10.31 - Behavior Change

I don't ever recall having to change my behavior very considerably. I suppose everyone has to change theirs daily, but in what ways I couldn't really say, because you do it subconsciously.

10.27 - Civivc Center Cont.

My opinion did not change. Since my original opinion was against the renovations, this article only helped strengthen my first opinion, by bringing to light reasons against the project.

10.25 - Young Hunters

I don't hink we should allow children to hunt with firearms, because as is evident from the article, even if they know how to use a firearm, they are children, and will fiddle or make mistakes that could put themselves in danger. I think there should just ba an age limit on who can hunt, so young people can still have the chance, but within reason, say after 15, you can start.

10.21 - My Favorite Season

I like autumn most of all. I love the colors of the leaves, and my favorite holiday, Halloween is in fall. I also like the temperatures. I don't like summer as much, or spring, because it's too warm for me, and winter is cold. Beyond that, I don't know why I like fall. I just like it.

10.19 - The Lottery Story

To begin, the story described the people gathering, staring with all the children waiting for their parents. The boys gathered smooth stones and played while the girls stood and talked. Then the men came, and shortly after, the women. When the families were all there, the parents called to their children, and they stood together, and waited for Mr. Summers to arrive with the lottery box. The story goes into great detail about the town's value of tradition, and the importance of the old black lottery box. When it is established that everyone is there, or at least someone representing each family, Mr. Summers began to say the last names of each family, and the person representing each family went up when called to select a piece of paper from the black box. While all this was going on, some of the people were talking about other towns that had given up the lottery, which the people thought was ridiculous. Once each family had a piece of paper, they unfolded them and found out who had one with a marking. A man named Bill Hutchinson was the one that ended up having the marked piece, but his wife wasn't happy, and argued that it wasn't fair, and that they should go again and take more time. Mr. Summers dismisses her protests and proceeds to ask Bill Hutchinson how many people are in his family. Then each member of the Hutchinson family draws a piece of paper, the two children, the baby, Mrs. Hutchinson and Bill. When they unfold their papers, we find that Mrs. Hutchinson has the marked piece. When the village learned she had it, they all went and collected the stones the boys had collected earlier, and stoned her, as she protested. One might assume this is a tradition to either keep down the population of the town, or as a human sacrifice of sorts for the towns prosperity.

10.17 - Personal Beliefs

I think it does similarly, though not in exactly the same way. Both are small towns that are influenced by the same things, though differently due to the large difference in time and abilities.

10.13 - George's Statement

I don't agree. It seems to me that if you find such a person you could go to college and they would still be interested in you. And if they weren't, you would know they weren't "the one", and you would have a college education. Also, I feel education is more important that finding people that are interested in you. But the book is set in the early 1900s, so people probably had different views on matters then.

10.11 - Job Creation

I agree with Obama's plan. It seems to me that construction, while not everyone's ideal job, would be a reasonable way of improving the state of America, both physically and job-wise. There doesn't appear to be a much better option at this time, so I think we might as well give his plan a try.

10.6 - Casinos

I would probably vote no on question two, and definitely vote no on three. I would vote no, if i were able to vote, because I feel like Maine is a vacation destination because of the nature and parks we have here, and that adding a casino would decrease that appeal for the outdoors, and thus decrease their value. It seems to me that it has the capability to create a domino effect that would eventually make Maine less appealing. But, I cannot vote, and I don't actually have very much information about the issue. Perhaps if I knew more, my opinion might be different.

10.4 - Culture

One aspect of culture that affects Grover's Corners is that of education. It affects the people because everyone in the town attended the same school, and has something they learned that they do, e.g. Dr. Gibbs is a doctor, meaning he had to attend school and medical college. It also signifies that the majority of the people there are around the same level of intelligence within the town. Education affects people in South Portland as well, though in different ways. Education affects most towns in the world, in fact. It affects so many places, include SoPo and Graver's Corners because the citizens' awareness of the world relies on the educations they received. And people's awareness of the world affects how they, in turn, affect the world.