Thirteen is a movie about a girl who was going through a really hard time in her life. She changed her image, got into drugs, and made new freinds. She changed everything to try to find herself and be excepted in a new group.
I can relate to this character, because when I transfered into a new school I changed my image and tried to find the reall me. I ended up getting involved with "bad groups of friends" and when I was really trying to help myself I dragged myself down even more.
Like the character in the movie I was able to over come all the bad stuff and take control of my life.
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In philosophy, it's often proposed that you are never the same person you were a minute ago--something about you has changed (a skin cell fell off, a brain cell died or was born, you retained more water or lost water, etc). This means you can always re-invent yourself in some small way. Isn't that amazing?
It's also really confusing because you are the same you in that you have the same memories, you have some of the same ideas, and you seem made of the same parts. Even though you don't think like the six year old Samantha, you still are that six year old Samantha. What a strange and unsettling paradox.
Do you think that part of growing up is about change?
In the art museum, you were asked to describe a painting and then write something inspired by that painting--is this a similiar kind of re-creation?
When we write and you "revise" we are asking you to do the same thing you did with your identity--we are asking you to take the OPPORTUNITY to make it something more mature, something more aware of its direction and goals.
I'm happy to see this kind of reflection, this kind of process taking place in your life and writing.
I can relate to this because I also found myself around the "wrong people" but I only fit in there. I knew I was capable of more but I was held back because I didn't want to loose people I call my friends.
What about finding yourself is the hardest part, or how can we find ourselves if we think we are like our friends?
You can be around the people that are your friends, even if it seems like they are bringing you down with what they do. Just because they do drugs or drink doesn't mean you have to. That's what I've learned, if they really are your friends they won't care or pressure you into doing drugs or drinking, ect. Thats how you find your true friends.
And also, for me, being around "bad ifluences" and knowing right from wrong allows me to rise above all the influences and just be me and still be with my friends. If that makes sence at all.
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