I Could Have Been In Stand By Me

There are over a hundred movie and TV characters out there but there is only a few that can be a comparison to ones self. About a year ago, me and my friend Cody, Bobby, and Ben, were watching the movie Stand by Me and we decided to choose what character would best match us and we choose that I would be Gordie Lachance. Once I found out that I had a compare and contrast paper to write for English, Gordie was the first person to pop into my head. I would compare my self to Gordie on behavior, friendship, and family.

Me and Gordie’s behavior are similar in many ways. The first thing I would like to compare in behavior, is that he has sort of a short temper and I have a small one as well. For example, in the movie, they all flip a coin to see who has to go buy food for their camping trip and Gordie lost because he flipped tails, his friend Teddy says, “Ohh Gordie! Look who screwed the pooch.” After his friend said that, his short temper kicked in for retaliation and he said a simple come back of, “does the word retard mean anything to you?”. I am the same way, short tempered and quick with retaliations, when someone says an insult to me, I will quickly say something back. The second thing in behavior me and Gordie have similarities in, is we both like to keep things to our selves. In the movie, his character narrates that while he was sitting on the train tracks reading his comic book, a deer was only a few feet from him but he didn’t tell his friends because he wanted to keep it to him self. I like to keep things to my self as well, I am very quiet, when I am by myself, around other people, and I would preferably sit in the back of the room and not disturb anyone at all.

"Be Prepared For The Future"

If I had a bumper sticker, it would say “be prepared for the future.” I chose this bumper sticker because the future is important and everything we do is to be prepared for the future.
The future is important because it is how we are going to live and what careers we are going to take on. For example, if someone does not have a good high paying career than it is going to be difficult to live in this economy. Another reason why it is important to have a good career and a good future is to support your family and to live a healthy life.
Everything we do is to be prepared for the future. For example, everyone goes through high school, to get to college. When people are in college, they are learning every step they need to know so they can be prepared for the career they want to go in. People work hard so they can live in that big house one day and drive that nice BMW.
Bumper stickers mean so many things but that is the reason why I would write “be prepared for the future” on my bumper sticker.