Carly's Blog

This week's discussion pertains to how the environment has affected me or those close to me. The environmental factor I want to discuss today is Covid-19 and the effect it left on my family and me. My family and I are so thankful that we didn't lose any family members, but we did lose some who were close to us. On top of this, both of my parents are in the medical field. Both of my parents work in hospitals in NYC. When covid-19 hit, NYC was hit extremely hard, the death rate skyrocketed, and the state went on shut down basically overnight. This was not only frightening for me, but I was especially scared for my parents. While everyone was safe at home on lock down, my parents had to show up to work and even cover countless overtime shifts because there was no help, everyone was sick. My dad worked constant overtime hours in the emergency room taking care of dying covid patients, and my mom woke up each day with a different job, whether it be at a testing center or taking care

Our group met on January 22nd, from 2:45 to 3:20 pm. The participants include Carly Regan, Abigail Richardson, and Veda Reeves.  In this week’s group discussion, we spoke about the book “Ishmael”. In my group, some of the points we discussed were about the “why” that Ishmael asks when he was placed in captivity. This was an important point to be understood because Ishmael never asked “why” when he was in the wild. The “why” that Ishmael is asking began when he was placed in captivity in a cage. He began asking this because his life was much more enjoyable when he was in the wild than it was when he was captive in the zoo. This question didn’t arise when he was in the wild because he enjoyed his life and was content with how it was, not being controlled. When he was taken into captivity, he then was asking why his life felt different and less enjoyable, most likely because he was forced to eat tasteless food and had a schedule set by someone else, disregarding his own desires. The "