Is The Best Policy Right?

In the film, Do the Right Thing, director Spike Lee presents the audience with the theme of racism. The title represents the everyday choices that we as Americans of various ethnicities, cultures, and race. Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing allows the viewers to decide for themselves the right thing to do about racism. Everyone has the choice to be accepting of cultures, or people different from them. The film portrays how an Italian American named Sal has a neighborhood pizzeria in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York. The neighborhood is primarily African American, but there is a diverse amount of other cultures made up of, Hispanics, European Americans, also there is a store owned by Koreans. This film displays the discrimination between the races and how this can lead to violence.

Life of the road isn't meant for everyone. Of course everyone has a different mindset towards this topic but you will have to be in the correct mindset of this situation for this to fall on you. Weather people want to live life on the road or not it isn't suited for everyone. It maybe the sense that some people have a physical condition that will hold them back from going onto the road and doing this maybe the case. In many people's cases that they may love going out into the wilderness and exploring some may not be equipped with these sort of skills and may forgot to be prepared in a sense like Chris McCandless. In Chris’s case he just wanted to get out and explore, such like Jon Krakauer. Jon Krakauer talked about how toxic society was and how he just wanted to escape that. People often go out to explore the wild since they're already on the road but is Mr.McCandless point of view he just wanted to escape society and start fresh. People that don't admire the wild like chris does may change the view of life on the road.

For someone to be on the road, people usually assume that they have lost hope in life, or that they were not that determine to maintain a place in our social class.Those who decided to live on the road do it for a different reason, reason that are either a push or pull factor. Someone who has helicopter parents, or having a difficult time trying to fit into society can find a reason to venture out and find self. Someone who felt like they no longer have a purpose in life, can find it by going on the road, because no one know you better than yourself. When writing a story of your life, do not let anyone else hold the pen. Just like the north star, which helped slaves find their way from slavery and captivity. In order to find true self, risk must be taken. While life on the road can seem like an act of avoidance of reality and problems, it can help someone find a purpose for life and their true self, therefore I believe that life on the road, is helpfully for those who are struggling with problems.

Most people remember the first time they got to sit behind the wheel of a car and the exhilarating feeling of control. The first time I drove came about in the final lap of the derby I raced in the summer before my freshman year of high school. The race took place in Daley Plaza in Chicago on a sunny Saturday afternoon. My team and I were filled with excitement and nerves as we prepared to begin the race. Everyone chose me to drive as our final driver, and the thought of potentially driving to secure our victory terrified me. Soon the race started and we were swept away in the first three crazy laps and the intense challenges. Finally, Aastha pulled up to our pit and scrambled out of the car to complete the challenge. I quickly threw on the

The first review that I found was in the New York Times and was written by Vincent Canby. Canby starts his review by quoting Mr. Senor Love Daddy who is “doing the nasty to your ears, playing the platters that matter” and explains that this movie takes place on the hottest day of the summer. “Do the Right Thing” stars Spike Lee, who is able to direct and star in this movie “without compromising his position as an aggressively outspoken advocate of black rights.” The whole story of this movie takes place within a 24-hour period, on the hottest day of the year. During this time “tempers fray, kidding turns mean, long-hidden bigotry becomes manifested and violence explodes in and around Sal’s Famous Pizzeria.” Canby makes sure to make Lee’s opinion heard when he talks about how this explosion of emotions was in no way a jab at a group of whites attacking a group of blacks who had “invaded their territory.” Lee is described as having a big screen presence even though he is so small and thin. The move as a whole is described as being full of “character, color, incident and music.” Canby spends a large part of this review talking about how Lee present controversial topics in both his movie and in real life. Lee showed up to the screening of this moving in a Malcolm X t-shirt and made it clear that the day this movie was shown, was the day that would have been Malcolm’s 64th birthday. Lee was also quoted saying that it is not the job of moviemakers these

I sat there nervous , thinking this is it I have to do this ,It's now or never . I can feel the sweat coming down my forehead ,my hands also sweaty as I gripped the steering wheel.My shot at getting my drivers license was finally here . I can feel the driving instructor watch my every move . But let's go back a couple of weeks to the one day I decided I was ready to get behind the wheel . My 15th birthday , in my culture when a girl turns 15 they are coming into adult hood and there is a big celebration called Quinceañera. I was not to happy with the celebration all I really wished for was to have my own car . My parents on the other and it being tradition they didn't really ask for my opinion . After all what teenage girl didn't want to have

don’t know what is to come in the future. But it is so fast, enjoy life, stretch out

road set upon you by social norms. In order to be successful, being social and

Arriving back at my tent I packed up. I felt like I had made a friend yesterday, only to realize, I was on this trip alone. The beginning of road trip was a realization of what happens in life if someone walks into your life, looks like they could comfort you or be your friend for a while but in the end their or you are going to get up, quietly change plans, and move on hoping that the adventure or in my case road trip will be better.

After Reading and reviewing Singer's article, I began to analyze my own way of thinking. What would I do if I had to choose between a car and a child’s life? Would I doom a child to organ harvesters for money? Most would save the child’s life without much hesitation, but for what reason would we let such an opportunity pass? Because of our morals, because we have a “conscious”, or maybe because it was the “right” thing to do?

Driving always fascinated me. When I was little I used to sit on my father’s lap and he would drive up the hill and I would steer. Even though, this was my first time actually operating a vehicle, I believed I could handle it. How hard

Ever since I have been young I wanted to drive. I wanted to go as fast as I could. I have been driving four-wheelers, boats, and anything I could get my hands on. I am very prepared to drive and have the training and ability to be behind the wheel of a car. When I was younger I found out that I have to wait till I am 16 to be able get my license, I was very angry. I knew I was not going

To continue, when my interviewee started to drive, she would speed and drive recklessly. As a teenager, she believed she would not get injured and did take into consideration the consequences of dangerous driving. Also, she sped in order to gain social acceptance. At this stage, adolescents are extremely concerned with social rejection, and

Most people strive to be a doctor or a lawyer and spend years of their lives working and learning, making money and a good credit rating. Others spend their time on the road less traveled, among close friends creating a family from dirt and sweat, living the life of modern day nomads. Ever since I found this community tucked in the woods like my childhood home, I have often wondered if those slaving away paying debts to make new ones even know that this kind of life is still possible. Knowing now that it is I find it hard to resist the temptation to pack up my own life and responsibilities and see if life on the road is the one for me, one I get a sweet taste of every year for a short seven weeks.

Benjamin Franklin, of one-hundred-dollar bill fame, once said that “honesty is the best policy” (Franklin). This seems like a good thing, however if you use the common definition of honesty, of never telling a lie, then I would disagree with dear Ben, honesty is not the best policy. If I had to create my own definition of honesty to replace the common definition, I would say that to be honest, would be to stay true. True to others, true to the world, and true to yourself. To get to how I came up with this definition we have to go back to the common definition of honesty, which is not to tell lies.