In my opinion Red is trying to teach Thomas that most people these days are not trustworthy unless you have known them for a while. Even with Red, because he knows is a great rider and he doesn’t want Thomas to be a hero or get in the spot light, so he makes him lose purposely so he can make money off him.
With the quote about fighting with people, I think he is trying to teach him that there is always going to be someone bigger than you, and some people are unpredictable and could hurt him severely. Also, that instead of wasting his energy on fighting, he should put it into riding the horses because he actually has a great chance at beating the horses since he quite an experienced rider.
Trust is very important. I think Red is partially right because people have completely lost the desire to help other people. Now days everyone uses other peoples trust to take advantage of them. I think you should get to know people really well and make sure they are honest in all of their doings.
I agree with the First quote, which was, “ To be trusted is a greater gift than to be loved”, because to trust someone is a lot more of a challenge than to be loved, because when you love someone you are supposed to overlook all of the bad stuff. Yet its a lot different when your trying to trust someone, if that person has screwed a lot of people over, your not going to be able to look over all that and trust them.
I think that priorities are a big part of everyone’s life, and almost no one can make it with out them. Some people priorities are mixed up, and that is why a lot of people fail miserably in life. I personally didn’t have my priorities straight, and because of that I missed a lot of good opportunities. Not only that, but I also ruined a lot of relationships with family, and friends. No matter what, family should always be your first priority. It doesn’t necessarily have to be family, but someone that you trust, someone that you care about and that you know will always be there for you. Drugs & alcohol can easily blind from what matters most to you, and because of this, drugs were at the top of my list. I never cared about anything or anyone, I became an ignorant, and selfish person. Never let things like this take control of your life, or you’ll end up down a road with a dead end. So when you get that hard grip on your life, hold it tight and never let go.
In the book, ‘When Legends Die’, there is a boy named Thomas, and he does not know anything about the new ways. At first he is very ignorant, and for Thomas it is very bliss because he can live in peace in the old ways of his ancestors. His parents sheltered him from the outside world they wanted him to learn and practice the old ways of their ancestors. So he was very ignorant especially when his parents die when he was at the age of eleven. They could not provide for him any more so he did everything himself. But eventually he had to go back to the reservation to get supplies.
Then Blue Elk ends up going to Bald Mountain to fetch the boy so that he can learn of the new ways. For him being ignorant it sucked because they can jip him out of things and get him to do things easily especially the translators.
He does end up going to school, but forcefully, and he is held at the school against his own will. No he does not find happiness because he can not see his brother; his brother is a bear and he ends up being forced to forget the old ways. At his time of era the education was important because you needed things from the white men but it would be hard to communicate and you end up being taken advantage of. For Thomas it destroys a part of him because he is forced to forget those old ways.
I think this book is going to be about a young Indian boy, who is forced to change. His father will die in an accident. Him being a young Indian boy living in a reservation, he decides to go back and live the way his people once did. He runs away into the woods, and has to learn how to survive and become one with Mother Nature. I think he will live out in the wilderness for a long period of time, until one day he is found. A white man who will force him to become civilized and have a white mans life. He will be forced to learn a new language and attend a school. I think that the title “When a Legend Dies” means when people lose their ways. In this case the legend means tradition, and how they have been forced to forget it. To forget the way they lived, dressed, and even spoke. He will be forced to completely change his life and adopt a new alien way of life.
Red is trying to teach Thomas to not trust anyone because he thinks that when you do, someone will take advantage of you. You also give them the chance to cheat when you won’t. Red is also giving Thomas lessons about how he should control his anger, when and where to take it out, and on what to take it out on. Red is also teaching Tom when and how to brawl.
Trust is very important because, without it, you are the only person who can do anything about you. You would be alone in life, allowing no one to be close to you through your gained inability to trust. Red was hurt, or was given some reason to stop trusting, when he was young because of his trust for someone or people. You should give at least a little trust to everybody and see what they do with it before deciding to continue or stop trusting that person.
I disagree with the first three quotes and how they say to not trust anybody, trust is a better compliment than love, and pick only the battles you know you can win. Things come in sequence for a reason and you have to trust before you can love and it is important to trust people. If you only pick the battles you can win, you will never learn anything from them. Trust enables you to do many more things than you would be able to do without it.
Red teaches Thomas by teaching him in metaphors. He is basically telling Tom that he shouldn’t get started in anything he can’t handle. When Red says, “when you get mad don’t take it out on me.” I think he is really saying when you get into those situations you can’t handle you are going to get angry but you need to focus and not do anything hasty. When you feel that anger, reinforce it to do something positive with it. I believe what Red says can apply to all of us and can help.
Many people struggle with feelings of anger, including me. I admire the people that can really control the anger and reinforce it for good intentions. It is hard work to control anger it is a trigger just waiting to be pulled. Overall I believe if we use the words of Red, as unwise as he turns out, that you and I could benefit.
In my opinion George and Bessie Black Bull show integrity in part of their intentions. What George did was not good but it was the only way that Frank would have stopped stealing from George and his family. I also think that George show integrity the whole time leading up to the murder because he was trying to lead his family up to a better life that they would be back on the reservation.
I also think that Bessie shows great integrity while she was teaching Thomas everything that he would need to know about living in the wilderness. She does everything, leading up to her death, for Thomas she had a lot of support from him and he from her. Thomas shows integrity because of the fact that his family showed him how to act and show respect to others and to the animals that he lives around.
I feel like I’m stuck in limbo. Do you ever feel like that? It is like I’m going in a circle, a routine that will never end. It’s not all that bad. It means that I know what to expect everyday and that I don’t really have to think about it. What makes it hard for me though is when I get invited to something and can’t go, or when I hear others talking about what they’re going to do or what they did. It just bums me out because I can’t go out and have fun or work like everyone else. I understand that I have a daughter and responsibilities, but I don’t understand why that prevents me from being allowed to go anywhere. I’m not even allowed to go to the store! Of course, you’ll never hear my brother complain. This is because even if he does something wrong, like fail all his classes, he can still do whatever he wants. It’s not his fault though. Our parents are the ones who let him get away with it, so he doesn’t really know any better.
I’m just feeling stuck because I can’t go back in time to have a good time, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to move ahead. I’m afraid of what will happen after high school because not only am I unprepared to go out on my own, my parents don’t want to let me leave. I’m worried that I’ll end up like their older sons, trapped and depended on them forever. I don’t want to be and I plan to get away, but I’ll need help and those who are capable to help me are too afraid of my parents. I love my parents, but, honestly, it’s time that they quit acting like communist and start acting like actual parents.
I don’t really like knowing what I’m missing, but I’m constantly being reminded. The program I’m in thinks that reminding me will motivate me, but most of the time it just makes me angry.
Ignorance could be bliss, I really don’t know. It could be great or horrible. I’m not ignorant on most things, but there’s some I don’t know about.
Tom doesn’t seem very happy at the moment. All he wants is to leave and go home. The other thing he wants is to have his bear cub. He doesn’t seem to like the other children, and he certainly doesn’t like the teachers or adults for that matter.
There are all different kinds of education. If it wasn’t required I probably wouldn’t come to school. I’d just learn what I needed from others, but I also know that I need education to get a job. So that could be an incentive to come to school.
Education wouldn’t be that important if Tom lived his life the way he has. It says that he got bored with the class and looked out the window, so I would guess that school won’t benefit him because he doesn’t care about their way of life.
I would probably like to have the experience of living on Horse Mountain, but not forever. I love camping, but I wouldn’t want to have to eat fish everyday of my life. I would want to be able to change my clothes everyday and be able to straighten my hair, hang out with friends, and shower on a daily basis.
Horse Mountain would take quite a bit of effort to live on for a long period of time. You would need to have the knowledge to skin a deer or an animal and use its hide for clothing or shoes or maybe to help with shelter. Knowing how to make weapons, like arrow-heads or arrows for a bow or even a bow, is something you would need to survive in the mountains.
I believe I could survive in the wild for a little while. I would get bored and by winter time I would freeze and not be able to live in the freezing cold. In the summer time I could probably do it. I know how to build a fire and how to gather berries and hunt.
I think that Thomas and maybe Bessie will survive for a long time. Surviving might be rough at first, but Bessie is strong and has ability to do a lot.
So starting of this school year was the best one I have had yet. Why is because of the friends I had from last year. I was friends with the coolest girl in school and after she hooked up with a super good friend of mine, she stopped being cool. She changed and not for the better I think. She broke up with him and now I don’t have a class with her and she doesn’t talk to me. I miss the friend ship we had. In my life, I have up and left and never turn back to the life I have had before. I really hope that this time it changes because she is an amazing person that I wanted in my life. But I have been wrong, so I don’t know.
In the book, Red talks about not ever trusting anyone, not even himself. I think in some ways that statement is true. But I think in other ways that what red says is a completely false statement. (to be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved) “George MacDonald”. (you must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible) “Anton Chekhov”. Red is trying to teach Thomas not to be so trusting. So that he is not getting hurt so bad anymore I would imagine. Trust in my opinion is a very important thing. I don’t think that red is completely right about trust. You should trust when you have to. Because if you cant trust, then your going to have a long long life. If you are trusted, it really is a greater compliment than being loved. Because trust especially in a relationship means a lot for sure .you really do need to trust and believe in people. Or life really can become nearly impossible. Trust is a very important thing.
HI, my name is April Groves. I’m sixteen years old and in 11th grade. I’ll be seventeen in December. I’m a Christmas baby and I hate it. My birthday is two days before Christmas. I think it sucks because I don’t get a lot of presents. Another reason it sucks is because I can’t ever have a party because it’s so close to Christmas and everyone is out of town.
Some of the things I like to do are boxing, kicking back with my friends and family and playing volley ball. I really like boxing because it’s just fun and it lets out all your anger. I don’t really have a favorite color. I like red, green, purple, and pink. I guess you could say I like the whole rainbow. That’s really all about me so … peace out.
I think intentions do matter. No, the preacher does have good intentions; he thinks he is responsible over Thomas because he baptized him and gave him his name. He doesn’t realize that it might change the boy so he thinks that he is doing the right thing. So for the preacher it is justified.
I don’t think it matters when it comes to actions and intention. They are more a like in many ways so neither are more important than the other. Unless you think about this way: that your intentions control your actions. So think about this, intentions I guess are more important. If you look at it that way, you can say that intentions persuade your life in what directions it is going or what you are going to do next in your life. It controls your actions in many ways.
I don’t know I am not that observant of myself to notice that anyone else’s good intentions are affecting me negatively.
Most of my good intentions always back fire on me. They always seem to turn out negatively. It’s quite annoying. Like I will do something good for someone and they end up freaking out on me. Some times I feel like giving up on having good intentions but I won’t because I am a nice guy and I am going to keep it that way.
“Life is full of intentions”, I think life is full of them. They decide whether we do something or not do it. I agree with this quote because it controls what I am going to do next in life and how I will make my life successful.
What I think will happen to Thomas Black Bull is that the White Man’s world will cut down the forest, in which he lives, and build there. Thomas will be forced to accept the loss of the old times and enter into the new world being created.
I think that, in the book, Thomas tries to hold onto the ways his father and mother taught him as he re-enters the world and is accustomed to the ways that he isn’t used to. Thomas finds a new reason to hold onto the old ways, but uses the same reason to accept and live in the new ways.
“When the Legends Die” means is that the new world will consume all that Thomas was taught, about the old times, in its attempt to continue to grow to support the ‘need’ that its people feel. The title means that those still holding to the old ways will give up their pride and let go of the old ways, giving into the newer ways.
I think intentions really do matter because it depends if it’s good or bad. If its bad then the out come of it matters to everyone. I think the preacher from the book When The Legends Die is trying to take away Thomas Black Bull’s the boy from the book real freedom, but he is good because he wants to take care of the kid because his parents didn’t survive a year out in the wilderness, and as long as he cares its ok. Not like Blue Elk a Indian translator from the book he always does things for money instead for his people. So I can understand why he wants to take him.
Actions are less important than intentions because in intentions at least you tried to do something instead of not doing anything. I have had people do something with good intentions but in the process of doing that I got in huge trouble by my parents. Yes I tried to help sister so I cleaned her room and it all went bad because I threw away her paper for math.
I agree with the quote form Andrea Bocheli because if you don’t try to do anything you will never know if it could work out for you so all he is saying is that if doesn’t matter if your short, tall, all that matters is if you try.
If someone breaks into your house, then you can use as much force as they use against you. If they use their fists, you can beat them to a pulp, or at least attempt to. If they use a knife, you can use any form of blade. If they have a gun, shoot them first. If you shoot them more then three times, it is called excessive overkill. If you shoot them and they aren’t dead, they can sue you. If you shoot them and they’re no longer in the house (i.e. they fell out of the house) it is murder. In summery if some one breaks into your house, you can use as much force as is used against them. By law you are allowed to shoot to kill. Shoot them no more then three times. Also make sure they stay in the house so you don’t get charged with murder.
I would rather live at Horse Mountain as apposed to Pagosa. Pagosa is a reservation and Horse Mountain is the mountain where the main character in my book lives. I don’t know much about either, but I think living in the mountains would be a lot more appealing. The good things about living in the mountain are that you don’t have to pay rent and you don’t have anyone to bother you. The bad about living on the mountain is that you live so far away from the town that if anything happens to go wrong you would be too far away to get medical help and such. Also it would take a lot of hard work, diligence, and patience. You would have to grow a lot of your own food, and what you didn’t grow you would have to hunt for. The good about living in the town is that if anything goes wrong there will be people close to help you out, but the bad things are that you would have to pay rent and taxes and such. So even though there are some big negatives, I think I would much rather live on the mountain. It would be tough, but I think I would be able to survive. I would love to have the peacefulness and the beauty of nature, but I would not like having to grow and hunt for my own food. Nor would I like having to chop fire wood for the whole winter, but I think in the end it would be worth it.
One of my biggest goals in life is to play lead guitar in a famous band. I have been playing guitar a little over a year now. I used to be in a band with a lot of my friends back in Ogden. The band was called A Recipe for Disaster. We played some pretty heavy music, and sometimes we got to play locally with famous bands.
Given some bad choices on my part I ended up messing that all up. I had a ton of opportunities to make a lot from playing guitar. One day my choices messed all that up. I’m not happy about it at all, and if I could go back, like most anyone would, I would change it in a heartbeat.
However not everything went to crap. I come to this school called Summit now, and I play in the school band called Invictus. It’s a great class, and as the rest of the band would tell you, we have a great teacher. At the moment, there are a total of seven of us. Billy, Gabe, Brandi, Randy, Yev, Kayden, and I. I think we all really do great at what we play.
We have played two concerts so far. The first song we ever played was Back in Black by AC/DC. It was a great time, and I think everyone really enjoyed it. About two weeks later, we played Come Together by The Beatles. I enjoyed this song a ton more then Back in Black. Overall I think we really sound great.
My biggest passion in my life is guitar. I lose all track of time when I’m strumming those strings. I usually play at least an hour a day just because I enjoy it so much. I’m pretty sure all you guitar players can relate to me when I say guitar is the most amazing thing created.
I believe that most intentions do matter. If you’re a good person and you have good intentions, but it goes bad, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the person was bad. I don’t think the preacher is bad; he just feels responsible for Thomas because he’s the one that baptized him, and now both his parents are dead so maybe their religion requires for an adult to take responsibility. I think the preacher should look at the whole situation and take precaution to how the boy is going to react.
I actually think actions are more important than intentions. The reason I think that is because actions are what affects other people. I know that sounds selfish, but most people react from other’s actions, not intentions.
“Man punishes the action, but God the intention.” I think that it’s saying that people only notice actions not intentions. God knows what is meant, and how it went wrong. (If it did) In the end I think it will be God’s call anyways.
I believe that most intentions do matter. If you’re a good person and you have good intentions, but it goes bad, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the person was bad. I don’t think the preacher is bad; he just feels responsible for Thomas because he’s the one that baptized him, and now both his parents are dead so maybe their religion requires for an adult to take responsibility. I think the preacher should look at the whole situation and take precaution to how the boy is going to react.
I actually think actions are more important than intentions. The reason I think that is because actions are what affects other people. I know that sounds selfish, but most people react from other’s actions, not intentions.
“Man punishes the action, but God the intention.” I think that it’s saying that people only notice actions not intentions. God knows what is meant, and how it went wrong. (If it did) In the end I think it will be God’s call anyways.
