George Response
I think that in any busy lifestyle you loose sight of alot of things that has no immediate effect to you. I think that inmates hardly looked at clouds if ever 1. because they were never taught by anyone that clouds had that great of signifigance. If you dont have knoledge on a subject than its hard to love that thing wich you have no knoledge of. I feel it was the same way with the inmates. As far as what got the inmate looking at clouds and going in such deep thought my answer would be his wanting forgivness and the connection between heaven and clouds. I think that clouds are a subconsious sign of peace. And looking at clouds could represent the peace and the solitude, freedom , forgivness from god that he's been waiting for. I think that the inmates began to pay more atteintion to clouds because usually when you think of coulds you think of a worry free time as a child. You think of a time when the world was a much simpler. When you think of clouds i think you think of a time when your biggest problem wasnt how is the rent going to get paid. But rather...whats for lunch? I think the clouds represents the life that the inmate truley wants and longs for.
The one thing that I would look at if I were pass my own struggles would be biblical and quaranic matirials. I would look to more spiritual text to put my time here to better use. I would focus on the question of what the creator put us here for and for what purpose. And i would read texts related to that subject. This is for me what i believe clouds are for inamtes at the correctional facility. Studying text that brings me closer to God reminds me of a simpler time. And it aloso adds for a greater since of security and leads me to believe I am pleasing the creator.
Michelles Response
I think that Marjines dosent want to tell her parents because she believes that not only there will be short term concequenses to telling your parents that you want to be a prophet but also long term concsequences as well. I think that she most feard the fact that she diddnt know what kind of response that she would get. I feel that that is what scared her the most. because who else would ask a question like that? I feel that she had no model to go after to give any ideas of the consequences of having such a belief. I think that it is really the unknown variable that scared her the most. And I also think that there was the problem of self doubt. I feel like You have to really believe in yourself to make such a bold statement to your parents. I think that it is esspesially difficult at such a young age.
When i was her age i feard to ask alot of questions out of not knowing the outcome. So i understand why she keeps her silence and says nothing about such a great idea that she has.
There was a time when i diddnt know if i wanted to go to school and i was scared to tell my parents. Its one thing if you dont go to school because you cant. But if you go to school because you dont want to thats a whole other subject. I diddnt know how i would break the news to my parents. And it really took an incredible amout of time before i had the nerve to say anything.
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