I cannot believe it's already the end of my first month in the high school. I remember when I was just starting middle school, and how I thought it would be forever until I start high school. But here I am, finishing up the first month. There are upsides and downsides to the high school, the upsides beings much more freedom in the high school, compared to the middle school. I like the idea of being more independent. The teachers compared to to the middle school are easier to talk to, at least the teachers that I have. There are also many different opportunities to meet new people and make new friends, wether it's by having classes together, sports, or clubs. The downsides to coming into the high school, is that there is a lot more responsibility, and am overwhelming amount of homework. We are expected to get good grades, and do all our homework, and participate in school activities. There is no time for a life outside of school, school becomes our only focus, it takes up so much of our time. But overall, I think it will be alright and I look forward to the rest of the year.

Project Reflection

This project changed my perspective of God. Treating God and other people from the bible as characters helped me interpret them differently. Before I read the bible the way I did, I viewed God as powerful and strong, but not in a negative way. After I read it with a different perspective, God seemed to come off as powerful, but quite harsh and cruel. His words and his actions led me to characterize him as that; as shown from the diagram above. I think this project was interesting in a good way, it changed how I percieved things. 

Who's to blame? God, Adam, Eve, or the Snake

In Genesis 1 of the Old Testament from the bible, it starts off by saying; "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." And goes on to say how God created everything, and with each new day, more was being added. God then created man and woman, and God put them to a test. He warned Adam and Eve to not eat out of the apple tree, but they did anyway. And because of that, they were sentenced out of the Garden of Eden. And who's to blame? I think  God is to blame that Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden of Eden. If God can control everything with just the snap of his fingers, why couldn't he just make the evil apple tree disappear, or why was there an evil snake to begin with? God knew that Adam and Eve would eat out of the tree, so why did he put it there in the first place? God's test to see if Adam and Eve were faithful to him was pointless. Adam and Eve wouldn't have been kicked out if God, the creator of everything, hadn't made this tempting tree in the first place. All would be well if God just said so. After all, he's God.

The Epid of Gildamesh vs. Mongolia Flood Myth

The flood from The Epic of Gildamesh is similar and different to the Mongolia flood story. Hailibu, from the Mongolia flood story, and Utnapishtim, from The Epic of Gildamesh, were both warned about the flood in different ways; Hailibu saved the Dragon King's daughter from a predator and in return, the Dragon Kind gave Hailibu a stone that would allow him to communicate with animals. However, Utnapishtim, was warned by the gods for no real reason, Utnapishtim wasn't supposed to know about the flood.  Another difference is how Utnapishtim didn't warn anyone about the flood, he kept it to himself. Unlike Utnapishtim, Hailibu warned his people about the flood. A similarity is both Hailibu and Utnapishtim had a punishment, Hailibu was turned to stone because Hailibu was warned by the Dragon King to not tell people about the stone but Hailibu had to since no one believed him the first time when he told his people that a flood was coming. Utnapishtim  was not supposed to survive the flood so the gods cursed him with immortality. 

Hello world

Hi, my name is Lydia Fu, and this is my blog. Starting this blog was not my idea, it is actually required for my English class. When my teacher was explaining about this blog, I was very open to the idea. I think it's a great and organized way to express my thoughts to the world. I am excited for what's to come and I hope you all enjoy reading my blog.