Blog – What do you think of Wrights action during the election?
I greatly admire his actions during the election, I don’t know how much difference they will make but I do admire the attempt, and perhaps someone will notice. Perhaps someone will realize that things aren’t right or equal for all. It was just one person writing this and trying to stand up and point out the corruption, and perhaps it won’t work but perhaps it will, because it really only takes one spark to start a change.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Chapter 17-18
• Blog – Can one voice move a crowd to action?
I think that one voice can move a crowd. All you really need is a spark or in other words one person to spark their idea in the minds of others and it will continue to spread, until that idea of one person is in many people and they are passing it to others. This change could be quick or it could take a while, it may last or eventually die out but the point is, is that yes one person can make a change.
I think that one voice can move a crowd. All you really need is a spark or in other words one person to spark their idea in the minds of others and it will continue to spread, until that idea of one person is in many people and they are passing it to others. This change could be quick or it could take a while, it may last or eventually die out but the point is, is that yes one person can make a change.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Chapter 12-14
Blog – explain the last paragraph of chapter 14, explain the terror
The terror richard is refering to is the cultural problem in the south. There is an obvious predjudice and discrimination toward the blacks from the whites, but thats not what bothers Richard, what bothers him is that no one does anything about it. Many of the African american population continue to lower themselves just to make a little extra. Example Shorty letting the white man kick him for a quarter, and Harrison who wanted to fight for $5. Rather than keeping their pride they play into how the whites think they should be and thats what disturbes Richard because he feels with that kind of behavior/attitude, they will never achieve equality.
The terror richard is refering to is the cultural problem in the south. There is an obvious predjudice and discrimination toward the blacks from the whites, but thats not what bothers Richard, what bothers him is that no one does anything about it. Many of the African american population continue to lower themselves just to make a little extra. Example Shorty letting the white man kick him for a quarter, and Harrison who wanted to fight for $5. Rather than keeping their pride they play into how the whites think they should be and thats what disturbes Richard because he feels with that kind of behavior/attitude, they will never achieve equality.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Chapter 10-11
Blog – Is subservience a necessary part of living?
In a sense, yes subservience is a necessary part of living, it just needs to be applied to the right aspects of life. Like you really should probably be subservient to your parents, teachers and some other athorative figures to an extent. You should listen to them but you also need to use some of your better judgement to asses weather what they're asking you is alright to do and what not. There are also times when subservience is not necessary and thats in cases when what your being asked to do is wrong and with people you don't really know or those who really don't have that much say in your life. But yes to an extent i think subservience is a necessary part of living.
In a sense, yes subservience is a necessary part of living, it just needs to be applied to the right aspects of life. Like you really should probably be subservient to your parents, teachers and some other athorative figures to an extent. You should listen to them but you also need to use some of your better judgement to asses weather what they're asking you is alright to do and what not. There are also times when subservience is not necessary and thats in cases when what your being asked to do is wrong and with people you don't really know or those who really don't have that much say in your life. But yes to an extent i think subservience is a necessary part of living.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Chapter 9
Blog – What does Griggs mean by ‘learn how to live in the south’?
Griggs is reffering to the social codes of the south. He’s basically telling Richard that this is how things are in the South and if you want to fit in/live you’ll have to follow these social codes that are basically set up by race. He’s saying that whites like to be in charge and in the south if you’re black than that automatically makes you inferior, and there is nothing you can do about it, except submit to the whites cause that’s what they want.
Griggs is reffering to the social codes of the south. He’s basically telling Richard that this is how things are in the South and if you want to fit in/live you’ll have to follow these social codes that are basically set up by race. He’s saying that whites like to be in charge and in the south if you’re black than that automatically makes you inferior, and there is nothing you can do about it, except submit to the whites cause that’s what they want.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Chapter 7-8
Blog – Is Wright justified in refusing to say the speech?
I do feel in some ways that Wright was justified in refusing to say the speech. They asked him to write a speech and he did so therefore it wasn’t right of them to tell him he couldn’t read his own. If the didn’t want him to read his own then they shouldn’t of had him write one. Now if they had handed out the speeches to the students and they didn’t have them write there own then Wright really wouldn’t have been justified in saying his own.
I do feel in some ways that Wright was justified in refusing to say the speech. They asked him to write a speech and he did so therefore it wasn’t right of them to tell him he couldn’t read his own. If the didn’t want him to read his own then they shouldn’t of had him write one. Now if they had handed out the speeches to the students and they didn’t have them write there own then Wright really wouldn’t have been justified in saying his own.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Chapter 6
Why is Wright so angry with his Uncle Tom?
Wright is angry with Uncle Tom because Uncle Tom decides that Wright needs to be taught a lesson and this upsets Wright because Uncle Tom is like a stranger to Wright. He has had no part in his life. Uncle Tom didn’t raise him, Uncle Tom had no idea what he had been through so what gives him any right to beat him. That is basically what Richard thinks and I think just about anyone would feel that way, is some strange relative decided to beat them.
Wright is angry with Uncle Tom because Uncle Tom decides that Wright needs to be taught a lesson and this upsets Wright because Uncle Tom is like a stranger to Wright. He has had no part in his life. Uncle Tom didn’t raise him, Uncle Tom had no idea what he had been through so what gives him any right to beat him. That is basically what Richard thinks and I think just about anyone would feel that way, is some strange relative decided to beat them.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Chapter 4-5
Why does Wright feel gratified after sharing his writing?
I think that Wright felt a sense of satisfaction that in a way by writing he created this little world of which the woman he read to could not grasp. As stated in the book “Her inability to grasp what I had done or was trying to do somehow gratified me.” I also feel that he probably felt a sense of accomplishment for having been able to write something, especially when I’m sure there were some who did not believe him to be capable even though many did know him to be very bright. But all the same I’m sure he felt gratification in having written something and then being able to share it with someone.
I think that Wright felt a sense of satisfaction that in a way by writing he created this little world of which the woman he read to could not grasp. As stated in the book “Her inability to grasp what I had done or was trying to do somehow gratified me.” I also feel that he probably felt a sense of accomplishment for having been able to write something, especially when I’m sure there were some who did not believe him to be capable even though many did know him to be very bright. But all the same I’m sure he felt gratification in having written something and then being able to share it with someone.
Chapter 3
Explain Wright’s response to his mother’s paralysis.
Wright’s first response to his mother’s paralysis is shock, which is natural, but he didn’t at first grasp the concept that it was his mother supporting him and his brother and that without her they would have nothing. He then had to work to try and support them. This shows Wright becoming more mature and responsible even though he is still only a child. After her relapse however, he developed a more pessimistic view towards the world.
Wright’s first response to his mother’s paralysis is shock, which is natural, but he didn’t at first grasp the concept that it was his mother supporting him and his brother and that without her they would have nothing. He then had to work to try and support them. This shows Wright becoming more mature and responsible even though he is still only a child. After her relapse however, he developed a more pessimistic view towards the world.
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