Dating in the 21st century vs 1950

Having someone you love is something that no matter who you are and where you are from you always look for. Most times dating starts when you are a young and school is the main place where kids meet and they build up along the way what is going to become a strong relationship. But the way dating is being developed now and the way it was in the 50's is very different. I had the chance to meet up with a lovely old lady and we talked about old times when she was a young girl. 

In the 50’s the way young girls had to behave was totally different from now. But although at that time tradition were still enforced, dating was accepted. Just like it is now. On campus young girls could date young boys and they had the freedom to be open about it. Holding hands and being affectionate was not really seen as a problem, consider that we might think that maybe it was seen as too much explosion from people from the older generation. In the yearbooks of the Penn State University, you could see photos of people in love, walking hands in hands. Now days young collegians can date freely too although they don’t have as much barriers as the older generations did. For example, sex was a taboo in the 50’s. You first had to be married to be able to have sex. But now, sex is as normal as drinking water per day is.

On the other hand, getting married at a young age in 1950’s was seen as normal but in this century it seen as premature when a young girl gets married. During my conversation with my interviewee at the Foxdale Village I learned the she was married when she was 19 years old. During that time you were allowed to get married and carry on your studies while being married. That’s why in the year book of the university you could see pictures of families in the year book, wives of soldiers that were allowed after war to pursue their studies, came together with their husbands and lived with them. My interviewee, Mrs. Ellen stated that age is just a number and that when you are in love and have the same vision as your partner nothing should stop you. And that’s what she did.

                                        References

Reference 1: Penn State year book, La Vie (1950, pg 361)

Reference 2: Mrs. Ellen Fenwick, Foxdale Village.

                              The E.N.D

Today was the end. I finished reading my book,The Fault in Our Stars and at the same time it was the end of a good story. Augustus tells Hazel that his cancer has woken up since the day she had an attack and went to the hospital and there is nothing they can do for him,for the cancer attacked all his body. Hazel was in shock and felt a big sense of injustice.Augustus dies at the end of the book,but what made me sad of happiness is that even through his sickness he was still thinking about Hazel. I didn't see this coming,I kind of was expecting Hazel to go first,but sometimes things happen and we just have to accept it.

Visit to Ellen Fenwick.

Last Monday I went to visit Mrs Ellen Fenwick,she is a retired Mathematician living at the Foxdale village.

I went there not expecting anything,I was thinking in my mind that whatever happens is what I will get. To my big surprise I had an amazing time with an amazing Lady. we talked a lot and it had nothing to do with the questions we set before going there. We talked about her career choice and her studies. and we also talked about her life with her husband,which I didn't expect to happen cause to me it was too personal. In brief, I had an amazing time with Mrs Ellen Fenwick and am planning to go back to see her as soon as I can.

                              Summary of  last Monday's reading.


That disappointment you feel when you've been waiting and wanting something for so long and when it happens it has nothing to do with what you've imagined.
Hazel and Augustus finally met Mr. Peter van Houten,and at her big dismay,Mr Van Houten has nothing to do with what she'd always imagined of him. he is an adverse person.

“There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.” ( Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner,p.7)

I read the first three chapters of the kite runner by Khaled Hosseini,I usually read the fault in our stars by John Green but I guess Monday was the day I had to meet Khaled Hosseini.

while reading, that quote catch my attention,the logic "Baba" used to explain the quote was very interesting and made me question myself about it.

It really hard for a kid to understand the adult's way of thinking,and Baba tried his best to explain his morale to his son Amir.

      TFIS#5
  " Your Americans right?"
  "Yes,we are from Indiana"
  " Oh,where they killed all Indians and stayed with the name?"
 Augustus,Hazel ad her mother flew to Berlin to meet Mr Peter Van Houten. They had a safe flight and everything is  going all right up to now,and this is the first conversation they had in Berlin with the taxi driver.
I enjoyed this passage in the book because it was very funny,the author put a lot of humor in this book even though it's a about a sad event.He doesn't give you time to concentrate on the sadness but instead on how funny these two characters are.

TFIS 4

Augustus Waters is suicidal I would think. His first girlfriend died from Leukemia, its very hard to experience the loss of a person we were close to,let alone when your are that young.Now he is getting close to Hazel,I just hope he won't go through that again.