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FUGITIVE                                                                                                                                                             Fugitive is the word that I decided to chose. I chose this word because fugitive is someone whom is running away from the law, and that’s exactly what Johnny and Ponyboy are doing. Johnny had just killed Bob, one of the Socs, because they were trying to kill Ponyboy. So after they had to get out of town and go into hiding with just the clothes on their backs, a little bit of money, a loaded gun, and th open road. I felt that fugitive would be a perfect word, in my opinion to describe them in chapter 4.  so fugitive is my word, you may agree or not, but that’s my word. So …….. THE END!

Define Power ?                                                                                               When I first answered this question I said that power could be money, relationships, and other similar things. That is what most of my fellow students replied and wrote about as their answer. But now I realize that the material things aren’t power, these are just ways in which power is shown. The actual paper money isn’t power, it is how you use it. By thinking this over I realized that and so did many of us as well. Because when you really think about it, you could have all the money in the world and not have power because no one will even want to listen to what you have got to say. On the other hand you could have barely any money and have a lot of power, because you could have the power to make a difference in someone’s life, just by what you may say. Power isn’t anything you can touch or feel it’s something that you know is there, but you can’t necessarily see. Power can be the ability to make a difference, it can be knowledge, and love, all of these you can’t feel but you know that they are present and that they exist.   How does power affect personal relationships?                                                       For this question I keep the main concept of my first answer. Many people also felt the same about this question as well. Power can either strengthen or destroy a relationship. It all depends on who you are, and how you use your power. You can either let it take you over or you can use it in a positive way, in a way that you can be a productive member of soceity. It all depends on you, because you decide what you do with the power you possess.                 What role does power play in a persons decision making?                               After thinking of this i feel over all the same way. I still feel that sometimes people become power hungry and they end up deciding on whatever is better for them and not what is the right thing. Other times people use their power to help others. An example would be that you would do all you can with the power you withhold to help others whom need it. It really depends on the person and how they use and react to their new found power. Most people didn’t change their opinions on this particular question either.                                                      Why is having power important to a person?                                                          Well, for some power is important because maybe they have found that they are treated better than how they were treated before. That is why later they are so reluctant to give this power because they don’t want to be looked down upon or treated badly. Other reasons may be because they see that they are “respected” by others, although this isn’t true because most may just like you because of the power you have. This is another one of those questions in which people didn’t hange their opinions unlike the first question in which many did.             Most of my answers are the same except for the first one. I have changed the way I think after the skype call we had. many of us from here in L.A. changed our minds, and that may be due to our discussion in class. Anyways this is it. So I guess that this pretty much says it all. So bye!

Mind boggling. When i think of this story or these chapters I think of the word mind boggling. Why? Well, first of all because of all the events that occur and the daily lives things that they have todeal with. The jumping of Ponyboy and Johny, the gang fighting, the large rivalry between the Greasers and the Socs,all of these are exactly what Iam talking about. They are just mind boggling or mind blowing to me and I am sure that others feel the same way as well.                     

Identify situations in personal relationships that reflect power struggles?                                                                                                                                         Well, there can be many instances in which power struggles can be evident. One can be the type of arguments friends have sometimes. One argument you may have is fighting over whether or not you should do one thing or the other. One person wants to do one and the other person the other thing. Usually these are petty things that have no significance and if you are real friends you’ll always get over it. Unfortunately sometimes it doesn’t work out like that, but that all depends on the person.                                                                                                                                        Give examples of personal experiences of power struggle situations and what was the outcome.                                                                                                   Well, what I just mentioned before, I have gone through with my current best friends which are Vanessa and Francesca, but we can never stay mad at each other. We may start arguing over the dumbest little things, but we never really get mad at each other enough stop talking or anything like that. The longest we ever stay mad at each other is a few seconds, literally. Maybe that’s because we are really good friends and we just love being around each other.                                                                                               When and how do you use power in your interaction with others?               Well… when you meet power most people usually either try to act all cool and show off, while others act the complete opposite. Some actually act really shy when it comes interacting with others. Once again it really all depends on the person when it comes to that.                                                                                                                                         Where do you see or have seen power struggles occurring in your surroundings; neighborhood, community, local government?                     Well, in my local government there have been some elections going on for different positions. There has been many people talking and arguing in order to get the job. This happens all the time and everywhere. For my church community a new pope was just picked not to long ago. This occurred because the later pope had just recently passed away, so a new one was supposed to be picked. They had to discuss whether whom it would be. some people agreed and others didn’t. In my neighborhood or in any neighborhood you may see these things without even noticing it.It could be as simple as a kid picking on another kid or it could be something of greater propotions. Like I have said many times before, it all depends.                                                                                   So here are my answers, you may not agree with me or you may. But hey, that’s why it’s called an opinion, and this is mine. Sorry for the way this comes out. The way the words are, Sorry! So I guess that this is it. So long!   SORRY!    :(                     

Well…… my group was able to answer all the questions despite all the technical difficulties and the short time we had. and now i have to write about what we talked about so here it goes!The questions were as follows.                                                                                           #1. Define power.                                                                                                                             We all pretty much agreed that power can be a lot of things. We said that power is the ability to control others or other things. It can even be the power to change someone’s life. Some of us agreed that power can be money, or in other words that someone whom has money has power. Not necessarily the actual dollar bill that you see, but the way that you use that. Another form of power can be relationships whether it be between friends or something more or deeper than that.                                                                                        #2. How does power affect personal relationships?                                                              Well, we said that it can be a good thing and a bad thing. It can strengthen or completely destroy a relationship. It all depends on the person or people involved. Sometimes it makes you power crazy and you change a lot, and your friend or whoever may not like that and decide to not be your friend anymore. Sometimes people get greedy and big headed and think that they are too good for everyone else. There are many ways that it can affect a relationship.                                                                                                              #3. What role does power play in a person’s decision making?                                           Well, like I said before it can change people therefore changing your decisions. You wouldn’t choose what you would normally choose because you are not the same person you were. Instead of choosing what you know is right; you would choose what would benefit you in the long run because you have become greedy. Obviously, this is not always the case, but most of the time sadly it is. So we must always be careful when it comes to power.                                                                                                                                             We are almost done here!                                                                                                                  #4. Why is having power important to a person?                                                                    For this last question our answer was that it is sometimes important for a person because it gives them a sense of self worth. It makes them feel better about themselves. That is why after they are relentless to give up the power in which they hold. It helps so that other’s see them differently, in a better way.                                                                            So that’s pretty much it. Hope you don’t fall asleep before you read this whole thing. No, im just kidding. Oh, and sorry about the writing on some of my posts I don’t know why they are like this. Sorry! Anyways, bye!           

What kind of relationships do you see in the Veldt?                                                                                                                                             In the story the Veldt you see the kids, Peter and Wendy, and their parents . You also see the relationship between the children and the nursery. You end up noticing that the room becomes like the children’s mom and dad, and their real parents end up being nothing to them. They may not be good relationships but they are relationships none the less. In my opinion the relationships are very unhealthy. I believe that this happened because of the parents negligence and spoiling of their children.                                                                          How do you see power? How is power displayed?                                                         I see power exhibited by the children and in a way by nursery room. The children have the power to get whatever they want from their parents. They get whatever they want by throwing tantrums and by making their parents feel bad, and as a result get that which hey want. This is shown in the story when the kids get more time in the nursery (before they were supposed leave to Iowa), because they were crying and throwing ridiculous tantrums. In real life kids do this all the time in order to get what their hearts desire. This is especially done by the smaller kids. They start going crazy unitl their parents either feel bad or get annoyed, for that matter, and get them what they desire.                                 The other power which is exhibited by the nursery is the power they had to break another relationship. The nursery was able to break the bond between the kids and their parents. It was able to turn the children away from their parents, to the point that the kids even killed them in order to keep the room. It changed these kids into being something completletely different from what they were.                                                   

Is having everything you desire a good thing?                                                            Having everything you desire, in my opinion, isn’t necessarily a good thing and neither is it in this story, The Veldt. An example would be let’s say a rich man. The rich man may have money and luxurios things, but that doesn’t mean he’s happy. Many other peoplle may try to kill you in order to get all the things that you possess. You also may end up feeling that you don’t have to do good or work for things because you already have all that you desire.                                                                                                                                Desire and need?                                                                                                                   Now, desire and need are two very different things yet they are so alike. Desire is somethin that you want, but don’t necessarily need, or can live without. And need is something that you can not live without. An example for desire would be having a mansion wiith five cars. Sure it would be nice to have, but it’s not a neccessity. Now on the other hand things like food and water are neccesssities or needs. And obviously needs are much more important.