Resources

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/jared-taylor

https://www.thedailybeast.com/homeland-security-disbands-domestic-terror-intelligence-unit

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/knights-ku-klux-klan

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8xd12xb

https://www.adl.org/adl-hate-crime-map

https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crime-statistics

https://www.hrc.org/blog/new-fbi-statistics-show-alarming-increase-in-number-of-reported-hate-crimes

https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/loyal-white-knights-of-the-ku-klux-klan

https://www.njhomelandsecurity.gov/analysis/tag/Loyal+White+Knights+of+the+Ku+Klux+Klan

https://www.aclu.org/other/how-usa-patriot-act-redefines-domestic-terrorism

People: Jared Taylor,

CUE THEME MUSIC

 I think that the theme of "The Great Gatsby"  is to not let your memories kill you. I heard this from someone who was around when they had stabbed my friend. At that time I didn't know what it meant but after a couple of struggles and years you learn that if you let those things take control of your life it will end up killing you.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 1

The narrator seems to be very close but far with his father according to the first page.
He seems to keep his self and thoughts to himself and not to judge too harsh others.
His family seems to be surprised that he wants to find his own path.
The war seems to have shaped him into a man who wants to find his own path.
He seems satisfied with what is been given when he describes that he thinks its good where he lives surrounded by rich people for only $80 a month.
Unlike his cousin Daisy and her husband who seem to only care about their social status when he states "they lived wherever rich people lived together and played polo together."

When Tom says," I've got a nice place here.." we can see  that he has a high self steam or superiority.

From this first chapter I can infer that Nick's family is pretty greedy and believe that everything just surround them.

Gatsby Chapter 8

1. Gatsby says that nothing happened and that Daisy didn't go to bed till 4 A.M.

2.  Nick tells Gatsby that he should run away and leave because they would track the car and blame him for it. Gatsby argues that he shouldn't leave now that he had made it so far.

3. Gatsby said that Daisy couldn't wait for him because she wanted something and someone she could physically feel. She wanted someone at that time that's why she married Tom. He also tries to deny the fact that maybe Daisy did love Tom.

4. The gardener said that he would  empty the pool so the leaves wouldn't clog the pipes. I think that F. Scott tried to help us foreshadow that something because Gatsby told him to not  do it today. Then he tells Nick that Gatsby hasn't been inside the pool all summer. When Gatsby says he wants to swim one last time is almost intended to make it sound like his last wish before he dies.

5. Fitzgerald resembles to Shakespear by having the character foreshadow things. It also shows that George himself is rushing into a action that will harm him and somebody else just the way some characters in Romeo and Juliet do.

I'm Ignited

What has climate change affected-Freddie
Why is the U.S so against goverment-Tristen
Why do people that challenge the government are more prone to disappearing or dying?-Edid

Argue This

Syllogism: Simplest form of a logical argument.
In a argument you can only have 1 truth or a fact.
An argument is not a popularity contest its either a scientific fact or not.
Validity is the premise  true and does my premise support my argument.
Naturalism: the philosophical belief that everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted.
Realism: the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.
Modernism : modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique.
Liminal: When you are someone new but not your full new self the in between phase.

Plato's 2 Chariotees Free Will

    In my article it talks about free will really ins't really free. From my perspective that's what I understood from my reading. "I’m no more free to make that choice than I am to make any other choice.”  To me this sounds like the other agrees with the idea that there is no such thing as free will because things will always affect our choices. In conclusion there was never a things such as free will of choice.

MLK's Speech

Ethos- Personal credibility
Pathos-Emotional connection
Logos- Logic

Martin Luther King Speech

- He makes his speech sound well prepared.

- Tends to make the "Negros" (as he states ) lives stand out and shows the discrimination and retaliation that they have faced.

- Uses metaphors  like a sea of poverty its not a real see but it can explain what he meant.

- He has credible sources such as the United States Constitution.

- In a way he tries to make people and politicians feel guilt about the promise they made when they singed the declaration independence.

- He refers to justice and equality as if it was some divine power.

- He sounds like Ghandi that believed that no violence could bring peace and he is sure to include that in his speech.

- References  a lot to progress and a better future.

- He demonizes the Jim Crow laws and tries to have the audience think bad of them by using kids as possible victims to this un-justice.

- "Can and will change"- he tries to have people look forward to something with determination.
He makes a pause after every important sentences and lets the words sink in

The World is my library

The Sing Of The Beaver is one book considered by me because I read this in 5th grade. At first I remember I thought it would have been boring but as you get into the book it talks about a friendship between a boy Matt a pioneer and a Native American. I actually found this interesting was that 2 people from 2 very different worlds where able to connect and become friends.

My second book would be old yellor. This book I have read in 6th grade English honors. The book is about a family of a mom son and daughter. The father has left to go on the oregon trail and he leaves the family to come back when everything is ready for them to come. The son Travis finds a dog an old yellor which he becomes fund to.

My 3rd and final book would be Moby Dick the story of a captain who loses his leg to the great white yellow that is supposed to be bigger than an island. The captain ends up dying in his attempt to get even with the whale. I read this book in 7th grade for an English class book report. I found it interesting because the Captains hatred leads him to his own downfall.

American Literature

 I was taught American Literature back in elementary in my 5 grade Honors English Class. There my teacher Mrs.Toress said it had to do during the colonization of the US so it was mostly pioneers and what they lived through. We would read books that had to do with pioneers claiming land and maintaining it. I think we can all contribute to it because American Literature is American History so in 50 years from today another kid could be reading our own blogs and it could be considered American Literature.

Lit terms

Myth: A story meant to explain something ancient Greece
Characterization : A characters personality
Alliteration : A sentence that starts with the same sounds or letters.
Allusion : A idea made by a author.
Connotation: an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.