Monthly Archives: January 2018

The Exigency of Life is 42

My primary exigency for choosing the scene that I did is obviously for a good grade (hopefully). Although, I also hoped to get something else out of the text and have fun while doing it. This is my secondary exigency. I chose a scene from the show “My Hero Academia” which argues that one of its characters is a powerful immoral threat that is worth being afraid of in his actions, although is also correct and moral in his words. I chose this particular scene because it greatly represents what is going on in the world right now and even during out history. It represents the phenomenon which basically says that there is no black or white, but rather a gray area of morality. It isn’t about what you stand for, but rather how you go about standing for it. It is a contradiction of a good cause paired with a bad way to act upon that cause.

It matters to break down the scene because it allows me to further delve into the area of gray morality in our society and understand it better. This was a great area of study already during the civil rights era (1950s and 1960s) and is still apparent today. I believe studying this scene will allow me to better understand both sides of the gray area of morality in civil rights in the world today. That understanding will then help me to expand my thinking and even better my writing. Learning to identify both sides quicker and understand them better would greatly improve my argumentative writing itself by allowing me to better connect with my audience and material.

 

This is real, this is me, this is exactly where I’m supposed to be.

Hey, welcome to my blog. I am James Samonas and it’s a pleasure to have you here. Now I guess you’ll wanna know a little about me; that is what you came here for after all right? To give a little background about myself: I am 18 years old and grew up in Miller Place, Long Island with my twelve siblings and two parents. I often spend my summers working and hanging out at the beach whilst my winters are spent inside doing schoolwork, watching hulu, and reading comics. Most of this time is spent with my family as well. Having such a large family has assisted in cultivating a strong sense of unity of essentially “family” between us and that is something I value highly. I oftentimes will be found doing whatever I am participating in with another member of my family or friend group. This is one of the many reasons i chose for going to Stony Brook.

Many of the deciding factors that pushed me to Stony Brook stemmed from my family and background overall. The ability to stay home not only fulfilled my want to stay near my family but also helped immensely in saving money. That brings me to my second fact of Stony Brook being pretty inexpensive for what a good school it is. Its high status as a medical school as well as just a good school overall were the final factors that pushed me over the edge to join in the Seawolves here at Stony Brook. My major here at SBU is Health Sciences. This is because of my interest in medicine as well as my desire to help others. I am currently thinking about going into the concentration of Radiologic Technology, although I am not completely sure about this and still need time and more practice to decide which concentration I truly wish to go into.

In the end, (of my time here at Stony Brook, and in life itself) I just really want to figure out what I really desire from life and want to do. Luckily there is still plenty of time for me to do so as well as many opportunities around me to take advantage of. There is also the unknown of the world which takes form in the unanswered form of how much time you have left as well as just the general not responded to questions that remain in everyone. My hope is just to answer these questions at least for myself, and if I can help others answer theirs to, then its all the better.