Letter to Mr. Robertson

Dear Mr. Robertson,

       My name is Zack Ehling and I'm from Mason, Ohio, just about 30 minutes away from Cincinnati. The reason I am writing to you is becuase I just finished your Book Happy, Happy, Happy. I really enjoyed reading it and looked forward to reading it every time I had time to read. I really thought that your book was inspiring and was an all around good book. I liked how you opened up and shared your personal life stories about you and your family. It took a lot of courage to open up and admit that you were not always a Christian man. It was truly inspiring reading your book. Thank you. 

From,

Zack Ehling

Final Blogging Assessment in English 1B

The number one thing Phil Robertson stresses is that God is good and can do amazing things. Phil admits in the book that he was not always a holy man. In fact Phil admits that he did not find God untill he was 29 years old, and now he's "trying to make up for lost time"(Robertson 189). An example of something bad in the book is stealing. When Phil was a commercial fisherman(a person that catches fish for a living) people used to steal fish out of his nets.Why would people want to steal fish from Phil when they could catch them on their own?  Phil then chased them away with his shotgun, but it never seemed to work, they just kept coming back and stealing his fish. Later while reading the Bible Phil read Romans 12:17-21, where it says:" Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good." Phil then decided to do it God's way and when he caugh people stealing out of his nets he GAVE them fish for free. This shows that if you be nice to your enemies and "kill them with kindness," everything will be okay.

What does the work tell us about right and wrong?

The number one thing Phil Robertson stresses is that God is good and can do amazing things. Phil admits in the book that he was not always a holy man.  In fact Phil admits that he did not find God untill he was 29 years old, and now he's "trying to make up for lost time"(Robertson 189). An example of what is bad that Phil shows in the book is stealing. When Phil was a commercial fisherman people used to steal fish out of his nets. Phil then chased them away with his shotgun, but it never seemed to work, they just kept coming back and stealing his fish. Later while reading the Bible Phil read Romans 12:17-21, where it says:" Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good." Phil then decided to do it God's way and when he caugh people stealing out of his nets he GAVE them fish for free. This shows that if you be nice to your enemies and "kill them with kindness" everything will be okay

Which of these subjects and themes seem most important in the work

The most important theme in this book is that god is good. I would say that is the most important theme because Phil Robertson is ALL about religion. Phil used numerous examples of how God got him and his family through hardships and bad times, like poverty, and drug and  alcohol abuse. A line from the text to show the family's love for God is:" My boys might have strayed from Gods path for them at times, but they always had their faith to fall backon"(Robertson 188). This quote shows that the Robertson boys may have done unholy things in their lives, but Phil and God still forgave them and let them back in their home with open arms. As suprising as it may seem Phil and Kay's kids have not always been perfect. Phil explains in his book that they have all had alcohol problems, expecially Jep and Alan. The only one who did not drink was Jase, and he was always keeping his brothers in check.