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In the film Ferris Beuller, the life of a high school pranskter class clown is portrayed through the character Ferris Beuller.  He decides to take a day off from school which is what he is notorious for.  His principal tries to catch him in the act in every way he can but Beuller's counteractions and phony phone calls deflect the principal of the high school away.  Ferris is able to take his friend's dad's car and both his best friend, and girlfriend to the city for a day of play.  In the end, he never gets caught and he still has the same likeable/adorable reputation. 

In the film, Ferris uses his best friend Cameron to his advantage to have a fun day off from school.  He forces Cameron to come over and make a phony phone call to the Principal of the high school even when Cameron is home sick.  He then uses Cameron to snag the Farrari that belongs to Cameron's dad.  Pretty much everything Ferris does is a direct product of using his best friend. 

The connection I made to the film had to do with the movie The Lion King.  In this movie, Scar uses the hyeenas to do his dirty work and intimidate Simba, Nala, and Zaaaaaazuuuu.  For whatever Scar does that is bad, he blames the hyeenas for the damage.  In Ferris beuller, Ferris uses Cameron to take the blame for the eventual wrecking of the Ferrari. 

This connection effects the reader by making it seem like it is "cool" or "okaaaaay" to use other's to your own advantage.  The humor and highschool life that we as students relate to almost 100 percent makes this aspect more of a normal influence.  The "cool" factor really comes into play in both films. 

Mah Post Tres

I read the story "How to Build a Fire." A moral/philisophical statement that i extracted from this story is dont ever just do things to get the easy way out just because they take less time.  This route is a high risk one where things wont be "measured twice and cut one."  bad things may happen when you rush through something without doing checks and balances.  In the story "How to Build a Fire," the adventurer decides to make a fire under a snow covered tree limb because he thought it would keep the fire from going out in the snow.  The snow melted and fell off of the tree limb and put out the fire.  This is an example of not thinking through the situation and all of the possible outcomes.  Therefore, always "measure twice, and cut once." 

Mah Moral Statement (post dos)

A moral statement that applies to me significantly is always strive to do your best and never give up.  Finish what you have started.  This statement applies to me because work ethic is extremely important when going through life and it is a major part that contributes to the success of an individual in whatever he may be striving to accomplish.  Whenever I begin something, I always reach out on a limb to finish is no matter how crazy they costs are. 

There was one time I specifically remember where I learned a usefull lesson.  This was when I was snowboarding in Colorado at the age of ten.  I didnt wear a helmet because I thought I was invinsible at this young gun age.  I also took a lot for granted like my physical condition and health.  I ended up hurting myself pretty bad and from that point up to present I always wear a helmet and take great precausion while doing gnarley menouvers. :):)

Psychology of 'tastic Mr. Fox and Into The Wild

One who takes on great self endangerment with unknown risks confidently and curiously must indeed posess a strong adventurer spirit.  I envisioned characters with apparent adventurer spirit in both the film "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and the book Into The Wild.  The psychological statement I created about having an adventurous spirit fits snug with both of the main characters in the two stories.

Mr. Fox is quite the adventurer I would say because he has a strong desire for doing whatever it takes to get his way, or accomplish a task such as stealing hard apple cider.  He looks danger and death straight in the eyes many times throughout the film from planning a very risky rescue mission to save his son, or to steal cider from the humans just because he knew they hated him.  He got a form of high from these close encounters.  Mr. Fox stops at nothing to conquer the humans and their attempts to kill him and his family.  His excuse for stealing the cider, he says, is because he is a "wild animal."  Wild animals naturally have inside them a fearless adventurous spirit  that helps them to survive.  They also posess a great ammount of curiosity and drive towards unfamiliar interesting things.  My psychological approach to an adventurous spirit therefore fits perfectly with the personality of the Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Chris McCandless in the book Into The Wild, ever so obviously holds an adventurous spirit.  Many different personality aspects and actions he shows throughout his adventure around the United States and in Alaska project his fondness for risk taking and self discovery through the wilderness.  McCandless is unhappy with his life and he decides to live life much more simply.  He travels around the becomes a "hobo" of sorts and hitch-hikes around the western side of the United States.  He has a strong desire to seek peace with himself in nature which pushes him to travel to remote Alaska.  His curiosity and natural adventurous spirit trumps over unknown danger and fear he also has inside.  Ultimately Chris dies in an old broken down bus on a remote trail in the brush of wild Alaska.  According to his uncovered diaries he was successful in finding peace with himself and his life through nature.  I don't know about you but Chris sure does seem like a man with a strong adventurer spirit according to his feelings and how he grabbed his own life by the horns, and made it something he could live and die happy with.