Post 11/28/10

1. As many slaves on this specific southern plantation struggled through there lives, many believed there was no other hope for them. However there was some hope in there lives, and this hope came in the form Night John. In the chapters of night john that we read in class, we learned about how life was for many slaves on a southern plantation. We learned about all the whippings, poor eating and living conditions and the slaves attempts to make the most  out of there living conditions. We also learned of a man named John, who intentionally returned to slavery to teach people how to read. The chapters read in class from this novel truly show courage, heart and drive in their best forms.

2. Mascot was a biography of Malcom X before he became a large civil rights activist and leader. In the biography, Malcom is constantly faced with he adversity of racial prejudice and rarely is treated as an equal. At one point in the story, a professor of his even tells him that he could never realistically become a lawyer(his dream) because he is a Negro. Malcom even faced adversity among his own race as he tried to follow in his brothers footsteps who was a boxer. It seemed that all through his life Maclom X faced some kind of terrible adversity.

3. The Great Debaters had many things in common and many things different from the two other stories read in class. For the subjects in common, there were aspects. First of all would be the racial prejudice the debate team faced everywhere they went. Another common factor would be where the stories took place. All stories took place in the southern part of the united states and in the ealry 1900's to the late 1800's. A final common aspect they had would be how all groups succesfully over came adversity. However there were also many contrasts between the three stories. the obvious ones would be the ways in which the characters faced adversity. In night john, it was slavery, mascot portrayed discrimination and the Great Debaters showed an extreme underdog story. Another contrast would be  the way they overcame adversity. These three stories all showed similar subjects about civil rights and prejudice but they still had many unique differences between them.

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11/21/10

alright its time to blog again.........Well i think what we are doing in class is pretty interesting except for the fact that the majority of people think that a racial stereotype is the same as an example of there right being taken away. However, i really am enjoying the movie we are watching and it makes me realize that hardships that many african americans had to go through in the past and present. I was surprised to see the prejudice against them even though they were some of the most intelligent individuals in the state at the time. I would like to think that people of any race do not face this kind of racial prejudice in our current society.

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11/14/10

And its blog time.  This week in class we watched 12 angry men and personally i thought it was one of the most boring movies i have ever seen, but what could anyone expect from a movie about 12 dudes sitting in a room about 8 hours. Well after school on friday i was so happy that the weekend started. I had a lot of fun this weekend and i really am not looking forward to another 5 day week at school. I am just happy i remebered to write this blog in the first place, i really think we should stop writing these things because i am starting to become very redundant in every single one that i am writing(if my posts are even being read). Well thats all i have to say for now.......boy i cannot wait to write the same thing again next sunday.

11/7/10

Finally getting around to doing this blog. I have to admit i forgot all about it due to the paper and thats why i think we should have a REMINDER ABOUT DOING THE BLOG in class, it would make things a lot easier. Well anyways this week just wasnt the week for gahanna. First we lost the vote for the levy(good job on that one community) and then we lost the soccer game. It seems like nothing has been going well for the school latley but thats just my opinion. Im just happy i got finished with this stupid blog.