An American bermuda

An American Bermuda

The first thing most people think of when they hear, “Bermuda” is obviously the Bermuda triangle. From missing planes to sunken ships, the Bermuda triangle can sound like a scary place. With a nickname like the, “triangle of death” it isn’t hard to see that the island of Bermuda definitely gets a bad rap. Especially considering how close Bermuda actually is to the United States. No one gives Bermuda its credit for growing at the same pace as the US. Not only that but, the island itself is a huge tourist attraction. Looking back at the evolution of this country, its culture today, and comparing it to the United states, you will realize how similar the countries are and have always been.

Highlights of my research

So far my research has been fairly smooth, but it has definitely come with its fair share of challenges. For example, it has been particularly difficult to find actual data on the overall culture of the island. This has led me to having to find more examples to give a better understanding without the data. It has helped in finding more useful information as a result. Other than that, it has been pretty smooth sailing (pardon the pun lol).

"Little Cog-burt" & " Cotton Candy"

     Cotton Candy follows a girl named Lola. Lola is a humble girl who seems to have a perfect and content life as an individual, but since she is inwardly longing for someone to share her life with. She remains sad and closed off for not being able to find her soul mate. Her friends are mainly her customers, who trust her to the extent of buying charity contests from her. She is a girl who is vulnerable to her childhood dreams, and sees them everywhere in nature.

     For example, she loves and associates with butterflies to represent love and copulating monkeys that for sex. The desire to get love is so high that she cannot take it any longer and she is willing to put her reputation at risk to get what she has always wanted in her life. This transformation from a girl to a woman; is the peak of her female sexuality. She finally has the ability to live up to her potential, which she had greatly subverted all along.

    Dora Alonso metaphorically described Lola's life through the butterflies' life and death, with every man she met. This alined with her love life, and how she felt about herself inside after every time she was rejected.The long detachment from romantic relationships only served to fuel her childhood fantasies and ideas about relationships.

     Little Cog-Burt is a story about a husband and wife whose kids are away at boarding school. They own a plantation in the Caribbean and Moira despised the children of her servants. Richard on the other hand, thought that they should get the children gifts for Christmas. Because of this, Moira was angry at Richard. Eventually though, she got over it and decided to give the children gifts.

    Phyllis Shand Allfrey described Moira's emotions through her sadness of being away from her kids. This made her want to spite the other children. Once she got over herself and realized that the children did nothing wrong to her, she was able to gift all of the children. Little Cog-Burt didn't like his toy, in spite of it being the best one. Phyllis made Moira feel angry inside, only to be met with Cog-Burt wanting the angel atop the tree. The angel had the locks cut from her hair earlier. This put everything into perspective for her.

BP3 - Tetiyette

Tétiyette & The Devil

     The story of "Tétiyette and the Devil" begins with a woman and her only child Tétiyette. One day, a goat came to their house in need of a drink. The woman asked her daughter to get the goat a drink and she does, but when the goat saw Tétiyette he asked her to marry him. She of course denies his request quickly. Next a pig came and asked for the same thing. Tétiyette again curves her pursuer in disgust. 

     When a presentable man, with lots of gold on, came to Tétiyette and asked for her hand in marriage, she finally agreed. Her mother notices that the man is too perfect and warns Tétiyette. She tells her daughter how to tell if the man is the devil or not. She ignores all the signs and ends up getting eaten by the devil. When she gets down to half a toe, her brother comes in and cuts the devil open saving Tétiyette.

     In summary, I think the author's purpose was to teach a lesson to the readers. This being, that you shouldn't just judge someone from their outside appearance. Also, to always head your parents' or any elder's advice. This is evident when Tétiyette's parents say, "Agh! I don't give a damn! I had already warned her to beware." The mother said: "As far as I'm concerned, I had also warned her to beware."(258, Esteves). Her brother ends up being the only one to help her because she ignored the people who tried to steer her right to begin with.

Bermuda

     If you're planning on taking an exotic vacation or you just want to get away, don't overlook the islands of Bermuda! The islands of Bermuda are a group of over 150 islands comprising of only 21 square miles. The islands are merely 2 hours off the east coast of the United States and are home to a quaint 64,000 people. One of the best parts about the islands of Bermuda is that their currency (the Bermuda dollar) is right on par with a regular US dollar, and is even interchangeable on the island.

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    Not only that, but Bermuda was originally colonized by the British following the 1707 unification of the parliaments of Scotland and England, which created Great Britain. So you will need a passport. This makes the islands of Bermuda's official speaking language english. The capital of the islands of Bermuda and the only city is Hamilton. The only town on the islands is St. George and dates back over 400 years! Other than the rich culture, of course the islands of Bermuda offer some of the finest beaches in the world.

About

My name is Hunter and this is my first time having a blog. Ive never really been a huge writer, and I don't even post that often on social media. From the time I was old enough to, i was involved in sports. I started playing soccer when I was 4, and eventually got into tee-ball around 5 years old. I even played hockey for some time, but the sport that attracted me the most was football.

I started playing in 1st grade at 6 years old and didn't stop until the end of my senior season in high school. I played for the South Gwinnett Comets the whole time. I started from sophomore year through senior year, and was nominated for 1st Team All-Region senior year. Unfortunately, because of my size, I wasn't considered big enough to go to a legitimate division 1 school like I dreamed of since I was 6 years old. I was given some offers, but they weren't at the level I knew I was capable of competing at. So I decided to step away from the game that i played for 12 straight years, and taught me how to work, lead, and push through anything. I met my closest friends playing football, and if that plus all of the life lessons it taught me are all i could get out of it, then so be it.