sudden wealth.

UNFORTUNATLY, IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, WEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANT. WITH THE ECONOMY THE WAY IT IS AND THE WAR GOING ON, MONEY IS A NECESSITY. I THINK SUDDEN WEALTH CHANGES EVERYONE. IF NOT AT FIRST IT PLAYS WITH YOUR HEAD SLOWLY AND YOU CHANGE. I THINK SUDDENLY BECOMING WEALTHY IS ALMOST LIKE TORTURE BECAUSE IT CHANGES YOU AND YOU LOSE ANYTHING THAT USED TO IMPORTANT TO YOU. I THINK IF WEALTH IS GOING TO BE THERE IT SHOULD COME SLOW AND STEADY SO THAT YOU CAN ADAPT SLOWLY AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WU=ITH IT ALL AT ONCE.

morality

MORALITY IS YOUR SENSE, YOUR INTUITION. MORALITY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. YOU ARE TOUGHT RIGHT AND WRONG FROM THETIME WHEN YOU ARE VERY YOUNG. YOUR PARENTS ARE YOUR FIRST TEACHERS, AND THEN SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND THEN YOU ARE STILL LEARNING WITH YOUR BOSS AND CO-WORKERS. EVERYONE IN LIFE IS A TEACHER, A MENTOR, ALL IT IS UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHICH PEOPLE ARE ON A GOOD PATH AND WHICH PEOPLE ARE ON A BAD PATH. EVERYONE IN LIFE HAS GOOD AND BAD MORALS. MORALS ARE A SORT OF RULEYOU SET YOURSELF TO FOLLOW AND HONOR FOR YOUR LIFESPAN. MOST PEOPLE TREAT THEIR MORALS AS A SORT OF BIBLE, READY TO OBEY AND CHERISH YOUR PURITY OF LIFE. MORALS ARE AGOOD THING TO HAVE IN LIFE, BECAUSE WITHOUT MORALS, LIFE WOULD BE HARD AND CONFUSING.

family

I DON'T THINK FRANK SHOULD HAVE NO ONE BY HIS SIDE AT THIS TIME. HE DOESN'T DESERVE IT. HE HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT ISIN EXCUSABLE AND UNIGNORABLE. HE HAS COMMITTED NOT ONLY A CRIME THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW, BUT A CRIME THAT THESE WOMEN HE HAS HARMEDWILL NEVER FORGET. HE HAD NORIGHTTO DO THAT TO THEM, AND THERE FOR HE DOES NOT DESERVE THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY. I ALSO THINK THAT FRANK'S PARENTS DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BARGE INTO WES'S HOUSE AND ORDER HIM AROUND. WES IS SHERIFF NOW, HIS FATHER IS NO LONGER IN CHARGE, AND WES IS TRYING TO DO WHATS BEST FOR THE TOWN AND FOR FRANK'S FUTURE.

essay

IN WES'S DECISION TO LOCK FRANK IN THE BASEMENT AND NOT JAIL I THINK HE MAD BOTH A GOOD DECISION AND A BAD DECISION. IN THE LONG RUN, FRANK DESERVES TO BE IN JAIL AND TO BE TREATED LIKE A JAIL INMATE. HE SHOULD BE TRIED FOR MURDER AND RAPE. BUT WES DECIDES TO PUT HIM IN THE BASEMENT? I THINK FRANK DESERVES TO GO TO JAIL AND TO GET RAPED LIKE HE RAPED ALL THOSE INNOCENT INDIAN WOMEN. HONESTLY IN MY OPPINION, HE SHOULD BE TRIED FOR THE DEATH SENTANCE.

IN PUTTING FRANK IN HIS BASEMENT AND LOCKING HIM THERE, WES IS ACTUALLY HELPING FRANK. HE IS NOT MAKING HIM BE DELT WITH LIKE THE LAW ENFORCES AND HE IS PROBABLY BEING TREATED BETTER THAN HE WOULD BE IN JAIL, AND HE DOES NOT DESERVE THAT. HE DESEVES TO BE PUT IN JAIL LIKE ALL THE OTHER CRIMINALS AND RAPISTS AND STICK IT OUT THERE. TO HAVE A TRIAL AND HAVE A SENTENCE SET UPON HIS HEAD. HE DESERVES EVERYTHING WES IS DENYING HIM.

I ALSO THINK JAIL WOULD BE GOOD FOR FRANK. HE COULD GET A TASTE OF WHAT HIS ACTION'S CONSEQUENCES ARE. FRANK WAS ALWAYS THE FAVORITE AND NEVER GOT IN TROUBLE, NEVER DID ANYTHING TO GET HIMSELF IN TROUBLE. IF HE DID, HIS FATHER GOT HIM OUT OF IT BECAUSE FRANK WAS HIS FAVORITE. BUT NOW, IN REAL LIFE, WITH HIS FATHER GONE, FRANK DID NOT REALIZE THAT IF HE DID SOMETHING TO GET HIMSELF IN TROUBLE, HIS FATHER COULD NOT GET HIM OUT OF IT ANYMORE. HE HAS TO TAKE THE LAW JUST AS EVERYONE ELSE DOES AND HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THIS. AND I THINK IN LOCKING FRANK IN THE BASEMENT INSTEAD OF JAIL, WES IS NOT HELPING FRANK REALIZE REAL LIFE, HE IS ONLY HELPING HIM GO ON LIVING LIKE HE ALWAYS HAS.

violence

OUR SOCIETY IS TOO VIOLENT I THINK. BUT WE DO NOT TAKE CRIMES LIKE MURDER AND ABUSE SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. WE SHOULD DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CATCHING THE PERSONS AND PUTTING THEM AWAY FOR LIFE. BUT WE PUSH THINGS OFF AND OTHER CASES GET PUSHED AHEAD AND SOMETHINGS NEVER ACTUALLY GET SOLVED.

IN DAVID'S CASE I THINK VIOLENCE IS THE WRONG ANSWER. HE SHOULD LET HIS FATHER AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEAL WITH FRANK'S PUNISHMENT THE WAY THE LAW DEALS WITH IT BECAUSE IF DAVID TAKES IT INTO HIS OWN HANDS, HE COULD GET HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE.

Gender Roles

GENDER ROLES IN TODAYS SOCIETY ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THEY USED TO BE IN YEARS PASSED. BEFORE AS A WOMAN, YOU WERE EXPECTED TO ACT AS A PERFECT HOUSE WIFE. COOKING AND CLEANING AND RAISING AS MANY CHILDREN AS YOU CAN HANDLE. WOMEN DID NOT WEAR PANTS OR WORK FOR THE MONEY OF THE HOUSE. SOME WOMEN IN MORE RECENT YEARS SINCE THEN HAD A PART TIME JOB, MAYBE WORKING ONLY SATURDAYS. BUT ALL MONEY EARNED WENT TO THEIR HUSBANDS TO HOLD. WOMEN WERE NOT ALWAYS TRUSTED WITH MONEY, IT WAS NOT THEIR PLACE TO BE IN POSESSION OF IT.

TODAY, MANY WOMEN WORK FULL TIME JOBS AND CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN ALL IN ONE DAY. THEY WEAR PANTS AND HOLD THEIR OWN MONEY. AND MORE RECENTLY IN TIME WOMEN STARTED GOING TO WORK AND MEN STARTED STAYING HOME TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN, MAKING THE WOMEN THE SOURCE OF THE INCOME IN THE HOUSEHOLD. WOMEN ARE RESPECTED MORE NOW IN SOCIETY, HAVING THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. WOMEN HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE 1700S AND 1800S AND IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO ACHIVE SUCH GOALS. THEIR ARE STILL FEW THINGS THAT ARE FROWNED UPON FOR WOMEN TO DO, LIKE HOLDING A PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE OR LEADING A COUNTRY IN GENERAL. BUT WITHIN OUR LIFE TIMES I THINK THOSE THINGS WILL CHANGE AND WOMEN WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO ANYTHING MEN CAN DO, MAYBE BETTER.