Phillis Wheatley (CRR)

       In class we are reading "On Being Brought from America" by Phillis Wheatley. In this poem Wheatley expresses how being brought to America has changed her and her view of life. Being brought to America and into a life of slavery has exposed her to Christianity. Christianity has opened her eyes to the positive side of life. Now that she has found God she is in a better place. Phillis Wheatley believes that no matter your skin color, if you convert to Christianity then you will go to heaven. Unlike other writers of this time, Wheatley looks at slavery in a positive way. In Wheatley's eyes if it wasn't for slavery she would have never found Christianity, and she would have continued to stray on the wrong path.
       Honestly, I can't seem to understand how being enslaved and finding Christianity is better than not finding Christianity at all and being free. In my opinion I just don't think that religion is worth the years of verbal and physical abuse that slaves went through. I just find it hard to believe that she is just content being a slave as long as there's a place for her in heaven. Although there is a lot I don't understand, Phillis Wheatley does seem to be in a better place and she seems happy.

Growing up(FC)

I am officially a senior, I guess I should be excited but I'm just not. I don't really like the idea of becoming an adult, I just want to go back in time to when I was a kid because that's when I truly had fun. In a way I sort of feel like Holden from The Catcher In the Rye because he absolutely hated the idea of becoming an adult, and I sort of understand where he is coming from. My teen years are going by super fast, I feel like I haven't even had the chance to have fun as teen. Most teens go out with their friends and have fun, but I haven't done much of that; I feel like I can barely catch my breath because of how fast everything is happening. I'm about to be 18 in a couple months and I think my cousins are probably more excited about that than I am; I just can't seem to understand everyone's excitement. Hopefully I'll be able to enjoy my adult years more than my teen years.