Wife Swap

After watching the Wife Swap video I saw, and heard, many ideas on what people thought was considered "right" or "okay" within a family. Well, firstly I think that families should spend time together. That's a given. Whether it be dinner or playing games bonding is very important. Secondly, I feel like kids should have an equal balance between work and play. Kids shouldn't have to spend five days at school followed by a bunch of extra work with no days off. However, kids shouldn't just be able to run around wild. That wouldn't lead to anything good. 

Next, this was probably the biggest problem people would have had with that all, is respect. I think that everyone in the house should respect each other. Wife, husband, child, anyone. They should all respect each other. I also believe that work around the house should be spread around the family equally. Though most people would find it stereotypical that a mans place is working to provide for the family and a womens place would be in the kitchen, at home, cooking, cleaning, and taking care of kids. I think that the family should split those duties equally. I really don't think we should have labels or stereotypes for what a persons roll is in the family.

Favorite Literature

   “And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

    And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,

    And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor

            Shall be lifted—nevermore!”

 This last stanza from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven is one of my favorite pieces of literature. I really like it because it shows that no matter what the narrator tries the raven will not go away. I also like the way it uses figurative language and the repetition of “Nevermore”.  My seventh grade English class at Cherokee had to read this piece. I don’t just like this piece though, I like Edgar Alan Poe’s work in general. I think that the way he uses figurative language to paint a picture into the readers head is incredible but I also absolutely like the overall theme of his work. I like how dark and eerie his poetry is.  The reason that this piece has stuck into my head over all this time is because my class had to memorize the first and last stanza of this piece and repeat it back to my teacher. The overall theme of this piece alone though has made it stick into my head. I like how the author puts so much emotion into his work and you can feel the dread and emptiness the narrator has.