Today in my Literature 10 class my teacher Mr.Siegmund and I had a slight disagreement about the McDonald’s monopoly game on the internet. “I think the monopoly game is a rip-off and it’s just a way for them to make more money at McDonald’s,” my teacher told me. At first I thought he could be right, but after thinking about it for awhile I’ve been playing this game since day one and I feel like I could really be a winner. I do eat at McDonald’s just about every other day to get the codes, and it’s got me a long way in the game. In order for me to win this game there are a number of monopoly pieces I would have to collect to win a certain amount of money. Each time I purchase certain products I get a piece. After thinking about it, I don’t think it’s a rip-off. In the past year there have been three people that have won the monopoly game. One of them is Travis W from St.Louis, MO, and he won $1 million. Another is Lina C from Brooklyn, NY and she won $25, 000 and Ashley L won $50,000. There’s probably way more people out there that have won and by knowing that it shows not only me, but the people that don’t believe in the game that you can actually win and that its really not a rip-off. I continue to play and hope that I could be one of the new 2008 winners this year.
Even though I may eat at McDonald’s every other day, I was eating there way before the game came out anyway. The thought of me having a chance to win that money triggered me to go there constantly. Every time I play it seems like I get closer to $100,000 dollars, and one of these days I probably will as long as I keep eating at McDonalds. My mom and my brother also eat McDonalds constantly but they are some of the many people that say the game’s a rip-off so I get lucky and keep the game pieces, which give me an even bigger chance of winning. Also you have to remember there are over 13,000 McDonalds in the U.S. so you can pretty much find pieces anywhere.
The other reason why I don’t think it’s a rip-off is because; even if I were to go out of town I could still play the monopoly game on my cell phone. They have a number that I can use so I can just send the codes. In order for me to play the game on my phone I would have to put in my cell number when I’m entering the monopoly game. So whenever I go out of town or can’t get to a computer all I have to do is play the game on my cell phone which makes it easier to play. Instead of us having to save every piece, we can now keep an account on the computer that saves the codes which makes it a lot easier. To me, it’s a really fun game to play but knowing that I could play it anywhere makes it even better since some people either don’t have a cell phone or a computer. With all of this being said I respect everybody’s opinion about the game because no matter what I say I know it probably won’t change it. But mine will remain the same because I believe that I can actually be a winner.
Instead of looking at it as a big rip-off there are many other things to look at. Like I said in my paragraphs above there are some people who have won the monopoly game. And I feel like McDonald’s is really giving us customers a chance to win some of the money we do spend, instead of them taking our money, because I know that the people that are playing this game were eating at McDonald’s before the monopoly game came about. Not only is it a fun game but they also give us a chance to get free food from the pieces. I feel like McDonalds isn’t trying to make us spend more money then we usually would because when the game is over people are going to continue to eat there. Even if I don’t win the game this year I will also continue eating at McDonald’s and hope for better luck next year.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Short Story Three
I read A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor and its about a grandmother, her son and his family taking a trip to florda. The grandmother really didnt want to go to Florida after she read the newspaper about a man who called his self the misfit aloose from jail headed to florda. Instead she tryed to convence her son Bailey to change his mind and take a trip to Tennessee, but he didnt want to listen. The next morning the grandmother was the first one in the car ready to go with her cat in a basket. After a while the children June Star, John Wesley, Bailey, Bailey's wife and their youngest baby got into the the car and off they went.
For lunch they stopped at The Tower For Barbecue Sandwiches and disscussed the misfit while they ate. When they left the grandmother recalled an old plantation that she remembered in the neighborhood they were passing by. When the grandmother got done describing how the plantation look John Wesley and June Star was very excited and wanted to go see it. So they begged their dad to turn around to go and see the plantation. Their dad "Bailey" gave in and said he would take them, but that was going to be the last time they stopped for something like that. So Bailey turned the car around and headed back for the dirt road they had passed for the plantation.
When they got onto the dirt road the grandmother had a horrible thought come to her. Soon after that the cat jumped out the basket onto Bailey's shoulder and made him have an accident. The car turrned over once and landed right side up in a ditch. Once the kids figured out they could move they jumped out the car and the grandmother was under the dashboard hoping she was hurt so that Bailey wouldn't be mad at her, because the horrible thought she had was that the plantation she rememered was not in Georgia but in Tennessee. Hoping that someone would pass by them soon a car pulled up with three men inside it.
When the mens got up closer to them the grandmother realized that she knew one of the men and it was the misfit. The Misfit told Bailey that the other two men Hiram and Bobby Lee wanted to ask him and John "Bailey's son" a question and would they take a walk with them in the woods. Once they got in the woods theyr'e were two gun shoots made. when the two men got back Bailey and John wasn't with them. Then the two men took Bailey's wife and the other two kids with them to the back of the woods and shot them too. Before they got back the misfit and the grandmother was having a convesation and she touched him and he jumped back and shot her three times in the chest.
This was a good story I didn't expect for it to end the way it did it was very intresting. It was also sad how they killed them the way they did especially the children. Instead of killing them the way he did i think the misfit and his crew could of at least thought and took in consideration of the kids. If Bailey would of listened to his mother before they took there trip they probably would still be alive but if the grandmother would of remembered that the house was in Tennesse and not in Georgia they still could be alive too. Well i really liked this story hopfully i could find another one that instrest me like this one.
For lunch they stopped at The Tower For Barbecue Sandwiches and disscussed the misfit while they ate. When they left the grandmother recalled an old plantation that she remembered in the neighborhood they were passing by. When the grandmother got done describing how the plantation look John Wesley and June Star was very excited and wanted to go see it. So they begged their dad to turn around to go and see the plantation. Their dad "Bailey" gave in and said he would take them, but that was going to be the last time they stopped for something like that. So Bailey turned the car around and headed back for the dirt road they had passed for the plantation.
When they got onto the dirt road the grandmother had a horrible thought come to her. Soon after that the cat jumped out the basket onto Bailey's shoulder and made him have an accident. The car turrned over once and landed right side up in a ditch. Once the kids figured out they could move they jumped out the car and the grandmother was under the dashboard hoping she was hurt so that Bailey wouldn't be mad at her, because the horrible thought she had was that the plantation she rememered was not in Georgia but in Tennessee. Hoping that someone would pass by them soon a car pulled up with three men inside it.
When the mens got up closer to them the grandmother realized that she knew one of the men and it was the misfit. The Misfit told Bailey that the other two men Hiram and Bobby Lee wanted to ask him and John "Bailey's son" a question and would they take a walk with them in the woods. Once they got in the woods theyr'e were two gun shoots made. when the two men got back Bailey and John wasn't with them. Then the two men took Bailey's wife and the other two kids with them to the back of the woods and shot them too. Before they got back the misfit and the grandmother was having a convesation and she touched him and he jumped back and shot her three times in the chest.
This was a good story I didn't expect for it to end the way it did it was very intresting. It was also sad how they killed them the way they did especially the children. Instead of killing them the way he did i think the misfit and his crew could of at least thought and took in consideration of the kids. If Bailey would of listened to his mother before they took there trip they probably would still be alive but if the grandmother would of remembered that the house was in Tennesse and not in Georgia they still could be alive too. Well i really liked this story hopfully i could find another one that instrest me like this one.
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