Oct 1 - In August Wilson’s Fences, Troy Maxson’s secret affair hurts his family, showing the pain of broken trust. Imagine your close friend, who is in a happy long-term relationship, tells you they are secretly seeing someone else. They ask you not to tell their partner and promise to fix it soon. You also care about their partner and want to keep both friendships strong. What would you do: tell your friend to confess, tell their partner yourself, or stay quiet? Explain your choice, using ideas about loyalty and consequences from Fences. How might your decision affect everyone involved?

Response: I would try to influence my friend to tell his partner about his affair, just like how Bono tried to do. I don't see a situation where I would tell my friend's partner about his affair, because that's just not the type of person that I am, and I don't like people getting mad at me. It would have to depend on the situation, but if my friend is clearly stalling telling his partner about his affair, or is still actively seeing this other person, I would have multiple conversations with him about keeping his loyalty and his sanity. I know the guilt of cheating on somebody would catch up to him soon, and it'd be better for him to confess instead of keeping it all inside. I've already gone through my parents' divorce and seen how it affects people on both sides of the situation, so speaking from experience, the truth will always come out no matter how badly you try and keep it a secret. Even if it destroys your relationship, trying to keep it a secret will just make things worse in the end.

Summary: Today, we read Act Two, Scenes 1-4 in class today, and then we worked on our project.

Reflection: Cheating on a partner is something I will never fully understand. Since I was 11 years old, I've always made a promise to myself to never follow in the same footsteps as my dad, no matter the circumstance. So if I saw my friend struggling with loyalty, I would make sure to straighten him up for sure.

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