Avery Sylvester’s Journal 2

 My name is Avery Sylvester. I am a freshman at OSU Marion. I am a psychology major, with a possible change. It is always interested me how the human mind thinks and behaves. I love hunting fishing, running and landscaping. As well as just simply driving. Road trips are a must. A fun fact is that I returned from Basic Combat Training in late November. I am a member of the Ohio Army National Guard. I  also work part time at Kroger. I hope to go into the field of law-enforcement so I chose 31B, Military police officer as my military occupational specialty. Yesterday I returned home from Columbus as my unit was activated to assist with security in the capital. I find the job both interesting and boring at the same time. It all started with a thought out of high school for how I was going to pay for college,  in my future interest in law-enforcement. I decided the army was the best way to go and so far I have not been let down! I have learned many things from basic training and advance individual training as for the people that were around me. There was lots of knowledge to go around. Both positive and negative.

In “The House on Mango Street” what surprised me was the underlying theme of always holding hope. Although Esperanza knows it is highly unlikely she will always get the house of her family’s dream, she always stays positive and hopes for the best. “The boys and the girls live in separate worlds. The boys in their universe and we and ours.” Page 8. The first sentence of the chapter “Boys and Girls”. I though this was interesting because Esperanza makes it seem like a competition. As if it was the boys vs. girls in the household. As the second oldest out of 6, I understand the sibling rivalry, but it always seems to work its self out as you age!