I like my suit, it's fwame-wesistant

I like my suit, it's fwame-wesistant.

As I thought about all the things that make up who I am, I realized that it was impossibly hard to choose something that I would like to change. Every person in the world is different; everyone has a certain aspect to him or her that defines who he or she is. The more I considered this fact, the more I came to realize that I had ironically been thinking about the very thing that makes me who I am. I take pride in knowing that I am knowledgeable and comfortable about who I am. Of course, as most everyone does, I too have several small things about me that would I would like to change. For example, I procrastinate a little more than I would like to do, but I finish my tasks. Being organized is not one of my best characteristics, but I know that my wallet is in the back left pocket of the jeans under the bath towel on my floor. What I mean is that I know myself and how I operate.
I have always been the kind of person that looks for the logical solution in any problem, the logical solution in anything, really. Perhaps it is because it has always worked for me and I feel comfortable with it, but I am absolutely okay with that. It is just another brushstroke that helps paint the picture of who I am. The way my parents have raised me, the values and lessons I have learned from every mistake I have ever made, and the decisions that lead me further in life everyday are all things that have contributed to my making.
I believe everyone is painting a self-portrait, a masterpiece of him or herself. It is however, important that one confidence shines through every stroke. Where does this confidence come from? It comes from knowing yourself. Perhaps my “fwame wesistant” suit is made out of being stubborn, but I like my suit. Why change something that has worked for me? Do I want to be perfectly organized or know every stat there is to know about every professional football team? Wouldn’t that make me a little more like someone else? I like my suit. Changing it would mean changing who I am.

Antigone's Accomplishment: Nothing New

Simply disagreeing with authority and unjust ruling is uncommon when it affects any individual personally, but it becomes an accomplishment when the power of that certain individual has an effect far beyond themselves. Antigone’s determination and belief in her actions is what eventually led to her death, but also to her greatest personal achievement. Creon’s actions were, according to her, violating not only the moral laws that bound their society together, but also the gods’ laws. Though written hundreds of years ago, this feeling of resentment towards the personal violations from an authority has continuously rippled throughout history. The courage seen in Antigone can be noticed in the sit-ins that took place throughout the civil rights movement. The disgust with the immoral laws that drove Antigone to a personal victory over her commanding authority that was present throughout these sit-ins that took place throughout the South.

Both Antigone and the sit-ins demonstrators share a trait that led to both their clash with authority and personal victory: intelligence. Antigone’s flaw is that she is an intelligent woman questioning authority during a time of personal abuse resulting from the immoral actions of an authority. The young African-american men and women’s flaw during the Civil Rights Movement was their intelligence during a time when the violation of their personal rights was an accepted fact. The reason Antigone’s actions were outspoken is that she challenged the highest authority in the state, the king. She however, felt it necessary due to the fact that Creon violated her family’s rights for a proper burial. Many people throughout Thebes agreed with Antigone, but it was Antigone’s actions for a change that made differentiated her. Creon is appalled by her actions, especially because she is a woman, but is precisely this backlash from authority that fuels Antigone’s drive for justice. Similary, the four boys that protested at the Greendsboro Sit-Ins in 1960 began a personal struggle against the immoral laws that prohibited them from simply sitting on a stool at a lunch counter. Their determination was the glue that kept them together during the protests against their actions. As in Antigone’s case, the Greensboro boys stood their ground as they suffered opposition heavy opposition.

The Greensboro Boys and Antigone shared a common goal that was accomplished by both through their will to fight for what they believe was just. Antigone gave her brother a proper burial and died for it just as many African-americans were beaten for simply sitting in a restricted chair in protest. Their struggles against an immoral laws and authority is outdone only by the fruits of their actions. Antigone did not manage to change Creon’s way of being and the Greensboro boys did not change any laws on their first day of protest, but they both acquired a sense of personal progress towards a more just world. The Greensboro sit-ins sparked a chain-reaction that did eventually lead to the banning of many segregation laws and did Antigone secured an after life for her brother. They achieved what they set out to do and were able to finish doing so because of their sense of personal achievement.