Defying Gravity...

More and more these days I feel like I'm not what I always wanted to be. I feel like I should be more than I am, better than I am.

I used to think that I was never going to be anything, but then I found music and that all changed. Music opened up a whole new world for me, a world that excepted and loved me. But with everything that has happend lately in like choir and with the shows it just feels like I've lost the music. I know that may sound silly but when the only thing you feel like you have in life is music and the stage then you see how important it really is.

I just want to be back to where I used to be, back to where I thought that someday I could really reach my dreams...what is the point of life if I don't get to do what I love? I don't want to wake up everyday and hate my life...even if I don't make it shouldn't I at least try? But am I even good enough to try? Would I have it in me to take all that comes with trying to get there? I'm just not sure if I'm as strong as I used to be...I'm not sure if I'm even the same person I used to be...

I have felt like something in my life is missing...maybe its that part of me that knew I could do anything.

Most people don’t try hard enough to see the other fellow’s problem.

Most people don’t try hard enough to see the other fellow’s problem. This picture shows that to most people nothing matter except themselves. The only feelings that most care about are there own and that's it. This man wanted some candy, and although it wasn't his and it would make the baby upset he took it. He took it because he wanted it. There is no looking back, no look of guilt, he got what he wanted so he is happy.

In the story the Youngers' didn't really care about each other a lot of the time. It was all about what they wanted and they were willing to hurt each other to get what they wanted. Walter and Bennie seemed the worst of the family. Bennie took money and wanted everything. She wanted to learn new things, and do things that someone like her shouldn't be able to do. She didn't care if the family didn't have money for the things they needed just as long as she got what she wanted. Walter was even worse most of the time though. He believed that that money was his. It was his father so he should have gotten the money. And when he did get some he threw it away and although he felt bad I think he pittied himself more than the others. It was his chance to have his dreams and thats what hurt the most.

If you’re going to be successful, you have to take some big risks.

If you’re going to be successful, you have to take some big risks. The picture shows this because climbing to the top of a mountain is dangerous. A thousand things can go wrong on the way up, but if you are willing to take the chance of those things hurting you or going wrong then the reward at the end can be amazing an it will pay off. Climbing this mountain wasn't a risk this man had to make, he could have said never mind and walked away but if he would have done that then he couldn't have gotten to stand at the top and say he did it.

In the play the all had big dreams. Bennie wanted to be a doctor which meant she would have to endure people telling her that it wasn't her place, she would have to push through that and just go for it. Walter wanted to help start up the store, and in order to do that he had to put a lot of money on the line and although he failed at that he took the chance and got to know that at least he tried. Mama wanted a better life for her family so she put aside the feelings of everyone else and just bought the house. She knew that there was a good chance that Walter wouldn't be very happy but she had to take that chance.

You should hold onto your dreams; if you work hard enough for them, they will come true.

You should hold onto your dreams; if you work hard enough for them, they will come true. This picture shows that dreams aren't always going to be easy. It would be easier to just stop, to quit climbing and give up. But if you always just gave up then you will never get the chance to really do anything in your life. You need to hold on, even when your dream feels that it has only gotten further away you shouldn't give up.

If the Youngers' would have just given up every time something got hard then they never would have gotten the house or the family that they ended with. Although at certain points in the story they each started to give up, they ended up holding on and when it was all over it paid off. Of course they haven't gotten to the point were everything is perfect and its going to be easy, but they worked hard to get to the point where they are and they are going to fight to get the rest of their dream.