Watching the KONY 2012 video made me realize how a spark can really ignite. It took a couple of people to develop an organization and create a movement while getting the attention of thousands, and now millions. Change is so important and it needs to happen more often. So many people see themselves as powerless, myself included, when really it only takes that one person to show the world what it is they care about. The power of humanity is baffling and something that everybody needs to acknowledge. The KONY 2012 movement is amazing and something that is not only... Continue reading

I found it really interesting that after Milkman pursued andexpressed his extreme love for Hagar for years that she was the one to go totally nuts and break down about their relationship being cut off. For so long she seemed only interested in the sex. Is it possible that she was just burying her feelings and playing hard to get? I think the whole thing is a little interesting. For one they are cousins so this relationship isn't exactly alright in the eyes of society, and the age difference is significant. When they get older it isn't as strange but... Continue reading

Regarding the question of whether or not the way corporations like Apple treat the workers in China differs from the way that imperialists treated the Congolese, I have to say that the concept behind both is pretty much the same. The major difference is that Americans aren't in China beating and starving the Chinese, but major corporations are letting them work overtime, providing low pay, and giving them minimal space to live. In a way this treatment could be considered worse because the corporations are simply turning a head to it and letting the distance between the two places cover... Continue reading

"I could see every rib; the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking" (p.22). This is just one example of what Marlow sees when he arrives in Africa. The Europeans treated the Africans horribly from the start, and, like we discussed in class, were more the savage ones than the African people they felt the need to "civilize". As the story has progressed I have noticed that Marlow doesn't seem necessarily opposed tothe way... Continue reading

John Proctor in The Crucible is a tragic hero. Hopefully everyone read it last year, but for those of you who possibly didn't I will give a quick summary. John Proctor ends up getting hung for trying to end the Salem witch trials. His old mistress Abigail goes into the woods with a group of girls and tries to contact the devil.When they get caught the girls blame women in town for bewitching them. One of these women in Elizabeth, Proctor's wife. Proctor tries to save her and get the girls to admit they have made the whole thing up,... Continue reading

The first little question for Act I is about Cordelia's love for her father. After all three girls profess there love, for there father, King Lear is under the impression that Cordelia doesn't love him enough and takes away here parcel of land. I think this scene shows how childish and selfish King Lear is. All he wanted was for his daughters to be kissing the ground he walked on(something they have most likely done their whole lives) and praise him. He paid no attention to the quality of what his girls were saying. Cordelia's speech, though the shortest, is... Continue reading

Song By Edgar Allen Poe I saw thee on thy l bridal day When a burning blush came o'er thee Though happiness around thee lay, The world all love before thee And in thine eye a kindling light (Whatever it might be) Was all on Earth my aching sight Of Loveliness could see. That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame As such it well may pass Though its glow hath raised a fiercer flame In the breast of him, alas! Who saw thee on that bridal day When that deep blush would come o'er thee Though happiness around thee lay The... Continue reading

When I first started reading The Awakening I really didn't like Mrs. Pontellier. She comes across as a little snobby and very childish because she didn't really take hold of her responsibilities and had no appreciation for the privelaged life she had. Until writing the impromptu in class, I was disappointed with her suicide and the fact that she just left her family behind. Those were very selfish things to do, and most likely she could have resolved her unhappiness in another way. Upon further reflection, now I feel like Chopin was trying to use these acts to display a... Continue reading

For a good part of the book Joe Christmas is the main character. A lot of the book is dedicated to his story and his identity, but why then does Faulkner start with Lena? I think Lena is an extremely interesting character who, even though we do not get an entire story for, is the real protagonist. We open and close the book with her, and she is woven in and out of the book. Unlike Joe she doesn't worry about what society thinks of her, or what her identity its. Joe did his own thing, but he also let... Continue reading

Starting with the Freedman town passage, it is made evident that Joe Christmas is struggling with his identity. He does not want to black, but doesn't feel a belonging to the white people either. When he passes through Freedman town he describes it as chaotic and dark, but once he gets out into the white part of town everything is very serene and cool. He longs to be a part of that society but something inside of him is holding him back. Faulkner lays out this identity crisis in Joe's childhood with his time at the orphanage and then his... Continue reading

Due to the setting and time period, it is evident that race is still a big deal in the South. The way that the Burden family was treated and is looked it is proof alone, but also the fact that Brown's accusation of Christmas is only really considered true when the state of Christmas's blood is brought into consideration shows what an impact race has on this story. It is pretty clear that Brown is making up details when he is giving his story for the reward, but as soon as he says Christmas is part black nothing else really... Continue reading

Between Maria and Matthew, and Meursault and Marie, the two relationships have a lot in common. The wedding example in particular. Both Matthew and Marie want to marry their significant other after little time together. Do they not realize that it is a serious commitment and not just empty words? Meursault and Maria agree to marry as well. I feel like Maria and Matthew are both a combination of Marie and Maursault. Maria is very easygoing and just rolls with the punches, but at the same time won't marry Matthew until he admits that what he is feeling is basically... Continue reading

Throughout the entire book, Meursault wants Marie physically but never has any emotional attachment to her. He physically craves her and enjoys spending time with her, but when she asks him to marry her he has a "why not" attitude rather than a committed or interested one. She came to visit him in prison and didn't seem to really care that he had killed a man, she just wanted to be with him, but he was really indifferent to the whole affair. During his trial he avoided eye contact with her and didn't even notice that she, or any of... Continue reading

In chapter 6, when Mersault goes for a walk on the beach by himself he encounters "Raymond's Arab" by himself. "As far as I was concerned, the whole thing was over, and I'd gone there without even thinking about it." (p.58) This is what he thinks when he sees the man in the distance before they have gotten very close to each other. Then when he takes a step forward and the man holds up his knife he ends up shooting him. I don't really understand how this chain events came to be because the Arab's reaction wasn't necessarily threatening,... Continue reading