Sooo.... last week we read this short story called "The Scarlet Ibis" and it really left me feeling downhearted and a bit crestfallen because the Brother never really appreciated Doodle at all and all Brother saw was disappointment and failure in Doodle. And at the end of the story that Doodle died because of all the strain Brother put on him to be normal and to go beyond his limitations just to be like everyone else, I felt pretty bad for Doodle because of the way Brother treated him. It wasn't Doodle's fault he was unable to to what everyone else could, he was just born that way.  But a couple days before we started learning about ambition and how ambition can blind your judgment. Also how ambition can cause someone to accomplish a goal with no regards for its consequences. We talked a bit about the phrase, "the ends justifies the means", I've heard the phrase before and I knew what it meant because I learned about it in history when we were talking about how many people's ambition caused them to go way to far and do horrible things with no regard for others.
       Well, anyways this Friday I went to a play that was at my school, it was called Viva Africa. It was pretty good but so so very confusing, the only thing i pretty much understood was that the lead male character was in love with Maria who lived across from them. The play was at lot like Romeo and Juliet but it was much more humorous. In the play, there were two families: the Jenkins family and the Santiagos family. They hated each other because one family was black and the other was Latino. But the main reason was since they were different races they treated each badly. They were racist with each other and they had a line that separated them so they wouldn't bother each other or interact with each other in any way. the only con it had was that it moved pretty quick so u had to try and catch on. But overall. it was pretty good. So thats it for today. oh and What do youyu belive are the Pros and Cons of ambition? And how can ambition affect your life?