Writing Assignment 2

Prompt 1:
I think that for any great piece of writing there is an ulterior motive or moving force for a piece. Why else would you write something if you didn't have a point unless you were really bored and was just rambling. Whether you want it or not, I think a moral or a piece of information that inspired you will come through in your work. (Trust me it happens to me all the time...I just start writing about something because I felt like it and it evolves into a moralistic work all by itself.) Every book that I've read has a thought - Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Jungle, The DaVinci Code even those kiddie books that we read in like fourth grade (Behind the Bedroom Wall, Titanic Crossing, etc.) Even with a book that seems so random like Catch-22 anti-war message is still present. I love Catch-22 for that reason, it is like satirize-a-palooza and it's really funny, but there is a theme and a message. There are many people who feel that some books have no theme, and perhaps it is not overtly explained or written, yet if you delve deep enough, you will find it. In conclusion, theme is very important and always present in a work!

Prompt 2:
Recently I have been thinking a lot about impermenance and like the present mostly through the process of college search. It used to be ominous and like out-there, but now, "the future" is like, once you graduate. When I was little, I used to always want to grow up, but now I sometimes wish I was 10 and ignorant again, with more time for contemplating "the future." It's like the apocalypse, we see it and we know its coming but we don't realize it's here until it is. Confusing, to say the least, but I think that this theme bleeds over into many different things, like wars and global warming and political disputes. Everything is changing in this everchanging world (does anyone know the song "Everybody's Changing" by Keane?) Thus, I think that, impermanance and appreciating the day is an important and interesting theme.

Prompt 3:
I was watching 24 the other day and realized how many people were involuntarily or very suddenly killed (by Jack Bauer amongst others.) I remember in season three, President David Palmer, was given the ultimatum by Stephen Saunders, to kill acting CTU Director Ryan Chapelle, played by the hilarious Paul Schulze, because he was getting too close to Saunder's Zurich bank account. He was given an hour, and Jack Bauer had to shoot him. Ryan knew fully well that he was going to die and Jack asked if he wanted to talk to anyone or had any last wishes. Ryan said no, but I think it would be intersting to see a person with an hour to live. What would they be remembering (internally, and to do) would you really see if the stove had been left on, or if your mom would take the news lightly or go into a depression. I think that this conflict is very intersting I think it would be interesting and a challenge to write a play about it.