Final Thoughts

            Overall, I understand the book much more now.  Before when we had to read it alone, I did not really understand the underlying concept behind it.  However, even though going paragraph by paragraph may have taken a long time it made me understand it much more clearly.  I think I may have gotten something out of reading it when we were actually doing it in class, but now after reading it I’m not sure what I have taken out of it for the long run.  I guess it has made me think about a few things differently, but I still believe in what I believed in before and this book did not change that.  However, I do think this book has helped me with my overall analyzing skills.  I am usually not that good at analyzing and I feel like going through each part of this book thoroughly has helped me with that skill.  One of the parts that I learned the most from this book was the part about liking the journey more than the end.  I liked this part because the ends of things scare me and I don’t like to think about that.  The journey is interesting and fun, but in the end everything is over.  I can be working on a goal and then when it is over what do I do with my life? 

            In the discussion today I agree that having all the answers is not enough.  It is human nature to question everything and not accept what we are told.  I agree that if someone explained all of Paris to me, I would still want to go there.  It is a whole different experience to be there yourself and see it all.  However, someone made up that 2+2=4 so that is a law of mathematics.  We can question it and wonder why it is that but it is something that we just have to accept.  There are certain laws that are laws and we can’t change them.

            Also, I agree that everyone has deep dark secrets that sometimes they are scared to admit to even themselves.  Some people have really dark ones and some people not so dark, and I think that depends on the type of person. I found it extremely interesting relating this to the Columbine shooting.  A kid can be completely normal and have all these bad feelings towards a bully or someone and they have a moment where they can’t keep the lid shut.  It could be so easy for someone to stop it if they knew what they were thinking because all this person needs is for someone to bring them back to life and shut the lid on this thought.  I find this interesting because I always think why people kill other people.