Blogger Evaluation

My favorite blog was the having our say blog because I enjoy expressing my opinions and the great gatsby blog was my least favorite because I do not know any 1920s music and had to look hard for good ones. I put effort into writing the blogs I liked, but I did the minimum for those that I didn't because I just wanted to get them over with. No I don't feel like I learned anything from my blogs because they were normally just opinions on things we already knew about. I will be closing my blog at the end of the semester because I didn't feel that it was an overall enjoyable experience. I feel that it could be optional for extra credit but requiring it is not the best way to approach having a blog.

Favorite Stories:
1) All quiet along the western front
2) Moby Dick
3) Owl Creek Bridge

Great Gatsby Music

"The Charleston" by James P. Johnson
I would use this song because it symbolizes the parties that gatsby through all the time.

"It had to be you" by Isham Jones
I would put this song in the playlist because it symbolizes gatsby's love for Daisy and the fact he wanted her more than anything.

"keep on the sunny side" by the carter family
I feel this is a good representation of Gatsby's dedication in gaining Daisey back because he always had to stay positive and hope she would meet him again some day.

Stephen Crane

Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.
Because the lover threw wild hands toward the sky
And the affrighted steed ran on alone,
Do not weep.
War is kind.

Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment,
Little souls who thirst for fight,
These men were born to drill and die.
The unexplained glory flies above them,
Great is the Battle-God, great, and his Kingdom -
A field wher a thousand corpses lie.

Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.
Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches,
Raged at his breast, gulped and died,
Do not weep.
War is kind.

Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.

Mother whose heart hung humble as a button
On the bright splendid shroud of your son,
Do not weep.
War is kind.

I thought this poem was a very skewed view of war and what it is all about. The poem is titled "do not weep maiden for war is kind," but throughout the entire poem Stephen Crane is making war sound like the worst thing in the world. I do agree that war is an evil thing, but it is a neccesary evil. Men fight in wars to fight for their country because they feel that their country and families are worth fighting for not because they want to go out to battle and die. Overall, I do not like this poem at all...

Mark Twain's Wit

Buy land, they're not making it anymore."    -Mark Twain

I like this quote because i believe he is right. If, or more accuracly when, the world goes into turmoil or another complete depression land would become the only thing of value besides physical property. You can only grow food or raise animals on actual land.

Civil Rights Movement

http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=723

The "Little Rock Nine" were nine students who stood up for their rights by making the first steps in desegregating the schools in Arkansas. There were laws passed that forced the Little Rock High School and all schools to allow all races to become a part, but the Governor mobilized the national guard to stop them. The president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, responded by deploying the army and forcing the girls to be let in. This was a monumental day because it was a big step in the stopping of the injustice that took place against the African Americans in the school systems. This could be similar to Coming of Age in Mississippi because they also were trying to get desegregation implemented.

A Walk Through Harlem

Bessie's Dentist office was located at 2305 Seventh Avenue. I'm not sure where the apartment was, but I believe that it was located near the dentist's office.

There were a lot of very interesting places on the website. One thing I noticed was that there were a lot of very important churches which I find interesting because Bessie and Sadie were very strong Christians and they went to church every Sunday because they had grown up with their father who was a pastor. Another important place is Sugar Hills because in the book the Delany sisters talked with W.E.B. Du Bois at several occasions and that was where he lived. Speaker's corner can also be considered very important because Bessie felt it was necessary for her to stand up for her beliefs and the rights she deserved. Overall Harlem was very important to the Delany sisters.

Black Rights Movement

The picture on the left is an example of a black rights movement in Harlem. While Sadie was always a good person that accepted whatever was going on, Bessie was willing to go out and fight for what she thought was right. Bessie went to black right movements because she knew that all people, no matter their color, deserve to be treated the same. Through out the entire book there are several occasions where the sisters talk about the movements that took place in Harlem.