As a CST and English major, I basically study the art of telling a story. There is nothing more fascinating. Every story brings a unique perspective to life, the world, and the way people think. Every character presents me with a new understanding of myself and from where others come, and the more I understand something, the more apt I am to appreciate it’s beauty. Like math; Debbi I don't get it, so it's a tad harder to appreciate. Make sense? Stories bring understanding to the world that God created for us. The more we come to understand this world, the more we can appreciate the wonder that comes with it.
I can already tell from the first reading that I'm gonna love this class.
John Smith: Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles
I must admit, the man appears amazing; especially considering all he had accomplished throughout his life. I hate to admit, but it's really hard to imagine myself in his position, to imagine exploring an entirely "New World" with no first world provisions or comforts. I get irate by just missing one meal, let alone going hungry and having to manipulate a different people for food. What an adventurer he was! His attitude reminded me a lot of Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean in that manipulative and slightly arrogant way.
Though Smith may have been a little more then a little arrogant. At the very least, he may be described as confident, grounded in who he is as a person. But he certainly has a knack for talking himself up, like on page 46; "Captain Smith, who, by his own example, good works, and fair promises..." I personally loved how he basically contradicted himself in his statement "it were better [man's] baseness should be manifested to the world, than the business bear the scorn and shame of [man's] excused disorders." The statement alone is an excuse of his conduct. Paraphrased "Yeah, i killed a guy. But he was being douche-y and hey, at least I admit to killing him."
He is blunt and unapologetic, yet still, I was shocked when he mentioned using a Native American as a shield and yet still won his attackers over after they took him as prisoner. And Disney totally messed with our heads when it came to Pocahontas. Just saying.
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