Being An Apprentice

Eustace's apprentices have this wonderful image of him and Turtle Island, but once they arrive to Turtle Island and meet Eustace they realize that the image they held doesn't exist. Eustace goes through apprentices faster then he road his horse cross country. He expects his apprentices to be exactly like him and have same character of being hard working and fast paced. He treats them as if they are inferior and weaker and works them until they can't move. This side of Eustace is one that his followers and fans would never expect or have ever heard about. There is no way in hell i could ever be Eustace's apprentice. He is a controlling and manipulative man who likes everything his way. I would quite after the first day and never ask for that job again because i would definitely need a brake and I'm not that motivated to live in forest in the first place. 

Horse Ride across the Country

Eustace created this challenge in order for him and his brother to become closer. Eustace wanted to make it across the country by Easter and experience it all with his brother. I thought this was a pretty interesting idea, and unlike chris McCandless, I think Eustace knew exactly what he was getting himself into. On his journey he buy s a horse his prize possession, Hobo. hobo seems to have a lot of characteristics of Eustace but I think the more interesting possession he has is his mule, Peter Rabbit. When the previous owner warns Eustace that he can not be tamed, he buys him anyways. Throughout the chapter it is a constant struggle with the stubborn animal and trying to tame him. There is one point in the book where he actually starts hitting the mule  because the mule kicked Eustace's brother in the face. When he broke out and Peter Rabbit and Eustace got into it I found it to be a bit funny and not the sort of thing Eustace would have done. That was the thing I believed to be the most interesting of this chapter. 

Last American Man ch.6

After the first year of Turtle Island being constructed and modified, the next year wasn't much different. He continued to build on the land instead of living off of it, and he continued to live on the road and go give speeches to young children. Although Eustace was just trying to make his land better and still teaching occasionally, he still continued to worry about his land. He was worried about his land being taken away by a developer or something just like what happened to the woods behind his house when he was young. With constantly working and having everything else on his mind but Valerie, his relationship went out the window. With Eustace never being there, Valerie cheated on him with a banjo player and started to get annoyed. With all the stress he has and Valerie nagging at him, it seemed to be more of a pain to build his dream then it would have been to not. The first two years of constructing his dream were suppose to happy and he wasn't suppose to be depressed because he was living his dream, but it was the complete opposite and all the people around him were becoming annoyed because of how much effort he put into his island rather then his family and friends. 

Turtle Island

Turtle Island, to Eustace, was his dream land and idea and with everything happening in his life he felt as if he needed to get his idea off the ground and start building. With Eustace being poor, he had to turn to his father who he hadn't spoken to in a while and ask him for money. With asking he told his dad he would pay him back as soon as he could and wouldn't slack. With the promise he made he knew he would have to keep it which forced him to work vigorous hours. We he would be finished, in his mind it wasn't the way it was suppose to be so he would keep on going and keep working, so he would then be forced to ask his dad for more money. Along with building his dream, he gave speeches to children and in his free time he was constructing an office for himself. With the building of his dream there were two people who he was trying to do his absolute best for, his Dad and Valerie. With him working continuously it made Valerie feel deserted and he borrowed money from his dad, but there was an upside to the negatives. the campers attending Turtle Island enjoyed themselves and he would receive letters in the mail about how more mature their children were and how much fun they had. 

Indianapolis Urban League

For my paper I chose to write about an organization called the Indianapolis Urban League. The Indianapolis Urban League was established in order to help African Americans, other minorities and disadvantaged individuals to learn how to achieve economic and social self sufficiency. With should help this organization because they want to educate the young and the elder people that fall under these groups so that they can learn how to support their families and themselves better then they are currently doing. Educating the people then causes them to build a stronger community and getting rid of the negative environment in which they live. Educating the young shows them how to be able to support themselves in the future and be able to brace themselves for the real world once they are older. In a way these ideas of the IUL doesn't really relate to my life because i don't live in a poor community but the fact of them educating the young of how to be able to support themselves in the future should be for any child no matter how wealthy or poor. 

Today's Confinements

Although we are suppose to be a free nation and everyone is suppose to be equal different racial groups and women are still pout down today. There is still a lot of racism and confinement on these people because they aren't all white and like "Us". Because of what you look like and stereotypes on all people cause people to think differently of each other. Although these are large problems in today's society there are larger problems happening around the world. In Darfur, Uganda the people are suppressed by their own government and killed. The civilians of these land are forced to live in fear and not know what is going to happen to them next. They are hunted by other people of Darfur and forced to leave their homes an loose their family members through murder, rape and being displaced into IDP camps. In this modern day they are still treated like dirt even by their own people. They are stuck and have no where to turn to and are in need of serious help. Even though slavery has ended or supposed to have ended doesn't mean that people of certain races or religions aren't still looked at differently or treated equal. 

Linda's Freedom

Near the end of the novel, Linda finally receives what she has been longing for, her freedom. She gains her freedom mainly because Mrs. Hobb's brother tells Linda that he will not tell Dr. Flint about where she is because of how nice she was to him. But he tells Dr. Flint about where she is and it makes Dr. Flint come and look for her. Once Linda knows she is coming she confesses to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce about her whole life story and how she left the south and snuck into the north. Her two new employers decide to help her escape from Dr. Flint. Mrs. Bruce proposes to buy Linda but the idea to LInda was much like just being passed around from person to person. Once she hears the news of Dr. Flint dieing she stops moving around so much. The new Mrs. Bruce sends a letter to the Mrs. Flint about letting her buy Linda and her children. Mrs. Flint agrees to the letter and Linda and her family are finally set free. Although Linda is free she doesn't feel as if she is. She feels as if she was sold as a piece of property in order to be free. Linda also doesn't feel free because of the new laws set in place. Even though she in the North she could just be as easily sent back to her mistress and the free states aren't as free as she thought them out to be. In the North there is still segregation and she doesn't like it because she thought everyone was suppose to be equal and on the same level.