Modernism

I chose to read about The Jazz age for this assignment. I chose this one because it caught my attention and I like reading about things like that I can relate to. I’m always surrounded by a lot of people who drink and do illegal things. I think that The Jazz Age will talk about partying and people who drink and have too much fun. I also think that it will become discussed after someone realizes that drinking may be a problem for a lot of people.

This was a very good story. I like the story because it shows that people some times imagine things a lot differently than what someone look forward to seeing. I can tell that she was not going to be as happy as she thought she was because she left all of her friends and the place that she grew up just to be with someone she met recently. After she went to the North and seen how differently it was than where she grew up, it made her realize how much she really loved her friends and the south. I guess the saying is true "you don’t know what you got until it’s gone."

After going to the north and seeing how cold it was compared to the south I knew that she wasn’t going to be able to stand being there. If you really look at it, it would have changed her entire life. I say that because when she was at home she and her friend went swimming almost everyday and she loved the climate. I also say that because when she went up north the people acted high class and the accent was probably really different. In Georgia where she had come from people were very country, they had a southern slang.

I think that this story shows Disillusionment because when Sally Carol went to New York, she thought that she would fit in perfectly and that people would accept her the way she is. At some points in the story it shows that Harry did not like people who are from the south. "He must be a Southerner, judging by those trousers," suggested Earry mischievously. "Those damn Southerners!" These two sentences where things that Harry said that shows that he does not like the south or people from the south.

Sally Carol did not like the north a lot because of it’s whether. "Why do you live here if it's so depressing?" "Oh, Harry," she whispered, "it's so co-old!" "But outside it's cold; and oh, that howling wind!" she couldn't be left here to wander forever -- to be frozen, heart, body, and soul. Those are sentences that Sally Carol said that prove that she dislikes the whether down there and that she is very uncomfortable.

I think that Richard Corey was admired by a lot of people because they thought that he is perfect. Obviously his life wasn’t the way that everyone seen it. I that to be something going on in his personal life that was really bothering him. He had to have something going on his life that he couldn’t handle and that put a lot of stress on him, and that’s why he killed himself. This story was Disillusionment because people had the wrong idea about his life; they thought that he was happy just because he had money.

The Mending wall was an example of Disillusionment; I say that because the neighbor thought that they absolutely had to have the wall between their properties. The other neighbor thought that it was no reason to have a wall because they don’t have any animals or anything that would cause a conflict between their yards. "Good fences make good neighbors." This sentence tells that the neighbor thought that the only relationship they had is when they came out to build the wall. Basically he meant that as long as the keep going out to build the wall, they would have a good relationship with each other. There where it is we do not need the wall: He is all pine and I am apple orchard. This shows that the other neighbor think that it is crazy and not necessary to have a wall between their land.

"A Dream Deferred" was very short but a pretty good poem. I think that "A Dream Deferred" is an example of The Harlem Renaissance. I liked this poem because he is asking people what happens to A Dream Deferred. By deferred I think he mean like delayed or put back until the future. I think he wrote this because back then black people had to put their dreams aside until they got on their feet. Like they had to wait until slavery was illegal so they can be free and live their own lives and have their own dreams. Also to live the way he want and not live his life based on what people tell him what he have to do.

I think that he is trying to say that most dreams are not accomplished, or either delayed for a long time. The more time it takes to accomplish a dream the less hope you have of living it. Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun- by this he mean that the dream is put on hold for so long that it has been forgotten about. Or does it explode? By exploding he means does it really happen, does someone live the dream that they always wanted to live. By exploding I think he also mean that the dream has been held in for so long that it just has to happen and that person will do any and everything to make sure it does.

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers", I think that this was a good poem and it really involving a lot of thinking to get what he’s trying to say. This poem was The Harlem Renaissance because he was saying that the first people in the world were black peoples color and that black people should have the right to learn how to read and write. He is saying that white people don’t want black people to be educated because they don’t want black people to understand what’s really going on in the world.

"I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it." By this he means that the people who were the first people on earth were more his color than white peoples color. He is also saying that the people who looked black built the pyramids and most of the first things that was on earth. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset. By this he mean that slaves were singing in sadness because they had to be slaved all of the time and there was nothing that anyone could do about it because back then black people had no rights and their voices were not heard.

"Incident" this poem was really short and simple. It is about a man writing a poem about when he first went to Baltimore. He said that the only thing he remember about his visit to Baltimore is someone calling him a "Nigger". Normally when a person visit a place for the first time they would remember the site that they seen and how beautiful or ugly the place is, but that hurt his feelings so bad that the only thing he remember about going there is when that person called him a "Nigger".

Persausive Writing

The state of Georgia needs to consider making alcohol illegal. It is a very good idea for the state Of Georgia to this. It will be a progress for our community. A lot of stupid accidents are made because of someone who chooses to drink. Alcohol is 70% responsible of the deaths that occur on accidents. Innocent people die everyday because of someone who decided to drink and drive. It’s really not the persons fault because when you drink something just triggers your mind and it makes you think that you have some kind of control over it but you really don’t. Drinking should be illegal in the state of Georgia.

A lot of accidents happen when people are drinking. I’ve heard of girls getting raped because of being drunk. Car accidents normally occur when drinking. That’s because when someone is drinking or drunk they think that you’re able to do things that you can normally do when you’re not intoxicated. What I am trying to say is that if you get drunk you are most likely to do things that you would never do when you’re sober. You cannot stay focused even though you think you are.

I’m usually around drunk people at least three days out of a week and I can tell when someone is drunk. I would never even put a liquor bottle up to my lips I, haven’t even tasted liquor before, and don’t plan on it. Seeing the way that they act makes me not even want to try it because when im around somebody who has been drinking they act different. Most of the time drunk people get meaner and tries to pick fights for no reason. That’s why I don’t try to drink because I don’t need to get angry for no reason. It also causes problems for someone when they get sober because they say things to people that hurts them and when you wake up the next morning you don’t remember everything and think that everything is fine. That I know from experience because I go through much.

I’ve asked people why they drink, and nine out of ten of them said because of stress and pressure. Some people said because it makes them feel good. Some of them also said because it makes them happy. None of these are good reasons. To me there just a bunch of sorry excuses. After a person get sober again the problem is still going to be there and it will probably make it worse by getting drunk and ignoring it. It doesn’t make you forget things it just makes you lost your memory so you won’t think about it.

I know a woman that has kids that have been taken from her because of her drinking problem and I asked her would she consider giving up her drinking to be with her kids. She said no, and that she would rather have liquor than to be with her children or have a roof over her head. She said she would rather be homeless if that’s what it takes to have her liquor. It really did hurt me to my heart when she said that because how can you not love someone who you gave birth to. I wouldn’t choose anything or anyone over my child. I also will do anything that I could possibly do to make my child’s life better. Two of her older children asked her why don’t she love them and she said I love liquor more than anything because it’s the joy of my life and it makes me happy.

Young adults do not realize what kind of damage can happen to them and innocent people while drinking and driving. Most people that have had a couple of drinks think that they can control driving the correct way but it’s a mind thing. Even if you think you are not drunk you really are, and even if you’re careful or not the results can still be dramatic. Think about it even if someone hits you from behind, if you have been drinking then you will end up paying the other person money, get in trouble with the law, and the damage that is done to our car will not be covered by insurance or the other driver.

Realism

I think that “The story of an Hour” is example realism because unlike all of the other people that we read about like Transcendentalism or the Romanticism they don’t pretend or use their imagination. Everything that happens to them is real and they don’t try to make it look good by adding their imagination and try to tell their self that I still have a shot at something.

“She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky.” “She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.” This paragraph specifically explains her actions. It also explain how she feels about her husbands death, it shows that she was at first sad about it. After really looking at the situation she was happy about her husband’s death. "Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering. This meant that she was free and that she could say and do anything she wants.


I think that the author is trying to prove that women don’t want to be owned or live for other people. The author is trying to say that some women aren’t happy just because they are married. I guess she said that because back then men had all of the power and control over women. “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease-- of joy that kills.” That means that she didn’t die because of her heart condition. She died because she thought that the rest of her life was going to change for the better now that she thought he was dead. Now that she knows that he’s alive she wanted her life to be about her but now that he’s alive there is no hope of her being happy and living her life how she want to.


“The Battle with Mr. Covey” was a good story. I think that the author is trying to say that everyone wants to be free and live their own lives. I also think that the author is trying to say that everyone will put up with something that they know is not right for a while, but when a person gets tired and cant take anymore something has to be done about it. This story was a realism story because the man that was a slave did not use his imagination to try to make his situation better because in this situation imagination will not help. I say imagination won’t help because no matter how hard you imagined some, you still will fill the pain inside.

“About three o'clock of that day, I broke down; my strength failed me; I was seized with a violent aching of the head, attended with extreme dizziness; I trembled in every limb....” This is an example of how he felt that moment, that he couldn’t do anymore. I guess his body was just tired of being worked every day for long hours without eating. This describes realism because when Mr. Covey hit him in his head with a board, he described some disturbing details about how it felt to him.

I think that the author was trying to show that slavery was a really big problem for slaves in the 1840’s and 1850’s. That is realism because he wanted to persuade someone to do something about slavery. He wanted someone to change the slavery situation because he felt that it was not fair to be owner your whole life. He thought that if he described all of the horrible details of slavery then it would make someone try to put their self in his shoes.

My own example of realism would be that movie “Don’t Be a Menace…” I say that because that movie was trying to persuade someone that L.A. was not a good place to live and that it was really disturbing. It was gun shooting their every day and you couldn’t even really let your children go outside without someone trying to give them drugs, alcohol, or getting shot. The producer wanted to show everyone that it was not a joke staying where they stay. It is nothing good about losing people you know and love everyday.

Dark Romanticism

I think that Nathaniel Hawthorne is a lot different from the Transcendentalism because he had a lot to do with the government because his father was a judge and he believed in government. I also know that he is not Transcendentalism because when he said that he didn’t like that his father and other judges sentenced people to death because a person said that another person is a witch, he should have made his self heard. Transcendentalism’s would express their self and stand up for what they believed in. He should have said something to the government because innocent people were getting their lives taken because no one spoke up.

Herman Melville was against Transcendentalism because he seen the experience of people eating other people (cannibals). There fore he knew that all people were nor good or pure. He also knew that people’s voices were not the voice of god because cannibals believed that this was the right thing to do. The book Moby Dick was a good example of why they didn’t think all people are good and pure. I say that because a man was willing to sacrifice losing his ship that he created himself and was willing to sacrifice the lives of other innocent people just to kill the whale that ate his leg. That is not an example of a good and pure person.

Edgar Allen Poe was against Dark Romanticism because he doesn’t believe that everyone is good and pure just as well as the other two people. He doesn’t believe that all people are good and pure because his father was not good and pure because his father disowned him.

In a way I think I would be more Transcendentalism because I believe in speaking up and being heard. The only thing that I don’t believe about Transcendentalism is that when they say that all people are good and pure. I don’t believe that all people are good and pure because people go out and kill other people for no reason. Also I don’t think that because people put bombs in airplanes and bomb other countries just because they won’t to start wars and commotion. I would also be Transcendentalism because in a lot of situations I don’t agree with the government and dislike some of the solutions they have for problems.

The story that I read is "Hop Frog" the story is o.k. I think that the king is not responsible enough to be a king because he jokes around too much. Every thing that he does has to have a laugh involved. He kind of reminds me of a class clown because he always wants to be the one to make other people laugh. Even if he is mean to people and hurt their feelings just to hear a little Ha Ha from someone. He thinks that because he has power that it doesn’t matter what he do to other people who aren’t as lucky as he is.

Hop frog is a good example of Dark Romanticsm because the dwarf wanted to get even whith the knig for hitting his friend and making him drink wine so he dressed him as a ape for the party and ended up burning the king up. Transcendentalism would have tried to help the king by telling him the he needs to change and be good instead of picking on everyone and playing jokes. The dwarf wanted revenge and a Transcendentalism would have left it like it was.

This story shows that it is Dark Romanticism. I say that because Dark Romanticism thinks that not everyone is good and pure. When the king struck a girl before throwing wine in her face it showed that he was not good or pure. This story is a lot more Dark Romanticism than Transcendentalism.

I liked the poem "The Raven" because it was kind of freaky and I like scary and mystery poems. It is a really creepy because the raven came to a man to tell him something and send messages. The man knew that by the raven sticking around it was trying to tell him something. He even asked the raven a lot of questions including what are you here for. The only thing the raven would continue to say is nevermore. While all of this was going on his second wife died.

Even though his second wife died the raven continued to stay around the man and he never once left the area. I believe that the raven meant that the man would never be happy again or maybe it was a sign of death. Whatever the raven was there for meant that the man was going to be unhappy because the raven didn’t appear until his wife started dying. I think that the man lost his mind after he asked the raven would he ever be happy again and the raven said nevermore.
This story is not Transcendentalism because it’s not saying that people’s thoughts and intuitions are the voice of good. For an example the raven that appeared in his eye was just in his mind and head. I don’t even think that the raven was real. I think that it was all in his head, and that his mind was playing tricks on him. I think that man knew that he was never going to be happy again because he has been through so many things.

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"--Merely this and nothing more." This is a good example of Dark Romanticsm because it shows that he is thinking evil things and it proves that everyone does not think about all good things and that everyones thoughts and intuitions are the voice of god.

Everything that was happening in his life was going wrong. After his wife died he was never happy again. I think that’s what the raven was there for because he was never going to have a life again. He had no one to care for him or nothing to live his life for because he was probably just going to be old and lonely. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"This I whispered and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"--Merely this and nothing more. The Transcendentalisms would disagree with this because they think that what every one thinks and says is what god wants you to. They think that it is the voice of god and this don’t sound like its something that god would think or say.

In Boston on May 1827, Poe went served in The Untied States Army as a private using the name Edgar A. Perry. After two years of service after he had got promoted to the rank of Sergeant major, he secured with Mr. Allen’s aid. I think that his stories and poems has a lot to do with his life because in his autobiography that I read said that he started loosing his mind after his wife died like the story about "The Raven". His life autobiography said that after his wife died alcohol became a big habit to him, and when he had even a sip of it his personality would change a lot. It is almost like how the man’s life fell apart in "The Raven" after his wife died.

Transcendentalism

"Nature". I liked this script because for you to see where this person is coming from you have to use your imagination to really understand what they are saying.. I think that people don’t really look at nature like they are supposed to but I don’t think that you have to become one with nature to go to heaven. I also don’t think that you will become a part of god through nature. This is saying that in order to be with god and get his faith you have to be one with nature first. They is also saying that in order to live a better life and become one with yourself and god that you have to learn how to appreciate nature and all of its goodness.

"In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth." That is an example of Transcendentalism because it is saying that in nature you kind of change into a kid because you discover things that look and feel a lot different. Nature makes you feel like your in heaven because there you can think and not have any interruptions. It is saying that you act as if you were a child because things are more precious to you as if it amazes you like a child would be amazed at a first time at a zoo.

"Self Reliance." I really like this script because it is telling you that you should be yourself no matter what other people think about you. It is saying that you should not want to be like someone else or change or style, image, or personality to try to be like another person. It is saying that god gave you your own style and beliefs for a reason and that you should be happy the way god made you and that you shouldn’t try to change because that is going against god because he made you to be yourself. It is also saying that you shouldn’t be scared to voice your opinions and beliefs just because you’re scared of what somebody might think.

"The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray. We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as a Proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithful imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards." That is saying that no human should be scared of another human. God doesn’t want you to bite your tongue and be a coward. That God wants to fight for what you believe in if you really believe it, and not to change your words and say differently from what you believe because of the people that you are around.

I like that thought because im tired of people backing down from what they believe all of their lives just so they can fit in with other people. I used to change my ways and actions to try to fit in and be popular but when I became myself I gained more respect. I gained more respect because instead of being unhappy and not heard I am now heard and happy because I say what I want instead of holding it in and wishing. It feels a lot better than having to become apart of something that you don’t want to be in because you care about what other people think.

"Resistance to Civil Government" I really don’t know what to think about this script. He is saying that he is not happy with the government. He doesn’t think that the government is doing their job and that they are thinking about their selves only and not about other people in the world.

"The American government is necessary because the people must have some complicated machinery or other, and hear its din, to satisfy that idea of government which they have However, the only times when government has been useful has been when it has stood aside." He is saying that the government is not doing what they are supposed to do to help the community. They are also saying that the government could be better by responding in a positive way about their complaints about it.

If I were Susan in this situation I would just suck it up and go to a near by school. When you think about it going to school far away is not worth loosing someone you love. Its not like he is asking her to choose from going to school or being with him. She should either hold off the wedding and just get engaged or go to school somewhere close to home. He may feel as if she just will forget about him when she goes off hundreds of miles from home.

This is an example of Transcendentalism because David is changing his life from going to school to working in a store. Susan is doing the same thing witch is going to school. David is changing his everyday life and discovering something new. This is also Transcendentalism because they had plans to get married but now she just want to up and go hundreds of miles away so she just changes their life at the last minute.

American Romanticism

My opinion about Rip Van Winkle is that he is to nice and that he cares about how other people look at him other than how he look at himself. He should be ashamed of himself for helping other people with their problems but not helping his own family with their struggles. He is a good man but he should focus more on his family’s household and make sure that his kids are in control and living good before he try to fix the whole towns problems. He would be a very good man if he spent the time that he did fixing his life sometimes other than responding to every body else’s needs and wants.

Rip Van Winkle is not a bad person but he would have been a better man if he showed his family that he cared about them more than he show. He should have been a man and did as his wife wanted him to and it would have been helpful to hear her out when she nags sometimes. He should have also been a man and confessed that he didn’t like his wife very much. I think that he set a negative example for his son and basically showed him that he was a suck-up. Now I see why people say "you don’t know what you have until it’s gone", this story kind of set an example for that phrase.

If I were Rip Van Winkle I would be a great person in my family’s eye’s before I would in my neighbor’s eyes. If I knew that my household was going down the drain and the my crops weren’t growing because I didn’t work in it I would be ashamed to show my face to anyone. That would make my family feel as if no one cared if they were to live or die, and that theirs no purpose to live because no one will notice if they were still on the earth.
The first thing I found Romantic about this story is when Rip went to sleep for twenty years after he drunk from the flagon. I mean really, you would have to use your imaginary to see that happening. There is no way possible that a person could sleep for twenty years straight. It wasn’t realistic but it was very interesting. The second thing that I found Romantic about this story is that when he slept for twenty years no one just happened to run across him. I can’t believe that no one didn’t see some one laying on the ground and not to saying anything, some body had to run across him if it’s been twenty years.

I think that the poem is trying to explain and relate to nature. The poem is also trying to relate to humans. The poem is saying that people shouldn’t be scared of god or dying. Just because you die doesn’t mean that it’s the end of your life and that you’re going to suffer. Everyone has to die so why be scared of it, no one is going to be here forever. I think that it is relating nature to death by saying that after you die you will live another life as something else like a plant, animal, or something different. Maybe being dead is better than living, life is painful and full of worries, struggles, and problems, maybe death is calm and leads to happiness. It is also trying to say that nature can talk to you and that you should turn to nature when thinking about dying because nature is like the dead people, they are living in peace. I find it Romantic when it says talk to nature, I would have to use my imagination a lot to do that.

I think the poem is about someone using his imaginary to be successful at work. When you are imagining things it makes you think differently about your environment and it helps you complete the day without a lot of struggles. It also makes you interesting in doing whatever you do. The whole story relates to Romantic. I know for a fact that imagining helps you through out the day because I do it at school a lot and it keeps me focus and woke and it helps me see things more clearly.

A visual like this is Romanticism because it has a picture of nature which Romanticism talks about and has a lot to do with. It reminds me of a happy and peaceful place. It also is Romanticism I think because it reminds me of death. What I mean by that is that it looks like a place that a dead person would want to be so they can rest in peace. It is a very calming place and the most precious place to be around.

Writing Two

Chad Butler A.K.A Pimp C was born in a small town in Port Arthur, Texas on December 29 of 1973. Where he grew up in Texas was a quiet town but has now turned into a really bad drug place according to the people that has lived there since birth and has seen Houston at its best. It was very hard for Pimp C growing up to stay out of the streets and out of the trap but his best thing to do to keep him out of it was his favorite thing to do and that to rap. His first group he formed in high school was called "Mission Impossible". The group included a close friend of his for years named Mitchell Queen.

Around the same time that he started his rap group, across town Bernard Freeman A.K.A Bun-B and Jalon Jackson started a group also. They soon found out about each other and joined together to form a group called 4 Black Ministers. A while later just Pimp C and Bun-B realized that they were the only one’s in the group that was serious about rapping so they formed a group by their selves called Underground Kings. Their first single was called "Tell Me Something Good" which was originally made by Rufus and Chaka Khan made it to a record shop in Huston called Houston Home Jams. They enrolled in a contest then and were later disqualified when their label began to bootleg their songs out on the streets.

Bernard Freeman his partner A.K.A. Bun-B was born on March 19, of 1973. He was also born in Houston Texas and grew up there. He started free styling at the age of 15. They became best friend at the age of 17 and became partners also. Before he started rapping his mother quoted that he was always into trouble situations that he had no business in and that it was not really who he is.

Soon after that the group signed on to Jive Records. Jive Records is one of the hottest rap labels in the world and was owned by a man named Clive Calder. It was not a lot of rap groups that made it "big" in the south because people really didn’t understand the south. At the age of 22 Pimp C’s career was just really getting started. He is now one of the most hottest rappers in the music industry and a leader in the group of UGK. Him and Bun-B were the leaders because they had put in a lot of work to get to the top and they are serious about their home town and trying to put Houston on the map. He has worked and produces records for Three 6 Mafia, Devin the Dude, Jay-z, C-Murder, David Banner and many more music artist. They sold 1 million records since 1992 on every one of their albums. They have recorded 20 albums. Pimp C and Bun-B has really put Houston, Texas/ the south on the map.

He went to prison at the age of 28 because of Community Service that he didn’t do for the crime that he committed, aggravated assault. He was charged with that because he pulled out a gun while arguing with a woman at the mall. He was sentenced eight years in prison but only had to do four. He was released on December 30, 2005 and going to be on parole until December 2009. While he was in jail his partner Bun-B started a phrase "Free Pimp C" that was carried on for three years. Many rappers have worn the phrase on t-shirts to concerts on TV shows, and in music videos.

He has been listed as an influence on the hottest new rappers in the music industry such as Lil Wayne, Lil Flip, David Banner, and 3-6 Mafia. He is known to speak his mind about other rappers. To be a man in the 30’s he still have it and is really hot in the music business today. He quotes " I may be getting older but my mind and lyrics are getting wiser."

The Rationalists

There is a big difference in the Puritans and the Rationalists. They both believed in god but the Puritans were a lot serious about their beliefs. The Puritans believed that they were supposed to live like god did. The Rationalists believed that god put humans here to find a way to live. The Rationalist put their faith in science, they thought that they could live using science. The Puritans though that god didn’t want human beings to make their own rules and live the way they wanted to. They believed that humans should not try to change the way the world was and that they should not interfere with gods work that he has done on earth.


Benjamin Franklin is Rationalist because he believed that all men were created equally unlike the Puritans who thought that god picks certain people to bless. He is Rationalist because he always wanted to discover new things and create new things. Benjamin Franklin always wanted an explanation for every thing. He used science to help him find reasons why things were meant to be. He lived life like a normal person would, he’s not so uptight and doesn’t think that people will go to hell for doing small things like having a drink every once in a while, the Puritans would have called that a sin.

"I was born and bred, to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world, and having gone so far through life with a considerable share of felicity, the conducing means I made use of, which with the blessing of God so well succeeded, my posterity may like to know, as they may find some of them suitable to their own situations, and therefore fit to be imitated." That is a reason why he is Rationalists because he thinks that god gave men intelligence and wants us to figure out things that are in the world.

"And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I owe the mentioned happiness of my past life to His kind providence, which lead me to the means I used and gave them success. My belief of this induces me to hope, though I must not presume, that the same goodness will still be exercised toward me, in continuing that happiness, or enabling me to bear a fatal reverse, which I may experience as others have done: the complexion of my future fortune being known to Him only in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions." This paragraph also explains why he was a Rationalists because he believe in god but he though that god wanted humans to have happiness and that god don't expect everyone to be exacally like him but to following his footsteps. "A question was once, somehow or other, started between Collins and me, of the propriety of educating the female sex in learning, and their abilities for study. He was of opinion that it was improper, and that they were naturally unequal to it. I took the contrary side, perhaps a little for dispute's sake." In those sentences he is saying that everyone is equal and have that same ability and rights, no matter if your a woman, young, different religion or different race everyone is able to do anything.

He is also Rationalist because he knows that god gives second chances. What I mean by that is for an example he made a list of 13 ways to improve his life. He did not try to be perfect and do everything that god did. Even though he didn’t live exactly like god he tried to make his life a lot better than it was and he knew that he wasn’t perfect. Most of the founding fathers believed that god gave humans the power to create new things and also to discover. So you can say that most of the founding fathers are Rationalist.

Ligeancy- faithful service, too protect and secure justice.

Honesty- whatever I do or say will be the truth no matter how important it is supposed to be kept a secret.

Responsibility- whatever choices I make in life good or bad, I will be willing to face the consequences without blaming anyone else.

Unique- to speak my mind, to be myself no matter if no one likes me, to have my own style and my own beliefs.

Peaceful- to try to make peace in the world and never cause a lot of disruptions.
Valiant- To be brave, to do things bravely.

Confessant- willing to talk to someone about my problems so I can get advice or help, not feel closed in about feelings and what’s going on in my life.

Understanding- try to see things from other peoples point of view, not to be selfish.
Reliable- people will be able to believe me and trust me to do things that I say that I’m going to do.
Reasonable- to have a reason to do the things I do, not to do things will effect others.

Compassionate- to have feeling for and understand the struggles that someone else has.

Selflessness- To think about the things I do before I do it and if it is helping people or hurting them.

Communicative- To communicate with others to see how they feel about things and if they think the same way I do about different situations.

By having those thirteen things I think that I could reach moral perfection. I say that because if I had those things then I would be a great person and I would have no reason to do things that I will regret. No one would then have any reason to dislike me and I would be a lot closer to god. I think that I would be closer to god because I think that that is how he expects humans to be instead of thinking about just yourself and being selfish all of the time. If everyone had those thirteen things then the world would be a better place.

"We hold these truths to be self-eviednce that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that amoung these are life, kiberty and the pursuit of happiness." That was an example of a Rationalists thought because Rationalists believe that everyone is created equal and that no one has certain powers even if they believe in god or not. "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security." That was also a Rationalists thought because they are saying that god is not responsible for the things that happen on the earth and that it is up to the to control it by natural law. "That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. "That is a Rationalists thought because they thing that god gave humans the ability to run the earth and that everyone has rights, not just certain people.

Analytical writing on Alica Keys

Born and raised in Manhattan/ New York, Alicia J. Augello-Cook A.K.A. Alicia Keys as a bi-racial female began piano lesson at the age of 7. Her mother is Irish-Italian and her father is a Jamaican. Her mother told her at a young age that “you can quit anything else but you can never quit your piano lessons”. It was not a easy road to success says Alicia, raised in New York seeing prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers and crack heads every day”. She got older she studied her piano lessons on regular basics and improved ever step of the way. By the age of 14 she wrote her first song “Butterflyz”, it was featured on one of her albums called: “Songs in A minor”.

Her style is what makes her different from other singers because her music is a mix of R&B, Blues, Jazz and Hip-Hop. Her style is also a lot different because she’s not only in to the new styles but some of her songs are old school and sounds like back in the day music. She is like a mix of Aretha Franklin and Mariah Carey. She’s got the voice and notes for the young people as well as the older people.

Her music is very unique because she doesn’t talk and write about the same thing. Instead of her bragging about what she have and talking about how she look, unlike most singers she express her emotions. She lets people know that there is more to life than just wanting money and being famous. Her music inspires people to care about themselves and not to worry about what other people think or say about you. Her music is mainly for people that are in love, trying to find themselves or people who have experienced a lot of bad and unusual things in their lives.

As you can see Alicia Keys is multitalented. She writes and produces songs, plays the piano, produces records, an actor, author, and is a professional singer. She has won a lot of awards through out her nineteen years. She has won Eleven Billboard Music Awards, Nine Grammy Awards, and three American Music Awards. That’s a lot more talent than a normal R&B singer has and more awards than a regular star has had within just five years. With just a few Albums made Alicia is one of the top R&B singers in the world.

Her first Album “Songs in A Minor” sold over 235,000 copies in its first week and more than 50,000 in its first day. It was released on June 5, 2001 and it sold more than eleven million units worldwide. She then became the best selling artist of 2001. Her first single “fallin” spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In 2002 she won five Grammy Awards, “Song of the Year”, and “Best New Artist” for “Fallin”.

Her next album “The Diary of Alicia Keys” was released on December 2, 2003. It became number one in the U.S. and it sold over 618,000 copies in its first week released. It was also the second highest R&B album sales by a female. “You Don’t Know My Name”, and “If I Ain’t Got You” both reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Also her song “If I Ain’t Got You” became the first single by a female artist to remain on the sixty-three year old Billboard R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs for more than one year. She also won “Best R&B Video” for the same song “If I Ain’t Got You”.

On October 11, 2005 she released her album called “Unplugged”. Performed “Every Little Bit Hurts” at the 2005 Grammy Awards, which was also performed by singers Aretha Franklin and Brenda Holloway. “Unbreakable” peaked at number four and number thirty-four on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the Hot 100. Her latest album comes out this year,( November 6, 2007). It has featured artist on it such as Linda Perry, John Legend, Timberland, and Marsha Ambrosius.

Alicia says that she wants her music to be inspirational to all types of people and that she makes music in difference styles because she wants everyone to listen to it. She also have said that she want to please her fans because without them she would be a normal person.

Puritans Project

1. The Puritans believed that god didn’t die for everyone to be here just for a few people. They said that god chose certain people that he wanted to go to heaven. They strongly believed that Adam and Eve were responsible for hell and that every sinner will go to hell because of it. They also thought that sinners could not repent and would automatically go to hell if they did anything that god would not want them to do.


The Puritans said if you have sinned there is no way that god will help you and that you could not have his faith .They thought that if you help each other through things and stick together during hard times that you will go to heaven. They also believe that almost everyone is sinner and most of the world would go to hell. They thought that almost everyone worshiped the devil if they didn’t live the way that they did.


2. My response to the Puritans is that most of the Puritans belief’s I disagree with. I would not live the way that they do or believe in most of the things that they think is true. They believe that if you commit one sin that you will automatically go to hell. I think that is a very stupid belief because I was raised believing that everyone sins but it’s your responsibility to repent and that god will forgive you if you believe in him and start living the way that he would. Besides how can you learn right from wrong if you never do anything wrong. Everyone makes mistakes, no one is perfect no matter how hard you try, you just have to try your best to follow god’s path and believe in him.

Another thing that I disagree with is that they think as soon as you sin you die instantly or that your life will be shorter if you ever sin. I think that is not true because everyone has their time to die, no one stays here for eternity no matter how good you have been. Anyone can die anytime because only god makes those decisions on who should live or die. I was told that you are not supposed to judge people, just because they live differently or have different beliefs from yours don’t mean that they are wrong. Everyone is different and has different beliefs and we have to accept people for who they are, just because they are different doesn’t mean that they are going to hell if they make a bad decision once.

I do think that some of their ways of living is ok because it’s good not to be a sinner and learn about god. Some of the things they believe are ok but they go a little to far about hell and thinking every one is going there. I also don’t believe that god died for certain people, god died for everyone because we are his children and that’s why I think that god forgives us and gives us chances. If sinners didn’t have another chance and died right away then the world would be very small with fewer amounts of people here.

If it was true that only people who sin die earlier then innocent little kids and babies wouldn’t be dead now because of shoot-outs. Innocent people who have done nothing die everyday over stupid accidents but no one can control it. Like I said it’s a time for everyone to go, whether you did anything to die or not. Everybody deserves second chances. You have probably made mistakes in your life and so have I but I believe in god and I have asked for forgiveness and I know that god still love me and will forgive me.

3. Unconditional Election- God “saves” those he wishes- only a few are selected for salvation. When they said that they were meant that god doesn’t forgive everyone just a few people. Limited Atonement - Jesus died for the chosen only, not for everyone. Irresistible Grace - God's grace is freely given, it cannot be earned or denied. Grace is defined as the saving and transfiguring power of God. That’s saying that god didn’t die for all of us to be here but just for a few people