Why is Animal Farm important?

Animal Farm is important because it represents what happened in the past, each animal represents a person in real life. Animal Farm shows that if you are being treated badly or unfairly you can revolt. In chapter 1 Old Major gave a speech that they will overthrow the power because they are treated unfairly. The animals are over worked and under fed. Old Major was very persuasive all the animals even the rats although, the dogs and cat were against the rats being part of the team they decided to join in on overthrowing Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones was a drunk and the master of all the animals he worked them as much as they could and fed them as little as he possibly could without starving and killing them. Old Major died in his sleep not long after he gave that speech. None of the animals knew how to plan the revolt so they turned to the pigs who are known for being smart. Now it was up to the young pigs and the other animals to overthrow Mr. Jones.

How does someone/ something earn or keep power?

Power is very important in the world. Everyone wants to have power and if and when they get it they abuse it. Power is hard to get but very easy to lose. One way you can earn power is by gaining the trust of others. The more they trust you the more you are able to do. Although, if you make a mistake and lose the trust of those you had power over you will lose the power. Another way to have power in a bad way is blackmail. I bet everyone has heard of or seen a movie that has something to do with blackmail. Blackmail is not a good way to earn power but you will get the person you are blackmailing to do what you want if they don't want what you know, or have to get out. Also, you can be the boss of people to have power. People must respect the person who is the boss of them and do what their boss tells them to, so they don't lose their job. Since, power is hard to get your must work hard to deserve it.

Why are so many Americans overweight?

In America 34% of people are obese, 32.7% are overweight, and 6% are extremely obese. Overweight means someone is over the average weight for your height and age. Obese means someone is excessively overweight. Some people argue the reason so many Americans are overweight, is because there's too many greasy foods, people's poor diets, and general laziness. These may be true, but the most important factor to obesity is people don't exercise!

There are a lot of greasy foods in America now a days, so as a result people eat more fatty substances. More fast food restaurants are being built in America, therefore, there are more greasy foods. If you go to a fast food restaurant most of the food there has probably been dunked in grease. More and more people are going to fast food restaurants because they’re on their way home from work. They just don't like to cook, or they don't have time, a quick fix is to just stop going and getting all that greasy food. Over 50 million people get fast food daily; that's a lot of greasy food. Now I'm not saying not to go get fast food every once in awhile, but if you’re in a hurry and are hungry stop and get a healthy sandwich, or cook some soup that's always good. A lot of us are lazy don't deny it; I admit I'm lazy too. The reason people are so lazy is that they like to sit on the couch and watch TV, sit on the computer, or even play video games. I bet while you’re sitting there your munching on a snack, probably chips. 48.3% of people sit 8 to 10 hours a day and 22.1% sit more then 12 hours a day if you add in sleep people only are on their feet 1 to 4 hours a day. If you’re not running, around during that time, you’re not burning the calories from all the greasy food you just ate. People’s diets are also a reason for obesity. Most people don't watch what they eat. People just eat what they want whenever they're hungry, bored, upset, lonely, and even mad. Some people eat around 4000 to 5000 calories a day. That is 2 times the amount that a grown man should eat a day.

The most important factor in obesity is people don't exercise. There are many reasons people don't exercise. I once heard someone say "the reason I don't exercise is because it hurts". I also hear people say "I'll go for a run tomorrow, I don't want to today", then the next day they say the same thing and so on and so on. You just have to do it. You can't procrastinate, because the longer you procrastinate the bigger you will get, and the harder it will be for you. Another reason people don't exercise is because they don't have time. I understand that people may work two jobs and get home late, but you have to have a day off. On that day, every week, work out. It’s better than nothing at all. People have to take their kids places all the time, there must be some time in the day you’re not running errands, or driving your kids. Get a video and do some cardio exercises before you go to bed. There are ways to work around the reasons you don't exercise, you just have to have the willpower to do it. If you love yourself why would you want to kill yourself? Being overweight and obese can take 10 years off your life.

There are a lot of reasons 72.7% of America are overweight, obese, or extremely obese. There are also many ways to work around the reasons you’re obese. To fix the bad in your life, you have to want to fix it. Do you like being obese, probably not, so try to fix it?

What is the biggest difference between Jews and Christians?

What is the biggest difference between Jews and Christians? Jews and Christians both believe in Jesus. Christianity came from Judaism. The bible came from the Torah. But still Jews and Christians don't get along. Why well i stated that Messiah was one of the reasons Jews and Christians don't get along. But its not just a little reason. Its the biggest reason, and the biggest difference between the two religions. For around 2000 years the Jews have been fighting over the fact that Jesus is or is not the Messiah. In the Jews opinion Jesus is not Messiah for many reason. But Christians view Jesus as the Messiah for many of their own reasons. So who's right? Nobody knows it's only opinions and in my opinion it's not right to hate somebody for their religious opinion. I found a website that might help people who want to know the reasons that Jews don't think Jesus is the Messiah or why Christians do.

Why do Christians and Jews not get along?

Christianity and Judaism are similar religions. The biggest difference is Christians believe that Jesus is the messiah (savior) but Jews don't. The holocaust is another reason Jew's and Christian's don't get along. Some Christian's are known to think the Jews are the reason for the death of Jesus. That depends on the person I know a lot of Christian's who don't blame Jewish people. Some Jews think Christians are anti-Semitic which means prejudice against them or hostility towards Jews.

What is Buddhism?

INTRO:
What is Buddhism? Buddhism is the 4th largest religion in the world. Most people know Buddhism as "Buddha" a guy with a big belly. But most people don't know that Buddha was actually very skinny.

FOUNDER:
The founder of Buddhism is Siddhartha Gautama. His nickname is "The Buddha" as most people know him. Buddha was an Indian prince, his father was the king of Sayka. One night Siddhartha left his home to meditate and think about who he was and wanted to become. While meditating he came up with the idea of Buddhism, he used a lot of the Hindu beliefs but changed them a little.

ADHERENTS:
Buddhism has around 360 million followers. Buddhism is all over the world, and anyone can be a Buddhist. The four major locations of Buddhism are China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

HOLY BOOKS:
There are 3 different sacred texts. The main one is Tripitaka, also called Pali Canon. The other 2 are Mahayana Sutras, and Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Tripitaka is the earliest collection of the Buddhist teachings. Tripitaka means "three baskets". Many things have been added over the years, there are 50 volumes and cost $2000 in modern sets. The Mahayana Sutras reflect on Mahayana concepts. Lastly the Tibetan Book of the Dead describes in detail all the stages of death.

RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS:
There are many holidays/festivals celebrated by the Buddhist around the world every year. A Buddhist festival usually starts by visiting a local temple(Picture on the left). Vesak (Buddha Day) is Buddha's birthday and is the most important festival in Buddhism. This holiday is celebrated on the day of the first full moon in May. Buddhist celebrate the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha in just one day. Some other Buddhist holidays are the Buddhist new year, Sangha Day, Dhamma Day, Observance, Kathina Ceremony(Robe Offering Ceremony), Festival of Floating Bowls(Loy Krathong), Elephant Festival, The Festival of the Tooth, and lastly Ancestor Day(Ulambana).

Rituals and Customs:
One of the most known rituals for Buddhism is meditation. The statues of Buddha himself are usually of him in his meditation pose. Meditation is meant to transform the mind and so it can explore itself, and other phenomena. Siddhartha Gautama was said to have achieved enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. Most Buddha's use meditation to make spiritual progress. Enlightenment is another word for Buddhahood or Nirvana these words all mean a perfect peace. The state of mind that is free from craving, anger and other affective states.(Picture on the right is a picture of Siddhartha Gautama meditating under the Bodhi tree). Another Custom is exchanging gifts with one another.

Particular Clothing:
Some of the ceremonial clothing are Zen(Robe), Prayer Shawls, Meditation Skirts, and Puja Blouses, there is many different types of Zens for example Pashmina Zen, Raw Silk Zen, Silk/Cotton Zentra, Cotton Blend Zen, and Viscose Zentra. There are men and women's meditation skirts.

Hierarchy/Organization:
The monks are the hierarchy. The goal of a monk is to reach the state of Nirvana.

Why do parents and children have problems getting along?

Why do parents and children have problems getting along?
Parent children relationships are very strong. But a parent child relationship changes a lot over a lifespan. As children reach adolescents there is more discomfort. Teenagers push away wanting more freedom and as they start going into high school. Parents get more protective definitely for girls. As a teenage girl my mom doesn't let me do anything without checking on me even if I'm at a friends house and she knows. That's one of the biggest problems I have because it makes me feel like she doesn't trust me. Is that what’s going on with you? If it is just deal with be calm about it and answer your parents questions. I know that sound hard I'm not good at that either I usually get mad then get in trouble. But when I just answer questions calmly I don't have any problems. I found a website that talks about a parent child relationship. It talks about if parents nurture, support and guide their children's development. The parent child relationship evolves as the child get older into adulthood, and the roles may switch as the elderly parents need help the child will support and care for their adult children. This site may be helpful for new parents that want to know what will happen if they spoil or are to strict on there child. Because it has that kind of research on it.