Knight of the Dark Face

I don't know if later in the novel Don Quijote encounters a "dark knight" figure but I think it would be cool. Today in class we assumed our roles for Friday's exercise and I decided to be the antagonist of Don Quijote, my character will wrong the rights instead of righting the wrongs. Really for my role to effective I will need the person that portray Don Quijote to be present in much of the dialogue because I will essentially base my character on doing the opposite of Don Quijote. I'm thinking that maybe since Don Quijote is known as the "Knight of the Sad Face" then perhaps my character could be the "Knight of the Happy Face." Actually scratch that my character will be known as the "Knight of the Dark Face." And in reality he would have an all black armor suit including a black steel sword. As the dialogue continues I would just like to do the opposite of whatever Don Quijote does, but behave in an equally mad way. For example, if Don Quijote were to save a beautiful damsel from being robbed by a group of criminals, I would save the group of mistakenly convicted from the heathen devil woman. Also it would be neat to create a battle between Don Quijote and his dark nemesis and have them end in a tie. Of course since they are equal matches they find out that they are long lost brothers. The "Knight of the Dark Face" is also named Francisco Quijote de la hampa de La Mancha. I mean I guess that I have a plan going into the role play, but we'll see how it goes because after all there are plenty of other people playing characters within the story.

SmartCars and Bombs

To go along with some of the things discussed in class, I also feel it is ridiculous that all Americans do not have health insurance. I feel that is a governments responsibility to maintain the health of their nation. I would have no problem with a few more of my tax dollars going into my personal health insurance provided by the government. Perhaps some of the money that is pumped into the military could be rooted towards national health insurance. The US leaders are just more concerned with leaving up to the ego of being the most dominate nation in the world in terms of brute force. We've always figured that if we can blow 'em up then we have the upper hand. Perhaps this is why nations like Spain have developed much faster in the social sphere and why we have the most technologically advanced military in the world. When we started talking about how European countries develop faster than America I immediately thought about how for over five years SmartCars have been all over the European streets because of their efficiency. Just now plans have been made to have the cars sold in America next year. Another thought that came across my mind during class is how a nation like Spain funds education in relation to America and how the education systems compare as far as percent of people with college degrees and so on. Perhaps education or the way that they are educated makes a difference in how one society develops both technologically and socially faster. But if any nation with more ATMs or legal gay marriage tries to mess with us we'll blow them into smithereens, because we're the United States of America and we like blowing things up and being the protectors of the world. And if any other nation tries to gain power through weaponry or tries to challenge our power then we'll blow up everything and sacrifice thousands of our soldiers to show how "badass" we are.

Ans.Elmo's Fire

It seems to me that Anselmo is either crazy for wanting to test is loyal wife or he just feels that things might be too good to be true. At the beginning of chapter 33 he speaks of how his life and been so blessed and so on and that he has this great family and perfect wife and everything. But, then he speaks to Lotario of how he wants to test Camila’s purity. Of course Lotario refuses just like any best friend would and basically calls Anselmo crazy. The fact that Anselmo would approach Lotario with such a plan in the first place displays some kind of insecurity in Anselmo’s character. Maybe he figures that it would be best that his good friend that could surely never deceive him test her so that he might avoid deception in the future by someone else. Although Lotario refuses, Anselmo continues to pressure him to the point where he actually does attempt to “woo” Camila. At first Camila protests against this like any loyal wife would, but when the attention continues and with Anselmo away, she begins to fall for Lotario because he’s there for her and has taken Anselmo’s place. Unfortunate for Anselmo, he never thought that his best friend could betray him. Things continue to unfold as Camila’s maid takes up a lover and Lotario and Camila continue to lie to Anselmo, stating they are not having an affair when in reality they do. Things persist until the climax of the story when Camila fakes her stabbing and in the next morning both Camila and Lotario run away and Leonela and her lover as well. Anselmo forced Lotario to dishonor himself in order to play out his plan. After Lotario and Camila began to love each other and felt honor for each other, Anselmo was now the odd man out. Anselmo’s friendship was no longer important to be loyal to when he desired such crazy things from Lotario. Once Camila found out of Anselmo’s crazy request she too confirms her loyalty to Lotario over Anselmo. Ultimately, what come to hurt and betray Anselmo is that he asked Lotario do be disloyal to him and expected him to actually stay loyal. Unfortunately, with Anselmo being away, this disloyal “playing” becomes real as both Camila and Lotario begin to enjoy each other’s presence. Anselmo took for granted what a perfect life he had and let his insecurities get the best of him. His desire to find a flaw forced the flaw to occur and this is what led to his demise.

Sancho

I really don't like the idea of having a boss at all. At every part-time job I've had I've always felt like my boss is either A)not as smart as me or B)really doesn't enjoy their job at all and just does it to get by. To me, being an adult and working in a cubicle or meeting quotas and just doing mindless work to pass the time would just be stupid. I already go to school and enjoy classes and just go mindless through other ones that I don't enjoy but need to graduate and what not. Why would I want to spend a part of my life voluntarily being mindless in order for some company I don't care about to become more efficient. Really when someone commits themselves to a situation like this its like they are living in someone else's dream and not their own. After all, whoever it is that's calling the shots in the company is the one making the blueprints and delegating the orders and then the people on the way down are just doing what they are told to make some buck. I just don't want to spend my life being a servant to other people and living in their dream. I'd much rather play out my own dream. Don Quixote plays out his own dream, just as people that start up their own businesses do. But, these people also need people to serve them like Sancho or entry to senior level employees. In the film Office Space, the main characters absorb their minds in a dull job that is essential the company, but completely meaningless to their lives and just stay around everyday for the money and a hope of promotion. This is much like Sancho sticks around to serve Don Quixote in hope of one day getting an island. I mean I know sometimes its necessary to impress and prove your worthiness to other people to accomplish dreams, but I just don't understand how some of the 45 year old employees at Taco Bell are satisfied.