What kind of person are you?

                  

        Animals are often good judges of character in people. A lot can be learnt about people from the way they treat their animals or just any animals in general. I see this as a way to how they would treat other human being around them. This is how I classified it. If someone were to treat any animal badly whether it was theirs or not tells a lot about their personality. Most people would treat their pets or animal nicely but when it comes to an animal they see on the street or someone else they wouldn’t care less for it. But for one reason or another I understand it. When someone is close to you, you automatically treat them better than someone who isn’t close to you. You have a connection with them. Just like how we treat strangers the way we do.  

      Some may say animals are of lesser beings because they are lower on the food chain, and some may say there are people who look at other people as lesser beings because of wealth or social status. In some ways I think that if you are “good” you would treat everyone fairly. “Everyone” to me includes the animals around us. My father always tells me to treat other people the way you want to be treated. So why treat anyone or any animal badly? Would you like to be treated badly in return?

     But then again what is considered "good" treatment of animals is up to interpretation. We think "humane" treatment of animals is just. But think of cultures that sacrifice animals for religious practice. They are clearly religious ties into that, yet the murder of an animal is seen as "good" treatment of that animal. And what about rats or other unwanted animal? We only care for them so we can use them as lab rats or to our own advantages.

So here’s my question to you, “Can we really judge a person by the way they treat animals?” 

Is It All Hamlet's Fault?

                         

            After reading Hamlet there are many thoughts that pop into my head. What would've  or wouldn't have happen if Hamlet was committed to the act of revenge from the beginning. It is Hamlet’s inability to avenge the murder of his father that drives the plot forwards.  Because of Hamlet’s indecisiveness the deaths of Polonius, Laertes, Ophelia, Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are resulted from Hamlet’s delay. So I couldn't help myself but think that if Hamlet had acted earlier, lives could have been saved.

            The second thought was that if Hamlet would've just killed and be done with Claudius sooner, than would he developed any mental insanity. Because Hamlet couldn't strain himself to kill Claudius he ended up thinking too much. His brain started to build an emotional and psychological complexity that backfire on him. But then again we aren't sure if the insanity part of him was just a front that Hamlets put up just to deceive his opponent. 

Are you insane?

                 

You might ask how can we know if someone is insane or not? Is it easy to distinguish sane individuals from insane?

Here’s my thought on it. When someone is insane they would never admit that they are insane. They would make any excuses or arguments to prove that they are normal. They would even go through the whole nine yields to counteract that others are crazy and different vs. themselves.

A normal person would instead admit fault or falling emotions but not an insane person. A sane person would say something like this, “Today I am not ok, and I’m acting crazy. An insane person would never say that. They hold everything inside until they explode.

So do yourself and others a favor by releasing your stress on someone or something instead of just holding it in. Ask someone for their ears or a shoulder to cry on. Don’t just hold all the emotions and angry in, you might just explode one day and go insane.