Stranger than Fiction

The movie raises some question such as what our role in the world is and if we really shape our lives but according to Harold we might not shape our lives because the narrator is saying everything he is about to do and is doing and it accurately happens so this might mean that the world does shape our lives or some other force like a book or an author might shape our lives. Also the movie tries to answer if we have the freedom to choose for ourselves and the answer is that we do because Harold life seemed to already laid out but once he realized he wanted something different for his life he chose what he wanted to do and the narrator stopped narrating. When Harold is trying to figure out what book he is in possibly, the question comes up of how we are suppose to live our lives with so many uncertainties and lack of knowledge and the simple thing is just to choose what we want to do and expose our true personalities, Harold accomplishes this by taking off his job and buying a guitar that he always wanted and doing other things that he has wanted to do rather than doing the daily routine he had always done that was chosen for him.

Fate, Free Will, Determinism

Fate is not one of my beliefs but it is the natural order of the unvierse. There are things in the world that seem they are meant to happen. Fate is destiny, destiny is fate. Free Will is just as believable as fate because we cannot know if there are a chain of pre-determined events or if we have control over our actions/outcomes because most of the choices you make you don't have another chance to remake the choice to see if there is a different outcome and if the universe is deterministic free will is virtually impossible in the universe because of the effect of past events. In Determisnism, the level in which people have effect on their future is depedent on the present and the past.

Is the old man an angel or just a man with wings?

I think that the old man is not an angel and just an old man with wings because even though angels have wings and he fact does have wins but other than his wings he possesses no similarity to angels in anyway. The old man does not look handsome or clean like an angel and his wings or dirty and infested with disease and he only spoke Norweigan where as angels were known for speaking Latin. The old man did not seem to have come from a happy place like angels usually come from. This turn of events leads the old man to symbolize luck because wherever the old man with wings landed he brought luck and riches (the people that held the old man made money off of him.)

The Cathedral Number 4

Why the ending is so perfect is because throughout the protagonist is accommodating the blind man and trying to be kind to him because of the loss of his wife by spending time with the blind man. As the protagonist spends more and more time with the blind man and he eventually becomes comfortable around the blind man as they are imagining of a cathedral by making a drawing together which creates a friendship between them in the end and the protagonist feels that the experience of the blind man helping him draw a picture of great cathedral is something he has never experienced in his life which made his the day perfect when he thought it wouldn't be and it was just a happy ending.

This I Believe - Podcast- Final Draft 2

I believe that I should always take the time to spend time with my family. My parents told me this for the first time at the age of about 5, It was also told to me throughout life like it was the golden rule because spending time with my family is an important bond. Spending time with my family is like doing my homework and studying for tests on a consistent basis, the two things are equally important. Spending time with my family shaped my way of life and my way of thinking in a good way, by the age of 10 spending time with my family made me like a professional businessman I would always be kind to people and polite. I think that I would never learned anything during my childhood or at any time in my life without spending time with my family for example, it is more than likely that I would've never learned to ride a bicycle, swim, walk, talk, or have good manners without spending time with your family. Some of these might be extreme but most of these I would've never accomplished without family, most of the basic skills I have right now in some way or form come back to the roots of spending time with my family, I don’t think I could imagine not being able to talk to people like Helen Keller on a Sunday morning (Sunday is the day that they pronounced her deaf.) At one point in my life I saw that it is also important because life is short and time with my family is short just like on a Friday morning in 4th period. All my life I had taken my parents and my grandparents for granted like they were immortal gods, but after reality hit me like a car going 60 miles per hour, I knew that my parents, grandparents, or any other relatives would definitely not live forever because at 12 years old my grandfather died. I think I should spend time with my family whenever possible because before I know it I won't live with my parents anymore and since time is not on my side they will not be with me anymore and after that I would've lost one of my chances to spend time with my family, losing chances to spend time with my family is the same as giving away a large fortune by accident more than once. The second chance to spend time with my family will come up when I have a family of my own, because life always grants you second chances, (life is forgiving) this will be the second and last chance to cherish my time with my family because before I know it the same thing that happened to me before where I lost one of my chances to spend time with them the next chance will eventually go away overtime just like the first chance, I wouldn’t want to be like a fool and not learn from the first mistake I made and then regret later on in my life I would want to take advantage of the second chance. If I start to grow a strong bond with my family by spending time with them the process will repeat for generations to come where my kids will spend time with their kids and etc., It would be like investing in something and watching the investment grow and grow until I can eventually cash out and be glad to have done what I did. People who spend time with their family at a younger age tend to usually have children who want to spend time with their family, this is a future investment. I believe that I don't have to spend time with them all the time like I have nothing else to do, but just take some spare time with them when it’s available. I always ask myself this, When I’m older would I want my family to spend time with me or just be the old guy who is alone and waiting die? I think I would wanna my family to spend time with me.......................................

This I Believe- Draft 2

I believe you should always take the time to spend time with your family. It was told to me throughtout life because spending time with your family is an important bond. It shaped my way of life and my way of thinking in a good way. I think that I would never learned anything during my childhood or at any time in your life without spending time with your family for example, it is more than likely that I would've never learned to ride a bicycle, swim, walk, talk, or have good manners without spending time with your family. Some of these might be extreme but most of these I would've never accomplished without family, most of the basic skills I have right now in some way or form come back to the roots of spending time with your family. At one point in my life I saw that it is also important because life is short and time with my family is short. I think I should spend time with my family whenever possible because before I know it I won't live with them anymore and since time is not on anybody's side they will not be with me anymore and after that I would've lost one of my chances to spend time with my family. The second chance to spend time with my family will come up when I have a family of my own, this will be second and last chance to cherish moments with your family because before I know it the same thing that happened before where I lost one of your chances to spend time with them will eventually go away overtime just like the first chance. If you start to grow a strong bond with your family by spending time with them the process will repeat for generations where your kids spend time with their kids and etc. People who spend time with their family at a younger age tend to usually have children who want to spend time with their family. I believe that I don't have to spend time with them all the time like I have nothing else to do but just take some spare time with them when its available. Just ask yourself this, When you're older would you want your family to spend time with you? I would.......................................

Random Quote- Imperfection

"To be human is to be imperfect."

-Max Zorin