Blog Post number #5

I believe that she wrote this to prove a point about society. She wanted people to realize how stupid some of our traditions are. None of the ones we have are as outlandish as in "The Lottery", but the point is still clear. Why do something when the meaning of it is unclear? People do things just because they have been done for a long time. They might think that these traditions are wrong but they do them anyway just to conform to society. Old Man Warner is a represntation of the older generation in today's society. A majority of this group does not like change. They want things to stay the way they have been for the past 30 years. The changes that our younger generation has been making and the trends we have going do not please them. Tessie is similar to the people that stand up for what they believe in but get shot down by society.  She wanted to change but the rest of society wanted to stay the same.

Blog post #4

 In both the novel Into the Wild and the film Fantastic Mr. Fox, the characters display a very adventurous lifestyle. Neither of the two main characters can sit still for very long. They display a deep urge to keep active. Chris McCandless needs to keep on the move and venture through the different parts of the country. Mr. Fox craves the thrill of of the chase when he steals for a living. He promises his wife that he will give it up, but ultimately he cannot stay away for long.

On page 39 in the novel Chris says, "It's a good place to spend the winter and might finally settle down and abandon my tramping life, for good." He was seriously thinking about staying in Bullhead and living there. He was loving the town and actually had a steady job. But ultimately, the urge to keep moving was just to great and he left. Chris just had the spirit of an adventurer and couldn't stay still for too long or he started to feel like he would explode. Mr. Fox was the same way, he couldn't be tied down either. When he and his wife were captured and he found out she was pregnant he promised that he would be done. He stayed true to his word for many years but eventually gave in. He couldn't stay away from that lifestyle. His excuse for it was that he is a wild animal. It's just his nature to act like that.

Mr. Fox and Chris McCandless are two birds of a feather. It is not simply that they like having adventures, rather, it is a necessity for them. No matter how great the pressure is to settle down and have a normal life they just can't give in, no matter how badly they want to. They are destined not to live like everyone around them. That is not who they are, or who they want to be. The enjoy the life they live and anyone who tries to tell them differently is wrong.