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.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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.
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.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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.
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