To-Do For 2011-2012

 I have several goals for this school year: I want to make grades no less than a B in every class, make a new friend, become more active in extracurricular activities, and strengthen my relationship with God. I want to become more involved in extracurricular activities because I have never really been involved in anything other than art and music, and I want to have a stronger relationship with God because I want to understand and get to know Him better.

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Man's Ultimate Weakness:

   This summer, my school required me to read three books for my English class. One of them was called The Pearl. This post is here to explain one of the key themes in the novel. There are quite a few important themes in The Pearl. In the novel, the main character, Kino, finds a pearl in the ocean and begins to dream of the possibilities he can accomplish with the power of it. He becomes very ambitious to fulfill these dreams, and lets evil and greed rule him--driving him to do terrible things. In the end, the evil of the pearl destroys his family, and he finally truly realizes its evil and throws it back into the sea. The theme that we learn from this is that "people are never satisfied with what they have" and that greed can result in devastating destruction. I have chosen this picture of a man dreaming of money to help depict this theme--you can see how well-off he already is based on his clothing and posture, but yet he is still dreaming of something more.. Money.