November 4, 2008

What happened that Tuesday night is truly one of the greatest things that I have ever seen in my lifetime. Being African- American, it just meant that much more to my family. The thing was that Barack Obama was really the best candidate, but because of race it became this weird debate about if America was ready to elect him or not. It showed that this world is not yet as colorblind as it should be. There was a lot of doubt about what would happen that day. When they announced that he won, it took me a minute to comprehend what had just happened, and I remember that my parents were calling everyone they know to talk about it. I heard this one story about this ninety year old woman. She was sick and was willing herself to live just so that she could vote in this election. I’m sad that I was too young to vote because it would be cool if I could tell people fifty years from now that I voted for him. This was a historic moment and even though I understand what it means, I’ll never feel the same way that my parents or grandparents do. Hopefully, with this new leadership, we will now regain the respect of the world and fix some of our problems here at home.

Black President

Late tuesday night, I was fortunate to be alive to witness one of the most incredible presidential moments in American history: the election of the first non-white president of the United States. Regardless of your stance on the issues, electing a black preisdent is a MASSIVE step forward for America, and will hopefully mend some of the damage caused by hundreds of years of division.

Also needing to be repaired is our terrible global image. America was once envied and admired by the rest of the world; over the last eight years we've become a complete joke. With Bush's departure from the White House and election of one of the western world's first black leaders, we may gain some respect back from our peers.

R.P. McMurphy & Cool Hand Luke

R.P. McMurphy was similar to Cool Hand Luke. For example they were both very strong, determined people. R.P. McMurphy didn’t belong in the insane asylum with the other men just like Cool Hand Luke didn’t belong in prison. They are just both troubled men whose life turned to the worst. Both men try escaping where they were kept. Both men also got caught. But at first the men don’t like McMurphy but the soon grew to love him. Same with Cool Hand Luke, he fought with men but then became best friends with one of them. What was ironic is that both characters smiled a lot. Most scenes McMurphy was laughing or smiling and Cool Hand Luke always smiled and died with a smile on his face. Both movies had the same basic set-up so it’s not surprise the men are alike. But before watching each movie I would have not put two and two together. Where they similar other ways that I might have missed?