2012 Descriptive Word

Fellowship

- meeting and getting to know more people in my community. -

Fellowship means more than just friendships and acquaintances. To me, fellowship is more like getting to know someone on a more personnel level, going through eachothers trials and tribulations together; fellowship is more like an eternal friendship.

I chose fellowship as my word to describe 2012 for me because this year I really want to work on stepping out of my comfort zone.  So often I get too comfortable and caught up in my life and friends that I forget there is more to all of this.  Lately, I have been in my own little world and have not been open to new things.  I am hoping that this year I will be able to hear people's stories about their lives and struggles, that I might be inspired by them, and may also be inspire them.

This year, I will have a semester of my Junior year and a semester of my Senior year.  I almost just have a year of school left.  I am runing short on time to get to know my classmates better.  I am running out of time to impact the lives of the people around me and to be impacted by them.  Most of these people I may never get to see again in my lifetime.  I want to know that I did not just fly through Highschool.

When I leave BHS, I do not want to have any regrets.  I do not want to be the person who no one remembers; I hope that if I am remembered, it is for being a good friend, someone that they could count on.  No one can change the world, but everyone has the oppertunity to change a life.

Commentary on Frankenstein

In my English class, we have been preparing to read the novel Frankenstein.  I find it amazing that the author was a woman and was at the age of 19!  This is mainly because the book is about a monster, which normally when I think of the creators of a monsters, I picture a man.  Although that might be biased, its always my initial thought.  The fact that she was published in her time period though, proves that Frankenstein is a very well written novel.

In the book, Frankenstein, a man attempts to create life by using his knowledge in science.  I think that with the knowledge and equipment that we have today, creating life could be very possible. Even with this amazing knowledge, I do not think that we should try to create life unnaturally because then you would look at this living thing like an object, and something living, I think, should not be looked at in that way.

I do not believe in the sorcerer's stone or immortality on this earth.  I do not believe that a stone, of all things, can make it impossible for you to die.  I believe that once you die, then you will have eternal life where ever you might end up, whether it be Heaven or Hell...  But life on this earth is just too fragile for something as profound as immortality to exist.

Monsters can be found anywhere.  Whether it be an animal, person, or problems within a person.  A lion over killing an animal, that is somewhat monstrous; an everyday, seemingly normal person can become a monstrous serial killer; and a person can struggle with some kind of an addiction, allowing it to be a monster of their life.  Everyone faces a monster nearly everyday of their life because no one goes through life with out some kind of trouble or mistake haunting them.  These kind of monsters can only be dealt with by facing them, no matter how difficult it may seem.