random essay blog

Okay so I'm gonna reflect on the essay by Mukherjee. Reading her essay, I felt like I actually kind of understood her feelings. In human geography class, we did a unit on religion and well for Hinduism, there is the caste system. Your whole destiny was pre-determined whether you liked it or not. It was nearly impossible to go up a level and very possible to go down a level. It's not wonder that she treasured the title 'American' all to herself. Here in America, there is no caste system or anyone to judge you based on what last name you have.

MLK still a king?

Dear Dr. MLK,

I personally think that you're a pretty cool person and I think that the issues and difficulties you faced are not as apparent as of now. Our president currently is the first black president in American history and I'm pretty sure you would have wanted to live up to the 20th of January of year 2009 to see him be inaugurated. Now, African Americans are respected and treated like everyone else--like Americans. Will Smith and Bill Cosby are one of the funniest comedians around, Alicia Keys and Chris Brown have made fortunes as talented singers, and Derrick Rose was named 'Rookie of the Year'. I personally admire the guy who operates 'Elmo' from Sesame Street. I wish you were here to see how far your people have come and I want you to know that you contributed to their success.

Sincerely,
A student who goes to a Whitney Young Highschool which has the best African American principal

This Sacred Soil

I think that the Native Americans were true Americans. They endured decades of torture and discrimination from the Europeans. They fought for the land they loved and lived on and did their best to keep the Europeans from harming their mother nature. I found it melancholy how Chief Seattle felt like his people were forsaken by the God of the "white man". It almost felt like the two gods were at war in which the God of the Europeans was winning.

Music Review on "No Good Deed"

This song is from 'Wicked'--which happens to be my favorite musical. I don't particularly like this song, but I think that they did it very well. This song is sung by Elphaba [main character] when her lover Fiyero is beaten and interrogated. They want to know where Elphaba is since they all believe that she's an evil witch when in reality, she's a loving person.

The song starts off with Elphaba chanting a spell so that Fiyero wouldn't die:
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen...

I love the way they performed this song. The orchestra made it very clear that this was supposed to be a dark and eerie scene. Listening to them play this song and seeing the smoke around her during the musical gave me goosebumps. It gives you that tingly feeling since Elphaba and Fiyero love each other, but the music and Elphaba's emotions during the song totally makes everything feel creepy. Overall, I give this song a 7 out of 10 since it plays with your emotions so much!