Response to Griet's Right Decision

            It is very difficult for Griet to make her decision with her love life, especially when she is young and unsure of herself. Pieter who can help her financially and support her family and Vermeer who sees things differently just like Griet.  I think she was being thrown into an adult world of responsibility and she still had the innocence of a child. She was caught between wanting more in life with love and doing what is expected of her. She wanted to have the perfect love and reveal herself to only one man. If I was Griet’s friend I would advise her to choose Pieter.

            I think that Vermeer and Griet were both attracted to each other and could possibly have fallen in love, but that the fixed social structure of their times did not let it happen. Griet and Vermeer would look mismatched because of their age difference, and they were socially different with different religion. Vermeer did not have the "power" or had limited “power” over Griet because he was also finically unstable and needed support from his mother in law Maria Thins, and his patron Van Rujivan who bought his paintings. He was simply being loyal to his wife and family, and would not do something that will affect his family or his wife by being with Griet. I do feel he had a special appreciation for Griet and considered her his friend. Yes it is true that Vermeer fell in love with the mysteriousness of Griet and with the way she also saw things in the way he did. But I don’t think he ever loved her in the sense of having affair with her or make her as his wife.

            Even though she shows that she does not love Pieter, I feel that she does, because one day when she went to the meat store, she did not see Pieter and cried because he was not their. She even admits she was crying for him. Even though he may smell bad or has bloody finger nails he was still attractive and he had his own business. Also Pieter was from the same religion and is near the same age as Griet; her family also accepted them to get married. The main reason why she kept saying she was too young to Pieter is because she was not ready to make any decisions. I think she did the right thing by thinking about it from her heart then just doing what her parents wanted her to do, even though they were right.       

            Griet is inconsistent and felt obligated because she wanted to help her family and because Pieter was a very eligible young man, and deep down she knows that he was the person to be with who makes her feel her self and not someone else. As if I was Griet's friend, I would advise her to choose Pieter because he can give her a new and a good status in the society then having the status of a maid.

revison for composition # 6

               In history, government has had too much control over its people. It corrupted and exploited society to benefit themselves in some ways. Bad intentions and evil doings of a government can lead others to also follow and believe what the government does. But sometimes the society does know it is being manipulated by the government. I believe it is true that corrupt government leaders do face the consequences and suffer for the crimes that they have done to their society.

            Both Adolf Hitler and King Louis XIV were corrupt leaders in history. When Hitler rose to power in Germany, there were racist discrimination between Jews and Germans. Hitler committed evil acts towards the Jewish people. King Louis XIV the “sun king” had taken advantage of his society by making the people pay more taxes.

            Hitler killed millions of Jews, just because he felt that the Germans who had blond hair and blue eyes were superior to any other race. Hitler put many Jewish families in prison with little food to eat. He tortured them, and used poison gas to kill them. Most of the German society also agreed, believed and supported Hitler’s ideas towards the Jewish race. Even though Hitler felt he was right about his actions he really was not. Countries like the United States were against Hitler’s actions and wanted to help the Jewish society in Germany that were held in prison. In the end Hitler shot himself because he realized that he failed to complete his mission and everyone was against him, and that is why he suffered for his crimes against his society.

            King Louis XIV lived in a mansion, with a lot of servants and maids. King Louis got most of his wealth from his people, by making them pay taxes. Louis did not use the tax money to help his people, but to benefit himself. King Louis took advantage of the majority of the poor people, so the poor got poorer and the rich got richer. Later Louis decided to escape his kingdom because he knew that people were against him and was willing to change the law, to lower taxation. But eventually he was captured and executed because of his evil actions towards his people.   

            This is why the government, people, or even the society who uses their power against others or individuals, will suffer for their consequences for evil doings when the right time comes.