having such success with a feeling of horror. Many works of the current time reflect Poe's work. Poe created techniques that will always be used in horror stories.

Blog 2

Martin Luther King Jr Changing America

Martin Luther King Jr was a hero that changed the views of America. King made America united rather than separated ethnically. Certain Individuals view King's ideas as wrongful, due to people not wanting to associate with other people of different ethnicities. Appreciating King as hero is something America will do as time keeps going.

       Martin Luther King Jr just wanted to see America together rather than people hating on each other. King's death was caused due to an individual strongly disagreeing with King. That individual viewed King's ideas as wrongful. Luckily, King changed America due to many people not following him.

       America could of possibly been a country where individuals lived separately ethnically. King made it possible for America to be a strong union. King's ideas saved America's future, which would have been a place where people living in America would be terrorized daily.

          Thanks to Martin Luther King Jr, America is now a country where people of different race classes live together happily. If America was the same people would be hating each other rather than being together. King's ideas being ridiculed pushed King to establish what he viewed America as a strong union.