Lost in the Woods

If I was suddenly lost in the wilderness, I would panic for the first few hours, crying, and feeling depressed that I won't be able to live. I learned some survival tactics from classes, but I wasn't really paying attention in those kind of classes, since I don't believe such kind of tragedy will happen on me. But I will know that when I'm lost in the wilderness, I would DEFINITELY talk to strangers if I could find one. It would be lucky to find someone in the wilderness. One thing I remember from the English class today are that if you're on a mountain, remember to keep walking down the mountain instead of walking up because the possibility of having people living on lower parts of the mountain is way higher than having people live on the high mountains. It's pretty different to get lost in the desert and getting lost in a forest. Getting lost in the desert will be like having no water, and it's harder to find shelter and resources. But when you get lost in a forest, there will be more water, more resources, and more resources to be found.

Long Life

I think that it isn’t fair to keep the secret to themselves instead of telling it to people on earth. Although it’s unfair, I think that they’re doing the right thing. It is better to only let those few people know about it, because if a lot of people know about it, everyone will try to find a way to go on to the moon, since they would want to live longer. Humans are evil and selfish. People will do anything to others when it benefits themselves. Humans may be fighting day and night, and there will be wars around the whole world. And at that time, the governors wouldn't care about the citizens anymore. All of them would be trying to make connections with the people on the moon. Also, if many people migrate to the moon, it would need a lot of gasoline to launch the rockets for many times. The earth will be more polluted, and the people that are going to stay behind will be living in a bad environment. Also, I don't think it would be good to live for 200 years. The population will be way too high, and the moon will be soon overpopulated also. And if there is only one person who will live for 200 years, then that person will be looked at as a freak because when the person's friends are all dead, he/she will be the only one left, and the next generation of the person's friends will know that he/she should've been dead, but he/she isn't yet. People will be scared of him/her, and it'll be hard for him/her to make new friends.

The Secret

In the story, "The Secret",  Henry Cooper became suspicious when he was on moon because when he went on the moon the previous time, people were very friendly and kept talking to him. But, this time when he went up to the moon, no one seems to want to meet him. Also, he became suspicious about the nervous breakdowns that was happening. Dr. Hasting's research showed that the life span on the moon is longer than the life spans in the earth. His researches were about hamsters. The hamsters on earth should be dead in two years, but instead, the hamsters on the moon lived for five years, and some even lived till almost ten years. He didn't want to let everyone know about this because the earth was overcrowded and people would all want to migrate to the moon since everything could live for a longer life. If I was Dr. Hasting, I wouldn't tell anyone also. I would just simply live on the moon by myself. I may bring some of my friends so I won't feel bored on the moon. I am just that selfish. As long as I can live happily, I don't care about other people who I don't know.

Writing is Difficult

"Writing is supposed to be difficultm agonizing, a dreadful excercise, a terrible occupation"
This is the statement made by Ray Bradbury. I agree with this statement in a way, but disagree also. I agree that writing can be really painful when you are trying to express something but you can't succeed. Also, it's painful well you're writing about something you don't believe in, it's very painful too. The author chose writing as a job because he probably only has this talent, and even though he hates it, he still has to do it for a living or else he won't have money to do anything. I think that writing is fun sometimes though. In the times when the topic is something I feel really strong about, I can write on and on and on. Those times, I love writing. But it gets really annoying when I feel something, but can't express them with words. Although I sometimes like writing, I would never choose it as a career because I'm not a person that has a lot of patience. Many things seem difficult, but people choose to do them anyways. People do them because they benefit themselves. For example, studying. They seem difficult, actually, they are difficult but because it benefits ourselves, we still continue to study.