Friday, March 30, 2012
Songs
The’’Big Yellow Taxi” is an upbeat happy sounding song about how we need to save nature because we don’t know what we got until it’s gone.’’ Also Field Below” is about nature but it is a slow and sad and it sound like she is crying when she is singing. Another thing is although the songs sound much different they are very much alike. They both talk about a person also they both want to save nature.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Bravery
If you ask me what bravery means I would say that bravery is the word that our country is built on. It's what makes a boy into a man ,and what makes a soldier into a hero, which is exactly what Scott is in the book, The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collin. Bravery is an important life skill to have, something that takes a long time to acquire. Without the brave people of our nation, who knows where we would stand?
When Scott Pendleton Collin went back to get his friend, who was shot, he showed immense bravery. He went back into the heat of battle with bullets flying past him and six ounces of metal shrapnel flying past his head. He manages to keep his cool ,as he 'fireman carries' his friend back to safety. This is an example of bravery, in which Scott realizes what it really takes to be a man and a champion of life. If more men acted like Scott, the world would be a better place.
A different type of bravery that Scott Pendleton acquired was to know the difference between what was right and what was wrong. For example, when he was in a German house to take cover from falling bombshells, he told an old couple to get on the ground. He was protecting them because they were so traumatized; this was most likely because they had seen other family and friends slaughtered in a pool of blood without mercy. What price is mercy during this time?
Now, what may be Scott's most brave and heroic moment throughout the whole book is when he shoots his first guy, because when he does shoot him he does it out of pure instinct. As he raised his gun to take the shot, a tank rolled past on the hill where nearby stood a German commander just waiting to die, as the rest of his comrades had. So after he was killed, the German commander was on the ground with an inch-sized hole clean though his head . Scott started to think of what the man's life might have been like in the past--all his family and friends that he would never get to see him again
So now you can clearly see how brave and heroic Scott truly is . Also you can see that to brave you must be strong in your mind and soul.
When Scott Pendleton Collin went back to get his friend, who was shot, he showed immense bravery. He went back into the heat of battle with bullets flying past him and six ounces of metal shrapnel flying past his head. He manages to keep his cool ,as he 'fireman carries' his friend back to safety. This is an example of bravery, in which Scott realizes what it really takes to be a man and a champion of life. If more men acted like Scott, the world would be a better place.
A different type of bravery that Scott Pendleton acquired was to know the difference between what was right and what was wrong. For example, when he was in a German house to take cover from falling bombshells, he told an old couple to get on the ground. He was protecting them because they were so traumatized; this was most likely because they had seen other family and friends slaughtered in a pool of blood without mercy. What price is mercy during this time?
Now, what may be Scott's most brave and heroic moment throughout the whole book is when he shoots his first guy, because when he does shoot him he does it out of pure instinct. As he raised his gun to take the shot, a tank rolled past on the hill where nearby stood a German commander just waiting to die, as the rest of his comrades had. So after he was killed, the German commander was on the ground with an inch-sized hole clean though his head . Scott started to think of what the man's life might have been like in the past--all his family and friends that he would never get to see him again
So now you can clearly see how brave and heroic Scott truly is . Also you can see that to brave you must be strong in your mind and soul.
free blacks in the north
If you ask me, if blacks were really free in the north, I would probably say "no". Even though they were classified as free, they did not actually have the same rights or privileges as all white people. I do not to me a person is a person, no matter the size, race, strength or religious belief of that individual.
Political freedoms were very limited for states in the north. The only state that was completely against slavery was Massachusetts, allowing blacks to vote and serve on a jury as a juror. In some other northern states, after the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted, blacks were allowed by law to vote, marry whites, and file lawsuits. Even when the rights were extended by the laws,the white majority did not allow it to happen. For example, in Massachusetts in 1795, judges came down with a decision that blacks could vote nor be elected to office because public opinion overruled the law.
Economically, blacks obtaining jobs in the north succeeded in making more money, but then began to understand what they thought was impossible, that they could be on equal footing with whites. Blacks were free, but could not share the wealth of the money earned by working communities, as they were not respected by the white population because almost all of their jobs were of being common laborers or washerwomen. They began living in ghettoes and slums within the larger cities throughout the north. Northern freemen needed to carry passes when traveling in some states and were sometimes forbidden to own property. Finally, they could, in some areas, not own businesses, so their economic resources were limited.
The restrictions, socially, for blacks in the north was much more complex. While they had freedom to believe in whatever religion they chose, they could not marry any white woman in their churches, or they would be sold into slavery for life. Punishments for blacks breaking the law were much more severe than for whites, including servitude and even castration.
So in Conclusion The north allowed all blacks to be free, but in actuality the northern blacks were not much better off than the southern black slaves. Despite the many laws allowing blacks "freedoms," they were heavily restricted by actual practices and white public opinion.
Political freedoms were very limited for states in the north. The only state that was completely against slavery was Massachusetts, allowing blacks to vote and serve on a jury as a juror. In some other northern states, after the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted, blacks were allowed by law to vote, marry whites, and file lawsuits. Even when the rights were extended by the laws,the white majority did not allow it to happen. For example, in Massachusetts in 1795, judges came down with a decision that blacks could vote nor be elected to office because public opinion overruled the law.
Economically, blacks obtaining jobs in the north succeeded in making more money, but then began to understand what they thought was impossible, that they could be on equal footing with whites. Blacks were free, but could not share the wealth of the money earned by working communities, as they were not respected by the white population because almost all of their jobs were of being common laborers or washerwomen. They began living in ghettoes and slums within the larger cities throughout the north. Northern freemen needed to carry passes when traveling in some states and were sometimes forbidden to own property. Finally, they could, in some areas, not own businesses, so their economic resources were limited.
The restrictions, socially, for blacks in the north was much more complex. While they had freedom to believe in whatever religion they chose, they could not marry any white woman in their churches, or they would be sold into slavery for life. Punishments for blacks breaking the law were much more severe than for whites, including servitude and even castration.
So in Conclusion The north allowed all blacks to be free, but in actuality the northern blacks were not much better off than the southern black slaves. Despite the many laws allowing blacks "freedoms," they were heavily restricted by actual practices and white public opinion.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
DEATH
DEATH is a part of living
EVERY living thing will experience it
AT the gate of heaven god will decide if you will be happy for ever or not
TIME is the thing that is the dynamite of living it can explode at any time
HOW and what are you going to do before the timer goes of
EVERY living thing will experience it
AT the gate of heaven god will decide if you will be happy for ever or not
TIME is the thing that is the dynamite of living it can explode at any time
HOW and what are you going to do before the timer goes of
Friday, March 9, 2012
Scott Pendleton Collins
Whenever Scott Pendleton Collins walks in a room, you can see in his piercing blue eyes how confused he is and by his scraggly beard his lack of sleep. Because he is so active, he has rapidly grown in size since setting foot on the beaches of Normandy, but he is still a "stick" compared to the rest of his army buddies. His army clothes look like he was attacked by a lion and then took a bath in mud. He is a picture of a typical soldier.
You can see that all this 17 year old boy wants is to be as good a man as his father and his father's father. He wants to fight in the war and earn his "picture on the wall,'' where his father and his father's father photos were placed in the hallway of his house, as remembrance of being war heroes. On the battlefield he would never leave a friend behind. He always fought with great courage in defending his country and his loved ones .
You can see that all this 17 year old boy wants is to be as good a man as his father and his father's father. He wants to fight in the war and earn his "picture on the wall,'' where his father and his father's father photos were placed in the hallway of his house, as remembrance of being war heroes. On the battlefield he would never leave a friend behind. He always fought with great courage in defending his country and his loved ones .
Scott Pendleton Collins
Whenever Scott Pendleton Collins walks in a room, you can see in his piercing blue eyes how confused he is and by his scraggly beard his lack of sleep. Because he is so active, he has rapidly grown in size since setting foot on the beaches of Normandy, but he is still a "stick" compared to the rest of his army buddies. His army clothes look like he was attacked by a lion and then took a bath in mud. He is a picture of a typical soldier.
You can see that all this 17 year old boy wants is to be as good a man as his father and his father's father. He wants to fight in the war and earn his "picture on the wall,'' where his father and his father's father photos were placed in the hallway of his house, as remembrance of being war heroes. On the battlefield he would never leave a friend behind. He always fought with great courage in defending his country and his loved ones .
You can see that all this 17 year old boy wants is to be as good a man as his father and his father's father. He wants to fight in the war and earn his "picture on the wall,'' where his father and his father's father photos were placed in the hallway of his house, as remembrance of being war heroes. On the battlefield he would never leave a friend behind. He always fought with great courage in defending his country and his loved ones .
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