1950's

For our post on the 1950 government i found a you tube video at this link ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVQnFpzU5h8 ). It is a video by a private citizen who criticizes the government including black listing, Joseph McCarthy and others.

Team Poe!

In my view Edgar Poe was an excellent writer. His poems were more adventurous and action filled. I really enjoy a story or poem that moves quickly rather then poems that are symbolic and have deep meanings. I think that is why i like Poe rather then Irving. There is also the fact that Poe wrote "the pit and the pendulum" which is by far my favorite of the romanticism stories.

pit and the pendulum

     The pit and the pendulum is quite an exciting story, and by far my favorite of Poe's novels, but i also hate the ending so this is my rewrite.


   (i will continue just as the general grabs his arm as he is falling into the pit) I was free! i was saved from the pit and the hot stone walls that surrounded me! The general and i were looking for our way out of this dungy room when we heard a deep, mean growl behind us. We both immediately flipped our heads around and found we were staring into the face of a giant wolf. Or should i say faces. This was a three headed evil mutt, and we were its food. From the stretched skin over its ribs i could tell this beast had been starved. Without a word the general and i bolted off into the complete darkness of the chamber. We thought we had lost him when we ran face first into the solid stone wall on the other side of the chamber. I bounded off the ground working on pure adrenaline for energy, but the general was not as lucky. He was out cold. Without hesitation i ran. Leaving the general food for the beast that soon would be hovering over him. i sprinted until i reached a corner of the room and my foot slipped on a plate of food. Thats it! the food! it has all been drugged so far, so if i can get this two headed beast to eat it so will he! So without a doubt in my mind i ran towards were i left the general. I reached him the exact same time the beast did and we stood there for a second staring face to faces. Then i threw the plate of food to the corner, which the beast lunged toward. Hoping the beast would be drugged i lifted the unconscious general onto my shoulder and ran as fast as i could toward freedom. Meanwhile i heard the beast chomping down the food and then a solid "thud" to the ground. The beast had been successfully drugged. I carried the general as fast as i could toward the hole in the wall which he entered through and met up with his waiting troops. Now i Knew i was surely free.

Romanticism poems

This week in class we have been studying romanticism poems. Our blog post is supposed to be a reflection on one of these poems. I rather chose to reflect on all of them. The whole section of romanticism in the rhyming world does not appeal to me much. I am more of a fan of good rhyme schemes and jingles rather then long symbolic poetry about trees and nature. For this reason I am not much a fan of this section in class. To sum it all up I will end with a rhyme that I made up rather then a romanticism poem.

There once was a pig
he alot and grew very big
the farmer decided he wanted a big meal
now all that is left of this pig are it's pickeled heals.

Crucible blog post

For this weeks post I am posting my reflection on our discussions on the crucible. Despite what I first thought I have actually comr to enjoy this topic. The hysteria and mayhem included in these Salem witch trials fascinates me and makes me wonder what else people will beleive. I'm curious of what will happen if something like this broke out today. Surely people would not be killed or shunned for being odd. These are some of the thoughts that came to mind while discussing the crucible In Class. I am excited to continue reading and discussing the crucible.

Blog post 3

For my I decided to research the man responsibile for thanksgiving. No it's not dean jones but it is a friandly Indian named Squanto. Squanto was very welcoming to the new settlers and brought them food as a peace offering. The pilgrims were very happy for this event and continued the tradition for years to come. That is thought to be the reason why we celebrate thanks giving to this day. Without Squanto playing his part in the pilgrims lives the pilgrims may not have been as sucessful and we may not have had thanksgiving today. That is part of Squantos role being played out with the pilgrims.

Blog post 2

For my second blog post I decided I would post on the new settlers relationshib with the native Americans already settled near James town. The explorers for James town came to the new land with no idea of the threat the natives would impose on there exploration. They came and the natives wiped out many of there team. This put the new settlers into shock and caused them to completely change there way of life in order to hide there weakness's from the native Americans. The settlers lived in fear for much of the time they were settling until they befriended the natives and learned from each others culture. This led to a fairly good relationship with the native Americans that surrounded Jamestown.

Native American adventure

To go along with the native American blog assignment I took it upon my self to do more then learn about this culture but to also experience it. To do this I invited all of the native American enthusiats to my great plains adobe for a sacrificial fire burning and a great spirit guide experience. I was very delighted on how the whole experience went and I beleive it led to a greater understanding of the native Americans culture for me and the other enthusiast. That is all for now I look forward to other such experiences and further blog posts and follow ups.

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