Sorry Doesn't Cut It

Honestly, the number one passage I really enjoyed was this most recent passage, "All Apologies". The one thing I remember most about this passage is "sorry doesn't cut it". In reality, sorry rarely does cut it for many things. For me, I tend to forget that telling the truth can hurt people and being mad can cause even worse problems. My father and I are very close. We rarely get in arguments. The one problem I have with getting in arguments is if I become too mad. My blood gets to boiling and my stress level rises and when this happens my voice rises as well. At this point, the best thing for me to do is walk away and the worst thing for some to do is to follow me. When someone does not let me cool off in an argument I tend to say some of the meanest things I can come up with. The one time I have ever been mad at my dad I said "I hope you die when you are 52". To say the least my dad is 52yrs old now and he reminds me of it constantly. We could be joking around and he will bring it up. Each time I my father reminds me of what I said, I think about how even "sorry" doesn't cut it. I regretted it the minute it came out of my mouth. I have never said anything like that to my father but when I am mad I cannot control myself. "All Apologies"  is the one passage that I can relate best to. Biss even states how we owe our parents "unspeakable apologies". The one thing is even though I have apologized for saying that to my father, it still feels like that was not enough to take back what I said. 

My favorite film is Pocahontas. This passes the Bechdel because she has a friend and the tree or "Grandmother Willow' that she talks to multiple times through out the movie. In all honesty I cannot remember but I do feel that Pocahontas mainly talks about a male with these women. She mainly talks about the racial situations between the Native Americans and the White people. The whole movie is about her trying to see the better side of the white people while falling in love with one of them. She is also expected to be married to someone in her tribe. I remember the main conversation between her and her best friend is about how her father was looking for her and how awful it is for her to talk with the white man. But her conversation with Grandmother Willow involves a more deeper meaning involving how life would be like if everything was more peaceful and they could share the land.