A City Unnoticed

A City Unnoticed

While sitting at a stoplight, a girl looks up at the street sign and sees in the corner “City of Pomona.” It is now dusk and she stares into the cars that surround her. Next to her is a man that has a tired look on his face. Tie loosened and the top button on his shirt undone, he is on his home from a busy day in the Los Angeles. It isn’t uncommon for people to travel through Pomona to Los Angeles because it is only a 30 minute drive. This is when the girl realizes that Pomona is best known for being a passageway that people take every day on their way to their lives in the city. It may be exciting at points, but it seems that people really do not know what is special about this place.

Thoughts on "The Refuge" by Terry Tempest Williams

In The Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams demonstrates a person’s willingness to stand up against what one thinks is what’s wrong at any cost. She blames certain people for destroying the natural environment. By describing men as viewing nature as physical rather than finding the beauty, and says that she feels almost powerless. Her opinions are very strong and she almost forces them on you right away. I agree with standing up for what you thing is right, but a part of me thinks that you shouldn’t force people to think a certain way and you should let them think for themselves.

Thoughts on "Everything is Human Being" by Alice Walker

The piece Everything is Human Being by Alice Walker starts off to view the opinion that she holds instantly. She describes that when walking through a forest and stepping on the roots of the trees that you are hurting them. I don’t agree with this necessarily because trees are able to withstand much hardship and her words to me do not make sense. Another part of the passage of that struck me was the part about the snake that she had killed. After reading this part I definitely have now changed my views about living things and take into thought that they have to find someway to survive too.