Theme Notebook Entry #2
7/9/10
Who You Are Today Is A Reflection of Who You Were In the Past
Who you are today is a reflection of who you were in the past. This is a theme showed in the story “ Yes Ma’am” by Langston Hughes. This is showed by the Protagonist Mrs. Jones She tells Roger that she was a bad person when she was young. “ I have done things, too, which I would not tell you son-neither tell God, if he didn’t already know.” This tells you that if you are a bad person when your young, that when your older, maybe, you will be nice and understandable of other peoples situations. Mrs. Jones does show this and trys to help Roger become a good person by teaching him from her mistakes.
In the article “Young Offenders Should Meet Victims of There Crime” http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10644897, It also shows the Theme of who you are today is a reflection of who you were in the past. At the beginning of the article a man says a stranger walked up to him and hit him. The stranger met him two times, the first the man said “He seemed very insincere. He didn't really make eye contact." But on the second visit the man said “He did make eye contact, he was more confident and his apology was sincere.” The offender had done community service. After a couple weeks it shows that a Person can change and be better after hitting a random person on the street.
Both of these story share the theme of who you are today is a reflection of who you were in the past. Thank you Ma’am tells you Mrs.Jones used to steal and do bad things but now she is nice and caring. In the news article it says that he just ran up and punched him but about five weeks later we was a nice and embarrassed person for having to go through it all.I believe that the theme is stated clearly in both of these objects.
News article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10644897
Picture: http://www.jlc.org/juvenilejustice/Aug/17/10
Betrayal Can Lead to Vengeance
Betrayal can lead to vengeance, this is a main theme in the short story "lamb to the Slaughter". The protagonist Mary Maloney Portrays a perfect house wife with no flaws, that lives to serve her husband (Patrick Maloney). which includes making him food, getting his slippers, going shopping for him, and doing what he wants to do. Mary's perfect world is crushed by patrick when he informs her that he is leaveing shocking her and putting her in an awestruck. and all she can muster to do is prepare dinner, but things go bad and she murders Patrick because of his betrayal.
Betrayal can come in all different types. betrayal can be when someone you love is taking away from you or when something you love is broken by someone. In the Article "The brighter side of midnight" it tells of a Muslim letting his non-Muslim friends go to a camp in Kashmir before they got killed. He sent his his Muslim servants to escort them but on the road the Muslim servants murder some of his friends. when the servants arrived back and the master learned of their betrayal he murdered them all. when the government learned of this they struck him of his role as a politician. The politcian took vengance the same way the servants killed his friends.
Betrayal might means things you love and are dear to you are tookin' away in a manner you do not like. As Mary sout revenge on Patrick for leaving her, the Muslim Politician took revenge on his servants for taking away his friend ship. And without friend ship you can lost in a crazed daze.
