tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64143371425909506912024-03-12T22:34:30.118-07:00Camels roaming the wilderness Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-61492627274150339762014-08-29T19:19:00.002-07:002014-08-30T10:02:45.589-07:00Sarah Ganzenmuller AP Lit Summer Blog Post #5<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Gilead</i>: Blog 1</div>
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Sarah Ganzenmuller </div>
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Friday, August 29, 2014<br />
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<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Due to the fact that the book <i>Gilead</i> by Marilynne
Robinson is a lengthy well thought out letter written by Reverend John Ames of
his life history, addressed to his son in anticipation of his death, one thing becomes
immediately evident. It is clear that John, the narrator, cares a great deal
about family, and developing deep connections and a profound relationship with his
son, similar to the one he and his own father had. When addressing his father
he has nothing but the uttermost respect and admiration, looking up to him as
both a man and priest. This strong father-son relationship directly effects the
readers understanding of his character. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When Edward, the narrators older brother, came home after going
away for a while he claimed that believing in god was childish. This was nearly
a direct insult to both boys father, a devoted priest whose life centered around
his religion. The narrator recalled that after Edwards eviction his mother told
him, “If you ever spoke to your father that way, it would kill him”(Robinson
27). To this he soon remarked “In fact, my thought was always to defend my
father. I believe I have done just that,” (27). Understanding this family
dynamic gives reason for Johns fervent pursuit of god driven by his intentions
to please his father. John grew up to see what a disappointment, despite his
extreme intelligence, Edward was to his father, who John soon swore he would do
right by. This, above anything else, illuminates specifically Johns loyal
character, and his devotion to the people he loves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626;">Despite this obvious similarity John often fixates on the elusive
differences between the two men’s approach to preaching. He accounts that his father
preached from notes, while almost shamefully admits that he has to write his
whole sermons out. John is amazed at his fathers ability to create the
magnificent sermons he did given with such a powerful delivery on the spot.
This accentuates Johns modesty in a rather subtle way. John constantly downplays
his own significance, while giving his father all the credit in the world.
Although John believes he has defended his father, it becomes clear that he
doesn’t necessarily believe he has lived up to him, which through indirect
references and stories is clearly not the case. This leads one to see the self
doubt in John, which keeps him from ever expressing outright how special he
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<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626;">John sticks to his word, and follows in his father’s footsteps to grow up to be a minister, living by the same scriptures and principles. Religion played a predominate role in both mans life, effecting and persuading both men in ways nothing else would. Both felt a sense of commitment and obligation to God. John and his father are and were united by their pursuit of religion. When traveling together John recalls strangers immediately recognizing his father as a preacher. He describes their ability to identify his father immediately, and soon acknowledges that people do the same to him now, saying “And they could tell he was a preacher, rough-looking as we were a few days into our desert wanderings, as he called them(…) I have had the same experience many times, and I have wondered about it, too” (16). It is clear here that both men carry themselves in such away, exuding the same kind of light which separates them from the rest. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">John frequently recalls fond stories and memories he has of his
father. One particular trip they took together to find his grandfather’s grave
is mentioned often. He recollects the night they stood at the grave, admiring
the alignment of the setting moon and rising sun. That night is father told him
that everyone had the privilege to observe the same thing. John considers the
situation and claims, “I realized my father would have meant that the sun and
moon aligned themselves as they did with no special reference to the two of us.
He never encouraged any talk about visions or miracles, except the ones in the
Bible” (48). In other words this setting and rising of the sun and moon,
something that was so magnificent and beautiful at the moment, something that
seemed like a private show just for them, was no miracle. You can sense Johns
resistance to this specific belief of his fathers more than anything else, but
soon you find he succumbs to most everything his father tells him, as later it
is claimed when preaching about miracles he said similar things to his dad.
This little moment, and potential disgreement, though small and seemingly
insignificant, shows that maybe there is a little more to John then he lets on.
It is my belief that John had his own views on things that differed immensely
from his dads, but they were quickly disregarded and set aside to please his
father. This may be the one unhealthy tint in their relationship, as it may be
Johns father had too much of an influence on him. This underlying complication
is what shows maybe a weaker side to John, and his easily persuaded philosophies
and lack of resistance to things deep down he might disagree with. </span><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-15650572866768091072014-08-13T11:00:00.002-07:002014-08-29T20:31:04.504-07:00Sarah Ganzenmuller AP Lit Summer Blog Post #4<br />
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<b><i>Charming Billy: Blog 2</i></b> </div>
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Sarah Ganzenmuller</div>
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014</div>
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In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charming Billy</i>, Alice McDermott successfully manages to create
several well rounded, in depth characters. She uses many different technics to
display their character through actions, their own words, and what other people
say about them, their personality seems to come to life. Most of the men in the
story have glowing, warm personalities that consume you whole. There is Billy,
a fun loving, caring man, there is Dennis, loyal and compassionate, and then there
is Dennis’ dad, <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ebullient, loquacious
and generous. Yet the women are shed in a rather darker light, Dennis mom being
harshly realistic and materialistic, looking to her second marriage as a sound
investment, then there is Eva, Billy’s first true love, who kept the money he
worked hard for instead of using it to travel back to the states and see him.
Whether good or bad, all of these characters are blooming with some sort of
spirit or individuality, whether they ooze warmth or something colder they have
many moving parts, can be unpredictable, and looked at from many different
points of view. And then there is Maeve. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Maeve is constantly described as plain and boring. The lack of
personality she encompasses is almost frustrating. Yet she is terribly
misunderstood, and not given enough credit by those who surround her. The one
testimony to her character is her courage, “but the courage it took to look out
onto life from a face as plain as butter: pale, downy skin and bland blue eyes,
faded brown hair cut short as a nuns and dimmed with gray. Only a touch of
powder and of lipstick, only a wedding band and a small pearl ring for
adornment.” (McDermott 5) This simplicity is evidently by choice. If she wore
more red lipstick, kept her hair long, wore bolder jewelry her supposed
dullness would quickly be adverted. Yet flashy isn’t something Maeve aspired to
be. Attention was simply not something she craved. While the author describes
her features in a rather monotonous way, pale skin is beautiful, and brown hair
and blue eyes as well. Maeve didn’t believe she deserved to be beautiful, and I
also believe she didn’t believe she deserved to be truly loved. People say that
we accept the love we think we deserve, and this is exactly Maeve’s case. She
grew up with a drunken father, one who didn’t treat her as well as he should
have. She then married another drunkard, wonderful as he was, Billy was
inevitably broken, and Maeve knew it. But she was perfectly happy to love him
even if she didn’t necessarily receive the same type of love in return, because
this wasn’t something she was used to, it wasn’t something she thought
possible. She spent her life taking care and loving others, never expecting
anything in return.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Another thing the other characters failed to marvel at was her sheer determination.
After countless nights of dragging both her incoherent father and husband into
their beds, she remained balanced, stable. Even her determination to win Billy
over was something. She admitted to tossing her fathers shoes down an
incinerator more than once just to have an excuse to go to the shoe store and
see him. She even took a trip by herself, a true indication of her bravery, so
she could see Billy. Yet through all of the tragedy in Maeve’s life with her
mother dying, her father and then husband’s alcoholism she remains, on the
outside, unaffected. She keeps her emotions bottled up, barely crying at
Billy’s funeral. After the funeral at Maeve’s house Dennis takes the dog from a
walk, and his return causes quite a stir. Maeve mistakes Dennis for Billy
returning home, and finally she lets go of all of the emotions she grasped so
tightly, yet she is still described as stark. “Maeve shook her head, her hand
now on her heart. ‘I thought it was Billy,’ she said a third time. Even the bit
of lipstick shed worn earlier in the day was gone and her simple housecoat was
colorless, white and beige. She seemed as plain as a blank page.” (168)
Following this Maeve cries, and proceeds to throw up, soon launching into
stories about Billy. It seems extremely unfair to label Maeve as this plain
dull thing, when she expressed so much emotion. It gets me frustrated and
annoyed, and I sympathize for Maeve and how misunderstood she is. This is
exactly what McDermott wants. Strategically by overemphasizing Maeve’s
plainness she illuminates what makes her so special, and interesting. She makes
you feel for her in ways you may not have had she just given you Maeve’s true
description herself. And thankfully,
after a rather depressing book, it ends on a nice note. Dennis and Maeve soon realize that it was more than just their deep, unedifying love for Billy that
bound them together. It was right under our nose the whole time, Dennis
and Maeve’s compatibility shown during the many nights Dennis would help Maeve
lift Billy off the floor. Finally Maeve found a love that
could lift her up rather than drag her down. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>Charming Billy</i>: Blog 1</h3>
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Sarah Ganzenmuller</div>
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Swiftly and effortlessly within the first couple of pages of
<u>Charming Billy</u> Alice McDermott manages to grasp ahold of her readers by
both toying with their curiosity and taking full advantage of suspension. She
uses descriptive imagery and figurative language to eloquently describe the
scene of the funeral which unfolds before your eyes as a sort of mystery due to
the fact you are left in the dark for a considerable amount of time about who
it is who actually died, and how. Her purpose is to fully engage her readers
from the very first page, gaining their loyalty through her exquisite and
detailed descriptions yet tactfully leave them wanting more so they read on.
When she finally does give them something to hold on to, a name and a reason,
Billy, who died because he was an alcoholic, she still leaves room for further
explanation. This is necessary because rather than having the focal point of
the book be towards the middle, she puts the climax at the beginning and works
her way from there. She leaves you wanting to know more about Billy, his life,
and the reasons behind his alcohol addiction. Her technique is particularly
clear in the following quote on page 7, as the passage contributed immensely to
the readers desire to learn more. </div>
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“And if you loved him, we all knew, you pleaded with him at
some point. Or you drove him to AA, waited outside the church till the meeting
was over, and drove him home again. Or you advanced him whatever you could
afford so he could travel to Ireland to take the pledge. If you loved him, you
took his car keys away, took his incoherent phone calls after midnight. You
banished him from your house until he could show up sober. You saw the bloodied
scraps of flesh he coughed up into his drinks. If you loved him you told him at
some point that he was killing himself and felt the way his indifference ripped
through your affection.” </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>McDermott
also successfully appeals to your emotions here, in a couple of different ways.
By showing how people cared for Billy you in turn grow to care for him
yourself, because you cant help but to feel if others went through all this
trouble for him he must have been worth it. That is the very purpose of the
many small sentences of the different things people did for him placed
together. It has a lengthening effect making it seem like an extensive list,
successfully gaining the readers sympathy and appreciation. The gruesome detail
of the bloodied scraps of flesh Billy coughed up into his drinks also provides
as a shocking appeal to ones emotions, but in a different way. This the readers
would most likely find appalling, yet it gains sympathy for Billy once again.
The final sentence to the quote is a killer. “If you loved him you told him at
some point that he was killing himself and felt the way his indifference ripped
through your affection.” Now that McDermott has got you hooked on Billy,
convinced of his worthiness and wonderfulness, leaving you grieving over his
troubles you are suddenly hit with the little fact that Billy didn’t care if he
lived or died. This has the reader completely hooked, because now they need to
figure out why. Why did death not fear Billy? What horrible things happened to him
that allowed him to see death as a comfort rather than something to run from? These
are questions McDermott leaves you wondering. These are the questions that propel
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Motivations/Outcomes
of Hester Prynne and its meaning:</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">Though
I was at first tempted to examine and expose Roger Chillingworth's evil
characters motives, I realized no matter how in depth one would try to interpret his actions they would find nothing but a cold hearted soul thirsty for revenge. His
deformed body mirrors his distorted soul, and he is
quite blatantly the antagonist of the story. In contrast to
Chillingworth's consistently cruel character,</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> Hester embodies a whole
different characterization. Ones who's motives are not necessarily always
clear, one who cannot be defined in one way due to her persona being more
liquid than solid as she is constantly developing and changing throughout the
story. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times; line-height: 1.4;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hester is described in the first scaffold scene when at trial for
committing adultery as a young woman with a "figure of perfect elegance on
a large scale. She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the
sunshine with a gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from
regularity of feature and richness of complexion, has the impressiveness
belonging to a marked brow and deep black eyes”(Hawthorne 46). Those who knew
her previously who had expected and no doubt hoped out of jealousy to behold
her dimmed and obscured by her misfortunes were astonished to find how her
beauty shone out of the humiliation in which she was enveloped. Just in this
first scene, Hawthorne manages with physical appearance alone to prove Hester
different than most. She quite admirably accepts her fate and though ashamed of
her sin goes about her dishonor with a sense of pride and dignity. This is
verified when she refuses to announce who the perpetrator is, not revealing who
she slept with. Despite having nothing to lose and maybe even something to gain
from the unveiling of her fellow sinner, as he would prove company in exile,
she burdens herself with loneliness and the secret. </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> While
it takes a great deal of courage to bear this kind of exile alone, one might
also observe Hester’s refusal to expose Mr. Dimmesdale as an act of submissiveness.
As the book takes place in the seventeenth-century puritan Massachusetts when
women were considered inferior to men, it is very possible that Hester simply
felt while she owed the man who abandoned her the world, while she owed herself
nothing. I can’t help but to feel Hester should be infuriated with Mr.
Dimmesdale for leaving her to face her sin alone, yet she remains indifferent.
In fact, towards the end of the book she even flings herself at the minister’s
feet crying, ”Thou shalt forgive me! Let god punish! Thou shalt forgive!” (161)
This scene proves to be a shocking revelation to the reality of the situation.
Mr. Dimmesdale should have been begging for her forgiveness, yet she begs it of
him. This shows how weak she truly is despite the many years of humiliation,
which up until this point had convincingly seemed to make her stronger. Her
daughter Pearl is of a different nature. Wise beyond her years, and feeling no
inferiority to men or anybody for that matter, she refuses to embrace Mr.
Dimmesdale until he stands beside her and her mother. While she makes this
claim a literal one, it can be taken symbolically as her urging him to confess
his sin, and calling him out for not standing beside them sooner. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Pearl serves as a beacon of hope, and a light
for Hester throughout the story, giving Hester’s tragic life a purpose. Pearls
presence directly affects her mother, giving her the strength to carry on with
integrity and good nature. In time people forget the sin committed by Hester,
and instead they marvel at her many acts of goodwill. The A, standing for
Adulterer that is supposed to dishonor Hester soon looses its significance, and
even changes for some, “They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester
Prynne, with a women’s strength” (134). Pearls important role in her mother’s
determination to do good by others becomes apparent in her response to Mistress
Hibbins invitation to join a meeting of witches who praise the devil. Hester replied,
“ I must tarry home, and keep watch over my little Pearl. Had they taken her
from me, I would willingly have gone with thee into the forest, and signed my
name in the Black Man’s book too, and that with mine own blood!”(97) With these
words it becomes clear that Hesters motivation is solely her beautiful
daughter. Strangely enough, Hester never seems to worry too much about Gods
perception of her and though tainted by others judgments is not concerned with
impressing the townsfolk. She devotes her time to charity not for herself, not
for her reputation, but for Pearl. “Hesters nature showed itself warm and rich;
a well-spring of human tenderness, unfailing to every real demand, and
inexhaustible by the largest. Her breast, with its badge of shame, was but the
softer pillow for the head that needed one” (133). In the end it is speculated
that Pearl lived far from the town she grew up in with a husband and a happy
family. Giving Pearl the fairytale ending her mother only dreamt about, Hawthorne
makes two points. One is you are not defined by where you come from, even if it
is sin. The other being dedication pays off, as Hester’s little Pearl gets
everything she could have wanted for her and more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When
Hester grows old, she moves back to New England without Pearl. There she stays
until her death. Her ending is a much happier one than that of both Mr.
Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. Those characters tragic outcomes prove as a
warning given by Hawthorne to his readers. Revenge leaves you with nothing, and
secrets eat you alive. Though I am sure Hester wished her sin wasn’t discovered
at the time, this discovery is what ultimately saved her. While Hester claimed,
“always this dreadful agony in feeling a human eye upon the token; the spot
never grew callous; it seemed, on the contrary, to grow more sensitive with
daily torture”(72) this very symbol which inflicted so much pain, is what
subsequently saved her soul. Instead of Hester’s sin manifesting itself in deep
into her heart, as it did with Mr. Dimmesdale, poisoning him, she felt an
outward pain, something more bearable, one much less destructive. Having the
ability to prosper through her suffering, Hester becomes something of a legend
in the colony of Boston. Even those put into the worst of circumstances can
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<span style="text-align: center;"> </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The Scarlet Letter</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> written by Nathaniel
Hawthorne, though published in the 1850's, takes place in
seventeenth-century Puritan Massachusetts, and accurately depicts the morals of
New England's society during the time period. It is considered to be one of the
greatest American novels due to Hawthorne's exploration of such a
foreboding subject as Adultery while simultaneously offering a unique
style and language to exploit life during the century. Rather than concerning
himself with describing the actual sin committed by the main character Hester,
he focuses on the aftermath of it, conveying the intense emotions that arise
out of the degrading of Hester and her child born of sin, and exposing the
harsh and rigid views that allowed for such long-term unreasonable punishment.
Chillingworth, the husband Hester cheated on, quickly adapts into becoming the
embodiment of Puritan values. It is these very Puritan values which led the people
of this time to their own digression of morals in acts inhumane, yet supposedly
in the name of god, motivated by their own repressed sins of greed, lust, and
envy.</span></div>
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The setting is quickly established in the very
first sentence of the book. “A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments
and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and
other bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which
was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes” (Hawthorne 41).
This sets the stage for what is going to be a rather heavy and gloomy tale, one
that unforgivingly reveals the ugliest sides of human nature but more
specifically the social conditions and customs of New England in the
seventeenth century. Known as rather dark time in our history, many people
relied on religion to justify their actions. Their extreme beliefs often
hindered their quest for actually doing right by one another, and as the story
unravels this become extremely apparent. In one particular case the author
gives you a snippet of a group of women’s conversation over Hester’s
punishment, one exclaiming, “This woman has brought shame upon us all, and
ought to die. Is there no law for it? Truly there is, in both the scripture and
the statue-book” (45). Her belief that Hester should face the death sentence
clearly illustrates the extremity of the culture and its unhealthy relationship
with religion. They sanctioned their harsh actions by the will of god. Upon
arriving to town Chillingworth asks about Hester’s punishment and a commoner
replies, “Truly, friend, and methinks it must gladden your heart, after your
troubles and sojourn in the wilderness to find yourself, at length, in a land
where iniquity is searched out, and punished in the sight of rulers and people:
as here in our godly New England”(53). This makes it clear that they believe
punishing Hester is doing right by god, which is a crucial component to the
readers understanding of the book. It is not necessarily by their own will, but
rather they feel obligated to punish Hester severely under the eyes of the almighty.
Women’s rights were rather nonexistent at this given time, and more often than
not they were forced into marriages they weren’t necessarily happy with.
Understanding this proves vital as occasionally Hester feels a sort of sympathy
from some women she walks by. She senses that it is because they have committed
Adultry themselves, which is very likely given many were not in happy
marriages. Though Hester doesn’t have the excuse of a forced marriage, her
husband did not come see her in town for years, and it is mentioned briefly
that she made it clear to him their marriage wasn’t necessarily out of
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The customs and social conditions of the town
also reflect themselves in Pearl, Hester’s child. Even Hester, the mother of
Pearl who had most directly felt the wrongdoings of the townspeople and their
rigid beliefs didn’t go unaffected by religious oppression. She herself feels
guilt and the need to be punished even through her own daughter as she claims, “Pearl
was born a outcast of the infantile world. An imp of evil, emblem, and product
of sin, she had no right among christened infants” (77). It is despicable that
the towns people so vehemently insulted her to a point where she looks upon her
own daughter as a sort of monster incapable of being around other children. Yet
while this close affiliation with God during the time period is what brought
Hester misery, it also manages to help her at one point. The people of the town
once Pearl turned about three began to believe they should separate her and her
mother for both of their own good. Yet for once Hester manages to spin Gods
will in her favor, claiming that it was God who gave her the baby and therefore
the baby shouldn’t be taken from her she sways their mind. The minister upon hearing
her argument agrees saying, “This child of its father’s guilt and its mothers
shame hath come from the hand of God, to work in many ways upon her heart, who
pleads so earnestly, and with such bitterness of spirit, the right to keep her.
It was meant for a blessing; for the one blessing in her life!” (95) And just
like that she managed to use the time periods society which heavy relied on
religion and Gods word to her advantage, where before it hung shame heavily on
her shoulders.<o:p></o:p></div>
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From just the first half of <i>The Scarlet Letter </i>it is clear that setting includes much more than
just a time and place due to the social conditions and customs of Massachusetts
during the seventeenth-century thus far playing a huge role in the actions of
the characters in the story. Having knowledge of the prominence of religion in
civilian life, the lacking women rights, the impending witch trials and
frequent lynching contribute to the overall understanding behind each
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-49861796121238534592013-06-09T12:21:00.002-07:002013-06-09T12:23:30.622-07:00What it means to be an American<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_K4npBIduHg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-24661487607899744292013-06-06T08:51:00.000-07:002013-06-06T08:51:01.173-07:00Smithsonian Quest H20<a href="http://shout.smithsonianquests.org/badges/h2o-hero/?journey_id=7781" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="H2O Hero"><img alt="H2O Hero" class="avatar user-3-avatar" height="60" src="http://shout.smithsonianquests.org/files/2012/05/H2OHERO-60x60.png" width="60" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-70378316518989284622013-05-29T18:13:00.000-07:002013-05-29T18:13:05.963-07:00Class Summary <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">On Tuesday in class, we went to the computer lab. We answered questions about U.S. influence. After looking and interacting with a map we discovered that we sent in troops to other countries 9 times. Then we did a blog post on Latin America. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Today in class did a worksheet on whether the US was a good neighbor or an imperial power. After writing about different amendments and laws passed and the intentions behind them I came to the conclusion that we were more of an imperial power. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-85715005878304973792013-05-28T10:12:00.000-07:002013-05-28T10:12:38.300-07:00
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2. What do many of the Americans in Haiti think of Haitians, and how do they
(Americans) treat them (Haitians)?<br />
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The Americans believe that the Haitians are unfit to govern themselves. They
believe that the Haitians are both incapable of advancement, and steadily
retrograding into barbarism. The Americans dismiss the main contradiction to
this theory, Port-au-Prince, a well kept, beautiful little city; for they
believe they are responsible for making it so, not the Haitians. This is of
course not true, as the Haitian Government had paved the whole city. One white
American who conducts one of the biggest mercantile businesses in Haiti contradicted
his fellow American's beliefs claiming Haiti makes more soap per capita than
any country in the world. <br />
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Another thing believed about the Haitians is that they are congenitally and
habitually lazy. The truth is Haitians are not lazy at all, just primitive. Women
will walk eight miles with a bundle of produce on her head for as little as a
dollar, and though Americans see this as pointless they must not confuse it
with laziness. The Haitians are also accused of being ignorant and degraded.
All of these false beliefs stem from propaganda. The only accusation about the
Haitians that is slightly true is the ignorant, and that is simply because most
Haitians are illiterate. <br />
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During the five years of American occupation only three things were
advanced. The Improvement of the public hospital at Port-au-Prince; enforcement
of rules and modern sanitation; and the building of the great road from
Port-au-Prince to Cape Haitian. <br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-10730558392620736222013-05-23T11:07:00.001-07:002013-05-23T11:07:11.291-07:00Class SummaryYesterday in class we looked at Roosevelts corollary and picked out the key words. We broke it down section by section, writing a summary about each section, and then wrote it in our own words. We then discussed it during class. Today during class we went to the computer lab and then did our Smithsonian quests. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-75199253743237840572013-05-18T11:25:00.001-07:002013-05-18T11:25:32.840-07:00Class SummaryThursday in class following up on Yellow Journalism we did a fun activity where we had to come up with titles for different events. The object was to be the come up with the best and most intriguing news paper title for each thing (ex. 1980s, Alaska, ect.) Friday during class we talked about our favorite ones and what makes a good newspaper or news station.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-3147241151005392702013-05-14T17:26:00.003-07:002013-05-14T17:26:40.849-07:00Class SummaryYesterday and today in class we were given time to work on what we needed to work on in class, due to MCAS screwing everything up. It was really nice and I think we should do this in every class from here on out...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-46894593879199147292013-05-08T19:27:00.004-07:002013-05-08T19:27:29.472-07:00Class Summary<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">On Tuesday in class we did the fishbowl activity. The class was split up into a few groups and each from had a different perspective on the Trail of Tears. The groups were the Christian missionaries, the Cherokee, Congress, and Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson in real life, despite everyone disagreeing with him, pushed the Indians out west. His unconstitutional act went unpunished. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Today in class we read a primary and secondary source regarding the chief Red Cloud, and then answered questions. At the end of class we discussed them. </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-86228253459064981532013-05-03T11:04:00.000-07:002013-05-03T11:04:05.254-07:00Class Summary Yesterday in class we read the poem, "A White Mans Burden" and talked about the different interpretations different people had of it. Some people said it supported imperialism while others said the opposite. We then read poems that were made in response to it, such as "A Poor Mans Burden" and "A Black Mans Burden". Today during class we went to the computer lab. I made a Smithsonian account and started trying to achieve a badge. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-65542883997403849982013-04-27T09:19:00.005-07:002013-04-27T09:19:54.768-07:00Class Summary 4/22/13 - 4/24/13This week I was away in France so I was not in classAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-14937493548839448982013-04-10T17:03:00.001-07:002013-04-10T17:03:57.191-07:00Erie Canal<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe the Erie Canal generally had a positive impact on our country. Geographically the canal made travel west quicker, easier, and more affordable. The small problems with the canal Geographically such a pollution were not that big of a deal considering all of the good it brought Economically and Socially. Economically and Socially it created jobs, and the more employed people the better off the country is. Also a lot of businesses grew because of the Canal. It also made trading thrive since transportation of goods was much more accessible. As you can see all of the positive outcomes the Erie Canal had made up for the little negative ones such as pollution and diseases. </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-34243783545932937172013-04-02T18:59:00.001-07:002013-04-02T18:59:54.375-07:00Takeaway 4/2Today during class we each made a speech to prove that the event we chose lead to the war of 1812. After everyone presented their speech I though first thinking the Orders of Council was the real cause, I changed my mind to the Chesapeak Affair. This is because Britain shot at American ships, picking a fight. This was impressment in itself, as they tried to kidnap the sailors, and it violated Britain soverty. They didn't have permission to do this, and it was completely uncalled for. You would think other countries would know not to mess with Americans by now.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-39786402468731417122013-04-01T10:09:00.002-07:002013-04-01T10:09:39.250-07:00Diary of the Corps Discovery <iframe src="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bqrEjbSKt2evGgePwlvruDukyCan4PtzBQZM9LKI_To/pub?embedded=true"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-83400426193801935842013-03-28T15:53:00.003-07:002013-03-28T15:53:53.086-07:00Class Summary 3/27/13 - 3/28/13The past two days we have been working on our myebooks in the library. Although last night I was about ready to smash my computer into a million pieces because of that stupid website, today with the help of Mr. Boyle I got squared away. Despite getting it figured out I still hate computers especially the schools. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-42651833676492612682013-03-28T10:41:00.001-07:002013-03-28T10:41:31.681-07:00embedded myebook<a href="http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=203090" target="blank"><img src="http://www.myebook.com/assets/frontend_file/embed_image/ebook_id/203090.png" border="0" alt="Myebook - The Littlest Things Can Make a Difference - click here to open my ebook" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-70738928591886947422013-03-28T09:20:00.004-07:002013-03-28T09:20:26.294-07:00Myebook<a href="http://www.myebook.com/ebook_viewer.php?ebookId=203090">http://www.myebook.com/ebook_viewer.php?ebookId=203090</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-86706976257464607392013-03-19T17:01:00.000-07:002013-03-24T17:01:33.765-07:00Class Summary 3/18/13 - 3/19/13<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">On Monday in class, we finished getting information and answering questions from the document our group was given. Everybody read a document on Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X. Then everybody split up and we shared the information we had. On Tuesday we had snow.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02920481983459743136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414337142590950691.post-44219917869107433672013-03-17T12:20:00.001-07:002013-03-17T12:20:30.425-07:00Desktop Documentary <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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