BLOG EVALUATION

I personally like the Having My Say blog the most because it was about something that I am passionate about and not a topic that was given to me. Plus it was the easiest to write about since stating your a opinion is rather easy to do. I didnt like the music blog because im not that into researching music so i didnt really know what to put in that blog so it took a lot more researching. I tried to really put effort into my blogs, like if its a requirement you might as well get the most out if it as you can, so i really tried to make my blog original and unique. I think it was a good learning experience in the way that i have my own blog and it is mine to do whatever with it i want so it taught me to kind of grow up and be able to voice my opinion. I might sign into blogger every once in a while to see how every thing is going but i doubt i will update it as often. I would recommend blogging to sophomores because it is a responsibility thing where you have to remember to blog every week and its a little extra learning experience outside of the classroom.

THE GREAT GATSBY

CHARLESTON (Arthur Gibbs and his band) - I could imagine that this is one of the songs that was blasting at Gatsby's parties. The charleston was really big back then, as a song and a dance. Gatsby's parties always had the best music and this was a very popular song back then.

DOWN HEARTED BLUES (Bessie Smith)- This song would go with "The Great Gatsby" very well, because almost everyone in the book had gotten their heart broken or something similar to that in this book.

I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU (Helen Kane) - This reminds me of Gatsby because all he wanted was to get back the relationship he had with Daisy. Also, Wilson loved Myrtle so much, he could never let her go.

YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS (Billy Jones) - This was a very popular song in the 1920's and also it describes how out there and weird all the characers are in this book. All of them do some crazy things throughout the story for love or most of the time for money.

Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind - A poem by Stephen Crane - American Poems

Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind - A poem by Stephen Crane - American Poems This poem really shows how nothing is ever really beneficial to a soldier from the war. Also, the families back home have a lot of difficulties and trials to go through. He keeps on saying that you should weep, because war is kind, but nothing about the war is really kind. It is just teaching men to kill emotionlessly and its teaching everyone in the world that killing like that is okay. But slaughtering men so that a field is full of dead bodies is not what God put us on earth for. It is not okay to go around illing just because you dont get along with another country, and i think that is kind of what Stephen Crane was trying to say. He described these horrific images so that you could see them in your head, but then everyone around is saying that war is okay, its what is right. War is never the right thing. Killing is never the right thing. And having to go through that is never the right thing.

MARK TWAIN

"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."

 -Mark Twain 

    When you first read this quote you kind of have to think about it, but it's not one of those quotes that just completely baffles you, which is one of the reasons why i like it. The main idea of the quote is that the feeling of anger helps no one and never has any positive affects. What Twain is trying to say is that taking your anger out on someone is going to of course hurt that person, but having any anger inside of you will do way more harm. I like this because i feel like so many people in the world today are just angry all the time, they are angry about their lives, what some one did, or even what they did. God put us on this planet for a reason, to live. And I can guarantee you that spending the minimal amount of time you have here being angry is only going to hurt you. No one is going to like you, and no one is going to want to spend time with you. Being angry makes you an unlovable person. We don't have forever to live, so while you have the chance, live your life to the fullest and have fun while you are here:)

Mary Bethune

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/civil_rights_leaders.htm

Mary had a very large impact on the education of young African Americans. She believed that all kids should have the right to an education, not just whites. She worked and fought to get it so that kids of her color could read, and write and do the simple things that everyone can do now a days. Back then it was rare that an African American had a good education and Mary wanted to change that. Mary reminds me of Bessie. Bessie did all that she could so she could have the biggest impact possible on the kids in her town. She was not going to let the fact that she had dark skin stop her from helping kids get a decent education. Both Mary and Bessie worked their hearts out so that kids could be educated, and i honestly respect that.

Having Our Say and Harlem

       Bessie's dentist office was at 2305 Seventh Avenue which was at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 135th Street. This was by a lot of African American landmarks from the Harlem site. Close by was the Speaker's Corner, where many African Americans voiced their oppinions about matters at the time. Also there was Striver's Row close by that was home to many succesful African Americans at the time. Sadie and Bessie were actually friends of many famous African Americans because they were in the heart of Harlem and often protested with them or ran into them on the streets. There were at least four churches nearby Bessie's office, and this was likely because Blacks were very religous and would always go to church when possible. Not too far away was Minton's Playhouse, which was a main gathering place for jazz musicians and fans of the time.
      It is quite possible that the Delany's were part of some of the NAACP's silent protests, because they believed they should stand up for what they believe in. The Delany's avoided the Harlem Hospital as much as possible because they believed that the hospital would not help them at all so they never went. It was less likely that the Delany sisters and Madame Walker ever met paths because Sadie and Bessie weren't too into looks and such, they were more businesslike and just wanted to help a cause.

The Great Depression

This is a painting of how greatly the great depression affected America. I know that Bessie and Sadie did not speak much about the depression but they talked about it a little. They told how Sadie got kicked out of her dental office for not paying her rent and they just put her papers out on the street. That's how desperate people were for money. I think this picture is very touching because it makes it all seem very sureal. Many just think the past is the past and it doesn't matter now, but many lives were affected by the depression. Jus look at those kids, who are suffering and how distressed the mother looks because she can't provide for her children. Its very touching and hurtful to see how hard it was to live back then. I think the the great depression really taught people what was important in life and that is to have your family and friends save and healthy.