Essay; Romeo and Juliet

  There are a lot of similarities between Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and real life, one of them is how much parental involvement is in a dating relationship. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet sneak around trying to see each other without letting anyone see them. Also the fact that Romeo and Juliet don't tell their parents about their relationship just makes their relationship more difficult. There's no parental involvement in Romeo and Juliet which makes there relationship harder and the same thing happens with most teenage dating relationships in our generation.
  In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet have to sneak around to see each other because they obviously don't want there parents to see them. This is shown in act 2 scene 2,"And the place death, considering who thou art, If any of my kinsman find thee here." This shows that Juliet thinks that Romeo could be killed if he's seen with Juliet. Similar things like this happen in real life, usually teenagers don't tell their parents about their dating relationships and then they sneak around to see each other. This is seen almost everyday in lives of  most teenagers. This shows a similarity between Romeo and Juliet and real life in a dating relationship.
  Also, in Romeo and Juliet there is not acceptable behavior if children and parents do not see eye to eye. This is shown in act 3 scene 5 where Capulet says,"Speak not; reply not; do not answer me. My fingers itch." In this act Capulet threatens to kick Juliet out of her house if she doesn't marry Paris, this shows that if Juliet can not have her own opinion she has to do what her parents tell her to do. This is also seen in real life because most of the time when parents tell there kids to do their kids have to obey.
   Overall, Romeo and Juliet has a lot of things in common with real life when having to do with parental involvement in a dating relationship. Some teenagers just don't like telling their parents because there parents might not think that the person their child is dating is the right person to date and that also is a big issue in Romeo and Juliet. I also think that Romeo and Juliet is a good story because if you look at all the similarities between Romeo and Juliet and real life you'll probably see that most of Romeo and Juliet is very realistic and that for some people these kind of things do happen.

Reading Response

    Push by Sapphire is a very interesting book about a girl who is raped by her father almost everyday since she was about nine. She is very determined to learn new things in school but she gets kicked out of school because she was pregnant for the second time. Precious,the main character, can also be very rude to people she doesn't like but I think it's mostly because her mom is a bad influence her and curses, and hits precious a lot. I also think that Precious has low self esteem so that might be why she acts kind of mean because if your mean to someone and their scared of you they won't tease you. The reason I think Precious has low self esteem is because through out the book she calls herself fat a lot.
    Precious' mom is really ride to her and to other people. I think she just doesn't care about Precious or pays attention to Precious. In the book Precious' mom didn't realize Previous was pregnant until Precious was giving birth.  Also, Precious' mom called Precious a "slut" and a "whore" and hit Precious when she found out that Precious was pregnant. I don't think this is fair because if anything her mom should be supporting her and asking her exactly how it happened and what happened
because she doesn't know that Precious' dad has been raping her. This might be a reason that Precious  doesn't really get a long with a lot of people.
     I really like the fact that Precious was really determined to learn because after everything she has to go through it's really hard to want to do anything. Also, I think that if anyone else went through what Precious went through they wouldn't want to live anymore most people would just give up. Precious also says that it's really hard for her to learn but she still tries so I think the fact that she does try is great. What I think that Precious needs is a psychologist or someone she can talk to and tell them about what's going on in her life and just tell them what she feels and just let it all out and maybe get a tutor to help her with school and maybe go live with someone more supportive.