Essay 9/22

Every day, people do crazy things. It seems like they are getting more and more bold. I think a lot of these problems are coming from our increasing lack of morals. The articles that were posted on the blog this week inspired the movie and short story "Where are you Going, Where Have you Been" by Sharon Oates. Both of the articles were about how teenagers back in the sixties had a stupid lapse in judgement. It seemed like all the kids were interested in was their own personal pleasure. In the movie "Where are you Going, Where Have you Been", two girls run around trying to find guys. There is nothing wrong with trying to meet new people. Unfortunately, these girls were obsessed with it. They sought only their own pleasure. This in turn caused both of the girls to have a lapse in judment and cost them both dearly. Because they put themselves out there like they did, one girl ended up getting pregnant while the other ended up getting stalked by a guy who eventually ends up raping her. If both of the girls had just cared about anything other than themselves, the situation would have been different.