Thoughts About "Everyman"

In the story, Everyman, the reader watches the character Everyman struggle to find the path to heaven. Throughout the journey Everyman is blinded by all of these petty uncaring characters that end up turning their backs on him and making it harder for Everyman to be forgiven by God.
This story describes what society today is going through today. The struggle between right and wrong, what is impoartant and what is not happens every single day to every single person. The only difference is some people can pick out what will benefit in the future them and some people decided that they rather do what makes them happy now and forget what will happen later.
From media to peer pressure, people keep thinking the bigger the better. The more Ipods, cell phones and expensive clothes I have the happier and better off I will be. But when it all comes down to it, what are people going to be saying when your in your grave? Oh he or she dressed really well? Or maybe, "I really liked being around he/she because they were rich".
I hope that when I go there is someone who will say you know what Stevie was a really good friend. She was caring and loving and even though she made mistakes she tried to be the best person she could be.

The Taming of the Shrew

This story reminds me a lot of my own family. In my case it is my oldest sister, as well, that is very independent and unruly when it comes to men. On her senior prom my parents had to threaten her that she would not be able to go unless she brought a date. On the other hand my other sister which is about, five years younger, was constantly begging to be able to go on dates and hang out with boys all through high school. I think sometimes the oldest child in a family gets the spot light ripped away from them so suddenly when a new child is born, that they feel they have to fend for themselves. Just like Katherine, my oldest sister is so used to being on her own, she could never understand what it ment to be taken care of. When someone refuses to share the control in the realationship, it does not work very well. Katherine in The Taming of The Shrew was struggling with letting go of her control issues and letting someone love her and help take care of her. It was very enjoyable for me because it seemed like it was acting out my families life, just in a more dramatic way.