Blog Entry #2: Is Life A Game?

Is life a game? Yes, in many ways it is a game. You go through many different stages in your life which you can win or lose, but it's your choice, because it's not like life is exactly like a board game made with certain rules, you make the rules of this game. You can decide to follow them or not, but the rules you make will decide weather you win or lose. These rules I believe are made from your own morals, what you believe is right and wrong. Everyones morals are different which makes everyones rules in this game different. There are people in this world that have rules just to make it easier to win, and these people are bad people who will take the easy way out of everything, robbers, rapists, killers, etc. A Thing to remember is you may make the rules, but it doesn't mean they are the right ones. In the book Catcher in the Rye, Holdens life is like a game, but he keeps losing. He keeps getting kicked out of school and moving to different schools, but still loses. He also got beat up pretty bad by Stradlater, that also counts as him losing. He lies to Mrs.Morrow about stupid things and thats also losing. There is no need to lie about anything. It doesn't get you anywhere and it makes people lose trust in you. Having people trust you is an important way at winning. People can win alot easier with eachother then by themselves. Everybody needs someone and if you don't have someone, you might find yourself quiting at this game early. Life is really what you make it, and you can really do anything you want to, but to actually win this game, you have to play by the right rules.