Where do you belong?

Where do you “belong”?
Where do you not feel like you “belong,” even though it might make sense (geographically, culturally, etc.) for you to do so?
What makes the difference?

I was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I only lived there for about two or three years, then I moved to Indiana. Since then, I’ve been living in Indiana. I in some ways feel like I belong in Indiana, because I have been here for a majority of my lifetime. But, I still consider myself a native person from Michigan. I still want to go back and visit there. I haven’t been to Michigan in quite a long time. In spite of that, I still feel as if I belong there. It is my real home in a way, because I was born there. I can identify with people that live in Indiana, though, too. I have started to show somewhat of an Indiana accent. I don’t really like that fact, because sometimes I sound a little bit hickish. I know that my accent would not belong in Michigan. I also feel connected to Michigan, because it has been one of my dreams to go to college at the University of Michigan. It’s not that I don’t necessarily feel that I don’t belong in Indiana, I Just feel that in some ways I relate more to Michigan. In other ways, though, I feel like I relate more to Indiana, because of the fact that I live here and because I have grown up here and friends and I am sometimes proud of Indiana. For example, when the Colts won the superbowl, I was so excited. I felt proud that Indiana was known for something. The difference is that I was born in Michigan and that is where my hometown is kind of. I have lived in Indiana for my whole life basically. I could consider this my hometown in a way also, but I like to think of Michigan as my home, because not many of my friends are from Michigan so I feel more unique. I am proud of where I am from. Where I am from being Indiana and Michigan. It just depends on what I am proud of and then that determines which state I feel like I belong more.

Favorite Character

One of my favorite characters in the book, Of Mice and Men, is Slim. I like Slim, because he is the leader of the group and is the most respected. He also seems to be the wisest. He knows what to say in difficult situations. He also knows how to comfort someone and can relate to people in some way. He makes you feel good and he knows whether or not something is good or bad. He is the one that is turned to for advice and the one that is always there for you in some way. He is also trustworthy. He is the guy that everybody likes and wants to be friends with. He has many good qualities. He knows how to read people so that he can help out with things that are wrong or knows that something is wrong and wants to help. In George’s case, Slim read George and knew that George had done what he had done, because he had to and that he did it out of the goodness in his heart for Lennie. In this way that Slim read George, he could tell what needed to be said and how to comfort George. He is a good friend that is always there for you.

Euthanasia

Euthanasia-
Def: the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.

There are debates over if this is right or not. In most countries, the practice is illegal. This makes sense. But, I also think that sometimes it should be legal. If you are doing it to help a person, then it should be somewhat acceptable. The definition basically means that you are helping someone out by not suffering with something that can’t be cured or is very painful. You obviously must care about the patient to do something like this. You wouldn’t do this if you didn’t. You could let them die in pain and suffering. Then again, it does seem a little bit bad. It should be legal in certain cases of patients. It should be that you should get the patients consent and the families consent first. It would be bad if you killed the patient without anyone aware of the situation. It should also only happen when there isn’t anything that can be done to cure the patient. If there is a cure to the disease, you should do that first before you do anything else. In Of Mice and Men, it is a way that euthanasia seems just. What was done was a favor in a way. There might have been another way to help Lennie out, but at the time, George knew that it was probably the only thing that could be done.