Blog #7

It took me a long time to pick something to write about.

I chose to talk about happiness. Everyone always lives their lives dreaming of the happiness that will come in the future, but people never speak about being happy now. People are always looking forward. Humans look for more. They always need to more. I believe that if people stop and experience life as it happens, they will experience happiness. Every single person has the choice to be happy, so why not choose to live in the now, and be happy. I am happy, and every time I get down on myself or anything, I stop and realize that I could happy. I just need to think about the great things in my life that make me happy. Awful things occur in this world, but it is up to us to decide if we want to be happy or not. We have control over our emotions, and it is time people realize that happiness is a choice. So lets be happy. 

Blog Post #6- 11/2

In the novel, The Stranger, Mersault gains his identity. Mersault lived a very repetitive life, and he enjoyed living that kind of life. Most people would find it extremely boring, but Mersault lived with it. He never gave away his true identity until one breaking point of the book. When Mersault decided to shoot is exactly when he gave way to who he actually is. The choice to fire and murder was exactly how Mersault showed us who he is. It is the turning point, he changed from existence to essence. His existence was him going through every day doing nothing, but he gained essence when he finally did something major with his life. It added to his identity, and his identity continued to become more clear. We could finally understand who Mersault is.