Assimilation....We've All Done It

Assimilation means for different minority groups to come together and become one big group. It is a process of putting one social group with another and they are harmonious. Whenever you assimilate it is as if you are gaining and losing something. Like when little kids want to fit in they assimilate into sports or something, but the truth is that as different as someone may look, there are other people in the exact same shoes as them and fit together.

Beneatha is the character who worries about assimilation in A Raisin in the Sun. She gets very defensive when her friend Asagai points it out about her.

The play shows assimilation as a weakness because of how she replies to Asagai pointing it out about her and how popular it is in America.

If I think about it...if anyone thinks about it they can find assimilation going on around them. It could be a new kids coming from a different school trying to fit in with the band, or some freshman that are kind of scared by the thought of high school that run around looking for the thing that they love to do. Either way people assimilate to feel more at peace with their surroundings because they feel out of place themselves. They find something they like and they do it because those are the types of people that get along with and understand them.

I don't assimilate anymore. When I was younger and wasn't so sure on what I was doing, (Freshman year), I had joined football. Sports were my thing, but I was sort of wishy washy back then so I would just do what everyone else would and at the time that was it. Then I came across soccer and after I had been there for awhile and assimilated there I found myself and that is who I am now...and plan on staying as well.

Eric Liu's view on assimilation is that he had hit the ground running, or already had the baton in his hand by the time he was born. He had believed that it was about race that he was trying to assimilate to. He had a list of things that people do and if you matched up you were considered white. Well he said he was perfect with the list. That's when he realized that he had lost something from his past. By the time he finished talking about his experiences he found out who he was and used a quote from someone that says what he believes as well. The quote was "America is white no longer, and it will never be white again."

My Family? Or My Desires?

"My family has to learn to give into my desires because their of main priority and they should realize that."
Is what I would say if my family didn't play probably the biggest role in my life! We have all been through a lot together and any of us giving into our own desires and nothing else would be ridiculous.
With my parents being separated at a young age and me being the oldest at the time, it's like I felt I had to step up and get things done! I know my mom appreciated it and she still tells me about it. I know my siblings and I got closer whenever we had a problem we would go tell each other and help solve it...well at least the best we could, and we still do too!
I'm not saying that I don't go do my own thing because I probably do it the most out of my whole family. I play all my sports and hang out with friends and go dancing at quinces, but I might help out the most too. Well I'd like to think so...I drive all my siblings around, take care of my baby sisters whenever they need it and a bunch of other things.
We all get after each other every now and then, but that's what brings us closer....kind of?

American Dream

The American Dream is for people to get rich fast, usually not concerned with what they need to do to get there. I think that people don't really care how they do it or who they could hurt on the way to get there, but as long as they do then they'd do whatever it takes. It's not that all people are cruel and mean, but it's just that people are as spontaneous as they come and you don't know what is waiting for you just around the corner....to top it off, money is the root of all evil.    
What the American Dream is to me is that I would be doing something that I love for the rest of my life. I wouldn't want to be working in some boring old cubical hoping to be spotted by my boss, or work at a dead end job like a fast food joint. No none of those would be able to do it for me. What I would want to do is work on old muscle cars. I would like to do it as a full time job and then on my spare time I would just do it as a hobby.....but getting some money in between all of that wouldn't be a bad thing? If you're picking up what I'm laying down?

English III DC

Good stuff!!!! I'm pretty happy I got my paper done this morning at like 5 in the morning!
One more blog to go...
So this introduction one has to be that 4 fingers long...I think I'm going to use Damien's fingers, it would be a lot easier.
Well I started out this year hearing a whole bunch of baby mama drama stuff about Perry's DC being all insanely hard and stuff, but now that I've been in it for a little while...I think they were just blowing smoke up my butt. I just had to learn to get my stuff done as soon as I get it, which has been working out pretty well for me so far. Lets just see if I'll be able to keep it up when sports start.
The main problem that I have now is shuffling my work and homework....I just remembered I still have to study for the test tomorrow. Well at least I"m getting my own money, I'm also learning...I don't know what it's called right at this moment, but it's good! I'll get back to it when I remember.
Okay well that's four, I'm done!!!