My "Raven"

     Have you ever lost a loved one? The poem “The Raven” is about a man trying to get over the lose of his loved one, Lenore. Then when the raven comes the man gets angry at it because it sits upon the bust of Pallas, smiling and only saying the nevermore. This makes him angry because it reminds him of Lenore. He soon finds out that when the raven says nevermore it means that Lenore will never return to the house. The raven is also trying to tell the man that he should still be sad but not let it consume his life. At any moment I could lose a loved one, but I should not let the sorrow consume me.
     A lose of a loved one is a tragic thing to happen to a family. Sadness is probably the first emotion that people would have to a lose of a loved one. I have lost two of my cousins to car crash related accidents. I was sad about what had happened, but I had my own “raven”. Not an actual raven but mine was that I knew that they went to a better place. I did cry for a few days but I felt better after I had realized that they had went to a better place. I had found a way to overcome my sorrow thanks to my “raven”.
     Anybody could lose a loved one at any time. This is sad but nobody should let the sorrow from it fully consume them. Everybody should find there own “raven” to help them conquer there own sorrow.

Sudan Decades of War

     Recently I read an article “The New State of South Sudan” in The New York Times which was about South Sudan gaining it’s independence. The old united country of Sudan had been in a civil war over the countries oil reserves. North and South Sudan practice two different religions. The war has gone on for two long decades due to unresolved peace agreements. Now that South Sudan has won their independence they need to think about how to become a successfully developed country.
     Sudan was an oil rich country. After South Sudan broke away, they have seventy percent of the oil reserves. North Sudan has an advanced oil pipeline that South Sudan could use transport their oil to the market. The two countries should get together and figure out a way to profit from their resources. South Sudan could use the money to help with the development of their new country. Both of the countries could create more jobs to help with their people’s incomes. Most of the people in these countries make less than a dollar a day. I find this dispute about their oil to be mere child’s play and immature.
     Even though South Sudan has become their own country, they continue to be at war with North Sudan. There has already been two million deaths in the war. North and South Sudan practice mainly two different religions. The south is a Christian territory while the north is a Arab Muslim territory. The two countries should not fight even if they have different religions. They should use the good morals, from both of their religions, to not fight with each other.
     After reading this article I realized how fortunate I am to live in America. If a group of people from North and South Sudan would take a stand they could end the war and settle their differences. The adults from these two countries need to realize that they are the main influences in their children’s lives. If the war continues the children from these two countries will be at war for decades to come. They would also ensure a better life for them and their children if they stopped the war.