Non-Fiction Blog Post

     For my non-fiction blog post, I will be writing about the article "What's the Deal With Iran?" by Patricia Smith in the New York Times Upfront Magazine. This article was all about the nuke deal that the United States has with Iran, or at least how it stands for now. Many people fear that Iran is lying and will strike us at the first chance they're provided with, but it seems as if Barack Obama is giving Iran his trust. Here is what the deal said and its side effects.
     First off, the most important, what the deal said everyone would do. It says Iran will pause their nuclear programs for six months to allow inspection of them. In return, the U.S. agreed that we would "ease the sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy and probably pushed its leaders to the negotiating table." This indicates that the U.S. will lay off of Iran's economy. But in return, Iranians will lay off of their nuclear system and not use it until it is done being inspected. Or at least until further notice about the topic. That's what the agreement with Iran says for now.
     Now, secondly, the effects of the Iran nuclear agreement. Some people in Iran loved the new idea. Some people who live in Iran just love the U.S. in general, even before the agreement. However, some of the people hate the agreement and the U.S. In one photo it shows a group of protesters burning the American flag and a drawn picture of Barack Obama in front of the former U.S. Embassy, and this was even before the agreement. Maybe they have changed they're minds since then. I hope so. Some Americans think that the nuke will still be built and that it will be headed for Israel or Europe. So many people think that Iran is lying about the nuke not being used against others, but then again, there's alway a few of those people. Thats the effect of the nuclear agreement.
     That's what has been going on with Iran and the nuclear agreement. What do you think will happen?   Do you think that Iran will break their promises? Or will they keep them?

The Eragon Series

     Warning: lots of spoilers. Ah, finally the last book in the Eragon series. Inheritence. This was my new favorite series. I LOVED this series. So I'm going to write a blog post about it. Its also an amazing series for our ideas, such as power and resistance, which is what the whole series is about. The entire Eragon series is based on resisting an evil Empire. If this isn't power and resistance, I don't know what is. Well, here is how this series is all for power and resistance.
     Well first the front and most obvious problem. The point of the book. The Varden (good) fighting against their evil Empire. During the third book, a lot of things happen. Murtagh becomes a Rider, and you find out that there is a second good Rider on the Varden's side (maybe thats at the end of the second book, I forgot). However, the rider that you found out about dies fighting one of the evil riders, well, actually, kind of both of the evil riders. This favors the evil side on the balance. However, the good rider is becoming more powerful, and he figures out the evil riders' weakness. This equals out the fight between good and evil. Also, during the the end of the third book and the the forth book, the Varden starts to capture the Empire's major cities. This tilts the balance torwards the good side. Thats where I am in the series, I'm yet to finish Inheritence.
     Then there are smaller power and resistance fights in this series. One of the larger of the smaller power and resistance fights is between Angela and Eragon. Angela always seems to have the upper hand on Eragon. Always. She always seems to be one step ahead of everyone else, even the reader. And the reader almost always is ahead of the story. Even in movies. Another smaller plot is Roran and Nasuada. Nasuada seems to have the upper hand, but if you look closely, Roran seems to get the up side sometimes. He knows rather easily how to make a bad situation for Nasuada, but she seems to figure out what to do sooner or later, which is why she seems to be the one with an advantage most of the time. That's two smaller power and resistance plots in this series.
     Well, thats the power and resistance story in the Eragon series, or at least some of it. It would take days to name all the mini-plots in this series. You should read the series to find some of these plots. And if you already have read this story, go back and find more plots. It's really interesting all the mini-plots in Eragon, they're worth finding.