The End of Animal Farm

After I finished the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, I uttered the words "Boy that was a dumb book". I'm not a book person at all but even still it was a terrible book. I thought the ending was kind of sudden and disappointing. Also the main plot was kind of boring and all over. I realize that it was based off of real life events but I would rather read the actual story about Stalin, Trotsky and whatnot. I thought the death of Boxer really brought the story down. After he die, all the animals were sad and depressed through the end. Boxer was the only thing keeping the story alive for me so all in all the book was bad.

Animal Farm: Old Major the Pig

In the book Animal Farm, one of the most important characters is a pig named Old Major. He's an elder who never speaks much, but when he does everyone listens. In chapter one he talks to the other animals about a dream of his about a "perfect" world where humans didn't rule and animals had freedom. Before his dream he also talked about the human race and how they make animal's lives miserable by putting them on the farm. To me this is insane because I personally believe that by putting animals on a farm it protects them and nourishes them. To establish this idea: when we put animals on farms it's protects them from all predators but themselves and each other. Also the farmers feed them every day to fatten them up for Thanksgiving. Even though we do eat them I'd say they've got it pretty good (considering the fact that they don't know why they're getting fat). Based on the story Old Major is the smart one and all the animals trust him.

What is Power

Power is a term we use that means to have control over. No matter who you are, someone or something has power over you. It could be your parents, your spouse, your T.V. and so on. How is that possible you might ask? Well say you're at work or school all day and you come home, the first thing you might do is reach for the T.V. remote. Yes, it's true the T.V. has power over you if that's the case. If you doubt it try thinking about what you're thinking about and it's probably the T.V. show that's on tonight. Power can also be with humans. Such as your spouse, like if you come home and your spouse says go do something, even though you might have loads of work to do you might be so over powered you don't even think about it. To conclude, everybody has someone or something powering you.

Why Do People Use Drugs?

According to a 2001 survey, ages 12 and up, 15.9 million Americans had used an illegal drug in the last month. This of course is a very scary survey but you know what they say "there's a reason for every thing". To others, the reason people use drugs is they are depressed or they’re pressured into it, but it’s because of parental influence.

It’s hard to say what exactly causes the use of drugs, but we can narrow it down, to at least get an idea. For instance, a commonly stated reason is depression. Being depressed, some may use drugs to relieve stress or pain, which does make sense. Others use them just because “its cool” or they were pressured into using them. Some get bored and go out to find a drug dealer to flee from boredom. Which is another common reason for the usage of drugs.

Although there are many reasons, the main reason for drug usage is parental influence. To elaborate, a lot of adults these days use drugs, and when they have kids, that temptation or influence is naturally there. Children look up to their parents, and if they’re doing drugs the kids assume that it’s “the right thing to do” because “their parents would never do anything wrong”. This will cause problems because if the parents don't care at all, then the kids will just give in without any thought involved and before you know it they're addicted. Even though most surveys say that depression or peer pressure is the main cause, I believe that if the parents use drugs then the child will either just grab a bottle from the fridge or when they are pressured it'll be easier to say yes because their parents did and "Heck, why would they care!?".

To be knowledgeable of this information is essential because if we can control our influence over our children, the future will be looking up! To summarize, even with peer pressure and boredom (etc.) playing a part, parental influence is the main cause for drug use.