Wow.

Well reading about random articles on Wikipedia, I stumbled onto an inquiry that Henry K. Thaw may have been a user of what is called speedball, a drug that mixes cocaine and Heroin. We don't often attribute past behaviors to drugs and I find it interesting that Thaw's crazy mindset could have had a reason behind it. It just makes me wonder how other characters in history may have been effected by outside things.

My Ole

My first thoughts on my ole in the past-

Male, probably a Sophomore or a Junior.
His parents are both working to send him to college.
He works really hard to hopefully live up to them.
My setting is located directly after the stock market crash

My Defense of Jim

In the book My Antonia and in our discussion the other day on how it was felt that Jim seemingly "owned" Antonia, I just want to offer my defense on him to encourage more discussion. I believe that Jim was purely in love. He cared for Antonia so much that all he wanted to do was to be with her. I personally find that admirable, but our class thinks otherwise. It may seem weird that Jim felt the way he did, but that personally is how I see him playing his affection. He never hurt her in any was and only cared to see that she did well. I think the character of Jim was awesome and someone needs to stand up to him.