On the Waterfront

Personally, I really enjoyed the movie. I think that pride and reputation werethe most important things in the movie, and if you lost them, you were nothing. The mob was very hush hush, and if you were someone like Doogan or Joey who told the truth, you were considered a traitor/ tattle tale, and no longer good to the mob. Terry told the truth as well, but I considered him more of a whistle blower, because he had other people telling him to do the right thing, and I guess I believe this partly because the whole movie followed him, but I don't think his purpose in confessing was to be a traitor, it was just people that told him to do the right thing. Of course, he lost his reputation because the mob considered him a traitor because he confessed, but he gained it back by standing up to Johnny Friendly and the rest of the mob. I believe he did the right thing.
I think you are being a tattle tale when it is unneccesary to "tattle". Tattling, to me, is more of a whiny behavior because something didn't go your way, so you want that person to suffer. I think that speaking out against improper behavior is better, and more of something that you believe is right, and that should be told when absolutely neccessary in your mind. Speaking out is mostly about having the courage to do so, when your conscience is flaming at you because you should tell the truth.

Reading Lolita in Tehran 3

When I stopped reading, the author was describing the characters more in detail. It was good, because I really felt that I somewhat knew them, and had similar life experiences as the characters she described. Still don't feel there is a conflict ALTHOUGH, there is two girls in the class that do not like each other. As I keep reading, I continue growing to like it somewhat, no matter how jumbled it may be. I like it because the story that is being told is real. Some people that write autobiographies sometimes play with the truth a little bit, but not this one. You hear every opinion and gruesome detail about the people and events that they had to overcome like wearing veils and what not.
I think a theme that is developing is, (kind of cheesy) but to just speak your mind. The book is getting really into detail about the discussions that they have together about books like Lolita, and it is really interesting to see the shy on the outside girls come up with very true, and overlooked opinions. In the beginning it talked about a girl not making it to the end, and I can't wait to read on to see what happens, and I secretly wonder if SHE spoke her mind...to the government..