Ashlyn Zgoda Post 9

In the beginning of Eli Clare's essay "The Mountain" he talks about how we all choose to climb this theoretical mountain because it is seen that life is better from up there. And at one part he talks about how we love the wrong people. This made me think of the Glee episode we watched in class and Finn and Quinn's relationship. In the episode we learn that Quinn is pregnant and she has told Finn it is his baby even though they never had sex, when really she had cheated on him with Puck. So Finn is trying to get a job to support this child he is "having" with Quinn. Loving the wrong people made me think of their relationship because clearly Finn loves Quinn, enough to raise a child with her, but she treats him terribly throughout the episode.

In his essay "Freaks and Queers" Clare discusses the definitions of words to describe people not like us. One word that he describes as bothering him greatly is freak. He talks a great deal about the freak shows of the past, and how they are still in our society just seen in different places. It is normally seen that most people are trying to escape this singling out, yet in the Glee episode we learn that Tina does not actually have a stutter and has been hiding behind a fake disability because she is shy. This is interesting for the fact that she was trying to run to this thing that other so much despised, and eventually realizes she does also. Yet Artie is very upset that she did this and pushes her away when he finds out.