Wavy J (jalyn) x Lang Lit

  My title reference joke : ) First thing noticeable about  his journal that it is written in cursive. During that time cursive was much more valued than it is now (not sure why).  The writing "two platforms" had a very symbolic meaning. This almost represents the people that were pro-slavery and were against it but describing them as "platforms". The word platform could mean that a person is standing on an object above the rest of the objects in the room. Or that the platform is the way a person reveals their stance on certain subjects (not sure where I was going with this one). "I shall see the crash" could mean a lot. It could mean the crash of the flawed government system. The crash could represent how opposing view points on slavery or other relevant topics during this time fight so much over what they believe that it causes violence.  "And you" is symbolic in a way that Whitman spends a lot of time creating poems that are open ended o...

The American Dream is a false hope. What it used to be and what it is now is now is different. The "American  Dream" used to be a more white American thing. And it still might be. It used to be about having the most money and all that good stuff but most of America is living middle class.The American dream can still be having a beautiful house and a nice car or family. A true American dream is low unemployment. Having low numbers in terms of homelessness. Allowing lgbtq equal rights. Allowing the African-American and Latina community equal opportunity instead of oppressing them. Allowing cultural and religious diversity. Embracing what makes the world unique. Wealth to me is making 70k or more. And to richer people that's low but to me that's more than what I have now. It's enough to make sure my moms straight and its enough to give back to my community ya know? *shrugs* America is about greed. It was created on greed. When you become more greedy then you bec...

This is the one blog post I should've done but I have too much to do. Love you Genesky. -Freebie  

No intro for this blog post... wish i had a freebie..... #1: Translation 1 places emphasis on the imagery of the uneasy dream that Samsa had. The use of the word giant also adds emphasis to this imagery. In the translation it says "to find himself" which suggest that Samsa was unaware of this change in physical appearance. The arrangement of the sentence in my opinion draws my attention directly to the dream. #2: Translation 2 is not nearly as effective in putting emphasis in the physical transformation of Samsa . "He found he had been transformed in his bed into an enormous bug." The first half of this sentence is ridiculous. Where else would he had been while dreaming? You normally dream IN YOUR BED. DUH. However, this translation use s the word enormous instead of giant. This decision could mean that the physical change was much more drastic  than translation 1 would like to offer. The structure was more in the form of a build up, BOOM then a falling action k...

Just gonna drop this here because it's day 2 of BHM and I miss the Obamas. #comeback These two covers are very different. The first thing that separates them is that their is an actual human on the bottom. The cover on the top appears to be a drawing and that hints on the art classes that the students take at Hailsham. When you look closer, it really the "vital organs" that the students will eventually be donating. There's also barbed wire surrounding the organs and that could represent that the students are trapped in a system that their unaware off. There is also trees in the back as well. I imaging Hailsham and the Cottage as being somewhere DEEP in da woods. That choice to have trees in the background feeds my personal imagery.  On the second cover there was also a use of trees or forest. With their being more sunlight in the area, it has a much more positive connotation. With their being a girl on this cover could bring an idea that she might be the main...

https://www.ted.com/talks/gus_casely_hayford_the_powerful_stories_that_shaped_africa (This was funny, my bad) Anyway,Gus Hayford created a ted talk about how story telling shaped Africa. His argument was that story telling was essential to African culture because due to the enslavement and oppression that Africa experienced. Throughout the ted talk he shares different narratives that are all tied into Africa culture such as the discovery of architecture in Great Zimbabwe, the British attack on Ashanti and stories of the Mali empire. The speaker was able to get his point across because of the variety of stories used in the talk. All stories had a common theme and that was about the discovery or harm towards African culture. Hayford used ethos and logos more than the use of pathos. The narratives he decided to include were all well researched and detailed as well as being easy to follow. Occasionally he would link back to his main argument by say something along the lines of "H...