Boundaries Chapter Summary

Back in the 1900s an Australian Author Jackie French wrote a book Walking The Boundaries. French introduces us to Martin the main character and how his life changes as he walks the boundaries of his grandfather Teds farm. Martin has travelled to his great-grandfather Teds farm to walk the boundaries so he can inherit the farm. Martins trip around the boundaries does not go to plan and he leans some history about the farms property which changes his perspective of the farm. On the way around the Boundaries he meets meg from a century ago and wallumudulla from thousands of years in the past. As they keep walking they show Martin the bush through their eyes and Martin begins to see not only the physical side of the journey but the spiritual side as well.

“Borders”, by Thomas King, takes place at the Canadian - American border. The main character is a mother who is Blackfoot. The mother refuses to identify herself as either Canadian or American; instead, the mother insists that she is Blackfoot, and because of this she and her twelve-year-old son have to stay in amidst the border offices of Canada and the United States. The title of this short story, “Borders” indicates two borders; one is the physical border amid Canada and the United States and the other is a metaphorical border between someone’s identity and citizenship. In Thomas King’s “Borders” The story shows proudness of citizenship and it portrays where you are from is a huge part of who you are. The three arguments that I will argue to prove this thesis is that the mother is proud that she is a Blackfoot, It is rare and improbable for a young women to leave the reserve, and that the mother dislikes the Americans because she was proud of her own people.

Friendship opens our minds to different views and perspectives and change our perceptions. It has the power to change people’s views on life in a positive way. True friends will do anything to keep their friendship alive, no matter the barriers. Potok proves through the friendship of Danny and Reuven that friendship can be achieved no matter the barriers. He proves that friendship is a key value to life through his motif

In “Borders” by Thomas King, the story portrays identity as something very valuable. The title of this short story, “Borders” indicates two borders; one of them is a physical border and the other is a metaphorical border. The physical border is the obvious physical border amid Canada and the United States, while the other is a metaphorical border between someone's identity and citizenship, The mother immensely proud of her blackfoot heritage, furthermore she displays makeship nationalistic views. It is rare and improbable for a young woman to leave the reserve, which suggests that blackfoot people do not hate or despise living their. Accordingly they have no aspirations to move out. The mother feels strongly against America and would not betray her own identity by identifying as an American or a Canadian. In Thomas King’s “Borders”, the story shows proudness of citizenship and it portrays where you are from is a key piece of who you are and your identity.

In Chapter 4 of On the Border by Char Miller, he discusses the importance of San Antonio's park system and how it can to be with the help of elected city officials. He conveys that in the 1990s- Mario Salas was elected as the councilman of District 2, which serves the east side of San Antonio. His goals were to increase the number of parks in the east side in order to expand that side of town. The East Side of San Antonio has always been a historically black neighborhood. In the 20th century, San Antonio had a commissioner style government in order to create a city of parks.

The first Chapter of the book Boundaries, focused on the story of a woman named Sherrie who was dealing with the everyday stressors of working, taking care of children, and maintaining her marriage. Although Sherrie is a generous and caring person, her desire to help others is often taken advantage of. While many of the aspects of Sherries life are seemingly slipping out of her control, the book makes the point that those parts of Sherries life were never hers to control. The part of this chapter that stood out to me the most was the fact that Sherrie had been spending her time and effort into fixing things that God had not called her to fix, all the while the parts of her life that God has called her to handle are being avoided and ignored.

In the short story Borders by Thomas King there is a predicament with First Nations identity while attempting to cross Canadian and US borders. These problems can relate with an article by Brian Kolva titled "Lacrosse Players, Not Terrorists: The Effects of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative on Native American International Travel and Sovereignty". In this article there is the same identity predicaments occurring as found in Borders. These two readings are similar when displaying the issues First Nations people face when addressing “who they are” because of policies put in place by government that do not include everyone’s personal identity. The governments of the world need to be aware of these many different identities and policies must change for the inclusion of all people.

In John Sayles movie “Lone Star” and in Silko’s article “The Border patrol State”, the main idea in both the readings revolve around the racial discrimination and the racism based on the ethnicity on the U.S Borders. Both the readings have the clues and evidences where the authors are challenging the conventional notions of the borders in the U.S. Silko, on one hand, sees the border patrol as a governmental assembly addicted to interrogation, torture, and the murder of those they see fit for whereas in John Sayles “Lone Star” determines the stereotypes prevailing at the borders and the whole film then revolves around the idea of discrimination and the connection between these types of people on borders. Both the

"If I don't see you on the other side," he said in a sappy voice, "remember that I love you.” (pg. 112) and “Thank you for being my friends” (pg.84). I can absolutely comprehend with the importance of friendship. Without friendship, my life would be gloomy and unmeaningful. Thomas relied on his friend when he experiences grief and stress, so do I! The importance of friendship developed my outstanding kindness, happiness, and motivation to forget the negativity and embrace the positivity. Friendship also gave me a purpose in life, motivating me to achieve success and ignore the stress; friends are why I’m excited for

In “The Book Thief” friendship was hidden in the inside and not expressed. People love each other but they just do not want to show it. On the other hand, friendship is not a helping hand but a dangerous fist in “Lord of the Flies”.

In the book Lions of Little Rock, the theme that shows the most is friendships are worth taking risks.The text

We should trust that, and not try to seek to answer all of the world’s complex questions, but we should affirm the basic Christian truths, God is ultimately good; God has everything under the divine control; God is to be trusted despite life’s trials and difficulties. Ultimately, my question would be, how could God allow for love without the potential for evil? Love is a choice, and the Bible says that God desires a real love relationship with His creation, and we are his creation! Love is not real unless we have the ability to not love, it is not feasible for things to always be perfect and full of love. Furthermore, God knew that in a world of choice, there would be much evil, and to choose not to love is evil by definition. Evil is a side effect of love, while suffering and death are a side effect of evil. Moreover, God says in The Bible that this side effect is only for limited amount of time, which serves the limited purpose of establishing real love relationships between creation and the Creator, and evil will be done away with after that purpose is achieved. And overall, as I mentioned in my previous journal, our purpose in this life is to seek

Since the beginning of creation man has looked to God for answers. God is the one who loves man no matter what our sin. In the Bible, it states “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him” (Romans 5:8-9, NKJV). Futhermore, the Bible tells us of God’s love for his creation and states “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). God demonstrates his love for man time and time again even though man consistently fails to honor God in his life. There are countless examples

important element of my success as a Scholar of Practice within this doctoral program will be my ability to balance my time and prioritize to ensure I’m able to accomplish my goal. This sacrifice means that I will now have to make myself a priority, setting limits where needed to safeguard my commitment. This will be difficult for me as I am a resource that many others rely on for a vast number of things. This is also a difficult task for many others in similar situations. The book Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend is one of the most popular resources available for people struggling to set boundaries within their everyday lives. The book is divided into three parts, what are boundaries, boundary conflicts, and developing healthy boundaries,

Friendship is a bond between two people, who have qualities within each other that each person likes. When you have a friendship with someone you trust them and depend on them to have your back. With every friendship, there will be disagreements and these could lead to the friendship being broken off all together. In this book and graphic novel strong examples of friendship were shown. In Marvel's, “Civil War” many friendships were created, like