Pandora and Orphan boy Curiosity Paragraph

In these Greek and African myths, Pandora and Orphan boy, it teaches us about how curiosity can be dangerous because curiosity sometimes leads to change and change could be either good or bad. In the myth Pandora, when Apollo gave Pandora the box she had to know what was inside because she was too curious. When Pandora opened the box, slimy gross things came out called ‘evil’ and also a little thing called ‘hope’ came out and both of those things changed our world forever. Just like the myth Orphan boy, when Orphan boy came down from the sky to help the old man. But when the old man decided to follow Orphan boy one day, Orphan boy got so mad that he decided to abandon the old man and his cattle to suffer. This myth gave us suffering and appreciation to thank god for what we have. From this day on we all still have the things Pandora and the old man unleashed.

My Name

My name, I haven’t really thought about my name before. It’s a pretty slow calm name which means princess. My name is Hebrew and it is also the name of Abraham’s wife in the Old Testament. It’s not a thick name but neither is it a thin name, it’s… balanced.
My name is biblical and is really easy to remember. It’s a short common name which can sometimes be teased like Sahara or Zara but truthfully I don’t understand what’s so funny about it. Also, my name can be spelt lots of different ways like Sara, Zara, Sehra, Cera, Cerah, Sarai….It’s uncountable!!!!!!!
My name is angry and mad, happy and sad. It’s a pretty joyful name. I have never hated my name or understood it; and sometimes I feel my name is too simple and should be longer or it should have a different meaning, but a name is a name and there is no changing it.
Truthfully, I don’t know why my parents gave me my name; I guess they thought I was a nice name for their little girl to have. Sarah, that’s what they called me, just Sarah short, plain, and simple.
Sarah, a name that feels like a whirl of sparkling snow, a friend that helps you when you are sad and wobbles wherever you go. If I ever had one chance to change my name, I would pick Sarah. Just plain, Sarah.

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My Common Elements Paragraph

“The roots that clutch” – T.S. Elliot. This explains how creation myths can change in many different ways, but will always stick with its culture. Lots of creation myths have interesting stories and also all of them have common elements and themes like, from chaos or nothingness, state of perfection and also humans from mud/clay. From chaos and nothingness some of the countries that have this element in their myths are China and Egypt. Their ideas are pretty relevant (Start with nothing end with everything) and they both got these ideas even though the countries are far apart and maybe the people in those countries never met each other. Like what I just explained, state of perfection is also the same, both Mayan and Malayan involve state of perfection because in the Mayan myth, Tepeau and Gucumak had to try to make people three times before they finally taught that us, humans were perfect; as for the Malayan myth, Tapir’s life was perfect and everything he did and had was perfect… for a while at least. Chinese and Mayan myths both involve humans from mud/clay and, as I said before, even though they are from very different countries they are still reverent. In the Chinese myth, Phan Ku created people from his fleas but since there are lots of different myths, Nuwa (also from the Chinese creation myth) created people out of mud/clay. As did the Mayan, Tepeau and Gucumak tried three times to make people and on their second try, they used mud/clay but it didn’t work out for them. As you can see, lots of myths from different parts of the world are somehow the same. But that left me wondering, ‘How does everyone think the same even thought they have never met.’

Why I chose this Quote and Picture

I chose this quote because it seems very meaningful, and when I read a myth I need to, do exactly do what it says here, leave all of my thoughts of the present world behind and think back, on how the world used to be… before time and everything. The full quote is "~ Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be...Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before." I only chose a certain part of the quote because I think that specific part is very powerful and explains a lot about the myth.
I Chose this image because it seems to me like it is the beginning of a long journey that begins with a single step; i said this because all journeys have a beginning and need to start somewhere. I also chose this because footprints could go in many different directions just like journeys.

My response to the Fishbowl

Well, today in humanities class we did a "Fishbowl" on chapters 3,4,5 of The Giver. Over the course of the discussion, someone brought up the question "Why does Jonas need to take the pill?" and i think he has to take the pill because if he doesn't take the pill, his stirrings would come back and the pill helps stop the stirrings; but my question about that is "Would stirrings get worse each time you forget to take the pill or would it stay the same?" After a few minutes into the discussion someone else brought up the question "Why do they share dreams and feelings?" Well i think they share their dreams and feelings with the family everyday because when each family member shares their dreams, everyone else listens especially the parents because by listening about what the children dreamt of, they would know weather or not their children have stirrings and weather or not they are ready to take the pill.
I think it was a very good discussion overall and everyone tried to contribute to the discussion but there are still some questions that i am not quite sure of, "Is Jonas’ dream similar to going through adolescence?" and also " Since there is a birth mother, isn't there a birth father?"

Octomom vs China's one child policy

I think that parents should have the right to have as many children and they want/desire. If you are only allowed one child, what happens if you are sick and your child is away in university? What would you do? Who would help you? But yet i also think that you as a parent should know how many children you are capable of looking after and if you have enough money for their education, and funds. So overall i am trying to say; if you want to have children, you must first have the responsibilities and money to look after them.

Octuplets...

Octuplets, should the government do something about it?

No, i think the government shouldn't’t do anything about it; because you as a parent should have the right to decide the number of children you want to have and whether or not you have the responsibilities to look after them.
Questions like can I afford the delivery charges, food, maintenance, childcare and education must first be considered; only then you can determine the number of children you want to bring up in this world.
The burden of expenses still lie heavily on the parents. So if are wealthy, having octuplets is possible and you can provide them all with an education and fair childhood; but if you are poor, having octuplets will only bring misery and despair to you and your eight children.