“It’s what causes you to have money. If you’re lucky you have money .That’s why it is better to be born lucky than rich. If you’re rich, you may lose your money, but if you’re lucky, you will always get more money.”
This part is the most important part to me because this part shows me Paul’s mothers view about luck and money. She thinks luck causes her to have money. This thinking is wrong. Sometimes, luck causes money but not always… and she gives this wrong view about luck and money to her children. It makes her children also have wrong view about luck and money.
I think all the people have same amount of luck. There are not lucky and unlucky person because everyone experienced lucky day and also unlucky day. If there are lucky person they must be didn’t experience unlucky day but it is impossible.
Also I think luck is controllable. We can control our luck because luck doesn’t have exact definition. If we try to think positively, our everyday life will change in to lucky day. For instance, Marvine Stamatakis has 1 dollar and she think she doesn’t have enough money to buy coke but, Brendon also has 1 dollar and he think he have enough money to buy pop-tart and he so excited about it. There are two people have same amount of money, but they have different thinking. Amount of money is important, but the value of money is depends on people's mind
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I agree.. I picked this part in the story, too. I like the last paragragh because it's kind of new idea to me. I've never thought that we could control "luck" because I believe that luck does exist and it is not something that we could control ourselves. But the idea seems interesting.
I want to add that sometimes what I thought lucky was not actually lucky. For example, in the story, Paul thought he was lucky. However in the end of the story, he dies because of his luck.
Paul's mother's view
luck brings money, not causes.
have the wrong view or wrong values
a different way of thinking
I liked the example that you gave. The value of money depends on people's values. Values are what you consider important. We all have different values, based on experience, family background, and culture. Parents have the responsibility to teach values to their children.
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