The story Once Upon a Time was easy to follow and understand. I had difficulty understanding the symbolism of the wicked witch and the wall. Out of all the questions, figuring out the theme and feeling being portrayed in the story were the easiest. I need to work on annotating and making notes while I read so that I can

The Olympics are a worldwide gathering that are exciting and bring all of the worlds nations together. The recent outbreak of hatred to gays, however, has shocked the world with what they believed to no longer be an issue. Prejudice against someone’s beliefs and sexual intentions were believed to be a thing from the past and something in which should no longer exist. The phenomenon that is happening in Russia due to their leader President Vladimir Putin has definitely made people think twice about how far we have come as a human race. Putin declared a law against all propaganda about those with different sexual intentions, that not only will affect those in Russia but also any who plan to partake in the up and coming 2014 Sochi Olympics. With this law gay Russian athletes are not allowed to participate in the Olympic games, and many other nations fear that their gay athletes will not be safe if they plan to participate.

            Stephen Fry wrote an open letter concerning the recent laws in Russia and how if not stopped history will repeat itself. Fry compares the recent outbreak to the Holocaust because innocent people are being scapegoated and majority of the world does not even know it is occurring. I do believe that Fry has an accurate comparison; even if the Holocaust seems like an unspeakable matter when compared to Russia it shows the severity of the matter. I find it shocking that something so large has not been a main focus in the news so that something can be done. I do not believe the Olympics should be boycotted as many officials suggest. The more people in Sochi for the Olympics the better; this will increase the amount of media in the area and to the rest of the world, which will hopefully allow the whole world to see what is occurring. No matter what the officials in Russia believe not one type of person should be discriminated, especially in this modern era, and it should be stopped immediately before it escalates any further.