People Are Crazy
This old man and me, were at the bar and we
Were having us some beers and swappin' I dont cares
Talking politics, blonde and redhead chicks
Old dogs and new tricks, and habits we aint kicked
We talked about Gods grace, and all the hell we raised
Then I heard the ol' man say
God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy
He said I fought two wars, been married and divorced
What brings you to Ohio, he said damned if I know
We talked an hour or two, bout every girl we knew
What all we put them through, like two old boys will do
We pondered life and death, he lit a cigarette
Said these damn things will kill me yet
But God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy
Last call is two am, I said goodbye to him
I never talked to him again
Then one sunny day, I saw the old mans face
Front page obituary, he was a millionare
He left his fortune to, some guy he barely knew
His kids were mad as hell, but me, Im doing well
And I dropped by today, to just say thanks and pray
And I left a six-pack right there on his grave
And i said, God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy
God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy
God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy
This song shows Identity buy saying that people are crazy. People are crazy and will always be, theres nothing we can do to stop people from being crazy. Its just the way we are as human beings, we all have our crazy moments
Thursday, October 14, 2010
A & P
How are people transformed through their relationships with others?
Sammy, in A & P is transformed throught the relationship with his employer, Lengel. Sammy views that the 3 girls that walk into the store with nothin on but a bathing suits if perfectly fine, but Lengel views it as a problem and does not want the girls to be in his store with only bathing suits. He would gladly have them in his store if they had shorts on over they're bathing suits. So when Lengel makes the girls leave the store, Sammy disaproves. Sammy walks up to Lengel and says "I quit". Sammy quits because he feels that Lengel had embarressed the girls, even though the girls didnt even notice him. Lengel had known Sammys' family for a long time, but Sammy did not care. He took off his apron, folded it up and placed it on the counter. Then walked out the door and looked for the girls, or as Sammy put it ''I look around for my girls'', but they were gone.
Sammy, in A & P is transformed throught the relationship with his employer, Lengel. Sammy views that the 3 girls that walk into the store with nothin on but a bathing suits if perfectly fine, but Lengel views it as a problem and does not want the girls to be in his store with only bathing suits. He would gladly have them in his store if they had shorts on over they're bathing suits. So when Lengel makes the girls leave the store, Sammy disaproves. Sammy walks up to Lengel and says "I quit". Sammy quits because he feels that Lengel had embarressed the girls, even though the girls didnt even notice him. Lengel had known Sammys' family for a long time, but Sammy did not care. He took off his apron, folded it up and placed it on the counter. Then walked out the door and looked for the girls, or as Sammy put it ''I look around for my girls'', but they were gone.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Brother Dear
What does it mean to be an insider or an outsider?
An insider is someone who fits in with his or hers surroundings/environment. An outsider is someone is does not fit in with his or hers surroundings/environment.
Greg is more or less an outsider to his family. Greg grew up in rural Alberta with his sister, mother, and father. He left them behind when he went to the University of Alberta (Edmonton). When he came back to visit his family, he had some new ideas. Greg wanted to quit university so that he could work and start making money right away instead of finishing his school work. But this was met with disregard by his father, who believes that Greg should finish/continue his studies so that he can have a well paying career, which inturn gives you a financial support to not have to worry about life so much. Gregs father had a well paying career, which he was not overly happy with. Thats why he believes that Greg should finish his studies.
This is how Greg feels that he is an outsider. Greg doesnt feel in place at home since his father is furious with him, because he does not want to finish his studies. From this dispute he feels unwelcome an heads towards the grey hound station. Gregs sister Sharlene followes his all the way to bus station, he doesnt really want her to walk with him, but he knows that shes not going to leave him. They talk about Gregs new girlfriend with Sharlene.
What proves that Gregs feels like an outsider is when Sharlene ask Greg if hes gonna stay.
"Well, you'll be back. Right?" "Right?"
"I dont suppose I'll stay away forever"
Sure he says that he doesn't suppose that he'll be gone forever, but he doesnt feel welcome to stay with his family for periods of time, espeacial with his father
An insider is someone who fits in with his or hers surroundings/environment. An outsider is someone is does not fit in with his or hers surroundings/environment.
Greg is more or less an outsider to his family. Greg grew up in rural Alberta with his sister, mother, and father. He left them behind when he went to the University of Alberta (Edmonton). When he came back to visit his family, he had some new ideas. Greg wanted to quit university so that he could work and start making money right away instead of finishing his school work. But this was met with disregard by his father, who believes that Greg should finish/continue his studies so that he can have a well paying career, which inturn gives you a financial support to not have to worry about life so much. Gregs father had a well paying career, which he was not overly happy with. Thats why he believes that Greg should finish his studies.
This is how Greg feels that he is an outsider. Greg doesnt feel in place at home since his father is furious with him, because he does not want to finish his studies. From this dispute he feels unwelcome an heads towards the grey hound station. Gregs sister Sharlene followes his all the way to bus station, he doesnt really want her to walk with him, but he knows that shes not going to leave him. They talk about Gregs new girlfriend with Sharlene.
What proves that Gregs feels like an outsider is when Sharlene ask Greg if hes gonna stay.
"Well, you'll be back. Right?" "Right?"
"I dont suppose I'll stay away forever"
Sure he says that he doesn't suppose that he'll be gone forever, but he doesnt feel welcome to stay with his family for periods of time, espeacial with his father
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