first semester

January 16, 2007

The only frusterating thing about this semester in the blogging. Nothing severe has never happened with my blog, however, this is not the most stable blog sight. I’ve had situations where my blog will not show up, or only half of my blog post will show up. Also, I have been behind on my blogging because I have not read the assignment sheet. Other than that, this semester has been very interesting. I’ve learned new ways on how to analyse novels. For example, after we read Huck Finn, I learned how to look for satire. When I first read this book, I was not even looking for satire, but only looking for the adventure which I found out that it was not really physical, but emotional.
For the second semester, I hope to find new ways on ho to approach novels.


racism 3

January 9, 2007

http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Racism.asp#RacisminAfrica

It is easy to see that everyone face it.  When we look back in our own time, we have been a racist.  I found this article interesting even though it was not really a “news article”  It did focus on many countries.


SATIRE 3

January 6, 2007

What was interesting about Sacha Baron Cohen’s interview was that he admits being satirical to show how people react. In Borat, he managed to show people’s true characters. ( how stupid we are.) I never really liked Cohen, but after he portrayed himself in this film, I’m beginning to think he’s an amazing person.


Louis Hughes as a Slave

January 1, 2007

This was an interesting man. I founf it interesting that McGee began to teach him about different medicines. I’ve always thought that slaveowners would only use slaves for the means of labor. This piece of writing was especially interesting because it revealed the slave’s observations during the Civil War from behind Confederate states.
Again, these narratives have the same theme of escape. The physical and emotional escape is hard, and may be discouraging.