Today was like any other Sunday... restful, daunting, and rather boring (if I do say so myself). I had a good time @ church today, it's always nice to have something to have there for you when others aren't. But I also got to go to this art-fest deally in Tempe today, it was kinda fun... Ian came along. Hey, I just noticed that my writing is really choppy on my diary, everything kinda starts to sound like a haiku. But hey to relieve stress, how's about I show you my World Geography essay (quite possibly the most intelligent in the class (not like that's hard to do))... check it out: The Berlin Wall He shakes his fist towards the East as he runs full tilt. He glances over his shoulder toward one of the numerous watchtowers. He’s almost made it. Freedom is just beyond his reach, and he can almost taste liberation as he is shot down like a clay pigeon in the crimson, unforgiving sky. He is one of the many men who failed in a valiant attempt to cross from East Berlin during the time in which the Berlin Wall was up. Hundreds of men, women and children just like him wanted so badly to be reunited with their friends, family, loved ones and basic freedom in general. The Berlin Wall was the single greatest moral, political and personal of all milestones in the history of Germany. First off, pertaining to the beginning of the Berlin Wall, is the inevitable occurrence of negligence in the construction and need for division in the differing societies of East and West Berlin. The Berlin wall was initially put into effect on the morning of August 13, 1961. The Germans wanted a division without a struggle of argument, so they took advantage of the fact that it was a weekend and immediately and swiftly constructed fences tangled with barbed wire. The original intention of the “Easterners” in putting up the wall was to divide, and to cut off all circulation from West Berlin. Given the idealistic styling of East Germany’s communist society, it is no wonder why a society so bent on power and equality was clashing with a laid-back democratic republic the likes of which included West Berlin. When looking back on the Berlin Wall, the beginning of the wall is just as haunting as the many lives it took over it’s 19 years of existence. Next off, in regards to the massive repercussions of “the wall”, is the affect the Berlin Wall had on the economy and people of East and West Berlin. In the 19 years of the Berlin Wall’s existence, 200 people were injured via East Berlin shooting, and 192 were killed while attempting to cross over onto West Berlin soil. Death is never a beneficial thing, but according to the guards of the wall, it was necessary. Though many, including myself, would disagree, that is the way they saw it as followers of the communist belief of keeping the “Iron Curtain” (-Winston Churchill) up in order to protect the people. As far I can see, no progress was made, due to the fact that 192 innocent people lost their lives over their own rational freedom. The repercussions of the Berlin wall are irreplaceable and inexcusable. Concordantly, the downfall of Eastern Berlin communism and separatism was an important and courageous part of the history of Germany. On December 31st, 1989 Germans stood up for themselves in a final outcry of liberation. Though transit from East and West Berlin had been allowed several months prior, the actual wall itself, however, stood for entrapment in the hearts of East Berliners. This is why the wall was torn down in a rebelliously beautiful act of vandalism. The fall of the wall was severely vital to mankind’s belief that freedom does prevail. On a closing note, the Berlin Wall, whether thought negative or positive, made an impact on the lives of Germans and an imprint on the hearts of mankind. In Germany’s rough past, the Berlin Wall was superfluously significant. Hah, anyways, that's what my writing sounds like when I have something to say kids... now you know. Alright... I'm gonna go finish reading "Watchmen", so get some rest friends, and remember... "Jesus can be percieved in one of three ways, a liar, a maniac, or the only way." -C.S Lewis-