I just finished an essay exam in my American Lit class.
The prompt was to write about how 4 American Authors paint of picture of America through their text.
Each author writes about an ugly time in America's history, and how the central characters hope for better lives caused changes that shaped our current social and political systems.
Each of these authors focus on this centralized theme of hope for change,
and each show that this hope is a tangible goal
reached only through perseverance and hard work.
It got me thinking about the occupy movement.
People want change. People have always wanted change,
but the difference between my generation and the generations before me is
that they were willing to work and fight for the changes they wished to see
while we would rather sleep in a park
hugging a cardboard sign with a silly slogan marked on it.
Effective, right?
I'd say no.
Hope and change are not passive.
They remain in the distant future until someone actively works toward achieving a goal.
Just a thought:
If you want something, go out and get it,
but don't sit in a public park and whine about it.
No one likes a whiner, and besides,
that is the mark of a spoiled and privileged generation.
