Marilyn says, "Never believe your uncle." Well, it depends where you do believe and where you don't believe and whether it is worth to stand on either side. In Marilyn's case, her uncle wasn't saying true things for a purpose, I guess. At the end of her story, Marilyn was glad about her uncle, what he had done, because it was worth it. I don't support a way of saying something wrong to people that they later will enjoy, but in Marilyn's case uncle's way of "enticement" appeared to be something that later Marilyn was glad about. I think that her uncle sort of knew her character and how she felt, and enticed her to go on a trip. Her uncle probably knew that she will love the trip and the place where she had been afterwards. In deed, it was not an easy trip for a ten-year old girl, but it was worth to take it because it was a trip to explore the nature. Exploring the nature is not always easy but often may require effort from us. After we have been exploring, we sometimes may value our trips to nature afterwards. An important thing, however, is to value it while we are at the trip because those interesting moments may never repeat again in our lives.
Yuriy O.
CSUS student
ENVS class
Sacramento, CA
05/16/2007
Present Worthiness
Marilyn says, "Never believe your uncle." Well, it depends where you do believe and where you don't believe and whether it is worth to stand on either side. In Marilyn's case, her uncle wasn't saying true things for a purpose, I guess. At the end of her story, Marilyn was glad about her uncle, what he had done, because it was worth it. I don't support a way of saying something wrong to people that they later will enjoy, but in Marilyn's case uncle's way of "enticement" appeared to be something that later Marilyn was glad about. I think that her uncle sort of knew her character and how she felt, and enticed her to go on a trip. Her uncle probably knew that she will love the trip and the place where she had been afterwards. In deed, it was not an easy trip for a ten-year old girl, but it was worth to take it because it was a trip to explore the nature. Exploring the nature is not always easy but often may require effort from us. After we have been exploring, we sometimes may value our trips to nature afterwards. An important thing, however, is to value it while we are at the trip because those interesting moments may never repeat again in our lives.
Yuriy O.
CSUS student
ENVS class
Sacramento, CA
05/16/2007