Characteristics of White Culture

Out of the 16 traits listed that most white people possess most of the time, I posses 14. I guess I am what you would call the "typical" white person. I am self reliant, I'm very competitive, action orientated, believe majority rules, celebrate christian religions and holidays, believe in the justice system, am hard working, believe in objective and scientific thinking, respect status and power, have a plan for my future, and want the ideal family structure.
The part about woman's beauty being based on being blonde and thin, like a "barbie" I don't believe is true. I think our society has accepted many different types of woman as beautiful, such as many of the Victorias Secret models. The idea that to be conventionally pretty you must be blonde and thin is outdated. I think that many of the traits listed above are outdated in peoples beliefs. Society has become much more accepting of difference in personality and looks. I'm pretty content with being the average white person because I didnt structure my life around becoming that, it's just who I am. Sometimes I feel like I don't have anything that makes me different or unique among everyone except that other people are different and I'm not. My "type" is not rare or special in its own way, its conventional.

Huck's Development

When Huck makes his own decisions on things he feels are wrong it shows the development of his own opinions and moral system that's not based on what others believe. He takes back the money because he knows that what the Duke and Dauphin are doing is wrong. Huck realizes that this money belongs to the daughters but his plan to return it is ruined when the money is potentially sealed up in the coffin with Mr. Wilk. I think that even though Huck meant to return it to the daughters, they gold is probably safest with Mr. Wilk, for it is out of the hands of the two criminals.
Another point in Hucks transformation is when he decides to tell Mary Jane about who the men are. I dont think that Huck wouldve done this if he didnt see Mary Jane crying in her room about the slaves being seperated. A drawback in Hucks development is that he didnt feel the same sympathy about the family being separated that Mary Jane did, even though it is obviously upsetting. His feelings towards the beautiful girl prompted him to share the identities of the men. Even though he may have not done it for the best reasons, he still helped the daughters.

Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequence

The article is very sarcastic when refering to Charles Wentworth. The article makes fun of those of the upper class who believe they are indestructable and that their money and social status can get them through everything in life. The author of this article obviously doesn't believe that this is true and believes in the consequences that the average person would have to face for doing something like that. The fake sympathetic tone about him almost being "put in jeopardy of learning a lesson" taunt how easy it was for him to escape the legal consequences. His lack of consideration for his actions shows how being spoiled and sheltered his whole life affected his morals. The fact that his parents also agree with him and did all that to save him, show that the way they raised him also affected his choices and opinions.
My favorite part of the whole article was the last line "The other four victims of the crash remain in intensive care at St. Peter's University Hospital, suffering from conditions ranging from poor to lower-class". This really shows the contrast of the two different classes. The whole article is about this rich boy who is stupid and spoiled, and the victims are rarely mentioned. In reality the article should be about the victims and how wrong Charles was. Just because they are of lower class they didnt recieve as much recognition and people care less about them. In the society we live in money is extremely valued and can be used to get whatever you want. Money=power and with this power, the Wentworh's were able to completely navigate the legal system and avoid any reprocussions. Their social status and life style is mocked which is ironic considering it allowed their son to get out of trouble. The article was funny in the way it made fun of the family and showed how much people like that value their social image.