Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
-Pastor in AL
-Civil Rights activists voted king as leader
-"I have a dream" speech in 1963
-Worked for Civil Rights Act
-Congressed passed Civil Rights in 1964
-King received Nobel Peace Prize
-Killed by assassins bullet April 4th 1968 in Memphis, Tenn
Malcolm X 1925-1965
-Was in prison 1946-1952 for burgulary
-Converted to Muslim- "Black Muslim"
-Believed in black separatism
-Took name "X" as lost African name
-Rivarly between X and Nation of Islam because of X's disagreement w Elijah Muhammad
-Started his own organization for all races to Muslims
-Feb 21, 1965 he was shot by his own group as he spoke at a rally in Harlem.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Protect Ourselves Transcript of 1964 Tv Interview with Malcom X
-X believes in talking face to face rather than doing something constructive for the benefit of the people
-X also believes Negros should be allowed to have guns for protection
-X questions if government and FBI respects Negors
-Also believes Negros should form vigilanted committees for protection of lives and community
-X also believes Negros should be allowed to have guns for protection
-X questions if government and FBI respects Negors
-Also believes Negros should form vigilanted committees for protection of lives and community
Stride Toward Freedom Non-Fiction by Martin Luther King Jr.
-life of opressed; they adjusted by being silent
-to accept passively is unjust
-religion reminds everyone of their rights; moral
-can adjust by being viloent
-violence to acheive racial justice is impratical and immoral(emphasises hate rather than love); seeks humiliate oppent rather than win his understanding
-violence ends by defeating itself; creates bitterness
-or to adjust, nonviolent resistance; reconsive truth of two opposites
-W/nonviolence resistance, no individual or group need submit to any wrong, nor resort to violence in order to right and wrong
-not black vs. white but justic vs. injustice
-to accept passively is unjust
-religion reminds everyone of their rights; moral
-can adjust by being viloent
-violence to acheive racial justice is impratical and immoral(emphasises hate rather than love); seeks humiliate oppent rather than win his understanding
-violence ends by defeating itself; creates bitterness
-or to adjust, nonviolent resistance; reconsive truth of two opposites
-W/nonviolence resistance, no individual or group need submit to any wrong, nor resort to violence in order to right and wrong
-not black vs. white but justic vs. injustice
Ballad of Birmingham Poem by Dudley Randall
Ballad-narrative poem that was orginally meant to be sung
The poem was about a mother letting her daughter go to church. She hears her explosing and fids her daughters shoe. Robert Chambliss blew up the Street Baptist Church killing four girls.
The poem was about a mother letting her daughter go to church. She hears her explosing and fids her daughters shoe. Robert Chambliss blew up the Street Baptist Church killing four girls.
Coming of Age in Mississippi autobiography by Anne Moody
-1963 she was with the NAACP
-She was asked to be on a sitin at Woolwroth's.
-2 other people were with her.
-As they sat ther epeople left and news crews came.
-White people came in and chant anti-Negro slurs
-Make nooses and attempt to put them around their necks
-When they started to pray all hell broke loose.
-They were slapped and push to the ground
-Memphis was arrested, but the two girls stayed.
-One man came to sit with them and he was white
-As they were being haresses more Lois Chaffee joined them. Two whites, and two negros all women.
-Food was thrown all them.
0John Salter came, but got a jaw wound
-Geroge Raymond and a student was joined also.
-The police would not escort them out.
-Anne went to get her hair done and the hairdresses let her cut in front of everyone
-That night there was a rally about the whole day. there was appaluded and talked about how this is just a beginning.
-She was asked to be on a sitin at Woolwroth's.
-2 other people were with her.
-As they sat ther epeople left and news crews came.
-White people came in and chant anti-Negro slurs
-Make nooses and attempt to put them around their necks
-When they started to pray all hell broke loose.
-They were slapped and push to the ground
-Memphis was arrested, but the two girls stayed.
-One man came to sit with them and he was white
-As they were being haresses more Lois Chaffee joined them. Two whites, and two negros all women.
-Food was thrown all them.
0John Salter came, but got a jaw wound
-Geroge Raymond and a student was joined also.
-The police would not escort them out.
-Anne went to get her hair done and the hairdresses let her cut in front of everyone
-That night there was a rally about the whole day. there was appaluded and talked about how this is just a beginning.
The Gettysburg Address speech by Abraham Lincoln
-Gettysburg was the turning point for the civil war.
-the confederate army need shoes. they had to go to Gettysburg, Penn to get them.
-They came upon the Union Army
-they fought for three days july 1 to the 3 1863
-union won but many died
-28,000 for donfederate 23,000 for union
-nov 19 1863 lincoln give this speech
repition-recurrance of words, phrases or lines
-the confederate army need shoes. they had to go to Gettysburg, Penn to get them.
-They came upon the Union Army
-they fought for three days july 1 to the 3 1863
-union won but many died
-28,000 for donfederate 23,000 for union
-nov 19 1863 lincoln give this speech
repition-recurrance of words, phrases or lines
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave by Frederick Douglas
Style-not what said, but how it is aid. Style can be describe as formal or conversational, concise or elebroate, objective or subjectie. (figurative language, tone sentence length)
-he talks about his mater Mr. Covey
-He got sold by his master to be mr. covery for one year.
-first six months with him were hell
-one day he gets really sick while working and falls to the gournd
-mr. covey tells him to get up, but he can't
-he thens proceeds to beat him and hims him bleed form the head.
-he runs away goig to his old master
-he tells him of what covey is doing, but doesn't believe him
-while walking back the next day he meets this guy that takes him to go see his gf
-she tell shim to keep a root on his right side and it will protect him
-he goes sat morning and when he gets there covey sees him and runs after him
-he gets away and hides in the corn for the day
-the next day as he is doing horse chores covey comes up ready to whip him
=he doesn't let him and starts to fight him.
-he calls to Hughes, but fred drops kicks him and bill doesn't help either
-they go at if for two hours. finally covey gives up
-he was a slave for four more years but he was never beaten again.
-he talks about his mater Mr. Covey
-He got sold by his master to be mr. covery for one year.
-first six months with him were hell
-one day he gets really sick while working and falls to the gournd
-mr. covey tells him to get up, but he can't
-he thens proceeds to beat him and hims him bleed form the head.
-he runs away goig to his old master
-he tells him of what covey is doing, but doesn't believe him
-while walking back the next day he meets this guy that takes him to go see his gf
-she tell shim to keep a root on his right side and it will protect him
-he goes sat morning and when he gets there covey sees him and runs after him
-he gets away and hides in the corn for the day
-the next day as he is doing horse chores covey comes up ready to whip him
=he doesn't let him and starts to fight him.
-he calls to Hughes, but fred drops kicks him and bill doesn't help either
-they go at if for two hours. finally covey gives up
-he was a slave for four more years but he was never beaten again.
A Murder, Mystery and a Marriage by Mark Twain
Chapter one-
-John Grey; farmer 55
-Derrick, Missouri
-600-700 people. Small town
-Rev John Hurly
-As much as Grey works he can't get head; bitter
-Mary Grey; daughter and Hugh Greory are in love
-Hugh is well off
-Tom Grey; brother
-Dave hates Hugh becasue of Hugh stooping Dave from taking Hugh's dad's farm.
Chapter two-
-Rev comes over and tells them that Dave left everyting to Mary
-John tells Mary that she can't marry Hugh and storms off
-John walks out and finds this man laying in the snow. The guy talks different language.
-John takes him back where he is sick with a fever.
Chapter three-
Mr. George Wayne; stranger; very rich; and a frenchman
-His father is a lord and he's a count
-He left because he got in a fight with his dad. He wasn't going to marry anybody that he wasn't in for love. So he has to stay away for two years. He is real name is Count Hubert dee Fountingblow
Chapter four-
-The count goes and talks to Dave. Dave gets called out and he starts to snoop around.
-Hugh and Marry talk and she starts to cry.
-She relizes that she loves Count
Chapter five-
Hugh and Dave get into a fight
-Dave threatens him
Chapter six-
Count was at Greys house when they find out Dave has died. Hugh is in custody.
-The knife was in his bed, blood on his pants, fighiting in public, fathers debt , piece of clothing missing.
-Count and Mary get married. Doesn't get married to Hugh. They get marries on the 29th of June; same day as the hanging of Hugh.
Chapter seven-
-Mary loves Hugh
-People are upset about Hugh's hanging
-The keep waiting for his innocent to be proclaimed, but it never happens and the wedding goes on
-Poice inter and find out that hugh isn't guilty. Mary runs into Hugh's arms
-They take away the Count away. He had an acomplice
-John tells them to get married. Counts friend who had helped him spilled the beans because he felt guilty.
Chapter eight-
-Jean Mercier is the real count
-Self taught
-Met a man named Verned. Who would tweak counts stores from his trvaels and make them magnificent
-Verne was a fraud-used him for stories, verne paid him.
-Verne fourced count to have muderous thoughts. He wanted both to get hurt. One story verne and count are in a ballon and count pushes him out. count floats to johns pasture and ends up there
-he tells the story about the whole mary thing
-talks about how Verne will die in hell
-John Grey; farmer 55
-Derrick, Missouri
-600-700 people. Small town
-Rev John Hurly
-As much as Grey works he can't get head; bitter
-Mary Grey; daughter and Hugh Greory are in love
-Hugh is well off
-Tom Grey; brother
-Dave hates Hugh becasue of Hugh stooping Dave from taking Hugh's dad's farm.
Chapter two-
-Rev comes over and tells them that Dave left everyting to Mary
-John tells Mary that she can't marry Hugh and storms off
-John walks out and finds this man laying in the snow. The guy talks different language.
-John takes him back where he is sick with a fever.
Chapter three-
Mr. George Wayne; stranger; very rich; and a frenchman
-His father is a lord and he's a count
-He left because he got in a fight with his dad. He wasn't going to marry anybody that he wasn't in for love. So he has to stay away for two years. He is real name is Count Hubert dee Fountingblow
Chapter four-
-The count goes and talks to Dave. Dave gets called out and he starts to snoop around.
-Hugh and Marry talk and she starts to cry.
-She relizes that she loves Count
Chapter five-
Hugh and Dave get into a fight
-Dave threatens him
Chapter six-
Count was at Greys house when they find out Dave has died. Hugh is in custody.
-The knife was in his bed, blood on his pants, fighiting in public, fathers debt , piece of clothing missing.
-Count and Mary get married. Doesn't get married to Hugh. They get marries on the 29th of June; same day as the hanging of Hugh.
Chapter seven-
-Mary loves Hugh
-People are upset about Hugh's hanging
-The keep waiting for his innocent to be proclaimed, but it never happens and the wedding goes on
-Poice inter and find out that hugh isn't guilty. Mary runs into Hugh's arms
-They take away the Count away. He had an acomplice
-John tells them to get married. Counts friend who had helped him spilled the beans because he felt guilty.
Chapter eight-
-Jean Mercier is the real count
-Self taught
-Met a man named Verned. Who would tweak counts stores from his trvaels and make them magnificent
-Verne was a fraud-used him for stories, verne paid him.
-Verne fourced count to have muderous thoughts. He wanted both to get hurt. One story verne and count are in a ballon and count pushes him out. count floats to johns pasture and ends up there
-he tells the story about the whole mary thing
-talks about how Verne will die in hell
Monday, November 9, 2009
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence has four main parts:
* a preamble, or foreword, that announces the reason for the document
* a declaration of people's natural rights and relationship to government
* a long list of complaints against George III, the British king
* a conclusion that formally states America's independence
Helpful definitions:
unalienable: that may not be taken away
despotism: absolute power or control; tyranny
transient: passing away with time
usurpations: acts of wrongfully taking over a right or power that belongs to someone else
conjured: appealed to
consanguinity: blood relationship
acquiesce in the necessity which denounces: recognize that we must demand
parallelism: the use of similar grammatical forms to express ideas of equal importance
insurrections: an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government
The list of complaints begins with "He..."
1. Why do they repeat it?
To make it important. To have people think and realize that it's important
2. Why do they make it personal?
To single one man out. Because of him and the problems they made this document
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
They wrote it so parts of it would stand out. Like the "he". All those problems that King of Great Britain made so that people would see how bad he was.
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
parallelism: when a writer uses similar grammatical forms or sentence patterns to express ideas of equal importance.
5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? Why? 0.
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
That after all that has been gone through they finally took a stand and deciede to not put up with it anymore.
* a preamble, or foreword, that announces the reason for the document
* a declaration of people's natural rights and relationship to government
* a long list of complaints against George III, the British king
* a conclusion that formally states America's independence
Helpful definitions:
unalienable: that may not be taken away
despotism: absolute power or control; tyranny
transient: passing away with time
usurpations: acts of wrongfully taking over a right or power that belongs to someone else
conjured: appealed to
consanguinity: blood relationship
acquiesce in the necessity which denounces: recognize that we must demand
parallelism: the use of similar grammatical forms to express ideas of equal importance
insurrections: an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government
The list of complaints begins with "He..."
1. Why do they repeat it?
To make it important. To have people think and realize that it's important
2. Why do they make it personal?
To single one man out. Because of him and the problems they made this document
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
They wrote it so parts of it would stand out. Like the "he". All those problems that King of Great Britain made so that people would see how bad he was.
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
parallelism: when a writer uses similar grammatical forms or sentence patterns to express ideas of equal importance.
5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? Why? 0.
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
That after all that has been gone through they finally took a stand and deciede to not put up with it anymore.
Monday, November 2, 2009
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
-Unity of Effect
single overall feeling
-Exploring the strange and fantastic, conveying psychological terror through carefully chosen details and events.
-Mood
feeling or atmosphere by their words two each
-Setting-Imagery and figurative language
-Chosen words and pharases
-observes and participates
-A man rides the House of Usher on a horse.
-He goes there because he used to be friends with Roderick Usher.
-Usher is very sick. Mental and physical.
-Rod was always quiet, and didn't say much
-House features gothic archecticture
-Future scares Rod
-Rod's sister Madeline passed away, she was all he had
-She had disease. She would go into coma like stages and just be dead
-Rod and the man morned over her death by poening her coffin and rod said goodbye to her
-Soon after that, Rod becomes sick.
-The man watches as Rod goes crazy, thinking his sister has awakened from the tomb.
-Rod and the man saw Madeline's ghost in the hall.
-Blood on her white robe, she fell in to Rob so they become one and killed him.
-He burys his sister alive to end the curse.
-The family tree is just one branch. Incest
-He can hear her scratching and comping up the stairs etc.
-He has very strong senses that hurt him. Voice, smell etc.
-The house dies with them to end the curse.
single overall feeling
-Exploring the strange and fantastic, conveying psychological terror through carefully chosen details and events.
-Mood
feeling or atmosphere by their words two each
-Setting-Imagery and figurative language
-Chosen words and pharases
-observes and participates
-A man rides the House of Usher on a horse.
-He goes there because he used to be friends with Roderick Usher.
-Usher is very sick. Mental and physical.
-Rod was always quiet, and didn't say much
-House features gothic archecticture
-Future scares Rod
-Rod's sister Madeline passed away, she was all he had
-She had disease. She would go into coma like stages and just be dead
-Rod and the man morned over her death by poening her coffin and rod said goodbye to her
-Soon after that, Rod becomes sick.
-The man watches as Rod goes crazy, thinking his sister has awakened from the tomb.
-Rod and the man saw Madeline's ghost in the hall.
-Blood on her white robe, she fell in to Rob so they become one and killed him.
-He burys his sister alive to end the curse.
-The family tree is just one branch. Incest
-He can hear her scratching and comping up the stairs etc.
-He has very strong senses that hurt him. Voice, smell etc.
-The house dies with them to end the curse.
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