Lions, Tigers, and Bears By: Jazmine Sullivan

Lions, Tigers, and Bears seems to be a simple RnB song but it is actually very poetic.

Jazmine Sullivan is a RnB singer that came out in 2008. This song should be counted as a poem because of her amazing use of end rhymes, repetition, and personification. Also her vivid images of average fears people have like animals, heights, and stage fright. Lastly she uses a metaphor to give me new perspective on how scary love is. 

In her song she uses end rhymes like me and be,  in and  friend, and all and fall.

She uses repetition by repeating "I'm not scared of lions, tigers, and bears." She uses personification when she says "Why do we love love when love seems to hate us." All of these examples make great sound for this song .

This song created very vivid images in my mind. For example, when she said "I'm not scared of lions, tigers, and bears. " I imagine her in front of these animals unafraid of them.

Also, when she says "I'm not scared to perform at a sold out affair". this gives me an image of a big concert and her in front of the crowd. Lastly when she says "I can climb mountains."  This gives me an image of her climbing a tall mountain. All of these examples show good imagery.

This song gives me a new perspective on how scary love is.

Most likely I would have not though of love being as scary as lion or climbing mountains but she does. This song made me think of why love is so scary and why she compared it to fears most people have. It made me think of the heart ache that can out of love if it does not turn out right.

Lions, tigers, an bears seems like a regular RnB song but it is very deep. 

Her great use of repetition, end rhymes, and personification gave it a good sound. She creates good images of things most people are afraid of. Lastly, she gave me a new perspective on peoples fears of love. All these examples lead me to believe this is a great poem even though it is a song.

Is Lil Wayne The Best

On the question of Lil Wayne being the best rapper in the industry, there were very different responses from people I have interviewed. For example Antoine, Annie and myself do not like Lil Wayne. Antoine quoted that Lil Wayne is not the best and Young Jeezy is because he speaks the truth. Annie said ''he sucks''. I said that he makes no sense to me. But on the other hand there are people who feel he is the best rapper. For example Derron said '' Lil Wayne is hot he is fire''. Camille said '' yes i love him he is funny''. In conclusion there are people that love Lil Wayne and there are people that don't. From my evidence more people though he was not the best rapper in the industry.

OBAMA IS PRESIDENT

Obama being president means alot to me.  I went with my mom and sister to vote it was a very special and intense moment. I have not been alive for even two decades but i know our economy is in dire  need of change. I feel Obama is going to do our nation good. I know people in my neighborhood feel the same way. On the night Obama was announced  president the people in my community came to 47th and Baltimore to celebrate this history changing event.  There was a massive crowd of people dancing in the streets screaming "Obama" and "America's first black president"!    I also screamed Obama on the top of my lungs, cried, and danced in the middle of the street. It got to the point were trolleys and cars could not get by. Everyone just did not care about traffic when Obama just became president. When a passage was cleared for the cars and trolleys people banged against the windows screaming Obama! I stayed out until 1:00 am but the celebration went on long after that. 

Animal Farm as a satire final draft

George Orwell could not speak his mind so he used the power of writing to speak his mind. It was written in the end of Lenin's rule and the beginning of Stalin's rule. Orwell uses irony, symbolism, and exaggeration to make animal farm an effective satire.

First Orwell uses irony to always keep the reader guessing. old major died in the beginning of the story. everyone loved old major. The irony in this was that readers would have though old major would have lived to see the rebellion but he didn't. snowball was run out of the farm. snowball was a nice leader he was teaching the animals how to read. the irony in this was that readers would have though snowball would have became leader but instead he was run out of the farm. Boxer had a terrible death. Boxer's two slogans were "napoleon is always right and i will work harder". The irony in this was that he was taken to a slaughter house when readers would have though he would have gotten to rest. Overall orwell used old major, boxer's deaths and snowballs forced exit to add irony to this story. 

Then Orwell used symbolism to show readers what happens in real life. the whole story animal farm is a symbol.It showed us americans how russia was during world war 2. animal farm is a symbol for the terrible rule of stalin in russia. napoleon was the ruler of animal farm as stalin was the ruler of russia. napoleon killed lots of animals as stalin killed lots of people. the animals are a symbol of stalin's followers. the were made illeterate and dumb. in the story napoleon changed several commandments and the animals could not tell because the could not read.using animal farm overall,napoleon and the animals showed symbolism for what happened in russia.

Last Orwell used exaggeration to get his point across about what happens in real life. The animals were very gullible. the animals believed anything squeler said. In the story when  the commandments were changed the animals did not protest because they believed squeler. the animals killings were very brutal. the descriptions of the animals killings were very detailed and exagerrated. in the story animals would confess to things and killed. Boxer's death was very morose. he was sent to a slaughter house to boiled down to make glue. the animals were lied to by squeler and told that boxer was sent to a hospital. despite the fact that they saw the van they still believed squeler. the exaggeration of the animals stupidity and the emphasis on the animals deaths showed the terrible conditions in rusia.

Using exaggeration,irony,andand symbolism george orwell criticized the conditions in russia.

  The lesson to be learned from this story is that we should be careful on who we elect. we should elect leaders we can trust. we need to be aware of the changes our leader makes.

Rough Draft On W.E.B Dubois

W.e.b DuBois helped change African American history. He did this by focusing on the twentieth century problem the color line. He wrote several books on how it was for black people in a society made for white people. He was the voice for black people from 1910 to the 1930's. He dared to challenge the white voice when other blacks just gave in. Dubois was a forerunner in the civil rights movement. many people looked up to him like Martin Luther King Jr, but there were also people he disagreed with like like Booker T. Washington and the NAACP. 

The twentieth century problem was the color line Dubois wrote several book like The Philadelphia Negro and The Souls Of Black Folk.  These books were best sellers on this issue. The Philadelphia negro was not exactly a book it was a study of black people in Philadelphia. It talked a place were majority of blacks were free and how they lived. The souls of black people was about how he saw life through being a black person at that time.he also talked about what we as people needed to do to get past the color line and begin new life as equals.

Many people like martin Luther king looked up to Dubois. But Dubois also disagreed with some people. Dubois disagreed with Booker T. Washington because Booker believed blacks should have accept discrimination for the time being and elevate themselves through hard work and economic gain to win the respect of whites. Dubois it was time for a change then and that is why Dubois disagreed with Washington so very often.

Dubois also disagreed with Walter White, the head of the NAACP, when Du Bois suddenly penned articles that advocated voluntary segregation, maintaining that black children would receive a better education from black teachers. Du Bois resigned from the editorship of  the NAACP in 1934. 

Dubois helped our history alot he was the voice for blacks when we were too scared to have one. Dubois is remembered today for his research and courage.

W.E.B DuBois 4th Annotation

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_dubois.html. Educational Broadcasting Corporation. Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. This web site is about dubois's feeling towards different issues.

It talks about his disagrements with Booker T. Washington and the NAACP. It goes on to talk his belief in 

the importance of back education in the 1900's.This web site was a secondary source because it was from

the Educational Broadcasting Corporation made this web site. this site was helpful to me because

i now understand why dubois disagreed with the naacp and booker t. washington.

Who's Responsible

The animals are to blame for the rising of the pigs for a number of reasons.They let the pigs take over,.They listened to boxer, and they let napoleon drive snowball out. The animals could not think for themselves.First they let the pigs  take over.the animals let the pigs assume the roles of the leaders because they were smart. no one tried to put a stop to the pigs over ruling. Second the animals listened to boxer.  They respected boxer so, thet listened to his two slogans "napoleon is always right and i will work harder".  last the animals let napoleon drive snowball out of the farm. The animals watched napoleon's dogs chase snowball out. after that they just went back to their sheds. Napoleon rose to power because of the animals, of they had though for themselves this "rise of the pigs could have been avoided.

Introduction

W.e.b helped change african american history.He did this by focusing on  the twentiethy century problem of the color line. He wrote several books on how it was for black people in a society made for white people. He was the voice for the black people during the period of  1910 to 1930. w.e.b dubois was a forerunner in the civil rights movement many people like martin luther king looked up to him.

W.E.B DuBois 3rd Annotation

Voices of America. http://afgen.com/dubois.html. W.e.b DuBois. this web site is about the museum that was made in honor of dubois.

The museum is in the capital of gnana.

It was made because du bois lived there for the rest of his life and the citizens of Ghana want to show appreciation to dubois. It goes on to say that dubois is regarded as the father of Pan-Africanism, a movement that attempts to unite all people of African ancestry no matter where they live.

the web site goes on to talk about his talents like writing and speaking. Dubois preached around the world abouthis views on racism. he web site ends in talking about where dubois was buried.

W.E.B DuBois 2nd Annotation

Robert J. Norrell ''W.E.B DuBois''http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563380_2/W_E_B_Du_Bois.html.It talk about his early life like where he was born and where he went to school. This web site also talks about DuBois's international activities around the world. It also talks about his research on the black experience. When he would go to different places he would write about them. When he was in Philadelphia that is where he wrote The Philadelphia Negro. It talks about him being an extreme peace activist In 1950 he became chairman of the Peace Information Center in New York City, a group whose stated objective was to gather signatures in the United States for a global petition to ban the use of nuclear weapons. It goes on to talk about his later years like when he moved to ghana, his work in ghana, and when he died.

General Zaroff

In the story "Most Dangerous Game" General Zaroff believes in liberty more than equality. First, he acts as if he is superior to certain people. in the story he says "I hunt the scum of the earth". this shows that he feels he is better than unwealthy people. Second, he doesn't care about people who are weak. he said "life is for the strong. the weak of the world were put here to pleasure the strong. When Zaroff found Rainsford in the jungle he did not kill him, he gave him another chance because he knew Rainsford was a big game hunter and would give him a challenge. Third, General Zaroff is unfair. Zaroff gave Rainsford a knife, food, and supplies but he had a gun, 12 dogs, and Ivan. In the game Zaroff could kill the huntie but the huntie could not kill him they could only go home if they won the game. By being unfair, acting superior, and not caring about other people clearly shows he is against equality and for liberty.

W.E.B DuBois web site

Gerald C Hynes "A Biographical Sketch of W.E.B DuBois" http://www.duboislc.org/html/DuBoisBio.html. W.E.B DuBois stands for William Edward Burghardt. On  this web site is his whole life boigraphy. It talks about him going through high school and college. It also talk about him being the first african american to graduate from Harvard. It goes on to say that he helped organize tthe first offical NAACP group.In the end it tells us how dubois gave up on being a u.s citizen and moved to Ghana,Africa and died to year later as a citizen of Ghana. Also on this web site is a list of his books and major references.

W.E.B DuBois

I choose W.E.B Dubois for my national history day project because I am interested in civil rights. I feel he had a big impact on history.  He was a civil rights ativist. He attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of racism. Du bois was the first African American to receive a Ph.D from Havard University.  I found an article about how he came about his accomplishments the web site is http://www.duboislc.org/html/duboisbio.html

Service Learning

I think service learning is learning how to how help your community. I want to make a community service team. We would focus on pollution and the trash in our communities. I would want to travel to different sites in philadelphia that need to be cleaned up. I also think we should go to soup kitchens for the homeless and donate to them food and old clothing.

Important Issue environment and energy

In my research I found that Obama and I agree on this issue. Obama believes we should reduce dependance on foreign oil. he also believes we should make  U.S a leader in the global effort to combat climate change by leading a new internation global warming partnership.

In my research I found that MCcain believes we should keep our oil resources. But, he does see that oil and burning other fossil fuels do not help the environment.  Also he does not want to invest in alternate sources of energy. 

I agree with Obama more on the evironment and energy issue because I also think we should not drill into Alaska. I also believe we should reduce our dependance on foreign oil. MCcain believes we should not do these things and that is why I disagree with him

Barack Obama

I think Barack Obama should be president because he will change history forever. George W. Bush has messed up our country long enough and Obama is offering change. I feel his views on most issues will help us to a brighter future. He plans to make an affordable universal health care plan. He also, wants to put a stop to the war in iraq. And, he wants to stop drilling into the earth and help save it.