Summary
Animal Farm did not end the way most of the animals thought life was going to be. The animals did run their own farm and work for themselves, but it seems like things were worse then they were when the humans were in charge. Napoleon and the pigs took control of the farm they made the lower animals work hard and received less food than all of the other animals in the country. Also there was only one line left in the seven commandments, which said "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others"(Orwell 123). When some of the other farmers came to visit the farm they liked some of the features they saw and wanted to sue them on their own farm. So now all of the other farms will become like animal farm. All of the things the animals did not want to do happened for example walking on two legs and wearing clothing. The book did not end the way i thought it would, i know that at the end the animals are working for themselves and not the humans and they are running their own farm. But, they are not looking out for each other the higher animals are treating the lower animals like slaves . At the end they became their own enemy
Quotation
"Four legs good two legs better"( Orwell122).
Reaction
After reading this book i was kind of confused because the begin of the book did not lead me to think that it would end in that way. i thought the animals were going to be better the the humans and treat each other different but it was the opposite of what i thought would happen.the book can relate to history in many ways, for example the lower class people work hard and receive little back just like in the book. Often the leaders can become corrupt and become a dictator similar to what happened in Animal Farm.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Animal Farm 42-90
Summary
The animals all over the country are behaving rebelliously. The farmers can't come together to put a stop to it because they are rivalry with each other. The animals are acting this way because they believe that they are protecting themselves. In the next chapter Napoleon and Snowball has a lot of disagreements it seems like Napoleon wants to control every thing so he can have all the power for himself. The animals are now trying to take what they feel should be theirs they are stealing apples and milk, and anything else the produced. The animals in Animal Farm don't like humans and don't want to be like them. But not all of the animals feel the same, for several days Mollie has been acting strange she comes to work late and she claimed that she does not feel well, but then one day one of the other animals saw her with a human and the human was stroking her nose. Mollie said it was not true but then a few days letter she disappeared. The pigeons said they saw her and she was wearing a ribbon she was being fed by a human and her coat was newly clipped. How are the animals going to rebel against the humans if they don't stick together?
Quotation
"No animal shall kill any other animals" ( Orwell 88).
Reaction
Does this rule apply to all animals or just animals on a farm?. It seems like the animals are adopting thing from humans for example the commandments that they have. Humans also have that, some of the other things they have is leaders. The animals are more humans then they think. also what Mollie did was wrong i thing she should of stayed with the animals and not turn her back on them. In order for them to succeed they have to work together. now i have a feeling that their plane will fall apart because the animals will miss the humans just like Mollie did and they will go back. i wonder what Major would of said about Mollie's behavior.
The animals all over the country are behaving rebelliously. The farmers can't come together to put a stop to it because they are rivalry with each other. The animals are acting this way because they believe that they are protecting themselves. In the next chapter Napoleon and Snowball has a lot of disagreements it seems like Napoleon wants to control every thing so he can have all the power for himself. The animals are now trying to take what they feel should be theirs they are stealing apples and milk, and anything else the produced. The animals in Animal Farm don't like humans and don't want to be like them. But not all of the animals feel the same, for several days Mollie has been acting strange she comes to work late and she claimed that she does not feel well, but then one day one of the other animals saw her with a human and the human was stroking her nose. Mollie said it was not true but then a few days letter she disappeared. The pigeons said they saw her and she was wearing a ribbon she was being fed by a human and her coat was newly clipped. How are the animals going to rebel against the humans if they don't stick together?
Quotation
"No animal shall kill any other animals" ( Orwell 88).
Reaction
Does this rule apply to all animals or just animals on a farm?. It seems like the animals are adopting thing from humans for example the commandments that they have. Humans also have that, some of the other things they have is leaders. The animals are more humans then they think. also what Mollie did was wrong i thing she should of stayed with the animals and not turn her back on them. In order for them to succeed they have to work together. now i have a feeling that their plane will fall apart because the animals will miss the humans just like Mollie did and they will go back. i wonder what Major would of said about Mollie's behavior.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Animal Farm 15-42
Summary
The book starts off at the end of the day when Mr. Jones the overseer of the farm goes to bed drunk and did not secure there farm building properly. Then all the animals came out to listen to Old Major, a boar he is old he knows more then the other animals so he gives them his opinion on life and humans. He says that the animals are slaves to humans. Old Major dreams about a place where animals are treated with dignity and not controlled by men. The animals don't want anything to do with humans and they don't want to adopt some of their habits such as living in a house and wearing clothes. The animals feel like the humans taken advantage of them from their straight to what they can produce. Humans are weak and they are the enemy. The animals have a point. A few nights latter major died in his sleep the animals on the farm started to think about what Major told them and they had a whole new outlook on their lives and the way they were being treated. Several nights a week the animals would meet to talk about their rebellion , but animals were talking about the good thing they have for example how feed them and take care of them if they rebelled. The animals also came up with seven commandments that they have to live by, which I thought was kind of funny because the animals are trying so hard not to be humans and yet their ideas are similar to our ideas, we also have commandments that were try to like by. The animals have more in common with us then they think.
Quotation
" The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth"( Orwell 18).
Reaction
After reading the first few pages of the book I'm siding with the animals. I never thought their lives were so hard. I agree with them and i think humans should appreciate them a lot more. I think Old Major makes a good point humans are weak compered to animals. my whole view on animals changed just from these few pages.
The book starts off at the end of the day when Mr. Jones the overseer of the farm goes to bed drunk and did not secure there farm building properly. Then all the animals came out to listen to Old Major, a boar he is old he knows more then the other animals so he gives them his opinion on life and humans. He says that the animals are slaves to humans. Old Major dreams about a place where animals are treated with dignity and not controlled by men. The animals don't want anything to do with humans and they don't want to adopt some of their habits such as living in a house and wearing clothes. The animals feel like the humans taken advantage of them from their straight to what they can produce. Humans are weak and they are the enemy. The animals have a point. A few nights latter major died in his sleep the animals on the farm started to think about what Major told them and they had a whole new outlook on their lives and the way they were being treated. Several nights a week the animals would meet to talk about their rebellion , but animals were talking about the good thing they have for example how feed them and take care of them if they rebelled. The animals also came up with seven commandments that they have to live by, which I thought was kind of funny because the animals are trying so hard not to be humans and yet their ideas are similar to our ideas, we also have commandments that were try to like by. The animals have more in common with us then they think.
Quotation
" The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth"( Orwell 18).
Reaction
After reading the first few pages of the book I'm siding with the animals. I never thought their lives were so hard. I agree with them and i think humans should appreciate them a lot more. I think Old Major makes a good point humans are weak compered to animals. my whole view on animals changed just from these few pages.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America pg 90-182
Summary
In the 1980s the curly perm was very successful everyone was getting them from men to women to children. The curly perm was a perm that African Americans use to make their hair curly. It was very easy to get it was cheap and it allowed African Americans to do hair styles that was not available to them before. But then after Michael Jackson's accident while shooting a Pepsi commercial many people thought his hair caught on fire because of his hair products combined with the fire workers which made his hair flammable so people stopped using curly perm. In the 1990 African Americans stopped trying to change there hair and stared to do natural styles like breading, and Dreds. Buts these styles were not accepted by the white community. Students were often send home because of their hair styles, boy were not allowed to have pony tails and girls could not do zigzags on their hair. Many kids thought that nappy hair was messed up and unacceptable. The society they lived in made them believe that nappy hair was ugly, it was not their fault it was the way they lived and what they experienced.
Quotation
"Can nappy hair be pretty? The resounding reply was an excited yes"(Byrd 182).
Reaction
it took many years but Black hair was slowing being accepted in society. The book started with Whites saying black hair was ugly and not acceptable, to blacks trying to change their hair, and finally to blacks loving their hair and accepting the way it is.
In the 1980s the curly perm was very successful everyone was getting them from men to women to children. The curly perm was a perm that African Americans use to make their hair curly. It was very easy to get it was cheap and it allowed African Americans to do hair styles that was not available to them before. But then after Michael Jackson's accident while shooting a Pepsi commercial many people thought his hair caught on fire because of his hair products combined with the fire workers which made his hair flammable so people stopped using curly perm. In the 1990 African Americans stopped trying to change there hair and stared to do natural styles like breading, and Dreds. Buts these styles were not accepted by the white community. Students were often send home because of their hair styles, boy were not allowed to have pony tails and girls could not do zigzags on their hair. Many kids thought that nappy hair was messed up and unacceptable. The society they lived in made them believe that nappy hair was ugly, it was not their fault it was the way they lived and what they experienced.
Quotation
"Can nappy hair be pretty? The resounding reply was an excited yes"(Byrd 182).
Reaction
it took many years but Black hair was slowing being accepted in society. The book started with Whites saying black hair was ugly and not acceptable, to blacks trying to change their hair, and finally to blacks loving their hair and accepting the way it is.
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America pg 30-90
Summary
In the 1900s the black hair- care was booming. There was many new products coming out promissing to give African Ameircans the hair they always wanted. Madam C.J.Walker is one of the many people that that created products to help African Americans have better hair. Madam C.J.Walker suffered from hair that was short and patchy that revealed her scalp in several places. she believed that if she had better hair it would improve her self-confidence and improve her life situation. After many unsuccessful attempts of trying to get long beautiful hair she decided to make her own recipe from native African remedy grown in Africa, after a few weeks of using it her hair stared to grow.She was very happy with the results so she let her friends try it also. She then opened her own bussiness sealing what she had created. Her bussiness was very successful she became the richest women of her time because most women of that time was making 10 dollars a week, and Walker built herself a 250,000 mansion. But she did not keep all her success to her self she helped other African American's learn how to better take care of their hair.
Quotation
"A frequent donator to various charities, including the NAACP, Walker also erected a community center for the black residents of Indianapolis" (Byrd 35).
Reaction
Madam C.J.Walker was not selfish she shared what she knew with other and she shared her wealth. She did not keep it her to her self.
In the 1900s the black hair- care was booming. There was many new products coming out promissing to give African Ameircans the hair they always wanted. Madam C.J.Walker is one of the many people that that created products to help African Americans have better hair. Madam C.J.Walker suffered from hair that was short and patchy that revealed her scalp in several places. she believed that if she had better hair it would improve her self-confidence and improve her life situation. After many unsuccessful attempts of trying to get long beautiful hair she decided to make her own recipe from native African remedy grown in Africa, after a few weeks of using it her hair stared to grow.She was very happy with the results so she let her friends try it also. She then opened her own bussiness sealing what she had created. Her bussiness was very successful she became the richest women of her time because most women of that time was making 10 dollars a week, and Walker built herself a 250,000 mansion. But she did not keep all her success to her self she helped other African American's learn how to better take care of their hair.
Quotation
"A frequent donator to various charities, including the NAACP, Walker also erected a community center for the black residents of Indianapolis" (Byrd 35).
Reaction
Madam C.J.Walker was not selfish she shared what she knew with other and she shared her wealth. She did not keep it her to her self.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America pg 10-30
Summary
Its amazing how a person's environment can affect the way, they view them selves and others. Not only was African Americans getting discriminated against by whites they was also getting discriminated against by there own race. light skinned blacks were preferred over dark skinned blacks, so after the Civil War African Americans wanted to be a part of society. They had to get jobs in order to provide for themselves and there families. White Americans made it very difficult for them because they were black. also light skinned blacks would get the better jobs. white Americans would take advantage of the African Americans by sealing them products that would make there skin lighter and there hair straight. The products did not work and they were deadly. African Americans were willy to do anything in order to be accepted.
Quotation
" Amazing Progress of Colored Race-Improved Appearance Responsible. Look your best.....you owe it to your race"(Byrd 30).
Reaction
I could not believe that they were selling these products. it caused African Americans to think they were not normal and they needed to have light skin in order to be successful and beautiful. It also hurts to know that the white Americans sold these products even though they knew it would not work.That's just sick.
Quotation
" Amazing Progress of Colored Race-Improved Appearance Responsible. Look your best.....you owe it to your race"(Byrd 30).
Reaction
I could not believe that they were selling these products. it caused African Americans to think they were not normal and they needed to have light skin in order to be successful and beautiful. It also hurts to know that the white Americans sold these products even though they knew it would not work.That's just sick.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America pg 10-20
SUMMARY
When the African Americans came to the new world they were seen as inferior to Europeans. The Europeans have never seen such a unique hair texture. The new land consisted of pale skin and straight hair, which then deemed African Americans as unattractive. The Europeans believed the Africans Americans did not have real hair they classified it as "wool." Black women began to see themselves as ugly and inferior which allowed them to be controlled easier. When the African came to the new world there hair no longer had the same care, they did not have treasured combs and there long, thick, healthy hair became tangled and matted and also the sun's ray did no help. The future of African hair was changed for ever.
QUOTATION
"The quest for straight hair was often a torturous for obsession for slaves"( Byrd 17).
REACTION
The Africans were beginning to loss there traditions and there costumes and adapting to the American culture. They no longer wanted to have there natural hair and became obsess with straight hair it made them feel a little less inferior.
When the African Americans came to the new world they were seen as inferior to Europeans. The Europeans have never seen such a unique hair texture. The new land consisted of pale skin and straight hair, which then deemed African Americans as unattractive. The Europeans believed the Africans Americans did not have real hair they classified it as "wool." Black women began to see themselves as ugly and inferior which allowed them to be controlled easier. When the African came to the new world there hair no longer had the same care, they did not have treasured combs and there long, thick, healthy hair became tangled and matted and also the sun's ray did no help. The future of African hair was changed for ever.
QUOTATION
"The quest for straight hair was often a torturous for obsession for slaves"( Byrd 17).
REACTION
The Africans were beginning to loss there traditions and there costumes and adapting to the American culture. They no longer wanted to have there natural hair and became obsess with straight hair it made them feel a little less inferior.
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