Summary: In class this week we read "Working Mothers Are Benefiting the Family" by Supreet Mann. In this essay she argues how she thinks that working mothers help their family more than hinder. She explained how when a mother works it doesn't only bring an extra income into the families house hold but it also sets an example for their children. when a mother works it can set a good worth ethic for their children. she points out that people say that when a mother works it leads to divorces and likelihood of cheating, but Mann makes a good point that people don't cheat and get divorced because of both parents are working, but because they have deep-seated problems that happen over time,

conclusion: I would definitely have to agree with Supreet Mann she makes many good points and arguments. I don't think a working mother can harm the family, but if anything make the family more stable and make the families financial situation more stable. I find it crazy that people will go to blaming divorce and cheating on working mother- rather than just seeing that there is actually problems in the relationship like maybe the couple just don't connect like they use to. I also do agree with Mann on that working mothers can set a good worth ethic. I think if mothers work it can influence their daughter(s) because it shows them that women can also work and accomplish just as much if not more than a man. I also think that working mothers show their kids that their  isn't a "gender roll" anymore and that the mom and dad need to contribute in every aspect in the house hold.

Summary: this week we read "why we crave horror movies" By Stephan King. In the essay he writes about why he thinks we crave Horror movies. In his essay he states that "We're mentally ill". He rights about how we all have something inside of us that likes to watch these horrible things happen in these movies  because we know we cant do these things in reality. King writes that we all have these alligators in our mind that need to be feed, and since we cant feed them ourselves by doing the things people do in horror movies like killing, we go to horror movies to feed these alligators. King also writes that we go to these movies to basically face those fears of the dark, tight spaces or what ever our fear may be.

Response: Before I read this essay I never thought of the point that king makes, that we go to horror movies to feed this craving we have in our head. After reading his essay I can agree with his point that we are all a little mentally ill and we crave horror movies to feed these "alligators" that we have in our head. But I also think people just like horror movies for the feeling of getting scared or the adrenalin rush we get not knowing what will happen next.