Dear Friar Laurence,

Your role in a love story that would end up touching the hearts of many in the world is small but very important. Although you might not believe that such a young aged romeo can actually be in love, not to say they have only known each other for a day. With many doubts set upon the star crossed lovers, I think it is your responsibility to trust Romeo in his quest for love and marry him and Juliet. I think a piece of advice I could give you would to sit down with young romeo and tell him that love is beautiful but tragic and can be fragile. And when the mind is younger the amount of maturity could be lower and that relationships are based around trust and he should remember that. I think Romeo can see you as a father figure and your advice could be vital in his important decisions. If you really hold trust in Romeo that he loves Juliet and it is the right decision for Romeo than I think you should go through with it.

From Roan Cassidy

             Roan Cassidy

808      3/27/16

Growing up without a dad can be extremely hard, you can become someone who makes excuses for their mistakes based on their life at home. In the book “The Living” by Matt De La Pena the main character Shy grows up without a dad and his family is family is slowly going into poverty but yet he still has priorities straight. For example his family, friends and school. Through thick and thin shy still seems to keep his priorities straight.

During the time he is on his voyage he gets a call from his his mother telling him that his nephew is diagnosed with Romero disease, the same disease his grandmother died from. Instantly shy decided to offer every single dime he has to buy him the medicine to make sure he doesn't die a gruesome death . Another example of shys decision making is on the island after they were out at sea when he makes sure everyone is safe when the island is burning instead of just looking out for himself.

Both example show that shy is not only looking out for himself but for others around him and his family. It is definitely not easy to give up all you have for another person but shy is one to do that without hesitation. Also risking your life not to mention is extremely courageous. I think the author wanted to show that doing good things for others is very important.

I Am Malala #2

Roan Cassidy

808

2/14/16

Everyone has different passions. Some are for sport ,or video games, and School for example. I Am Malala by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai shows that deep passion can't be stopped. In the book Malalas father “Ziauddin Yousafzai” is a extreme example of someone having dedication towards a passion of changing his community for the better. Ziauddin was determined to create a society where any gender, race, or sexuality have the ability to go to school and have an education. His passion overcame obstacles that many wouldn't be able to overcome.

To make his dream come true ziauddin went through many hardships. After many months of trying to create a school he hit hardships of not enough people attending his school because terrorist groups protesting in his beliefs. He was threatened by terrorists and still put everything into creating his dream and failed many times. But he never gave up, he working many hours and gave every dime into making his dream come true. Thats an example of how dedication and passion can't be stopped.

Ziauddins story is an example of someone that would go through anything to make his dream come true. His story can connect to anything, that if you are determined and passionate about something you can not be stopped.